Service Agreement - Ninetowns Digital World Trade Holdings Ltd. and Ren Xiaoguang
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY NINETOWNS DIGITAL WORLD TRADE HOLDINGS
LIMITED. THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED. REDACTED MATERIAL IS MARKED WITH "*"
AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
DATED 8TH OCTOBER, 2003
NINETOWNS DIGITAL WORLD TRADE
HOLDINGS LIMITED
AND
REN XIAOGUANG ([Name in Chinese])
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SERVICE AGREEMENT
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND CONFIDENTIAL TERMS HAVE BEEN
OMITTED
AN AGREEMENT made on 8th October, 2003
BETWEEN
(1) NINETOWNS DIGITAL WORLD TRADE HOLDINGS LIMITED, a company established
under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability and having its
registered office at Century Yard, Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, P.O.
Box 2681 GT, George Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies, and
registered as an overseas company in Hong Kong having its principal place
of business in Hong Kong at Units 2502-3 Worldwide House, 19 Des Voeux
Road Central, Hong Kong ("COMPANY"); and
(2) REN XIAOGUANG ([Name in Chinese]) (holder of PRC Passport Number ********,
of *************************************************************
("EMPLOYEE").
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 In this Agreement the following expressions shall have the following
meanings, except where the context otherwise requires:
"ASSOCIATED COMPANY" means any company which is:
(a) a company having an ordinary
share capital of which not less
than twenty percent (20%) is
owned directly or indirectly by
the Company;
(b) a holding company of the Company
or a subsidiary of any such
holding company; or
(c) a company to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries (as
defined in the Companies
Ordinance, Cap.32) renders
managerial, administrative or
technical services in the
ordinary course of its business;
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the directors for the time being
of the Company including any duly
appointed committee of such directors;
"CALENDAR YEAR" means each period commencing on 1
January and ending on 31 December,
inclusive;
"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means:
(a) trade secrets or other
confidential information of the
Company, including in particular
lists or details of customers
and clients of the Company or
any Associated Company and/or
(b) the proprietary information
(including any Intellectual
Property and/or Information
Technology owned or licensed by
a Group Company), observations
and data obtained by the
Employee whilst employed by the
Company concerning the
organization, business,
technology, finance,
transactions or affairs of the
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Company or any Associated
Company;
"FINANCIAL YEAR" means any year or other period for
which accounts of the Company are made
up and audited;
"GROUP" means the Company and all its
Associated Companies;
"GROUP COMPANY" means any company within the Group,
including the Company;
"HONG KONG" means the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's
Republic of China;
"INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY" means computer hardware, software,
networks and/or other information
technology and any aspect or asset of
a business which relies on computer
hardware, software, networks and/or
other information technology
(including, without limitation,
development, security, disaster
recovery, EDI, source code escrow,
computer bureau services, maintenance
and support, facilities management,
website, domain name and outsourcing
agreements) whether embedded or
otherwise;
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means trade marks, service marks,
trade or business names or signs,
logos, get-up, patents, inventions,
registered and unregistered design
rights, copyrights (including rights
in computer software), semi-conductor
topography rights, database rights and
all similar proprietary rights which
may subsist in any part of the world
(including know-how) including, where
such rights are obtained or enhanced
by registration, any registration of
such rights and applications and
rights to apply for such
registrations;
"INVENTION" means any discovery, technique,
design, formula, method of
manufacture, invention, secret process
or improvement in procedure, whether
patentable or not;
"PRC" means the People's Republic of China;
"TERM" means such period as will expire on
the earlier of either:
(a) four years from the date when
this Agreement commences; or
(b) such date where the Agreement is
lawfully and validly terminated
under the terms of this
Agreement.
1.2 References to Clauses are references to clauses or sub-clauses of this
Agreement.
1.3 Headings are for ease of reference only and do not form part of this
Agreement.
1.4 References to (or to any specific provision of) this Agreement or any
other document shall be construed as references to this Agreement, that
provision or that other document as amended, varied, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
1.5 Reference to a Schedule is to a schedule of this Agreement unless
otherwise stated. Schedules form part of this Agreement.
1.6 Reference to the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine
and vice versa, and references to the singular number shall include the
plural and vice versa.
2. APPOINTMENT
2.1 The Company hereby agrees to employ the Employee, and the Employee hereby
agrees to act, as the senior vice president of the Company or in such
other office or offices as the Company
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may from time to time direct in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof.
2.2 The Employee accepts that the Company may, at its discretion, require him
to perform other duties or tasks not within the scope of his normal duties
hereunder and the Employee shall perform those duties and/or undertake
those tasks as if they were specifically required under this Agreement.
3. TERM
The Term shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue until the
expiry of the Term or until earlier terminated by either party giving to
the other written notice in accordance with CLAUSE 10.
4. DUTIES
4.1 The Employee shall, during the Term:
4.1.1 responsible for the implementation of the overall sales and
marketing strategies;
4.1.2 devote the whole of his time, attention and skill to the duties of
his office;
4.1.3 faithfully and diligently perform such duties and exercise such
powers as may from time to time be assigned to or vested in him;
4.1.4 obey all reasonable and lawful instructions and directions given to
him by or under the authority of the Board of Directors;
4.1.5 act at all times in a civil manner and shall be punctual, sober,
conscientious and loyal in carrying out his duties; and
4.1.6 generally, do all things possible to promote, develop and extend the
business and interests of the Company and its Associated Companies
and the Group.
4.2 The Employee may be required in pursuance of his duties hereunder to
perform services not only for the Company but also for any of its
Associated Companies and without further remuneration (except as otherwise
agreed) to accept such offices in such of its Associated Companies as the
Company may from time to time reasonably require.
4.3 The Employee hereby agrees that the Company shall be entitled from time to
time, without any further consent from the Employee, to second the
Employee to the employment of any Associated Company of the Company
without prejudice to the rights of the Employee under this Agreement and
that the Company shall be at liberty from time to time to appoint any
other person or persons to act jointly with the Employee whether in such
secondment or in his normal duties hereunder or otherwise.
4.4 The Employee shall not during the Term (except as a representative of the
Company or with the prior consent in writing of the Board of Directors):
4.4.1 be directly or indirectly engaged or concerned in the conduct of any
business, whether or not such business is competing in any material
respect with the business for the time being of the Company or of
any of its Associated Companies; or
4.4.2 be directly or indirectly interested in any such business save
through his holding or being interested in investments (quoted or
unquoted) representing not more than five percent (5%) of the issued
investments of any class of any one such company.
4.5 The Employee shall not and shall not permit any member of his family to,
demand, receive or obtain directly or indirectly:
4.5.1 any discount, rebate or commission in respect of any sale and
purchase of goods effected or other business transacted (whether or
not by him) by or on behalf of any Group Companies; or
4.5.2 from any third party, any gifts, benefits or advantages offered or
given to the
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Employee or any member of his family, as the case may be, by reason
of his employment with the Company,
and if he or a member of his family (or any firm or company in which he or
a member of his family is interested) obtains any such discount, rebate
commission, gift, benefit or advantage, the Employee shall (in addition to
the other rights of the Company hereunder in respect thereof) account to
the Company for the amount or value received.
5. CONFIDENTIALITY
5.1 The Employee acknowledges that:
5.1.1 he has been advised by the Company that it would not have entered
into this Agreement unless assured of the confidentiality covenants
contained in this CLAUSE 5 which, the Employee acknowledges, are
essential to protect the business and goodwill of the Company; and
5.1.2 the Confidential Information is the property of the Company or such
Associated Company.
5.2 The Employee agrees that he shall not disclose, divulge or communicate to
any unauthorized person or use for his own account, or through any failure
to exercise all due care and diligence cause any unauthorised disclosure
of, any Confidential Information unless and to the extent that the
Employee may, after giving prior notice to the Company to the extent
practicable under the circumstances and subject to any practicable
arrangements to protect confidentiality, disclose such matters to the
extent required by applicable laws or governmental regulations or judicial
or regulatory process or in connection with any judicial process or
arbitration regarding any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement or the business of the Company or any
Associated Company.
5.3 The provisions of this CLAUSE 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation
to each of the Associated Companies, to trade secrets or confidential
information which the Employee may have received or obtained while in the
service of the Company, and the Employee shall further, upon the request
of any such company, enter into a separate agreement or undertaking with
such Associated Company to the like effect.
5.4 The Employee acknowledges that the terms of this Agreement (and any
amendments or variations thereof) are confidential in nature and agrees
that he shall not disclose or use the terms of this Agreement or any part
thereof for any purpose which may adversely affect the business of the
Company.
6. REMUNERATION
6.1 The Company shall pay to the Employee during the continuance of his
employment hereunder a salary at the rate specified in SCHEDULE 1 (or such
higher rate as may, from time to time, be agreed in accordance with CLAUSE
15.7). In the event of any increase of basic salary being so agreed or
notified, the increase shall thereafter have effect as if it were
specifically provided for as a term of this Agreement. Such basic salary
shall be inclusive of all sums receivable by the Employee from the Company
or any of its Associated Companies, excluding benefits outlined in CLAUSE
6.2. The basic salary shall be payable in arrears on the last working day
of each month.
6.2 The Employee shall also be entitled to the benefits set out in SCHEDULE 2,
which may, from time to time, be varied in accordance with CLAUSE 15.7.
6.3 The Employee's total compensation (as set out in CLAUSE 6.1 and CLAUSE
6.2) may be reviewed by the Board of Directors at the end of each
financial year. Any change of the Employee's compensation shall, from time
to time, be agreed in accordance with CLAUSE 15.7.
6.4 So far as is permitted by law, the Company shall be entitled at any time
to deduct from the Employee's remuneration hereunder any monies due from
him to the Company including, but
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not limited to, any outstanding loans, advances, the cost of repairing any
damage to or loss of the Company's property caused by him (and of
recovering the same) and any other monies owed by him to the Company.
6.5 The Company shall, against production of receipts and vouchers if
requested, reimburse the Employee all necessary and reasonable expenses
(including travel, hotel, entertainment and other out-of-pocket expenses):
6.5.1 up to but not exceeding HK$1,000 (or equivalent if in foreign
currency); or
6.5.2 exceeding HK$1,000 (or equivalent if in foreign currency), incurred
with the Company's prior consent if such expenses,
properly incurred in the performance of his duties pursuant to this
Agreement.
6.6 For the avoidance of doubt, the Employee shall be solely responsible for
the due and prompt payment of all taxes that he may be held liable in Hong
Kong or elsewhere, non-exclusively including, but not limited to, salaries
tax based on his income under this Agreement.
7. PLACE OF WORK
The Employee shall perform his duties at the office of the Company in Hong
Kong, or such other place of business of the Company as the Company may,
in its absolute discretion, from time to time, require the Employee to
work.
8. WORKING HOURS AND HOLIDAYS
8.1 The Employee shall personally attend to the business and interests of the
Company during the normal working hours of the Company as determined by
the Company from time to time, and during such other times as the Company
may reasonably require for the Employee to carry out his duties faithfully
and diligently except in case of incapacity through illness or accident.
8.2 The Employee shall be entitled to annual leave as specified in SCHEDULE 3
in each Calendar Year ("ANNUAL LEAVE"). Annual Leave will be allowed and
shall be taken in accordance with the provisions hereof following written
requests therefor by the Employee.
8.3 The Employee shall abide by such rules and policies as the Company may,
from time to time, implement and notify to the Employee in regards to the
Employee's attendance at the office of the Company during periods of
extreme weather conditions in Hong Kong, including the hoisting of
rainstorm and typhoon warnings by the Hong Kong Observatory.
9. INVENTIONS
9.1 The Employee acknowledges that the nature of his duties, and the
particular responsibilities arising therefrom, are such that he has a
special obligation within the meaning of S57 of the Patents Ordinance, Cap
514 to further the interest of the Company's undertakings. Accordingly,
any Invention made or discovered by the Employee or jointly with others,
wholly or substantially in the course of the Employee's normal duties or
of duties specifically assigned to the Employee, or in the course of
duties falling outside his normal duties, but specifically assigned to the
Employee, must immediately be disclosed to the Company and all rights in
such Inventions shall be and become the absolute property of the Company
and shall not be disclosed to any other person or entity without the
consent of the Company being previously obtained, which, if given, may be
subject to conditions.
9.2 The Employee shall whenever requested to do so (whether during or after
the termination of this Agreement) promptly disclose and deliver to the
Company all information and data in the Employee's possession, necessary
to enable the Company to have a full understanding of the Invention. The
Employee agrees to execute all documents and to do all things that may, in
the opinion of the Company, be necessary to enable the Company or its
nominees to obtain patent, design, or other intellectual property
protection of the Invention in Hong Kong or any
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other part of the world. The Employee also agrees to vest such patent,
design or other intellectual property protection, when obtained, and all
right and title to and interest in the same in the Company or its nominees
absolutely and as sole beneficial owner.
9.3 The Employee hereby irrevocably appoints the Company to be the Employee's
attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute and do any such acts,
matters, documents or things as mentioned above and generally to use his
name for the purpose of giving to the Company (or its nominees) the full
benefit of the provisions of this CLAUSE 9, in favour of any third party.
A certificate in writing signed by the Employee or the Company that any
instrument or act falls within the authority conferred upon the Company by
this CLAUSE 9.3 shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case.
9.4 The Company shall be under no obligation to apply for or to seek to obtain
patent, design or other intellectual property protection in relation to
any such Invention or in any way to use, exploit or seek to benefit from
such Inventions.
9.5 The provisions of this CLAUSE 9 shall not be read or construed as
purporting to exclude or limit the operation of S60 of the Patents
Ordinance, Cap 514 (as the same may be amended from time to time).
9.6 The Employee agrees to give the Company not less than thirty (30) days'
prior notice in writing of any application proposed to be made by the
Employee or on the Employee's behalf pursuant to S58 of the Patents
Ordinance, Cap 514 (as the same may be amended from time to time) for
compensation in respect of any such Invention for which a patent has been
granted.
9.8 The copyright and all rights in the nature of copyright to any work
created by the Employee during his employment, including but not limited
to written works, computer programs, designs, trade marks (whether or not
in conjunction with another party) in connection with, affecting or
otherwise related to the business of the Company or an Associated Company
shall belong to the Company, which shall among other things have the full
right to use, transfer and/or alter any such work. The Employee waives his
right, or agrees not to enforce, any moral or other intellectual property
rights which the Employee may have in such works. The Employee will not
infringe any rights in such works and will notify the Company immediately
of any circumstances where such rights may have been infringed.
9.9 Any trade mark, design or copyright to works created by the Employee
during his employment (and whether or not in conjunction with a third
party) in connection with, affecting or relating to the business of the
Company or Associated Companies or capable of being used or adapted for
use in the Company or Associated Companies, must immediately be disclosed
to the Company.
9.10 The Employee further agrees to waive any right to compensation in respect
of any such work which is exploited by the Company or by someone else with
the Company's permission in a way that could not reasonably have been
contemplated by the Company and the Employee at the time of making the
work.
9.11 The Employee agrees that he will, at the Company's expense and upon
request (whether during or after the termination of the employment)
execute such documents as may be necessary to implement the provisions of
this CLAUSE 9 and vest all rights, title and interest in such property in
the Company.
9.12 The Employee shall not, except as provided in this CLAUSE 9 or as may be
necessary in the course of his employment, disclose or make use of any
Invention which is the property of the Company.
9.13 Rights and obligations under this CLAUSE 9 shall continue in force after
the termination of the Agreement in respect of Inventions made during the
Employee's employment hereunder and shall be binding upon the
representatives of the Employee.
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10. TERMINATION
10.1 The employment of the Employee under this Agreement may only be terminated
by the Company summarily and without notice (or payment in lieu of notice)
if the Employee:
10.1.1 is guilty of gross negligence or wilful misconduct in relation to
her employment with the Company;
10.1.2 is guilty of any grave misconduct which in the opinion of the
Company is detrimental to the interests or reputation of the
Company;
10.1.3 is convicted of any criminal offence involving her integrity or
honesty,
10.1.4 becomes an undischarged bankrupt; or
10.1.5 refuses to carry out any decision of the Board or any reasonable
and lawful order given to him by the Board of Directors in the
course of his appointment or fails diligently to attend to his
duties
and will automatically terminate in the event of the death of the
Employee, in which event the employment of the Employee and all salary,
benefits, allowances, commissions and entitlements payable under this
Agreement, or otherwise, shall cease from the date of termination or
payment in lieu of notice as applicable.
10.2 If the employment of the Employee is terminated pursuant to CLAUSE 10.1,
the Company shall not be liable to pay to the Employee any salary,
benefits, allowances, commissions and entitlements in respect of any
period after the date of termination.
10.3 Notwithstanding how the employment of the Employee is terminated the
Company shall not be liable to pay to the Employee any compensation or
similar payment in respect of such termination.
11. EFFECTS OF TERMINATION
11.1 On the termination of this Agreement, howsoever arising, the Employee
shall:
11.1.1 deliver to the Company all documents (including Confidential
Information, correspondence, notes, memoranda, plans, drawings,
records, reports, computer disks, software and other documents and
data of whatsoever nature) made or compiled by or delivered to the
Employee during his employment hereunder and concerning the
business, finances or affairs of any Group Company. For the
avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the property in all
such documents as aforesaid shall at all times belong in the
Company; and
11.1.2 at the Company's request, and without compensation or other
payment, resign from all appointments or offices which he holds as
nominee or representative of the Company and if he should fail to
do so within seven days of such request the Company is irrevocably
authorised to appoint some person in his name and on his behalf to
sign any documents or do any things necessary or requisite to give
effect to such resignation(s). Such resignation(s) shall be without
prejudice to any claims which the Employee may have against the
Company arising out of this Agreement or its termination.
11.2 This CLAUSE 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement howsoever
arising.
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12. NON-SOLICITATION
12.1 The Employee covenants with the Company that he will not for the period of
12 months after ceasing to be employed under this Agreement in connection
with the carrying on of any business in competition with the business of
the Company then being carried on, either on his own behalf or on behalf
of any person firm or company directly or indirectly:
12.1.1 seek to procure orders from or do business with any person firm or
company who has at any time done business with the Company or any
of the Associated Companies during the 12 months immediately
preceding the date the Employee ceased employment with the Company;
or
12.1.2 endeavour to entice away from the Company any person who has at any
time been employed or engaged by the Company any of the Associated
Companies during the 12 months immediately preceding the date the
Employee ceased employment with the Company, provided that nothing
in this CLAUSE 12 shall prohibit the seeking or procuring of orders
or the doing of business not relating or similar to the business of
the Company then being carried on.
13. NON-COMPETITION
The Employee covenants with the Company that he will not within the PRC
(which shall include Hong Kong and the Macao SAR) and Taiwan, Republic of
China and for the period of 12 months after ceasing to be employed under
this Agreement either alone or jointly with or as manager agent consultant
or employee of any person firm or company directly or indirectly carry on
or be engaged in any activity or business which shall be in competition
with the Business.
14. NOTICES
14.1 Any notice to be given by a party under this Agreement must be in writing
and must be given by delivery at or sending registered post or other
faster postal service, or facsimile transmission or other means of
telecommunication in permanent written form (provided the addressee has
his or its own facilities for receiving such transmissions) to (in the
case of the Company) its registered office for the time being and (in the
case of the Employee) his last known address or relevant
telecommunications number of the other party.
14.2 Where notice is given by sending in a prescribed manner it shall be deemed
to have been received when, in the ordinary course of the means of
transmission, it would be received by the addressee. To prove the giving
of a notice it shall be sufficient to show it was dispatched. A notice
shall have effect from the sooner of its actual or deemed receipt by the
addressee.
15. GENERAL
15.1 This Agreement is in substitution for all previous contracts of service
between the Company and the Employee which shall be deemed to have been
terminated by mutual consent as from the date on which this Agreement
commences.
15.2 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement amongst the parties hereto
and supersedes any previous agreements or arrangements (written or oral)
between them relating to the subject matter hereof. Each of the parties
hereto acknowledges that it is not relying on any statements, warranties
or representations given or made by the other party relating to the
subject matter hereof, save as expressly set out in this Agreement.
15.3 No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or remedy
under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of the same preclude any further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Without
limiting the foregoing, no waiver by any party of any breach of any
provision hereof shall be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach
of that or any other
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provision hereof. If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or
becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the legality,
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The rights and remedies
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights
or remedies otherwise provided by law.
15.4 If any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement shall be, or be
found by any authority or court of competent jurisdiction to be, illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability
shall not affect the other provisions or parts of such provisions of this
Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.
15.5 While CLAUSE 12 and CLAUSE 13 are considered by the parties to be
reasonable in all the circumstances, it is agreed that if such clauses as
a whole are adjudged to go beyond what is reasonable for the protection of
the confidential information and other legitimate investment interests of
the Company or any Associated Company, and to be unenforceable, but would
be adjudged reasonable if any part or parts thereof were deleted, such
clauses shall apply as if such unreasonable part or parts had been
deleted.
15.6 The parties agree that a construction of this Agreement that results in
all provisions being enforceable is to be preferred to a construction that
does not so result.
15.7 This Agreement may not be modified or varied except by an instrument in
writing signed by both of the parties hereto or their duly authorized
representative.
15.8 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of Hong Kong. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Hong
Kong have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that
arises out of or in connection with this Agreement.
SCHEDULE 1
Basic Salary: HK$600,000 per annum
SCHEDULE 2
Discretionary Bonus
The Employee shall be eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus. Payment
of such bonus and the amount (if any) thereof shall be at the entire discretion
of the Company determined by them using such criteria as they consider
appropriate, including, but not limited to, whether the Company has made audited
profits after tax and minority interest but before extraordinary items of over
HK$100 million, the performance of the Group and of the Employee during the
period in question, provided always that such bonus (if any) shall not exceed 1%
of such profits.
Retirement Scheme
The Employee shall have the benefit of participation in the mandatory provident
fund scheme provided by the Company subject to the terms and conditions of such
scheme from time to time in force, and the mandatory payments by the Company
shall not exceed the statutory minimum.
SCHEDULE 3
ANNUAL LEAVE
In addition to statutory holidays, the Employee shall be entitled after
completion of each year of service to 14 working days (including Saturdays) of
Annual Leave, which Annual Leave shall be taken at such time or times as may be
convenient to the Company having regard to the exigencies of the Company's
business, provided that:
1. if the employment of the Employee hereunder is to cease on the completion
of any year of
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service, the Employee shall be entitled to take the Annual Leave
immediately prior to the end of such year of service, notwithstanding that
at that time such year of service shall not have been completed;
2. if the Employee has taken more Annual Leave during the final year of
employment than has accrued by the termination of this Agreement, the
Employees hereby consents to the Company deducting from his final salary
payment an amount equivalent to such excess Annual Leave taken but not
accrued, or paying to the Company such amount if the final salary payment
is insufficient for such purpose;
3. if for any reason the Employee shall not have taken his full entitlement
of Annual Leave in any one year he shall not have any claim against the
Company in respect thereof nor, unless the reason is the exigencies of the
Company's business (of which the Company shall be the sole judge), shall
he be entitled to additional Annual Leave in any year in respect of leave
not taken in previous years.
IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been entered into the day and year first
before written.
SIGNED by ) Ninetowns Digital World Trade Holdings Limited
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Wang Shuang
NINETOWNS DIGITAL WORLD ) -----------------------------
TRADE HOLDINGS LIMITED )
SIGNED by ) /s/ Ren Xiaoguang
REN XIAOGUANG ([Name in ) -----------------------------
Chinese]) )
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