Camelot Information Systems Inc. 7,160,206 American Depositary Shares Representing 28,640,824 Ordinary Shares (no par value per share) Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
7,160,206 American Depositary Shares
Representing
28,640,824 Ordinary Shares
(no par value per share)
Representing
28,640,824 Ordinary Shares
(no par value per share)
December [•], 2010
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C.
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center,
0 Xxxxx’x Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx
0 Xxxxx’x Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx
Barclays Capital Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
As | Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I attached hereto. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The shareholders of Camelot Information Systems Inc., a company limited by shares and
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), named in Schedule II hereto
(the “Selling Shareholders"), propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of
7,160,206 American Depositary Shares, representing 28,640,824 ordinary shares, no par value per
share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of the Company, and the Company proposes, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the election of the
Underwriters, up to an additional 1,074,030 American Depositary Shares representing 4,296,120
Ordinary Shares. The aggregate of 7,160,206 American Depositary Shares representing 28,640,824
Ordinary Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders are herein called the “Firm ADSs”, and the
aggregate of an additional 1,074,030 American Depositary Shares representing 4,296,120 Ordinary
Shares to be sold, at the election of the Underwriters, by the Company are herein called the
"Optional ADSs”. The Firm ADSs and the Optional ADSs that the Underwriters elect to purchase
pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “ADSs”. The Ordinary Shares
represented by the Firm ADSs are hereinafter called the “Firm Shares” and the Ordinary Shares
represented by the Optional ADSs are hereinafter called the “Optional Shares”, and the Firm
Shares and the Optional Shares are herein collectively called the “Shares”.
The ADSs are to be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”), dated as
of July 26, 2010, among the Company, Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and holders
from time to time of the American Depositary Receipts (the “ADRs”) issued by the Depositary and
evidencing the ADSs. Each ADS will initially represent four Ordinary Shares deposited pursuant to
the Deposit Agreement.
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters
that:
(i) A registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-170825) in respect of the
Shares has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
(the initial registration statement filing, together will all pre-effective amendments
thereto, collectively, the “Initial Registration Statement”); the Initial Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered
to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have
been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration
statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”), which became or will become effective upon filing, no other document
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the
Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration
Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the
Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened by the Commission (any preliminary
prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act is
hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial
Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all
exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section
5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial
Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time
such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are
hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Preliminary Prospectus
relating to the Shares and ADSs that was included in the Registration Statement immediately
prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(a)(iii) hereof) is hereinafter called
the “Pricing Prospectus”; such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any “issuer free writing
prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares
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and ADSs is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”); and any “bona
fide electronic roadshow” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has
been made available without restriction to any person is hereinafter called a “broadly
available roadshow”);
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, and each broadly available roadshow, if any,
when considered together with the Pricing Prospectus, conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and
did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is [•] pm (Eastern
standard time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by
the pricing information, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses and other documents listed in
Schedule III(b) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure
Package”) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III hereto does not conflict with
the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken
together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(iv) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to
each part of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
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therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however,
that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(v) A registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-167821) in respect of the ADSs
has been filed with the Commission; such registration statement in the form heretofore
delivered to you and, excluding exhibits, to you for each of the other Underwriters, has
been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other document with respect to
such registration statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (the various
parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto, each as amended at
the time such part of the registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called
the “ADS Registration Statement”); and the ADS Registration Statement when it became
effective conformed, and any further amendments thereto will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and did not, as of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(vi) A registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-34797) in respect of the
registration of the Shares and ADSs under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), has been filed with the Commission; such registration
statement in the form heretofore delivered to you and, excluding exhibits, to you for each
of the other Underwriters, has been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no
other document with respect to such registration statement has heretofore been filed with
the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement
has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits
thereto, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became
effective, being hereinafter called the “Form 8-A Registration Statement”); and the Form
8-A Registration Statement when it became effective conformed, and any further amendments
thereto will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not and will not, as of the
applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading;
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing
Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood
or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
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from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the share capital, short-term debt or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material
Adverse Effect”), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(viii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, with power and authority
(corporate and other) to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to
require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason
of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the
Company has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, with power
and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business
so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability
by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;
(ix) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries listed in Schedule IV hereto
(such subsidiaries, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has good and marketable title to all
personal property owned by it, including all Intellectual Properties (defined below), and
has good and valid title to all real property or the beneficial interests in and the right
to transfer, lease and mortgage the land use rights and building ownership rights over all
of the real properties as owned by it, in each case free and clear of all liens, charges,
encumbrances, and defects, except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus (A) each lease to which any of the Company or its
Subsidiaries is a party, is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its
terms, and no material default (or event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has occurred or is
continuing under any such lease; (B) the use of any premises occupied by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is in
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accordance with that provided in the lease, land use rights, tenancy, license,
concession or agreement relating to such occupation and each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has observed and performed the terms and conditions thereof on the part of the
tenant to be observed and performed; and (C) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
received any claim for liabilities in respect of any properties previously occupied by it
or which it owned or held any interests in, including, without limitation, leasehold
premises assigned, surrendered or otherwise disposed of;
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, maintain insurance covering
their properties, operations, personnel and businesses as the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, reasonably deem adequate in accordance with customary industry practice;
such insurance insures against such losses and risks to an extent which is adequate to
protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their businesses, taken as a whole; all such
insurance is fully in force; all due premiums in respect of such insurance have been paid;
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew any such insurance as and when such insurance expires; and there is no
material insurance claim made by or against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, pending, outstanding, or to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry,
threatened, and no facts or circumstances exist which would reasonably be expected to give
rise to any such claim;
(xi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sent or received any
communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the material
contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Pricing Prospectus, or referred to
or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such
termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or,
to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, any other party to any such contract or
agreement;
(xii) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, have all necessary
licenses, franchises, concessions, consents, authorizations, approvals, orders,
certificates and permits of and from, and have made all declarations and filings with, all
governmental agencies to own, lease, license and use its properties, assets and conduct
their businesses in the manner described in the Pricing Prospectus, and such licenses,
franchises, concessions, consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates or
permits contain no material restrictions or conditions not described in the Pricing
Prospectus; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has a reasonable
basis to believe that any regulatory body is considering modifying, suspending or revoking
any such licenses, consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates or permits,
and the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the provisions of all such
licenses, consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates or permits;
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(xiii) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in breach of or in
default under any laws, regulations, rules, orders, decrees, guidelines or notices of the
PRC, the British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Japan or Hong Kong, and any other jurisdiction
where it was incorporated or operates; (B) in breach of or in default under any approval,
consent, waiver, authorization, exemption, permission, endorsement or license granted by
any court, governmental agency or body of any stock exchange authority (each, a
“Governmental Agency”) in the PRC, the British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong or
any other jurisdiction where it was incorporated or operates; (C) in violation of its
constitutive or organizational documents; or (D) in default in the performance or
observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the case of (D)
above, where any such default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(xiv) The Company has the authorized and paid-in capitalization as set forth in the
Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued share capital of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the
description thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all
of the issued share capital of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants,
rights or options to purchase from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue,
Shares, ADSs or any other class of share capital of the Company or any of its significant
subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act); the Shares, when issued (in the case
of the Optional Shares) and delivered against payment therefor, may be freely deposited by
the Company and the Selling Shareholders with the Depositary against issuance of ADRs
evidencing ADSs; the ADSs, when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be
freely transferable by the Company and the Selling Shareholders to or for the account of
the several Underwriters and the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions
on subsequent transfers of the Shares or the ADSs under the laws of the PRC, the British
Virgin Islands, or the United States except as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus;
(xv) Except as described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits
thereto), the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (A) no person has any preemptive
rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase any Shares, ADSs
or any other share capital of or other equity interests in the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and (B) no person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial
advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares and the ADSs;
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(xvi) The Shares underlying the ADSs to be sold by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and when
issued (in the case of the Optional Shares) and delivered against payment therefor as
provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will
conform to the description of the Ordinary Shares contained in the Prospectus;
(xvii) [Reserved];
(xviii) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to
any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company
to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to
any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act;
(xix) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and each of the Subsidiaries and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company and each of the Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as
to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
(xx) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositary,
constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles, and upon issuance by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing ADSs and
the deposit of Shares in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and the persons in whose names the
ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit
Agreement; and the Deposit Agreement and the ADRs conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(xxi) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares
may under the current laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands be paid to the
Depositary, and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to
withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands and
are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in the British
Virgin Islands and without the necessity of obtaining any consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances or qualifications of or with any
Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their
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respective properties (hereinafter referred to as “Governmental Authorizations”) in
the British Virgin Islands;
(xxii) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital
of Triumph Consulting & Service Co., Ltd. may under the current laws and regulations of the
British Virgin Islands be paid to its shareholders, and all such dividends and other
distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and
regulations of the British Virgin Islands and are otherwise free and clear of any other
tax, withholding or deduction in the British Virgin Islands and without the necessity of
obtaining any Governmental Authorization in the British Virgin Islands;
(xxiii) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share
capital of any of Taiwan Camelot Information Inc., VLife Technology Co., Ltd., Harmonation
Inc. and Hwawei Digital Financial Technologies Co., Ltd. may under the current laws and
regulations of Taiwan be paid to their shareholders, and all such dividends and other
distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and
regulations of Taiwan and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or
deduction in Taiwan and without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental Authorization
in Taiwan;
(xxiv) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital
of any of Camelot Japan Co., Ltd. and Entoh Digital Co., Ltd. may under the current laws
and regulations of Japan be paid to their shareholders, and all such dividends and other
distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and
regulations of Japan and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or
deduction in Japan and without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental Authorization in
Japan;
(xxv) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital
of Kings Consulting Services Limited may under the current laws and regulations of Hong
Kong be paid to their shareholders, and all such dividends and other distributions will not
be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of Hong Kong and
are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in Hong Kong and
without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental Authorization in Hong Kong;
(xxvi) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, all dividends
and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of any of Asialink
Information Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Bayshore Consulting & Services Co., Ltd.,
Beijing Agree Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Camelot Technology Co., Ltd.,
Beijing Heng En Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Red River Valley Information Technology Co.,
Ltd., Beijing Tansun Software Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Yinfeng Technology Development
Co., Ltd., Camelot Information Technology. Co., Ltd., Dalian Yuandong Digital Co., Ltd.,
Beijing Faceita Information System Ltd., Jiaxing Camelot Software Co. Ltd., Kunshan Kesuo
Information Consulting Co., Ltd., Nanjing Camelot Information
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Systems Engineering Co. Ltd., Shanghai Agree Technology Development Co., Ltd.,
Shanghai Camelot Information Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai Camelot Software Co., Ltd.,
VLife Technology (Shang Hai) Co., Ltd., Xiamen Tansun Software Technology Development Co.,
Ltd., Yantai Q.B. Eleven Outsourcing Service Company and Zhuhai Agree Technology Co., Ltd.
(collectively, the “PRC Subsidiaries”) may under the current laws and regulations of the
PRC be freely transferred out of the PRC and may be paid in U.S. dollars, and all such
dividends and other distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under
the laws and regulations of the PRC and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax,
withholding or deduction in the PRC, and without the necessity of obtaining any
Governmental Authorization in the PRC;
(xxvii) (a) The issue and sale of the Shares represented by ADSs, the deposit of the
Shares with the Depositary against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the compliance by
the Company with this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of the Company and any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the constitutive or
organizational documents of the Company or any subsidiary or (C) result in any violation of
any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets;
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the compliance by the
Subsidiaries with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company
and any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (B) result in
any violation of the provisions of the constitutive or organizational documents of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets;
(xxviii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, clearance or
qualification of or with any Governmental Authorization is required for the issue and sale
of the Shares or the ADSs, for the deposit of the Shares with the
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Depositary against issuance of ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be delivered or
the consummation by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, except (A) the registration under the Act of the
Shares and ADSs and listing of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, (B) such
Governmental Authorizations as have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect and
copies of which have been furnished to you and (C) such Governmental Authorizations as may
be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or any laws of jurisdictions outside
the PRC, the British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares represented by ADSs by or for
the respective accounts of the several Underwriters;
(xxix) The ADSs have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject
only to notice of issuance;
(xxx) No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains,
income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the
government of the PRC, the British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with: (A) the
deposit with the Depositary of the Shares by the Company against the issuance of ADRs
evidencing the ADSs, (B) the sale and delivery by the Company of the Shares represented by
ADSs to or for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters or (C) the sale and
delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares represented by ADSs to the initial purchasers
thereof in the manner described in this Agreement and the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxxi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action which was designed to or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares represented by
ADSs:
(xxxii) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the
captions “Description of Share Capital” and “Description of American Depositary Shares”,
insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Ordinary Shares and
ADSs, respectively, and under the captions “Taxation” and “Underwriting”, insofar as they
purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are
accurate, complete and fair;
(xxxiii) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal,
arbitration or governmental proceedings (including, without limitation, governmental
investigations or inquiries) pending to which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the
Company’s directors and executive officers is a party or a subject or of which any property
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would have a Material Adverse Effect; or that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus
and are not so described; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, no
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such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;
(xxxiv) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Shares represented by ADSs and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an
“investment company”, as such term is defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(xxxv) At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement the Company was not
and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined under Rule 405 under the Act;
(xxxvi) Each of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is in proper form to be
enforceable against the Company in the British Virgin Islands in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; to ensure the
legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in the British Virgin
Islands of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement
or the Deposit Agreement be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the
British Virgin Islands or that any stamp or similar tax in the British Virgin Islands be
paid on or in respect of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement or any other documents to be
furnished hereunder;
(xxxvii) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Form 8-A Registration Statement and the ADS
Registration Statement and the filing of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Form 8A Registration
Statement and the ADS Registration Statement with the Commission have been duly authorized
by and on behalf of the Company, and the Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration
Statement and the ADS Registration Statement have been duly executed pursuant to such
authorization by and on behalf of the Company;
(xxxviii) There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in
the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement which have not be so described and filed as required;
(xxxix) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, in each case, (A) each of the
Company and its subsidiaries owns, possesses, licenses or has other rights to use all
patents and patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
Internet domain names, technology, and/or know-how (including trade secrets and other
unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary rights) (collectively, “Intellectual Property”)
that are necessary or used in any material respect to conduct each of their respective
businesses in the manner in which it is being conducted and in the manner in which it is
contemplated as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus; (B) all material copyrights and
patents owned or licensed by the Company and its subsidiaries are valid, enforceable and not
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subject to any ongoing or, to the Company’s best knowledge after
due inquiry, threatened interference, reexamination, judicial or administrative proceeding
pertaining to validity, enforceability or scope; (C) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice alleging infringement, violation or conflict with (and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows of any basis for alleging
infringement, violation or conflict with) the Intellectual Property rights of any third
party by the Company, its subsidiaries, or their products; (D) there are no pending or, to
the Company’s best knowledge after due inquiry, threatened actions, suits, proceedings or
claims that allege the Company or any of its subsidiaries is infringing or has infringed
any Intellectual Property right of any third party; (E) to the Company’s knowledge after
due inquiry, the discoveries, inventions, products or processes of the Company and its
subsidiaries referenced in the Pricing Prospectus, do not violate or conflict with any
Intellectual Property right of any third party including any discovery, invention, product
or process that is the subject of a patent application filed by any third party; and (F)
the Company and its subsidiaries are not in breach of, and have complied in all material
respects with all terms of, any license or other agreement relating to the Intellectual
Property; to the extent any Intellectual Property is sublicensed to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries by a third party, such sublicensed rights shall continue in full force and
effect if the principal third party license terminates for any reason; and there are no
contracts or other documents related to the Intellectual Property required to be described
in or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement other than those described in or
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; (G) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is a party to any non-competition or other similar restriction agreement or
arrangement relating to any business or service anywhere in the world; and (H) each of the
Company and its subsidiaries has taken all necessary and appropriate steps to protect and
preserve the confidentiality of applicable Intellectual Property (“Confidential
Information”). All use or disclosure of Confidential Information owned by the Company or
its subsidiaries by or to a third party has been pursuant to a written agreement between
the Company, its subsidiaries and such third party. All use or disclosure of Confidential
Information not owned by the Company or its subsidiaries has been pursuant to the terms of
a written agreement between the Company, its subsidiaries, and the owner of such
Confidential Information, or is otherwise lawful;
(xl) The Company is not a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) within the
meaning of Section 1297(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the Company will use its best efforts to avoid becoming a PFIC in the future;
(xli) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company has not sold, issued
or distributed any Shares during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including
any sales pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D or Regulation S promulgated under the Act,
other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified share option plans
or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or
warrants;
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(xlii) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under
the Act;
(xliii) No material indebtedness (actual or contingent) and no material contract or
arrangement is outstanding between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any director
or executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person connected with
such director or executive officer (including his/her spouse, infant children, any company
or undertaking in which he/she holds a controlling interest); and there are no material
relationships or transactions between the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one
hand and its affiliates, officers and directors or their shareholders, customers or
suppliers on the other hand except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xliv) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as
required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and are
independent in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board;
(xlv) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“US GAAP”); (C) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization;
(D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate actions are taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the
Company has made and kept books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of such entity;
(xlvi) The Company has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls
and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act)
and “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and
15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its subsidiaries, is
made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer by others
within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the
functions for which they are designed; the Company’s independent auditors and the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (A) all
significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of internal controls which
could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data; and (B) all fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; all
material
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weaknesses, if any, in internal controls have been identified to the Company’s
independent auditors; such internal control over financial reporting has been designed by
the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, or under their
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with US GAAP; since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Pricing Prospectus, there have been no significant changes in such internal controls or in
other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses other than those
corrective actions described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus; except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, the Company’s independent accountants have not notified the Company of any
“reportable conditions” (as that term is defined under standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) in the Company’s internal accounting
controls, or other weaknesses or deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s
internal accounting controls, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, or could
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
data consistent with the assertions of the Company’s management in the financial
statements; and the Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that, upon and at all
times after the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company and its subsidiaries and
their respective officers and directors, in their capacities as such, will be in compliance
in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
(the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(xlvii) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” are true, accurate and fair summaries in all
material respects;
(xlviii) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has any material obligation to provide retirement, healthcare, death or
disability benefits to any of the present or past employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or to any other person;
(xlix) No material labor dispute, work stoppage, slow down or other conflict with the
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge
after due inquiry, is threatened;
(l) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies” in the Pricing Prospectus truly
and accurately in all material respects describes: (A) accounting policies which the
Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial
condition and results of operations and which require management’s most difficult,
subjective or complex judgments (“Critical Accounting Policies”); (B) judgments and
uncertainties affecting the
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application of Critical Accounting Policies; and (C) the likelihood that materially
different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different
assumptions; and the Company’s Board of Directors and management have reviewed and agreed
with the selection, application and disclosure of Critical Accounting Policies and have
consulted with its legal counsel and independent accountants with regard to such
disclosure;
(li) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has: (A) entered into or
assumed any contract, (B) incurred or agreed to incur any liability (including any
contingent liability) or other obligation, (C) acquired or disposed of or agreed to acquire
or dispose of any business or any other asset or (D) assumed or acquired or agreed to
assume or acquire any liabilities (including contingent liabilities), that would, in any of
clauses (A) through (D) above, be material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and that are not otherwise described in the Pricing Prospectus;
(lii) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources” in the Pricing
Prospectus accurately and fairly describes: (A) all material trends, demands, commitments,
events, uncertainties and risks, and the potential effects thereof, that the Company
believes would materially affect liquidity and are reasonably likely to occur; and (B) all
off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, and obligations, including, without
limitation, relationships with unconsolidated entities that are contractually limited to
narrow activities that facilitate the transfer of or access to assets by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, such as structured finance entities and special purpose entities
(collectively, “off-balance sheet arrangements”) that are reasonably likely to have a
material effect on the liquidity of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the
availability thereof or the requirements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for
capital resources;
(liii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, none of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is engaged in any material transactions with its directors, officers,
management, shareholders, or any other affiliate, including any person who formerly held a
position as directors, officers, managers and/or shareholders, on terms that are not
available from unrelated third parties on an arm’s-length basis;
(liv) The descriptions of the acquisitions made by the Company and its subsidiaries
(the “Acquisitions”) set forth in the Pricing Prospectus under the captions “Our History
and Corporate Structure”, “Risk Factors — Risk Relating to Our Business”, “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business”
are true and correct in all material respects;
(lv) Each of the documents or agreements, as amended, as the case may be, executed by
the Company in connection with the Acquisitions (collectively, the “Acquisitions
Documents”) has been duly authorized, executed and
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delivered by or on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries, and constitutes a valid
and legally binding agreement of the Company and its subsidiaries, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
(lvi) The Acquisitions and the execution, delivery and performance of the Acquisitions
Documents by the Company and its subsidiaries do not (A) conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any subsidiary or by which the Company or any subsidiary is bound or
to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, (B)
result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association, business license
or other constituent documents of the Company or any subsidiary or (C) result in any
violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, except in the case of (A) above, where any
such conflict, breach or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(lvii) All consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations and
qualifications required in connection with the Acquisitions and the execution, delivery and
performance of the Acquisitions Documents have been made or unconditionally obtained in
writing; and no such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
has been withdrawn or is subject to any condition precedent which has not been fulfilled or
performed;
(lviii) No holder of any of the Shares or the ADSs after the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is or will be subject
to any personal liability in respect of any liability of the Company by virtue only of its
holding of any such Shares or ADSs; and except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus,
there are no limitations on the rights of holders of the Shares or the ADSs to hold, vote
or transfer their securities;
(lix) (a) (i) The audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements (and the
notes thereto) of the Company included in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus
and Prospectus, and the unaudited consolidated financial information included in the
Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Recent
Developments” and derived from the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as at
September 30, 2010 and the Company’s unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the
three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates specified and
the consolidated results of operations and changes in the consolidated financial position
of the Company for the periods specified, and (ii) such financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with US GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
presented (other than as described therein); (b) the summary and selected consolidated
financial data
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and unaudited quarterly financial information included in the Registration Statement,
Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have
been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial
statements included therein, subject, in the case of the preliminary unaudited financial
results, to the fact that such results are subject to completion of the Company’s normal
period-end closing procedures and review by the Company’s independent accountants in
accordance with Statement of Auditing Standards No. 100;
(lx) Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, each holder of ADRs evidencing ADSs
issued pursuant to the Deposit Agreement shall be entitled, subject to the Deposit
Agreement, to seek enforcement of its rights through the Depositary or its nominee
registered as representative of the holders of the ADRs in a direct suit, action or
proceeding against the Company;
(lxi) All amounts payable by the Company in respect of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs or
the Shares shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of any
taxes imposed, assessed or levied by the British Virgin Islands or any authority thereof or
therein (except such income taxes as may otherwise be imposed by the British Virgin Islands
on payments hereunder to an Underwriter whose net income is subject to tax by the British
Virgin Islands or withholding, if any, with respect to any such income tax) nor are any
taxes imposed in the British Virgin Islands on, or by virtue of the execution or delivery
of, such documents;
(lxii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has paid all taxes required to be paid
and all returns, reports or filings which ought to have been made by or in respect of the
Company and its subsidiaries for taxation purposes as required by the law of the
jurisdictions in which the Company and its subsidiaries are incorporated, managed or engage
in business have been made and all such returns are correct and on a proper basis in all
material respects and are not the subject of any dispute with the relevant revenue or other
appropriate authorities; all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether
imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such authorities have been paid
in full; the provisions included in the audited and unaudited consolidated financial
statements as set out in the Pricing Prospectus included appropriate provisions required
under US GAAP for all taxation in respect of accounting periods ended on or before the
accounting reference date to which such accounts relate for which the Company was then or
might reasonably be expected thereafter to become or have become liable; and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any tax deficiency with respect
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(lxiii) The Company has provided or made available to you true, correct, and complete
copies of all documentation pertaining to any extension of credit in the form of a personal
loan made, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any
director or executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and since December
31, 2009, none of the Company or any of
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its subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, including through any of its
subsidiaries: (A) extended credit, arranged to extend credit, or renewed any extension of
credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to or for any family member or affiliate of any
director or executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (B) made any
material modification, including any renewal thereof, to any term of any personal loan to
any director or executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any family
member or affiliate of any director or executive officer, which loan was outstanding on
December 31, 2009, that (x) is outstanding on the date hereof and (y) constitutes a
violation of any applicable law or regulation; for the avoidance of doubt, “personal loan”,
as used in this clause (lxiii), shall not include any cash advances made by the Company in
the ordinary course of its business for travel and other incidental expenses of the
Company’s directors, officers and employees;
(lxiv) Any statistical and market-related data included in the Pricing Prospectus and
Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be
reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent for the use of such
data from such sources to the extent required;
(lxv) The application of the net proceeds from the offering of ADSs, as described in
the Pricing Prospectus, will not (A) contravene any provision of any current and applicable
laws or the current constituent documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B)
contravene the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
currently binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) contravene or violate
the terms or provisions of any Governmental Authorization applicable to any of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries;
(lxvi) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and
any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for
a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Shares represented by ADSs;
(lxvii) Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the courts of the British Virgin
Islands will recognize and give effect to the choice of law provisions set forth in Section
21 hereof and enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against the Company to enforce this
Agreement; under the laws of the PRC, the choice of law provisions set forth in Section 21
hereof will be recognized by the courts of the PRC and any judgment obtained in any state
or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York (each,
a “New York Court”) arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement will be recognized in PRC courts subject to the applicable provisions of the
Civil Procedure Law of the PRC relating to the enforceability of foreign judgments;
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(lxviii) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, and any director, officer,
agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to a political activity; made any direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee
from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any unlawful bribe, payoff, influence payment,
kickback, payment or rebate to any government official or any entity or other person,
including without limitation any director, officer, employee, agent or associate of any
company or entity which has or had a business relationship with the Company;
(lxix) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted
at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended,
the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder
and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator or non-governmental authority involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened;
(lxx) The descriptions of the events and transactions set forth in the Pricing
Prospectus in the section entitled “Our History and Corporate Structure” are accurate,
complete and fair in all material respects; and each of the events and transactions set
forth therein has been duly authorized and does not (A) contravene any provision of
applicable law or statute, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties
(including but not limited to the Ministry of Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory
Commission, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce and the State Administration
of Foreign Exchange, the State Administration of Taxation and their respective local
counterparts in the PRC), (B) contravene the articles of association, business license or
other constitutive documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under, any license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or (D) result in
any liability or charge on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except in
the case of (C) and (D) above, where any such conflict, breach, violation, default,
liability or charge would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(lxxi) The issuance and sale of the Shares represented by ADSs, the listing and
trading of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the Power of Attorney is not and
will not be, as of the date hereof or at each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4
hereof), adversely affected by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC on
August 8, 2006 (the “M&A Rules”) or any official clarifications, guidance, interpretations
or implementation rules in connection with or related to the M&A Rules (collectively, the
“M&A Rules and Related Clarifications”);
(lxxii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries that were incorporated outside of the
PRC has complied with, and ensured compliance by each of its shareholders, option holders,
directors, officers and employees that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by, a PRC resident or citizen with any applicable rules and regulations of the relevant PRC
government agencies (including but not limited to the Ministry of Commerce, the China
Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), the National Development and Reform
Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange) relating to overseas
investment by PRC residents and citizens or the repatriation of the proceeds from overseas
offering and listing by offshore special purpose vehicles controlled directly or indirectly
by PRC companies and individuals, such as the Company (the “PRC Overseas Investment and
Listing Regulations”), including without limitation, requesting each shareholder, option
holder, director, officer and employee that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen to complete any registration and other procedures
required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations;
(lxxiii) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus under the captions “Risk
Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China — The approval of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, may be required in connection with this offering under
recently adopted PRC regulation; any requirement to obtain prior CSRC approval could delay
this offering and a failure to obtain this approval could materially and adversely affect
our business, operating results, reputation and ADSs’ trading price and may also create
uncertainties for this offering; such regulation also establishes more complex procedures
for acquisitions conducted by non-PRC investors which could make it more difficult to
pursue growth through acquisitions.” and “Chinese Government Regulations — Regulation on
Overseas Listings” are fair and accurate summaries of the matters described therein, and
nothing has been omitted from such summaries which would make the same misleading in any
material respect;
(lxxiv) (A) None of the Company or its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, agents and
directors and officers: (i) does or plans to conduct or otherwise get involved with any
business with or involving the government of, or any person or project located in, any
country targeted by any of the economic sanctions promulgated by any Executive Order issued
by the President of the United States or administered by the United States Treasury
Department’s Office of
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Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”); or (ii) supports or facilitates or plans to
support or facilitate or otherwise get involved with any such business or project, in each
case other than as permitted under such economic sanctions; (B) the Company is not
controlled (within the meaning of the Executive Orders or regulations promulgating such
economic sanctions or the laws authorizing such promulgation) by any such government or
person; and (C) in the event the Optional Shares are issued, the proceeds from the offering
of the Shares represented by ADSs contemplated hereby will not be used to fund any
operations in, to finance any investments, projects or activities in, or to make any
payments to, any country, or to make any payments to, or finance any activities with, any
person targeted by any of such economic sanctions and (D) the Company maintains and has
implemented adequate internal controls and procedures to monitor and audit transactions
that are reasonably designed to detect and prevent any use of the proceeds from the
offering of the Shares represented by ADSs contemplated hereby that is inconsistent with
any of the Company’s representations and obligations under clause (C) of this paragraph or
in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus;
(lxxv) The Company and its subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and
operations are in compliance with, and the Company and each of its subsidiaries hold all
permits, authorizations and approvals required under Environmental Laws (as defined below);
there are no past, present or, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, reasonably
anticipated future events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions,
omissions or plans that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any material costs or
liabilities to the Company or any subsidiary under, or to interfere with or prevent
compliance by the Company or any subsidiary with, Environmental Laws; neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries (A) is the subject of any investigation, (B) has received any
notice or claim, (C) is a party to or affected by any pending or, to the Company’s best
knowledge after due inquiry, threatened action, suit or proceeding, (D) is bound by any
judgment, decree or order or (E) has entered into any agreement, in each case relating to
any alleged violation of any Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or
threatened release or cleanup at any location of any Hazardous Materials (as defined below)
(as used herein, “Environmental Law” means any national, provincial, municipal or other
local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, notice, directive,
decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license, authorization or other binding requirement,
or common law, relating to health, safety or the protection, cleanup or restoration of the
environment or natural resources, including those relating to the distribution, processing,
generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other handling or release or
threatened release of Hazardous Materials, and “Hazardous Materials” means any material
(including, without limitation, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes) that is regulated by or may give rise to liability under any Environmental Law);
(lxxvi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any
memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, definitive agreement or any similar
agreements with respect to a merger or consolidation or a material
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acquisition or disposition of assets, technologies, business units or businesses that
would be required to be described in the Pricing Prospectus but which have not been
described;
(lxxvii) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no affiliations or
associations between any member of the FINRA and the Company; there are no affiliations or
associations between (A) any member of the FINRA and (B) any of the Company’s officers,
directors or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s
unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day
immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the
Commission;
(lxxviii) [Reserved];
(lxxix) [Reserved];
(lxxx) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the
Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus which have not been described as
required; and
(lxxxi) Each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act
or Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, has been made
or reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and in good faith.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with the offering of the Shares and ADSs shall be deemed to be a representation
and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each of the Underwriters.
(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants as to
and in respect of itself to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Shareholder, if an entity, has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a company or a limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing in its
jurisdiction of formation;
(ii) All Governmental Authorizations required for the deposit of the Shares by such
Selling Shareholder with the Depositary against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs to
be delivered at each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), for the sale and
delivery of the Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder
and for the execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of this Agreement, the Power
of Attorney (solely with respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd. in the case of
the Power of Attorney) and the Custody Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for the sale
and delivery of the Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder
hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling Shareholder has full right, power and
authority to enter into this Agreement, the Power of Attorney (solely with respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners
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the case of the Power of Attorney) and the Custody Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer
and deliver the Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder
hereunder;
(iii) The sale of the Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling
Shareholder hereunder, the deposit of the Shares by such Selling Shareholder with the
Depositary against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be delivered by such Selling
Shareholder at each Time of Delivery and the compliance by such Selling Shareholder with
all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, the Power of Attorney
(solely with respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd. in the case of the Power of
Attorney) and the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such
Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder is bound, or to which
any of the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the constituent documents of such Selling
Shareholder if such Selling Shareholder is a corporation, the partnership agreement of such
Selling Shareholder if such Selling Shareholder is a partnership or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over such
Selling Shareholder or the property of such Selling Shareholder;
(iv) There are no affiliations or associations between any participating member of the
FINRA and such Selling Shareholder; and none of the proceeds received by such Selling
Shareholder from the sale of the Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling
Shareholder hereunder will be paid to a participating member of the FINRA or any affiliate
of (or person “associated with,” as such terms are used in the rules of the FINRA) such
member; provided, that “participating member”, as used in this clause (iv), shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in FINRA Rule 5110;
(v) Such Selling Shareholder has, and immediately prior to each Time of Delivery such
Selling Shareholder will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be represented by the
ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder at such Time of Delivery, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of the ADSs
representing such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such
ADSs, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the
several Underwriters;
(vi) Neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of its affiliates over whom such Selling
Shareholder possesses the power to directly control (whether through the ownership of
voting securities or by contract) the management and policies of such affiliates, nor any
person acting on its or their behalf has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any
action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or the ADSs;
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(vii) The sale of the Shares represented by ADSs by such Selling Shareholder pursuant
to this Agreement is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any
of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Pricing Prospectus;
(viii) Such Selling Shareholder has not, prior to the execution of this Agreement,
offered or sold any Shares by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or
used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale
of the Shares represented by ADSs, in each case other than the then most recent Preliminary
Prospectus;
(ix) The Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus complied and, as
then amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable provisions of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Registration Statement did not, as
of its effective time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus and the date such Preliminary Prospectus was filed with the
Commission and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Preliminary Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and at no time during such period
did or will any Preliminary Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, together with any
combination of one or more of the then issued Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any,
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of
the date of the Prospectus and the date the Prospectus is filed with the Commission and
ends at the later of the time of purchase, the latest additional time of purchase, if any,
and the end of the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered
(whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule)
in connection with any sale of Shares or ADSs did or will the Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and at no time during the period that begins on
the date of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time of purchase did or
will any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that the representations and warranties in this paragraph shall apply only to statements or
omissions made in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with
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written information
furnished to the Company or the Representatives by such Selling Shareholder.
(x) The Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, when issued
and delivered against payment therefore, will be freely transferable by such Selling
Shareholder to or for the account of the several Underwriters and (to the extent described
in the Prospectus) the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions on
subsequent transfers of such Shares and ADSs under the laws of Bermuda (in the case of
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the Cayman Islands (in the case of Citigroup
Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital
International Co-Investment, L.P.), the British Virgin Islands or the United States except
as described in the Pricing Prospectus under the captions “Description of Share Capital”,
“Description of American Depositary Shares” and “Shares Eligible for Future Sale”;
(xi) No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains,
income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the
government of Bermuda (in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the Cayman
Islands (in the case of Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P.
and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.), the PRC, the British
Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in
connection with (A) the deposit with the Depositary of the Shares by such Selling
Shareholder against the issuance of ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be sold by such Selling
Shareholder, (B) the sale and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of the Shares
represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder to or for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters or (C) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares
represented by ADSs to the initial purchasers thereof;
(xii) All amounts payable by such Selling Shareholder under this Agreement shall be
made free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed,
assessed or levied by Bermuda (in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the
Cayman Islands (in the case of Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership,
L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.), the PRC, the British
Virgin Islands or any authority thereof or therein, nor are any taxes imposed in Bermuda
(in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the Cayman Islands (in the case of
Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and Citigroup Venture
Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.), the PRC or the British Virgin Islands on, or by
virtue of the execution of this Agreement or the sale and delivery of the Shares
represented by ADSs;
(xiii) Each of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney (solely
with respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd. in the case of the Power of
Attorney) has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder, and is enforceable against such
Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject, as to
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enforceability, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles; and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into
evidence in Bermuda (in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the Cayman
Islands (in the case of Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P.
and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.), the PRC or the British
Virgin Islands of this Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement, the Custody
Agreement or the Power of Attorney (solely with respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore
Partners Ltd. in the case of the Power of Attorney) be filed or recorded with any court or
other authority in Bermuda (in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the
Cayman Islands (in the case of Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership,
L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.), the PRC or the
British Virgin Islands or that any stamp or similar tax in Bermuda (in the case of Xxxxxx
Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.), the Cayman Islands (in the case of Citigroup Venture
Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital International
Co-Investment, L.P.), the PRC or the British Virgin Islands be paid on or in respect of
this Agreement or any other documents to be furnished hereunder;
(xiv) Other than this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between such Selling Shareholder and any person that would give rise to a valid claim
against such Selling Shareholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s
fee or other like payment in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares represented
by ADSs;
(xv) Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the Shares represented by
ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder have been placed in custody under a
Custody Agreement (the “Custody Agreement”), in the form heretofore furnished to you, duly
executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder with the Company, as custodian (the
“Custodian”), and, in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd., such Selling
Shareholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney (the “Power of Attorney”),
in the form set forth in Annex I attached hereto, appointing the persons named
therein, and each of them, as such Selling Shareholder’s attorneys-in-fact (the
“Attorneys-in-Fact”) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such
Selling Shareholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to such
Selling Shareholder as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the
Shares represented by ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder and otherwise
to act on behalf of such Selling Shareholder in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody Agreement;
(xvi) The Shares represented by the certificates held in custody for such Selling
Shareholder under the Custody Agreement are subject to the interests of
the Underwriters hereunder and thereunder; the arrangements made by such Selling
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Shareholder for such custody and the appointment by such Selling Shareholder, in the case
of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd., of the Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of
Attorney, are to that extent irrevocable; the obligations of such Selling Shareholder
hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity
of such Selling Shareholder or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or
incapacity of any executor or trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the
case of a partnership or corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership or
corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event; if such Selling Shareholder or any
such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust
should be terminated, or if any such partnership or corporation should be dissolved, or if
any other such event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares represented by ADSs
hereunder, certificates representing the Shares and ADSs shall be delivered by or on behalf
of such Selling Shareholder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and of the Custody Agreement; and actions taken by the Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the
Powers of Attorney (solely with respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.) shall be
as valid as if such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event had not
occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact or any of them,
shall have received notice of such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other
event; and
(xvii) (A) Neither such Selling Shareholder, nor any of its affiliates over whom such
Selling Shareholder possesses the power to directly control (whether through the ownership
of voting securities or by contract) and oversee compliance of such affiliates’ OFAC
controls and policies, nor any of such Selling Shareholder’s employees, agents and
directors and officers: (i) does or plans to conduct or otherwise get involved with any
business with or involving the government of, or any person or project located in, any
country targeted by any of the economic sanctions promulgated by any Executive Order issued
by the President of the United States or administered by the OFAC; or (ii) supports or
facilitates or plans to support or facilitate or otherwise get involved with any such
business or project, in each case other than as permitted under such economic sanctions;
(B) such Selling Shareholder is not controlled (within the meaning of the Executive Orders
or regulations promulgating such economic sanctions or the laws authorizing such
promulgation) by any such government or person; and (C) the proceeds received by such
Selling Shareholder from the sale of Shares represented by ADSs pursuant to this Agreement
will not be used to fund any operations in, to finance any investments, projects or
activities in, or to make any payments to, any country, or to make any payments to, or
finance any activities with, any person targeted by any of such economic sanctions.
In addition, any certificate signed by any Selling Shareholder (or, with respect to any
Selling Shareholder that is not an individual, any officer of such Selling Shareholder or of any of
such Selling Shareholder’s subsidiaries) or by any representative of the Selling Shareholders and
delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares and ADSs shall be deemed to be a
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representation
and warranty by such Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each of the
Underwriters.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) each Selling Shareholder agrees,
severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each of the Selling Shareholders, at a purchase
price per ADS of US$[•], the number of Firm ADSs (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate
fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Firm ADSs to be sold by each
of the Selling Shareholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II
attached hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm ADSs to be
purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule
I attached hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm ADSs to be
purchased by all of the Underwriters from all of the Selling Shareholders hereunder and (b) in the
event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional ADSs
as provided below, the Company agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price
per ADS set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional ADSs as
to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by the Underwriters so as to
eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional ADSs by a fraction
the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional ADSs which such Underwriter is entitled to
purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I attached hereto
and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional ADSs that all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to
1,074,030 Optional ADSs, at the purchase price per ADS set forth in the paragraph above, for the
sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm ADSs. Any such election to
purchase Optional ADSs may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company, given
within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate
number of Optional ADSs to be purchased and the date on which such Optional ADSs are to be
delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined
in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or
later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm ADSs, the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Firm ADSs for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The ADSs to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such
authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at
least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders, shall be
delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Shareholders to the Representatives,
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the accounts specified by each of the Company
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and the
Selling Shareholders to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company and
the Selling Shareholders will cause the certificates representing the Shares and ADSs to be made
available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to each Time of Delivery (as
defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the
"Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the
Firm ADSs, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on December [•], 2010 or such other time and date as the
Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional ADSs,
9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representatives in the written notice
given by the Representatives of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional ADSs, or such
other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time
and date for delivery of the Firm ADSs is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, such time and
date for delivery of the Optional ADSs, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the
"Second Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of
Delivery”.
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties
hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the ADSs and any additional
documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof, will be delivered at the
offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 00xx Xxxxx, XXXX Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx (the “Closing Location”), and the ADSs will be delivered at the Designated
Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 4:00 p.m.,
Hong Kong time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting
the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be
available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business
Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close.
5. (a) The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(i) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld) and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act
not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be
required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement
to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which
shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly
all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule
433(d) under the Act; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
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Prospectus
or other prospectus in respect of the Shares and ADSs, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares and ADSs for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for additional information; in the event of such request for amendment or
supplement, to provide you and your counsel copies of any proposed amendment or supplement
for review and comment for a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to
file no such amendment or supplement to which shall be disapproved by you; and, in the
event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to
promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(ii) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to
qualify the Shares and ADSs for offering and sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the
continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be
necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares and ADSs, provided that in connection
therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file
a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(iii) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters
with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as
you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the
notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the
expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the
offering or sale of the Shares and ADSs and if at such time any event shall have occurred
as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when
such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act)
is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such
same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to
notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter
and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time
to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which
will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any
Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to
in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares represented by
ADSs at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your
request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such
Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may reasonably request of an
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amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(iv) To furnish to you one copy for each Representative and one copy for United States
counsel to the Underwriters of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with the
Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto and sufficient
copies of the foregoing (other than exhibits) for distribution of a copy to each of the
other Underwriters;
(v) To furnish to you as early as practicable prior to each Time of Delivery, a copy
of the latest available unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if
any, of the Company and its subsidiaries which have been read by the Company’s independent
public accountants, as stated in their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 8(o)
hereof;
(vi) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in
any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company
and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the
Company, Rule 158);
(vii) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including
the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”) not to offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, purchase any option or
contract to sell, grant any right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale, file a
registration statement with respect to, or otherwise dispose of (including entering into
any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequence of ownership interests), except as provided hereunder, (A) any ADSs or
Ordinary Shares or securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the ADSs or
Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase Ordinary
Shares or ADSs or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that
represent the right to receive, ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any such substantially similar
securities; and (B) any ordinary shares of Company’s subsidiaries or depositary shares or
depositary receipts representing such ordinary shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for or that represent the right to
receive such ordinary shares or such depositary shares or depositary receipts or any such
substantially similar securities (in each case other than pursuant to employee stock option
plans existing on the date of this Agreement and which are described in the Pricing
Prospectus), without your prior written consent; provided, however, that if (1) during the
last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or
announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces, or if the Representatives determine, that it will
release earnings results during the 15-day period following the last day of the initial
Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically
extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of
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release of
the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as
applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension; the Company will
provide the Representatives and each shareholder subject to the Lock-up Period pursuant to
the lockup letters described in Section 8(v) with prior notice of any such announcement
that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-up Period; the restrictions in this Section
5(a)(vii) shall not apply to (i) the Shares represented by ADSs to be sold hereunder; (ii)
Shares represented by ADSs issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant
or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the Pricing
Prospectus; (iii) options to purchase Shares represented by ADSs granted pursuant to the
Company’s Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, as it exists on the date of this
Agreement, (iv) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(or on any successor form thereto) relating to Shares represented by ADSs or securities
granted pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, as it
exists on the date of this Agreement;
(viii) During the Lock-Up Period, to cause each of its subsidiaries not to offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, purchase any option or
contract to sell, grant any right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale, file a
registration statement with respect to, or otherwise dispose of (including entering into
any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequence of ownership interests), except as provided hereunder and under this
Agreement: (A) any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to
receive, ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any such substantially similar securities; and (B) any
ordinary shares of any of the Company’s subsidiaries or depositary shares or depositary
receipts representing such ordinary shares, including but not limited to any securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive such
ordinary shares or such depositary shares or depositary receipts or any such substantially
similar securities, without your prior written consent; provided, however, that if (1)
during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings
results or announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of
the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces, or if the Representatives determine,
that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period following the last day of
the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically
extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the
earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable,
unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension; and the Company will provide
the Representatives and each shareholder subject to the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the
lockup letters described in Section 8(v) with prior notice of any such announcement that
gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period;
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(ix) To furnish to its shareholders within such period required by the Exchange Act
after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (in English) (including a balance sheet
and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries prepared in conformity with US GAAP certified by independent
public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three
quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective
date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its shareholders consolidated
summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in
reasonable detail;
(x) Upon your written request, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders of the Company, and to
deliver to you, to the extent not otherwise accessible through the Commission’s website
(xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx), (i) as soon as they are available to the general public, copies of
any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any
securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii)
such additional information made generally available to the public concerning the business
and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request
(such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders
generally or to the Commission);
(xi) Prior to each Time of Delivery to deposit Shares with the Depositary in
accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and otherwise to comply with the
Deposit Agreement so that ADRs evidencing ADSs will be executed (and, if applicable,
countersigned) and issued by the Depositary against receipt of such Shares and delivered to
the Underwriters at such Time of Delivery;
(xii) Not to (and to cause its affiliates not to) take, directly or indirectly, any
action which is designed to or which constitutes or which would reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company or facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares represented by ADSs;
(xiii) To use its best efforts to include the ADSs for listing on the New York Stock
Exchange;
(xiv) To file with the Commission such information on Form 20-F as may be required by
Rule 463 under the Act;
(xv) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule
462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00
P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the
time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule
111(b) under the Act;
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(xvi) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such
Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate
logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of
facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares and ADSs (the “License”); provided,
however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted
without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred;
(xvii) To indemnify and hold each of the Underwriters harmless against any
documentary, stamp or similar issuance or transfer taxes, duties or fees and any
transaction levies, commissions or brokerage charges, including any interest and penalties,
which are or may be required to be paid in connection with the creation, allotment,
issuance, offer and distribution of the Shares and ADSs to be sold by the Company and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement;
(xviii) To comply with Rule 433(d) under the Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b)
under the Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Act;
(xix) Prior to each Time of Delivery, to issue no press release or other communication
directly or indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties,
assets, or liabilities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or the offering of the
Shares and ADSs, without prior consent of the Representatives;
(xx) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to, directly or
indirectly, offer or sell any Shares or ADSs by means of any “prospectus” (within the
meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection
with the offer or sale of the Shares or the ADSs, in each case other than the Prospectus;
(xxi) Not to facilitate any shareholder’s conversion of Ordinary Share to ADSs during
the Lock-Up Period and not to release the Depositary from the obligations set forth in, or
otherwise amend, terminate or fail to enforce, the Depositary Agreement without the consent
of the Representatives;
(xxii) Use its reasonable efforts to procure its shareholders who are PRC residents to
comply with any applicable registrations or approvals required by State Administration of
Foreign Exchange of the PRC; and
(xxiii) If any of the Optional Shares are issued, to use any net proceeds received by
it from the sale of the ADSs pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the
Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”. The Company will
not use the proceeds from the offering of the ADSs contemplated hereby, to any of fund any
operations in, to finance any investments, projects or activities in, or to make any
payments to, any country, or to make any payments to, or finance any activities with, any
person, targeted by any of the economic sanctions promulgated by any Executive Order issued
by the President of the United States or administered by
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the OFAC. The Company will maintain and implement adequate internal controls and
procedures to monitor and audit transactions that are reasonably designed to detect and
prevent any use of the proceeds from the offering of the ADSs contemplated hereby that is
inconsistent with any of the Company’s representations and obligations under the preceding
sentence.
(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees, with respect to itself only, with each of the
Underwriters:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) Prior to each Time of Delivery, to deposit, or cause to be deposited on their
behalf, Shares with the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement and otherwise to comply with the Deposit Agreement so that ADRs evidencing ADSs
will be executed (and, if applicable, countersigned) and issued by the Depositary against
receipt of such Ordinary Shares and delivered to the Underwriters at such Time of Delivery;
(iii) Not to (and to cause its affiliates not to) take, directly or indirectly, any
action which is designed to or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company or facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares represented by ADSs;
(iv) To indemnify and hold each of the Underwriters harmless against any documentary,
stamp or similar issuance or transfer taxes, duties or fees and any transaction levies,
commissions or brokerage charges, including any interest and penalties, which are or may be
required to be paid in connection with the creation, allotment, issuance, offer and
distribution of the Shares and ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement;
(v) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to offer or sell any
Shares or ADSs by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any
“prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the
Shares or the ADSs, in each case other than the Prospectus;
(vi) To pay or cause to be paid all taxes, if any, on the transfer and sale of the
Shares represented by ADSs being sold by such Selling Shareholder;
(vii) To advise you promptly, and if requested by you, confirm such advice in writing,
so long as a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of Shares represented by ADSs, of (A) the best of its knowledge, any material change
in the general affairs, management, financial condition, results of operations or prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries, (B) any change in information contained in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, relating to such Selling Shareholder or (C) to the best of
its knowledge, any new material information relating to the
Company or
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relating to any matter stated in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any,
which comes to the attention of such Selling Shareholder;
(viii) Not to use any of the proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder from the
sale of the Shares represented by ADSs pursuant to this Agreement to fund any operations
in, to finance any investments, projects or activities in, or to make any payments to, any
country, or to make any payments to, or finance any activities with, any person, targeted
by any of the economic sanctions promulgated by any Executive Order issued by the President
of the United States or administered by the OFAC, or in any manner that is not in
compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations of any Governmental Agency having
jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder including, without limitation, the requirement
for PRC residents or citizens to repatriate the net proceeds received by such Selling
Shareholder into the PRC under the applicable regulation of the Ministry of Commerce and
the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC; and
(ix) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and
withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect
to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Shareholder will deliver to the
Representatives prior to or at the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8BEN (or other
applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the
Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares and ADSs that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Underwriter
represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it
has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares and ADSs that would constitute a
free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by
the Company and the Representatives is listed on Schedule III hereto;
(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees
that it will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file
with the Commission any electronic road show; and
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
prevailing, not misleading,
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the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the
Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or
cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel
and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares and the ADSs and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration
Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters,
this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, any dealer agreements, any powers of attorney, any closing
documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the
offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares and ADSs; (iii) all expenses in connection with
the qualification of the Shares and ADSs for offering and sale under the laws of the jurisdictions
as provided in Section 5(a)(ii) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv)
all fees and expenses in connection with listing the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange; (v) the
filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with, any required review by the FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares
represented by ADSs, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with such FINRA matters; (vi) the fees and disbursements of any transfer agent or
registrar for the ADSs; (vii) all the costs and expenses relating to presentations or meetings
undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the ADSs to prospective
investors and the Underwriters’ sales forces, including, without limitation, expenses associated
with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged
in connection with the road show presentations, travel, accommodation and meal expenses, and other
road show expenses incurred by the officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost
of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; (viii) the costs and expenses of
qualifying the ADSs for inclusion in the book-entry settlement system of the DTC; (ix) all expenses
and taxes arising as a result of the deposit by the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders of
the Shares with the Depositary and the issuance and delivery of the ADRs evidencing ADSs in
exchange therefor by the Depositary to the Company of the sale and delivery of the ADSs and the
Shares by the Company to or for the account of the Underwriters and of the sale and delivery of the
ADSs and the Shares by the Underwriters to each other and to the initial purchasers thereof in the
manner contemplated under this Agreement, including, in any such case, any British Virgin Islands
income, capital gains, withholding, transfer or other tax asserted against an Underwriter by reason
of the purchase and
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sale of an ADS or a Share pursuant to this Agreement; (x) the fees and expenses of the
Depositary as agreed by the Company and the Depositary and any custodian appointed under the
Deposit Agreement, other than the fees and expenses to be paid by holders of ADRs (other than the
Underwriters in connection with the initial purchase of ADSs); (xi) the fees and expenses of the
Authorized Agent (as defined in Section 16 hereof), provided that each Selling Shareholder shall
pay its respective fees and expenses for, and relating to, its authorized agent upon whom process
may be served in any action arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby; (xii) the cost of preparing the ADRs and (xiii) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section.
8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares and ADSs to be delivered at
each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and of the Selling Shareholders
herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company
and the Selling Shareholders shall have performed all of their respective obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and
regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a)(i) hereof; all material required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the
Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; if the
Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part
thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel to the Underwriters, shall have furnished
to you such written opinion and letter dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they
may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxx Xx Law Offices, PRC counsel to the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
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(d) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, United States counsel to the Company shall
have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex VI-A attached
hereto;
(e) Shearman & Sterling, United States counsel to Citigroup Venture Capital International
Growth Partnership, L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P., shall
have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex VI-B attached
hereto;
(f) Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx, Cayman Islands counsel to Citigroup Venture Capital International
Growth Partnership, L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P., shall
have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex VI-C attached
hereto;
(g) Xxxxx Day, United States counsel to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd., shall have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in
Annex VI-D attached
hereto;
(h) Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, Bermuda counsel to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.,
shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex VI-E
attached hereto;
(i) Jingcheng Tongda & Xxxx, PRC counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex V attached hereto;
(j) Xxxxxx and Calder, the British Virgin Islands counsel to the Company, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex VII attached hereto;
(k) LCS & Partners, Taiwan counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Annex VIII attached hereto;
(l) Atsumi & Partners, Japan counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Annex IX attached hereto;
(m) Pun & Associates, Hong Kong counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Annex X attached hereto;
(n) Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Depositary, shall have furnished to
you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
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substance satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex XI
attached hereto;
(o) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at
9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which the first sale of ADSs is confirmed if such
date is not the same as the date of this Agreement, on the effective date of any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also
at each Time of Delivery, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd shall have furnished to you a letter
or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory
to you, to the effect set forth in Annex XII hereto;
(p) No Preliminary Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus,
the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been filed to which you shall have objected
in writing;
(q) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date
of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not
have been any change in the share capital, short or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii),
is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the ADSs representing the Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus;
(r) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i)
a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ Global
Market, the New York Stock Exchange, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or the London Stock
Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the
NYSE; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York, London, Hong Kong
or the PRC declared by the relevant authorities, or a material disruption in commercial banking
or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong
Kong, the PRC or the British Virgin Islands; (iv) a change or development involving a
prospective change in taxation affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Shares or
the ADSs or the transfer thereof; (v) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation
of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any Governmental Agency materially affecting the
business or operations of the Company or its subsidiaries; (vi) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the
PRC
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or the British Virgin Islands or the declaration by the United States, the United Kingdom,
Hong Kong, the PRC or the British Virgin Islands of a national emergency or war; or (vii) the
occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic
conditions or currency exchange rates or controls in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong
Kong or the PRC, if the effect of any such event specified in clauses (v), (vi) or (vii), in the
sole judgment of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Shares and ADSs being delivered at such Time of Delivery
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(s) The FINRA shall have confirmed in writing that it has not raised any objection with
respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements;
(t) The ADSs to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders at such Time of
Delivery shall have been duly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to notice of
issuance;
(u) The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of
Delivery certificates satisfactory to you evidencing the deposit with it of the Shares being so
deposited against issuance of ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be delivered by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders at such Time of Delivery, and the execution, countersignature (if
applicable), issuance and delivery of ADRs evidencing such ADSs pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement;
(v) Each party set forth in Annex II attached hereto shall have entered into an
agreement (each a “Lock-Up Agreement”) in the form
attached as Annex III hereto;
(w) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) hereof with
respect to the furnishing of Prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date
of this Agreement;
(x) At each Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company shall have furnished to you an officer’s certificate, dated the date of delivery
thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex IV
attached hereto;
(y) The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling
Shareholders, as applicable, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, respectively, herein
at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders, as applicable, of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at
or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request,
including, without limitation, certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to you with
respect to the memorandum and articles of association and other organizational documents of the
Company, all resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and other corporate actions
relating to this Agreement and the authorization, issue and sale of the Shares and ADSs and the
incumbency and specimen signatures of
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signing officers, and the Company and the Selling Shareholders, as applicable, shall
have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections
(a), (q) and (z) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request;
(z) There shall not be any litigation, proceedings, investigations, processes for
administrative sanctions or other actions initiated or threatened by any Governmental Agency
before any Governmental Agency, in each case with due authority, against or involving any party
hereto, in the PRC or elsewhere, that seeks to declare non-compliance, unlawful or illegal,
under PRC laws, rules and regulations, the issuance and sales of the Shares represented by ADSs,
the listing and trading of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the Power of Attorney (solely with
respect to Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd. in the case of the Power of Attorney);
(aa) There shall not be any adverse legislative or regulatory developments related to the
M&A Rules and Related Clarifications which in the sole judgment of the Representatives would
make it inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares and ADSs
being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this
Agreement (including any such development that results in either PRC counsel to the Company or
PRC counsel to the Underwriters not being able to confirm, on the date of the Prospectus at a
time prior to the execution of this Agreement and at such Time of Delivery, the respective
opinions of such counsel, dated as of July 26, 2010;
(bb) All outstanding Preferred Shares have been converted into Ordinary Shares in
accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares; and
(cc) (A) The Custody Agreement shall have been executed by each of the Selling Shareholders
or Attorneys in Fact on behalf of the Selling Shareholders and (B) certificates in negotiable
form representing all of the Shares to be represented by ADSs to be sold at such Time of
Delivery by each of the Selling Shareholders shall have been placed in custody under the Custody
Agreement, duly executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder to the Custodian, at or prior
to the date at least one business day prior to such Time of Delivery.
9. (a) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the ADS
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Act, or arise out of or are based upon 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, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
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other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use therein.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Each of the Selling Shareholders (i) will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any
“issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise
out of or are based upon 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, in each case, to
the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company or the Underwriters by a Selling Shareholder expressly for use therein; provided,
however, the liability of a Selling Shareholder pursuant to this subsection (c) shall not exceed
the aggregate proceeds received from the sale of Shares represented by ADSs by such Selling
Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement; and (ii) will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(d) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and each Selling Shareholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Company or such Selling Shareholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon 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, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
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such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or
the Selling Shareholders by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
and will reimburse the Company and each Selling Shareholder for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company and such Selling Shareholder in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(e) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (c) or (d) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and
it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel
to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other
expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without
the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of
which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party
is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(f) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (c) or (d) above in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Shares and ADSs. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not
permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under
subsection (e) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such
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amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on
the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any
Selling Shareholder on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. Each of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agrees that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (f) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
above in this subsection (f). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in
this subsection (f) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (f), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the ADSs
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of
any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (f) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint. Each Selling Shareholder’s obligations in this
subsection (f) to contribute are several, and are not joint, with the other Selling Shareholders or
the Company, and a Selling Shareholder’s obligations in this subsection (f) to contribute shall not
exceed the aggregate proceeds received from the sale of Shares represented by ADSs by such Selling
Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders under this Section 9 shall be
in addition to any liability which the Company and the respective Selling Shareholders may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any
Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to
any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and
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conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or
her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company)
and any Selling Shareholder and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling
Shareholder within the meaning of the Act.
10. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the ADSs which it has
agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or
another party or other parties to purchase such ADSs on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such
ADSs, then the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to
purchase such ADSs on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you
notify the Company and the Selling Shareholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such
ADSs, or the Company and the Selling Shareholders notify you that they have so arranged for the
purchase of such ADSs, you or the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have the right to
postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect
whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or
in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be
made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to
this Agreement with respect to such ADSs.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the ADSs of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such ADSs which remains unpurchased does not exceed
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the ADSs to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then
the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase the number of ADSs which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at
such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its
pro rata share (based on the number of ADSs which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of
the ADSs of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the ADSs of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such ADSs which remains unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all ADSs to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if
the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b)
above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase ADSs of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company and the Selling Shareholders to sell the
Optional ADSs) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on
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the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Shareholders, except
for the expenses to be borne by the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters as
provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The respective indemnities and contribution provisions in Section 9, and the agreements,
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the
several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively,
pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
(or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any
controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling Shareholders or any
officer or director of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Shareholder, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the ADSs.
12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company
nor any of the Selling Shareholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any ADSs are not delivered by or
on behalf of the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided herein, the Company and each of
the Selling Shareholders will, upon the occurrence of any failure to complete the sale and delivery
of the Shares or the ADSs, promptly (and, in any event, not later than 30 days), severally but not
jointly, reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing
by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in
making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares or the ADSs not so delivered,
but the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall then be under no further liability to any
Underwriter in respect of the Shares or the ADSs not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7
and 9 hereof.
13. [Reserved].
14. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement
on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the
Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the
Representatives at, in the case of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C., 68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center, 2
Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, Attention: Legal Department (facsimile x(000) 0000-0000), and, in
the case of Barclays Capital Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Attention: Syndicate Registration (facsimile: x0 000-000-0000), with a copy, in the case of any
notice pursuant to Section 9, to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel,
Barclays Capital Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx; if to the Company
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company
set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Mr. Yiming Ma; if to the Selling Shareholders
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to: (i) Citigroup Venture
Capital International Asia Limited, 00/X Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Plaza, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx: Xx Xxxx Min and Xxxx Xxx
(facsimile: x(000) 0000-0000), in the case of Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth
Partnership, L.P. and Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P. and (ii) Xxxxxx
Brothers Asia Limited, 26/F, Two International Finance Centre, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx: Xxxx Xxxx (facsimile: x(000) 0000-0000), in the case of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore
Partners Ltd.; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its
address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire,
which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon request; provided, however, that notices
under Section 5(vii) hereof shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or
sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the Representatives at Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Control Room, and Barclays Capital Inc,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attention: Control Room. Any such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
15. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the
Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 9
and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company,
any Selling Shareholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of
this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the ADSs from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or
assign by reason merely of such purchase.
16. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or
proceeding against the Company or the Selling Shareholders brought by any Underwriter or by any
person who controls any Underwriter arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby may be instituted in any New York Court, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it
may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any such proceeding and (iii) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such
suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders irrevocably waives any
immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including
sovereign immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution) in
any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based on this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby which is instituted in any New York Court or in any competent
court in the British Virgin Islands. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders has appointed
CT Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, as its authorized agent (the
“Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any such action arising out of or based on
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be instituted in any New York
Court by any Underwriter or by any person who controls any Underwriter, expressly consents to the
jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives any other requirements of
or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be irrevocable.
Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent
has agreed to act as
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such agent for service of process and agrees to take any and all action, including the filing
of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in
full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice
of such service to the Company shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon
the Company and the Selling Shareholders as the case may be.
17. In respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due hereunder that is
expressed and paid in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than United States dollars, the
Company and the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be, will indemnify, severally but not
jointly, each Underwriter against any loss incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any
variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted
into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the rate of exchange
at which an Underwriter is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of the judgment
currency actually received by such Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate
and independent obligation of the Company and the Selling Shareholders and shall continue in full
force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of
exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase
of or conversion into United States dollars.
18. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day”
shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
19. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders acknowledges and agrees that (i) the
purchase and sale of the Shares represented by ADSs pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Company and such Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the
several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to
such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of
the Company or any Selling Shareholder, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company or such Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has
advised or is currently advising the Company or any Selling Shareholder on other matters) or any
other obligation to the Company or such Selling Shareholder except the obligations expressly set
forth in this Agreement and (iv) each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders has consulted its
own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. Each of the Company and the
Selling Shareholders agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has
rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the
Company or any Selling Shareholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading
thereto.
20. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Company, the Selling Shareholders
and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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21. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
22. Each of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and each of the Underwriters hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
23. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
24. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders is authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax
treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including
tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company and the Selling Shareholders relating
to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind.
However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential
(and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply
with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be
relevant to that treatment.
Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxxx Brothers
Offshore Partners Ltd. represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as Attorney-in-Fact
by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding Power of Attorney which
authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such action.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us five
counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters,
this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the
Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders. It is understood that your acceptance of
this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form
of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company and the
Selling Shareholders for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the
authority of the signers thereof.
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Very truly yours,
Camelot Information Systems Inc. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Each of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule IV hereto |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Citigroup
Venture Capital International Partnership G.P. Limited as General Partner of Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Citigroup
Venture Capital International Partnership G.P. Limited as General Partner of Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd. |
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Accepted as of the date hereof on behalf of each of the Underwriters:
Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. | Barclays Capital Inc. | |||||||||
By:
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By: | |||||||||
Name: | Name: | |||||||||
Title: | Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
Number of | ||||||||
Optional | ||||||||
ADSs to be | ||||||||
Purchased if | ||||||||
Total Number of | Maximum | |||||||
Firm ADSs | Option | |||||||
Underwriter | to be Purchased | Exercised | ||||||
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C. |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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[•] |
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[•] |
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[•] |
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Total |
7,160,206 | 1,074,030 | ||||||
SCHEDULE II
Number of | ||||||||
Optional | ||||||||
ADSs to be | ||||||||
Purchased if | ||||||||
Total Number of | Maximum | |||||||
Firm ADSs | Option | |||||||
to be Sold | Exercised | |||||||
The Company |
— | 1,074,030 | ||||||
Selling Shareholders: |
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Citigroup Venture Capital
International Growth
Partnership, L.P. |
6,483,453 | — | ||||||
Citigroup Venture Capital
International Co-Investment,
L.P. |
424,651 | — | ||||||
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore
Partners Ltd. |
252,102 | — | ||||||
Total |
7,160,206 | 1,074,030 | ||||||
SCHEDULE III
(a) | Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package: | |
N/A | ||
(b) | Materials and information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package: | |
Pricing Information: US$[•] per ADS |
SCHEDULE IV
Jurisdiction of | ||
Subsidiary | Establishment | |
Konwell Technologies Ltd.
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BVI | |
Triumph Consulting & Services Co., Ltd.
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BVI | |
Kings Consulting Services Limited
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Hong Kong | |
Camelot Japan Co., Ltd.
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Japan | |
Entoh Digital Co., Ltd.
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Japan | |
Asialink Information Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Bayshore Consulting & Services Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Agree Technology Development Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Camelot Technology Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Heng En Technology Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Red River Valley Information Technology Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Tansun Software Technology Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Yinfeng Technology Development Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Camelot Information Technology. Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Dalian Yuandong Digital Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Beijing Faceita Information System Ltd.
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PRC | |
Jiaxing Camelot Software Company Limited
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PRC | |
Kunshan Kesuo Information Consulting Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Nanjing Camelot Information Systems Engineering Co. Ltd.
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PRC | |
Shanghai Agree Technology Development Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Shanghai Camelot Information Technology Co., Ltd
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PRC | |
Shanghai Camelot Software Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
VLife Technology (Shang Hai) Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Xiamen Relia Software Technology Development Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Yantai Q.B. Eleven Outsourcing Service Company
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PRC |
Jurisdiction of | ||
Subsidiary | Establishment | |
Zhuhai Agree Technology Co., Ltd.
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PRC | |
Vlife International Corp. Ltd.
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Samoa | |
Harmonation Inc.
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Taiwan | |
Hwawei Digital Financial Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Taiwan | |
Taiwan Camelot Information Inc.
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Taiwan | |
VLife Technology Co., Ltd.
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Taiwan |
ANNEX I
Power of Attorney
ANNEX II
Parties to Execute Lock-up Agreement
Yiming Ma
Xxxxx Xxxx
Benefit Overseas LTD.
Joint Link Technology Limited
Dreams Power Ltd.
Xxxxx Xxxx
Benefit Overseas LTD.
Joint Link Technology Limited
Dreams Power Ltd.
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ANNEX III
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
December ___, 2010
Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Barclays Capital Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
As representatives of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule I of the Underwriting
Agreement (as defined herein)
in Schedule I of the Underwriting
Agreement (as defined herein)
Re: Camelot Information Systems Inc. — Lock-Up Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 attached hereto, propose to enter into an underwriting
agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) on behalf of the several underwriters named in
Schedule I to such agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”), with Camelot Information
Systems Inc., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), the Selling
Shareholders and certain other parties named in such agreement, providing for a public offering of
American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) representing ordinary shares of the Company, no par value
per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No.
333-170825) and a Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-167821) to be filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell the ADSs, and of other
good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
undersigned agrees that, during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up
Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any right or warrant to purchase, make any
short sale, file a registration statement with respect to, or otherwise dispose of (including
entering into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequence of ownership interests): (A) any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any securities
of the Company that are substantially similar
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to the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, ADSs or Ordinary
Shares or any such substantially similar securities; and (B) any ordinary shares of the Company’s
subsidiaries or controlled affiliates or depositary shares or depositary receipts representing such
ordinary shares, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive such common shares or such depositary
shares or depositary receipts or any such substantially similar securities, whether now
owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian)
or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations
of the SEC (collectively the “Undersigned’s Shares”). The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed
to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to
or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the
Undersigned’s Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the
undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any
short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or
call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that
includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue
for 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the
Shares (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that
if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results
or announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day
period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period
will be automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of
release of the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as
applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension; and the Company will
provide the Representative and each Selling Shareholder with prior notice of any such announcement
that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement
to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period
pursuant to the previous paragraph to the undersigned (in accordance with Section 12 of the
Underwriting Agreement) and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have
been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior
to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this
Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the
34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the
Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received
written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended
pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (i) as a
bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by
the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the
undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust
agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any
such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, or (iii) with the prior written consent of
the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement,
“immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than
first cousin. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the
corporation may transfer the share capital of the Company to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such
corporation; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to
the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and
holding such share capital subject to the provisions of this Agreement and there shall be no
further transfer of such share capital except in accordance with this Agreement, and provided
further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. The undersigned now has,
and, except as contemplated by clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above, for the duration of this Lock-Up
Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry
of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar and the depositary
for the ADSs against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the
foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this
Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the offering. The undersigned further
understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s
heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
The undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement if the
Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which expressly survive termination
thereof pursuant to the terms thereof) is terminated prior to receipt of payment for, and delivery
to or for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of, the Shares represented by the
ADSs to be sold by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Very truly yours,
Exact Name of Shareholder
Authorized Signature
Title
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ANNEX IV
Officer’s Certificate
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ANNEX V
Opinion of PRC Counsel to the Issuer
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ANNEX VI-A
Opinion of U.S. Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX VI-B
Opinion of U.S. Counsel to
Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and
Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.,
as Selling Shareholders
Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and
Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.,
as Selling Shareholders
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XXXXX XX-X
Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Counsel to
Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and
Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.,
as Selling Shareholders
Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership, L.P. and
Citigroup Venture Capital International Co-Investment, L.P.,
as Selling Shareholders
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ANNEX VI-D
Opinion of U.S. Counsel to
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.,
as Selling Shareholder
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.,
as Selling Shareholder
X-00
XXXXX XX-X
Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx Counsel to
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.,
as Selling Shareholder
Xxxxxx Brothers Offshore Partners Ltd.,
as Selling Shareholder
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ANNEX VII
Opinion of BVI Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX VIII
Opinion of Taiwan Counsel to the Issuer
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ANNEX IX
Opinion of Japan Counsel to the Company
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XXXXX X
Xxxxxxx xx Xxxx Xxxx Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX XI
Opinion of Counsel to the Depositary
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ANNEX XII
Comfort Letter
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