China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited 3,442,000 American Depositary Shares Each Representing UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited
3,442,000 American Depositary Shares
Each Representing
14 Class A Ordinary Shares
March [—], 2014
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
X.X.X.
As Representative of the Several Underwriters,
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Company”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), to issue and sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 3,442,000 American depositary shares (“ADSs”), each ADS representing 14 Class A ordinary shares of the Company of par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares,” together with the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, “Ordinary Shares”) (such 3,442,000 ADSs being hereinafter referred to as the “Firm Securities”). The Company also agrees to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 516,300 additional ADSs (the “Optional Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Offered Securities”.
The ADSs purchased by the Underwriters will be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement dated as of September 20, 2012 (the “Deposit Agreement”), entered into among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all owners and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADSs.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 2(a)(i) hereof, and as of each Closing Date that:
(i) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-194387) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which has become effective. “Registration Statement” at any particular time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendments thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified. “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.
The Company may also have filed, or may file with the Commission, a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the registration of Offered Securities. At any particular time, this Rule 462(b) registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including the contents of the Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430B Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement”. A registration statement on Form F-6 (No. 333-183539) relating to the ADSs has been filed with the Commission and has become effective (such registration statement on Form F-6, including all exhibits thereto, as amended through the time such registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the “ADS Registration Statement”). The Company has also filed, in accordance with Section 12 of the Exchange Act, a registration statement (such registration statement as amended through the time such registration statement becomes effective, being hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Registration Statement”), on Form 8-A (No. 001-35645) under the Exchange Act to register, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the ADSs. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Exchange Act Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement, or the Final Prospectus (including any prospectus wrapper) to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”).
As of the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended, and the Exchange Act Registration Statement has become effective as provided in Section 12 of the Exchange Act. Any Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement:
“430B Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).“430C Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Applicable Time” means :00 [a/p]m (U.S. Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Effective Time” of the Registration Statement relating to the Offered Securities means the time of the first contract of sale for the Offered Securities. “Effective Time” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange Rules”).
“Statutory Prospectus” with reference to any particular time means the prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including all 430B Information and 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.
“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act, and “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
(ii) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post-effective amendment, incorporated report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and (D) on the Closing Date, each of the Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any), the ADS Registration Statement and any amendments and supplement thereto conformed and will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document in reliance upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
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(iii) F-3 Registration Statement. If, immediately prior to the third anniversary of the initial effective time of the Registration Statement, any of the Offered Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to that third anniversary file, if it has not already done so, a new F-3 registration statement relating to the Offered Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative (as defined in Section 3), will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after that third anniversary, and will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Offered Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new F-3 registration statement.
(iv) Ineligible Issuer Status. (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Offered Securities and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405, including (A) the Company or any other subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (B) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
(v) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus, dated [—], 2014, including the base prospectus, dated [—], 2014 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule B hereto to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, nor (iii) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications in reliance upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(vi) Emerging Growth Company Status. From the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement to 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)(19) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
(vii) No Other Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than the Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representative with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act or, if any, institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representative to engage in the Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representative has been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking the Testing-the-Waters Communications. [The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications.]
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(viii) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in any Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would 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, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(ix) Registration Statement Exhibits. There are no contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as exhibits to any Registration Statement other than those that have been filed therewith (those so filed, collectively, the “Filed Documents”). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge that any other party to any Filed Document has any intention not to render full performance as contemplated by the terms thereof.
(x) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification. The 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. Complete and correct copies of all constitutive documents of the Company and all amendments thereto have been delivered to the Representative; no change will be made to any such constitutive documents on or after the date of this Agreement through and including each Closing Date.
(xi) Group Entities. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, partnership, joint venture association or entity other than as set forth on Appendix A (collectively, the “Group Entities”); each Group Entity has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Group Entity is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in the People’s Republic of China in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification; and each Group Entity is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in such other jurisdiction where a relevant Group Entity is in the process of obtaining the applicable qualification where failure to obtain or delay in obtaining such qualification would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, properties or prospects of the Company and the Group Entities taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”); all of the issued and outstanding share capital and/or equity interests, as the case may be, of each Group Entity has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable, and is legally owned by such Group Entity’s shareholder(s) as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and the capital shares and/or equity interests, as the case may be, of each Group Entity, are owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects. The Company possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of each of the Group Entities.
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(xii) Non-Compete Agreement. The description of the non-compete agreement (the “Non-Compete Agreement”) under the caption “Our Relationship with VODone” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus is true and correct. The Non-Compete Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is in full force and effect, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company 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. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Non-Compete Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is bound or to which the Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of any applicable law or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of their properties or assets; nor will such actions result in any violation of any provision of any constitutive documents of the Company; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution and delivery by the Company of, and compliance by the Company with, the provisions of the Non-Compete Agreement, except such as shall have been obtained or waived.
(xiii) VIE Agreements and Cooperation Agreement.
(A) The description of (i) each of the agreements described under the captions “Our Corporate History and Structure” and “Related Party Transactions” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus relating to our corporate structure to which any of Guangzhou Yitongtianxia Software Development Co., Ltd. (“Yitongtianxia”), Guangzhou Yingzheng Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yingzheng”) and the shareholders of Yingzheng is a party (collectively, the “Yingzheng VIE Agreements”), (ii) each of the agreements described under the captions “Our Corporate History and Structure” and “Related Party Transactions” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus relating to our corporate structure to which any of Huiyou Digital (Shenzhen) Ltd. (“Huiyou”), Shenzhen Lanyue Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Lanyue”) and the shareholders of Lanyue is a party (collectively, the “Lanyue VIE Agreements,” together with the Yingzheng VIE Agreements, the “VIE Agreements”), and (iii) the cooperation agreement entered between Huiyou and Yingzheng (the “Cooperation Agreement”) is true and correct in all material respects, and all material agreements relating to our corporate structure have been so disclosed. Each party to the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement has the legal right, power and authority, (corporate and other, as the case may be) to enter into and perform its respective obligations under the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of, and have authorized, executed and delivered, each of the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement; and each of the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement is in proper legal form under the PRC Laws and Regulations, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the parties thereto, and is 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.
(B) The execution and delivery by Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng, shareholders of Yingzheng and Huiyou of, and the performance by Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng, the shareholders of Yingzheng and Huiyou of their respective obligations under, each of the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement and the consummation by Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng, the shareholders of Yingzheng and Huiyou of the transactions contemplated therein did not, does not and will not: (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng, the shareholders of Yingzheng or Huiyou, as the case may be, are a party or by which the Company, Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng and the shareholders of Yingzheng are bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company, Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng, the shareholders of Yingzheng or Huiyou are subject; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of constitutive documents or business license of the Company, Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng or Huiyou, as the case may be; or (iii) result in any violation of any PRC statute or any order, rule or regulation of any PRC governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company (collectively, the “PRC Laws and Regulations”), Yitongtianxia, Yingzheng, the shareholders of Yingzheng, Huiyou or any of their properties except, in the case of the clauses (i) and (iii), such conflict, violation or breach that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(C) To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of each of the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement in the PRC, it is not necessary that any such document be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the PRC or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of any of the VIE Agreements and the Cooperation Agreement, except for the registration of the pledges under the VIE Agreement, which have been registered with the relevant government authorities.
(xiv) Restructuring Agreements. The description of the transactions and events (the “Company’s Historical Development”) under the caption “Item 4. Information of the Company - A. History and Development of the Company” in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013 and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects. The actions taken by the Company or each relevant Group Entity as described in the Company’s Historical Development (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or each relevant Group Entity is bound or to which the Company or each relevant Group Entity is subject; (ii) nor will such actions result in any violation of any applicable law or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or each relevant Group Entity or any of their respective properties or assets; (iii) nor will such actions result in any violation of any provision of any constitutive documents of the Company or each relevant Group Entity; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the Company’s Historical Development, except such as shall have been obtained or waived, except, in the case of the clauses (i) and (ii), such conflict, violation or breach that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) Offered Securities. The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date, such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus; no security holder of the Company has any preemptive rights with respect to the Offered Securities, and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company has been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right of any security holder; the Offered Securities and the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares to be sold by the Company, when issued and delivered against payment heretofore pursuant to this Agreement, will not be subject to any security interest, other encumbrance or adverse claims, and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and subject to the terms and provisions of the Deposit Agreement, there are no restrictions on transfers of Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered Securities or the Offered Securities under the laws of the Cayman Islands or the United States or the PRC Laws and Regulations, as the case may be; the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered Securities may be freely deposited by the Company with the Depositary or its nominee against issuance of ADRs evidencing the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Deposit Agreement.
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(xvi) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering. To the best knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, there are no arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance with respect to the Company, the Group Entities, or any of their officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees or affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”).
(xvii) Registration Rights; Lock-Up Agreements. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “Registration Rights”). Each officer, director and certain existing shareholders of the Company and person or entity with a right to acquire shares of the Company set forth on Schedule C hereto has furnished to the Representative on or prior to the date hereof a letter or letters substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Lock-Up Agreements”).
(xviii) Absence of Further Requirements. 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 to be obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and the deposit of the Offered Securities with the Depositary against the issuance of ADRs, except such as have been obtained, or made and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(xix) Title to Property. The Company and the Group Entities do not own any real property. The Company and the Group Entities hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them, except where such defects in the leases would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xx) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xxi) Authorization of Deposit Agreement. The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company 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. Upon due execution and delivery by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing Offered Securities and the deposit of Offered Shares in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and the persons in whose names the ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement; and the Deposit Agreement and the ADRs conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(xxii) Description of Transaction Documents. The description of each Transaction Document in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus conforms in all material respects to such Transaction Document.
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(xxiii) No Transfer Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the government of the Cayman Islands or the PRC, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (i) the deposit with the Depositary of Offered Shares by the Company against the issuance of ADRs evidencing Offered Securities, (ii) the sale and delivery by the Company of the Offered Securities to or for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters or (iii) the sale and delivery outside the Cayman Islands by the several Underwriters of the Offered Securities to the initial purchasers thereof in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
(xxiv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Group Entities pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of the Group Entities, 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 the Group Entities or any of their properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Group Entities is a party or by which the Company or any of the Group Entities is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of the Group Entities is subject; a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of the Group Entities.
(xxv) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxvi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company and the Group Entities possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits, including without limitation, any business licenses (“Licenses”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Group Entities, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxvii) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of the Group Entities exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxviii) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and the Group Entities own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, 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 now operated by them, or presently employed by them, or proposed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus to be conducted by them. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (i) there are no rights of third parties to any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) 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 of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability and scope of, the Company’s or any subsidiary’s 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; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any subsidiary 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; and (v) none of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or its subsidiaries in their businesses has been obtained or is being used by the Company or its subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company, any of its subsidiaries in violation of the rights of any persons, except in each case covered by clauses (i) – (v) such as would not, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxix) Environmental Laws. Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is in violation of any statute, any 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, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(xxx) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities,” “Regulation,” 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 and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
(xxxi) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company, any of the Group Entities nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, affiliates or controlling persons acting on its behalf has 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, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(xxxii) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived. The Company has obtained the written consent for the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.
(xxxiii) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company, the Group Entities and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and all applicable Exchange Rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with the Securities Laws and are 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 U.S. General Accepted Accounting Principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (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. The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, overseen by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and within the next 90 days the Company does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an “Internal Control Event”), any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter which, if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxxiv) Absence of Accounting Issues. The Company has not received any notice, oral or written, from the Board or the Audit Committee stating that it is reviewing or investigating, and neither the Company’s independent auditors nor its internal auditors have recommended that the Board or the Audit Committee 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; (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; or (iii) any Internal Control Event.
(xxxv) Litigation. There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of the Group Entities or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Group Entities, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened or contemplated.
(xxxvi) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, together with their related notes and schedules, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated entities as of the dates indicated and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; all pro forma financial statements or data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data; the other financial and statistical data contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus that are not included as required; and all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act.
(xxxvii) 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 General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and the Group Entities, that individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any of its share capital and (iii) neither the Company nor any Group Entity has entered into any material transaction or agreement or incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and (iv) 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 or the Group Entities.
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(xxxviii) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(xxxix) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
(xl) PFIC Status. Based on the Company’s current projected income, assets and activities and taking into account of the market value of its American Depositary Shares and outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Company does not expect to be classified as a “passive foreign investment company” as defined in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the taxable year ending on December 31, 2014.
(xli) Payments in Foreign Currency. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC and any political subdivision thereof, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Offered Securities may be paid by the Company to the holder thereof in United States dollars and freely transferred out of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC and all such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC will not be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental consent, order, permit or other authorization in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(xlii) Business Practices. None of the Company or the Group Entities or their affiliates, or the respective officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents, or employees of the Company or the Group Entities has violated, nor shall the Company’s participation in this offering violate, any of the following laws and regulations (collectively, the “Business Practice Regulations”): (i) anti-bribery laws, rule, or regulation of any locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, signed December 17, 1997, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other applicable law, rule or regulation of similar purpose and scope, (ii) anti-money laundering laws, including but not limited to, applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws, regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering, including, without limitation, Title 18 U.S. Code section 1956 and 1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international anti-money laundering principals or procedures by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to the group or organization continues to concur, all as amended, and any Executive order, directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder or (iii) laws and regulations imposing U.S. economic sanctions measures, including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the United Nations Participation Act, and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, all as amended, and any Executive Order, directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, including the regulations of the United States Treasury Department set forth under 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder. The Company and the Group Entities have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with the Business Practice Regulations.
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(xliii) Choice of Law. The choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Transaction Documents is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the PRC Laws and Regulations and will be honored by courts in the Cayman Islands and the PRC, subject to the conditions and restrictions described under the caption “Enforceability or Civil Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure and the Final Prospectus. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 16 of this Agreement and Section 7.07 of the Deposit Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York State and United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York (each, a “New York Court”) 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 authorize, and pursuant to Section 16 of this Agreement and Section 7.07 of the Deposit Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and authorized, an agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, any Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, the ADS Registration Statement or the offering of the Offered Securities in any New York Court, and service of process in any manner permitted by applicable laws effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company as provided hereof or in the Deposit Agreement.
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 the Transaction Documents and any instruments or agreements entered into for the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein (i) 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 or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty by the courts of the Cayman Islands, provided that (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, security or sovereignty of the Cayman Islands, (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 Cayman Islands court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court, and (ii) may be recognized and enforced by the courts of the PRC subject to the conditions and restrictions described under the caption “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. 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.
(xliv) Related Party Transactions. All the related party transactions required to be disclosed under the Securities Laws are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Related Party Transactions”, and such disclosure is true and accurate in all material respects.
(xlv) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of the Group Entities, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers, suppliers, affiliates or controlling persons of any of the Group Entities or of the Company (including VODone), on the other, that is required by the Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents.
(xlvi) Compliance with PRC Regulations. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, each of the Company and the Group Entities has complied with, and has use its best efforts to ensure compliance by each of its shareholders, option holders, directors, officers and employees that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen with any applicable rules and regulations of the relevant PRC government agencies (including but not limited to the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange) relating to overseas investment by PRC residents and citizens (the “PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations”), including, without limitation, requesting each shareholder, option holder, director, officer, employee and Participant that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen to complete any registration and other procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, each shareholder, option holder, director, officer, employee and Participant that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen has completed all the registrations and other procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations.
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(xlvii) PRC Mergers and Acquisitions 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 (the “PRC Mergers and Acquisition 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 China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC on August 8, 2006, including the relevant 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, and based on such advice, the Company believes that the approval of the CSRC is not required for the issuance and sales of the Offered Securities. The issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, the listing and trading of the Offered Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents is not and will not be, as of the date hereof or at each Closing Date, as the case may be, adversely affected by the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules or any official clarifications, guidance, interpretations or implementation rules in connection with or related to the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules.
(xlviii) Compliance with OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers or employees, or other persons associated with, or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Group Entities(together, the “Issuer”): (a) undertakes any material business with the government of, or any person or entity in or organized under the laws of, or directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the government of or a person in or organized under the laws of, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Sudan or Syria (collectively “Sensitive Countries”); or (b) is or is, directly or indirectly, controlled by a person or entity subject to any of the economic sanctions administered by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (“SECO”), the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations (“UN”), the European Union (“EU”), HM Treasury and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom (collectively, “UK”), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”), the PRC and other relevant sanctions authority (together, the “Restricted Parties”). The Issuer will not use any proceeds it receives from the Offering directly or indirectly, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund or facilitate any operations or finance any investments in any Sensitive Country or with a Restricted Party, or make any payments to or in favour of, any Restricted Party.
(xlix) FINRA Affiliation. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, there are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was first submitted to the Commission.
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(l) No Unapproved Marketing Documents. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of any delivery date and completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities other than any preliminary prospectus, the prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representative has consented in accordance with this Agreement and that is set forth on Schedule B hereto.
(li) Directors and Officers. The Company’s directors and executive officers are not a party to any legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings that would result in such director or officer being unsuitable for his or her position on the Board or in the Company.
(lii) Taxes. The Company and each of the Group Entities have filed all tax returns, reports and filings that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case such failure to file, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and all such returns, reports and filings are up to date, true, correct and on a proper basis (except to the extent any such inaccuracy, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect), and are not the subject of any material dispute with the relevant revenue or other appropriate authorities; the Company and each of the Group Entities have paid all taxes (including any assessments, fines or penalties) required to be paid by them, except for any such taxes assessments, fines or penalties that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; there is no tax deficiency, assessment, charge, levy, fine or penalty against the Company or the Group Entities as to which a reserve would be required to be established under US GAAP which has not been so reserved or which is required to be disclosed in the Final Prospectus which has not been so disclosed and there are no facts or circumstances in existence which would be expected to give rise to any such deficiency, assessment, charge, levy, fine or penalty; none of the Company or any of the Group Entities has received notice of any tax deficiency with respect to the Company or any of the Group Entities, except, in each case, for any deficiencies that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All local and national PRC governmental tax holidays, exemptions, waivers, financial subsidies, and other local and national PRC tax relief, concessions and preferential treatment enjoyed by the Company or any Group Entity (including any predecessor) as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are valid, binding and enforceable and do not materially violate any laws, regulations, rules, orders, decrees, guidelines, judicial interpretations, notices or other legislation of the PRC.
(liii) No Immunity. None of the Company, the Group Entities, and any of their properties, assets or revenues is entitled to any right of immunity on the grounds of sovereignty from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from services of process, from attachment prior to or in aid of execution of judgment, or from any other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment. The irrevocable and unconditional waiver and agreement of the Company in the Transaction Documents not to plead or claim any such immunity in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on the Transaction Documents is valid and binding under the laws of the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong and the PRC Laws and Regulations.
(liv) No Restrictions on Dividends from Subsidiary. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any applicable laws or regulations, any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiaries’ capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(lv) Representation of Officers and/or Directors. Any certificate signed by any officer or director of the Company and delivered to the Representative as required or contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a representation and warranty hereunder by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
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(b) Representations and Warranties of VODone. VODone Limited (“VODone”) represents and warrants to, and agrees with the several Underwriters that as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 2(a)(i) hereof, and as of each Closing Date:
(i) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by VODone.
(ii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance by VODone of this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which VODone is bound or to which VODone is subject, (ii) result in any violation of any applicable law or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over VODone or any of its properties or assets; or (iii) result in any violation of any provision of any constitutive documents of VODone, except, in the case of the clauses (i) and (ii), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution and delivery by VODone of, and compliance by VODone with, the provisions of each of this Agreement, except such as shall have been obtained or waived.
(iii) Disclosure. None of the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package, or the Final Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document in reliance upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(iv) Non-Compete Agreement. The Non-Compete Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the relevant parties to such agreement, is in full force and effect, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of VODone, enforceable against VODone 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. The execution, delivery and performance by VODone of the Non-Compete Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which VODone is bound or to which VODone is subject, except such conflict, breach or violation would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) result in any violation of any applicable law or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over VODone or any of its properties or assets; nor will such actions result in any violation of any provision of any constitutive documents of VODone; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution and delivery by VODone of, and compliance by VODone with, the provisions of the Non-Compete Agreement, except such as shall have been obtained or waived.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a purchase price of $[—] per ADS (representing the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount), the respective number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto, plus any additional number of Firm Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof (rounded up or down at the discretion of the Representative to avoid fractions).
The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representative against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representative drawn to the order of the Company, at the location designated by the Representative, at [10:00]A.M., New York time, on [—], 2014 or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representative and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The ADRs evidencing the Firm Securities will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative requests and will be delivered through the facilities of DTC. The specimen of the ADRs will be made available for checking at the above location or such other place designated by the Representative at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
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In addition, upon written notice from the Representative given to the Company from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per ADS to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representative to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred to as an “Optional Closing Date”, which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”), shall be determined by the Representative but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representative, against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representative drawn to the order of the Company at the above office. The Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office at a reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(i) Filing of Prospectuses. The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and consented to by the Representative, subparagraph (5)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the second business day following the earlier of the date it is first used or the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Company has complied and will comply with Rule 433.
(ii) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests. The Company will promptly advise the Representative of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representative’s consent; and the Company will also advise the Representative promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(iii) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representative, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(iv) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of this Agreement and satisfying Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(v) Furnishing of Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to the Representative copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative reasonably requests. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(vi) Reporting Requirements. During the period of three years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representative 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 stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representative (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representative 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, it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.
(vii) Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to any filing fees and other expenses incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative designates and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, costs and expenses related to the review by FINRA of the Offered Securities, costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company including the chartering of airplanes, fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market, fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, and expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not pay for any fees and expenses of the Underwriters incurred for the offering of the Offered Securities as contemplated hereunder (including any road show expenses and out of pocket expenses incurred by the Underwriters) and the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters, provided that the Company shall reimburse out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Underwriters during the road show for meals and ground transportation when together with the personnel of the Company.
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(viii) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(ix) Absence of Manipulation. The Company agrees that it will not take and will ensure that none of its affiliates (within the meaning of that term in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(x) Taxes. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issuance or transfer taxes, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Offered Securities and on the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents. All payments to be made by the Company hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company 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.
(xi) Restriction on Sale of Securities by Company.
(A) For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Ordinary Shares or ADSs (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (v) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Representative. The foregoing will not apply to (A) the issuance of the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered Securities and the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder; (B) the grant of employee stock options or restricted share units pursuant to the terms of the Company’s existing share incentive plan within the number of options authorized for grant as of the date hereof; or (C) the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company upon exercise of options or the vesting of restricted shares that have been previously granted and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 90 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representative consents to in writing.
(B) Agreement to announce lock-up waiver. If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 7(n) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(xii) Transfer Restrictions. The Company will at all times maintain transfer restrictions (including the inclusion of legends in share certificates, as may be required) with respect to the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares which are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to this Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreements and shall ensure compliance with such restrictions on transfer of restricted Class A Ordinary Shares.
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(xiii) Listing of Securities. The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the Offered Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(xiv) Filing of Reports. The Company, during the period when a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities, will file all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(xv) License of Trademarks. Upon request of any Underwriter, the Company will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, service marks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the offering of the Offered Securities.
(xvi) Judgment and Approval. The Company agrees that (i) it will not attempt to avoid any judgment applied or denied to it in a court of competent jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands; (ii) following the consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities, it will use its best 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 Class A Ordinary Shares, if any; and (iii) it will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals required in the Cayman Islands for the Company to acquire sufficient foreign exchange for the payment of dividends, if any, and all other relevant purposes.
(xvii) Deposit of Shares. The Company will, prior to the each Closing Date, deposit the Offered Shares with the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and otherwise comply with the Deposit Agreement so that ADSs will be issued by the Depositary against receipt of such Offered Shares and delivered to the Underwriters at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(xviii) Compliance with SAFE Rules and Regulations. The Company will use its best efforts to comply with any applicable rules and regulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (the “SAFE Rules and Regulations”), and will use its best efforts to cause its directors, officers, option holders and shareholders named in the Company’s share register that are, or that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, PRC residents or PRC citizens, to comply in all material respects with the SAFE Rules and Regulations applicable to them in connection with their interests in the Company, including, without limitation, requesting each shareholder named in the Company’s share register, option holder, director and officer that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or PRC citizen to complete any registration and other procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations.
(xix) Compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx. The Company will use its best efforts to comply with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, and to use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx.
(xx) Compliance with Foreign Laws. The Company shall arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the foreign or state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution.
(xxi) Emerging Growth Company. The Company will promptly notify the Underwriters 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 Offered Securities within the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the Lock-Up Period.
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6. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents that it has not made and, represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representative, it will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is 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.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and VODone herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Representative shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of Ernst & Young Hua Ming in a form satisfactory to the Representative (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in such letters hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).
(b) Filing of Prospectus. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representative, shall be contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and the Group Entities taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any change in either U.S., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, xxx XXX, Xxxx Xxxx or international financial, political or economic conditions, currency exchange rates or exchange controls or laws or regulations, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, or Hong Kong Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (v) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal, New York, Cayman Islands, the PRC or Hong Kong authorities; (vi) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in the United States, the Cayman Islands, the PRC, Hong Kong or any other country where such securities are listed or (vii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, the Cayman Islands, the PRC or Hong Kong, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representative, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
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(d) Opinion of U.S. Counsel for the Company. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, and in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(e) Opinion of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands Counsel for Company. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxx and Calder, Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, and in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto.
(f) Opinion of Hong Kong Counsel for Company. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Hong Kong counsel for the Company in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto.
(g) Opinion of PRC Counsel for Company. The Company shall have received, and the Representative shall have been furnished a copy of, an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Guantao Law Firm, PRC counsel for the Company in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit F hereto.
(h) Opinion of Depositary’s Counsel. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, addressed to the Underwriters, and in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit G hereto.
(i) Opinion of U.S. Counsel for Underwriters. The Representative shall have received from O’Melveny & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representative may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(j) Opinion of PRC Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received from Xxx Xx Law Offices, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representative may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of such Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of such Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities.
(l) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of the chief executive officer of the Company and the chief financial officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final 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 the Group Entities taken as a whole except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
(m) VODone’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of VODone, in which such officer shall state that: the representations and warranties of VODone in this Agreement are true and correct as of such Closing Date.
(n) Lock-Up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Representative shall have received the Lock-Up Agreements, each of which shall remain in full force and effect.
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(o) Depositary’s Certificate. The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters a certificate satisfactory to the Representative with respect to the deposit with it of the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered Securities against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the Offered Securities, the execution, issuance, countersignature and delivery of the ADRs evidencing the Offered Securities pursuant to the Deposit Agreement and such other matters related thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.
(p) Exchange Listing. The Offered Securities shall have been approved to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(q) Execution of Deposit Agreement. The Company and the Depositary shall have executed and delivered the Deposit Agreement and the Deposit Agreement shall be in full force and effect and the Company and the Depositary shall have taken all action necessary to permit the deposit of the Class A Ordinary Shares and the issuance of the Offered Securities in accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
(r) No FINRA Objection. FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting or other arrangements of the transaction contemplated hereby.
(s) DTC Eligibility. On or prior to the First Closing Date, the Offered Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
(t) No Unapproved Supplemental Disclosure. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall have been filed without the written consent of the Representative.
(i) Additional Documents. On or prior to such Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents and such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
The Representative may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters by the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and VODone will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
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(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus at any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fifth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and its name and address.
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above 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 subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action 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 (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (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 (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection (d).
9. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of such party hereto set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any party hereto or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 7(c)(ii)-(iii), (v)-(vii) and 9 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
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11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representative, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD, or, if sent to the Company will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited, Block A, 15/F Huajian Building, 233 Tianfu Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, PRC, Attention: The Chief Financial Officer, or if sent to VODone will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Room 3006, 30th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 00 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx: The Chief Financial Officer; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Representation. The Representative will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representative will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
15. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and VODone acknowledge and agree that:
(a) No Other Relationship. The Representative has been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company or VODone, on the one hand, and the Representative, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representative has advised or are advising the Company or VODone on other matters;
(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representative, and the Company 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. The Company and VODone have been advised that the Representative and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and VODone and that the Representative has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company and VODone by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) Waiver. The Company and VODone waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representative for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representative shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or VODone in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company or VODone, including their respective stockholders, employees or creditors.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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The Company and VODone hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and VODone irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree 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. Each of the Company and VODone irrevocably appoints Corporation Service Company, 1180 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, as its 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 upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or VODone by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 10 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or VODone in any such suit or proceeding. The Company and VODone further agree 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.
The obligation of the Company and VODone pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to 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 of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter 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 hereunder, the Company and VODone agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company or VODone, as the case may be, an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representative’s understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company, VODone and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
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CHINA MOBILE GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED | ||||
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VODONE LIMITED | ||||
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[Insert title] |
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Underwriters.
By CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | ||||
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
SCHEDULE A
Total Number of Firm Securities | ||||
Underwriter |
Number of Firm Securities to Be Sold By Company |
to be Purchased | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Barclays Capital Inc |
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Xxxxxxxxx LLC |
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Nomura Securities International, Inc. |
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Brean Capital, LLC |
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Schedule A-1
SCHEDULE B
General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
[1. Final term sheet, dated [, a copy of which is attached hereto].]
2. [list other documents]
Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package
The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
[1. The initial price to the public of the Offered Securities.
2. The number of Offered Securities.
3. [list other information]]
SCHEDULE C
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER PERSONS AND
ENTITIES ENTERING LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[Insert date], 2014
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
X.X.X.
As Representative of the Several Underwriters named in
Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement
Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) pursuant to which an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for American depository shares (“ADSs”) representing Class A ordinary shares (together with Class B ordinary shares, “Ordinary Shares”) of China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any ADSs or Ordinary Shares, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any ADSs or Ordinary Shares, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of the Representatives. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any ADSs or Ordinary Shares.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and include the date 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the ADSs (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Any Ordinary Shares or ADSs received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement. This Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to: (i) any Ordinary Shares or ADSs acquired by the undersigned in the open market after the Public Offering Date, (ii) the exercise of any of the undersigned’s rights to acquire any ADSs or Ordinary Shares of the Company issued pursuant to any share option or similar equity incentive or compensation plan of the Company (collectively, the “Equity Incentive Grants”), provided that in each case, such plan is in effect as of the date of and disclosed in the prospectus for the public offering (it being understood that any subsequent sale, transfer or disposition of any securities of the Company issued upon exercise of such Equity Incentive Grants shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement), or (iii) or transfers of Ordinary Shares or ADSs to immediate family members, trusts or an entity beneficially owned and controlled by the undersigned, and for institutional shareholders, a transfer of Ordinary Shares or ADSs to a partner, member or an “affiliate” of the undersigned, as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, as amended, by gift, will or intestacy, or as part of a distribution without consideration by the undersigned to its equity holders, provided that the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares and ADSs are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of Ordinary Shares or ADSs if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, for purposes of clarity, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing restrictions in this Lock-Up Agreement shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed Ordinary Shares or ADSs the undersigned may purchase in the above-referenced offering.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the Representative agrees that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Ordinary Shares or ADSs, the Representative will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by Representative hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Lock-Up Agreement shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before April 30, 2014. This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Press Release
EXHIBIT C
OPINION OF U.S. COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
EXHIBIT D
OPINION OF CAYMAN ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
EXHIBIT E
OPINION OF HONG KONG COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
EXHIBIT F
OPINION OF PRC COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
EXHIBIT G
OPINION OF DEPOSITARY’S COUNSEL
APPENDIX A
LIST OF GROUP ENTITIES
3GUU Holdings Limited
3GUU Mobile Entertainment Co. Limited
3GUU Mobile Entertainment Industrial Co., Ltd
Beauty Wave Limited
Beijing Dongganlefeng Information Technology Co., Ltd
Beijing Longyuebaifu Information Technology Co., Ltd
China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (HK) Limited
China Perfect Investments Limited
China Wave Group Limited
CMGE International Limited
CMGE Investment Limited
C&V Limited
C&V Hong Kong Limited
Guangzhou Huifenghechang Mobile Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Yitongtianxia Software Development Co., Ltd.
Huiqu Wuxian Digital (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Huiyou Digital (Shenzhen) Ltd.
HYD Holding Limited
Kechuang Qudong (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
Majesty Enterprises Limited
OWX (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
OWX Development Limited
OWX Group Limited
OWX Hong Kong Limited
Xxxxxxxxx Enterprises Limited
Shanghai Lanfeng Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Suiyue Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Douqu Software Co., Ltd.
Appendix A-1
Shenzhen Leyuansuiyu Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Qilewuxian Software Development Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Yikechuanghui Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Zhongtuokechuang Technology Co., Ltd.
Uni-Force Development Limited
Vogins Technology Co. Limited
Weili Development Limited
Vogins Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Guangzhou Yingzheng Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Lanyue Internet Technology Co., Ltd.
Beijing Wuyao Technology Co., Ltd.
Chengdu Zhuoxing Technology Co., Ltd.
Appendix A-2