UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT between SUNITY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED (a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company) and RODMAN & RENSHAW, LLC as Representative [__________] American Depositary Shares Representing [_______] Ordinary Shares ($0.001...
between
XXXXXX
ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
(a Cayman
Islands exempted limited liability company)
and
XXXXXX
& XXXXXXX, LLC
as
Representative
[__________]
American Depositary Shares
Representing
[_______] Ordinary Shares ($0.001 par value)
XXXXXX
ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
___________
__, 2011
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
1251
Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, Xxxxxx Online
Entertainment Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability
company (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without
limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration Statement
(as hereinafter defined) as being subsidiaries or affiliates of the Company, the
“Company”), hereby
confirms its agreement with Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC (hereinafter referred to
as “you” (including its
correlatives) or the “Representative”) and with the other underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto for which the Representative is acting as
representative (the Representative and such other underwriter or underwriters
being collectively called the “Underwriters” or, individually, an “Underwriter”) as
follows:
1.
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Purchase and Sale of
Securities.
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1.1 Firm
Securities.
1.1.1.
Nature and
Purchase of Firm Securities.
(i) On
the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell,
severally and not jointly, to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of [●]
American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing [●]
ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share (the “Ordinary
Shares”). The foregoing number of ADSs and underlying Ordinary
Shares are herein referred to as the “Firm Securities”.
(ii) The
Underwriters, severally and not jointly,
agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite their respective names on
Schedule
1 attached hereto and made a part
hereof at a purchase price (net of discounts and commissions) of [●] per
ADS [94.5% of the per ADS offering price]. The Firm Securities are to be offered
initially to the public (the “Offering”) at the offering
price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined in Section 2.1.1
hereof).
1.1.2. Payment and
Delivery.
(i) Delivery
and payment for the Firm Securities shall be made at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time,
on the third (3rd)
Business Day following the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2.1.2(c) below) (or the fourth
(4th)
Business Day following the Effective Date, if the Registration Statement is
declared effective after 4:30 p.m.) or at such earlier time as shall be agreed
upon by the Representative and the Company at the offices of Xxxxxxxxxx &
Xxxxx LLP counsel to the Underwriters (“R&P”), or at such other
place (or remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be
agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The hour and date of delivery
and payment for the Firm Securities is called the “Closing Date.”
(ii) Payment
for the Firm Securities shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in
Federal (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery of
the certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters)
representing the Firm Securities (or through the facilities of the Depositary
Trust Company (“DTC”))
and the Depositary under the Deposit Agreement, for the account of the
Underwriters. The Firm Securities shall be registered in such name or names and
in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request on the
Closing Date or settlement date (if different from the Closing Date). The
Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Securities except
upon tender of payment by the Representative for all the Firm
Securities. The term “Business Day” means any day
other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York
City.
(iii) The
Ordinary Shares underlying the Securities (defined below) to be purchased by the
Underwriters hereunder will be deposited pursuant to the Deposit Agreement,
dated as of [●] (the “Deposit
Agreement”), entered into among the Company, The Bank of New York, as
depositary (the “Depositary”) and all holders
from time to time of the ADSs. Upon deposit of any Ordinary Shares,
the Depositary will issue ADSs representing the Ordinary Shares so
deposited. The ADSs will be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
(the “ADRs”). Each ADS
will represent [●] Ordinary Shares and each ADR may represent any number of
ADSs. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Securities” shall be deemed to
refer to Ordinary Shares as well as, in each case, to any ADSs representing such
securities and the ADRs evidencing such ADSs.
1.2 Over-allotment
Option.
1.2.1. Option
Securities. For the purposes of covering any over-allotments
in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Securities, the
Underwriters are hereby granted, an option to purchase up to [●] ADSs
representing fifteen (15%) percent of the Firm Securities sold in the offering
from the Company (the “Over-allotment Option”). Such
additional [●] ADSs, the net proceeds
of which will be deposited with the Company’s account, are hereinafter referred
to as “Option
Securities.” The purchase price to be paid for the Option Securities will
be the same price per ADS as the Firm Securities offering price set forth in
Section 1.1.1 hereof. The Firm Securities and the Option Securities are
hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Public Securities.”
1.2.2. Exercise of
Option. The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section
1.2.1 hereof may be exercised by the Representative as to all (at any time) or
any part (from time to time) of the Option Securities within 45 days after the
Effective Date. The Underwriters will not be under any obligation to
purchase any Option Securities prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment
Option. The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving
of oral notice to the Company from the Representative, which must be confirmed
in writing by overnight mail or facsimile or other electronic transmission
setting forth the number of Option Securities to be purchased and the date and
time for delivery of and payment for the Option Securities (the “Option Closing Date”), which
will not be later than five (5) full Business Days after the date of the notice
or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the
Representative, at the offices of R&P or at such other place
(including remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be
agreed upon by the Company and the Representative. If such delivery and payment
for the Option Securities does not occur on the Closing Date, the Option Closing
Date will be as set forth in the notice. Upon exercise of the Over-allotment
Option, the Company will become obligated to convey to the Underwriters, and,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters will
become obligated to purchase, the number of Option Securities specified in such
notice.
1.2.3. Payment and
Delivery. Payment for the Option Securities will be made on
the Option Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds as follows:
$[●] per ADS, [94.5 % of the ADS offering price for the Firm Securities],
payable to the order of the Company upon delivery to you of certificates (in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Option
Securities (or through the facilities of DTC and the Depositary pursuant to the
Deposit Agreement) for the account of the Underwriters. The Option Securities
shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations
as the Representative may request in writing at least two (2) full Business Days
prior to the Option Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or
deliver the Option Securities except upon tender of payment by the
Representative for applicable Option Securities.
1.3 Representative’s
Warrant.
1.3.1. Warrant. The Company
hereby agrees to issue to the Representative (and/or its designees) on the
Closing Date a warrant (“Representative’s Warrant”) for
the purchase of an aggregate of [●] ADSs representing [●] Ordinary Shares [3.0%
of the Firm Securities] for an aggregate purchase price of $100.00. The
Representative’s Warrant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A shall
be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is one year from
the Effective Date and expiring on the three-year anniversary of the Effective
Date at an initial exercise price per ADS of $[●], which is equal to 125% of the
initial public offering price of the Firm Securities. The Representative’s
Warrant and the ADSs issuable upon exercise thereof are sometimes hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Representative’s Securities.” The
Representative understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions
pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Representative’s Warrant
and the underlying ADSs during the first year after the Effective Date and by
its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not, sell, transfer, assign,
pledge or hypothecate the Representative’s Warrant, or any portion thereof, or
be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction
that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a
period of one year following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) an
Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or (ii) a bona
fide officer or partner of the Representative or of any such Underwriter or
selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up
restrictions.
1.3.2. Delivery and Payment.
Delivery and payment for the Representative’s Warrant shall be made on the
Closing Date and shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized
denominations as the Representative may request.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to the Underwriters as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the
Closing Date and as of the Option Closing Date, if any, as follows:
2.1 Filing of Registration
Statement.
2.1.1.
Pursuant to the
Act.
(a) The
Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration
statement and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form F-1 (File No.
333-169515), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the
registration of the Public Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”),
which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by
the Company and conform, in all material respects, with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under
the Act (the “Regulations”). Except
as the context may otherwise require, such registration statement on file with
the Commission at the time the registration statement becomes effective
(including the prospectus, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all
other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all
information deemed to be a part thereof as of the Effective Date pursuant to
paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Regulations), is referred to herein as the
“Registration
Statement.”
(b) The
Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration
statement and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form F-6 (File No.
333-__________), including any material incorporated by reference therein, for
the registration of the ADSs under the Act (“ADS Registration Statement”),
which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by
the Company in all material respects in conformity with the requirements of the
Act and Regulations.
(c) The
final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in the
Offering, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.”
(d) The
ADS Registration Statement and the Registration Statement have been declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the date hereof. “Applicable Time” means [___
am/pm on _________________, 20__], on the Effective Date or such other time as
agreed to by the Company and the Representative.
2.1.2. Pursuant to the Exchange
Act. The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A
(File Number 000-___) providing for the registration under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the ADSs.
The registration of the ADSs under the Exchange Act has been declared effective
by the Commission on the date hereof.
2.1.3. Registration under the
Exchange Act. The Public Securities, are registered pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action
designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
the Public Securities under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration
except as described in the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement
and Prospectus.
2.1.4. Listing on
Nasdaq. The ADSs have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq
Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
listing of the Public Securities on Nasdaq nor has the Company received any
notification that Nasdaq is contemplating revoking or withdrawing approval for
listing of the Public Securities.
2.2 No Stop Orders,
etc. Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge,
any state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the
use of the preliminary Prospectus (“Preliminary Prospectus”), the
Prospectus or the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement or has
instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute any
proceedings with respect to such an order.
2.3 Disclosures in Registration
Statement.
2.3.1. 10b-5
Representation. At the respective times the Registration
Statement, and any post-effective amendments thereto become effective, and as of
the date of the Prospectus (and at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date,
if any):
(i) The
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments thereto
did and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated
therein in accordance with the Act and the Regulations, and will in all material
respects conform to the requirements of the Act and the
Regulations.
(ii) Neither
the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus, nor any amendment or supplement
thereto, on such dates, do or will contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The representation and warranty made in
this Section 2.3.1(ii) does not apply to statements made or statements omitted
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to the
Underwriters furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or
on behalf of any of the Underwriters consists solely of the following disclosure
contained in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus: (A) the first
paragraph, (B) all paragraphs under the heading “Foreign Regulatory Restrictions
on Purchase of the Ordinary Shares” and (C) all paragraphs under the heading
“Notice to Canadian Investors” (collectively, the “Underwriter’s
Information”).
(iii) (a)
The disclosure schedules to this Agreement, and (b) the road show presentation
and materials, when taken together as a whole with this Agreement and schedules
(collectively, the “Disclosure
Materials”), do not contain 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from the Disclosure Materials based upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter
consists of the Underwriter’s Information described as such in Section 2.3.1(ii)
hereof.
(iv) Each
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (defined in Section 3.2.4 below) does not
include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the
Disclosure Materials. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter’s Information described as such in Section 2.3.1(ii)
hereof.
2.3.2. Disclosure of
Agreements. Each contract or document which has been described
in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement has been described accurately,
in all material respects, and there are no agreements or other documents
required by the Act and the Regulations to be described in the Prospectus or the
Registration Statement or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement
or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is
a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is
referred to in the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s
business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in
full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the
Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in
accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or
contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities
laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to
the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be
brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the
Company, and neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge,
any other party is in default thereunder and, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the
Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of
such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing
applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental
agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its assets or businesses.
2.3.3. Prior Securities
Transactions. No securities of the Company have been sold by
the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, as set
forth on Schedule
I attached hereto, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement.
2.3.4. Regulations. The
disclosures in the Registration Statement concerning the effects of Federal,
State, local and all foreign regulation on the Company’s business as currently
contemplated are correct in all material respects.
2.4 Changes After Dates in
Registration Statement.
2.4.1. No Material Adverse
Change. Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise
specifically stated therein: (i) there has been no material adverse change
in the condition, financial or otherwise, or business prospects of the Company;
(ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company,
other than as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement;
and (iii) no executive officer or director of the Company has resigned from
his or her position with the Company.
2.4.2. Recent Securities
Transactions, etc. Subsequent to the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and
except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has not, other than with
respect to options to purchase ADSs at an exercise price equal to the then fair
market price of the ADSs, as determined by the Company’s board of directors,
granted to employees, consultants or service providers: (i) issued any
securities or incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, for borrowed money other than in the ordinary course of business; or
(ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in
respect to its capital stock.
2.5 Independent
Accountants. To the knowledge of the Company, Xxxxxxx Parks
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP (“GPKM”), whose report is filed
with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, are independent
registered public accountants as required by the Act and the Regulations.
GPKM has not,
during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the
Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used
in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.
2.6 Financial Statements,
etc. The financial statements, including the notes thereto and
supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
fairly present the financial position and the results of operations of the
Company at the dates and for the periods to which they apply; and such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”),
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed
therein; and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement
present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The Registration
Statement discloses all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements,
obligations (including contingent obligations), and other relationships of the
Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material
current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in
financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures,
capital resources, or significant components of revenues or
expenses. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including each entity disclosed or described in the Registration
Statement as being a subsidiary of the Company (each a “Subsidiary” and together the
“Subsidiaries”), has
incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or
entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of
business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any
distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; (c) there has not
been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any grants under any stock compensation plan and, (d) there has not been any
material adverse change in the Company’s long-term or short-term
debt.
2.7 Authorized Capital; Options,
etc. The Company had, at the date or dates indicated in the
Prospectus, the duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Based on the assumptions
stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company will have
on the Closing Date the adjusted stock capitalization set forth therein. Except
as set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement, the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, there will be
no options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any
authorized, but unissued capital stock of the Company or any security
convertible into capital stock of the Company, or any contracts or commitments
to issue or sell capital stock or any such options, warrants, rights or
convertible securities.
2.8 Valid Issuance of
Securities, etc.
2.8.1. Outstanding
Securities. All issued and outstanding securities of the
Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;
the holders thereof have no rights of rescission with respect thereto, and are
not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and none of
such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders
of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the
Company. The authorized share capital of the Company conforms in all material
respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. The offers and sales of the outstanding Ordinary
Shares were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and the
applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or, based in part on the
representations and warranties of the purchasers of the outstanding Ordinary
Shares , exempt from such registration requirements.
2.8.2. Securities Sold Pursuant to
this Agreement and Representative’s Warrant. The Ordinary
Shares underlying the Public Securities and the Representative’s Warrant have
been duly authorized for issuance and sale and, when issued and paid for, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not
and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders;
the Public Securities and the Representative’s Warrant, and their underlying
Ordinary Shares, are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any
holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by
the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the
authorization, issuance and sale of the foregoing Securities has been duly and
validly taken. The Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities, and the
underlying Ordinary Shares, conform in all material
respects to all statements with respect thereto contained in the Registration
Statement. When paid for and issued in accordance with the
Representative’s Warrant, the ADSs purchasable thereunder and the underlying
Ordinary Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the
holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason
of being such holders; the ADSs and underlying Ordinary Shares are not and will
not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the
Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate
action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the
Representative’s Warrant has been duly and validly taken.
2.8.3. Issuance of American
Depository Shares. Upon issuance by the Depositary of ADSs
evidenced by ADRs against deposit of underlying Ordinary Shares in accordance
with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly
issued and persons in whose names the ADRs are registered will be entitled to
the rights specified in the ADRs and in the Deposit Agreement; and upon the sale
and delivery to the Underwriters of these Securities, and payment therefor,
pursuant to this Agreement, the Underwriters will acquire good, marketable and
valid title to such Securities, free and clear of all pledges, liens, security
interests, charges, claims or encumbrances of any kind.
2.9 Registration Rights of Third
Parties. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights
exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company
have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the
Company under the Act or to include any such securities in a registration
statement to be filed by the Company.
2.10 Validity and Binding Effect
of Agreements. This Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the
Representative’s Warrant have been duly and
validly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will
constitute, the valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution
provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; and
(iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other
forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be
brought.
2.11 No Conflicts,
etc. The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company
of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement the Representative’s Warrant and all
ancillary documents, the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof
and thereof do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the
lapse of time or both: (i) result in a material breach of, or conflict with
any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or
result in the creation, modification, termination or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the
terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party;
(ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the memorandum and
articles of association (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Charter”); or
(iii) violate any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment,
order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or business constituted
as of the date hereof.
2.12 No Defaults;
Violations. No material default exists in the due performance
and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any material license,
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or
any other agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money,
or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of
the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of any material term or
provision of its Charter, or in violation of any franchise, license, permit,
applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any governmental agency
or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its properties or businesses.
2.13 Corporate Power; Licenses;
Consents.
2.13.1. Conduct of
Business. Except as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority,
and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates
and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies that it
needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business purpose as described in the
Prospectus except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the assets, business, conditions, financial position
or results of operations of the Company (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The
disclosures in the Registration Statement concerning the effects of federal,
state, local and foreign regulation on this Offering and the Company’s business
purpose as currently contemplated are correct in all material
respects.
2.13.2. Transactions Contemplated
Herein. The Company has all corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and to carry out the
provisions and conditions hereof and thereof, and all consents, authorizations,
approvals and orders required in connection therewith have been obtained. No
consent, authorization or order of, and no filing with, any court, government
agency or other body is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery of
the Securities and the consummation of the transactions and agreements
contemplated by this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the Representative’s
Warrant and as
contemplated by the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable federal and
state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
2.14 D&O
Questionnaires. To the Company’s knowledge, all information
contained in the questionnaires (the “Questionnaires”) completed by
each of the Company’s directors and executive officers immediately prior to the
Offering (the “Insiders”) as well as in the
Lock-Up Agreement provided to the Underwriters is true and correct in all
respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would
cause the information disclosed in the questionnaires completed by each Insider
to become inaccurate and incorrect.
2.15 Litigation; Governmental
Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry,
arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the
Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in connection with
the Company’s listing application for the listing of the ADSs on
Nasdaq.
2.16 Good
Standing. The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the Cayman
Islands as of the date hereof, and is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure
to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.17 Transactions Affecting
Disclosure to FINRA.
2.17.1. Finder’s
Fees. Except as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or
understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination
fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Securities
hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company
or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its shareholders that may affect the
Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by FINRA.
2.17.2. Payments Within Twelve
Months. Except as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in
cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee,
consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for
the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital
to the Company; (ii) to any FINRA member; or (iii) to any person or
entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA
member, within the twelve months prior to the Effective Date, other than the
prior payment of $50,000 to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLC, the Underwriter as
provided hereunder in connection with the Offering.
2.17.3. Use of
Proceeds. None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be
paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except
as specifically authorized herein.
2.17.4. FINRA
Affiliation. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no
officer, director or any beneficial owner of 5% or more of the Company’s
unregistered securities has any direct or indirect affiliation or association
with any FINRA member (as determined in accordance with the rules and
regulations of FINRA). The Company will advise the Representative and
R&P if it
learns that any officer, director or owner of at least 5% of the Company’s
outstanding Ordinary Shares (or securities convertible into Ordinary Shares) is
or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in
the Offering.
2.18 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, any of the directors, employees or officers of the Company or any
other person acting on behalf of the Company has, directly or indirectly, given
or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal price
concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer,
supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, or official or employee
of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or
foreign) or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or
other person who was, is, or may be in a position to help or hinder the business
of the Company (or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed
transaction) that (i) might subject the Company to any damage or penalty in
any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not
given in the past, might have had a Material Adverse Effect as reflected in any
of the financial statements contained in the Prospectus or (iii) if not
continued in the future, might adversely affect the assets, business, operations
or prospects of the Company. The Company has taken reasonable steps to ensure
that its accounting controls and procedures are sufficient to cause the Company
to comply in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended.
2.19 Officers’
Certificate. Any certificate signed by any duly authorized
officer of the Company and delivered to you or to R&P shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters
covered thereby.
2.20 Lock-Up
Period.
2.20.1. Each of the
Company’s officers and directors and each beneficial owner of 5% or more of the
Company holding outstanding Ordinary Shares (or securities convertible into
Ordinary Shares) (together with the Company’s officers and directors, the “Lock-Up Parties”) have agreed
pursuant to executed Lock-Up Agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B that for a
period of 180 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement (the
“Lock-Up Period”), such
persons and their affiliated parties shall not offer, pledge, sell, contract to
sell, grant, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly,
any Company securities, capital stock, or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Company securities or capital stock, without the
consent of the Representative. The Representative may consent to an early
release from the applicable Lock-Up period if, in its opinion, the market for
the Ordinary Shares would not be adversely impacted by sales and in cases of
financial emergency of an officer, director or other stockholder. The Company
has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative the
agreements of each of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the
date that the Company requests that the Commission declare the Registration
Statement effective under the Act.
2.20.2. The Company,
on behalf of itself and any successor entity, has agreed that, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 180 days
from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (i) offer, pledge, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital
stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or caused to
be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering
of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company or
(iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in
whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock
of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the
Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The
restrictions contained in this paragraph 2.20.2 shall not apply to (i) the ADSs
and Ordinary Shares to be sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance by the Company of
Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a
security outstanding on the date hereof of, provided that the Representative has
been advised in writing of such issuance prior to the date hereof or (iii) the
issuance by the Company of option or shares of capital stock of the Company
under any stock compensation plan of the Company. For purposes of
subclause (ii) in this paragraph, Representative acknowledges that disclosure in
the Registration statement of any outstanding option or warrant filed prior to
the date hereof shall be deemed to constitute prior written notice to the
Representative.
2.20.3. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news,
or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of
the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the
Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by
paragraph 2.20 shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event, unless the Representative waives such
extension.
2.21 Subsidiaries. Exhibit
2.21 of the Registration Statement lists each Subsidiary and consolidated entity
of the company and sets forth the ownership of all of the Subsidiaries. The
Subsidiaries are duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the place
of organization or incorporation, and each such Subsidiary is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct
of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company’s ownership and
control of each Subsidiary and each Subsidiary’s ownership and control of other
Subsidiaries, is as described in the Disclosure Materials, Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. The Company does not own or control,
directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or entity other than Xxxxxx
Online Entertainment Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability
company (“Xxxxxx
Cayman”), Hong Kong Xxxxxx Online Entertainment Limited, a limited
liability company established under the laws of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region and wholly-owned subsidiary of Xxxxxx Cayman (“Xxxxxx HK”), Xxxxxx WFOE Jiaze
Network Technology Limited, a wholly foreign owned enterprise established under
the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Xxxxxx HK (“Xxxxxx WFOE”) and Xxxxxx
(Beijing) Technology Co., a wholly foreign owned enterprise established under
the laws of the PRC controlled by Xxxxxx WFOE through the VIE Agreements (“Xxxxxx
Beijing”). Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure
Materials and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business under the
laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.
2.22 Related Party
Transactions. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there are no business relationships or related
party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be
described in the Prospectus that have not been described as
required.
2.23 Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised
of the persons set forth under the heading of the Prospectus captioned
“Directors, Senior Management and Employees.” The qualifications of the persons
serving as board members and the overall composition of the board comply with
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder applicable
to the Company and the rules of Nasdaq. At least one member of the Board of
Directors of the Company qualifies as a “financial expert” as such term is
defined under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated
thereunder and the rules of Nasdaq. In addition, at least a majority of the
persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as “independent” as defined
under the rules of Nasdaq.
2.24 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Compliance.
2.24.1. Disclosure
Controls. The Company has developed and currently maintains
disclosure controls and procedures that will comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15
of the Exchange Act, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure
that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a
timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s
Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.
2.24.2. Compliance. The
Company is, or on the Effective Date will be, in material compliance with the
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 applicable to it, and has
implemented or will implement such programs and taken reasonable steps to ensure
the Company’s future compliance (not later than the relevant statutory and
regulatory deadlines therefore) with all the material provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
2.25 No Investment Company
Status. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
Offering and sale of the Firm Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not
be, an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
2.26 No Labor
Disputes. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
imminent.
2.27 Intellectual
Property. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or
possesses or has valid right to use all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx
registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar
rights (“Intellectual
Property”) necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as currently carried on and as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no
action or use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will involve or give
rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual
Property of others. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has received any notice alleging any such infringement or fee.
2.28 Taxes. Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed all returns (as hereinafter
defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof
or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof. Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined)
shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on
or assessed against the Company or such respective subsidiary. The
provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed
with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and
unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the
dates of such consolidated financial statements. Except as disclosed
in writing to the Underwriters, (i) no issues have been raised (and are
currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns
or taxes asserted as due from the Company or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) no
waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of
taxes have been given by or requested from the Company or its
Subsidiaries. The term “taxes” mean all federal,
state, local, foreign, and other net income, gross income, gross receipts,
sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service,
service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes,
fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest
and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts with respect
thereto. The term “returns” means all returns,
declarations, reports, statements, and other documents required to be filed with
relevant taxing authorities in respect to taxes.
2.29 PRC Representation and
Warranties.
2.29.1. Organization.
(a) Xxxxxx
WFOE has been duly organized and is validly existing as a company under the laws
of the PRC and its business license is in full force and effect; Xxxxxx WFOE has
been duly qualified as a foreign invested enterprise with the following
approvals and certificates: (A) Certificate of Approval, (B) Business License,
(C) Tax Registration Certificate, (D) Organization Code Certificate, and (E)
State Administration for Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) Registration Card. 100% of
the equity interests of Xxxxxx WFOE are owned by the Company as described in the
Prospectus and such equity interests are free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims; the articles of association, the business
license and other constituent documents of Xxxxxx WFOE comply in all material
respects with the requirements of applicable laws of the PRC and are in full
force and effect; Xxxxxx WFOE has full power and authority (corporate and other)
and all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits, licenses, orders,
registrations, clearances and qualifications of or with any governmental agency
having jurisdiction over Xxxxxx WFOE or any of its properties required for the
ownership or lease of property by it and the conduct of its business in
accordance with its registered business scope and has the legal right and
authority to own, use, lease and operate its assets and to conduct its business
in the manner presently conducted and as described in the Prospectus; the
current total investment and registered capital of Xxxxxx WFOE are USD 100,000,
and all of the registered capital has been paid.
(b) Xxxxxx
Beijing has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability
company under the laws of the PRC and its business license is in full
force and effect; 100% of the equity interests of Xxxxxx Beijing are indirectly
controlled by the Company through contractual arrangements as described in the
Prospectus (the “VIE
Agreements”) and such equity interests are free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims except for the pledge of the equity interests
under the VIE Agreements; the articles of association, the business license and
other constituent documents of Xxxxxx Beijing comply in all material respects
with the requirements of applicable laws of the PRC and are in full force and
effect; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Xxxxxx Beijing has
full power and authority (corporate and other) and has all consents, approvals,
authorizations, permits, licenses, orders, registrations, clearances and
qualifications of or with any governmental agency having jurisdiction over
Xxxxxx Beijing or any of its properties required for the ownership or lease of
property by it and the conduct of its business, except for such that would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, and has the legal right and authority to own,
use, lease and operate its assets and to conduct its business in the manner
presently conducted and as described in the Prospectus; the registered capital
of Xxxxxx Beijing is RMB34,163,000, which has been fully paid by its
shareholders.
(c) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, Xxxxxx WFOE has obtained all approvals, authorizations, consents and
orders, and has made all filings and registrations, which are required under PRC
laws and regulations for the ownership interest by the Company (indirectly as
described in the Prospectus) in Xxxxxx WFOE; and there are no outstanding
rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for, nor any agreements or other obligations to issue or other
rights to convert any obligation into, any equity interest in Xxxxxx
WFOE.
(d) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, Xxxxxx Beijing has obtained all approvals, authorizations, consents
and orders, and has made all filings and registrations, which are required under
PRC laws and regulations in connection with the contractual arrangements between
Xxxxxx WFOE and Xxxxxx Beijing; and there are no outstanding rights, warrants or
options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, nor any
agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any
obligation into, any equity interest in Xxxxxx Beijing except for the purchase
option right granted to Xxxxxx WFOE as described in the Prospectus.
(e) Each
of Xxxxxx WFOE and Xxxxxx Beijing has legal and valid title to all of its
properties and assets, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances,
equities, claims, options and restrictions; each lease agreement to which it is
a party is duly executed and legally binding; its leasehold interests are set
forth in and governed by the terms of any lease agreements, and, to the
Company’s knowledge such agreements are valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms under PRC law; and, none of Xxxxxx WFOE
or Xxxxxx Beijing owns, operates, manages or has any other right or interest in
any other material real property of any kind, except as described in the
Prospectus.
2.29.2.
PRC
Taxes. The Company has filed all national, provincial, local
or foreign tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions
thereof (except in any case in which the failure to so file would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto)) and has paid all taxes
required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied
against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, other
than those for which adequate reserves have been provided. Except as
disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, Registration Statement and Prospectus,
including the risk factor set forth in “Risk Factors— Under the EIT Law, we and/or Xxxxxx
HK may be classified as a ‘‘resident enterprise’’ of the PRC,” no
transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction,
transfer or withholding taxes or duties are payable in China, Hong Kong or the
Cayman Islands by or on behalf of the Underwriters to any Chinese, Hong Kong or
Cayman Islands taxing authority in connection with (A) the issuance, sale and
delivery of the Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs, the issuance of the
Securities by the Depositary, and the delivery of the Securities to or for the
account of the Underwriters, (B) the purchase from the Company and the initial
sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Securities to purchasers thereof,
(C) the deposit of the Ordinary Shares with the Depositary and the Custodian (as
defined in the Deposit Agreement) and the issuance and delivery of the ADSs, or
(D) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Underwriters or the
Deposit Agreement.
2.29.3. Dividends and
Distributions. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure
Materials, Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the
Company is currently prohibited or restricted, directly or indirectly, from
paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company.
2.29.4. Licenses, Certificates and
Permits. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials,
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company, its Subsidiaries,
including Xxxxxx Beijing possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate national, provincial, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except
where the lack of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect and none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
Xxxxxx Beijing has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly
or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.29.5. Intellectual
Property. Each of Xxxxxx WFOE and Xxxxxx Beijing has a valid
right to use the Intellectual Property as currently used or as currently
contemplated to be used, including but not limited to the Intellectual Property
as described under the headings “Intellectual Property” and
“Our Pipeline” and
“Research and
Development” in the Prospectus. To the best of the Company’s
knowledge after due inquiry, none of the PRC Companies is infringing,
misappropriating or violating any intellectual property right of any third party
in the PRC, and no Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding decree,
order, injunction, judgment or ruling restricting the use of such Intellectual
Property in the PRC that would impair the validity or enforceability of such
Intellectual Property. No security interests or other liens have been
created with respect to any of the Intellectual Property.
2.29.6. Limited
Liability. As a matter of PRC law, no holder of the Ordinary
Shares or ADSs will be subject to any personal liability, or be subject to a
requirement to be licensed or otherwise qualified to do business or be deemed
domiciled or resident in the PRC, by virtue only of holding these Securities.
There are no limitations under PRC law on the rights of holders of these
securities to hold, vote, or transfer their securities nor any statutory
pre-emptive rights or transfer restrictions applicable to the
Securities.
2.29.7. No MOFCOM or CSRC Approval
Required. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials,
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, based on the current PRC laws
publicly available as of the date hereof and the current interpretations of such
laws, no approval is required from either the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) or
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), in the context of the offering of
the Securities.
2.29.8. Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries
and Xxxxxx Beijing are and have been conducted at all times in all material
respects in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of money laundering statutes and 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 involving the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or Xxxxxx Beijing with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
2.29.9. Office of Foreign Assets
Control. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, Xxxxxx
Beijing or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or Xxxxxx Beijing
has conducted or entered into a contract to conduct any transaction with the
governments or any of subdivision thereof, agents or representatives, residents
of, or any entity based or resident in the countries that are currently subject
to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); none of the Company,
any of its subsidiaries or Xxxxxx Beijing is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC (including but not limited to the designation as
a “specially designated national or blocked person” thereunder), Her Majesty’s
Treasury, the United Nations Security Council, or the European Union or is
located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of
OFAC-administered sanctions, including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba,
Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria; and the Company will not directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
2.29.10. Lending
Relationships. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure
Materials, Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not
have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending
affiliate of the Underwriters and (ii) does not intend to use any of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt
owed to any affiliate of the Underwriters.
2.29.11. No
Immunity. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, Xxxxxx
Beijing or any of its or their properties or assets has any immunity from the
jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or
otherwise) under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC, New York or
United States federal law; and, to the extent that the Company, any of its
subsidiaries, Xxxxxx Beijing or any of their respective properties, assets or
revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity
in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, each of the
Company, its subsidiaries and Xxxxxx Beijing waives or will waive such right to
the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement
under New York law as provided under this Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement.
2.29.12. Free Transferability of
Dividends or Distributions. Except as disclosed in the
Disclosure Materials, Registration Statement and Prospectus, including the risk
factor set forth in “Risk
Factors— Under the EIT
Law, we and/or Xxxxxx HK may be classified as a ‘‘resident enterprise’’ of the
PRC,” all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the
Ordinary Shares may under current Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and PRC law and
regulations be paid to the Depositary and to the holders of Securities, as the
case may be, in United States dollars and may be converted into foreign currency
that may be transferred out of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC in
accordance with the Deposit Agreement, and all such payments made to holders
thereof or therein who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the
PRC, will not be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and
regulations of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC, or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free
and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in the Cayman
Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental
authorization in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
2.29.13. Not a
PFIC. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials.
Registration Statement and Prospectus, the Company is not a Passive Foreign
Investment Company (“PFIC”) within the meaning of
Section 1296 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
does not expect to become a PFIC in the 2008 taxable year. The Company has no
plan or intention to operate in such a manner that would reasonably be expected
to result in the Company becoming a PFIC in future taxable years.
2.29.14. Compliance with SAFE
Regulations. The Company has taken all reasonable steps to
cause all of the Company’s shareholders and option holders who are residents or
citizens of the PRC, to comply with any applicable rules and regulations of the
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) relating to such shareholders’
and optionholders’ shareholding with the Company (the “SAFE Rules and Regulations”),
including, without limitation, taking reasonable steps to require each
shareholder or option holder that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by, a resident or citizen of the PRC to complete any registration and
other procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and
Regulations.
2.29.15. M&A and CSRC
Rules. The Company is aware of and has been advised as to, the
content of the Rules on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by
Foreign Investors 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 (CSRC) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of
China (SAFE) on August 8, 2006 (the “M&A Rules”), in particular
the relevant provisions thereof that purport to require offshore special purpose
vehicles formed for the purpose of obtaining a stock exchange listing outside of
the PRC and controlled directly or indirectly by companies or natural persons of
the PRC, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of
their securities on a stock exchange located outside of the PRC; the Company has
received legal advice specifically with respect to the M&A Rules from its
PRC counsel and based on such legal advice, the Company confirms with the
Underwriters:
(a) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares and the ADSs, the
listing and trading of the Securities on Nasdaq and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement are not
and will not be, as of the date hereof, at the Closing Date or on each
settlement date, affected by the M&A Rules or any official clarifications,
guidance, interpretations or implementation rules in connection with or related
to the M&A Rules, including the guidance and notices issued by the CSRC on
September 8 and September 21, 2006, as amended (collectively, the “M&A Rules and Related
Clarifications”).
(b) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, as of the date hereof, the M&A Rules and Related Classifications
did not and do not require the Company to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior
to the issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares and the ADSs, the listing and
trading of the Securities on Nasdaq, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement. The statements set
forth in the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Disclosure Materials and the
Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors— We may be required to
obtain prior approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, of
the listing and trading of our ADSs on the NASDAQ Capital Market,” when
taken together with other risk factors under “Risks Related to Doing Business in
China,” is fair and accurate summaries of the matters described therein,
and nothing has been omitted from such summaries that would make the same
misleading in any material respect.
2.29.16. Foreign Private Issuer
Status. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
2.29.17. Choice of
Law. The choice of law provision set forth in Section 9.6 of
this Agreement, and the comparable provision in the Deposit Agreement,
constitute a legal and valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands,
Hong Kong and the PRC and will be honored by courts in the Cayman Islands, Hong
Kong and the PRC, subject to compliance with relevant civil procedural
requirements (which do not involve a re-examination of the merits of the claim)
in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the PRC. The Company has the power to
submit, and pursuant to Section 9.6 of this Agreement and Section ___ of the
Deposit Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and submitted, to the
personal jurisdiction of each of the New York Courts, and the Company has the
power to designate, appoint and authorize, and pursuant to Section 9.6 of this
Agreement and Section ___ of the Deposit Agreement, has legally, validly,
effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed an authorized agent for
service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement,
the Deposit Agreement or the Securities in any New York Court, and service of
process effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid
personal jurisdiction over the Company as provided in Section 9.6 of this
Agreement and Section ___ of the Deposit Agreement.
2.29.18. Recognition of
Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed sum of money
rendered by a New York Court having jurisdiction under New York law in respect
of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement
or the Deposit Agreement would be recognized and enforced against the Company by
Cayman Islands courts without re-examining the merits of the case under the
common law doctrine of obligation; provided that (A) adequate service of process
has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to be
heard, (B) such judgments or the enforcement thereof are not contrary to the
law, public policy, security or sovereignty of the Cayman Islands, (C) such
judgments were not obtained by fraudulent means and do not conflict with any
other valid judgment in the same matter between the same parties, and (D) an
action between the same parties in the same matter is not pending in any Cayman
Islands court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign
court.
2.30 MD&A. The
section entitled “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
in the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Disclosure Materials and the
Prospectus accurately and fully describes (A) accounting policies that the
Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s
financial condition and results of operations and that require management’s most
difficult, subjective or complex judgments (“Critical Accounting
Policies”); (B) judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of
the Critical Accounting Policies; and (C) the likelihood that materially
different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using
different assumptions and an explanation thereof; and the Company’s management
have reviewed and agreed with the selection, application and disclosure of the
Critical Accounting Policies as described in the Disclosure Materials and the
Prospectus, and have consulted with its independent accountants with regards to
such disclosure.
3.
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Covenants of the
Company. The Company covenants and agrees as
follows:
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3.1 Amendments to Registration
Statement. The Company will deliver to the Representative,
prior to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, ADS
Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed after the Effective
Date and not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative
shall reasonably object in writing.
3.2 Federal Securities
Laws.
3.2.1. Compliance. During
the time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, the
Company will use its best efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon
it by the Act, the Regulations and the Exchange Act and by the regulations under
the Exchange Act, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit
the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Public Securities in accordance
with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus. If at any time when a Prospectus
relating to the Public Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any
event shall have occurred as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for
the Company or counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will notify the Representative
promptly and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3.1
hereof, an appropriate amendment or supplement in accordance with Section 10 of
the Act.
3.2.2. Filing of Final
Prospectus. The Company will file the Prospectus (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative) with the Commission pursuant to
the requirements of Rule 424 of the Regulations.
3.2.3. Exchange Act
Registration. For a period of three years from the Effective
Date, the Company will use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the
Public Securities. The Company will not deregister the Public Securities under
the Exchange Act without the prior written consent of the
Representative.
3.2.4. Free Writing
Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that it has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Public Securities that
would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of
the 1933 Act, without the prior consent of the Representative. Any such free
writing prospectus consented to by the Representative is hereinafter referred to
as a “Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus.” The Company represents that it will treat each Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in
Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of
Rule 433 of the 1933 Act, including timely Commission filing where required,
legending and record keeping.
3.3 Delivery to the Underwriters
of Prospectuses. The Company will deliver to each of the
Underwriters, without charge, from time to time during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act such
number of copies of each Prospectus as such Underwriters may reasonably request
and, as soon as the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto becomes effective, deliver to you two original
executed Registration Statements and ADS Registration Statements, including
exhibits, and all post-effective amendments thereto and copies of all exhibits
filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference and all original executed
consents of certified experts.
3.4 Effectiveness and Events
Requiring Notice to the Representative. The Company will use
its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and ADS Registration
Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus for at least nine (9)
months from the Applicable Time and will notify the Representative immediately
and confirm the notice in writing: (i) of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and ADS Registration Statement, and any amendments
thereto; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of the
initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose;
(iii) of the issuance by any state securities commission of any proceedings
for the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding
for that purpose; (iv) of the mailing and delivery to the Commission for
filing of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, ADS
Registration Statement or Prospectus; (v) of the receipt of any comments or
request for any additional information from the Commission; and (vi) of the
happening of any event during the period described in this Section 3.4 hereof
that, in the judgment of the Company, makes any statement of a material fact
made in the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement or the Prospectus
untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement,
ADS Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. If the Commission or any state securities commission shall enter a
stop order or suspend such qualification at any time, the Company will make
every reasonable effort to obtain promptly the lifting of such
order.
3.5 Review of Financial
Statements. For a period of five (5) years from the Effective
Date, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent
certified public accountants to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial
statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement
of quarterly financial information.
3.6 Secondary Market Trading and
Standard & Poor’s. The Company will apply to be
included in Standard & Poor’s Daily News and Corporation Records Corporate
Descriptions for a period of five (5) years immediately after the Effective
Date.
3.7 Financial Public Relations
Firm. As of the Effective Date, the Company shall have
retained a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the
Representative and the Company, which shall initially be Xxxxxxxxxxx Investor
Relations, Inc., and shall retain such firm or another firm reasonably
acceptable to the Representative for a period of not less than two (2) years
after the Effective Date.
3.8 Reports to the
Representative.
3.8.1 Periodic Reports,
etc. For a period of three years from the Effective Date, the
Company will furnish to the Representative copies of such financial statements
and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time
furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and also promptly
furnish to the Representative: (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company
shall be required to file with the Commission; (ii) a copy of every press
release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its
affairs which was released by the Company; (iii) a copy of each Form 8-K
prepared and filed by the Company; (iv) five copies of each registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act; (v) such additional documents and
information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future
Subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time
reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the
Company, a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably
acceptable to the Representative and R&P in connection with the
Representative’s receipt of such information. Documents filed with the
Commission pursuant to its XXXXX system shall be deemed to have been delivered
to the Representative pursuant to this Section.
3.8.2. Transfer
Sheets. For a period of three (3) years from the Effective
Date, the Company shall retain a transfer and registrar agent acceptable to the
Representative (the ”Transfer Agent”) and will
furnish to the Representative at the Company’s sole cost and expense such
transfer sheets of the Company’s securities as the Representative may reasonably
request, including the daily and monthly consolidated transfer sheets of the
Transfer Agent and DTC. Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc. is acceptable to the
Representative to act as Transfer Agent for the Company’s Shares.
3.8.3. Trading
Reports. During such time as the Public Securities are listed on
Nasdaq the Company
shall provide to the Representative, at the Company’s expense, such reports
published by Nasdaq relating to price trading of the Public Securities, as the
Representative shall reasonably request.
3.9 Payment of
Expenses.
3.9.1. General Expenses Related to
the Offering. The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the
Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at the
Closing Date, all expenses incident to the preparation of, and performance of
the obligations of, the Company under this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement,
including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees and communication expenses
relating to the registration of the ADSs to be sold in the Offering (including
the Over-allotment Option Securities) with the Commission; (b) all COBRADesk
filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA; all fees and
expenses relating to the listing of such ADSs on the Nasdaq and such other stock
exchanges as the Company and the Representative together determine; (c) all
fees, expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of the Company’s
officers and directors in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per individual; (d) all
fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or
exemption of such ADSs under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions
as the Representative may reasonably designate; (e) the costs of all mailing and
printing of the underwriting documents (including, without limitation, the
Deposit Agreement, Underwriting Agreement, any Blue Sky Surveys and, if
appropriate, any Agreement Among Underwriters, Selected Dealers’ Agreement,
Underwriters’ Questionnaire and Power of Attorney), Registration Statements, ADS
Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and
exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final Prospectuses as the
Representative may reasonably deem necessary, (f) the costs and expenses of the
public relations firm; (g) the costs of preparing, authenticating, issuing,
printing and delivering certificates representing the ADSs; (h) fees and
expenses of the Depositary and transfer agent for the ADSs; (i) stock transfer
and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the
Company to the Underwriters; (j) the costs associated with bound volumes of the
public offering materials as well as for commemorative mementos and lucite
tombstones, each of which the Company or its designee will provide within a
reasonable time after the Closing in such quantities as the Representative may
reasonably request; (k) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (l)
the fees and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and other agents and
representatives; (m) $16,000 for the Underwriters’ use of i-Deal’s
book-building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the Offering; (n)
the costs associated with post-Closing advertising of the Offering in the
national editions of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times except that that
Company shall only reimburse Xxxxxx for the costs of this subsection (n) if the
Company gives its prior consent to such advertisements; and (o) up to $10,000
for the Underwriters’ actual “road show” expenses for the
Offering. The Underwriters may also deduct from the net proceeds of
the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date, or the Option Closing
Date, if any, the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the
Underwriters. Upon written request by the Company, the Underwriters
will keep the Company informed of the expenses and costs listed in sub-sections
(c), (j), (n) and (o).
3.9.2. Non-accountable
Expenses. The Company further agrees that, in addition to the
expenses payable pursuant to Section 3.9.1, on the Closing Date it will pay to
the Representative a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent
(1.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Firm
Securities by deduction from the proceeds of the Offering contemplated
herein. The Representative acknowledges that $50,000 of this
non-accountable allowance has been paid by the Company and shall be deducted
from the non-accountable expense allowance payable pursuant to this Section
3.9.2.
3.10 Application of Net
Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the
Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the application described
under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
3.11 Delivery of Earnings
Statements to Security Holders. The Company will make
generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not
later than the first day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the
Effective Date, an earnings statement (which need not be certified by
independent public or independent certified public accountants unless required
by the Act or the Regulations, but which shall satisfy the provisions of Rule
158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of at least twelve
consecutive months beginning after the Effective Date.
3.12 Stabilization. Neither
the Company, nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or
shareholders (without the consent of the Representative) has taken or will take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act, or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the ADSs.
3.13 Internal
Controls. The Company will maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in
order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and
to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
any differences.
3.14 Accountants. As
of the Effective Date, the Company shall retain an independent public
accountants reasonably acceptable to the Representative, and the Company shall
continue to retain a nationally recognized independent certified public
accounting firm for a period of at least three years after the Effective
Date. The Representative acknowledges that GPKM is acceptable to the
Representative.
3.15 FINRA. The
Company shall advise the Representative (who shall make an appropriate filing
with FINRA) if it is aware that any 5% or greater shareholder of the Company
becomes an affiliate or associated person of an FINRA member participating in
the distribution of the Company’s Public Securities.
3.16 No Fiduciary
Duties. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriters’ responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and
that none of the Underwriters of their affiliates or any Selling Agent shall be
deemed to be acting in a fiduciary capacity, or otherwise owes any fiduciary
duty to the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with the Offering and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.17 Amendments to Deposit
Agreement. After the Effective Date, the Company will deliver
to the Representative a copy of any proposed amendment to the Deposit Agreement,
prior to effectiveness of any such amendment.
3.18 Compliance with SAFE
Regulations. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause
its shareholders and option holders that are, or that are directly or indirectly
owned or controlled by, residents or citizens of the PRC, to comply with the
SAFE Rules and Regulations applicable to them, including without limitation,
requesting each such shareholder and option holder to complete any registration
and other procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and
Regulations.
3.19 Maintenance of Transfer
Restrictions. The Company shall at all times after the Closing
Date maintain transfer restrictions with respect to the Company’s ADSs and
Ordinary Shares that are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to this
Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreements (as defined below) and shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with such restrictions on
transfer of restricted ADSs and Ordinary Shares.
3.20 Compliance with Terms of
Deposit Agreement. The Company will comply with the terms of
the Deposit Agreement so that the ADRs evidencing the ADSs will be executed by
the Depositary and delivered to each Underwriter’s participant account in DTC,
pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing Date or any settlement
date.
3.21 Maintenance of ADS
Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect
and maintain the listing of the ADSs on Nasdaq.
4. Conditions of Underwriters’
Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase
and pay for the Public Securities, as provided herein, shall be subject to (i)
the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as
of the date hereof and as of each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, if any; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of executive officers of the
Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof; (iii) the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and (iv) the following
conditions:
4.1 Regulatory
Matters.
4.1.1. Effectiveness of
Registration Statement. The Registration Statement and ADS
Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 5:00 P.M.,
Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date and time as shall
be consented to in writing by you, and, at each of the Closing Date and the
Option Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and ADS Registration Statement shall have been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall be pending
or contemplated by the Commission and any request on the part of the Commission
for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of R&P.
4.1.2. FINRA
Clearance. By the Effective Date, the Representative shall
have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or
payable to the Underwriters as described in the Registration
Statement.
4.1.3. Nasdaq Stock Market
Clearance. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Public
Securities shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to
written confirmation of the Closing by the Company.
4.1.4. Free Writing
Prospectuses. The Representative covenants with the Company
that the Underwriters will not use, authorize the use of, refer to, or
participate in the planning for the use of a “free writing prospectus” as
defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, which term includes use of any written
information furnished by the Commission to the Company and not incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement, without
the prior written consent of the Company. Any such free writing prospectus
consented to by the Company is hereinafter referred to as an “Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus.”
4.2 Company Counsel
Matters.
4.2.1. Closing Date Opinion of
Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have
received the favorable opinion of Loeb & Loeb LLP, U.S. securities counsel
to the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Representative,
covering the matters set forth in Exhibit
C.
4.2.2. Cayman
Opinion. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have
received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx, Cayman Islands counsel to
the Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit
D.
4.2.3. PRC
Opinion. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have
received the favorable opinion of Shanghai Hui Kun Law Firm, PRC counsel to the
Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit
E.
4.2.4. Hong Kong
Opinion. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have
received the favorable opinion of [●], Hong Kong special counsel to the Company,
covering the matters set forth in Exhibit F.
4.2.5. Underwriter Counsel
Opinion. The Representatives shall have received an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative.
4.2.6. Underwriter PRC
Opinion. The Representative shall have received an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, of Han Kun Law Office, PRC counsel for the Underwriters,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative.
4.2.7. Depositary Counsel
Opinion. The Company shall have requested and caused
________________, counsel for the Depositary, to have furnished to the
Representative their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representatives, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit G
hereto.
4.2.8. Option Closing Date Opinions
of Counsel. On the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall
have received the favorable opinions of each counsel listed in Sections 4.2.1
through 4.2.7, dated the Option Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters and
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, confirming
as of the Option Closing Date, the statements made by such counsels in their
respective opinions delivered on the Closing Date.
4.2.9. Reliance. In
rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely: (i) as to matters involving
the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and
jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel deems
proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion
or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Representative,
familiar with the applicable laws; and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the
extent they deem proper, on certificates or other written statements of officers
of the Company and officers of departments of various jurisdiction having
custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the
Company, provided that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be
delivered to R&P if requested. The opinions referenced in Sections 4.2.1,
4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4 and 4.2.7 shall include a statement to the effect that it
may be relied upon by counsel for the Underwriters in its opinion delivered to
the Representative.
4.3 Cold Comfort
Letter. At the time this Agreement is executed, and at each of
the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, you shall have received a
cold comfort letter, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance
satisfactory in all respects to you and to R&P from GPKM dated, respectively, as
of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, if any.
4.4 Officers’
Certificates.
4.4.1. Officers’
Certificate. At each of the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of
the Company signed by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, respectively, to the effect that the Company has performed all covenants and
complied with all conditions required by this Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company prior to and as of the
Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the
conditions set forth in Section 4.5 hereof have been satisfied as of such date
and that, as of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2
hereof are true and correct. In addition, the Representative will have received
such other and further certificates of officers of the Company as the
Representative may reasonably request.
4.4.2. Secretary’s
Certificate. At each of the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of
the Company signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated
the Closing Date or the Option Date, as the case may be, respectively,
certifying: (i) that the Charter and Bylaws are true and complete,
have not been modified and are in full force and effect; (ii) that the
resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the public offering
contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement are in full force and
effect and have not been modified; (iii) as to the accuracy and completeness of
all correspondence between the Company or its counsel and the Commission; and
(iv) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents
referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such
certificate.
4.5 No Material
Changes. Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and the
Option Closing Date, if any: (i) there shall have been no material adverse
change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in the
condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of
the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the
Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement and Prospectus; (ii) no
action suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or
threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by any court or federal
or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding may materially adversely affect the business,
operations, prospects or financial condition or income of the Company, except as
set forth in the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement and
Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under the Act and no
proceedings therefore shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
and (iv) the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material
statements which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act
and the Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Regulations, and neither the Registration
Statement, ADS Registration Statement nor the Prospectus nor any amendment or
supplement thereto shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
4.6 Delivery of Agreements and
Certificates.
4.6.1. Effective Date
Deliveries. On the Effective Date, the Company shall have
delivered to the Representative executed copies of this Agreement, the Deposit
Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreements.
4.6.2. Closing Date
Deliveries. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have
delivered to the Representative an executed original of the Representative’s
Warrant.
4.6.3. Deposit Agreement
Effective. The Deposit Agreement shall be in full force and
effect on or prior to the Effective Date.
4.6.4. Certificates and
ADRs. The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Representatives certificates satisfactory to the
Representatives evidencing the deposit with the Custodian of the Underlying
Shares in respect of which ADSs to be purchased by the Underwriters on the
Closing Date are to be issued, and the execution, issuance, countersignature (if
applicable) and delivery of the ADRs evidencing such ADSs pursuant to the
Deposit Agreement and such other matters related thereto as the Representatives
may reasonably request.
If any of
the conditions specified in this Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled when
and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates
mentioned above or elsewhere in this Underwriting shall not be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters under this
Agreement may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representative and such termination shall be without liability of any party to
any other party except as provided in Section 8.3 and except that Section 5
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and
effect. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The
documents required to be provided by this Section 4 shall be provided to
Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, whose address is at
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 on or prior to the
Closing Date.
5.
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Indemnification.
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5.1 Indemnification of the
Underwriters.
5.1.1. General. Subject
to the conditions set forth below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each of the Underwriters, and each dealer selected by the Underwriter
that participates in the offer and sale of the Public Securities (each a “Selected Dealer”) and each of
their respective directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who
controls any such Underwriter (“Controlling Person”) within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including but
not limited to any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between
any of the Underwriters and the Company, or between any of the Underwriters and
any third party or otherwise) to which they or any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or any other statute or at common law or
otherwise or under the laws of foreign countries, arising out of or based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
(i) any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Materials, the Registration
Statement, ADS Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as from time to time
each may be amended and supplemented); (ii) any materials or information
provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection
with the marketing of the offering of the Public Securities, including any “road
show” or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in
person or electronically); or (iii) any application or other document or written
communication (in this Section 5, collectively called “application”) executed by the
Company or based upon written information furnished by the Company in any
jurisdiction in order to qualify the Public Securities and Representative’s
Securities under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, any
state securities commission or agency, Nasdaq or any securities exchange; or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of 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, unless such statement
or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company with respect to an Underwriter by or on behalf of such
Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure
Materials, the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement or Prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereof, or in any application, as the case may
be. With respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in the Preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 5.1.1 shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter to the extent that any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense of
such Underwriter results from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus was not
given or sent to the person asserting any such loss, liability, claim or damage
at or prior to the written confirmation of sale of the Securities to such person
as required by the Act and the Regulations, and if the untrue statement or
omission has been corrected in the Prospectus, unless such failure to deliver
the Prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Company with its
obligations under Section 3.3 hereof. The Company agrees promptly to notify the
Representative of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the
Company or any of its officers, directors or Controlling Persons in connection
with the issue and sale of the Public Securities or in connection with the
Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement or Prospectus.
5.1.2. Procedure. If
any action is brought against any Underwriter, a Selected Dealer or a
Controlling Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the
Company pursuant to Section 5.1.1, such Underwriter, such Selected Dealer or
Controlling Person, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the institution of such action and the Company shall assume the
defense of such action, including the employment and fees of counsel (subject to
the reasonable approval of such Underwriter or such Selected Dealer, as the case
may be) and payment of actual expenses. Such Underwriter, such Selected Dealer
or Controlling Person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in
any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Underwriter, such Selected Dealer or Controlling Person unless (i) the
employment of such counsel at the expense of the Company shall have been
authorized in writing by the Company in connection with the defense of such
action, or (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel to have charge of
the defense of such action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them
which are different from or additional to those available to the Company (in
which case the Company shall not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events
the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one additional firm of
attorneys selected by such Underwriter (in addition to local counsel), Selected
Dealer and/or Controlling Person shall be borne by the Company. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Underwriter, Selected Dealer
or Controlling Person shall assume the defense of such action as provided above,
the Company shall have the right to approve the terms of any settlement of such
action which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
5.2 Indemnification of the
Company. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and
employees and agents who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the foregoing indemnity from the Company
to the several Underwriters, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue
statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement
or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any application, in
reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, written information furnished to
the Company with respect to such Underwriter by or on behalf of such Underwriter
expressly for use in such Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
ADS Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any such application. In case any action shall be brought against the
Company or any other person so indemnified based on any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto or any application, and in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the
rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each other person so
indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the several Underwriters
by the provisions of Section 5.1.2.
5.3 Contribution.
5.3.1. Contribution
Rights. In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution under the Act in any case in which (i) any person entitled to
indemnification under this Section 5 makes claim for indemnification pursuant
hereto but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or
decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal
or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 5 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise may be required on the part of any such person in circumstances
for which indemnification is provided under this Section 5, then, and in each
such case, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by
said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Underwriters, as
incurred, in such proportions that the Underwriters are responsible for that
portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting discount appearing
on the cover page of the Prospectus bears to the initial offering price
appearing thereon and the Company is responsible for the balance; provided,
that, no person guilty of a 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. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 5.3.1, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay in respect of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses. For purposes of this Section, each director, officer and employee of
an Underwriter or the Company, as applicable, and each person, if any, who
controls an Underwriter or the Company, as applicable, within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter or the Company, as applicable.
5.3.2. Contribution
Procedure. Within fifteen days after receipt by any party to
this Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in
respect thereof is to be made against another party (“contributing party”), notify
the contributing party of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify
the contributing party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have
to any other party other than for contribution hereunder. In case any such
action, suit or proceeding is brought against any party, and such party notifies
a contributing party or its representative of the commencement thereof within
the aforesaid fifteen days, the contributing party will be entitled to
participate therein with the notifying party and any other contributing party
similarly notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any party
seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or
proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution on account of any
settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking
contribution without the written consent of such contributing party. The
contribution provisions contained in this Section 5.3.2 are intended to
supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available. Each Underwriter’s obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 5.3 are several and not joint.
6.
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Default by an
Underwriter.
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6.1 Default Not Exceeding 10% of
Firm Securities or Option Securities. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
default in its or their obligations to purchase the Firm Securities, or the
Option Securities if the Over-allotment Option is exercised hereunder, and if
the number of the Firm Securities or Option Securities (as applicable) with
respect to which such default relates does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of
the number of Firm Securities or Option Securities that all Underwriters have
agreed to purchase hereunder, then such Firm Securities or Option Securities to
which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters
in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder.
6.2 Default Exceeding 10% of
Firm Securities or Option Securities. In the event that the default addressed in
Section 6.1 relates to more than 10% of the Firm Securities or Option Securities
(as applicable), you may in your discretion arrange for yourself or for another
party or parties to purchase such Firm Securities or Option Securities to which
such default relates on the terms contained herein. If, within one
(1) Business Day after such default relating to more than 10% of the Firm
Securities or Option Securities (as applicable), you do not arrange for the
purchase of such Firm Securities or Option Securities, then the Company shall be
entitled to a further period of one (1) Business Day within which to procure
another party or parties to purchase said Firm Securities or Option Securities
on such terms. In the event that neither you nor the Company arrange
for the purchase of the Firm Securities or Option Securities to which a default
relates as provided in this Section 6, this Agreement will automatically be
terminated by you or the Company without liability on the part of the Company
(except as expressly provided in this Agreement, including but not limited to
Section 5) or the several Underwriters (except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, including but not limited to Section 5); provided, however, that if
such default occurs with respect to the Option Securities, this Agreement will
not terminate as to the Firm Securities; and provided further that nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the
other Underwriters and to the Company for damages occasioned by its default
hereunder.
6.3 Postponement of Closing
Date. In the event that the Firm
Securities or Option Securities to which the default relates are to be purchased
by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or
parties as aforesaid, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date or Option Closing Date for a reasonable period, but not in any
event exceeding five (5) Business Days, in order to effect whatever changes may
thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, ADS Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendment to the Registration Statement, ADS
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as
used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 6
with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with
respect to such Securities.
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Additional
Covenants.
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7.1 Board Composition and Board
Designations. The Company shall ensure that: (i) the
qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall
composition of the board comply with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the
rules promulgated thereunder and with the listing requirements of Nasdaq or any
other national securities exchange or national securities association, as the
case may be, in the event the Company seeks to have its Public Securities listed
on another exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system, and (ii) if
applicable, at least one member of the board of directors qualifies as a
“financial expert” as such term is defined under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
and the rules promulgated thereunder.
7.2 Intentionally
Omitted.
7.3 Prohibition on Press
Releases and Public Announcements. The Company will not issue
press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s
prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the
first business day following the 40th day following the Closing Date, other than
normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s
business.
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Effective Date of this
Agreement and Termination
Thereof.
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8.1 Effective
Date. This Agreement shall become effective when both the
Company and the Representative have executed the same and delivered counterparts
of such signatures to the other party.
8.2 Termination. You
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to any
Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or
occurrence has materially disrupted, or in your opinion will in the immediate
future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or
(ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq, the Nasdaq
Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market shall have been suspended or
materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been
fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by
FINRA or by order of the Commission or any other government authority having
jurisdiction, or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a
new war or an increase in major hostilities, or (iv) if a banking
moratorium has been declared by a New York State or federal authority, or
(v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which
materially adversely impacts the United States securities markets, or
(vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood,
accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious
act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your
opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Firm Securities
or Option Securities, or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any
of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder, or (viii) if the
Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a material
adverse change in the conditions or prospects of the Company, or such adverse
material change in general market conditions as in the Representative’s judgment
would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery
of the securities or to enforce contracts made by the Underwriters for the sale
of the securities.
8.3 Expenses. In
the event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason
whatsoever, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant
to the terms herein, the Company shall be obligated to pay to each of the
Underwriters their actual and accountable out of pocket expenses related to the
transactions contemplated herein then due and payable (including the fees and
disbursements of R&P) up to $100,000; provided, however, that such expense
cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions
of this Agreement.
8.4 Indemnification. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or
any termination of this Agreement, and whether or not this Agreement is
otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall not be in any way
effected by, such election or termination or failure to carry out the terms of
this Agreement or any part hereof.
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Miscellaneous.
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9.1 Notices. All
communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided,
shall be in writing and shall be mailed (registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested), personally delivered or sent by facsimile transmission and
confirmed and shall be deemed given when so delivered or faxed and confirmed or
if mailed, two days after such mailing.
If to the
Representative:
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
0000
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
General Counsel
Fax No.:
000-000-0000
Copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxx
& Xxxxx LLP
00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Fax No.:
000-000-0000
If to the
Company:
Xxxxxx
Online Entertainment Limited
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxx X, Xxxxx International Center
Xx. 0
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X.X.X.
Copy to:
Loeb
& Loeb LLP
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax No.:
000-000-0000
9.2 Headings. The
headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference,
and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of
the terms or provisions of this Agreement.
9.3 Amendment. This
Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the
parties hereto.
9.4 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement (together with the other agreements
and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement)
constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
9.5 Binding
Effect. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of
and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Underwriters, the Company and
the Controlling Persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof,
and their respective successors, legal representatives and assigns, and no other
person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions
herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a
purchaser, in its capacity as such, of securities from any of the
Underwriters.
9.6 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that
any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any
way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme
Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction,
which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection
to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient
forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served
by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section
9.1 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and
binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company agrees
that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover
from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses
relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the
preparation therefore.
9.7 Execution in
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one
or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered
to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this
Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and
sufficient delivery thereof.
9.8 Waiver,
etc. The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time
enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed
to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of
this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto
to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of
any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed
by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is
sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment
shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach,
non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
[SIGNATURE
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If the
foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Representative and
the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between
us.
Very
truly yours,
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ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
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Accepted
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Underwriters
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Xxxxxx
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Securities Corporation
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EXHIBIT
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Opinion
of [●], Counsel to the Depositary