●] American Depositary Shares Representing [●] Class Z Ordinary Shares (par value US$0.0001 per share) BILIBILI INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
[●] American Depositary Shares
Representing
[●] Class Z Ordinary Shares
(par value US$0.0001 per share)
April [●], 2019
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
J.P. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
As representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Bilibili Inc., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), and certain shareholders of the Company (the “Selling Shareholders”) named in Schedule II hereto severally propose to sell to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of [●] American Depositary Shares representing [●] Class Z ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Firm ADSs”), of which [●] ADSs are to be issued and sold by the Company and 6,526,187 ADSs are to be issued and sold by the Selling Shareholders, each Selling Shareholder selling the amount set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name in Schedule II hereto.
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional [●] American Depositary Shares representing [●] Class Z ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Additional ADSs”), if and to the extent that the Representatives exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such Additional Shares granted to the Underwriters in Section 3 hereof. The Firm ADSs and the Additional ADSs are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ADSs.” The Class Z ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company are hereinafter referred to as the “Shares.” The Company and the Selling Shareholders are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Sellers.”
The ADSs are to be issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement dated as of March 27, 2018 (the “Deposit Agreement”) among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), and the holders and beneficial owners of American depositary shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued under the Deposit Agreement. Each ADS will initially represent the right to receive one Share deposited pursuant to the Deposit Agreement.
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The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (File No. 333-230660), including a prospectus, on Form F-3, relating to the securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Shares represented by the ADSs, to be issued from time to time by the Company, and a registration statement on Form F-6 relating to the ADSs. The registration statement relating to the Shares represented by the ADSs, as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated April 1, 2019 in the form first used to confirm sales of the ADSs and the Shares represented thereby (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares represented by the ADSs in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement specifically related to the Shares represented by the ADSs dated April 1, 2019 (including the Base Prospectus). The registration statement on Form F-6 relating to the ADSs, as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the “ADS Registration Statement.” The Company has filed, in accordance with Section 12 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), a registration statement on Form 8-A to register the Shares and the ADSs.
For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus together with the documents and pricing information set forth in Schedule III hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein as of the date hereof. The terms “supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
Concurrently with the issuance and offering of the ADSs, the Company is undertaking an issuance and sale of US$[●] principal amount of its [●]% Convertible Senior Notes due [2026] (the “Notes”) to qualified institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (the “Notes Offering”). Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC are acting as representatives of the initial purchasers (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”) in the Notes Offering. The Company has granted the Initial Purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional US$[●] aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Company and the Initial Purchasers will enter into a purchase agreement with respect to the Notes Offering.
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The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. Each of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has become effective under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. The Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and the Company has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The Company has complied with each request, if any, from the Commission for additional information.
(b) Compliance with Securities Law. (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act on March 29, 2019 (the “Annual Report”), complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 there were made, not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iv) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the ADSs in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5) and each Option Closing Date (as defined in Section 3), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (v) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Information described as such in Section 10(c) hereof.
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(c) Ineligible Issuer Status and Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to the Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the prior consent of the Representatives, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus. The Company has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show. As of the time of each sale of the ADSs in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, no free writing prospectuses, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will 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.
(d) Testing-the-Waters Communication.
(A) From the time of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”). “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act.
(B) The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act, and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications.
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(C) The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications. “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(e) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as an exempted company with limited liability in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, results of operations, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities (as defined below), taken as a whole, or on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities to carry out their obligations under this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The currently effective memorandum and articles of association or other constitutive or organizational documents of the Company comply with the requirements of applicable Cayman Islands law and are in full force and effect. No change will be made to any such constitutive documents on or after the date of this Agreement through and including the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date.
(f) Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities. Each of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries identified on Schedule IV-A hereto (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), and the entities identified on Schedule IV-B hereto through which the Company conducts its operations in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) by way of contractual arrangements (the “Affiliated Entities”), has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the equity interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, are fully paid and non-assessable and are free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; all of the equity interests in each of the Affiliated Entities have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. None of the outstanding share capital or equity interest in any Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity was issued in violation of preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of such Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity. All of the constitutive or organizational documents of each of the Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities comply with the requirements of applicable laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and are in full force and effect. Apart from the Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, the Company has no direct or indirect subsidiary or any other company over which it has direct or indirect effective control that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X or that is otherwise material to the Company.
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(g) Corporate Structure Contracts and Ownership Structure.
(A) The description of the corporate structure of the Company and the various contracts among the Subsidiaries, the shareholders of the Affiliated Entities and the Affiliated Entities, as the case may be (each a “Corporate Structure Contract” and collectively the “Corporate Structure Contracts”), as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus under the captions “Corporate History and Structure” and “Related Party Transactions” and filed as Exhibits 4.5 through 4.14 to the Annual Report is true and accurate in all material respects and nothing has been omitted from such description which would make it misleading in any material respect. There is no other material agreement, contract or other document relating to the corporate structure or the operation of the Company together with its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Entities taken as a whole, which has not been previously disclosed or made available to the Underwriters and disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(B) Each Corporate Structure Contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the parties thereto, 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. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required for the performance of the obligations under any Corporate Structure Contract by the parties thereto, except as already obtained or disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, filing or registration that has been obtained is being withdrawn or revoked or is subject to any condition precedent which has not been fulfilled or performed. The corporate structure of the Company complies with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, and neither the corporate structure of the Company nor the Corporate Structure Contracts violate, breach, contravene or otherwise conflict with any applicable PRC laws. There is no legal or governmental proceeding, inquiry or investigation pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or shareholders of the Affiliated Entities in any jurisdiction challenging the validity of any of the Corporate Structure Contracts, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such proceeding, inquiry or investigation is threatened in any jurisdiction.
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(C) The execution, delivery and performance of each Corporate Structure Contract by the parties thereto do not breach or violate any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, encumbrance, equity or claim upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities pursuant to (i) the constitutive or organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any of their properties, or any arbitration award, or (iii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is subject, except, in the cases of (ii) and (iii), for such breach or violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Corporate Structure Contract is in full force and effect and none of the parties thereto is in breach or default in the performance of any of the terms or provisions of such Corporate Structure Contract. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties to any of the Corporate Structure Contracts has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intention not to renew, any of the Corporate Structure Contracts, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by any of the parties thereto.
(D) The Company possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Affiliated Entities, through its rights to authorize the shareholders of the Affiliated Entities to exercise their voting rights.
(h) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(i) Authorization of the Deposit Agreement. 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 obligation of the Company, 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. The Deposit Agreement and the ADSs conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(j) Due Authorization of Registration Statements. The Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus and the ADS Registration Statement, and the filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus and the ADS Registration Statement with the Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company, and the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement have been duly executed pursuant to such authorization by and on behalf of the Company.
(k) Share Capital. The authorized share capital of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(l) Ordinary Shares.
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(A) The Shares outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares represented by the ADSs to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. As of the date hereof, the Company has authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the sections of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Capitalization” and “Description of Share Capital” and, as of the Closing Date, the Company shall have authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the sections of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Capitalization” and “Description of Share Capital.”
(B) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are (i) no outstanding securities issued by the Company convertible into or exchangeable for, rights, warrants or options to acquire from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue, Shares or any other share capital of the Company and (ii) no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any share capital of, or any direct interest in, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Entities.
(m) American Depositary Shares. The ADSs, when issued by the Depositary against the deposit of Shares in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued and the persons in whose names such ADSs are registered will be entitled to the rights of registered holders of ADSs specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.
(n) Shares Represented by the ADSs.
(A) The Shares represented by the ADSs to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights. The Shares represented by the ADSs, when issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be free of any restriction upon the voting or transfer thereof pursuant to the Company’s constitutive documents or any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party.
(B) The Shares represented by the ADSs, when issued, will be freely transferable by the Company to or for the account of the several Underwriters and the initial purchasers thereof, and, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Shares under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the PRC or the United States.
(o) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Prospectus Summary,” “Prospectus Supplement Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities,” “Corporate History and Structure,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business,” “Regulation,” “Related Party Transactions,” “Description of Share Capital,” “Description of American Depositary Shares,” “Taxation” and “Underwriting,” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate, complete and fair summaries of such matters described therein in all material respects. The proceeding sentence, insofar as it relates to statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriting,” does not apply to information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Information described as such in Section 10(c) hereof.
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(p) Listing. The ADSs are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
(q) Compliance with Law, Constitutive Documents and Contracts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is (i) in breach of or in default under any laws, statutes, regulations, rules, judgments, orders, decrees or writs, guidelines or notices of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”) (including, but not limited to, any applicable law concerning the dissemination of information over the Internet and user privacy protection), (ii) in violation of its constitutive or organizational documents, or (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is subject, except in the case of (i) and (iii) above, where any such breach or default would not, individually or in aggregate, have Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law or the memorandum and articles of association or other constitutive documents of the Company, (ii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, taken as a whole, or (iii) any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity, except, in the cases of (ii) and (iii) above, for such contravention that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, except as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states of the United States of America in connection with the offer and sale of the ADSs.
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(s) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (i) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, taken as a whole; (ii) there has been no purchase of its own outstanding share capital by the Company, no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its share capital; (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the share capital, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its subsidiaries; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities has (1) entered into or assumed any material transaction or agreement, (2) incurred, assumed or acquired any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (3) acquired or disposed of or agreed to acquire or dispose of any business or any other asset; or (4) agreed to take any of the foregoing actions, that would, in the case of any of clauses (1) through (4) above, have a Material Adverse Effect and that are not otherwise described in the Time of Sale Prospectus; and (v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities has sustained any material 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.
(t) No pending proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any of their executive officers, directors or key employees is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described.
(u) Preliminary Prospectuses. Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(v) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the ADSs and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(w) Environmental Laws. Neither Company nor any of its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws; and neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(x) Registration Rights; Lock-up Letters. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale 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 Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act (collectively, “registration rights”), and any person to whom the Company has granted registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of the Restricted Period referred to in Section 7(t) hereof. Each of the individuals and entities listed on Schedule V has furnished to the Representatives on or prior to the date hereof a letter or letters relating to sales and certain other dispositions of ADSs, Shares or certain other securities, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Lock-up Letters”).
(y) Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made, or taken any action in furtherance of, an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official (including any officer or employee of a government or a government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office); (iii) taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such person of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit; and the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities have conducted their businesses in compliance with, and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with, all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
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(z) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance (Chapter 455 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance (Chapter 615 of the Laws of Hong Kong), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) , and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(aa) Compliance with OFAC. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities, nor any director or officer thereof, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities, is or undertakes any business with an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:
(A) the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including without limitation, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (“SECO”) or the Swiss Directorate of International Law, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country, region or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”).
(ii) The Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is, or whose government is, the subject or the target of Sanctions;
(B) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country; or
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(C) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was, or whose government was, the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(bb) Title to Property. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities has good and marketable title to all real property (if any) and all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale 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 the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(cc) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities own, possess, or have been authorized to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, trade secrets, inventions, technology, know-how and other intellectual property and similar rights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business as now conducted, and the expected expiration of any such Intellectual Property Rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, (i) there is no material infringement, misappropriation breach, default or other violation, or the occurrence of any event that with notice or the passage of time would constitute any of the foregoing, by the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities; (ii) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or the subsidiaries’ or Affiliated Entities’ rights in or to, or the violation of any of the terms of, any of their Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (iii) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates or conflicts with any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, except in each case covered by clauses (i) to (iii) such as would not, if determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(dd) Merger or Consolidation. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is a party to any memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, definitive agreement or any similar agreements with respect to a merger or consolidation or an acquisition or disposition of assets, technologies, business units or businesses which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and which is not so described.
(ee) Termination of Contracts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities, or to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, by any other party to any such contract or agreement.
(ff) Absence of Labor Dispute; Compliance with Labor Law. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities exists, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of the principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities that could have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities are and have been at all times in material compliance with all applicable labor laws and regulations, and no governmental investigation or proceedings with respect to labor law compliance exists, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.
(gg) Insurance. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities possesses all material licenses, consents, certificates, authorizations, declarations, approvals and permits issued by, and has made all necessary reports to and filings with, the appropriate national, provincial local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses; each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such licenses, consents, certificates, authorizations, declarations, approvals and permits; such licenses, consents, certificates, authorizations, declarations, approvals and permits are valid and in full force and effect and contain no materially burdensome restrictions or conditions not described in the Time of Sale Prospectus; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, consent, certificate, authorization, declaration, approval or permit; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities has any reason to believe that any such license, consent, certificate, authorization, declaration, approval or permit will not be renewed in the ordinary course except for such failure to renew that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii) Related Party Transactions. No material relationships or material transactions, direct or indirect, exist between any of the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities on the one hand and their respective shareholders, affiliates, officers and directors or any affiliates or family members of such persons on the other hand, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(jj) PFIC Status. Based upon the Company’s current and projected income and assets, including the proceeds from this offering, and projections as to the value of its assets, based in part on the projected market value of its ADSs following this offering, the Company does not expect to be a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for its current taxable year or in the foreseeable future.
(kk) No Transaction or Other Taxes. No transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer, withholding or other taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the government of the PRC, Hong Kong or Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, any other jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, incorporated, engaged in business for tax purposes or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, any jurisdiction from or through which a payment is made by or on behalf of the Company or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the authority to tax, in connection with (i) the creation, allotment and issuance of the Shares represented by the ADSs to be sold by the Company, (iii) the deposit with the Depositary and the custodian under the Deposit Agreement of the Shares represented by the ADSs by the Company and the Selling Shareholders against the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing the ADSs, (iv) the sale and delivery of the ADSs to the Underwriters, (v) the resale and delivery of the ADSs by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein outside the PRC, or (vi) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, except that Cayman Islands and PRC stamp duty may be payable in the event that this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement is executed in or brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands or the PRC, as applicable.
(ll) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers Xxxxx Xxxx LLP, whose reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company are included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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(mm) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules thereto, present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; the other financial data contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company, and all disclosures regarding “Non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined in the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply to the extent applicable with Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus that are not included as required; and the Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations) not described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(nn) Critical Accounting Policies. The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus accurately and fairly describes (i) the accounting policies that the Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and that require management’s most difficult subjective or complex judgment; (ii) the material judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of critical accounting policies; (iii) the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof; (iv) all material trends, demands, commitments and events known to the Company, and uncertainties, and the potential effects thereof, that the Company believes would materially affect its liquidity and are reasonably likely to occur; and (v) all off-balance sheet commitments and arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, if any. The Company’s directors and management have reviewed and agreed with the selection, application and disclosure of the Company’s critical accounting policies as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and have consulted with its independent accountants with regards to such disclosure.
(oo) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) to the extent applicable. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company maintains a system of internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
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(pp) Disclosure Controls; Exchange Act. The Company has established and maintains and evaluates disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries and its Affiliated Entities is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established.
(qq) Absence of Accounting Issues. The Company has not received any notice, oral or written, from the Board stating that it is reviewing or investigating, and neither the Company’s independent auditors nor its internal auditors have recommended that the Board review or investigate, (i) adding to, deleting, changing the application of, or changing the Company’s disclosure with respect to, any of the Company’s material accounting policies; or (ii) any matter which could result in a restatement of the Company’s financial statements for any annual or interim period during the current or prior three fiscal years.
(rr) Third-party Data. Any statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived, and the Company has obtained the written consent for the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.
(ss) Registration Statement Exhibits. There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or the Exchange Act Registration Statement or, in the case of documents, to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that are not described and filed as required.
(tt) Payments of Dividends; Payments in Foreign Currency. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (i) none of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from (1) paying any dividends or making any other distributions on its share capital, (2) making or repaying any loan or advance to the Company or any other Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity or (3) transferring any of its properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity; (ii) all dividends and other distributions declared and payable upon the share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities and all payments under this Agreement (1) may be converted into foreign currency that may be freely transferred out of any such entity’s jurisdiction of incorporation or tax residence, (2) may be made without the necessity of obtaining any consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances or qualifications of or with any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Entities or any of their respective properties, assets or operations, and (3) are not and will not be subject to withholding, value added or other taxes under the currently effective laws and regulations of any such entity’s jurisdiction of incorporation or tax residence; (iii) any enterprise income tax, if applicable to the Company or any other Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity, has been fully paid; (iv) any withholding tax has been duly withheld; (v) the Company or any other Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity has duly obtained, and maintained effective, its foreign exchange registration; (vi) the allocations to statutory reserves by the Company or any other Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity have been duly made; and (vii) the remittance of such dividends outside of the PRC complies with the procedures required under the PRC laws relating to foreign exchange.
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(uu) Compliance with PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities has complied, and has made its best efforts to ensure compliance by each of its shareholders, directors and officers that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen, as known to the Company, to comply with any applicable rules and regulations of the relevant PRC government agencies (including but not limited to the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange) (the “SAFE”) relating to overseas investment by PRC residents and citizens (the “PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations”), including, without limitation, requesting each such Person that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen, as known to the Company, to complete any registration and other procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations (including any applicable rules and regulations of the SAFE).
(vv) M&A Rules. The Company is aware of and has been advised as to the content of the Rules on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors and any official clarifications, guidance, interpretations or implementation rules in connection with or related thereto (the “PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules”) jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Tax Administration, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the CSRC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on August 8, 2006, including the provisions thereof which purport to require offshore special purpose entities formed for listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of their securities on an overseas stock exchange. The Company has received legal advice specifically with respect to the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules from its PRC counsel, and the Company understands such legal advice. In addition, the Company has communicated such legal advice in full to each of its directors that signed the Registration Statement and each such director has confirmed that he or she understands such legal advice. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the ADSs, the listing and trading of the ADSs on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement (i) are not and will not be, as of the date hereof or at the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, adversely affected by the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules and (ii) do not require the prior approval of the CSRC.
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(ww) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(xx) Absence of Manipulation. None of the Company or its the subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any of their respective directors or officers, or, to the knowledge of the Company, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which was designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the ADSs.
(yy) No Sale, Issuance and Distribution of Shares. Except as described in the Time of Sale 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 under, or Regulation D or Regulation S of, the Securities Act, other than Shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
(zz) No Immunity. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity, under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or the State of New York, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, set-off or counterclaim, the jurisdiction of any Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC, New York or United States federal court, service of process, attachment upon or prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement.
(aaa) Validity of Choice of Law. The choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC and will be honored by courts in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement and Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York Court (as defined in Section 13) and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court; and the Company has the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement and Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and empowered, an authorized agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or the offering of the ADSs in any New York Court, and service of process effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company as provided in Section 13 hereof and Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement.
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(bbb) Enforceability of Judgment. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered by a New York Court having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and any instruments or agreements entered into for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein would be declared enforceable against the Company, without re-examination or review of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or re-litigation of the matters adjudicated upon, by the courts of the Cayman Islands and the PRC, provided that (i) with respect to courts of the Cayman Islands, such judgment (A) is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction, (B) imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given, (C) is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty, and (D) was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands, and (ii) with respect to courts of the PRC, subject to compliance with relevant treaties or other form of reciprocity between the PRC and other jurisdictions and civil procedural requirement in the PRC (A) adequate service of process has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to be heard, (B) such judgments or the enforcement thereof are not contrary to the law, public policy, public interest, security or sovereignty of the PRC, (C) such judgments were not obtained by fraudulent means and do not conflict with any other valid judgment in the same matter between the same parties and (D) an action between the same parties in the same matter is not pending in any PRC court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in a foreign court. The Company is not aware of any reason why the enforcement in the Cayman Islands or the PRC of such a New York Court judgment would be, as of the date hereof, contrary to public policy of the Cayman Islands or the PRC.
(ccc) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering, or any other arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities or any of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees or affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
(ddd) No Broker-Dealer Affiliation. There are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or any of their respective officers, directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, 5% or greater security holders or, to the knowledge of the Company, 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 that the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission.
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(eee) Representation of Officers. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the offering shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
(fff) Tax Filings. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities have filed all national, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon or otherwise assessed (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Entities which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities and which could reasonably be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect.
(ggg) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(hhh) Exchange Act. The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and timely files reports with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (XXXXX) system.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) Title to the Shares. Such Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, valid and unencumbered title to the ADSs and Shares represented thereby to be delivered by such Selling Shareholder on such Closing Date and full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, assuming effectiveness of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement, to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the ADSs and Shares represented thereby to be delivered by such Selling Shareholder on such Closing Date hereunder, and to deposit with the Depositary the Shares represented by such ADSs; and upon the delivery of and payment for the ADSs on the Closing Date hereunder, the several Underwriters will acquire valid and unencumbered title to the ADSs and Shares represented thereby to be delivered by such Selling Shareholder on such Closing Date.
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(b) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.
(c) Custody Agreement. The custody agreement signed by such Selling Shareholder and the Company, as custodian (the “Custodian”), relating to the deposit of the Shares represented by the ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder (the “Custody Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Custodian, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Selling Shareholder enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting creditors’ rights or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
(d) Power-of-Attorney. The power of attorney (“Power of Attorney”), appointing the individuals named therein as such Selling Shareholder’s attorneys-in-fact (each, an “Attorney-in-Fact”) relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Custody Agreement, constitutes a valid instrument granting the Attorneys-in-Fact, the power and authority stated therein, and permits the Attorneys-in-Fact, singly or collectively, to bind such Selling Shareholder with respect to all matters granted, conferred and contemplated in such Power of Attorney and such Power of Attorney has not been revoked, cancelled or terminated at any time.
(e) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law, or the relevant constitutive documents of such Selling Shareholder, (ii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon such Selling Shareholder or (iii) any judgments, orders, decrees or writs, guidelines or notices of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder, except, in the cases of (ii) and (iii) above, for such contravention that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required to be obtained or made by such Selling Shareholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Custody Agreement or this Agreement in connection with the offering and sale of the ADSs sold by such Selling Shareholder, except as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states of the United States of America in connection with the offer and sale of the ADSs.
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(g) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to such Selling Shareholder or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein relating to such Selling Shareholder, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the ADSs in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to such Selling Shareholder or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein relating to such Selling Shareholder, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iii) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to such Seller Shareholder or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein relating to such Selling Shareholder, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iv) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to such Selling Shareholder or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein relating to such Selling Shareholder, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 10(c) hereof).
(h) No Undisclosed Material Information. The sale of the ADSs by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities that is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(i) No FINRA Affiliations. Such Selling Shareholder has no affiliations or associations with any member of FINRA, and none of the proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder from the sale of ADSs to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement will be paid to a member of FINRA or any affiliate of (or person “associated with” as such terms are used in the bylaws of FINRA) such member.
(j) No Finder’s Fee. 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 this offering.
(k) Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the ADSs.
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(l) No Stamp or Transaction Taxes. No transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer, withholding or other taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the jurisdiction of organization or tax residence of the Selling Shareholder, the government of the PRC, Hong Kong or Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, any other jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, incorporated, engaged in business for tax purposes or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, any jurisdiction from or through which a payment is made by or on behalf of the Company or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the authority to tax, in connection with (i) the deposit with the Depositary and the custodian under the Deposit Agreement of the Shares represented by the ADSs by such Selling Shareholder against the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing the ADSs, (ii) the sale and delivery of the ADSs of such Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters, (iii) the initial resale and delivery of the ADSs of such Selling Shareholder by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein outside the PRC or (iv) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Custody Agreement, except that Cayman Islands and PRC stamp duty may be payable in the event that this Agreement or the Custody Agreement is executed in or brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands or the PRC, as applicable.
(m) No Other Marketing Documents. Such Selling Shareholder has not distributed or will not distribute, prior to the later of the latest Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the ADSs, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the ADSs by such Selling Shareholder, including any free writing prospectus.
(n) No Pre-emptive Rights. Such Selling Shareholder does not have, or has waived prior to the date hereof, any preemptive right, co-sale right or right of first refusal or other similar right to purchase any of the ADSs that are to be sold by the Company or any other Selling Shareholder or the Shares represented thereby to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement; and such Selling Shareholder does not own any warrants, options or similar rights to acquire, and does not have any right or arrangement to acquire, any shares, right, warrants, options or other securities from the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(o) Representation of Attorneys-in-Fact. Any certificate signed by any Attorney-in-Fact of such Selling Shareholder and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
(p) ERISA. Such Selling Shareholder is not (1) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (2) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or (3) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.
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(q) Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws. Neither such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, or any director or officer of such Selling Shareholder or its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, any of its affiliates, any director or officer of such Selling Shareholder’s affiliates, or any employee, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates has (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made, or taken any action in furtherance of, an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official (including any officer or employee of a government or a government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office); (iii) taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such person of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit; and such Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with, and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with, all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(r) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of such Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, threatened.
(s) Compliance with OFAC. (i) Neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, its affiliates, nor any director or officer thereof, nor, to the best knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, any employee, agent, affiliate or representative of such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, is or undertakes any business with a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:
(A) the subject or the target of any Sanctions, nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country, region or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, a Sanctioned Country.
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(ii) Such Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is, or whose government is, the subject or the target of Sanctions;
(B) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country; or
(C) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) For the past five years, such Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was, or whose government was, the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
3. Agreements to Sell and Purchase.
Each Seller, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from such Seller at US$[●] per ADS (the “Purchase Price”) the number of Firm ADSs (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine) that bears the same proportion to the number of Firm ADSs to be sold by such Seller as the number of Firm ADSs set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm ADSs.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company hereby agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional ADSs, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to [2,562,028] Additional ADSs at the Purchase Price. The Representatives may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional ADSs to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such Additional ADSs are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least two business days after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the Firm ADSs nor later than five business days after the date of such notice. Additional ADSs may be purchased as provided in Section 3 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm ADSs. On each day, if any, that Additional ADSs are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional ADSs (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional ADSs to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm ADSs set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm ADSs.
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4. Terms of Public Offering. Each Seller is advised by the Representatives that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the ADSs as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable. Each Seller is further advised by the Representatives that the ADSs are to be offered to the public initially at US$[●] per ADSs (the “Public Offering Price”) and to certain dealers at a price that represents a concession not in excess of US$[●] per ADS from the Public Offering Price.
5. Payment and Delivery.
(a) Payment for the Firm ADSs to be sold by each Seller shall be made to such Seller in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City to the account specified by such Seller to the Underwriters at least forty-eight hours in advance of such payment against delivery of such Firm ADSs for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on April [5], 2019, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than April [12], 2019, as shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
(b) Payment for any Additional ADSs shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriters at least forty-eight hours in advance of such payment against delivery of such Additional ADSs for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 3 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event not later than the tenth business day thereafter, as shall be designated in writing by the Representatives.
(c) The ADSs to be delivered to each Underwriter shall be delivered in book entry form, and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be. Such ADSs shall be delivered by or on behalf of each Seller to the Representatives through the facilities of 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 or other immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by such Seller to the Representatives on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, or at such other time and date as shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. The Purchase Price payable by the Underwriters shall be reduced by (i) any transfer taxes paid by, or on behalf of, the Underwriters in connection with the transfer of the ADSs to the Underwriters duly paid and (ii) any withholding required by law. Each Seller will cause the certificates representing the Shares represented by the ADSs to be made available for inspection at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
6. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of each Seller to sell the ADSs to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the ADSs on the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 4:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date hereof.
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The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the ADSs on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, dated such date, signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before such date (and the officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened).
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, dated such date and signed by the chief financial officer of the Company with respect to certain operating data and financial figures contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and negative assurance letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(f) The Company shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Tian Yuan Law Firm, PRC counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a copy of which shall have been provided to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
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(g) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, Hong Kong counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
At the request of the Company, the opinions of counsel for the Company described above (except for the opinion of the PRC counsel for the Company) shall be addressed to the Underwriters and shall so state therein.
(h) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Selling Shareholders, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(i) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Cayman Islands counsel for each Selling Shareholder, addressed to the Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(j) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(k) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of King & Wood Mallesons, PRC counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(l) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of White & Case LLP, counsel for the Depositary, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(m) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers Xxxxx Xxxx LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to the Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(n) The “Lock-up Letters” shall have been delivered to the Representatives on or before the date hereof.
(o) The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters a certificate satisfactory to the Representatives of one of its authorized officers with respect to the deposit with it of the Shares against issuance of the ADSs, the execution, issuance, countersignature and delivery of the ADSs pursuant to the Deposit Agreement and such other matters related thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(p) The ADSs shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
(q) Each Selling Shareholder shall have delivered to the Representatives a Power of Attorney and a Custody Agreement, each of which duly executed and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(r) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall have filed a Rule 462 Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) promptly after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall have at the time of filing either paid to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462 Registration Statement or given irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Securities Act.
(s) The Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information required by Rule 430A under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430A, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective.
(t) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Rule 462 Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.
(u) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(v) On the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents, certificates and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, issuance and sale of the ADSs as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional ADSs hereunder are subject to the delivery to the Representatives on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as the Representatives may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional ADSs to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional ADSs.
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7. Covenants of the Company. The Company, in addition to its other agreements and obligations hereunder, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To file the Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A and 430B under the Securities Act.
(b) To furnish to the Representatives, without charge, six signed copies of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (including, in each case, exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (in each case, without exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to furnish to the Representatives in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Sections 7(f) or 7(g) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(c) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(d) To furnish to the Representatives a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(e) Without the prior consent of the Representatives, not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(f) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the ADSs at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
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(g) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the ADSs as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Company) to which ADSs may have been sold by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(h) To endeavor to qualify the ADSs and the Shares represented thereby for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request.
(i) To advise the Representatives promptly and confirm such advice in writing, of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Time of Sale Prospectus, Prospectus or free writing prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as possible.
(j) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, but not limited to, Rule 158 under the Securities Act).
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(k) During the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, to file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; during the five-year period after the date of this Agreement, to furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year; and to furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report of the Company filed with or furnished to the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to shareholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its XXXXX reporting system, it is not required to furnish such reports or statements filed through XXXXX to the Underwriters.
(l) To apply the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the ADSs in the manner set forth under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Prospectus and to file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the ADSs and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act; not to invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the ADSs in such a manner (i) as would require the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and (ii) that would result in the Company being not in compliance with any applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC.
(m) Not to, and to cause each of its subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities not to, take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the ADSs.
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(n) To indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer, withholding or other taxes or duties, including any interest and penalties, imposed under the laws of the PRC, Hong Kong, or the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, any other jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, incorporated, engaged in business for tax purposes or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, any jurisdiction from or through which a payment is made by or on behalf of the Company or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the authority to tax, on the deposit with the Depositary and the custodian under the Deposit Agreement of the Shares represented by the ADSs by the Company against the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing the ADSs, the creation, issue and sale of the ADSs or Shares represented thereby to the Underwriters and on the execution and delivery of, and the performance of the obligations (including the initial resale of the ADSs by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus) under, this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and on bringing any such document within any jurisdiction. If an Underwriter or Representative (each a “Taxable Person”) is required by any PRC government authority to pay any taxes imposed by the PRC or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (“PRC Taxes”) as a result of this Agreement, the Company will pay an additional amount to such Taxable Person so that the full amount of such payments as agreed herein to be paid to such Taxable Person is received by such Taxable Person, except that no additional amounts shall be payable in respect of (i) any taxes that would not have been imposed but for a present or former connection between the recipient of such payment and a PRC government authority other than a connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations, or received a payment, under this Agreement or from the enforcement of this Agreement or (ii) any taxes that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the recipient of such payment to use reasonable efforts to comply, upon commercially reasonable request by the Company, with any certification, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction of the recipient if such compliance is required or imposed by law as a precondition to an exemption from, or reduction in such taxes. The Company will further, if requested by such Taxable Person and to the extent commercially practicable, give such assistance as such Taxable Person may reasonably request to assist such Taxable Person in discharging its obligations in respect of such PRC Taxes.
(o) To comply with the terms of the Deposit Agreement so that the ADSs will be issued by the Depositary and delivered to each Underwriter’s participant account in DTC, pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date and each applicable Option Closing Date.
(p) (i) Following the consummation of the offering, to use its reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals required in the Cayman Islands to pay and remit outside the Cayman Islands all dividends declared by the Company and payable on the Shares, if any; and (ii) to use its reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals, if any, required in the Cayman Islands for the Company to acquire sufficient foreign exchange for the payment of dividends and all other relevant purposes.
(q) To comply with the PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations, and to use its reasonable efforts to cause holders of its ordinary shares that are, or that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, Chinese residents or Chinese citizens, to comply with the PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations applicable to them, including, without limitation, requesting each such shareholder to complete any registration and other procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations (including any applicable rules and regulations of the SAFE).
(r) To implement and maintain content control and other measures in compliance with PRC laws and regulations concerning information dissemination on the Internet and user privacy protection.
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(s) To promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the ADSs within the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the Restricted Period (as defined in Section 7(t)).
(t) Without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, not to, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Restricted Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares, ADSs or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares or ADSs or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Shares or ADSs, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares, ADSs or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any Shares, ADSs or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares or ADSs.
The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) the concurrent offering of the Notes and the issuance of ADSs upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, (b) the ADSs to be sold hereunder or the Shares represented thereby, (c) the issuance by the Company of Shares upon the exercise of an option or other share-based right or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Underwriters have been advised in writing, or (d) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of ADSs or Shares, provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of ADSs or Shares during the Restricted Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of ADSs or Shares may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period.
(u) If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement occurs before all the ADSs have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to the third anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the Shares to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission.
8. Covenants of the Sellers. Each Seller, severally and not jointly, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To deliver to each Underwriter (or its agent), prior to or at the Closing Date, a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 or an applicable IRS Form W-8, as appropriate, together with all required attachments to such form, establishing a complete exemption from United States backup withholding tax.
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(b) That all payments to be made by the Company or each Selling Shareholder, as applicable, hereunder shall be paid free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as applicable is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as applicable, shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made, except to the extent of withholding or income taxes that would not have been imposed but for (i) the recipient being a resident of the jurisdiction imposing such taxes or having a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the failure of the recipient of such payment to use reasonable efforts to comply, upon commercially reasonable request by the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as applicable, with any certification, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction of the recipient if such compliance is required or imposed by law as a precondition to an exemption from, or reduction in such taxes, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, that no recipient shall be deemed resident of any applicable jurisdiction imposing such taxes, duties or charges or having a permanent establishment therein solely as a result of the recipient having executed, performed its obligations under, or received payments pursuant to, or from the enforcement of, this Agreement.
(c) To indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer, withholding or other taxes or duties, including any interest and penalties, on the deposit with the Depositary and the custodian under the Deposit Agreement of the Shares represented by the ADSs by such Selling Shareholder against the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing the ADSs, the creation, issue and sale of the ADSs or Shares represented thereby to the Underwriters and on the execution and delivery of, and the performance of the obligations (including the initial resale of the ADSs by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus) under, this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and on bringing any such document within any jurisdiction. If a Taxable Person is required by any PRC government authority to pay any PRC Taxes as a result of this Agreement, such Selling Shareholder will pay an additional amount to such Taxable Person so that the full amount of such payments as agreed herein to be paid to such Taxable Person by the Selling Shareholder is received by such Taxable Person, except that no additional amounts shall be payable in respect of (i) any taxes that would not have been imposed but for a present or former connection between the recipient of such payment and a PRC government authority other than a connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations, or received a payment, under this Agreement or from the enforcement of this Agreement or (ii) any taxes that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the recipient of such payment to use reasonable efforts to comply, upon commercially reasonable request by such Selling Shareholder, with any certification, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction of the recipient if such compliance is required or imposed by law as a precondition to an exemption from, or reduction in such taxes. Such Selling Shareholder will further, if requested by such Taxable Person and to the extent commercially practicable, give such assistance as such Taxable Person may reasonably request to assist such Taxable Person in discharging its obligations in respect of such PRC Taxes, including by making filings and submissions on such basis and such terms as such Taxable Person may reasonably request, promptly making available to such Taxable Person notices received from any PRC governmental authority and, subject to the receipt of funds from such Taxable Person, by making payment of such funds on behalf of such Taxable Person to the relevant PRC government authority in settlement of such PRC Taxes. In the event such Selling Shareholder must pay any such PRC Taxes to a relevant taxing authority, the Selling Shareholder shall forward to such Taxable Person an official receipt or a copy of the official receipt issued by the taxing authority or other document evidencing such payment.
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9. Expenses. [Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel, the Selling Shareholders’ counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the ADS and Shares represented thereby under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the ADS and Shares represented thereby to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the ADS and Shares represented thereby under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the ADS and Shares represented thereby for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 7(h) hereof, including filing fees, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the ADS and Shares represented thereby by FINRA, (v) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the ADS and Shares represented thereby by FINRA, (vi) all costs and expenses incident to listing the ADSs on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, (vii) the cost of printing certificates representing the ADS and Shares represented thereby, (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the ADSs, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics and fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, (x) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Sellers hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in Section 7(n), subsection (v) of this Section, Section 10 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution” and the last paragraph of Section 12 entitled “Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters,” the Underwriters will pay (i) all of their costs and expenses, including any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make, and (ii) in connection with the road show, (a) expenses associated with hosting investor meetings or luncheons, and (b) the travel, meals and lodging costs and expenses of the Underwriters, the representatives of the Company and any consultants described in sub-section (ix) above.]
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The provisions of this Section 9 shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.
10. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, each director, officer and employee of any of the foregoing, the selling agents of each Underwriter, and each person that controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, the ADS Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 10(c) hereof).
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(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, each director, officer and employee of any of the foregoing, the selling agents of each Underwriter, and each person that controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, the ADS Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 10(c) hereof); provided that notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, each Selling Shareholder will only be liable pursuant to this Section 10(b) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Selling Shareholder for use in such documents, it being understood and agreed that the only such written information furnished by such Selling Shareholder consists of the statements relating to such Selling Shareholder in the section under the heading “Principal and Selling Shareholders” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus provided, further, that the liability of each Selling Shareholder for indemnity under this subsection shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts received by such Selling Shareholder from the sale of its Shares by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Sellers, the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the any Seller within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Sellers to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus, any road show or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the name of the Underwriter, the concession figures appearing in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the disclosure on sales to discretionary accounts appearing in the eighteenth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” (the “Underwriter Information”).
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(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 10(a), 10(b) or 10(c), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing (provided that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10). Counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the indemnified parties. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons and affiliates of any Underwriters and their respective directors, officers and employees, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company, and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. In the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Shareholders and such control persons of any Selling Shareholders, such firm shall be designated in writing by the persons named as attorneys-in-fact for the Selling Shareholders under the Powers-of-Attorney. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 10(a), 10(b) or 10(c) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the ADSs or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 10(e)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 10(e)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the ADSs shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the ADSs (before deducting expenses) received by the Sellers and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the ADSs. The relative fault of the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand 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 Sellers or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 10 are several in proportion to the respective number of ADSs they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(f) The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10 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 that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 10(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 10(e) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, 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 Section 10, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the ADSs exceeds the amount of any damages that 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 10 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 10 and Section 7(n) and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Sellers contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of (a) any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter, (b) the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company, or (c) any Selling Shareholder, its officers or directors or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the ADSs.
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11. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Representatives to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade or The Hong Kong Stock Exchange , or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other government authority, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in commercial banking, securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States, the PRC or the Cayman Islands or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by United States Federal, New York State, PRC or Cayman Islands authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets, currency exchange rates or controls or any calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in the national or international political, financial or economic conditions that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the ADSs on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of the ADSs.
12. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase ADSs that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of ADSs which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of the ADSs to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives may specify, to purchase the ADSs which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of ADSs that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 12 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of ADSs without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm ADSs and the aggregate number of Firm ADSs with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm ADSs to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Shareholders for the purchase of such Firm ADSs are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Shareholders. In any such case either the Representatives or the relevant Sellers shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional ADSs and the aggregate number of Additional ADSs with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional ADSs to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional ADSs to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional ADSs that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of any Seller to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason any Seller shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, such Seller (severally and not jointly) will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
13. Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service. Each of the Sellers hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York (each, a “New York Court”) in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Sellers irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby in the New York Courts, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that any of the Sellers has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, each Seller irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Sellers irrevocably appoints [Law Debenture Corporate Services Inc.] as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process in any manner permitted by applicable law upon such agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process in any manner permitted by applicable law upon such Sellers, as the case may be, in any such suit or proceeding. Each of the Sellers further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement
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14. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company or any Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any sum due from it to any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day following receipt by such Underwriter or controlling person of any sum in such other currency, and only to the extent that such Underwriter or controlling person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency. If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, the Company and such Selling Shareholder agree as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter or controlling person against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, such Underwriter or controlling person agrees to pay to the Company or such Selling Shareholder, an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder.
15. Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and affiliates), each of 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.
16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the sale and purchase of the ADSs and the offering of the ADSs, represents the entire agreement between the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the ADSs and the offering of the ADSs.
17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
18. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
19. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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20. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Representatives at:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
J.P. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America
Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk
Fax: (000) 000-0000
if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxx.,
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxxx Center
Xx. 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
People’s Republic of China;
Attention: Xxx Xxx
if to the Selling Shareholders shall be delivered, mailed or sent to:
Qiming Venture Partners IV, L.P.
Qiming Managing Directors Fund IV, L.P.
000 000xx Xxx XX
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Fax: x000 000-0000
With a copy to:
Xxxx 0000-0, 00/X, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxx
Fax: x000-00000000
21. Parties at Interest. The Agreement set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and to the extent provided in Section 10 hereof the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to in such sections and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser, as such purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any rights under or by virtue of this Agreement.
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22. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Sellers acknowledges and agrees to each of the following:
(a) No Other Relationship. Each of the Representatives has been retained solely to act as an underwriter in connection with the sale of the ADSs and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between any Seller, on the one hand, and any of the Representatives, on the other hand, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus, irrespective of whether any of the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company or the Selling Shareholder on other matters.
(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the ADSs set forth in this Agreement was established by the Sellers following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives, and each of the Sellers is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. Each of the Sellers has been advised that each of the Representatives and their respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Sellers and that each of the Representatives has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Sellers by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship.
(d) Waiver. Each of the Sellers waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the each of the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in relation to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and agrees that none of the Representatives shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect) to any Seller in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of any Seller.
23. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any substantial portion of the Company’s, the Selling Shareholders’ and any of the Underwriters’ respective businesses and/or assets. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (a) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers and employees of the Underwriters and each person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (b) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained in Section 10(c) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of its directors, its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 23, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
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24. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, subsection, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, subsection, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
25. Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended or modified in writing, signed by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
26. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) If any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) If any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) In this Section 26:
(i) “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
(ii) “Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(1) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(2) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(3) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
(iii) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
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(iv) “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
[Signature pages follow]
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Very truly yours, | ||
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
Qiming Venture Partners IV, L.P.
Acting by its general partner,
Qiming XX XX, L.P.
Acting by its general partner,
Qiming Corporate XX XX, Ltd.
Acting by its attorney-in-fact
pursuant to an irrevocable power of attorney
dated 2019
By:
Name of attorney-in-fact:
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
Qiming Managing Directors Fund IV, L.P.
Acting by its general partner,
Qiming Corporate XX XX, Ltd.
Acting by its attorney-in-fact
pursuant to an irrevocable power of attorney
dated 2019
By:
Name of attorney-in-fact:
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
By: | XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. LLC | |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
By: | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: | X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC | |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
Underwriter |
Number of Firm ADSs To Be Purchased |
Maximum Number of Additional ADSs To Be Purchased | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
[●] | [●] | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
[●] | [●] | ||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
[●] | [●] | ||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
[●] | [●] | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
[●] | [●] | ||
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Total |
[●] | [●] | ||
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SCHEDULE II
Selling Shareholders |
Number of Firm ADSs To Be Sold |
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Qiming Venture Partners IV, L.P. |
[6,326,433 | ] | ||
Qiming Managing Directors Fund IV, L.P. |
[199,754 | ] | ||
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Total |
[6,526,187 | ] | ||
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SCHEDULE III
Time of Sale Prospectus
1. | Base prospectus dated April 1, 2019 relating to the Shelf Securities |
2. | Preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 1, 2019 relating to the Shelf Securities |
3. | [identify all free writing prospectuses filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act] |
4. | [orally communicated pricing information such as price per share and size of offering if a Rule 134 pricing term sheet is used at the time of sale instead of a pricing term sheet filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) as a free writing prospectus] |
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SCHEDULE IV-A
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
Name |
Place of Incorporation | |
1. Bilibili HK Limited | Hong Kong | |
2. Hode HK Limited | Hong Kong | |
3. Bilibili Co., Ltd. | Japan | |
4. Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd. | PRC | |
5. Hode Shanghai Limited | PRC |
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SCHEDULE IV-B
AFFILIATED ENTITIES OF THE COMPANY
Name |
Place of Incorporation | |
1. Shanghai Kuanyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | PRC | |
2. Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co., Ltd. | PRC | |
3. Sharejoy Network Technology Co., Ltd. | PRC | |
4. Shanghai Hehehe Culture Communication Co., Ltd. | PRC | |
5. Shanghai Anime Tamashi Cultural Media Co., Ltd. | PRC |
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SCHEDULE V
LIST OF LOCKED-UP PARTIES
The Company:
1. |
All directors and executive officers of the Company:
2. | Xxxx He |
3. | Feng Li |
4. | XX Xxx |
5. | Ni Li |
6. | Xxx Xxxx |
7. | Xxxxx Xxx |
8. | Xxx Xxx |
9. | Xx Xx |
The following shareholders of the Company:
10. | Grand Stream Fund L.P. |
11. | Xxxx Xxxx Limited |
12. | Qiming Managing Directors Fund IV, L.P. |
13. | Qiming Venture Partners IV, L.P. |
14. | Saber Lily Limited |
15. | Vanship Limited |
16. | Windforce Limited |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER
April , 2019
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
J.P. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X.X.
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, as representatives (each, a “Representative,” and collectively, the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Bilibili Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters of a certain number of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing Class Z ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-3 and a Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-223711) (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed or to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Concurrent with the Public Offering, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers, propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement in connection with the purchase and resale (the “Notes Offering”) by such initial purchasers of a certain principal amount of [●]% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreements, as applicable.
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In consideration of the Underwriters’ participation in the Public Offering, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Restricted Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any ADSs or Ordinary Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), by the undersigned or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the sale of the Notes in the concurrent Notes Offering by the Company, and the issuance of the ADSs upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, (b) transactions relating to Securities or other securities of the Company acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, (c) transfers of Securities or any security convertible into the Securities as a bona fide gift, (d) distributions of Securities or any security convertible into the Securities to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (c) or (d), each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter, (e) 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, (f) transfers of the Securities pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving all holders of the ADSs or Ordinary Shares in connection with a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company; provided that in the event the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigned’s Securities shall remain subject to the restrictions set forth in this letter, or (g) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of the Securities, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of the Securities during the Restricted Period and to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of the Securities may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period. For purposes of this letter, a “Change of Control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company, and “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not, during the Restricted Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities. The undersigned hereby also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Securities unless such transfer is in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
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The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this letter in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this letter is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. The Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Representatives.
This letter shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of (i) the date that the Company advises the Representatives in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the date that the Registration Statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Public Offering are withdrawn, (iii) subsequent to signing the Underwriting Agreement, the date on which the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) is terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the ADSs or Ordinary Shares to be sold thereunder, or (iv) June 30, 2019 if the Public Offering has not been completed by or before such date.
This letter is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours, |
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(Name) |
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(Address) |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
April [5], 2019
The undersigned, Xxx Xxx, the Chief Financial Officer of Bilibili Inc., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of [17,080,187] American depositary shares, representing [17,080,187] Class Z ordinary shares of the Company, plus up to [2,562,028] American depositary shares representing [2,562,028] Class Z ordinary shares of the Company that the Underwriters have a right to purchase (the “Offering”), and pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Underwriting Agreement, dated April [2], 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein, hereby certifies on behalf of the Company, that:
1. | The undersigned is familiar with and has responsibility for the accounting, operations, records system and internal controls of the Company. |
2. | The undersigned has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and has reviewed the disclosure in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. |
3. | The undersigned has supervised the compilation of and reviewed the circled information contained in Annex A attached hereto, as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. Such information has been computed or derived from the Company’s operational records prepared by the Company’s personnel for the periods, or as of the dates indicated. The preparation and management review of such information indicated that such information is in agreement with the corresponding data and other records maintained by the Company (giving effect to rounding where applicable), and the undersigned has no reason to believe that any of the circled information and data in Annex A attached hereto is not true, complete or accurate as of the date hereof. |
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Underwriting Agreement. This certificate is to assist the Underwriters in conducting and documenting their investigation of the affairs of the Company in connection with the Offering.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his name as of the date first written above.
By: |
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Name: | Xxx Xxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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