SouFun Holdings Limited [•] Class A Ordinary Shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (each representing four Class A Ordinary Shares, par value HK$1.00 per Class A Ordinary Share) FORM OF EQUITY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
SouFun Holdings Limited
[•] Class A Ordinary Shares in the form of American Depositary Shares
(each representing four Class A Ordinary Shares, par value HK$1.00 per Class A Ordinary Share)
(each representing four Class A Ordinary Shares, par value HK$1.00 per Class A Ordinary Share)
FORM OF EQUITY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[•], 2010
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C.
68/F Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
68/F Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters
Several Underwriters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
SouFun Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the
“Company”), and Telstra International Holdings Limited, as a selling shareholder (“Telstra”), a
Bermuda company, and IDG Technology Venture Investment Inc., such shareholders, together with
Telstra, the “Selling Shareholders”), propose to sell to the several underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) for whom you are acting as representatives (the
“Representatives”) an aggregate of [•] American depositary shares (“ADSs”) representing [•] Class A
ordinary shares, par value HK$1.00 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), of the Company, of
which [•] ADSs will be sold by the Company and [•] ADSs will be sold by the Selling Shareholders.
The [•] ADSs to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders are referred to as the “Firm
ADSs”. The respective amounts of the Firm ADSs to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are
set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto, and the respective amounts to be sold
by the Selling Shareholders are set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto. The
Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Firm ADSs (the “Firm Shares”) will be deposited by the
Company and Selling Shareholders with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”).
The Firm Shares and the Firm ADSs are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Firm
Securities.” The Selling Shareholders also propose to sell at the Underwriters’ option an
aggregate of up to [•] additional ADSs of the Company (the “Option ADSs”) as set forth below,
solely to cover over-allotments (if any). To the extent that Option ADSs are sold to the
Underwriters pursuant to such option, such Class A Ordinary Shares represented by such Option ADSs
(the “Option Shares”) will be deposited by the Selling Shareholders with the Depositary. The
Option Shares and the Option ADSs are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Option
Securities.” The Firm ADSs and the Option ADSs are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“ADSs.” The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Shares.” The Firm Securities and the Option Securities (to the extent that the aforementioned
option is exercised) are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Offered Securities.” The
public offering of the Offered Securities as described herein and in the “General Disclosure
Package” (as defined below) is hereinafter referred to as the “Offering.” The Representatives are
entering into this agreement with the Company, the Selling Shareholders and Xxxxxxx Tianquan Mo, a
natural person, (the “Founder”).
As the Representatives, you have advised the Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders
(a) that you are authorized to enter into this agreement (the “Agreement”) on behalf of the several
Underwriters, and (b) that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly,
to purchase the numbers of Firm ADSs set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule
I, plus their pro rata portion of the Option ADSs if you elect to exercise the over-allotment
option in whole or in part for the accounts of the several Underwriters.
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties
in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Founder.
(a) The Company and the Founder, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each of the
Underwriters as follows:
(i) A registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-169170) with respect to the Offered
Securities has been prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations
(the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. Copies of such registration statement,
including any amendments thereto, the preliminary prospectuses (meeting the requirements of the
Rules and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules, as
finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company to you. Such
registration statement, together with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Act, is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement,” which shall be
deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under
the Act and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the Act and
no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed, or is proposed to be
filed, as of the date of this Agreement. “Prospectus” means the form of prospectus first filed with
the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Act. Each
preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes
effective is herein referred to as a “Preliminary Prospectus.”
(ii) As of the Effective Date (as defined below), as of the Applicable Time (as defined
below), as of the Closing Date (as defined below) and as of the Option Closing Date (as defined
below), as the case may be, neither (i) the General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined
below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), and
the information included on Schedule III hereto, all considered together (collectively, the
“General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as
defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or will
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Founder makes
any representation or warranty as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), in
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reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 13 herein. As
used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means [•] [a/p]m (New York time) on the date of this Agreement or such other
time as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives.
“Effective Date” with respect to the Registration Statement means the date of the Effective
Time thereof.
“Effective Time” with respect to the Registration Statement means the date and time of which
such Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(c).
“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Rule 433 under the Act, 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) under the Act.
“General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on
Schedule IV to this Agreement.
“Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a
General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
(iii) (a) A registration statement on Form F-6 (No. 333-169176) in respect of the ADSs has
been filed with the Commission and such registration statement has become effective pursuant to the
Rules and Regulations (such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto, at the time it
became effective, being hereinafter referred to as the “ADS Registration Statement”), (b) no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the ADS Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or to the Company’s and the Founder’s knowledge,
threatened by the Commission, (c) the ADS Registration Statement when it became effective
conformed, and any further amendments thereto will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and (d) the ADS Registration Statement, when
it became effective, did not contain and, on each Closing Date (as defined below) and as amended or
supplemented, will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(iv) A registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-34862) in respect of the registration
of the Shares under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), has
been filed with the Commission; such registration statement in the form heretofore delivered to you
and to you for each of the other Underwriters has been declared effective by the Commission in such
form; no other document with respect to such registration statement has heretofore been filed with
the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has been
issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or to the Company’s and the Founder’s
knowledge threatened by the Commission (the various parts of such registration statement, including
all exhibits
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thereto, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became
effective, being
hereinafter called the “Form 8-A Registration Statement”); and the Form 8-A Registration
Statement when it became effective conformed, and any further amendments thereto will conform, in
all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and did not and will not, as of the applicable effective date, contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(v) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering
of the Offered Securities, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act
has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Registration
Statement contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will contain, all
statements which are required to be stated therein by, and will conform to, the material
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(vi) 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 to the Representatives 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 contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. If
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 with or would
conflict with the information then contained in the 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 each of the Representatives; 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.
(vii) The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or entity other than the following entities (collectively referred to as the “Group
Entities”): Selovo Investments Limited (“Selovo”), Pendiary Investments Limited (“Pendiary”), Max
Impact Investments Limited “Max Impact”), Bravo Work Investments Limited Service Co. Ltd.
(“Bravo”), China Index Academy Ltd. (“China Index”) SouFun Media Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
(“SouFun Media”), Beijing SouFun Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“SouFun Network”), Beijing SouFun
Information Consultancy Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Information”), Beijing Xxxxx Xxx Xxx Xxxxx Information
Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Xxxxx Xxx”), Shanghai SouFun Information Co., Ltd. (“SouFun
Shanghai”), SouFun Information (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“SouFun Shenzhen”), SouFun Information
(Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (“SouFun Tianjin”), SouFun Information (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (“SouFun
Guangzhou”), Beijing SouFun Internet Information Service Co., Ltd., (“Beijing Internet”), Beijing
Xxx Xxxx Xia Advertising Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Advertising”), Beijing SouFun Science and Technology
Development Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Technology”), Beijing China Index Information Co., Ltd. (“Beijing
China Index”), Shanghai Jia Xxxx Xxxx Advertising Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai JBT Advertising”), Shanghai
SouFun Advertising Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Advertising”), Beijing Century Xxx Xxxx Xia Technology
Development Co., Ltd. (“Beijing JTX Technology”), Tianjin Xxx Xxxx Xia Advertising Co., Ltd.
(“Tianjin JTX Advertising”), Shanghai China Index Consultancy Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai China Index”),
Beijing Xx Xxxx Xxxx Ze Technology Development Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Xx Xxxx”), and Tianjin Xin Xxx
Xxx Xxxx Xxx Advertising Co., Ltd.
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(“Tianjin Xin Rui”). Other than the Group Entities, no other
subsidiary of the Company is a “Significant Subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X under the Act.
(viii) The Company has been duly incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and is
validly existing as an exempted company with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman
Islands, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
Each of the Group Entities has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company and each of the Group
Entities are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their
business or the ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent
such failure to be qualified would not either (i) have, individually or in the aggregate, a
material adverse effect on the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and of the Group
Entities taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course, or (ii) prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect or any such
prevention described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to as a “Material Adverse
Effect”); and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, each of the business licenses and articles of association of each of the Group
Entities formed under the laws and regulations of the PRC is in full force and effect under, and in
compliance with PRC law.
(ix) The Company has, or will have at the first Closing Date (as the case may be), an
authorized and paid-in capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued share
capital of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and, at each Closing Date, will conform in all material respects to the description
of the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value HK$1.00
per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”, together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary
Shares”) contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the Offered Securities to
be issued and sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders have been duly authorized and when
issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
and freely transferable to and for the account of the several Underwriters; and no preemptive
rights of shareholders exist with respect to any of the Offered Securities or the sale thereof,
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. There are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants,
rights or options to purchase from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue, Ordinary
Shares or any other class of share capital of the Company and neither the filing of the
Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Offered Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, waived or satisfied, for or relating
to the registration of any Offered Securities.
(x) The outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Group Entities have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are owned by the Company
or another Group Entity free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims; and no
options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other
rights to convert any obligations into shares or ownership interests in the Group Entities are
outstanding.
(xi) The information set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General
Disclosure
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Package) is true and correct in all material respects. All of the Offered Securities
conform (or will conform at each Closing Date, as the case may be) to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The
authorized capital conforms as to
legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the
General Disclosure Package).
(xii) The information set forth under the caption “Description of the American Depositary
Shares,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the ADSs, and under “Taxation,” insofar
as they purport to describe the legal matters and documents referred to therein, are accurate and
fair summaries of such legal matters and documents.
(xiii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the ownership structures of Beijing Xxxxx Xxx, SouFun Media and SouFun Network
(collectively, the “PRC Subsidiaries”), Beijing Advertising, Beijing Internet, Beijing Technology,
Shanghai Advertising, Shanghai China Index, Beijing Xx Xxxx, Beijing China Index, Shanghai JBT
Advertising, Tianjin JTX Advertising, Beijing JTX Technology and Tianjin Xin Rui (collectively, the
“PRC Operating Companies”) as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under
the caption “Our History and Corporate Structure” are not in breach or violation of, and
immediately after the Offering, will not be in breach or violation of any applicable PRC laws, has
not been challenged by any governmental agency and there are no legal, arbitration, governmental or
other legal proceedings, pending before or to the knowledge of the Company and the Founder,
threatened or contemplated by any Governmental Agency in respect of the ownership structures of the
PRC Subsidiaries and PRC Operating Companies, expect as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package; and the contractual arrangements (the “Agreements”) among the PRC Subsidiaries and PRC
Operating Companies as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the
caption “Our History and Corporate Structure” does not and immediately after the Offering, will not
violate current PRC laws.
(xiv) Each of the Agreements to which the PRC Subsidiaries and PRC Operating Companies is a
party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each such entity, as the case may be, and
each such entity has, to the extent applicable, taken all necessary corporate action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance thereof; each of the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating
Companies had the corporate power and capacity to enter into and perform its obligations
thereunder; each of the Agreements to which each such entity is a party constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of such entity, as the case may be, enforceable against such entity,
as the case may be, in accordance with its terms, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and subject to, as to enforceability,
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; each of
the Agreements to which each shareholder of the PRC Operating Companies is a party has been duly
executed and delivered by each such shareholder; each shareholder of the PRC Operating Companies
had the power and capacity to enter into and perform its obligation thereunder; each of the
Agreements to which such shareholder is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligations of such shareholder, enforceable against such shareholder in accordance with its terms,
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and subject to, as to enforceability, bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
(xv) The execution and delivery of, and the performance of the respective obligations under
each of the Agreements by each of the PRC Subsidiaries and PRC Operating Companies to which it is a
party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein will not: (a) conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture,
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mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
governed by PRC law to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are
bound; (b) result in any violation of any provision of its articles of association or other
constituent documents or business license; or (c) result in
any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any governmental agency
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Group Entities or any of their properties or
assets, except, in the case of (a) and (c), such conflict, breach, violation or default that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution and
delivery, and the performance of the respective obligations under each Agreements by each
shareholder of the PRC Operating Companies to which it is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein, will not result in any violation of PRC law.
(xvi) Each of the Agreements is in proper legal form under the PRC laws for the enforcement
thereof against each of the PRC Subsidiaries, PRC Operating Companies and their respective
shareholders, as the case may be, in the PRC without further action by any of the PRC Subsidiaries,
the PRC Operating Companies or their respective shareholders; no governmental authorizations are
required to be obtained for the performance by any of the PRC Subsidiaries, the PRC Operating
Companies or their respective shareholders of their obligations under the Agreements, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated under each of the Agreements, other than those
already obtained, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package.
(xvii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has sent or received any written
communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the material contracts or
agreements specifically referred to or described in the General Disclosure Package, or specifically
referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such
termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company, any of the Group Entities or, to the
Company’s best knowledge after due inquiry, any other party to any such contract or agreement.
(xviii) There are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
(xix) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any
offering materials in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities other than
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Act and
consistent with Section 4(a)(ii) below. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses in the time required under Rule 433(d) under the Act. The Company has
satisfied or will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file
with the Commission any electronic road show.
(xx) (a) At the time of filing the Registration Statement; and (b) as of the date hereof (with
such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (b)), the Company was
not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, without taking into
account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not
necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for
purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Offered Securities
as contemplated by the Registration Statement.
(xxi) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
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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”).
(xxii) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Group Entities, together
with related notes and schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, present fairly the financial position and the results of operations and
cash flows of the Company and the Group Entities, at the indicated dates and for the indicated
periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”), consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a
fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary and selected
consolidated financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and such data
has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the
books and records of the Company. The Company and the Group Entities do not have any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or
any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board
Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required
to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that
are not included as required.
(xxiii) Ernst & Young Hua Ming, who have certified certain of the financial statements filed
with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the
Group Entities within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).
(xxiv) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of, and has not publicly disclosed or reported to its
audit committee or board of directors, and within 135 days following the date of this Agreement,
the Company does not expect to publicly disclose or report to its audit committee or board of
directors, a (a) significant deficiency, material weakness in its internal control over financial
reporting, (b) change in internal control over financial reporting or (c) fraud involving
management or other employees who have a significant role in internal control (each, an “Internal
Control Event”), any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws (as defined
below). “Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”)
thereunder (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the
auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined
in the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act) promulgated or approved by the PCAOB (the “PCAOB Rules”), and the rules
of the NYSE.
(xxv) Solely to the extent that the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act has been applicable to the Company,
there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all material respects with
any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure
that it is in compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that are in effect and with
which the Company is required to comply and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in
compliance with other provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act not currently in effect or which will
become applicable to the Company.
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(xxvi) Except as described in the General Disclosure Package, no material indebtedness (actual
or contingent) and no material contract or arrangement is outstanding between the Company or any
of the Group Entities and any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Group
Entities or any person connected with such director or executive officer (including his/her spouse,
infant children, any company or undertaking in which he/she holds a controlling interest).
(xxvii) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources” in the General Disclosure Package
accurately and fully describes: (A) all material trends, demands, commitments, events,
uncertainties and risks, and the potential effects thereof, that the Company believes would
materially affect liquidity and are reasonably likely to occur; and (B) all off-balance sheet
transactions, arrangements, and obligations, including, without limitation, relationships with
unconsolidated entities that are contractually limited to narrow activities that facilitate the
transfer of or access to assets by the Company or any of the Group Entities, such as structured
finance entities and special purpose entities (collectively, “off-balance sheet arrangements”) that
are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the liquidity of the Company or any of the Group
Entities or the availability thereof or the requirements of the Company or any of the Group
Entities for capital resources.
(xxviii) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Group Entities, or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any of the Group Entities is subject, before any court or
administrative agency or otherwise, or any contractual dispute ongoing or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Group Entities, which if determined or
otherwise resolved adversely to the Company or any of the Group Entities would have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(xxix) The Company and the Group Entities have good and marketable title to all of the
properties and assets reflected in the consolidated financial statements hereinabove described or
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject
to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such
financial statements or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus or which would not materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with
the use made of, or to be made thereof by them of, such property. The Company and the Group
Entities occupy their leased properties under valid and binding leases, except as would not be
material or would not materially interfere with the use made of such property, in each case except
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xxx) The Company and the Group Entities have filed all tax returns that have been required to
be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case where the failure so to file
would not have a Material Adverse Effect); and, except as set forth in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have paid all taxes indicated by such returns and
all assessments, fines or penalties received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes,
assessments, fines or penalties have become due, except for any such taxes, assessments, fines or
penalties currently being contested in good faith or which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax liabilities (including any liabilities
currently being contested in good faith) have been adequately provided for in the financial
statements of the Company, and the Company does not know of any actual or proposed additional
material tax assessments.
(xxxi) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or
supplemented,
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there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties,
assets, rights, operations,
condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Company and the Group Entities taken
as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, and there has not been any
material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is probable of being entered
into by the Company or the Group Entities, other than transactions in the ordinary course of
business and changes and transactions described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented. The Company has not
purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared or paid any dividend other than
ordinary and customary dividends, and there has not been any material changes in the capital stock,
short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and the Group Entities, other than transactions
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each
may be amended or supplemented. The Company and its subsidiaries have no material contingent
obligations which are not disclosed in the Company’s financial statements which are included in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xxxii) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Ordinary Shares may
under the current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands be paid to the Depositary, and all
such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the
laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax,
withholding or deduction in the Cayman Islands and without the necessity of obtaining any consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances or qualifications of or with any court
or Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Group Entities or any of
their respective properties (hereinafter referred to as “Governmental Authorizations”) in the
Cayman Islands.
(xxxiii) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of
Selovo and Pendiary may under the current laws and regulations of British Virgin Islands be paid to
their shareholders, the Company, and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject
to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands and are
otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in the British Virgin Islands
and without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental Authorization in the British Virgin
Islands.
(xxxiv) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of Max
Impact, Bravo and China Index may under the current laws and regulations of Hong Kong be paid to
their shareholders, the Company, Selovo or Pendiary, as the case may be, and all such dividends and
other distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and
regulations of Hong Kong and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or
deduction in Hong Kong and without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental Authorization in
Hong Kong.
(xxxv) Except as described in the General Disclosure Package, all dividends and other
distributions declared and payable on the share capital of any of the PRC Subsidiaries may under
the current laws and regulations of the PRC be freely transferred out of the PRC and may be paid in
U.S. dollars, and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to withholding or
other taxes under the laws and regulations of the PRC and are otherwise free and clear of any other
tax, withholding or deduction in the PRC, and without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental
Authorization in the PRC.
(xxxvi) No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income,
withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the government of the
PRC, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with: (A) the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Offered Shares and Offered Securities by the Company and the Selling Shareholders to or for the
respective accounts of
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the several Underwriters or (B) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of
the Offered Shares and Offered Securities to the initial purchasers thereof in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement.
(xxxvii) Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is or with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, will be, (a) in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation,
by-laws, memorandum of association, articles of association, certificate of formation, limited
liability agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents or (b) in violation of
or in default under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to
which it is a party, by which it, or any of its properties, is bound, or to which any of its
properties is subject, and, solely with respect to this clause (b), which violation or default
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxviii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a) any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
Group Entity is a party or by which the Company or any Group Entity or any of their respective
properties is bound, (b) of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or (c)
otherwise contravene any law, order, rule or regulation judgment, order, writ or decree applicable
to the Company or any Group Entity of any court or of any government, regulatory body or
administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction, except in the case of (a) and
(c), those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxix) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
(xl) The deposit agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”) has been duly authorized by the Company
and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming the Depositary has satisfied
those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make the Deposit Agreement enforceable against it, will under the applicable laws of the United States and the
Cayman Islands constitute a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the application of general equitable
principles, and, assuming the accuracy and compliance with the representations, warranties and
covenants made by the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein, upon issuance by the Depositary
of ADSs against the deposit of the Firm Shares and the Option Shares in respect thereof in
accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such ADSs will be duly and validly issued
and the persons in whose names the ADSs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified
therein and in the Deposit Agreement free and clear of all liens, encumbrances or claims and will
be freely transferable to or for the account of the several Underwriters and (to the extent
described in the General Disclosure Package) the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no
restrictions on subsequent transfers of the ADSs under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the PRC or
the United States except as described in the General Disclosure Package under the captions
“Description of Share Capital”, “Description of American Depositary Shares” and “Shares Eligible
for Future Sale”; and the Deposit Agreement and the ADSs conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(xli) The custodian agreement between each Selling Shareholder (except for Telstra) and the
Company (the “Custodian Agreement”) has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed
and delivered by the Company, and, assuming the Custodian has satisfied those legal requirements
that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make the Custodian Agreement enforceable
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against it, will under the applicable laws of the United States and the Cayman Islands constitute a
valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, except as such enforceability may be
limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and the application of general equitable principles.
(xlii) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or
with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated has been obtained or made and is
in full force and effect (except such additional steps as may be required by the Commission or the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”) or such additional steps as may be necessary
to qualify the Offered Securities for public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or
Blue Sky laws or such consents the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect).
(xliii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the Company and each of the Group Entities hold all material licenses, certificates
and permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses,
and neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has received any notice of proceedings
related to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate or permit, which,
individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xliv) Except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company and the Group Entities each own or possess the right to use all patents,
patent rights, trademarks, trade names, service marks, service names, copyrights, license rights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property rights (collectively,
“Intellectual Property”) necessary to or material to carry on their business; neither the Company
nor any of the Group Entities has infringed, and none of the Company or the Group Entities have
received notice of conflict with, any Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. There
are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual
Property of the Company or the Group Entities that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described in all material
respects. Neither the Company nor any Group Entity is party to or bound by any options, licenses
or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity that are
required to be set forth in the Prospectus and are not described in all material respects. None of
the technology employed by the Company or the Group Entities has been obtained or is being used by
the Company or the Group Entities in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the
Company, the Group Entities or any of their officers, directors or employees or otherwise in
violation of the rights of any persons; none of the Company or any Group Entity has received any
written or oral communications alleging that the Company has violated, infringed or conflicted
with, or, by conducting its business as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, would violate, infringe or conflict with, any of the
Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. The Company knows of no infringement by
others of Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company or the Group Entities, except
for such infringement that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xlv) Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken or
may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of the ADSs to facilitate the sale or resale of the ADSs.
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(xlvi) The Company does not believe that it was a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”)
within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, for the taxable year ended December 31, 2009, does not expect to be a PFIC in the current
taxable year ending December 31, 2010. The Company will use reasonable best efforts not to take
any action that would result in the Company becoming a PFIC during 2010 or in the future.
(xlvii) The Company has not sold, issued or distributed any Ordinary Shares during the
six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D
or Regulation S promulgated under the Act, other than Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to employee
benefit plans, qualified share option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to
outstanding options, rights or warrants.
(xlviii) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Act.
(xlix) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered
Securities contemplated hereunder and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will
not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(l) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls (as defined in the
Commission’s regulations) sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP 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 existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences.
(li) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as
defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Exchange Act); the Company’s “disclosure
controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and
non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, and that all such information is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.
(lii) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources
which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data
agree with the sources from which they are derived. The respective reports prepared by CR-Xxxxxxx
and Data Center of China Internet were prepared at our request based on a contractual arrangement
which the Company negotiated on an arms-length basis and such reports present the market in a
manner similar to the way a report might have been prepared by an organization knowledgeable in the
industry, but not retained by a market participant.
(liii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the Company and each of the Group Entities carry, or are covered by, insurance by
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insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is
adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and as is prudent and customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses.
(liv) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any member
of FINRA and any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders, except as
set forth in the Registration Statement; and there are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Offered Securities.
(lv) Except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is in violation of any statute, rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the
protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any
substance that is subject to Environmental Laws, is liable for any costs pursuant to any
Environmental Laws (including in connection with off-site disposal or contamination), or is subject
to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability, cost or
claim would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is
not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(lvi) The ADSs have been approved for listing subject to notice of issuance on the NYSE.
(lvii) There are no relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any
of the Group Entities or any other person required to be described in the Prospectus which have not
been described as required.
(lviii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the
Company or any of the Group Entities, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee or
affiliate of it or any of its subsidiaries (a) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or
indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA or 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, or any other law, rule
or regulation of similar purpose and scope, including, without limitation, making use of the mails
or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift,
promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” or
any foreign political party or official thereof of any candidate for any foreign office or any
candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its
subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses
in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to
ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith,
and (b) is aware of or has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate
for, any federal or state office in violation of any law which violation is required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement. “FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines,
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issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency and any Executive order,
directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority thereof, or any orders or licenses issued
thereunder (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before
any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any
of the Group Entities with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(lix) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, neither the Company nor any of the
Group Entities, nor any director or officer of the Company or any of the Group Entities, nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee or affiliate of it or any of its subsidiaries has
taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of laws
and regulations imposing U.S. economic sanctions measures, including, but not limited to, any
sanctions administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”) (including but not limited to the designation as a “specially designated national or
blocked person” thereunder), Her Majesty’s Treasury, the European Union, and the Office of Export
Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Commerce (“OEE”), and any sanctions measures under 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.
(lx) Each of the Company and each of the Company’s directors that signed the Registration
Statement is aware of and has been advised as to, the content of the Regulations on Mergers and
Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”) jointly adopted by six
PRC regulatory agencies, namely, the PRC Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and
Administration Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State Administration for
Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), and the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange, and which became effective on September 8, 2006 M&A Rules, in
particular the relevant provisions thereof which purport to require offshore special purpose
vehicles, or SPVs, 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 M&A Rules from its PRC counsel and the Company understands such legal advice;
and the Company has fully communicated such legal advice from its PRC counsel to each of its
directors that signed the Registration Statement and each director has confirmed that he or she
understands such legal advice; each director of the Company that signed the Registration Statement
has received legal advice to his or her satisfaction with respect to the M&A Rules and his or her
fiduciary duties as a director of the Company in respect of the M&A Rules from his or her PRC legal
counsel or has declined to obtain such advice after being offered by the Company for the Company to
bear the cost of any such advice; the Company and each director of the Company that signed the
Registration Statement understands the potential personal liability to which each director of the
Company that signed the Registration Statement and the executive officers of the Company may be
subject in the event that the issuance, offering and sale of the Offered Securities as contemplated
in this Agreement or the listing and trading of the ADSs on the NYSE were deemed not to be in
compliance with the M&A Rules.
(lxi) The issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, the listing and trading of the ADSs on
the NYSE or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Deposit
Agreement is not and will not be, as of the date hereof or at each Closing Date (as defined
herein), adversely affected by the M&A Rules or any official clarifications, guidance,
interpretations or implemen-
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tation rules in connection with or related to the M&A Rules (collectively, the “M&A Rules and
Related Clarifications”).
(lxii) As of the date of the Statutory Prospectus contained in the General Disclosure Package
and as of the date hereof, the M&A Rules did not and do not apply to the issuance and sale of the
Offered Securities, the listing and trading of the ADSs on the NYSE, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement.
(lxiii) Each of the Company and the Group Entities that were incorporated outside of the PRC
has taken, or is in the process of taking, reasonable steps to comply with, and 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 or the
repatriation of the proceeds from overseas offering and listing by offshore special purpose
vehicles controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies and individuals, such as the Company
(the “PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations”), including without limitation, requesting
each shareholder, option holder, director, officer and employee that is, or is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen to complete any registration and other
procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations.
(lxiv) 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 reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(lxv) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, the courts of
the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands will recognize and give effect to the choice of law
provisions set forth in Section 8(f) hereof and enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against
the Company to enforce this Agreement; under the laws of the PRC, the choice of law provisions set
forth in Section 8(f) hereof will be recognized by the courts of the PRC and any judgment obtained
in any state or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York
(each, a “New York Court”) arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement will be recognized in PRC courts subject to the applicable provisions of the Civil
Procedure Law of the PRC relating to the enforceability of foreign judgments.
(lxvi) Except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any Ordinary Shares during the
six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D
or Regulation S under the Act, other than Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to share option plans,
employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
(lxvii) The Company has taken all reasonable steps to comply with, and to ensure compliance by
all of the Company’s shareholders and prior holders who are PRC residents or PRC citizens with any
applicable rules and regulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (the “SAFE Rules
and Regulations”), including without limitation, taking reasonable steps to require each of its
shareholders and option holders 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.
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(lxviii) Each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act or
Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, each Preliminary
Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
if any, has been made or reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and in good faith.
(lxix) To the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, the sale of Ordinary Shares
by Telstra to General Atlantic Mauritius Limited, Xxxx 7-A Guernsey L.P. Inc, Xxxx 7-B Guernsey
Inc. and Xxxx 6-A Guernsey L.P. Inc., and Next Decade (collectively, the “Private Placement
Purchasers”) pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement dated as of August 13, 2010 (the “Private
Placement”) was conducted in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to
an exemption from registration under the Act, and all requirements of Regulation S or of such
exemption were duly complied with by the Company, Telstra and Private Placement Purchasers.
(lxx) Assuming the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of Telstra and the
Private Placement Purchasers under the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of August 13, 2010, the
Private Placement will not be integrated with the offering of Offered Securities hereunder pursuant
to applicable rules and regulations issued under the Act.
(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders (other than as indicated below) severally and not jointly
represents and warrants as follows:
(i) Such Selling Shareholder has been duly organized and is validly existing as a company or a
limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing (where applicable) in its jurisdiction of
organization. Such Selling Shareholder now has, and at the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be (as such dates are hereinafter defined), will have, good and valid title
to the Ordinary Shares to be deposited with the Depositary against issuance of the ADSs to be sold
by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims. Assuming the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and delivered by the parties
thereto, the ADSs so delivered by such Selling Shareholder will be freely transferable by such
Selling Shareholder to or for the account of the several Underwriters and (to the extent described
in the Prospectus) the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions on subsequent
transfers of the Ordinary Shares or ADSs under the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands, the PRC
or the United States, except as described in the Prospectus under the captions “Description of
American Depositary Shares”, “Description of Share Capital” or “Shares Eligible for Future Sale”.
(ii) Such Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder and is a valid and binding
agreement of such Selling Shareholder, enforceable against such Selling Shareholder in accordance
with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s
rights and to general equitable principles. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation by such Selling Shareholder of the transactions herein contemplated and the
fulfillment by such Selling Shareholder of the terms hereof will not require any consent, approval,
authorization, or other order of, or qualification with, any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental body for the performance by the respective Selling Shareholder of its
obligations under such Agreement (except as may be required under the Act by the Commission, by
FINRA and as may be required under the securities laws of various U.S. States (or Blue Sky laws) or
foreign jurisdictions, such consents that have already been obtained or such consents the absence
of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the ability
of such Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby).
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(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Selling Shareholder and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will
not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, (a) the certificate, articles of incorporation, by-laws or similar organizational
documents of such Selling Shareholder, (b) any other agreement or instrument binding upon such
Selling Shareholder or any judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to such Selling Shareholder
of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental
body having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder, or (c) otherwise contravene any provision
of applicable law, except in the case of (b) and (c) as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, prevent the consummation by the Selling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(iv) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to, or which has constituted, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities of the Company
and, other than as permitted by the Act, the respective Selling Shareholder will not distribute any
prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
(v) Other than Telstra, which makes no representation or warranty as to any matter addressed
in this paragraph, the questionnaire containing certain information regarding such Selling
Shareholder and the election form which sets forth the amount of Shares such Selling Shareholder
has elected to sell in the Offering (the “Questionnaire and Election Form”), completed by such
Selling Shareholder and submitted to the Company by facsimile on or before August 6, 2010 does not
and as of each Closing Date will not contain any untrue statement of material fact nor does it omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and such Selling Shareholder’s election to sell the number of Shares
indicated in the Election Form is valid and binding on such Selling Shareholder.
(vi) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus, no consent, approval or waiver is required under any instrument or agreement to which
such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder is bound or under which it
is entitled to any right or benefit, in connection with the offering, sale or purchase by the
Underwriters of any of the Firm Shares which may be sold by such Selling Shareholder under this
Agreement or the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of any of the other transactions
contemplated hereby;
(vii) There are no affiliations or associations between any of the Underwriters and such
Selling Shareholder or any affiliate of such Selling Shareholder, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement.
(viii) Other than Telstra, which makes no representation or warranty as to any matter
addressed in this paragraph, each Selling Shareholder has deposited, or will deposit on or prior to
the Closing Date (as defined below), the Firm Shares with the Depositary against the issuance of
the ADSs to be sold by it to the Underwriters and has instructed or will instruct the Depositary to
deliver such ADSs to the Underwriters against payment by the Underwriters therefor at the Closing
Date (as defined below).
(ix) No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or similar taxes are payable in
the United States or the Cayman Islands by or on behalf of the Underwriters, the Company, or the
purchasers of the Offered Securities to any taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with
(i) the sale and delivery of Firm Shares and Option Shares by each Selling Shareholder, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and as described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package
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and the Prospectus or (ii) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of Offered Securities to
the initial purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(x) Such Selling Shareholder has not, prior to the execution of this Agreement, offered or
sold any Shares by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or used any
“prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the Offering, in each case other
than the then most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
(xi) Such Selling Shareholder has reviewed the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, and none of the information furnished to the Company by such Selling
Shareholder in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, as of its effective time,
the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, any individual Limited Use Free Writing
Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, includes any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that such Selling
Shareholder makes no representation or warranty as to information contained in or omitted from any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives,
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that
described in Section 13 herein.
(xii) The sale of the Firm ADSs and the Option ADSs by such Selling Shareholder pursuant
hereto is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of the Group
Entities which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus.
(xiii) The Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor, will be freely transferable by the Selling Shareholders to or
for the account of the several Underwriters and (to the extent described in the Prospectus) the
initial applicable purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of
such Offered Securities under the laws of the PRC, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx or the United States except as described in the General Disclosure Package under the
captions “Description of Share Capital”, “Description of American Depositary Shares”, “Shares
Eligible for Future Sale” and “Underwriting.”
(xiv) The Selling Shareholder and any of its direct or indirect owners or controlling persons,
that is a PRC resident or PRC citizen is in compliance with any applicable SAFE Rules and
Regulations, including without limitation, having completed or being in the process of completing
any registration and other procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations.
(xv) Neither such Selling Shareholder nor any director of the Company who is an employee of
such Selling Shareholder, nor, to the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, any employee or
controlled affiliate of such Selling Shareholder (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not be
deemed to include the Company, and of the Group Entities or any shareholder of the Company other
than such Selling Shareholder) has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a
violation by such persons of laws and regulations imposing U.S. economic sanctions measures,
including, but not limited to, any sanctions administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) and the Office of Export Enforcement of the U.S.
Department of Commerce (“OEE”), and any sanctions measures under 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; and such Selling
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Shareholder will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or
other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject
to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the OEE or for the purpose of financing any activity
that is prohibited as to U.S. persons under U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the OEE.
(xvi) With respect to Telstra, concerning which the Selling Shareholders other than Telstra
make no representation or warranty as to any matter addressed in this paragraph, no registration
under the Act is required for the offer and sale of the Ordinary Shares by Telstra to the Private
Placement Purchasers, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement dated as of August 13, 2010.
2.
Purchase and Sale with respect to the Firm Shares.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained,
and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter [•]
Firm Shares and each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to the
Underwriters the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder in
Schedule II hereof, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a price
of $[•] per ADS, the number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in
Schedule I hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof. The number of Firm
ADSs to be purchased by each Underwriter from each Selling Shareholder shall be as nearly as
practicable in the same proportion to the total number of Firm ADSs being sold by each Selling
Shareholder as the number of Firm ADSs being purchased by each Underwriter bears to the total
number of Firm ADSs to be sold hereunder. The obligations of each of the Selling Shareholders
shall be several and not joint.
(b) Other than Telstra, which makes no representation or warranty as to any matter
addressed in this paragraph, certificates in negotiable form for the total number of the Shares
underlying the total number of ADSs to be sold hereunder by the Selling Shareholders have been
placed in custody with the Company as custodian (the “Custodian”) pursuant to the Custodian
Agreement executed by each Selling Shareholder for delivery of all Firm ADSs and any Option ADSs to
be sold hereunder by the Selling Shareholders. Each of the Selling Shareholders
specifically agrees that the Firm ADSs and any Option ADSs represented by the certificates held in
custody for the Selling Shareholders under the Custodian Agreement are subject to the interests of
the Underwriters hereunder, that the arrangements made by the Selling Shareholders for such custody
are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of the Selling Shareholders hereunder
shall not be terminable by any act or deed of the Selling Shareholders (or by any other person,
firm or corporation including the Company, the Custodian or the Underwriters) or by operation of
law (including the death of an individual Selling Shareholder or the dissolution of a corporate
Selling Shareholder) or by the occurrence of any other event or events, except as set forth in the
Custodian Agreement. If any such event should occur prior to the delivery to the Underwriters of
the Firm ADSs or the Option ADSs hereunder, certificates for the Firm Shares underlying the Firm
ADSs or the Options Shares underlying the Option ADSs, as the case may be, shall be delivered by
the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such event has
not occurred. The Custodian is authorized to receive and acknowledge receipt of the proceeds of
sale of the ADSs representing the Shares held by it against delivery of such ADSs.
(c) Payment for the Firm ADSs to be sold hereunder is to be made in Federal (same day) funds
to(x) an account designated by the Company for the ADSs to be sold by it, (x) an account designated
by Telstra for the Firm ADSs to be sold by it and (y) to an account designated by the Custodian for
the Firm ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholders (other than Telstra), in each case against
delivery of certificates therefor to the Representatives for the several accounts of the
Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be made through the facilities of The Depository
Trust Company at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on September
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[•], 2010 or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you
and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing
Date.” (As used herein, “business day” means a day on which the NYSE is open for trading and on
which banks in the City of New York, New York are open for business and not permitted by law or
executive order to be closed.) The certificates for the Firm Shares shall be delivered by the
Selling Shareholders, other than Telstra, in such denominations and in such registrations as the
Representatives request in writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing
Date, and will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at least one business day
prior to the Closing Date.
(d) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Selling Shareholders hereby grant an
option to the several Underwriters to purchase the Option ADSs at the price per ADS as set forth in
Section 2(a) hereof. The maximum number of Option ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholders is
set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule II hereto. The option granted hereby may be
exercised in whole or in part by giving written notice (i) at any time before the Closing Date and
(ii) only once thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, by you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the Company and Telstra setting forth the number of
Option ADSs as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the time and date at
which such certificates are to be delivered. If the option granted hereby is exercised in part,
the respective number of Option ADSs to be sold by the each of the Selling Shareholders listed in
Schedule II hereto shall be determined on a pro rata basis in accordance with the percentages set
forth opposite their names on Schedule II hereto, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid
fractional shares or fractional ADSs. The time and date at which certificates for Option ADSs are
to be delivered shall be determined by the Representatives but shall not be earlier than three nor
later than 10 full business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any event prior to the
Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred to as the “Option Closing Date”). If the
date of exercise of the option is three or more days before the Closing Date, the notice of
exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option Closing Date. The number of Option ADSs to be
purchased by each Underwriter shall be in the same proportion to the total number of Option Shares
being purchased as the number of Firm ADSs being purchased by such Underwriter bears to the total
number of Firm ADSs, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid fractional Ordinary Shares or
fractional ADSs. The option with respect to the Option ADSs granted hereunder may be exercised
only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm ADSs by the Underwriters. You, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its
expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company, Telstra and the
Attorney-in-Fact. To the extent, if any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option ADSs
shall be made on the Option Closing Date in Federal (same day) funds drawn to the order of Telstra
for the Option ADSs to be sold by it against delivery of certificates therefor through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company, the City of New York, New York.
(e) If on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Selling Shareholder
fails to sell the Firm ADSs or Option ADSs which such Selling Shareholder has agreed to sell on
such date as set forth in Schedule II hereto, the Company agrees that it will sell or arrange for
the sale of that number of ADSs to the Underwriters which represents Firm ADSs or the Option ADSs
which such Selling Shareholder has failed to so sell, as set forth in Schedule II hereto, or such
lesser number as may be requested by the Representatives.
3.
Sale of Offered Securities to Public; Delivery and Payment.
(a) It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make an offering of the Offered
Securities in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement as soon as the Representatives
deem it advisable to do so. The Offered Securities are to be initially offered to the public in
the United States and
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outside the United States at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus
(the “Offer Price”). The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the Offer Price
and other selling terms.
(b) It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in
the offering and sale of the Offered Securities in accordance with the Master Agreement Among
Underwriters entered into by you and the several other Underwriters.
4. Covenants of the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(i) The Company will (a) prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under
the Act a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously
omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B
or 430C under the Act, and (b) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute
an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus of which the
Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the
Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the
Rules and Regulations.
(ii) The Company will (a) 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 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission under Rule 433 under the Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior
to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent
of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule III hereto, (b) treat each Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (c) comply with the requirements of Rules
164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the
requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (d)
not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on
behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file
thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a
requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
(iii) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (a) when the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, (b) of receipt of any comments
from the Commission, (c) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration
Statement or for supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for any
additional information, and (d) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution
of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act. The Company will use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and to obtain as soon as possible the
lifting thereof, if issued.
(iv) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the Offered
Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and
furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided that the Company
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service
of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent.
The Company will, from
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time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be
required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representatives may
reasonably request for distribution of the Offered Securities.
(v) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time,
as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many
copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period when delivery
of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) (the
“Prospectus Delivery Period”) is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final
form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to the Representatives at or before the Closing Date, four signed copies of
the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and
will deliver to the Representatives such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including
such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested) and of all
amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(vi) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the
distribution of the Offered Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If
during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule
173(a) under the Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event
shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of
the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement
the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the
Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus
so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances
when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable law.
(vii) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Offered
Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any
event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion
of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make
the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement
then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure
Package to comply with any law, the Company promptly will prepare, file with the Commission (if
required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to
the General Disclosure Package so that the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented
will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration
Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply with the law.
(viii) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is
practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail,
covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which
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earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158
under the Act and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(ix) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they
have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited interim financial
statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent
financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(x) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any Ordinary Securities of the
Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares or
derivative of Ordinary Shares (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 180 days after
the date of the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder or with
the prior written consent of each of the Representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (a)
during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or
material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (b) prior to the expiration of
the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during
the 16-day period following the last day of the 180-day restricted period, then in each case the
restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material
news or a material event relating to the Company, as the case may be, unless each of the
Representatives waives, in writing, such extension.
(xi) The Company will use its best efforts to list the ADSs on the NYSE and maintain the
listing of the ADSs on the NYSE.
(xii) The Company has caused each shareholder (including option holders, but except for
Telstra, which has entered into a lock-up agreement through Section 4(b)(i) hereof), officer and
director of the Company to furnish to you, on or prior to the date of this agreement, a letter or
letters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lock-up Agreement”); and the
Company will not facilitate any shareholder’s conversion of Ordinary Shares to ADSs during the
effective period of such Lock-up Agreements (including any automatic extension thereof as
contemplated therein) and not to release the Depositary from the obligations set forth in, or
otherwise amend, terminate or fail to enforce, the Depositary Agreement without the consent of the
Representatives.
(xiii) The Company will use its best efforts to procure its shareholders who are PRC residents
to comply with any applicable registrations or approvals required by the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange (the “SAFE”).
(xiv) The Company will provide the Depositary with all the necessary authorizations,
information and instructions to enable the Depositary to perform its duties in accordance with and
as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, the Registration Statement,
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xv) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary,
stamp or similar issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issuance and
sale of the Offered Securities and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement. 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
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deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction
had been made.
(xvi) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or
result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(xvii) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m.,
Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing
either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; the
Company shall give the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or
the rules or regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act within 48 hours prior to the
Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such
filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Date and will furnish the Representatives with
copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case
may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the
Underwriters shall object.
(xviii) 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, servicemarks and corporate
logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating
the online offering of the ADSs (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used
solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or
transferred.
(xix) Prior to each Closing Date, to issue no press release or other communication directly or
indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company or any of the Group Entities,
the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets, or liabilities of the
Company or any of the Group Entities, or the offering of the ADSs, without the prior consent of the
Representatives (which consent shall not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(xx) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from
its sale of the Offered ADSs in such a manner as would require the Company to register as an
investment company under the 0000 Xxx.
(xxi) The Company will not engage, directly or indirectly, in any other activities that would
result in such breach of U.S. Sanctions or any embargos or sanctions regulations imposed by the
United Nations. For the purposes of this paragraph, “U.S. Sanctions” include all U.S. sanctions or
regulations issued or administered by the OFAC, all U.S. regulations codified in Chapter V of title
31, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, all U.S. regulations issued under the authority of the
Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act, or the United Nations Participation Act,
the aforementioned statutes themselves, and all orders, licenses or rules issued under the
authority of any of the foregoing. The Company will maintain and implement adequate internal
controls and procedures to monitor and audit transactions that are reasonably designed to detect
and prevent any use of the proceeds from the offering of the ADSs contemplated hereby that is
inconsistent with any of the Company’s representations and obligations under this paragraph.
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(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(i) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any Ordinary Shares or other share
capital of the Company or other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary
Shares or derivative of Ordinary Shares owned by the Selling Shareholder or request the
registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing (or as to which the Selling Shareholder
has the right to direct the disposition of) will be made for a period of 180 days after the date of
this Agreement, directly or indirectly, by such Selling Shareholder, other than as contemplated
hereby or with the prior written consent of each of the Representatives on behalf of all of the
Underwriters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (a) during the last seventeen days of the 180-day
restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event
relating to the Company occurs; or (b) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen-day period following
the last day of the 180-day restricted period, then in each case the restrictions imposed by this
Section 4(b)(i) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the eighteen-day period beginning
on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material news or a material
event relating to the Company, as the case may be, unless each of the Representatives waives on
behalf of all of the Underwriters, in writing, such extension; provided, however, that nothing in
this paragraph shall prohibit Telstra from selling and transferring the Ordinary Shares to the
Private Placement Purchasers pursuant to the Private Placement.
(ii) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and withholding
provisions of the U.S. Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and the Interest and
Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, such
Selling Shareholder agrees to deliver to you prior to or on the Closing Date a properly completed
and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 or W-9 (or other applicable form or
statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(iii) Such Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities.
(iv) Such Selling Shareholder agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf
or use or refer to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), and
agrees that it will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of
the Offered Securities.
(v) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, such Selling Shareholder will advise the
Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing to the Representatives, of any
change in the information relating to such Selling Shareholder in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any document comprising the General Disclosure Package.
(vi) Such Selling Shareholder will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, including
any interest and penalties, on the sale of the Firm Shares and, the Option Shares and arising as a
result of its execution and delivery of this Agreement. All payments to be made by such Selling
Shareholder hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any
present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless such Selling Shareholder
is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, such
Selling Shareholder 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.
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(vii) Such Selling Shareholder and/or its direct or indirect owners or controlling persons
that is a PRC resident or PRC citizen will use its best efforts to comply with any applicable SAFE
Rules and Regulations, including without limitation, completing any registration and other
procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations, and irrevocably authorizing the
controlling person in writing, in accordance with applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations, to handle
any registrations and other procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations on
their behalf.
(viii) (i) The net proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder from the sale of the ADSs
pursuant to this Agreement will not directly or indirectly be used, or lent, contributed or
otherwise made available to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity,
towards any sales or operations in Belarus, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Zimbabwe or any other country sanctioned
by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the OFAC, Her Majesty’s Treasury or the European Union; (ii) to use the
net proceeds received by it from the sale of the ADSs pursuant to this Agreement in a manner that
will be in compliance with and will not result in the breach by any person of the U.S. Sanctions or
any embargos or sanctions regulations imposed by the United Nations; and (iii) not to engage,
directly or indirectly, in any other activities that would result in such breach of U.S. Sanctions
or any embargos or sanctions regulations imposed by the United Nations. For the purposes of this
paragraph, “U.S. Sanctions” include all U.S. sanctions or regulations issued or administered by the
OFAC, all U.S. regulations codified in Chapter V of title 31, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, all
U.S. regulations issued under the authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act, the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity
(Libertad) Act, or the United Nations Participation Act, the aforementioned statutes themselves,
and all orders, licenses or rules issued under the authority of any of the foregoing.
(ix) Each of the Selling Shareholders (except for Telstra, which has entered into a lock-up
agreement through Section 4(b)(i) hereof) will furnish to you, on or prior to the date of this
Agreement, a Lock-up Agreement.
5. Costs and Expenses.
The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the following: accounting fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Company; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters
copies of the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Underwriters’ invitation letter, the listing
application, the Blue Sky survey and any supplements or amendments thereto; the filing fees of the
Commission; the filing fees of FINRA; the listing fee of the NYSE; and the costs and expenses
(including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or
contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Offered
Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation in Section 1(a)(ii)).
Telstra agrees to pay for roadshow expenses incurred in connection with the offering up to an aggregate amount of US$500,000. Any transfer taxes imposed on the sale of the Offered Securities to the several Underwriters will
be paid by the Company and each Selling Shareholder pro rata. The Company shall not,
however, be required to pay for any of the Underwriter’s expenses (other than those related to
qualification under FINRA rules or regulations and Blue Sky laws) except that, if this Agreement
shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because
this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 11 hereof, or by reason of
any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or the Selling Shareholders to perform
any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms
hereof on their part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is due primarily to
the default or
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omission of any Underwriter, the Company shall reimburse the several Underwriters for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred
in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Offered Securities or in
contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder; but the Company and the Selling
Shareholders shall not in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on
account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Offered Securities. All
amounts payable hereunder in respect of fees and expenses shall be paid in U.S. dollars and free
and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any applicable taxes,
levies, duties, charges or other deductions or withholdings levied in any jurisdiction from or
through which payment is made, unless such deduction or withholding is required by applicable law,
in which event the Company or the relevant Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, will pay
additional amounts so that the persons entitled to such payments will receive the amount that such
persons would otherwise have received but for such deduction or withholding (except as otherwise
provided hereunder).
Except as otherwise provided above, any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the several
Underwriters for the “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered ADSs that
have not been reimbursed by the Company or the Selling Shareholder shall be bourne by the
Underwriters in the same proportion as the respective underwriting obligations of the Underwriters.
6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters.
(a) The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Securities on the Closing
Date and the Option Securities, if any, on the Option Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as
of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and
warranties of the Company, the Founder and each of the Selling Shareholders contained herein, and
to the performance by the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders of their covenants and
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(i) Each of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement and all
post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective and the Prospectus and each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus required shall have been filed as required by Rules 424, 430A, 430B, 430C
or 433 under the Act, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with,
the Rules and Regulations, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be
included in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have
been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to their reasonable satisfaction. No stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement,
as amended from time to time, shall have been issued; no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant
to Section 8A under the Act shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company or the
Selling Shareholders, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission; and no injunction,
restraining order or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent jurisdiction
shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance and sale of the
Offered Securities.
(ii) As of the Applicable Time, the Representatives shall have received certified copies of
the shareholders’ resolutions and the resolutions of the administrative board of the Company
authorizing the Offering and of the resolutions of the board of directors of each Selling
Shareholder, authorizing the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities.
(iii) Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the
Company or any of the Group Entities that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act, (i) no downgrading
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shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and
(ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review,
or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred
stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(iv) No event or condition of a type described in Section 1(a)(xxxi) hereof shall have
occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the General Disclosure
Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment
or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment any of the Representatives makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Offered
Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in
the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(v) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (a) any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national
or international calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of
such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial
markets of the PRC or the United States would, in your judgment, make it impracticable or
inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered
Securities, or (b) suspension of trading in securities generally on the NYSE, the American Stock
Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market, the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange or
limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities
on any such exchange, (c) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute,
regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion
materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the business or operations
of the Company, (d) the declaration of a banking moratorium by People’s Republic of China, United
States or New York State authorities, (e) the suspension of trading of the Company’s ADSs by the
NYSE, the Commission, or any other governmental authority or, (f) the taking of any action by any
governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs, the effect of which in
the judgment of any of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(vi) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, the opinions and disclosure letter of Sidley Austin LLP, special United States
counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set forth in Exhibit B.
(vii) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date, the opinion of Milbank
Tweed Xxxxxx XxXxxx LLP, special United States counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date,
addressed to the Underwriters, stating that (i) the Private Placement was conducted in accordance
with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Act, and (ii) the Private Placement will not be integrated with the offering of Offered Securities
hereunder pursuant to applicable rules and regulations issued under the Act.
(viii) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, the opinions of King & Wood, PRC counsel for the Company, dated the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set
forth in Exhibit C.
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(ix) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, the opinions of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, Cayman Islands and British Virgin
Islands counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set forth in Exhibit D.
(x) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, the opinions of Haldanes, special Hong Kong S.A.R. counsel for the Company, dated
the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters, in
the form set forth in Exhibit E.
(xi) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, the opinions of [•], United States counsel for the Selling Shareholders (other
than Telstra), dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to
the Underwriters in the form set forth in Exhibit F.
(xii) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, the opinions (including a no registration opinion related to the sale of
Ordinary Shares by Telstra to certain investors pursuant to an exemption from registration under
the Act) of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special United States counsel to Telstra, dated the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters in the form set
forth in Exhibit G.
(xiii) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, the opinions of local counsel for the Founder and the Selling Shareholders,
dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the
Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters), in their
respective form set forth in Exhibit H.
(xiv) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United
States counsel for the Underwriters, such opinions and disclosure letter, dated the Closing Date,
with respect to such matters as the Representatives 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.
(xv) The Representatives shall have received from Fangda Partners, PRC counsel for the
Underwriters, such disclosure letter, opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to
such matters as the Representatives 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.
(xvi) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, such opinion or opinions dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, of Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Depositary, in their
respective form set forth in Exhibit I.
(xvii) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof, the Closing Date and, if
applicable, the Option Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, of Ernst &
Young Hua Ming confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with
respect to the Company and the Group Entities within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and
schedules examined by them and included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations; and
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containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(xviii) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and, if applicable, the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates of the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them severally represents in the form set
forth in Exhibit J.
(xix) The Representatives shall have received as of the Applicable Time and on the Closing
Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of each of the
Selling Shareholders to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, each of them severally represents in the form set forth in Exhibit K.
(xx) On the date hereof, the Selling Shareholders (except for Telstra) shall have furnished
for review by the Representatives executed copies of the Power of Attorney and Custodian Agreement.
(xxi) Each of the Selling Shareholders shall have transferred the Firm Shares to be sold in
accordance with Section 2 above.
(xxii) The Firm Shares and Option Shares, if any, have been duly listed, subject to notice of
issuance, on the NYSE.
(xxiii) The Lockup Agreements described in Sections 4(a)(xii) and 4(b)(ix) and as set forth in
Exhibit A are in full force and effect.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders.
The obligations of the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders to sell and deliver the
portion of the Firm Shares required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are
subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
(i) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued
and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened, (ii) Telstra shall have received the
disclosure letter of Sidley Austin LLP, United States counsel for the Company, dated the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to Telstra, in the form set forth in
Exhibit B, (iii) Telstra shall have received the letter from Ernst & Young Hua Ming specified in
Section 6(a)(xvi) and (iv) each of the Company and the Founder shall have executed and delivered to
Telstra a Master Transaction Agreement in a form and substance satisfactory to Telstra, addressing,
among other matters, payment of certain previously declared dividends and indemnification
arrangements for the benefit of Telstra and its affiliates.
8. Indemnification.
(a)
(1) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter
or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
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supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Company 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, or omission or alleged
omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity
with (i) written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives
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 13 herein.
(2) The Founder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter
or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
provided, however, that the Founder 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, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or
supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with (i) written information furnished to the
Company by or through the Representatives 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 13 herein; provided, further that none of the Underwriters shall be
entitled to seek indemnification under this subsection 8(a)(2) from the Founder unless (i) the
Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, announced that it is insolvent, received a
going-concern qualification from its independent public accountants, or announced that there is
considerable doubt that it will be able to continue as a going concern, or (ii) a decree or order
by a court having jurisdiction shall have been entered under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law (A) adjudging the Company or any of its “Significant
Subsidiaries” (as defined in Regulation S-X under the Act) as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or (B) appointing a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or
insolvency of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of its property or (C)
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries.
(3) The Company and the Founder agree to reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling
person upon demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental
inquiry related to the offering of the Offered Securities, whether or not such Underwriter or
controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally
judicially determined that the Underwriters were not entitled to receive payments for legal and
other expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, the Underwriters will promptly return all sums that
had been advanced pursuant hereto; provided, however that none of the Underwriters shall be
entitled to seek reimbursement under this subsection 8(a)(3) from the Founder unless both of the
following conditions are met: (a) the Underwriter shall first have sought reimbursement from the
Company in writing under subsection 8(a)(3) and (b) the Company has not satisfied such request
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for indemnification in full within 30 days of written notification. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an Underwriter shall not be required to make an initial demand on the Company if the
Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, announced that it is insolvent, received a
going-concern qualification from its independent public accountants, or announced that there is
considerable doubt that it will be able to continue as a going concern.
(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders, other than Telstra, agrees, severally and not jointly,
to indemnify the Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the
Act or otherwise; provided, however, that such Selling Shareholder will be liable in any such case
only to the extent such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement of a material fact in, or an omission of a material fact required or necessary to
be stated in order to make the statements that are made not misleading from, the information
relating to such Selling Shareholder furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder in
writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, as of its effective time, the General
Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, and any individual Limited Use Free Writing
Prospectus; provided, further, that the aggregate liability of each Selling Shareholder pursuant to
this Section 8(b) shall not exceed the aggregate net proceeds before expenses received by such
Selling Shareholder from the Underwriters for the Offered Securities. This indemnity obligation
will be in addition to any liability which the Company, the Founder and Telstra may otherwise have.
(c) Telstra agrees to indemnify the Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or controlling person may
become subject under the Act or otherwise; provided, however, that Telstra will be liable in any
such case only to the extent such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement of a material fact in, or an omission of a material fact required or
necessary to be stated in order to make the statements that are made not misleading from, the
information relating to Telstra furnished to the Company by Telstra in writing expressly for use in
the Registration Statement, as of its effective time, the General Disclosure Package, as of the
Applicable Time, and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus. This indemnity obligation
will be in addition to any liability which the Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders,
other than Telstra, may otherwise have.
(d) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, each of the
Selling Shareholders, the Founder and each person, if any, who controls the Company, such Selling
Shareholders or the Founder within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling
person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, Selling
Shareholder or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be
liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such amendment or
supplement, in reliance upon
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and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the
Representatives 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
13 herein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter
may otherwise have.
(e) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such
person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may
be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section 8(a),
(b), (c) or (d) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this
Section 8(e) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such
notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the
failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability
which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of
the provisions of Section 8(a), (b), (c) or (d). In case any such proceeding shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified
party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the
fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event that (i) the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such
counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or
(iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable
to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the
action. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding
or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm for all such indemnified parties (in addition to any local counsel).
Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(a), (b) or (c) and by the Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders in the case
of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(c). If at any time an indemnified party shall have
requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature
contemplated by Section 8(a), (b) or (c) effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying
party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the
date of such settlement. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in
any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought
hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim,
action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or
proceeding.
(f) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a), (b), (c) or (d) above in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
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respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
from the offering of the Offered Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company
and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Shareholders
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case
as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company, the Founder or the Selling Shareholders on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Founder, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(f) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
above in this Section 8(f). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to
above in this Section 8(f) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (f), (i) no Underwriter shall be required
to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the
Offered Securities purchased by such Underwriter, (ii) 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, and (iii) no
Selling Shareholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the proceeds received
by such Selling Shareholder from the Underwriters in the offering. The Underwriters’ obligations
in this Section 8(f) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(g) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party
against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of
any court having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from
such court may be served upon it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of
such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join it as an additional defendant in
any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party. In any proceeding relating
to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any supplement or amendment thereto, or in relation to or in connection with this
Agreement, each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction
of the courts of any U.S. federal and state court located in the City of New York, and waives any
objection to proceedings in such courts whether on the grounds that the proceedings have been
brought in an inconvenient forum or otherwise. These submissions are made for the benefit of the
Underwriters and shall not affect the right of the Underwriters to take
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proceedings in any other
court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in one or more
jurisdiction preclude the Underwriters from taking proceedings in any other jurisdiction
(whether concurrently or not).
(h) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is
entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying
party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are
incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the
representations and warranties of the Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders set forth
in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter,
the Company, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Company, the Founder or the
Selling Shareholders (ii) acceptance of any Offered Securities and payment therefor hereunder, and
(iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, or any person controlling
any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the
Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders, shall be entitled to the benefits of the
indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8.
9. Default by Underwriters.
If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter shall
fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Offered Securities which such Underwriter has
agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of
the Company or a Selling Shareholder), you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your
reasonable efforts to procure within 24 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or
any others, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Shareholders such amounts as may be agreed
upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Offered Securities which the defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 24 hours you, as such Representatives, shall
not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Offered Securities agreed
to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of
shares with respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Offered Securities
to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Option Closing date, as the case may be, the other
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Offered
Securities which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities which
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of
shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the
Offered Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, the Company and the Selling Shareholders or you as the Representatives of the Underwriters will
have the right, by written notice given within the next 24-hour period to the parties to this
Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting
Underwriters or of the Company or of the Selling Shareholders except to the extent provided in
Sections 5 and 8 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set
forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, may be
postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine in
order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or in
the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term “Underwriter”
includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section
9 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein,
will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if to the
Underwriters, to each
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of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention: Syndicate
Manager, with a copy to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: General Counsel; Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C., 68/F Xxxxxx Kong Center, 2 Queen’x
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx; if to the Company, the Founder or the Selling Shareholders (other than
Telstra), to SouFun Holdings Limited, 0/X, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
District, Beijing 100044, China, Attention: [Xxxxxxx Xx]; if to Telstra, to Telstra International
Holdings Limited, 00/000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Group Managing Director, Telstra International.
11. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company, the Founder and each of the
Selling Shareholders:
(a) at any time prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the
Closing Date and then only as to the Option Shares) if any of the following has occurred: (i) since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties,
assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the
Group Entities taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
any material adverse change in financial markets in the United States or the international
financial markets or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national
emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis in each case the effect of such
outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets
of the United States or the international financial markets would, in your judgment, make it
impracticable or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale
of the Offered Securities, or (iii) trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or
materially limited by the NYSE, or trading generally on the NYSE or in the NASDAQ Global Market has
been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or
maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by
order of the Commission, the FINRA. or any other governmental authority, (iv) the enactment,
publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or
other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects or may
materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (v) a material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United
States or the People’s Republic of China or the declaration of a banking moratorium by the People’s
Republic of China, United States or New York State authorities, (vi) any downgrading, or placement
on any watch list for possible downgrading, in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities
by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule
436(g) under the Exchange Act); or (vii) the taking of any action by any governmental body or
agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable opinion has a material
adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or
(b) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
12. Successors.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company,
the Founder and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, executors,
administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to
herein, and no other person
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will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of
the Offered Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of
such purchase.
13. Information Provided by Underwriters.
The Company, the Founder, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree
that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the third, twelfth through
seventeenth, nineteenth (the first sentence only), twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third (the
first sentence only) and twenty-fourth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the
Prospectus.
14. Applicable Law
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of
New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.
The Company and each of the Selling Shareholders 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 the Selling Shareholders 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, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders, other than Telstra, appoints
Law Debenture Corporate Services Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000 U.S.A., as its authorized agent in New York, upon which process may be served in any such
proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service
to Company, the Founder and each Selling Shareholder, other than Telstra, as applicable, 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, the Founder and each Selling Shareholder, other than
Telstra, as applicable, in any such proceeding. The Company, the Founder and each of the Selling
Shareholders, other than Telstra, 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, provided that following the appointment of a
replacement authorized agent, the Company, the Founder and each of the Selling Shareholders, other
than Telstra, upon whom process may be served in any such proceeding in lieu of any existing agent
and the receipt of written notice by the Underwriters, the Company, the Founder and the Selling
Shareholders, other than Telstra, may terminate the appointment of any such existing agent.
Telstra appoints [•], as its authorized agent in New York, upon which process may be served in
any such proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said
service to Telstra, as applicable, by the person serving the same to the address provided in
Section 10. Notices, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon Telstra in
any such proceeding. Telstra further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to
maintain such designation and appointment of such agents in full force and effect for a period of
seven years from the date of this Agreement, provided that following the appointment of a
replacement authorized agent by Telstra upon whom process may be served in any such proceeding in
lieu of any existing agent and the receipt of written notice by the Underwriters, Telstra may
terminate the appointment of any such existing agent.
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15. Miscellaneous.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and
the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its
directors or officers or any Selling Shareholder or controlling person thereof, as the case may be,
and (c) delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities under this Agreement.
The Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that each
Underwriter in providing investment banking services to the Company, the Founder and the Selling
Shareholders in connection with the offering, including in acting pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, has acted and is acting as an independent contractor and not as a fiduciary and the
Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders do not intend such Underwriter to act in any
capacity other than as an independent contractor, including as a fiduciary or in any other position
of higher trust.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
The Underwriters, on the one hand, and the Company, the Founder and the Selling Shareholders,
on the other hand, waive any right to trial by jury in any action, claim, suit or proceeding with
respect to your engagement as underwriter or your role in connection herewith.
If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign
and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among
the Selling Shareholders, the Founder, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with
its terms.
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Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as attorney-in-fact for a Selling
Shareholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as attorney-in-fact by such
Selling Shareholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding power of attorney which authorizes
such attorney-in-fact to take such action.
Very truly yours, SOUFUN HOLDINGS LIMITED |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
TELSTRA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
THE FOUNDER |
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Xxxxxxx Tianquan Mo | ||||
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS (OTHER THAN TELSTRA) |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. | ||||
As Representative of the several
Underwriters listed on Schedule I |
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By: | Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | |||
By: | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
By: | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
XXXXXXX SACHS (ASIA) L.L.C. As Representative of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule I |
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By: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C. | |||
By: | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
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SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
Underwriter | Number of Firm ADSs to be Purchased |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
[•] | |||
Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia) L.L.C |
[•] | |||
Total |
[•] | |||
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SCHEDULE II
Schedule of Selling Shareholders
Number of | Number of | |||||||
Firm ADSs | Option ADSs | |||||||
Selling Shareholder | to be Sold | to be Sold | ||||||
Telstra International Holdings Limited
|
[•] | [•] | ||||||
IDG
Technology Venture Investment Inc.
|
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Total
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[•] | [•] | ||||||
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SCHEDULE III
The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
• | The offer price to the public of the Offered Securities as set forth herein; | ||
• | [Any other items dependent on the offer price]; and | ||
• | [TBD] |
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SCHEDULE IV
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as defined in the Agreement shall include each of the following
documents:
• | [TBD] |
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EXHIBIT A
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[date]
SouFun Holdings Limited
0/X, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
0 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
0/X, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
0 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
XXX
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
XXX
and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C.
68/F Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
68/F Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters
Several Underwriters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia)
L.L.C., as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters (the
“Underwriters”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
with SouFun Holdings Limited (the “Company”), the Founder, and the Selling Shareholders named
therein, providing for the public offering by the Underwriters, including the Representatives, of
American depositary shares (“ADSs”) representing Class A ordinary shares, par value HK$1.00 per
Class A ordinary share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company (the “Public Offering”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Underwriting
Agreement.
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their
efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior
written consent of each of the Representatives, the undersigned will not, and will procure that its
affiliates will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, purchase any option or contract
to sell (including any short sale), grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise
dispose of any ADSs or Ordinary Shares of the Company (including, without limitation, Ordinary
Shares of the Company which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned on the date
hereof in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant and any
other security convertible into or exchangeable for ADSs or Ordinary Shares) or file or cause to be
filed any registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or enter into
any Hedging
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Transaction (as defined below) relating to the ADSs or Ordinary Shares (each of the foregoing
referred to as a “Disposition”) during the period specified in the following paragraph (the
“Lock-Up Period”). The foregoing restriction is expressly intended to preclude the undersigned
from engaging in any Hedging Transaction (as defined below) or other transaction which is designed
to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition during the Lock-Up Period even if
the securities would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. “Hedging Transaction”
means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right
(including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a
broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of
its value from the ADSs or Ordinary Shares whether such Hedging Transaction is to be settled by
delivery of ADSs, Ordinary Shares, other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue until, and include,
the date that is 180 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering
(the “Initial Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that if (1) during the last seventeen days of
the Initial Lock-Up Period, (A) the Company releases earnings results or (B) material news or a
material event relating to the Company occurs, or (2) prior to the expiration of the Initial
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen-day
period following the last day of the Initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period
will be extended until the expiration of the eighteen-day period beginning on the date of the
release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material news or a material event relating to
the Company, as the case may be, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lock-Up Period shall not apply to (A) the Offered
Securities to be sold by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (B) transfers
of ordinary shares as a bona fide gift or gifts; provided that in the case of any transfer or
distribution pursuant to clause (B), each donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to each of
the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided, further, that in
the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B), no filing by any party (donor,
donee, transferor or transferee) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such
transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 180-day
period referred to above).
The undersigned agrees that the Company may, and that the undersigned will, (i) with respect
to any Ordinary Shares or other Company securities for which the undersigned is the record holder,
cause the transfer agent for the Company to note stop transfer instructions with respect to such
securities on the transfer books and records of the Company and (ii) with respect to any Ordinary
Shares or other Company securities for which the undersigned is the beneficial holder but not the
record holder, cause the record holder of such securities to cause the transfer agent for the
Company to note stop transfer instructions with respect to such securities on the transfer books
and records of the Company.
In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any and all notice requirements and rights with
respect to registration of securities pursuant to any agreement, understanding or otherwise setting
forth the terms of any security of the Company held by the undersigned, including any registration
rights agreement to which the undersigned and the Company may be party; provided that such waiver
shall apply only to the proposed Public Offering, and any other action taken by the Company in
connection with the proposed Public Offering.
The undersigned hereby agrees that, to the extent that the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement
conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any registration rights agreement to which the
undersigned and the Company may be a party, this Lock-Up Agreement supersedes such registration
rights agreement.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligations of the
undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of
the undersigned.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the closing of the Public Offering has not
occurred prior to [•], this agreement shall be of no further force or effect.
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Signature: | ||||
Print Name: | ||||
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