Shanda Games Limited American Depositary Shares Representing Class A Ordinary Shares (par value US$0.01 per share) Form of Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.01
Xxxxxx Games Limited
American Depositary Shares
Representing
Class A Ordinary Shares
(par value US$0.01 per share)
Form of Underwriting Agreement
, 2009
Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Central, Hong Kong
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Central, Hong Kong
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
and
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Ltd.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I and Schedule II hereto,
named in Schedule I and Schedule II hereto,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxx Games Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the U.S.
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “U.S. Syndicate”) and the International
Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “International Syndicate”, and together with
the U.S. Syndicate, the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of American Depositary Shares
representing Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share (the “Class A Ordinary
Shares”), of the Company, and the controlling shareholder of the Company, Xxxxxx Interactive
Entertainment Limited through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xxxxxx SDG Investment Limited
(collectively, the “Selling Shareholder”), proposes subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of American Depositary Shares
representing Class A Ordinary Shares and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to
additional American Depositary
Shares representing Class A Ordinary Shares. The aggregate of American
Depositary Shares representing Class A Ordinary Shares to be sold by the Company and the
Selling Shareholder is herein called the “Firm ADSs”, and the aggregate of American
Depositary Shares representing additional Class A Ordinary Shares to be sold by the
Selling Shareholder is herein called the “Optional ADSs”. The Firm ADSs and the Optional ADSs that
the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the
“ADSs”. The Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Firm ADSs are hereinafter called the “Firm
Shares” and the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the Optional ADSs are hereinafter called the
“Optional Shares”, and the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares are herein collectively called the
“Shares”.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C. is acting as the Sole Global Coordinator. Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia)
L.L.C. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. are acting as the U.S. Representatives of the U.S.
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto. Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Ltd. are acting as the International Representatives of the International Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto. References herein to the “Representatives” include both the U.S.
Representatives and International Representatives, and references herein to the “Underwriters”
include both the U.S. Underwriters and International Underwriters.
The ADSs are to be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”), to be
dated as of , 2009, among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the
“Depositary”), and holders from time to time of the American Depositary Receipts (the “ADRs”)
issued by the Depositary and evidencing the ADSs. Each ADS will initially represent the right to
receive 2 (two) Class A Ordinary Shares deposited pursuant to the Deposit Agreement.
The Company hereby acknowledges that, as part of the proposed offering of the ADSs, it has
requested the Representatives to administer a directed share program (the “Directed Share Program”)
under which up to Firm ADSs, or ___% of the Firm ADSs to be purchased by the
Underwriters (the “Reserved ADSs”), shall be reserved for sale by the Representatives at the
initial public offering price to the Company’s officers, directors, employees and consultants and
other persons having a relationship with the Company as designated by the Company (the “Directed
Share Participants”) as part of the distribution of the ADSs by the Underwriters, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (formerly, the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.) and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The number of ADSs available
for sale to the general public will be reduced to the extent that Directed Share Participants
purchase Reserved ADSs. The Underwriters may offer any Reserved ADSs not purchased by Directed
Share Participants to the general public on the same basis as the other ADSs being issued and sold
hereunder. The Company has supplied the Representatives with the names, addresses and telephone
numbers of the individuals or other entities which the Company has designated to be participants in
the Directed Share Program. It is understood that any number of those so designated to participate
in the Directed Share Program may decline to do so.
Three forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with this offering: (i) one relating to
ADSs offered or sold within the United States (the “U.S. Prospectus”); (ii) one relating to the
ADSs offered or sold outside the United States (the “International Prospectus”); and (iii) one
relating to the “public offering without listing” (the “Japanese POWL”) to be conducted in Japan by
registration of ADSs in Japan. The U.S. Prospectus will be identical to the International
Prospectus except for
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certain substitute pages, and copies of these prospectuses have been provided to you. The
Japanese Prospectus is prepared in the Japanese language in accordance with the Financial
Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended, the “Financial Instruments
and Exchange Law”). The Japanese Prospectus (as defined herein) is prepared, in principle, based
on the information included in the U.S. Prospectus, with such omissions and additions as
appropriate for the purpose of the Japanese POWL. References herein to any “Prospectus” or
“Preliminary Prospectus” (each as defined below), whether as amended or supplemented, shall include
both the U.S. Prospectus and the International Prospectus.
It is understood by all the parties that the Underwriters are offering ADSs in the United
States and internationally outside of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), which, for
purposes of this Agreement only, excludes Taiwan, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and
The Macau Special Administrative Region.
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters
that:
(i) A registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-161708) (the “Initial Registration
Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for
each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other
than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the
Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment
thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose has been initiated or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry,
threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration
Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the
Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all
exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and
deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the
time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration
Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became
or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”;
the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares and the ADSs that was included in the
Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof)
is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; such final prospectus, in the form first filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; and any “issuer free
writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares and the ADSs is
hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”);
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Pricing Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Pricing Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules
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and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is ___:__ __m (New York City
time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by those Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses and other documents listed in Schedule III(b) hereto, taken together
(collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III hereto does not
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together
with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(iv) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects
to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(v) The statements in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under
the headings “Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Use of Proceeds”, “Dividend Policy”, “Enforceability of
Civil Liabilities”, “Our History and Corporate Structure”, “Our Relationship with Xxxxxx
Interactive”, “Business”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations”, “Regulation”, “Management”, “Related Party Transactions”, “Description of Share
Capital”, “Description of American Depositary Shares”, “Shares Eligible for Future Sale”,
“Taxation” and “Underwriting,” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown;
(vi) A
registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-161901) in respect of the ADSs has been
filed with the Commission; such registration statement in the form heretofore delivered to you and,
excluding exhibits, to you for each of the other Underwriters, has been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such registration statement has
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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 best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened by the Commission (the various
parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto, each as amended at the time
such part of the registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the “ADS
Registration Statement”); and the ADS Registration Statement when it became effective conformed,
and any further amendments thereto will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not, as of the
applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading;
(vii) A
registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-34454) in respect of the registration
of the Shares and the ADSs under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), has been filed with the Commission; such registration statement in the form
heretofore delivered to you and, excluding exhibits, to you for each of the other Underwriters, has
been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such
registration statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has
been initiated or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened by the
Commission (the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto, each
as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, being hereinafter
called the “Form 8-A Registration Statement”); and the Form 8-A Registration Statement when it
became effective conformed, and any further amendments thereto will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and did not and will not, as of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(viii) The Company has filed with the Director General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of
the Ministry of Finance of Japan (the “KLFB”) a securities registration statement with respect to
the Japanese POWL and amendments to such securities registration statement pursuant to the
Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and the cabinet orders and ministerial ordinances and other
rules and regulations thereunder (the “Japanese Rules and Regulations”); a further amendment to
such securities registration statement in the form heretofore delivered to you shall be filed by
the Company with the KLFB promptly after the execution of this Agreement (such securities
registration statement and all such amendments and attachments, collectively, the “Japanese
Registration Statement”); the registration made under the Japanese Registration Statement shall
have been declared effective by KLFB by no later than September [•], 2009; no other document with
respect to the Japanese Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the KLFB; no stop
order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the registration made under, or requiring
amendment to, the Japanese Securities Registration Statement, nor notice of a hearing from which
such order may result, has been issued by the KLFB (or any other Japanese securities authority),
and, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the KLFB; and the Japanese Registration Statement when it becomes
effective conforms, and any further amendments thereto will conform, in all material respects to
the requirements of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and the Japanese Rules and
Regulations, and does not and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
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misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(ix) The Company has prepared a prospectus with respect to the Japanese POWL and supplements
thereto (together, the “Japanese Preliminary Prospectus”) and intends to prepare a further
supplement to the Japanese Preliminary Prospectus, which together with the Japanese Preliminary
Prospectus, will form a final prospectus, or, in lieu of such further supplement, to publish any
information required to be contained in such supplement through a newspaper advertisement in Japan
and on the website of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (“Nomura Securities”) in accordance with the
Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and the Japanese Rules and Regulations (such supplement or
publication, together with the Japanese Preliminary Prospectus, the “Japanese Prospectus”); and the
Japanese Prospectus at the time of issue or at the time of each supplement thereto and at the time
of the publication of any information through a newspaper advertisement in Japan or on the website
of Nomura Securities in lieu of a supplement will conform or conformed, in all material respects to
the requirements of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan and the Japanese Rules and
Regulations, and the Japanese Prospectus at the time of issue or at the time of each supplement
thereto did not or will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(x) The following entities constitute all of the entities held or controlled directly or
indirectly by the Company (collectively referred to herein as the “Group Entities”): Xxxxxx Games
Holdings (HK) Ltd. (“Xxxxxx Games HK”), Shengqu Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
(“Shengqu”), Shengji Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (“Shengji”), Xxxxxx Games Korean
Investment Limited (“Xxxxxx Games Korea”), Actoz Soft Co., Ltd., (“Actoz”), Xxxxxx Games
International (Pte) Ltd. (“Xxxxxx Singapore”), Shanghai Shulong Technology Development Co., Ltd.
(“Shanghai Shulong”), Shanghai Shulong Computer Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing Shulong Computer
Technology Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Aurora Technology Development Co., Ltd., (together with Shanghai
Shulong Computer Technology Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Shulong Computer Technology Co., Ltd., the
“Shulong Subsidiaries”). Other than the Group Entities, no other subsidiary of the Company is a
“Significant Subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X under the Act;
(xi) Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has sustained since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus,
there has not been any change in the share capital or long-term debt of the Company or any of the
Group Entities or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’
equity or results of operations of the Company and the Group Entities taken as a whole (a “Material
Adverse Effect”), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
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(xii) The Company and the Group Entities have good and marketable title to all real property
and good and valid title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus or such as
do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Group Entities; and any real property
and buildings held under lease by the Company and the Group Entities are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and the
Group Entities;
(xiii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a company in good
standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with power and authority (corporate and other) to
own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing
Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business
and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure
to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Group Entities, taken as a
whole; and each of the Group Entities has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with power and authority (corporate
or other) to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and 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;
(xiv) Each of the Company, Shanghai Shulong, Shengqu and Shengji has the legal right, power
and authority (corporate and other) to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the
agreements described under the captions “Prospectus Summary – Our History and Corporate Structure”,
“Prospectus Summary – Our Relationship with Xxxxxx”, and “Our Relationship with Xxxxxx” in the
Pricing Prospectus to which it is a party (collectively, the “Restructuring and Service
Agreements”) and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of, and has authorized, executed and delivered, each of the Restructuring and Service
Agreements to which it is a party; and each of the Restructuring and Service Agreements to which it
is a party constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such entity, as the case may be,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
(xv) None of Shengqu, Shengji, Shanghai Shulong, and any of the Shulong Subsidiaries owns or
leases properties outside of the PRC; Actoz does not own or lease any properties outside of the
Republic of Korea (“Korea”); Xxxxxx Singapore does not own or lease any properties outside of
Singapore; and none of Shengqu, Actoz and Xxxxxx Singapore needs to be duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of any jurisdiction in which it is not
now so qualified;
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(xvi) The execution and delivery by each of the Company, Shengqu, Shengji, Shanghai Shulong,
and the Shulong Subsidiaries of, and the performance by such entity of its obligations under, each
of the Restructuring and Service Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation by such
entity 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,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such entity is a
party or by which such entity is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of such entity
is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of such entity is subject, except where such
conflict, breach, violation or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on any such entity; (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of
association or business license of such entity; or (C) result in any violation of any laws,
regulations, rules, orders, decrees, guidelines or notices of the applicable jurisdiction of such
entity, except where such conflict, breach, violation or default would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on any such entity;
(xvii) Each of the Restructuring and Service Agreements is in proper legal form under the
relevant jurisdiction of each agreement for the enforcement thereof against each of the Company,
Shengqu, Shengji and Shanghai Shulong, as the case may be, in the PRC without further action by any
of the Company, Shengqu, Shengji or Shanghai Shulong; and to ensure the legality, validity,
enforceability or admissibility in evidence of each of the Restructuring and Service Agreements in
the relevant jurisdiction, it is not necessary that any such document be filed or recorded with any
court or other authority in the relevant jurisdiction or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on
or in respect of any of the Restructuring and Service Agreements;
(xviii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the restructuring transactions
described in the Pricing Prospectus relating to the Restructuring and Service Agreements (the
“Restructuring Activities”) have been duly authorized and do not (A) contravene any provision of
applicable law or statute, rule or regulation of any governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties (including but
not limited to the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce and the
State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC), (B) contravene the articles of association,
business license or other constituent documents of the Company or any of the Group Entities, or (C)
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Group Entities is a party
or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any of the Group Entities is subject, except where any such conflict,
breach, violation or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
any such entity; and except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, all Governmental Authorizations
required in connection with the Restructuring Activities have been made or have been obtained
unconditionally in writing, and no such Governmental Authorization has been withdrawn or is subject
to any condition precedent which has not been fulfilled, performed or waived;
(xix) The Company and the Group Entities maintain insurance covering their respective
properties as the Company reasonably deems adequate; such insurance insures against such losses and
risks to an extent which is adequate in accordance with customary industry practice to protect the
Company and the Group Entities and their respective businesses; all such insurance is fully in
force on the date hereof and will be fully in force at the time of purchase and each additional
time of purchase, if any; neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has reason to believe
that it will
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not be able to renew any such insurance as and when such insurance expires; and there is no
material insurance claim made by or against the Company or any of the Group Entities, pending, or,
to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened or outstanding and no facts or
circumstances exist which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such claim and all due
premiums in respect thereof have been paid;
(xx) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, each of the Company and the Group Entities
has all necessary licenses, franchises, concessions, consents, authorizations, approvals, orders,
certificates and permits of and from, and has made all necessary declarations and filings with, all
governmental agencies to own, lease, license and use its properties, assets and conduct its
business in the manner described in the Pricing Prospectus, except where the failure to have any
such license, franchise, concession, consent, authorization, approval, order, certificate or permit
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Group
Entities, taken as a whole, and such licenses, franchises, concessions, consents, authorizations,
approvals, orders, certificates or permits contain no restrictions or conditions not described in
the Pricing Prospectus, except such restrictions or conditions that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Group Entities, taken as a whole;
and neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has a reasonable basis to believe that any
regulatory body is considering modifying, suspending or revoking any such licenses, consents,
authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates or permits, and the Company and the Group Entities
are in compliance with the provisions of all such licenses, consents, authorizations, approvals,
orders, certificates or permits in all material respects;
(xxi) Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has sent or received any notice
regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the license agreements or any of the
Restructuring and Service Agreements referred to or described in the Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or referred to or described in, or filed as an
exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal has been, to the
best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened by the Company or any of the Group
Entities or any other party to any such contract or agreement;
(xxii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Group
Entities is (A) in breach of or in default under any laws, regulations, rules, orders, decrees,
guidelines or notices of the PRC, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx or any other
jurisdiction where it was incorporated or operates, (B) in breach of or in default under any
approval, consent, waiver, authorization, exemption, permission, endorsement or license granted by
any court or governmental agency or body of any stock exchange authorities (“Governmental Agency”)
in the PRC, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx or any other jurisdiction where it was
incorporated or operates, (C) in violation of its constituent documents or (D) in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the case of (A) and
(D) above, where any such breach or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or the Group Entities, taken as a whole;
(xxiii) The Company has an authorized and paid-in capitalization as set forth in the Pricing
Prospectus, and all of the issued share capital of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to
the description
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of the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.01
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; all of the issued share
capital of each of the subsidiaries of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable; all of the issued share capital of each of the
subsidiaries are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims; the holders of outstanding Ordinary Shares are not entitled to
preemptive or other rights to acquire the Shares or the ADSs; 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 except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus under the captions “Capitalization”,
“Management – Equity Incentive Plan” and “Related Party Transactions”; the Shares, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor, may be freely deposited by the Company with the Depositary
against issuance of ADRs evidencing ADSs; the ADSs, when issued and delivered against payment
therefor, will be freely transferable by the Company to or for the account of the several
Underwriters and (to the extent described in the Pricing Prospectus) 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 Pricing Prospectus under
the captions “Description of Share Capital”, “Description of American Depositary Shares” and
“Shares Eligible for Future Sale”; except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no
outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, rights or options to
purchase from any subsidiary of the Company, or obligation of any subsidiary of the Company to
issue, equity shares or any other class of share capital of any subsidiary of the Company;
(xxiv) Except as described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the
Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (A) no person has any preemptive rights, resale rights,
rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase any Ordinary Shares or shares of any other
share capital of or other equity interests in the Company and (B) no person has the right to act as
an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of
the ADSs;
(xxv) The Shares to be issued underlying the ADSs to be sold by the Company to the
Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against
payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Ordinary Shares
contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(xxvi) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the
Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in
the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or
in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the
Company under the Act;
(xxvii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except that the rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal or state
securities law, and such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
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moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the
application of general equitable principles;
(xxviii) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by
the Company and the Depositary, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; upon issuance by the Depositary of ADRs
evidencing ADSs and the deposit of Shares in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of
the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and the persons in whose names the
ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement;
and the Deposit Agreement and the ADRs conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxix) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions
declared and payable on the shares of capital stock of the Company and all dividends and other
distributions declared and payable on the Ordinary Shares or ADSs under the current laws and
regulations of the Cayman Islands be paid by the Company to the holder thereof in United States
dollars that may be freely transferred out of the Cayman Islands, 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 Governmental Agency having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties in
the Cayman Islands;
(xxx) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions
declared and payable on the share capital of Xxxxxx Games HK may under all applicable laws and
regulations of Hong Kong be paid to the Company, and all such dividends and other distributions
will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the applicable laws and regulations 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;
(xxxi) Dividends declared with respect to after-tax retained earnings on the equity interests
of Shengqu may under the laws and regulations of the PRC in effect as of the Applicable Time (which
are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect) be paid to Xxxxxx Games HK, in Renminbi
that may be converted into in U.S. dollars and freely transferred out of the PRC subject to the
successful completion of PRC formalities required for such remittances and all such dividends and
other distributions, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, will not be subject to
withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the PRC and, except as disclosed in
the Pricing Prospectus, 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;
(xxxii) The issue and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder and the deposit
of the Shares being deposited with the Depositary against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs
and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein and therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation
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of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation
or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any
of the Group Entities pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Group Entities is a party or by which
the Company or any of the Group Entities is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of the Group Entities is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of
the constituent documents of the Company or any of the Group Entities 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;
(xxxiii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, clearance or qualification
of or with any Governmental Agency is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the ADSs,
for the deposit of the Shares being deposited with the Depositary against issuance of ADRs
evidencing the ADSs to be delivered or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, except (A) the registration under the Act
of the Shares and the ADSs and listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the
“Nasdaq”), (B) such Governmental Authorizations as have been duly obtained and are in full force
and effect and copies of which have been furnished to you, (C) such Governmental Authorizations as
may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or any laws of jurisdictions outside the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx xxx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Shares and ADSs by or for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, and (D) the
requirement to file the Japanese Registration Statement with the KLFB and it becoming effective,
and (if any) the filing of a post-transaction report with the Minister of Finance of Japan pursuant
to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law of Japan;
(xxxiv) The ADSs have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to notice of issuance;
(xxxv) Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is engaged in any trading activities
involving commodity contracts or other trading contracts which are not currently traded on a
securities or commodities exchange and for which the market value cannot be determined;
(xxxvi) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, no stamp or other issuance or transfer
taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on
behalf of the Underwriters to the government of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or
Singapore, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, in connection with:
(A) the deposit with the Depositary of the Shares by the Company against the issuance of ADRs
evidencing the ADSs, (B) the sale and delivery by the Company of the Shares and the ADSs to or for
the respective accounts of the several Underwriters or (C) the sale and delivery by the
Underwriters of the Shares and the ADSs to the initial purchasers thereof in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement;
(xxxvii) Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities has taken, directly or indirectly,
any action which was designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares and the ADSs;
(xxxviii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal, arbitration,
governmental proceedings or other potential material disputes pending to which the Company or any
of the Group Entities is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of the Group
Entities
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is the subject that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Group Entities,
would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Group
Entities, taken as a whole; and except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(xxxix) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the ADSs and
the application of the proceeds thereof will not be, an “investment company”, as such term is
defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(xl) Each of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is in proper form to be enforceable
against the Company in the Cayman Islands in accordance with its terms; to ensure the legality,
validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in the Cayman Islands of this Agreement or
the Deposit Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement be filed or
recorded with any court or other authority in the Cayman Islands or that any stamp or similar tax
in the Cayman Islands be paid on or in respect of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement or any
other documents to be furnished hereunder;
(xli) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Form 8-A Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the
Japanese Registration Statement and the Japanese Prospectus and the filing of the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Form 8-A
Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement with the Commission and the filing of the
Japanese Registration Statement with the KLFB have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the
Company, and the Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration Statement and the ADS
Registration Statement and the Japanese Registration Statement have each been duly executed
pursuant to such authorization by and on behalf of the Company;
(xlii) There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the
Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement which have not been so described and filed as required;
(xliii) In each case, except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, including any adverse
judgment or ruling in any proceeding described under the caption “Risk Factors” therein (A) each of
the Company and the Group Entities owns, possesses, licenses or has other rights to use the patents
and patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, Internet domain names,
technology, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
rights) and other intellectual property necessary or used in any material respect to conduct its
business in the manner in which it is being conducted and in the manner in which it is contemplated
as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”); (B) none of the
material Intellectual Property is unenforceable or invalid; (C) neither the Company nor any of the
Group Entities has received any notice of violation or conflict with (and neither the Company nor
any of the Group Entities knows of any basis for violation or conflict with) rights of others with
respect to the Intellectual Property that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company and the Group Entities, taken as a whole; (D) there are no pending or, to the
best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened actions, suits, proceedings or claims
by others that allege the Company or any of the Group Entities is infringing any patent, trade
secret, trademark, service xxxx, copyright or other intellectual property or proprietary right that
would reasonably be
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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Group Entities, taken as a
whole; (E) to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, the discoveries, inventions,
products or processes of the Company and the Group Entities referenced in the Pricing Prospectus do
not violate or conflict with any intellectual property or proprietary right of any third person, or
any discovery, invention, product or process that is the subject of a patent application filed by
any third person; (F) the Company and the Group Entities are not in breach of, and have complied in
all respects with all terms of, any license or other agreement relating to the Intellectual
Property, except such breach or non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Group Entities, taken as a whole; (G) except as
disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities is subject
to any non-competition or other similar restrictions or arrangements relating to any business or
service anywhere in the world; (H) each of the Company and the Group Entities has taken all
necessary and appropriate steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of applicable
Intellectual Property (“Confidential Information”); (I) all use or disclosure of Confidential
Information owned by the Company or the Group Entities by or to a third party has been pursuant to
a written agreement between the Company, the Group Entities and such third party; and all use or
disclosure of Confidential Information not owned by the Company or the Group Entities has been
pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the Company, the Group Entities, and the owner
of such Confidential Information, or is otherwise lawful;
(xliv) 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, 2008, does not expect to be a PFIC in the current
taxable year ending December 31, 2009;
(xlv) The Company has not sold, issued or distributed any shares during the six-month period
preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D or Regulation S
promulgated under the Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified
share option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights
or warrants;
(xlvi) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act;
(xlvii) PricewaterhouseCoopers
Xxxxx Xxxx CPAs Limited Company (“PwC”), who have certified
the consolidated financial statements of the Company that were
included in the Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus and Registration
Statement, are the independent public accountants of the
Company as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and are
independent in accordance with the requirements of the United States Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board;
(xlviii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, 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); and
there are no material relationships or transactions between the Company or any of the Group
Entities on the one hand and its affiliates, officers and directors or their shareholders,
customers or suppliers on the other hand which, although required to be disclosed, are not
disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus;
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(xlix) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States (“US GAAP”); (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general
or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate actions are taken with respect to any differences;
and (E) the Company has made and kept books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of such entity;
(l) The Company has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and
“internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15
under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including the Group Entities, is made known to the
Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer by others within those entities, and
such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were
established; the Company’s independent public accountants and the Board of Directors of the Company have
been advised of: (A) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial data; and (B) all fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; all material weaknesses, if
any, in internal controls have been identified to the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm; such internal control over financial reporting has been designed by the Company’s
chief executive officer and chief financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US GAAP; since the date of the most
recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, there have been
no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses; and the Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that, upon and at
all times after the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company and the Group Entities and
their respective officers and directors, in their capacities as such, will be in compliance in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(li) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Group
Entities has any material obligation to provide retirement, healthcare, death or disability
benefits to any of the present or past employees of the Company or any of the Group Entities, or to
any other person;
(lii) No material labor dispute, work stoppage, slow down or other conflict with the employees
of the Company or any of the Group Entities exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge after
due inquiry, is threatened; and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by the employees of any of its or any of its subsidiary’s principal suppliers,
customers or contractors which would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company and the Group Entities, taken as a whole;
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(liii) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations ¾ Critical Accounting Policies” in the Pricing Prospectus truly,
accurately and completely in all material respects describes: (A) accounting policies which the
Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and
results of operations and which require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex
judgments (“Critical Accounting Policies”); (B) judgments and uncertainties affecting the
application of Critical Accounting Policies; and (C) the likelihood that materially different
amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions; and the
Company’s Board of Directors and management have reviewed and agreed with the selection,
application and disclosure of Critical Accounting Policies and have consulted with its legal
counsel and independent public accountants with regard to such disclosure;
(liv) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing
Prospectus, neither of the Company nor any of the Group Entities has: (A) entered into or assumed
any contract, (B) incurred or agreed to incur any liability (including any contingent liability) or
other obligation, (C) acquired or disposed of or agreed to acquire or dispose of any business or
any other asset or (D) assumed or acquired or agreed to assume or acquire any liabilities
(including contingent liabilities), that would, in any of clauses (A) through (D) above, be
material to the Company and the Group Entities, taken as a whole, and that are not otherwise
described in the Pricing Prospectus;
(lv) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” in the Pricing Prospectus 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, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company, 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 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 the Group Entities,
or the availability thereof or the requirements of the Company or the Group Entities for capital
resources;
(lvi) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, none of the Company or any of the Group
Entities is engaged in any material transactions with its directors, officers, management,
shareholders, or any other affiliate, including any person who formerly held a position as
directors, officers, managers and/or shareholders, on terms that are not available from unrelated
third parties on an arm’s-length basis;
(lvii) No holder of any of the Shares or the ADSs after the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement is or will be subject to any personal
liability in respect of any liability of the Company by virtue only of its holding of any such
Shares or ADSs; and except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no limitations on the
rights of holders of the Shares or the ADSs to hold, vote or transfer their securities;
(lviii) The audited consolidated financial statements (and the notes thereto) of the Company
included in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus comply in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act, and fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates specified and the consolidated
results of operations and changes in consolidated financial position of the Company for the periods
specified, and such
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financial statements have been prepared in conformity with US GAAP applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods presented (other than as described therein); the summary and selected
consolidated financial data and the unaudited financial results included in the Registration
Statement, and the Pricing Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act, and present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on
a basis consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements included therein,
subject, in the case of the preliminary unaudited financial results, to the fact that such results
are subject to completion of the Company’s normal quarter-end closing procedures and review by the
Company’s independent public accountants in accordance with Statement of Auditing Standards No. 100;
(lix) Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, each holder of ADRs evidencing ADSs issued
pursuant to the Deposit Agreement shall be entitled, subject to the Deposit Agreement, to seek
enforcement of its rights through the Depositary or its nominee registered as representative of the
holders of the ADRs in a direct suit, action or proceeding against the Company;
(lx) Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and this Agreement, all amounts payable by
the Company in respect of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs or the underlying Shares shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed, assessed or levied by
the Cayman Islands or any authority thereof or therein (except such income taxes as may otherwise
be imposed by the Cayman Islands on payments hereunder to an Underwriter whose net income is
subject to tax by the Cayman Islands or withholding, if any, with respect to any such income tax)
nor are any taxes imposed in the Cayman Islands on, or by virtue of the execution or delivery of,
such documents;
(lxi) The Company has paid all taxes required to be paid through the date hereof in all
material respects, and all returns, reports or filings which ought to have been made by or in
respect of the Company and the Group Entities for taxation purposes as required by the law of the
jurisdictions where the Company and the Group Entities are incorporated, managed or engage in
business have been made and all such returns are correct and on a proper basis in all respects,
except where failure to make or correctly and properly file any such return, report or filing would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; no such returns, reports or filings are and are not the subject of any dispute
with the relevant revenue or other appropriate authorities except as may be being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings; the provisions included in the audited consolidated financial
statements as set out in the Pricing Prospectus included appropriate provisions required under US
GAAP for all taxation in respect of accounting periods ended on or before the accounting reference
date to which such audited accounts relate for which the Company was then or might reasonably be
expected thereafter to become or have become liable; and neither the Company nor any of the Group
Entities has received notice of any tax deficiency with respect to the Company or any of the Group
Entities;
(lxii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company has not, directly or
indirectly, including through any of the Group Entities: (A) extended credit, arranged to extend
credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director
or executive officer of the Company or any of the Group Entities, or to or for any family member or
affiliate of any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Group Entities; or (B)
made any material modification, including any renewal thereof, to any term of any personal loan to
any director or executive officer of the Company or any of the Group Entities, or any family member
or affiliate of any
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director or executive officer, which loan was outstanding on December 31, 2006, that (x) is
outstanding on the date hereof and (y) constitutes a violation of any applicable law or regulation;
(lxiii) Any statistical and market-related data included in the Pricing Prospectus are based
on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company
has obtained the written consent for the use of such data from such sources to the extent required;
(lxiv) The application of the net proceeds from the offering of ADSs, as described in the
Pricing Prospectus, will not contravene any provision of any current and applicable laws or the
current constituent documents of the Company or any of the Group Entities or contravene the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument currently binding upon the Company or any
of the Group Entities or any Governmental Authorization applicable to any of the Company or any of
the Group Entities;
(lxv) 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
ADSs;
(lxvi) Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the courts of the Cayman Islands recognize and
give effect to the choice of law provisions set forth in Section 15 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 15 hereof will be recognized by the courts of the PRC
and any judgment obtained in a New York Court (as defined below) 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;
(lxvii) None of the Company or any of the Group Entities, or to the best of the Company’s
knowledge after due inquiry, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with
or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Group Entities, has used any corporate funds for
any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to a political
activity, made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any unlawful bribe, payoff, influence payment,
kickback, payment or rebate;
(lxviii) The operations of the Company and the Group Entities are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes
of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules,
regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator or non-governmental authority
involving the Company or any of the Group Entities with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened;
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(lxix) The Company is aware of and has been advised as to the content of the Rules on Mergers
and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “PRC Mergers and Acquisition
Rules”) jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and
Administration Commission, the State Tax Administration, the State Administration of Industry and
Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) and the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange of the PRC on August 8, 2006, including the relevant provisions thereof, which
purport to require offshore special purpose entities formed for listing purposes and controlled
directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to
the listing and trading of their securities on an overseas stock exchange; the Company has received
legal advice specifically with respect to the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules from its PRC
counsel and the Company understands such legal advice;
(lxx) The issuance and sale of the Shares and the ADSs, the listing and trading of the ADSs on
the Nasdaq or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement is not and will not be, as of the date hereof or at each Time of Delivery, adversely
affected by the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules or any official clarifications, guidance,
interpretations or implementation rules in connection with or related to the PRC Mergers and
Acquisitions Rules (collectively, the “PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules and Related
Clarifications”);
(lxxi) Each of the Company and the Group Entities that were incorporated outside of the PRC
has taken, or is in the process of taking, all reasonable steps to comply with, and to ensure
compliance by each of its shareholders, option holders, directors, officers and employees and
Directed Share Participants 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 overseas 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 and Directed Share Participants 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;
(lxxii) (i) the Company is not controlled (within the meaning of the Executive Orders or
regulations promulgating such economic sanctions or the laws authorizing such promulgation) by the
government of, or any person located in, any country targeted by any of the economic sanctions
promulgated by any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States or administered by
the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”); and (ii) the
proceeds from the offering of the ADSs contemplated hereby will not be used to fund any operations
in, to finance any investments, projects or activities in, or to make any payments to, any country,
or to make any payments to, or finance any activities with, any person targeted by any of such
economic sanctions;
(lxxiii) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the
Group Entities has entered into any memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, definitive
agreement or any similar agreements with respect to a merger or consolidation or a material
acquisition or disposition of assets, technologies, business units or businesses;
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(lxxiv) There are no affiliations or associations between (A) any member of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and (B) the Company or any of the Company’s officers,
directors or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered
equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding
the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission, except as disclosed in
the Pricing Prospectus;
(lxxv) The Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or
supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in
which any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus is distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program; and no Governmental
Authorization, other than those heretofore obtained, is required in connection with the offering of
the Reserved ADSs in any jurisdiction where the Reserved ADSs are being offered;
(lxxvi) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, ADSs to any person
pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the intent to influence unlawfully (i) a customer or
supplier of the Company or any of the Group Entities to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or
type of business with the Company or any of the Group Entities, or (ii) a trade journalist or
publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of the Group
Entities or any of their respective products or services; and
(lxxvii) Each of Xxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx is a citizen of the PRC, and no application is
pending in any other jurisdiction by him or on his behalf for naturalization or citizenship.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of the Group Entities
and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering
of the ADSs shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters
covered thereby, to each of the Underwriters.
(b) The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(i) The Selling Shareholder has been duly organized, is validly existing, and is in good
standing, in its jurisdiction of organization;
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 2(a) above are
true and correct. The Selling Shareholder has reviewed the Registration Statement and Pricing
Prospectus and will review the Prospectus, and none of the Registration Statement, Pricing
Prospectus, and Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the
Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder
hereunder by any material information concerning the Company or any of the Group Entities that is
not disclosed in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus.
(iii) No Government Authorizations are required for the deposit of the Shares being deposited
with the Depositary by the Selling Shareholder against issuance of the ADSs to be
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delivered at the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), for the sale and delivery
of the ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder and for the execution and delivery by
the Selling Shareholder of this Agreement, and for the sale and delivery of the ADSs to be sold by
the Selling Shareholder hereunder, except for the registration of the Shares and the ADSs under the
Act, and any filings required under Rule 424 under the Act and as may be required under any state
securities or blue sky laws; and the Selling Shareholder has full legal right, power and authority
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver the ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder;
(iv) Each of the Selling Shareholder, Xxxxxx Networking, and Xxxxxx Computer (Shanghai) Co.,
Ltd. (“Xxxxxx Computer”) has the legal right, power and authority (corporate and other) to enter
into and perform its obligations under each of the agreements described under the captions
“Prospectus Summary – Our History and Corporate Structure”, “Prospectus Summary – Our Relationship
with Xxxxxx”, and “Our Relationship with Xxxxxx” in the Pricing Prospectus to which it is a party
(collectively, the “Restructuring and Service Agreements”) and has taken all necessary corporate
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of, and has authorized, executed and
delivered, each of the Restructuring and Service Agreements to which it is a party; and each of the
Restructuring and Service Agreements to which it is a party constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of such entity, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject,
as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium
and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles;
(v) None of Shanghai Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd. (“Xxxxxx Networking”), and any of Nanjing
Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Shengfutong Electronic Commerce Company Limited (together
with Nanjing Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd., the “Xxxxxx Networking Subsidiaries”) owns or leases
properties outside of the PRC; and none of Xxxxxx Networking and the Xxxxxx Networking Subsidiaries
needs to be duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws
of any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified;
(vi) The execution and delivery by each of the Selling Shareholder, Xxxxxx Computer, Xxxxxx
Networking and the Xxxxxx Networking Subsidiaries of, and the performance by such entity of its
obligations under, each of the Restructuring and Service Agreements to which it is a party and the
consummation by such entity 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, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which such entity is a party or by which such entity is bound or to which any of the properties or
assets of such entity is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of such entity is
subject, except where such conflict, breach, violation or default would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on any such entity; (B) result in any violation of the provisions
of the articles of association or business license of such entity; or (C) result in any violation
of any laws, regulations, rules, orders, decrees, guidelines or notices of the applicable
jurisdiction of such entity, except where such conflict, breach, violation or default would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any such entity;
(vii) Each of the Restructuring and Service Agreements is in proper legal form under the
relevant jurisdiction of each agreement for the enforcement thereof against each of the Selling
Shareholder, Xxxxxx Computer and Xxxxxx Networking, as the case may be, in the PRC without
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further action by any of the Selling Shareholder, Xxxxxx Computer or Xxxxxx Networking; and to
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of each of the
Restructuring and Service Agreements in the relevant jurisdiction, it is not necessary that any
such document be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the relevant jurisdiction
or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of any of the Restructuring and Service
Agreements;
(viii) The sale of the ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder, the deposit of
the Selling Shareholder’s Shares with the Depositary against issuance of the ADSs to be delivered
at the Time of Delivery and the compliance by the Selling Shareholder with all of the provisions of
this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) the constituent documents of the
Selling Shareholder, (ii) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, lease,
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or
instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which the Selling Shareholder may be
bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Shareholder is subject, except any
conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to materially
impair the ability of such Selling Shareholder to consummate such transactions in accordance with
such agreements, or (B) to the best of the Selling Shareholder’s knowledge after due inquiry,
result in any violation of any law, order, rule, statute, regulation, writ, injunction, judgment or
decree of any Governmental Agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Selling Shareholder or over the properties of the Selling Shareholder;
(ix) The Selling Shareholder has, and immediately prior to the Time of Delivery the Selling
Shareholder will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be represented by the ADSs to be sold
by the Selling Shareholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims; and, upon delivery of the ADSs representing such Shares against payment therefor pursuant
hereto, good and valid title to such ADSs, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims, will pass to the several Underwriters;
(x) Neither the Selling Shareholder nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or
their behalf has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or
which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Shares or the ADSs;
(xi) The ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholder under this Agreement will be freely
transferable by the Selling Shareholder to or for the respective accounts of the Underwriters and
(to the extent described in the Prospectus) to the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no
restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Shares or ADSs under the laws of the Cayman Islands,
the PRC or the United States except as described in the Pricing Prospectus under the captions
“Description of Share Capital” or “Description of American Depositary Shares”;
(xii) Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, no stamp or other issuance or transfer
taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on
behalf of the Underwriters to the government of the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands,
Hong Kong, the PRC or Singapore or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein, in connection with (A) the deposit with the Depositary of the Shares by the Selling
Shareholder against the issuance of the ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholder, (B) the sale
and delivery by the Selling Shareholder
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of the Shares and the ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholder to or for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters, (C) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares and the
ADSs to the initial purchasers thereof or (D) this Agreement or any other documents to be furnished
hereunder;
(xiii) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and withholding
provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions
herein contemplated, the Selling Shareholder will deliver to you prior to or at the First Time of
Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed United States Treasury
Department Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department
regulations in lieu thereof);
(xiv) (i) the Selling Shareholder is not controlled (within the meaning of the Executive
Orders or regulations promulgating such economic sanctions or the laws authorizing such
promulgation) by the government of, or any person located in, any country targeted by any of the
economic sanctions promulgated by any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States
or administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (the
“OFAC”); and (ii) the proceeds from the offering of the ADSs contemplated hereby will not be used
to fund any operations in, to finance any investments, projects or activities in, or to make any
payments to, any country, or to make any payments to, or finance any activities with, any person
targeted by any of such economic sanctions;
(xv) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, all amounts payable by the Selling
Shareholder under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for or on
account of any taxes imposed, assessed or levied by the Cayman Islands or the PRC or any authority
thereof or therein (except such income taxes as may otherwise be imposed by the Cayman Islands or
the PRC on payments hereunder to any Underwriter whose net income is otherwise subject to tax or
withholding by the Cayman Islands or the PRC by virtue of its conducting any direct business in the
Cayman Islands or the PRC unrelated to any transaction contemplated hereunder with respect to any
such income tax) nor are any taxes imposed in the Cayman Islands or the PRC on, or by virtue of the
execution or delivery of, such documents;
(xvi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling
Shareholder, and is enforceable against the Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms,
subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equity principles; and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility
into evidence in the Cayman Islands or the PRC of this Agreement, it is not necessary that this
Agreement be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the Cayman Islands or the PRC
or that any stamp or similar tax in the Cayman Islands or the PRC be paid on or in respect of this
Agreement or any other documents to be furnished hereunder;
(xvii) Other than this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Selling Shareholder and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Selling
Shareholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares and the ADSs to be sold by the Selling
Shareholder; and
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(xviii) Each of Tianqiao Chen, and Xxxxxx Xxxx is a citizen of the PRC, and no application is
pending in any other jurisdiction by him or on his behalf for naturalization or citizenship.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) the Company and the Selling
Shareholder agree, severally but not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling
Shareholder, at a purchase price per ADS of US$___, the number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that
the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional ADSs as provided below, the
Selling Shareholder agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Shareholder, at the purchase price
per ADS set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional ADSs as
to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate
fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional ADSs by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional ADSs which such Underwriter is entitled to
purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the
denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional ADSs that all of the Underwriters are
entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Selling Shareholder hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their
election up to Optional ADSs, at the purchase price per ADS set forth in the paragraph
above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of ADSs in excess of the number of Firm ADSs,
provided that the purchase price per Optional ADS shall be reduced by an amount per ADS equal to
any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm ADSs but not payable
on the Optional ADSs. Any such election to purchase Optional ADSs may be exercised only by written
notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this
Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional ADSs to be purchased and the date on
which such Optional ADSs are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the
First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise
agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm ADSs, the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Firm ADSs for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus
and the Japanese Prospectus.
4. (i) The ADSs to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in
such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon
at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholder, shall be
delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Shareholder to the Representatives,
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company and the Selling
Shareholder to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company and the
Selling Shareholder will cause the certificates representing the ADSs to be made available for
checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below)
with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”).
The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm ADSs, 9:30 a.m.,
New York City time, on , 2009 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the
Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional ADSs, 9:30 a.m., New York City
time, on the date
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specified by the Representatives in the written notice given by the Representatives of the
Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional ADSs, or such other time and date as the
Representatives, the Company and the Selling Shareholder may agree upon in writing. Such time and
date for delivery of the Firm ADSs is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, such time and
date for delivery of the Optional ADSs, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the
“Second Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of
Delivery”.
(ii) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties
hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the ADSs and any additional
documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof, will be delivered at the
offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 00xx Xxxxx, XXXX Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx (the “Closing Location”), and the ADSs will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such
Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at [4:00] p.m., Hong Kong time,
on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final
drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for
review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall
mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
5. (a) The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(i) To prepare the Prospectus and the Japanese Prospectus in a form approved by you and to
file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of
business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no
further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus the Japanese
Registration Statement or the Japanese Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be
disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement or the
Japanese Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus has been filed or any supplement to the Japanese Prospectus has been made and to
furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise you, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of
the ADSs, or the issuance by the KLFB or any other Japanese authority of any order preventing or
suspending the registration made under, or requiring amendment to, the Japanese Registration
Statement or the notice of a hearing from which such order may result, of the suspension of the
qualification of the ADSs for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information, or any request by the KLFB for
the amending or supplementing of the Japanese Registration Statement or Japanese Prospectus or for
additional information; in the event of such request for amendment or supplement, to provide you
and your counsel copies of any proposed amendment or supplement for review and comment a reasonable
amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement which shall
be disapproved by you; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order
preventing
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or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(ii) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify
the ADSs for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request
and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the ADSs, provided
that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation
or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(iii) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding
the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and
electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably
request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time
of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the ADSs and if at such time
any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act)
is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same
period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to notify you and
upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in
securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of
an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus
(or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales
of any of the ADSs at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon
your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as
many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus
complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(iv) Prior to the commencement of the subscription period with respect to the Japanese POWL,
from time to time, to furnish Nomura Securities with written and electronic copies of the Japanese
Prospectus in such quantities as Nomura Securities may reasonably request, and,] if the delivery of
the Japanese Prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of the earlier of three
months after the effectiveness of the Japanese Registration Statement and the time when delivery of
the Japanese Prospectus is no longer required under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and
the Japanese Rules and Regulations in connection with the Japanese POWL and if during such time any
events shall have occurred as a result of which the Japanese Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made when such Japanese Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Japanese
Prospectus in order to comply with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and the Japanese
Rules and Regulations, to notify Nomura Securities and upon its request to prepare and furnish
without charge to Nomura Securities and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic
copies as Nomura Securities may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Japanese
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Prospectus or a supplement to the Japanese Prospectus which will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance;
(v) To comply with all the applicable provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law
and the Japanese Rules and Regulations in connection with the Japanese POWL, including (but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing) the filing of all securities reports, extraordinary
reports (if any) and other periodic reports (if any), as well as the filing of any amendment to any
such reports to correct the same if such report shall contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact which is required to be stated therein or which is necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, or if the filing of such amendment is required by
the KLFB or is otherwise necessary;
(vi) To furnish to you one copy for the Representatives and one copy for United States counsel
to the Underwriters of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of
all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto) and sufficient copies of the foregoing
(other than exhibits) for distribution of a copy to each of the other Underwriters;
(vii) To furnish to you as early as practicable prior to each Time of Delivery, as the case
may be, but not later than two business days prior thereto, a copy of the latest available
unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if any, of the Company and the
Group Entities which have been read by the Company’s independent public accountants, as stated in
their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 8(xiii) hereof;
(viii) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as
defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), a consolidated earnings statement of the Company and the
Group Entities (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(ix) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date
180 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”) not to offer, sell, contract to
sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, right or
warrant to purchase, make any short sale, file a registration statement with respect to, or
otherwise dispose of (including entering into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequence of ownership interests), except as
provided hereunder, (A) any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any options or
warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable
for, or that represent the right to receive, ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any such substantially
similar securities; and (B) any ordinary shares of the Group Entities or depositary shares or
depositary receipts representing such ordinary shares, including but not limited to any securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive such ordinary
shares or such depositary shares or depositary receipts or any such substantially similar
securities (in each case other than (x) pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on the
date of this Agreement and which are described in the Pricing Prospectus, (y) upon the conversion
or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement,
or (z) pursuant to a sale or transfer to an affiliate, provided that such affiliate agrees to be
bound, in a writing satisfactory to you, to the restrictions set forth therein), without your prior
written consent; except for the ADSs and the Ordinary Shares
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underlying such ADSs to be sold under this Agreement; provided, however, that if (1) during
the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or announces
material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the
Company announces, that the Company will release earnings results during the 16-day period
following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be
automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release
of the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable,
unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension; and the Company will provide the
Representatives and each shareholder subject to the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the lockup letters
described in Section 8(xx) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an
extension of the Lock-Up Period;
(x) During the Lock-Up Period, to cause each of the Group Entities not to offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell,
right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale, file a registration statement with respect to
any of the ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, or otherwise dispose of (including entering into any
swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequence of ownership interests), except as provided hereunder and under this Agreement: (A) any
ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the ADSs
or Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, ADSs or Ordinary Shares or any such
substantially similar securities; and (B) any ordinary shares of such Group Entity or any other
Group Entity or depositary shares or depositary receipts representing such ordinary shares,
including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for or that
represent the right to receive such ordinary shares or such depositary shares or depositary
receipts or any such substantially similar securities (in each case other than (x) pursuant to
employee stock option plans existing on the date of this Agreement and which are described in the
Pricing Prospectus, (y) upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, or (z) pursuant to a sale or transfer to an
affiliate, provided that such affiliate agrees to be bound, in a writing satisfactory to you, to
the restrictions set forth therein), without your prior written consent; provided, however, that if
(1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or
announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up
Period, the Company announces, that the Company will release earnings results during the 16-day
period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period
will be automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of
release of the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as
applicable, unless the Representatives waives, in writing, such extension; and the Company will
provide the Representatives and each shareholder subject to the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the
lockup letters described in Section 8(xx) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives
rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period;
(xi) Other than in connection with the exercise of stock options issued under the Company’s
share incentive plan by non-management employees, not to facilitate any shareholder’s conversion of
Ordinary Shares to ADSs during the Lock-Up Period (including any automatic extension thereof as
contemplated in Sections 5(ix) and (x) above) 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;
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(xii) 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”);
(xiii) To advise you promptly, and if requested by you, confirm such advice in writing, so
long as a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of ADSs, of
(A) any material change in the general affairs, management, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and the Group Entities, (B) any change in information contained in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses, or (C) any new material information relating to the Company, or, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, relating to any other matter stated in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses;
(xiv) To furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year
an annual report (in English) (including a balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders’
equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries prepared in conformity with
US GAAP and certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end
of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its shareholders
consolidated summary financial information of the Company and the Group Entities for such quarter
in reasonable detail;
(xv) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to
furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
shareholders, and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange
on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information
concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time
reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the
accounts of the Company and the Group Entities are consolidated in reports furnished to its
shareholders generally or to the Commission); provided, however, that in each case the Company will
have no obligation to deliver such reports or other communications (financial or other) to the
extent they are publicly available on the Company’s website or the Commission’s XXXXX internet
database.
(xvi) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the ADSs pursuant to this
Agreement (the “Proceeds”) in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus
under the caption “Use of Proceeds” and in a manner such that the Company will be in compliance
with any applicable laws, rules and regulations of any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over
the Company or the Group Entities;
(xvii) (i) The Proceeds 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 the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”) or for the
purpose of financing
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the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the OFAC;
(ii) to use the Proceeds 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. 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;
(xviii) Prior to each Time of Delivery, to deposit Ordinary Shares with the Depositary in
accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and otherwise to comply with the Deposit
Agreement so that ADRs evidencing ADSs will be executed (and, if applicable, countersigned) and
issued by the Depositary against receipt of such Ordinary Shares and delivered to the Underwriters
at such Time of Delivery;
(xix) Not to (and to cause the Group Entities not to) take, directly or indirectly, any action
which is designed to or which constitutes or which would reasonably be expected to cause or result
in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or facilitate the sale
or resale of the Shares and the ADSs;
(xx) To use its best efforts to include the ADSs for listing on the Nasdaq;
(xxi) To file all documents required to be filed by the Commission pursuant to the Exchange
Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, including such information on Form 20-F as may be required by Rule 463 under
the Act;
(xxii) 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 Time of Delivery 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;
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(xxiii) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such
Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for
use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the
on-line offering of the 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;
(xxiv) To indemnify and hold each of the Underwriters harmless against any documentary, stamp
or similar issuance or transfer taxes, duties or fees and any transaction levies, commissions or
brokerage charges, including any interest and penalties, which are or may be required to be paid in
connection with the creation, allotment, issuance, offer and distribution of the Shares and ADSs to
be sold by the Company and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be responsible for any such taxes, duties, fees,
levies or charges that arise as a result of the distribution of the Shares and ADSs by the
Underwriters in a manner other than that as is reasonable in such transactions. For the avoidance
of doubt, this indemnity does not extend to any income tax assessed on the net income of the
Underwriters in their home jurisdiction;
(xxv) To comply with Rule 433(d) under the Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under the Act)
and with Rule 433(g) under the Act;
(xxvi) Prior to each Time of Delivery, to issue no press release or other communication
directly or indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company or any of 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 your
prior consent;
(xxvii) In the event that the Selling Shareholder breaches its commitment to sell ADSs
pursuant to the terms of this Underwriting Agreement, the Company will sell to the Underwriters
additional ADSs in the same number as the ADSs committed to be sold by the Selling Shareholder
pursuant the terms of this Underwriting Agreement but not sold by the Selling Shareholder;
(xxviii) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to, directly or
indirectly, offer or sell any Shares or ADSs by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of
the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Shares or ADSs, in each case other than the
Prospectus; and
(xxix) To use its best efforts not to take any action that would result in the Company
becoming a PFIC in the future
(b) The Selling Shareholder agrees with each of the Underwriters:
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(i) Prior to the Time of Delivery applicable to the Selling Shareholder, to deposit, Ordinary
Shares with the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and otherwise
to comply with the Deposit Agreement so that the ADSs will be executed (and, if applicable,
countersigned) and issued by the Depositary against receipt of such Ordinary Shares and delivered
to the Underwriters at such Time of Delivery;
(ii) Not to (and to cause its affiliates over which it can exercise control not to) take,
directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which constitutes or which might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company or facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or the ADSs;
(iii) To deliver to the Representatives prior to or at the First Time of Delivery a properly
completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form or
statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to facilitate
the Underwriters’ documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions
of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein
contemplated;
(iv) To indemnify and hold each of the Underwriters harmless against any documentary, stamp or
similar issuance or transfer taxes, duties or fees and any transaction levies, commissions or
brokerage charges, including any interest and penalties, which are or may be required to be paid in
connection with the creation, allotment, issuance, offer and distribution of the Shares and ADSs to
be sold by the Selling Shareholder and the execution and delivery of this Agreement; provided,
however, that the Selling Shareholder shall not be responsible for any such taxes, duties, fees,
levies or charges that arise as a result of the distribution of the above referenced Shares and
ADSs by any Underwriters in a manner other than that as is reasonable in such transactions; for the
avoidance of doubt, this indemnity does not extend to any income tax assessed on the net income of
any Underwriter where the net income of such Underwriter is otherwise subject to income tax in the
Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands or the PRC by virtue of its conducting any direct
business in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands or the PRC unrelated to any transaction
contemplated hereunder with respect to any such income tax;
(v) The 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;
(vi) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date
180 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”) not to offer, sell, contract to
sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, right or
warrant to purchase, make any short sale, file a registration statement with respect to, or
otherwise dispose of (including entering into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequence of ownership interests), except as
provided hereunder any ADSs or Ordinary Shares or securities of the Company that are substantially
similar to the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to
purchase Ordinary Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that
represent the right to receive, ADSs or
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Ordinary Shares or any such substantially similar securities, without your prior written
consent, except for the ADSs and the Ordinary Shares underlying such ADSs to be sold under this
Agreement; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the Company releases earnings results or announces material news or a material event or (2) prior
to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces, that the Company will
release earnings results during the 16-day period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of
the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the announcement of
the material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing,
such extension; and the Company will provide the Representatives and each shareholder subject to
the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 8(r) with prior notice of
any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period;
(vii) (i) The net proceeds received by it 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 the United States Treasury
Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”) or for the purpose of financing the
activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the OFAC; (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. The Selling Shareholder 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 Selling Shareholder’s representations and obligations under this paragraph.
6. (i) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the
Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares and the ADSs
that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; the Selling
Shareholder represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives and the
Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares and the ADSs that would
constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Underwriter
represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, the Selling Shareholder and
the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares and the
ADSs that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of
which has been consented to by the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Representatives is
listed on Schedule III hereto;
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(ii) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees
that it will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file
with the Commission any electronic road show; and
(iii) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and,
if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or
omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein.
7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or
cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel
and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters,
this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and
any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares;
(iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under
state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue
Sky survey (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the NADSAQ Global
Select Market; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with, any required review by the FINRA of the terms of the sale of the
Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer
agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel,
stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected
with any offers they may make.
8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, (i) as to the Firm ADSs to be delivered at
the First Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholder
herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, and the condition that the
Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have performed all of its and their respective
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and (ii) as to the Optional ADSs to be delivered
at the Second Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all
representations and warranties
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and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and
correct, and the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(i) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under
the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the
applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; if the Company has elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop
order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
shall have been initiated or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened
by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall
have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction; the registration made under the Japanese
Registration Statement shall have become effective pursuant to the Financial Instruments and
Exchange Law and the Japanese Rules and Regulations no later than September [•], 2009 and shall
have remained effective at the Time of Delivery; and no order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration, and no notice of a hearing from which an order suspending such effectiveness may
result, shall have been issued on or before the Time of Delivery;
(ii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
furnished to you such written opinion and letter, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as
they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(iii) Commerce & Finance Law Offices, PRC counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished
to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(iv) Gaikokuho Kyodo-Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho Linklaters, Japan counsel for the Underwriters,
shall have furnished to you such written opinion and letter, dated such Time of Delivery, in form
and substance satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information
as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(v) Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States counsel for the Company and the Selling
Shareholder, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto;
(vi) Jade & Fountain, PRC counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholder, shall have
furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B attached
hereto;
(vii) Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands counsel for the
Company and the Selling Shareholder, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such
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Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, substantially to the effect set
forth in Exhibit C attached hereto;
(viii) Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Singapore counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you
their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto;
(ix) Xxx, Xxx & Xxx LLC, Republic of Korea counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to
you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto;
(x) Xxxxxxxxx and May, Hong Kong counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit F attached hereto;
(xi) Xxxxxxxx Mori and Tomotsune, Japan counsel for the Company shall have furnished to you
their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit G attached hereto
(xii) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Associates LLC, counsel for the Depositary, shall have furnished to
you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit H attached hereto;
(xiii) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at
9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement, and at each Time of
Delivery, PwC shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of
delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex
I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is
attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the effective
date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery
is attached as Annex I(b) hereto);
(xiv) No Preliminary Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus,
the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been filed to which you shall have objected in
writing;
(xv) (i) Neither the Company nor any of the Group Entities shall have sustained since the date
of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus, there shall not have
been any change in the share capital or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Group Entities
or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general
affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and the Group Entities, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing
Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your
judgment so material and adverse as to make it
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impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares
represented by ADSs being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(xvi) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i)
a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on Nasdaq, the New York
Stock Exchange, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the London Stock Exchange or the Tokyo
Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on
the Nasdaq; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York, London, Tokyo,
Hong Kong, the PRC or the Cayman Islands declared by the relevant authorities, or a material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United
States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, the PRC or the Cayman Islands; (iv) a change or
development involving a prospective change in taxation affecting the Company, any of the Group
Entities or the Shares or the ADSs or the transfer thereof; (v) the enactment, publication, decree
or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any Governmental Agency
materially affecting the business or operations of the Company or the Group Entities; (vi) the
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, the United
Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, the PRC or the Cayman Islands or the declaration by the United States,
the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the PRC or the Cayman Islands of a national emergency or war; or
(vii) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or
economic conditions or currency exchange rates or controls in the United States, the United
Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, the PRC, the Cayman Islands or elsewhere, if the effect of any such
event specified in clauses (v), (vi) or (vii), in the sole judgment of the Representatives, makes
it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares
and the ADSs being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Prospectus;
(xvii) The FINRA shall have confirmed in writing that it has not raised any objection with
respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements;
(xviii) The ADSs to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholder at such Time of
Delivery shall have been duly listed on the Nasdaq, subject to notice of issuance;
(xix) The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of
Delivery certificates satisfactory to you evidencing the deposit with it of the Shares being so
deposited against issuance of ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be delivered by the Company and the
Selling Shareholder at such Time of Delivery, and the execution, countersignature (if applicable),
issuance and delivery of ADRs evidencing such ADSs pursuant to the Deposit Agreement;
(xx) Each party set forth in Annex II attached hereto shall have entered into an
agreement (each a “Lock-Up Agreement”) in the form attached as Annex III hereto;
(xxi) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect
to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this
Agreement;
(xxii) The Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and the Selling
Shareholder, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties
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of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, herein at and as of such Time
of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder
to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may
reasonably request, including, without limitation, certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to you with respect to the memorandum and articles of association and other
organizational documents of the Company, all resolutions of the board of directors of the Company
and other corporate actions relating to this Agreement and the authorization, issue and sale of the
Shares and ADSs and the incumbency and specimen signatures of signing officers, and the Company
shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to such other matters as you may reasonably
request;
(xxiii) There shall not be any litigation, proceedings, investigations, processes for
administrative sanctions or other actions initiated or threatened by any Governmental Agency, in
each case with due authority, against or involving any party hereto, in the PRC or elsewhere, that
seeks to declare non-compliance, unlawful or illegal, under PRC laws, rules and regulations or
otherwise, the issuance and sales of the Shares and ADSs, the listing and trading of the ADSs on
the Nasdaq or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement; and
(xxiv) There shall not be any adverse legislative or regulatory developments related to the PRC
Mergers and Acquisitions Rules and Related Clarifications which in the sole judgment of the
Representatives would make it inadvisable or impractical to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Shares and the ADSs being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in this Agreement (including any such development that results in either
PRC counsel for the Company or PRC counsel for the Underwriters not being able to confirm, on the
date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement and at such Time of
Delivery, the respective opinions of such counsel).
9. (i) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the
Japanese Registration Statement or the Japanese Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or on behalf of
or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Directed Share Participants in connection
with the Directed Share Program, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, (iii) is or was caused by the failure of any Directed Share Participant to
pay for and accept
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delivery of Reserved Shares that the Directed Share Participant has agreed to purchase, or
(iv) otherwise arises out of or is based upon the Directed Share Program, and will reimburse each
Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection
with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that with respect to clause (i) of this paragraph, the Company shall not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the Japanese Registration Statement or
the Japanese Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(ii) The Selling Shareholder will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, the Japanese Registration Statement or the Japanese Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared
by or on behalf of or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Directed Share
Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) is or was caused by the failure of
any Directed Share Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Reserved Shares that the Directed
Share Participant has agreed to purchase, or (iv) otherwise arises out of or is based upon the
Directed Share Program, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that with respect to clause (i)
of this paragraph, the Selling Shareholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the
ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the Japanese Registration Statement or the Japanese Prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein; provided that none of the Underwriters shall be entitled
to seek indemnification under this subsection 9(ii) from the Selling Shareholder unless both of the
following conditions are met: (a) the Underwriter shall first have sought indemnity from the
Company in writing under subsection 9(i) and (b) the Company has not satisfied such request 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
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qualification
from its independent public accountants, or announced that there is considerable doubt
that it will be able to continue as a going concern.
(iii) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and the Selling Shareholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company
and the Selling Shareholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and the Selling Shareholder for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company and the Selling Shareholder in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(iv) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsections 9(i), 9(ii) or 9(iii)
above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying
party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party,
in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the
settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending
or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or
claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (y) includes an unconditional release of the
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (z) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(v) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections 9(i), 9(ii) or 9(iii) above in respect of any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as
a result
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of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
ADSs. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted
by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection
9(iv) above, 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 Shareholder on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Shareholder 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 of the ADSs purchased hereunder (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the ADSs
purchased hereunder, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholder on the one hand or
the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling
Shareholder and each of the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this subsection 9(v) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection
9(v). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection 9(v)
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 9(v), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the ADSs underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection 9(v) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(vi) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholder under this Section 9 shall be
in addition to any liability which the Company and the Selling Shareholder may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter; and
the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability
which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her
consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and
the Selling Shareholder and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling
Shareholder within the meaning of the Act.
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10. (i) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the ADSs which it has
agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or
another party or other parties to purchase such ADSs on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such
ADSs, then the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to
purchase such ADSs on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you
notify the Company and the Selling Shareholder that you have so arranged for the purchase of such
ADSs, or the Company and the Selling Shareholder notifies you that they have so arranged for the
purchase of such ADSs, you or the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have the right to
postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect
whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or
in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be
made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to
this Agreement with respect to such ADSs.
(ii) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the ADSs of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Shareholder as provided in
subsection (i) above, the aggregate number of such ADSs which remains unpurchased does not exceed
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the ADSs to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then
the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have the right to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase the number of ADSs which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at
such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its
pro rata share (based on the number of ADSs which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of
the ADSs of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(iii) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the ADSs of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Shareholder as provided in
subsection (i) above, the aggregate number of such ADSs which remains unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the ADSs to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or
if the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall not exercise the right described in subsection
(ii) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase ADSs of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company or the Selling Shareholder to sell the Optional
ADSs) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or
the Company and the Selling Shareholder, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company, the
Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The respective indemnities and contribution provisions in Section 9, and the agreements,
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the
several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively,
pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
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investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, the Company, or the Selling Shareholder,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of the
Selling Shareholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the ADSs.
12. (i) This Agreement shall become effective when the parties hereto have executed and
delivered this Agreement.
(ii) If the Representatives elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 12,
the Company, the Selling Shareholder and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly in
writing.
(iii) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company
nor the Selling Shareholder shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided
in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any ADSs are not delivered by or on
behalf of the Company and the Selling Shareholder as provided herein, the Company and the Selling
Shareholder will, upon the occurrence of any failure to complete the sale and delivery of the ADSs,
promptly (and, in any event, not later than 30 days), joint and severally, reimburse the
Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees
and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for
the purchase, sale and delivery of the ADSs not so delivered, but the Company and the Selling
Shareholder shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the ADSs not
so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement
on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you. All statements, requests, notices and
agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the Representatives at Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C.,
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center, 2 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, facsimile number: (000)
0000-0000, Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department; if to the Company shall be delivered or
sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Chief Financial Officer; if to the Selling Shareholder shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Xxxxxx Interactive Entertainment
Limited, 000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, People’s Republic of China, Attention: Chief
Financial Officer; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(iv)
hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at
its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire,
which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon request; provided, further, that notices
under Sections 5(a)(ix) and 5(a)(x) hereof shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representative at Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Control Room. Any such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Selling
Shareholder, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as
well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective
clients.
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14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the
Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholder and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11
hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, the
Selling Shareholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of
this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the ADSs from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor
or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or
proceeding against the Company or the Selling Shareholder brought by any Underwriter or by any
person who controls any Underwriter arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, New York (each a “New York Court”), (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may
effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any
such proceeding and (iii) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit,
action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder irrevocably waives any
immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including
sovereign immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution) in
any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based on this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby which is instituted in any New York Court. Each of the Company and
the Selling Shareholder has appointed CT Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any such action
arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be
instituted in any New York Court by any Underwriter or by any person who controls any Underwriter,
expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives
any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such
appointments shall be irrevocable. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder represents and
warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service of process and
agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments,
that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid; provided
that if for any reason the Authorized Agent named above ceases to act as Authorized Agent hereunder
for the Company and the Selling Shareholder, the Company and the Selling Shareholder will appoint
another person acceptable to the Representatives in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
New York, as Authorized Agent. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of
such service to the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall be deemed, in every respect,
effective service of process upon the Company and the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be.
16. In respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due hereunder that is
expressed and paid in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than United States dollars, the
Company and the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, will indemnify each Underwriter against
any loss incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of
exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the
purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the rate of exchange at which an Underwriter is able to
purchase United States dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by such
Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the
Company and the Selling Shareholder and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and
costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into United States
dollars.
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17. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day”
shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
18. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that (i) the
purchase and sale of the ADSs pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction
between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in
connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting
solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Selling Shareholder,
(iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or
the Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading
thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company
or the Selling Shareholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or the Selling
Shareholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) each of the
Company and the Selling Shareholder has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the
extent it deemed appropriate. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder agrees that it will
not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or
respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or the Selling Shareholder, in
connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
19. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Company, the Selling Shareholder
and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
20. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
21. Each of the Company, the Selling Shareholder and each of the Underwriters hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
22. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
23. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to disclose to
any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential
transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided
to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any
limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure
shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to
enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to
any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us seven
counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters,
this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the
Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder. It is understood that your acceptance of
this
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letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form
of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company and the
Selling Shareholder for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the
authority of the signers thereof.
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Very truly yours, XXXXXX GAMES LIMITED |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXXX INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXXX SDG INVESTMENT LIMITED |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
SIGNATURE PAGE TO UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Accepted as of the date hereof on behalf of each of the Underwriters
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the U.S. Representatives of the several U.S. Underwriters
XXXXXXX XXXXX (ASIA) L.L.C.
By: |
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Title: |
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
By: |
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Title: |
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the International Representatives of the several
International Underwriters
XXXXXXX XXXXX (ASIA) L.L.C.
By: |
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Title: |
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LTD.
By: |
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Title: |
2
SCHEDULE I
U.S. Syndicate
Number of Optional | ||||||||
ADSs to be | ||||||||
Total Number of | Purchased if | |||||||
Firm ADSs to be | Maximum Option | |||||||
Underwriter | Purchased | Exercised | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Nomura
International (Hong Kong) Limited |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Total |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
SCH-I
SCHEDULE II
International Syndicate
Number of Optional | ||||||||
ADSs to be | ||||||||
Total Number of | Purchased if | |||||||
Firm ADSs to be | Maximum Option | |||||||
Underwriter | Purchased | Exercised | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Ltd. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
Total |
[•] | [•] | ||||||
SCH-II
SCHEDULE III
(a) | Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package: [Electronic roadshow presentation, available at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx] | |
(b) | Materials and information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package: | |
Pricing Information: US$ per ADS | ||
[Issuer Free Writing Prospectus: The Free Writing Prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission on [•], 2009] |
SCH-III
ANNEX I
COMFORT LETTER
Annex I(a): Executed Copy of Comfort Letter Delivered
[Attached hereto]
Annex I(b): Form of Comfort Letter to be Delivered
[Attached hereto]
ANNEX I-1
ANNEX II
PARTIES TO EXECUTE LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
• Xxxxxx Interactive Entertainment Limited
• Xxxxxx SDG Investment Limited
• Xxxxx Xx
• Hai Ling
• Xxxxxxx Xxx
• Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
• Xxxxxxx Xxx
• Xxxxxx SDG Investment Limited
• Xxxxx Xx
• Hai Ling
• Xxxxxxx Xxx
• Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
• Xxxxxxx Xxx
ANNEX II-1
ANNEX III
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
Xxxxxx Games Limited
Lock-Up Agreement
,
2009
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Asia) L.L.C.
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Central, Hong Kong
68th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Central, Hong Kong
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
and
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Ltd.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I and Schedule II hereto,
Re: Xxxxxx Games Limited – Lock-Up Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as representatives (the “Representatives”), proposes to
enter into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) on behalf of the several
underwriters named in Schedule I and Schedule II to such agreement (collectively,
the “Underwriters”), with Xxxxxx Games Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the
“Company”), and certain other parties named in such agreement, providing for a public offering of
American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) representing Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par
value US$0.01 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”, together with the Class B ordinary shares
of the Company, par value US$0.01 per share, the “Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to a Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-161708) and a Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No.
333-161901) to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell the ADSs, and of other
good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
undersigned agrees that, during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up
Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any
ADSs or
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Ordinary Shares or any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the ADSs
or Ordinary Shares of the Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any ADSs or Ordinary
Shares of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the
right to receive ADSs or Ordinary Shares of the Company, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired,
owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the
undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the
“Undersigned’s Shares”). The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned
from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be
expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares even if such
Undersigned’s Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited
hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale
or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of
the Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any
significant part of its value from such Undersigned’s Shares.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue
for 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the ADSs
(the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that if (1)
during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or
announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up
Period, the Company announces that it will, or the Representatives determine that the Company will,
release earnings results during the 16-day period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of
the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the announcement of
the material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing,
such extension.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement
to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period
pursuant to the previous paragraph to the undersigned (in accordance with Section 13 of the
Underwriting Agreement) and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have
been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior
to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this
Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the
34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the
Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received
written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended
pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (i) as a
bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by
the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the
undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust
agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any
such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, or (iii) with the prior written consent of
the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement,
“immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than
first cousin. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the
corporation may transfer the share capital of the Company to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such
corporation; provided, however,
ANNEX III-2
that in any such case, it shall be a condition to
the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and
holding such share capital subject to the provisions of this Agreement and there shall be no
further transfer of such share capital except in accordance with this Agreement, and provided
further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. The undersigned now has,
and, except as contemplated by clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above, for the duration of this Lock-Up
Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry
of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar and the depositary
for the ADSs against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the
foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this
Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the offering. The undersigned further
understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s
heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
Very truly yours, | ||||
ANNEX III-3