EX-8.2 3 d278827dex82.htm EX-8.2 EX-8.2

Exhibit 8.2

 

9/F, Office Tower C1, Oriental Plaza, 1 East Chang An Ave., Dongcheng District

Beijing 100738, PRC

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Beijing  • Shanghai • Shenzhen • Haikou • Wuhan • Hong Kong

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September 15, 2022

To: Tencent Music Entertainment Group (the “Company”)

Unit 3, Building D, Kexing Science Park

Kejizhongsan Avenue, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan District

Shenzhen, 518057, the People’s Republic of China

Dear Sirs or Madams:

We are lawyers qualified in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”, which, for purposes of this opinion only, does not include the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region or Taiwan) and as such are qualified to issue this opinion on the laws and regulations of the PRC effective as of the date hereof.

We are acting as PRC counsel to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the proposed offering of certain American depositary shares, each representing three Class A ordinary shares of par value $0.000083 per share of the Company.

A. Documents and Assumptions

In rendering this opinion, we have carried out due diligence and examined copies of the Registration Statement and other documents, corporate records and certificates issued by the Governmental Agencies (as defined below) (collectively the “Documents”) as we have considered necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion. Where certain facts were not independently established and verified by us, we have relied upon certificates or statements issued or made by the relevant Governmental Agencies and appropriate representatives of the Company and the PRC Major Companies (as defined below).

In giving this opinion, we have assumed without independent investigation that (the “Assumptions”):

 

(1)

all signatures, seals and chops are genuine, each signature on behalf of a party thereto is that of a person duly authorized by such party to execute the same, all Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, and all Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the originals;

 

(2)

each of the parties to the Documents, other than the PRC Major Companies, (i) if a legal person or other entity, is duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and/or incorporation, (ii) if an individual, has full capacity for civil conduct; each of them, other than the PRC Major Companies, has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its, her or his obligations under the Documents to which it, she or he is a party in accordance with the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and/or the laws that it, she or he is subject to;

 

 

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(3)

the Documents presented to us remain in full force and effect on the date of this opinion and have not been revoked, amended or supplemented, and no amendments, revisions, supplements, modifications or other changes have been made, and no revocation or termination has occurred, with respect to any of the Documents after they were submitted to us for the purposes of this opinion;

 

(4)

the laws of jurisdictions other than the PRC which may be applicable to the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Documents are complied with;

 

(5)

all requested Documents have been provided to us and all factual statements made to us by the Company and the PRC Major Companies in connection with this opinion, including but not limited to the statements set forth in the Documents, are true, correct and complete;

 

(6)

all explanations and interpretations provided by government officials duly reflect the official position of the relevant Governmental Agencies and are complete, true and correct;

 

(7)

each of the Documents is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective governing laws in any and all respects;

 

(8)

all consents, licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions or authorizations required by, and all required registrations or filings with, any governmental authority or regulatory body of any jurisdiction other than the PRC in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Prospectus and other Documents have been obtained or made, and are in full force and effect as of the date thereof;

 

(9)

all Governmental Authorizations (as defined below) and other official statements and documentation obtained by the Company or any PRC Major Company from any Governmental Agency have been obtained by lawful means in due course, and the Documents provided to us conform with those documents submitted to Governmental Agencies for such purposes; and

In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness as to factual matters of each Document we have reviewed.

B. Definitions

In addition to the terms defined in the context of this opinion, the following capitalized terms used in this opinion shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows.

 

Governmental Agency   means any national, provincial or local governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission in the PRC, or any court, tribunal or any other judicial or arbitral body in the PRC, or any body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, judicial, legislative, law enforcement, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of a similar nature in the PRC.
Governmental Authorization   means any license, approval, consent, waiver, order, sanction, certificate, authorization, filing, declaration, disclosure, registration, exemption, permission, endorsement, annual inspection, clearance, qualification, permit or license by, from or with any Governmental Agency pursuant to any PRC Laws.

 

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PRC Major Companies   means the entities as set forth in Appendix A hereto
PRC Laws   means all applicable national, provincial and local laws, regulations, rules, notices, orders, decrees and judicial interpretations of the PRC currently in effect and publicly available on the date of this opinion.

C. Opinions

Based on our review of the Documents and subject to the Assumptions and the Qualifications (as defined below), we are of the opinion that:

 

(1)

Taxation. The statements made in the Registration Statement under the caption “Taxation – People’s Republic of China Taxation”, with respect to the PRC tax laws and regulations or interpretations, are correct and accurate in all material respects.

Our opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications (the “Qualifications”):

 

(1)

Our opinions are limited to PRC Laws of general application on the date hereof. We have made no investigation of, and do not express or imply any views on, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the PRC, and we have assumed that no such other laws would affect our opinions expressed above.

 

(2)

PRC Laws referred to herein are laws and regulations publicly available and currently in force on the date hereof and there is no guarantee that any of such laws and regulations, or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, will not be changed, amended or revoked in the future with or without retrospective effect.

 

(3)

Our opinions are subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws in the PRC affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) possible judicial or administrative actions or any PRC Laws affecting creditors’ rights.

 

(4)

Our opinions are subject to the effects of (i) certain legal or statutory principles affecting the enforceability of contractual rights generally under the concepts of public interests, social ethics, national security, good faith, fair dealing, and applicable statutes of limitation; (ii) any circumstance in connection with the formulation, execution or performance of any legal documents that would be deemed materially mistaken, clearly unconscionable, fraudulent, coercionary or concealing illegal intentions with a lawful form; (iii) judicial discretion with respect to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, remedies or defenses, or the calculation of damages; and (iv) the discretion of any competent PRC legislative, administrative or judicial bodies in exercising their authority in the PRC.

 

(5)

This opinion is issued based on our understanding of PRC Laws. For matters not explicitly provided under PRC Laws, the interpretation, implementation and application of the specific requirements under PRC Laws, as well as their application to and effect on the legality, binding effect and enforceability of certain contracts, are subject to the final discretion of competent PRC legislative, administrative and judicial authorities. Under PRC Laws, foreign investment is restricted in certain industries.

 

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(6)

The term “enforceable” or “enforceability” as used in this opinion means that the obligations assumed by the relevant obligors under the relevant Documents are of a type which the courts of the PRC may enforce. It does not mean that those obligations will necessarily be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with their respective terms and/or additional terms that may be imposed by the courts. As used in this opinion, the expression “to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry” or similar language with reference to matters of fact refers to the current, actual knowledge of the attorneys of this firm who have worked on matters for the Company in connection with the offering and the transactions contemplated thereby. We may rely, as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent we deem proper, on certificates and confirmations of responsible officers of the Company, the PRC Major Companies and Governmental Agencies.

 

(7)

We have not undertaken any independent investigation, search or other verification action to determine the existence or absence of any fact or to prepare this opinion, and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should be drawn from our representation of the Company or the PRC Major Companies or the rendering of this opinion.

 

(8)

This opinion is intended to be used in the context which is specifically referred to herein; each paragraph shall be construed as a whole and no part shall be extracted and referred to independently.

This opinion is delivered solely for the purpose of and in connection with the Registration Statement publicly submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date of this opinion and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The opinions expressed herein are rendered only as of the date hereof, and we assume no responsibility to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments that hereafter may be brought to our attention and that may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in, and the filing hereof as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and to the use of our firm’s name in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

/s/ HAN KUN LAW OFFICES

HAN KUN LAW OFFICES

 

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Appendix A

List of the PRC Major Companies

 

1.

Yeelion Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (亿览在线网络技术(北京)有限公司)

2.

Beijing Kuwo Technology Co., Ltd. (北京酷我科技有限公司)

3.

Tianjin Kuwo Technology Co., Ltd. (天津酷我科技有限公司)

4.

Guangzhou Shiyinlian Software Technology Co., Ltd. (广州世音联软件科技有限公司)

5.

Tencent Music (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (腾讯音乐(北京)有限公司)

6.

Beijing Gongse Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. (北京宫瑟企业管理有限公司)

7.

Guangxi Hexian Investment Management Co., Ltd. (广西褐弦投资管理有限公司)

8.

Shenzhen Lanren Online Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳市懒人在线科技有限公司)

9.

Guangzhou Kugou Computer Technology Co., Ltd. (广州酷狗计算机科技有限公司)

10.

Tencent Music Entertainment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (腾讯音乐娱乐(深圳)有限公司)

11.

Hainan Fanxing Entertainment Information Technology Co., Ltd. (海南繁星互娱信息科技有限公司)

12.

Guangzhou Fanxing Entertainment Information Technology Co., Ltd. (广州繁星互娱信息科技有限公司)

13.

Hainan Tencent Music Entertainment Information Technology Co., Ltd. (海南腾讯音乐娱乐信息技术有限公司)

14.

Tencent Music Entertainment Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (腾讯音乐娱乐科技(深圳)有限公司)