Exhibit 1.1
[Form of Underwriting Agreement]
97,878,780 American Depositary Shares each representing 50 ordinary shares
(par value US$0.0004 per ordinary share)
and 4,893,939,000 ordinary shares of
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 11, 2004
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
As representatives of the several U.S. Underwriters
Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited
00/X, Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
55th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center,
0 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
As representatives of the several International Underwriters
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. (a) Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation,
a Cayman Islands company limited by shares ("Company"), proposes to: issue and
sell to the several U.S. Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto ("U.S.
Underwriters") . American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") and the shareholders listed
in Schedule B hereto ("Selling Shareholders") propose severally to sell to the
U.S. Underwriters an aggregate of . ADSs (together with the ADSs being sold by
the Company, "U.S. Firm Securities in ADS form"), each ADS representing 50 of
the Company's ordinary shares, par value US$0.0004 per share ("Securities"), all
or part of which may be delivered in ordinary form at the U.S. Underwriters'
election as hereinafter provided ("U.S. Offering"), and (b) the Company proposes
to issue and sell to the several International Underwriters named in Schedule C
hereto ("International Underwriters") . ADSs and the Selling Shareholders
propose severally to sell to the International Underwriters an aggregate of .
ADSs ("International Firm Securities in ADS form") each ADS representing 50
Securities, all or part of which may be delivered in ordinary form at the
International Underwriters' election as hereinafter provided ("International
Offering"). The U.S. Firm Securities in ADS form and any Securities delivered in
lieu thereof as herein provided are hereinafter called the "U.S. Firm
Securities" The International Firm Securities in ADS form and any Securities
delivered in lieu thereof as herein provided are hereinafter called the
"International Firm Securities". As more fully described in the Prospectus (as
defined herein) under the heading "Underwriting," as part of the offering
contemplated by this Agreement, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in its capacity
as designated underwriter, ("Designated Underwriter") has agreed to reserve for
the benefit of the Company's directors, officers,
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employees and other parties associated with the Company (collectively,
"Participants") a portion of Firm Securities (as defined herein) allocated to it
under this Agreement of up to 5,151,520 ADSs (the "Directed Shares" and such
sale, the "Directed Share Program"). Any Directed Shares not subscribed for by
the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered
to the public by the Designated Underwriter as set forth in the Prospectus.
It is understood that, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated: (a) .
shares of U.S. Firm Securities will be sold to the several U.S. Underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto in connection with the offering and sale of such U.S.
Firm Securities in the United States and Canada to United States and Canadian
Persons (as such terms are defined in the Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters
and International Underwriters of even date herewith) and (b) . shares of
International Firm Securities will be sold to the several International
Underwriters named in Schedule C hereto in connection with the offering and sale
of such International Firm Securities outside the United States and Canada to
persons other than United States and Canadian Persons. The ADSs purchased by the
Underwriters will be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") to be
issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement to be dated as of March [18], 2004 (the
"Deposit Agreement"), to be entered into among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all holders from time to time of the ADRs.
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. shall act as
the representatives (the "U.S. Representatives") of the several U.S.
Underwriters, and Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited and Deutsche
Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch shall act as the representatives (the "International
Representatives" and, together with the U.S. Representatives, the
"Representatives") of the several International Underwriters. The U.S.
Underwriters and the International Underwriters are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Underwriters".
In addition, as set forth below the Selling Shareholders propose to sell:
(a) to the U.S. Underwriters, at the option of the U.S. Underwriters, an
aggregate of not more than . additional ADSs ("U.S. Optional Securities in ADS
form"), all or part of which may be delivered in ordinary form at the U.S.
Underwriters' election as hereinafter provided, and (b) to the International
Underwriters, at the option of the International Underwriters, an aggregate of
not more than . additional ADSs ("International Optional Securities in ADS
form"), all or part of which may be delivered in ordinary form at the
International Underwriters' election as hereinafter provided. The U.S. Optional
Securities in ADS form and any Securities delivered in ordinary form in lieu
thereof as herein provided are hereinafter called the "U.S. Optional
Securities". The International Optional Securities in ADSs form and any
Securities delivered in ordinary form in lieu thereof as herein provided are
hereinafter called the "International Optional Securities".
The U.S. Firm Securities and the U.S. Optional Securities are hereinafter
called the "U.S. Securities"; the International Firm Securities and the
International Optional Securities are hereinafter called the "International
Securities"; the U.S. Firm Securities and the International Firm Securities are
hereinafter called the "Firm Securities"; the U.S. Optional Securities and the
International Optional Securities are hereinafter called the "Optional
Securities". The U.S. Securities and the International Securities are
collectively referred to as the "Offered Securities", and the Offered Securities
and the Hong Kong Securities (as defined below), are collectively referred to as
the "Global Offered Securities". Whenever computations are contemplated herein
that involve both numbers of ADSs and numbers of Securities in ordinary form,
they shall be made on a consistent basis, by first converting the number of ADSs
into the number of Securities in ordinary form they represent.
It is further understood that the Company has entered into an underwriting
agreement, dated March 5, 2004 (the "Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement"), with
respect to the underwriting of the offering by the Company of an aggregate of
257,576,000 Securities, subject to adjustment (the "Hong Kong Securities"), to
the public in Hong Kong by certain underwriters in Hong Kong (the "Hong Kong
Underwriters") for whom Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited and
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, are acting as representatives (the "Hong
Kong Representatives") pursuant to a Hong Kong prospectus dated March 8, 2004,
(the "Hong Kong Prospectus"). The offering of the Hong Kong Securities by the
Company is referred to herein as the "Hong Kong Public Offering". The Hong Kong
Prospectus is being used in connection with the Hong Kong Public Offering
pursuant to the Hong Kong
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Underwriting Agreement and contains substantially the same information included
in the U.S. Prospectus and International Offering Circular (each as defined
below) and certain supplemental pages. The Hong Kong Public Offering, the U.S.
Offering and the International Offering are collectively referred to herein as
the "Global Offering". Anything herein or therein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the respective closings under this Agreement and the Hong Kong
Underwriting Agreement are hereby made expressly conditional on one another. It
is understood that the Company is not obligated to sell, and the Underwriters
are not obligated to purchase, any Firm Securities unless the Hong Kong
Underwriting Agreement shall have become unconditional in all respects in
accordance with its terms and shall not have been terminated.
To provide for the coordination of their activities, the U.S. Underwriters,
the Hong Kong Underwriters and the International Underwriters have entered into
an agreement among U.S. Underwriters, Hong Kong Underwriters and International
Underwriters which permits them, among other things, to sell the Offered
Securities to each other for purposes of resale, and provides for certain other
matters ("Intersyndicate Agreement").
Three forms of offering documents are to be used in connection with the
offering and sale of ADSs under this Agreement: (i) The U.S. Prospectus (as
defined herein) which relates to the U.S. Offering, (ii) the Japanese Prospectus
(as defined herein) relating to a public offering without listing of the
Securities in Japan ("Japanese POWL") as part of the International Offering and
(iii) an offering circular relating to the International Offering excluding the
portion of the Global Offering relating to the Japanese POWL ("International
Offering Circular"). The U.S. Prospectus will be substantially identical to the
International Offering Circular except for substitute cover pages and a limited
number of changes in the Prospectuses. The Japanese Prospectus is prepared in
the Japanese language in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Law of
Japan. The Japanese Final Prospectus (as defined herein) is prepared, in
principle, based on the information included in the U.S. Prospectus,
International Offering Circular and the Hong Kong Prospectus with such omissions
and additions as appropriate for the purpose of the Japanese POWL. The U.S.
Prospectus, the International Offering Circular and the Japanese Prospectus are
collectively referred to as the "Prospectuses."
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the several Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 333-112720) relating to the U.S.
Securities in ordinary form, including a form of prospectus relating to the
U.S. Securities, has been filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either (i) has been declared
effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"), and is not
proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed to be amended by amendment or
post-effective amendment. If such registration statement (the "initial
registration statement") has been declared effective, either (A) an
additional registration statement (the "additional registration statement")
relating to the U.S. Securities in ordinary form may have been filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and,
if so filed, has become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and the
U.S. Securities all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the
initial registration statement and, if applicable, the additional
registration statement or (B) such an additional registration statement is
proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will
become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon such filing the
U.S. Securities will all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant
to the initial registration statement and such additional registration
statement. If the Company does not propose to amend the initial
registration statement or if an additional registration statement has been
filed and the Company does not propose to amend it, and if any
post-effective amendment to either such registration statement has been
filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration
statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act
or, in the case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). For
purposes of this Agreement, "Effective Time" with respect to the initial
registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the additional registration statement means (i) if the
Company has advised the Representatives that it
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does not propose to amend such registration statement, the date and time as
of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (ii) if the Company has
advised the Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and time
as of which such registration statement, as amended by such amendment or
post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the
Commission. If an additional registration statement has not been filed
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has
advised the Representatives that it proposes to file one, "Effective Time"
with respect to such additional registration statement means the date and
time as of which such registration statement is filed and becomes effective
pursuant to Rule 462(b). "Effective Date" with respect to the initial
registration statement or the additional registration statement (if any)
means the date of the Effective Time thereof. The initial registration
statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including all information
contained in the additional registration statement (if any) and deemed to
be a part of the initial registration statement as of the Effective Time of
the additional registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions
of the Form on which it is filed and including all information (if any)
deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of its
Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule 430A(b)") under the Act, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Initial Registration Statement". The
additional registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time,
including the contents of the initial registration statement incorporated
by reference therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be a
part of the additional registration statement as of its Effective Time
pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "Additional
Registration Statement". The Initial Registration Statement and the
Additional Registration Statement are hereinafter referred to collectively
as the "Registration Statements" and individually as a "Registration
Statement". The form of prospectus relating to the U.S. Securities as first
filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)
("Rule 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is required) as
included in the Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as the
"U.S. Prospectus". No document has been or will be prepared or distributed
in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i) on the Effective
Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration
Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations") and did
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) on the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement (if any), each Registration Statement
conformed, or will conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act
and the Rules and Regulations and did not include, or will not include, any
untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and (iii) on the date of this
Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of
the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement, each
conforms, and at the time of filing of the U.S. Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement in which the U.S. Prospectus is included,
each Registration Statement and the U.S. Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations, and none of such documents nor the U.S. Prospectus
includes, or will include, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits, or will omit, to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: on
the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement and the U.S. Prospectus will conform in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, none of such documents will include any untrue statement of a
material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated
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therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and no
Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus based upon 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 is that described as such in Section
8(d) hereof.
(c) A registration statement on Form F-6 (No. 333-112725) relating to
the ADSs has been filed with the Commission (such registration statement,
including all exhibits thereto, as amended at the time such registration
statement becomes effective, being hereinafter called the "ADS Registration
Statement"); the ADS Registration Statement has been declared effective
under the Act and as of its effective date, complied or will comply, and
each amendment or supplement thereto, when it is filed with the Commission
or becomes effective, as the case may be, will comply, in all material
respects, with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and did not or will not, as of its effective date, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading.
(d) The Hong Kong Prospectus, as well as all other documents and
notices filed with the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Hong Kong
Stock Exchange") conform, in all respects to the applicable requirements of
the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong),
any other applicable Hong Kong government regulations or legislation, the
Company Law and The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Listing Rules") and all other
rules and regulations of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing
company limited by shares in good standing under the laws of the Cayman
Islands, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business in a manner presently conducted and as
described in the Prospectuses; and the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other
jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, business prospects or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole ("Material Adverse Effect").
(f) The Company's Articles of Association comply with the requirements
of the Hong Kong Listing Rules and applicable laws of the Cayman Islands,
including the Companies Law (2003 Revision), and are in full force and
effect. Neither the Company nor any of SMIC Shanghai, SMIC Beijing, SMIC
Tianjin, SMIC Americas, SMIC Japan and SMIC Europe (the "Subsidiaries") is
(A) in violation of its Memorandum of Association or Articles of
Association (or other constitutive documents) or (B) in default of the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant
or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed or trust,
loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which
any of its properties or assets may be subject (and no event has occurred
which, with the giving of notices or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such default). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has taken any action nor have any steps been taken or legal, legislative,
or administrative proceedings been started or threatened (x) to wind up,
dissolve, or eliminate the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (y) to
withdraw, revoke or cancel the Company's or any of its subsidiaries'
licenses, other than the withdrawal of the Company's license to do business
in the State of California.
(g) Schedule D hereto correctly identifies each of the subsidiaries of
the Company incorporated or established in the People's Republic of China
("PRC") (each a "PRC subsidiary"). Each PRC subsidiary is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, duly
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incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of the PRC with full
legal right, power and authority (corporate or other) to own, use, lease
and operate its properties, conduct its business in the manner presently
conducted and, if such manner is described in the Prospectuses, as
described in the Prospectuses, and is duly qualified to conduct business in
each jurisdiction in which it conducts business and, except as disclosed in
the Prospectuses, is duly qualified to own, use, lease and operate its
properties in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties and
such qualification is required, or is and will be subject to no material
liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any
such jurisdiction. Each PRC subsidiary has been duly established as a
wholly foreign-owned enterprise with limited liability legal person status
under the laws and regulations of the PRC and (i) all approvals, permits,
licenses, registrations and qualifications required by the laws and
regulations of the PRC for establishing a wholly foreign-owned enterprise
have been duly obtained from appropriate government authorities of the PRC
in connection with the establishment of each PRC subsidiary and all such
approvals, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications are
subsisting with no charge, amendment or limitation which is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) with respect to
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation ("SMIC
Shanghai"), the entire amount of registered capital as stated in its
articles of association and business license as amended from time to time
has been fully and timely contributed by the Company, verified by qualified
independent accounting firms confirming the Company's contribution of the
entire amount of registered capital of SMIC Shanghai, and filed and
registered with relevant PRC registration authorities. The Company's equity
interest in SMIC Shanghai is free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity in favor of any third
party. With respect to Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing)
Corporation ("SMIC Beijing"), the Company has contributed the first
installment payment to the registered capital of SMIC Beijing, which
installment has been verified by a qualified independent accounting firm,
and filed and registered with relevant PRC registration authorities. The
Company's equity interest in SMIC Beijing is free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity in favor of
any third party. The balance is required to be paid up prior to July 25,
2004. In connection with Semiconductor Manufacturing International
(Tianjin) Corporation ("SMIC Tianjin"), a monetary portion of the first
installment of its registered capital has been fully paid up and verified
by a qualified independent accounting firms confirming the Company's
contribution of same, and the second installments are required to be
contributed by the Company prior to December 31, 2005. Except as disclosed
in the Prospectuses, the Company's interest in SMIC Tianjin is free and
clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim
or equity in favor of any third party;(iii) the articles of association of
each PRC subsidiary comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the
PRC and have been approved by relevant PRC governmental authorities and are
in full force and effect; (iv) SMIC Tianjin is under no regulatory
requirement for an annual review due to its recent establishment. SMIC
Shanghai has passed its 2001 annual examination and is deemed to have
passed its 2002 annual examination due to the registration authorities'
issuance of a new business license reflecting its increase in registered
capital. SMIC Beijing has passed its 2002 annual examination by
governmental authorities. Neither SMIC Shanghai nor SMIC Beijing has been
found to have any deficiency or default under applicable PRC laws and
regulations, and both SMIC Shanghai and SMIC Beijing have timely received
all requisite certifications from each applicable governmental authority in
respect of such annual examinations; (v) SMIC Shanghai is duly accredited
as an integrated circuit production enterprise under the laws and
regulations of the PRC, and is entitled to preferential industrial and
taxation policies promulgated by the State Council of the PRC as described
in the Prospectuses. SMIC Beijing and SMIC Tianjin have not yet received
accreditation as integrated circuit production enterprises, and the Company
expects SMIC Beijing and SMIC Tianjin to timely receive, their respective
accreditation as integrated circuit production enterprise.
(h) Schedule E hereto correctly identifies each of the material
subsidiaries of the Company incorporated or established in jurisdictions
other than the PRC (each a "non-PRC subsidiary"). Each non-PRC subsidiary
of the Company has been duly incorporated or established and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or establishment, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and conduct its
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business as described in the Prospectuses; and each non-PRC subsidiary of
the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or
entity in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each non-PRC subsidiary of the Company has
been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable; and the capital stock of each non-PRC subsidiary owned by
the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from and clear
of all liens, charges, encumbrances and defects.
(i) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company as of the date indicated in the Prospectuses is set forth under the
heading "Actual" and, after giving effect to the adjustments set forth in
the Prospectuses will be set forth under the heading "Pro Forma" and, after
giving effect to the Global Offering and the adjustments set forth in the
Prospectuses, will be set forth under the heading "Pro Forma, As Adjusted",
in each case under the caption "Capitalization." The shares of outstanding
capital stock of the Company have been issued in compliance with all
applicable securities laws, including U.S. federal and state securities
laws. Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses there are no outstanding
options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe
for or to purchase, any securities or obligations convertible into, or any
contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of the Company's capital
stock or any such options, rights, convertible securities or obligations.
The Global Offered Securities, and all other outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are other than as disclosed in the
Prospectuses, and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered, and
paid for in accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date (as defined
below) and when the Hong Kong Securities have been delivered and paid in
accordance with the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement and on the terms of
the Hong Kong Prospectus, the Global Offered Securities in ordinary form
will have been validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will
conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectuses; the
holders of the Global Offered Securities in ordinary form, (including the
Depositary, which will hold Securities on behalf of holders from time to
time of ADRs which evidence ADSs), against payment of the purchase price in
accordance with this Agreement and the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement on
each Closing Date will be, except subject to the terms and provisions of
the Deposit Agreement, entitled to all the rights of a shareholder
conferred by the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of
the Company and Cayman Islands law; there are no restrictions on transfers
of the Global Offered Securities, except as disclosed in the Prospectuses;
the Securities may be freely deposited by the Company with the Depositary
against issuance of ADRs as contemplated in the Deposit Agreement; and the
Global Offered Securities are freely issuable and transferable by or on
behalf of the Company to or for the account of the several Underwriters.
(j) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, when duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositary, will constitute a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and to general principles of equity and except as enforcement thereof may
be limited with respect to the indemnification provisions contained in
Section 16 thereof; upon due issuance by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing
ADSs against the deposit of Securities in respect thereof in accordance
with the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and
the holders thereof will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in
the Deposit Agreement; and the Deposit Agreement and the ADRs conform in
all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Prospectuses.
(k) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the
Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment in connection with the Global Offering.
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(l) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned
or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such
securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration
Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or in any securities being
registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the
Company under the Act.
(m) The ADSs have been approved for listing on The New York Stock
Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance; and the Offered
Securities in ordinary form, including those underlying the ADSs, have been
approved in principle for listing and permission to deal on the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange. The formal approval for listing and permission to deal is
expected to be granted by March 18, 2004, but in no event later than April
7, 2004.
(n) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, clearance by, or
registration or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court
or any stock exchange is required to be obtained or made by the Company for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Deposit Agreement
or this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Global
Offered Securities by the Company, including the deposit of any Securities
represented by the ADSs with the Depositary and the issuance of the ADRs
evidencing the ADSs, the listing of all of the Company's Securities
(including the Global Offered Securities) in ordinary form on the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange and the listing of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange,
the offer of the Hong Kong Securities, except such consents, approvals,
authorizations orders, clearances, registrations or filings, as have been
obtained or made and are in full force and effect under the Act, the
Japanese Rules and Regulations (as defined herein) and such as may be
required under applicable state securities laws, blue sky laws in the
United States, Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands and the Foreign Exchange and
Foreign Trade Law of Japan and the rules and regulations of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD").
(o) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, under current laws and
regulations of the Cayman Islands and any political subdivision thereof,
all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Global
Offered Securities, including those represented by the ADSs, may be paid by
the Company to the holder thereof in United States dollars or Hong Kong
dollars and all such payments made to holders thereof who are non-residents
of the Cayman Islands will not be subject to income, withholding or other
taxes under laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands 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 or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental
authorization in the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein.
(p) The execution, delivery and performance of the Deposit Agreement,
this Agreement, the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated therein and herein and the issuance and
sale of the Offered Securities, including the deposit of any Securities
represented by the ADSs with the Depositary and the issuance of the ADRs
evidencing the ADSs, the offering of the Hong Kong Securities and the
listing of all of the Company's Securities (including the Global Offered
Securities) in ordinary form on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the
listing of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, do not and will not
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default or require any consent under, (i) any statute, rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company or any of their properties, (ii) any agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the
Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties
of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject except for any breach,
violation or default which would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or
(iii) the
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Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association or any other
constituent document of the Company or any such subsidiary.
(q) Each of (i) this Agreement; (ii) the sixth amended and restated
registration rights agreement, dated February 23, 2004 by and among the
Shareholders of the Company listed in Annex A through D thereof and the
Company (the "Registration Rights Agreement") and (iii) the consent and
waiver of right of first offer, by and among the Company and certain of the
holders of securities of the Company dated February 23, 2004, has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and to general principles of equity and except as enforcement thereof may
be limited with respect to indemnification provisions contained in such
agreements.
(r) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, each of the Company and
its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all real properties and
all other properties and assets owned by them which is, in each case,
material to their business or operations, in each case free from and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, charges, defects, claims, options or
restrictions that would materially affect the value thereof or materially
interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as
disclosed in the Prospectuses, the Company and its subsidiaries hold all
material leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable
leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made
or to be made thereof by them. except that pursuant to the Land Use Right
Transfer Contract (the "Beijing Land Contract") entered into between SMIC
Beijing and the Building & Land Administration Department of Beijing
Economy and Technology Development Area on December 31, 2002, use of the
land stipulated in the Beijing Land Contract is confined to construction of
micro-electronic factories; if products manufactured by SMIC Beijing are
not micro-electronics, SMIC Beijing is required to pay additional land
premium based on the then standard land price announced by Beijing Economic
and Technological Development Area; if SMIC Beijing transfers or leases the
land use right to a third party or SMIC Beijing carries out other business
activities, SMIC Beijing is required to pay additional land premium based
on the then standard land price announced by Beijing Economic and
Technological Development Area; if SMIC Beijing mortgages the land use
right and a mortgagee forecloses the mortgaged property, the mortgagee has
to deduct the land premium which will be the then standard land use price
announced by Beijing Economic and Technological Area, from the sale
proceeds and then pay the land premium to the Building and Land
Administration Bureau of Beijing Economic and Technological Development
Area; and except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, the Company and its
subsidiaries hold all leased real or personal property under valid and
enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with
the use made or to be made thereof by them. SMIC Shanghai and SMIC Beijing
have obtained their respective land-use rights required to conduct its
business, including land-use rights validly granted and/or transferred to
them and held in their respective names relating to land on which their
facilities are located respectively in Shanghai and Beijing. SMIC Beijing
has fully paid the land-use right transfer fee, free and clear of all
encumbrances and defects, except that it has not paid relevant stamp tax in
connection therewith. However, the above failure to pay such stamp tax does
not affect the validity of SMIC Beijing's title to the land use rights.
SMIC Shanghai has paid the land-use right transfer fee as agreed in the
Land Use Right Transfer Contract dated February 4, 2002 (the "Shanghai Land
Contract") and the Supplementary Agreement of the Shanghai Land Contract
dated February 2004 entered into between SMIC Shanghai and Shanghai
Zhangjiang High-Tech Park Development Stock Company Ltd ("Zhangjiang
High-Tech"). In connection with the afore-mentioned land use right
registration, SMIC Shanghai has not paid relevant stamp tax and deed tax
therein. However, the above failure to pay the stamp tax and deed tax
therein does not affect the validity of SMIC Shanghai's title to the land
use right. SMIC Tianjin is in the process of sub-dividing and amending the
land use right certificate currently held in the name of Motorola (China)
Electronics Limited, relating to land on which its facilities are located,
whereas its investor, the Company, has already issued to Motorola
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(China) Electronics Limited certain shares and granted the latter an option
of purchasing additional shares, as consideration for assets including the
above land use right it purchased from the latter pursuant to an asset
purchase agreement dated September 23, 2003. MCEL had paid up in full
relevant fees and taxes for the grant of the land use rights in connection
with the land it purported to sell to the Company, and MCEL legally owned
the land it purported to sell to the Company and had the legal right to
sell the land use right to the Company pursuant to the asset purchase
agreement. Upon completion by the Company and MCEL of subdividing and
amending relevant land use rights certificates and payment of relevant
taxes in connection with the land, the Company will legally own the
relevant land use rights. SMIC Tianjin will legally acquire the relevant
land use right after the Company has completed the relevant land use right
amendment procedures.
(s) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, the Company and its
subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued
by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them and have not received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, no director, officer or
manager of the Company or any person affiliated with such person is a
Selling Shareholder.
(v) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or possesses the
right to use all patents and other rights to inventions, trademarks,
trademark registrations, service marks, service xxxx registrations, trade
names, copyrights, trades secrets, know-how and other intellectual property
(collectively, "intellectual property rights") necessary to conduct the
business now operated by it or presently employed by them, and if such
business is described in the Prospectuses, as described in the
Prospectuses, except where such failure to own or possess rights to use
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company
and except as described in the Prospectuses, there is no reasonable basis
to allege that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has infringed or
violated or is infringing or violating any intellectual property rights of
others. Except as described in the Prospectuses, the Company has not
received any notice or communication alleging that the Company or any of
its subsidiaries infringes any intellectual property rights of others that,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries would,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, no stamp or other
issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income,
withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters
to Hong Kong, the United States, the PRC or the Cayman Islands or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection
with (A) the issuance of the Global Offered Securities, (B) the deposit by
the Company of any Securities represented by the ADSs with the Depositary
and the issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs, (C) the sale and delivery
of the Global Offered Securities by the Underwriters as part of the
Underwriters' distribution of the Offered Securities as contemplated
hereunder; and (D) the delivery of the Securities to be sold by the Selling
Shareholders in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
(x) [Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed on a timely
basis all necessary tax returns, reports and filings. Such returns, reports
or filings are not the subject of any disputes with revenue or other
authorities other than these disputes which if determined adversely to the
Company, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of
its subsidiaries, has paid all material taxes required to be paid by them
and has no knowledge of any tax deficiency which might be assessed against,
except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.]
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(y) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation,
decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic
or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment
or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively,
"environmental laws"), owns or operates any real property contaminated with
any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any
off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or
is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which
violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of
any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(z) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain insurance in such
amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably considers
adequate for the conduct of its business and as is customary for similarly
sized companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries and in
similar locations, all of which insurance is in full force and effect,
except where the failure to maintain such insurance could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no material claims by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument
as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a
reservation of rights clause. The Company has no reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance as and when such coverage
expires or will be able to obtain replacement insurance adequate for the
conduct of the business and the value of its properties at a cost that
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) None of the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any of their officers or directors (whether or not pursuant to the
Directed Share Program) has paid, promised or authorized the payment,
directly or indirectly, of any monies or any thing of value, in each case
to the extent that such payment, promise or authorization constitutes
bribery in breach of applicable laws of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or
the PRC, to any government official, political or governmental organization
or employee of any political party or to any other person charged with
similar public or quasi-public duties or for the purpose of influencing any
act or decision of such official or of the government to obtain or retain
business, or direct business to the Company or any of its subsidiaries
other than, in each case, payments required by the laws of the United
States or any jurisdiction thereof or permitted by all such applicable laws
(any such act, a "Prohibited Payment"). A Prohibited Payment does not
include the payment of reasonable and bona fide expenditures, such as
travel and lodging expenses, which are directly related to the promotion,
demonstration or explanation of products or services, or the execution or
performance of a contract with a government authority or agency thereof;
provided that such payments are permissible under applicable laws.
(bb) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against the Company any of its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties (including, to the knowledge of the
Company, any actions, suits or proceedings against current or former
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries) that, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and
adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under the Deposit Agreement or this Agreement; and, to the knowledge of the
Company, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or
contemplated.
(cc) The accountants who certified the financial statements and the
supporting schedules ("Reporting Accountants") included in the Registration
Statements and the U.S. Prospectus are independent public accountants as
required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
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(dd) The financial statements and data included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses present fairly the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their
results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such
financial data have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis;
and the notes included in each Registration Statement and the Prospectuses
present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the
assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included
in each Registration Statement and the Prospectuses provide a reasonable
basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the
transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments
give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns
therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the
corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
(ee) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectuses, neither
the Company nor its subsidiaries has (i) entered into or assumed any
material contract, (ii) incurred, assumed or acquired any material
liability (including contingent liability) or other obligation, (iii)
acquired or disposed of or agreed to acquire or dispose of any business or
any other asset material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or (iv) entered into a letter of intent or memorandum of
understanding (or announced an intention to do so) relating to any matter
identified in clauses (i) through (iii) above, nor has the Company or its
subsidiaries sustained any material loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree, and since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses, nor has there been
except as contemplated in the prospectuses, any change in the capital stock
(including registered capital) or long-term debt of the Company or its
subsidiaries or any material adverse change in or affecting the financial
position, business prospects, shareholders' equity or results of operations
of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(ff) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have devised and
maintain a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with the management's general or specific authorizations; (B)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is
taken with respect to any differences. The Company and its subsidiaries
maintain and keep books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect their transactions and dispositions of
assets.
(gg) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Global Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectuses, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(hh) The Company does not expect to be a passive foreign investment
company ("PFIC") within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the tax year ending December
31, 2004 and does not expect to become a
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PFIC in the future. The Company has no plan or intention to take any action
that would result in the Company becoming a PFIC in the future.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any of their respective officers, directors or
affiliates (within the meaning of the Act and the Regulation) has taken,
nor will any of them take, directly or indirectly, any action which
constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably
be expected to constitute, cause or result in, under the Exchange Act and
regulations thereunder the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company or its subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Global Offered Securities and neither the Company nor any
affiliated purchaser (as such term is defined in Regulation M under the
Exchange Act ("Regulation M")) of the Company has, either alone or with one
or more other persons, bid for or purchased or will bid for or purchase,
for any account in which the Company or any such affiliated purchaser has a
beneficial interest, any Offered Securities or Securities or any right to
purchase such Offered Securities or Securities during the applicable
Restricted Period as such term is defined in Regulation M, nor has the
Company or any affiliated purchaser of the Company made or will make bids
or purchases for the purpose of creating actual or apparent active trading
in, or of raising the price of, the Offered Securities or Securities which
is designed to or which has constituted, or which might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, manipulation of the price of any security
of the Company.
(jj) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, (A) no indebtedness
(actual or contingent) and no contract or arrangement is outstanding
between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (B) no indebtedness
(actual or contingent) and no material contract or arrangement is
outstanding between the Company, or any of its subsidiaries and any
significant shareholder of the Company, any director of the Company or
connected person of the Company or any of their associates.
(kk) The Company is in compliance with all applicable provisions of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and will ensure that it is in compliance with all of
the other applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act upon the
subsequent release by the Commission of rules and regulations promulgated
under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(ll) The section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operation - Critical Accounting
Policies" in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses accurately and
fully describes (A) accounting policies which the Company believes are the
most important in the portrayal of the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and which
require management's most difficult, subjective or complex judgments
("critical accounting policies"); (B) judgments and uncertainties affecting
the application of critical accounting policies; and (C) explanation of the
likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under
different conditions or using different assumptions. The Company's board of
directors, senior management and audit committee have reviewed and agreed
with the selection, application and disclosure of critical accounting
policies. The section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital
Resources" in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses accurately
and fully describes (x) all material trends, demands, commitments, events,
uncertainties and risks, and the potential effects thereof, that the
Company believes would materially affect liquidity and are reasonably
likely to occur; and (y) all off-balance sheet arrangements that have or
are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the financial
condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of
operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statements and the Prospectuses, there are no outstanding
guarantees or other contingent obligations of the Company or any subsidiary
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(mm) The Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and any preliminary
prospectuses comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will
comply, with any applicable
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laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which such Prospectuses or
any preliminary prospectuses, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and no
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration or
qualification of or with any government, governmental instrumentality or
court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under the
securities law and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the
Directed Shares are offered outside the United States.
(nn) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer,
any Offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program
with the intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the
Company to alter the customer or supplier's level or type of business with
the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish
favorable information about the Company or its products.
(oo) The Company has filed with the Director-General of Kanto Local
Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan (the "KLFB") a
securities registration statement with respect to the Japanese POWL and
amendments to such securities registration statement pursuant to the
Securities and Exchange Law of Japan; a further amendment to such
securities registration statement relating principally to the pricing
information (the "Final Amendment") is proposed to be filed by the Company
with the KLFB promptly after the execution of this Agreement (such
securities registration statement and all such amendments, collectively,
the "Japanese Securities Registration Statement"); the registration made
under the Japanese Securities Registration Statement will become effective
as at the date of the Final Amendment; and the Japanese Securities
Registration Statement, on the date hereof and the date of the Final
Amendment, (i) conforms and will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and the cabinet orders
and ministerial ordinances and other rules and regulations thereunder
(including the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, the "Japanese Rules
and Regulations"), and (ii) does not and will not 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 not
misleading.
(pp) The Company has prepared a preliminary prospectus including
certain supplements thereto, (the "Japanese Preliminary Prospectus") and a
summarized preliminary prospectus including certain supplements thereto,
(the "Japanese Summarized Prospectus") with respect to the Japanese POWL
and intends to prepare a supplement or supplements or an amendment or
amendments to the Japanese Preliminary Prospectus which together with the
Japanese Preliminary Prospectus will form a final prospectus (the "Japanese
Final Prospectus", and together with the Japanese Preliminary Prospectus
and the Japanese Summarized Prospectus, the "Japanese Prospectus"); and the
Japanese Preliminary Prospectus and the Japanese Summarized Prospectus at
the time of issue thereof conformed, and the Japanese Final Prospectus at
the time of issue thereof will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and the Japanese
Rules and Regulations, and the Japanese Preliminary Prospectus at the time
of issue thereof did not, and the Japanese Final Prospectus at the time of
issue thereof will not, 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 not misleading.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the
U.S. Representatives or the International Representatives or counsel for the
Underwriters as required or contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a
representation and warranty hereunder by the Company, as to matters covered
thereby, to each Underwriter.
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3. Each Selling Shareholder with respect to itself, severally and not
jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the several
Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder has and on each Closing Date hereinafter
mentioned will have valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities
to be delivered by such Selling Shareholder on such Closing Date and full
right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell,
assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by such
Selling Shareholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and upon the delivery
of and payment for the Offered Securities hereunder on each Closing Date to
the Attorney-in-Fact (as defined below) the several Underwriters will
acquire valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be
delivered by such Selling Shareholder on such Closing Date. Each Selling
Shareholder is the record owner and, as applicable, the beneficial owner of
the Offered Securities to be sold by it hereunder, and such Offered
Securities are held free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and
claims and such Selling Shareholder's Attorney-in-Fact (as defined below)
has duly executed a stock transfer agreement transferring title of the
Offered Securities to the several Underwriters on each Closing Date.
(b) The statements under the heading "Selling Shareholders" included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses does not and will not
include, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, provided that the representations
and warranties set forth in this section 3(b) apply only to statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Selling
Shareholder furnished to the Company in writing by such Selling Shareholder
expressly for use therein, and, such Selling Shareholder is not in
possession of any material, non public information regarding the Company
and its subsidiaries and the decision by such Selling Shareholder to sell
its Securities in the Global Offering is not based upon any such material,
non public information.
(c) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between such Selling Shareholder and any
person that would give rise to a valid claim against such Selling
Shareholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment in connection with the Global Offering.
(d) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, clearance by, or
registration or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court
or any stock exchange is required to be obtained or made by such Selling
Shareholder for the consummation of the transactions by such Selling
Shareholder contemplated by this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement or the
execution and delivery of the Power of Attorney (as defined below), in each
case, in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities to be delivered
by such Selling Shareholder on each Closing Date hereunder, including the
deposit of any Securities represented by the ADSs with the Depositary and
the issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs, the listing of the Offered
Securities in ordinary form on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the listing
of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, except such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, clearances, registrations or filings as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect under the Act,
the Japanese Rules and Regulations and such as may be required under
applicable state securities laws, blue sky laws in the United States, Hong
Kong, Cayman Islands and the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law of
Japan or the rules and regulations of the NASD.
(e) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, no stamp or other
issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income,
withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters
to Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, United States, the PRC or any
jurisdiction where such Selling Shareholder is resident, incorporated or
established, as applicable, in each case, to any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (A) the sale and
delivery of the Global Offered Securities by such Selling Shareholder and
(B) the consummation by such Selling Shareholder of any other transaction
contemplated in this
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Agreement or the Deposit Agreement or the performance by such Selling
Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement or the Deposit
Agreement.
(f) The agreement of the Selling Shareholder to the choice of law
provisions set forth in Section 15 of this Agreement will be recognized by
the courts of the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or any jurisdiction
where such Selling Shareholder is resident, incorporated or established, as
applicable, in each case, and are legal, valid and binding; the Selling
Shareholder can xxx and be sued in their own name under the laws of Hong
Kong, Cayman Islands, the PRC or any jurisdiction where such Selling
Shareholder is resident, incorporated or established, as applicable, in
each case, the irrevocable submission by the Selling Shareholder to the
jurisdiction of a New York Court and the appointment of CT Corporation
System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000, as their authorized agent
for the purpose described in Section 15 of this Agreement are legal, valid
and binding; service of process effected in the manner set forth in Section
15 of this Agreement will be effective to confer valid personal
jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder; and a judgment obtained in a New
York court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Selling
Shareholder under this Agreement would be enforceable against the Selling
Shareholder in the courts of Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, the PRC or any
jurisdiction where such Selling Shareholder is resident, incorporated or
established, as applicable, in each case, without further review of the
merits.
(g) Neither the Selling Shareholder nor any of its 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 or any jurisdiction where such
Selling Shareholder is resident, incorporated or established, as
applicable, in each case.
(h) The Registration Rights Agreement, has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder which is
a party to such agreement and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of
such Selling Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
where the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
principles of equity.
(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
on or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder and is a legal, valid and
binding agreement of such Selling Shareholder.
(j) The power of attorney ("Power of Attorney"), appointing certain
individuals named therein as such Selling Shareholder's attorneys-in-fact
(each, an "Attorney-in-Fact") relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the Prospectuses, constitutes a valid instrument granting the
Attorneys-in-Fact named in such Power of Attorney, the power and authority
stated therein, and permits the Attorneys-in-Fact, singly or collectively,
to bind such Selling Shareholder with respect to all matters granted,
conferred and contemplated in such Power of Attorney and such Power of
Attorney has not been revoked, cancelled or terminated at any time.
(k) The statement of election and questionnaire containing certain
information regarding such Selling Shareholder and the election form which
sets forth the amount of Securities such Selling Shareholder has elected to
sell in the Offering (the "Questionnaire and Election Form"), completed by
such Selling Shareholder and submitted to the Company by facsimile on or
about February 19, 2004 and by mail on or before March 4, 2004, does not
and as of each applicable Closing Date will not contain any untrue
statement of material fact nor does it omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading and such Selling Shareholder's election to sell the number
of Securities indicated in the Questionnaire and the Election Form is valid
and binding on such Selling Shareholder.
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(l) Such Selling Shareholder acknowledges receipt via electronic mail
of: (i) a copy of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 as filed with
Commission on February 11, 2004 and (ii) the Questionnaire and Election
Form (collectively "Selling Shareholder Documents"); such Selling
Shareholder has not distributed, forwarded, copied or transmitted and will
not distribute, forward, copy or transmit any of the Selling Shareholder
Documents to any persons other than to such Selling Shareholder's advisers
(financial, legal and other) or general partners or other Control persons,
in each case whose receipt and review of the Selling Shareholder Documents,
was solely related to the decision of such Selling Shareholders to
participate in the Global Offering and for no other purpose.
(m) The execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of, and the
performance by such Selling Shareholder of his obligations under, this
Agreement, the Power of Attorney or the Questionnaire and the Election Form
or the consummation by such Selling Shareholder of any of the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not contravene or
conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, or
require consent of (i) any other party to any agreement or instrument to
which such Selling Shareholder is bound or under which it is entitled to
any right or benefit, (ii) any provision of applicable law or any judgment,
order, decree or regulation applicable to such Selling Shareholder of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or (iii) the
memorandum of association, articles of association or any other constituent
document of such Selling Shareholder, in each case, which has not been
obtained.
(n) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly
or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or
result in, or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or
result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Global Offered Securities and none
of each Selling Shareholder nor any affiliated purchaser (as such term is
defined in Regulation M) of Such Selling Shareholder has, either alone or
with one or more other persons, bid for or purchased or will bid for or
purchase, for any account in which such Selling Shareholder or any such
affiliated purchaser has a beneficial interest, any Offered Securities or
Securities or any right to purchase such Offered Securities or Securities
during the applicable Restricted Period as such term is defined in
Regulation M, nor has any such Selling Shareholder or any affiliated
purchaser of such Selling Shareholder made or will make bids or purchases
for the purpose of creating actual or apparent active trading in, or of
raising the price of, the Offered Securities or Securities which is
designed to or which has constituted, or which might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in, manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company.
(o) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses, such Selling Shareholder does not have any registration or
similar rights to require registration of any debt or equity security of
the Company as part or on account of, or otherwise in connection with, the
sale of the Global Offered Securities contemplated hereby, and any such
rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by, or effectively
waived by, such Selling Shareholder.
(p) Such Selling Shareholder has not distributed and will not
distribute, prior to the later of the First Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, if any, and the completion of the Underwriters' distribution
of the Global Offered Securities, any offering material in connection with
the offering and sale of the Global Offered Securities by the Selling
Shareholders.
Any certificate signed by any Selling Shareholder, by any officer of the
Selling Shareholders or by any Attorney-in-Fact of such Selling Shareholder on
behalf of such Selling Shareholder and delivered to the U.S. Representatives or
the International Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters as required or
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a representation and warranty
hereunder by such Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each
Underwriter.
4. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities.
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(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Company and each Selling Shareholder agree subject to Section 4(g) and
Section 4(j), severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company and each Selling Shareholder, at a purchase price of U.S.$ . per
ADS, the respective number of U.S. Firm Securities and International Firm
Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedules A
and C hereto, respectively.
(b) Certificates for the Offered Securities to be sold by each Selling
Shareholder hereunder have been issued and irrevocable instructions have
been given by such Selling Shareholder's Attorney-in-Fact instructing
delivery of the certificates being sold by such Selling Shareholder in the
Offering in accordance with instructions given by the Representatives. Each
Selling Shareholder agrees and acknowledges that the shares represented by
the certificates held by such Shareholder's Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of
such Selling Shareholder in accordance with such Selling Shareholder's
instructions are subject to the interest of the Underwriters hereunder,
that the arrangements made by such Selling Shareholder are to that extent
irrevocable, and that the obligations of such Selling Shareholder hereunder
shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death of any
individual Selling Shareholder or the occurrence of any other event, or in
the case of a trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the
termination of such trust. If any individual Selling Shareholder or any
such trustee or trustees should die, or if any other such event should
occur, or if any of such trusts should terminate, before the delivery of
the Offered Securities hereunder, certificates for such Offered Securities
shall be delivered by the Attorney-in-Fact in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement as if such death or other event or termination
had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Attorney-in-Fact shall
have received notice of such death or other event or termination.
(c) The Company will and each Selling Shareholder will or shall cause
the custodian to deliver the ADR Firm Securities in appropriate form to the
Representatives through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") for the accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the
purchase price in U.S. dollars or Hong Kong dollars in same day funds by
official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank
acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of the Company or the
Company, on behalf of the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be at the
office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York
time, on March [18], 2004, or at such other time not later than seven full
business days thereafter as the Representatives, the Selling Shareholders
and the Company determine, as applicable, such time being herein referred
to as the "First Closing Date". For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the
Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise
applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of
funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold
pursuant to the U.S. Offering and the International Offering. The ADRs
evidencing the U.S. Firm Securities in ADS form and the certificates for
the International Firm Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive
form, in such denominations and registered in such names as the
Representatives requests. The ADRs will be made available for checking and
packaging at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP or such other place
designated by the Representatives and the certificates for the
International Firm Securities shall be made available for checking and
packaging at the office of Central Clearing and Settlement System (the
"CCASS"), Hong Kong, or such other place designated by the Representatives,
at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
(d) In addition, upon written notice from the Representatives given to
the Company and the Selling Shareholders at any time on or before April 10,
2004 (the "Option Notice"), the U.S. Underwriters may purchase all or less
than all of the U.S. Optional Securities and the International Underwriters
may purchase all or less than all of the International Optional Securities
at the purchase price per ADS (for any Optional Securities delivered in ADS
form) or per ordinary share (for any Optional Securities delivered in
ordinary form), as applicable to be paid for the corresponding Firm
Securities. The Optional Securities to be purchased by the U.S.
Underwriters or the International Underwriters on any Optional Closing Date
(as defined below) shall be in the
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same proportion to all the Optional Securities to be purchased by the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Underwriters on such Optional Closing
Date as the aggregate of the U.S. Firm Securities and the International
Firm Securities bear to all the Firm Securities.
(e) Each of the Selling Shareholders agree, severally and not jointly,
to sell to the Underwriters the number of Optional Securities obtained by
multiplying the number of Optional Securities proposed to be purchased by
the Underwriters as set forth in the Option Notice by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount of Firm Securities sold by such Selling
Shareholder and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm
Securities sold by all of the Selling Shareholders, in each case, as set
forth in Schedules A and B hereto (subject to adjustment by the
Representatives to eliminate any fractions of Securities). Such Optional
Securities shall be purchased from the Selling Shareholders for the account
of each U.S. Underwriter or International Underwriter, as applicable, in
the same proportion as the number of ADSs, without giving effect to the
taking of ordinary shares in lieu thereof, constituting the U.S. Firm
Securities or International Firm Securities, as applicable, set forth
opposite such U.S. Underwriter's or International Underwriter's name bears
to the aggregate number of ADSs, without giving effect to the taking of
ordinary shares in lieu thereof, constituting the U.S. Firm Securities or
International Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives
to eliminate fractions), as the case may be, and may be purchased by the
Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities
shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been,
or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the
Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to
time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and
terminated at any time upon notice by the Representatives on behalf of
Underwriters to the Company and the Selling Shareholders. It is understood
that the Representatives are authorized to make payment for and accept
delivery of such Optional Securities on behalf of the Underwriters pursuant
to the terms of the Representatives' instructions to the Selling
Shareholders.
(f) Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional
Securities in appropriate form, being herein referred to as an "Optional
Closing Date", which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date
and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a
"Closing Date"), shall be determined by the Representatives but shall be
not later than five full business days after an Option Notice is given. The
Selling Shareholders will deliver the applicable Optional Securities in ADS
form or in ordinary form, as applicable, being purchased on each Optional
Closing Date to the Representatives for the accounts of the several
Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price therefor in U.S.
dollars or Hong Kong dollars in same day funds by official bank check or
checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the
Representatives drawn to the order of the Company on behalf of the Selling
Shareholders, at the above office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx
LLP. The ADRs evidencing the U.S. Optional Securities in ADS form and the
certificates for the International Optional Securities, as applicable, will
be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names
as the Representatives request upon reasonable notice prior to such
Optional Closing Date. The ADRs will be made available for checking and
packaging at the [ ] or such other place designated by the Representatives,
and the certificates for the International Optional Securities shall be
made available for checking and packaging at the office of CCASS or such
other place designated by the Representatives, at a reasonable time in
advance of such Optional Closing Date, at a reasonable time in advance of
such Optional Closing Date.
(g) With respect to all or any portion of the Offered Securities in
ADS form to be purchased and sold hereunder, the U.S. Representatives, on
behalf of the several U.S. Underwriters, and the International
Representatives, on behalf of the several International Underwriters, may
elect to take delivery of ordinary shares in lieu of delivery of ADSs. The
purchase price for ordinary shares received in lieu of ADSs shall be HK$o
per ordinary share. Notice of such election with respect to any Closing
Date shall be given by the Representatives to the Company and the Selling
Shareholders, as applicable, at least 48 hours prior to the related Closing
Date. If an election has been made to take delivery of ordinary shares in
lieu of ADSs in
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accordance with this Section 4, the Company and the Selling Shareholders
shall deliver those number of Offered Securities in ordinary form elected
to be purchased by the Underwriters hereunder, in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives request,
and shall deliver such Offered Securities in ordinary form through the
facilities of CCASS for the account of the Underwriters against payment of
the purchase price [in Hong Kong dollars or United States dollars] by
official bank check or checks drawn to the order of the Company or the
Selling Shareholders, as applicable, on the related Closing Date. The
Company and the Selling Shareholders shall cause the certificates
representing the Offered Securities in ordinary form to be made available
for checking and packaging at the office of CCASS or such other place
designated by the Representatives at a reasonable time in advance of the
relevant Closing Date.
(h) The Underwriters may satisfy their obligation to purchase Offered
Securities hereunder by procuring on behalf of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders, purchasers for the Offered Securities on the terms set forth
herein.
(i) The documents to be delivered on a Closing Date by or on behalf of
the parties hereto pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered at the
Hong Kong office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP or other
location designated by the Representatives 24 hours prior to such Closing
Date or such other time designated by the Representatives.
(j) The Intersyndicate Agreement provides that, under the direction of
the Representatives, if the number of Securities validly applied for in the
Hong Kong Public Offering exceeds . Securities, being 15 times the number
or Securities initially available in such offering, then an additional .
Securities shall be reallocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering from the
U.S. Offering and/or the International Offering such that the size of the
Hong Kong Public Offering, including such additional . Securities, shall be
approximately [7.5]% of the total size of the Offered Securities; if the
number of Securities validly applied for in the Hong Kong Public Offering
is equal to or exceeds . Securities, being 50 times the number of
Securities initially available in such offering, then an additional .
Securities shall be reallocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering from the
U.S. Offering and/or the International Offering such that the size of the
Hong Kong Public Offering, including such additional . Securities, shall be
approximately [12.5]% of the total size of the Offered Securities; if the
number of Securities validly applied for in the Hong Kong Public Offering
is equal to or exceeds . Securities, being 100 times the number of
Securities initially available in such offering, then an additional .
Securities shall be reallocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering from the
U.S. Offering and/or the International Offering such that the size of the
Hong Kong Public Offering, including such additional . Securities, shall be
approximately [20]% of the total size of the Offered Securities. Securities
reallocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering pursuant to the preceding
sentence are hereinafter referred to as the "Reallocated Shares". In each
such case, the number of ADSs offered in the U.S. Offering and the number
of ADSs and/or Securities offered in the International Offering will be
correspondingly reduced in such manner as the Representatives deem
appropriate. An amount equal to the aggregate underwriting discount on the
Reallocated Shares reallocated from the U.S. Offering (which underwriting
discount, expressed as a percentage, shall be the same per Reallocated
Shares as per ADS) and/or the International Offering shall be withheld by
the U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters, respectively,
from the amount otherwise payable hereunder to the Company. The U.S.
Underwriters and the International Underwriters shall have no further
obligations to the Company with respect to the Reallocated Shares
reallocated from the U.S. Offering and the International Offering.
(k) The offer price of the Offered Securities consists of the price to
be paid by public investors in the Hong Kong public offering per security
and amounts in respect of brokerage, Hong Kong Securities and Futures
Commission ("SFC") transaction levy, investor compensation levy and Hong
Kong Stock Exchange trading fee (or the equivalent amounts in respect of
the ADSs). The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be responsible
for payment of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange transaction levy with respect
to sales of Offered
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Securities hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision
of this Agreement, the Underwriters may withhold and deduct from the
purchase price payable to the Company and the Selling Shareholders for the
Offered Securities hereunder, the aggregate amount payable with respect to
such brokerage, SFC transaction levy, investor compensation levy and Hong
Kong Stock Exchange trading fee (equal to 1%, 0.005%, 0.002% and 0.005%,
respectively, of the price to be paid by public investors in the Hong Kong
Public Offering per Security) from the proceeds of the U.S. offering and
the International Offering and shall apply any amounts so withheld or
deducted in payment of the same.
(l) Pursuant to the Intersyndicate Agreement, in the event of an
Under-Subscription (as defined in the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement) the
Representatives may at their discretion also reallocate all or some of the
Hong Kong Offer Shares (as defined in the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement)
representing the amount of such Under-Subscription to one or more of the
Underwriters in such amounts as the Representatives and each such
Underwriter may agree, whereupon such Underwriter will become obligated to
pay the purchase price payable under Section 4(a) of this Agreement for
such Hong Kong Offer Shares to the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
Underwriting discounts and commissions with respect to such reallocated
Hong Kong Offer Shares (which underwriting discount and commissions,
expressed as a percentage, shall be the same per reallocated Hong Kong
Offer Share as per share) shall be allocated among the Underwriters
pursuant to the Intersyndicate Agreement.
5. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in
the Prospectuses.
6. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Shareholders that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
file the U.S. Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth
business day after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any such
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and an additional registration statement is necessary to register
a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time
thereof has not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the Company
will file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a
post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on
the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the U.S.
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such
filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the
Representatives.
(b) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any
proposal to amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration
statement as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial Registration
Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the U.S.
Prospectus or the ADS Registration Statement and will not effect such
amendment or supplementation without the Representatives' prior consent,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; and the Company will also
advise the Representatives promptly of the effectiveness of each
Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement) and the ADS Registration
Statement (if its effectiveness is subsequent to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of a
Registration Statement or either of the Prospectuses or the ADS
Registration Statement and of the institution by the Commission of any stop
order proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or the ADS
Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its
lifting, if issued.
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(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act or the Japanese Rules
and Regulations in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any
event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or
if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the
Act or the Japanese Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify
the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and make the
necessary filings with the relevant authority (in the case of the U.S.
Prospectus, file with the Commission), [at its own expense], an amendment
or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment
which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives' consent to,
nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall
constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.
(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders an earnings statement covering the 12-month period
ending December 31, 2004 (and to the extent prepared, any interim earnings
statements for any shorter period, as well as for the three-month period
ended March 31, 2005) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the Act.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the
Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement, each of which
will be signed and will include all exhibits, each preliminary prospectus
relating to the Offered Securities, and, so long as a prospectus relating
to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectuses and
all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such
quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The U.S.
Prospectus shall be so furnished in New York City on or prior to 3:00 P.M.,
New York time, on the second business day following the later of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statement. All other such documents shall be so
furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of
printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company shall assist the underwriters in arranging for the
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the foreign or state
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution.
(g) The Company agrees that it will use the net proceeds received by
it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the
Prospectuses under the caption "Use of Proceeds".
(h) The Company shall ensure that by the First Closing Date, it will
obtain or cause to be obtained, from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the
formal written approval for listing and permission to deal in the Global
Offered Securities in ordinary form. In connection with the application to
list the Company's securities, including the Global Offered Securities in
ordinary form and those deposited in respect of ADSs, on the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange and to list the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, the
Company will furnish from time to time any and all documents, instruments,
information and undertakings and publish all advertisements or other
material that may be necessary in order to effect and maintain such
listings.
(i) During the period of 3 years hereafter, the Company will furnish
to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other
Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a
copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year; and the Company
will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of
each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with,
or submitted to, the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to
shareholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning
the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(j) The Company will not amend, modify, revoke, cancel or otherwise
change any material terms of (i) Section 2.02 of the Registration Rights
Agreement or (ii) any of the documents, agreements or notices in respect of
the Company's equity-based employee stock plans the "Stock Plans",
including, without limitation, the stock option agreement, notice of stock
option grant and stock option agreement - early exercise notice, insofar as
it relates to the ability of the employees to offer, sell or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities (or other
securities) held by such employee or enter into any swap, hedging or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of any Securities (or other securities)
held by such employee in each case within 180 days of the date of this
Agreement nor in each case will it take any actions or steps to do so
without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
(k) The Company shall at all times maintain transfer restrictions
(including the inclusion of legends in share certificates), as appropriate
with respect to the Company's Securities which are subject to transfer
restrictions pursuant to this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Stock Plans and shall ensure that Computershare Hong Kong Investor
Services Limited is in compliance with such restrictions on transfer of
restricted Securities. The Company shall retain all share certificates
which are by their terms subject to transfer restrictions until such time
as such transfer restrictions are no longer applicable to such securities.
(l) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company
will be liable for all expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, under this
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the foreign or State
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto (including, but
not limited to, the expenses relating to preparing and printing the
Canadian "wrap" in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered
Securities in Canada, the expenses relating to preparing, printing and
filing the Japanese Securities Registration Statement and the Japanese
Prospectus in connection with the Japanese POWL, and the expenses relating
to filing and lodging the International Offering Circular and its
preliminary forms with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and other
similar actions and filings in such other jurisdictions in which the
Offered Securities may be offered or sold), for any fees and expenses in
connection with listing the Offered Securities in ADS form on the New York
Stock Exchange and the Offered Securities in ordinary form on the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange, for the filing fee incidental to, the review by the NASD of
the Global Offered Securities and other expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) in connection with qualification of the Offered
Securities, for any travel expenses of the Company's officers and
employees, for any stamp taxes, transaction levies, investor compensation
levies, trading fees, brokerage fees and any other expenses or taxes
arising as a result of the deposit by the Company of the Securities with
the Depositary and the issuance and delivery of the Global Offered
Securities by the Company to or for the account of the Underwriters, and of
the sale and delivery outside of Hong Kong of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters and to each other, in each case as part of the Underwriters'
distribution of the Offered Securities as contemplated herein, and any
other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting
meetings with prospective purchasers of the Global Offered Securities, for
any transfer taxes on the sale by the Selling Shareholders of the Offered
Securities to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred in distributing
preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectuses (including any amendments and
supplements thereto) to the Underwriters. [The Representatives, on behalf
of the Underwriters, will pay to the Company on or before , 2004 the
sum of $. as a lump-sum reimbursement of the Company's expenses, however
incurred.]
(m) No action has been or, prior to the completion of the distribution
of the Offered Securities, will be taken by the Company in any jurisdiction
outside the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan that would permit a
public offering of the Offered Securities, or possession or distribution of
the International Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or
any related preliminary prospectus issued in connection with the offering
of the Offered Securities, or
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any other offering material, in any country or jurisdiction where action
for that purpose is required.
(n) The Company and each Selling Shareholder will, severally and not
jointly, and with respect to the Selling Shareholders, only with respect to
the Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, indemnify and
hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar
issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation,
issuance, sale and distribution of the Offered Securities and on the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement. In
addition, the Company and each Selling Shareholder will, severally and not
jointly, and with respect to the Selling Shareholders, only with respect to
the Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, indemnify and
hold harmless the Underwriters against any SFC transaction levy, investor
compensation levy, Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading fee or brokerage fee
which may be required to be paid in connection with the offer, sale,
distribution and issuance of the ADSs or Securities to be purchased
hereunder and under the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement and the listing of
the Securities on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. All payments to be made by
the Company and the Selling Shareholders hereunder shall be made without
withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes,
duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company or the Selling
Shareholders are compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties
or charges. In that event, the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall
promptly pay the full amount of such taxes deducted or withheld to the
relevant tax authority in accordance with applicable law, and shall pay
such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts
received by the Underwriters after such withholding or deduction shall
equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or
deduction had been made. Amounts payable by the Company and the Selling
Shareholder pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made within 5 days
from the date the Underwriters make a written demand therefor. The Company
and each Selling Shareholder shall be liable for, and shall indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless the Underwriters from and against any and all
taxes, duties or governmental charges imposed on, incurred by, asserted
against, or collected from the Underwriters in connection with any payments
made by the Company or such Selling Shareholder hereunder.
(o) For a period of 180 days after the date of the final U.S.
Prospectus, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant or agree to grant any option, right or warrant to purchase,
lend or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the
Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, ADSs or
ordinary shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for or that represents the right to receive any ADSs or
ordinary shares, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of the ADSs or ordinary shares, or publicly disclose that the
Company will or may enter into any transaction described above, without the
prior written consent of the Representatives, whether any transaction
described above is to be settled by delivery of ADSs, ordinary shares or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except for issuances (i) of
ADSs or ordinary shares to the Underwriters and the Hong Kong Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement and the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement,
respectively, (ii) pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options
outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) for the conversion of the convertible
preference shares outstanding as of the date of this Agreement into
Securities, (iv) pursuant to the exercise of outstanding warrants to
purchase Series B convertible preference shares, (v) of [ ] in connection
with the closing of the Company's pending technology transaction with one
of the Company's technology partners, (vi) of [ ] in connection with the
subscription of shares by Beida Microelectronics Investment Ltd. upon its
receipt of requisite government approval to remit the U.S. dollar
subscription price and (vii) of additional stock options or other
equity-based awards pursuant to the 2004 Stock Option Plan, the 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan and the 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan each as existing
on the date of this Agreement.
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(p) Each Selling Shareholder agrees that it will not offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase
any option or contract to sell, grant or agree to grant any option, right
or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the
Act relating to, ADSs or ordinary shares or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for or that represents the right to receive any
ADSs or ordinary shares, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement
that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of the ADSs or ordinary shares, or publicly
disclose that he, she or it will or may enter into any transaction
described above, without the prior written consent of the Representatives,
for a period of 180 days after the date of the final U.S. Prospectus,
whether any transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of
ADSs, ordinary shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, other
than transfers to affiliates, immediate family members or other persons
under common control with such Selling Shareholder. The Representatives may
release ADSs or ordinary shares subject to the lock-ups at any time without
public announcement.
(q) 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 the Underwriters, pursuant to this Agreement at the applicable
Closing Date.
(r) Each Selling Shareholder agrees to deliver to the U.S.
Representatives, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 0000-00000, Attention: Transactions Advisory Group on or prior to
the First Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States
Treasury Department Form W-9 or applicable Form W-8 (or other applicable
form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu
thereof).
(s) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will
ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required
by the NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated Underwriter
will notify the Company as to which Participants will need to be so
restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop
transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.
(t) Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the
Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable
laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the
Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the
First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein, to
the accuracy of the statements of Company officers and the Depositary made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders of their obligations hereunder and to the following
additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received, on the date hereof and at
each Closing, a letter dated the date hereof or dated the date of such
Closing, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants
Ltd., independent public accountants to the Company, containing statements
and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort
letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information and data contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses and in substantially in the form attached as
Annex B hereto; provided that the letters delivered at the First Closing
Date shall use a one or more "cut-off dates", the latest of which is not
earlier than March 8, 2004.
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(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is not
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time
shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date
of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by the
U.S. Representative. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00
P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time
the U.S. Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall
have occurred at such later date as shall have been consented to by the
Representatives. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
U.S. Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance
with the Rules and Regulations and Section 6(a) of this Agreement. The ADS
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective not later than
10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date
as shall have been consented to by the U.S. Representatives. Prior to such
Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement or the ADS Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the
knowledge of any Selling Shareholder, the Company or the Representatives,
shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there
shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, business prospects or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment
of the Representatives after consultation with the Company to the extent
practicable, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale
of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) a change in U.S., the PRC,
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands or international financial, political or economic
conditions or currency exchange rates, exchange controls, or taxation,
including any transfer taxes, duties, or withholding obligations, as would,
in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the
Representatives, be likely to prejudice materially the success of the
proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities, whether in
the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iii)
any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Hong Kong Stock Exchange,
or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange;
(iv) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal, New York, PRC, Cayman
Islands or Hong Kong authorities; or (v) any major disruption of
settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States or
Hong Kong or (vi) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
act of terrorism involving the United States, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands or
PRC, any declaration of war by the U.S. Congress, the PRC or any other
national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a
majority in interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, the
effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity
or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion
of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered
Securities.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Shearman & Sterling LLP, United States counsel for the
Company, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives and as set forth in Annex C hereto.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Jingtian & Gongcheng, PRC counsel for the Company,
addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives and as set forth in Annex D hereto.
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxxx and May, Hong Kong counsel for the Company,
addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives and as set forth in Annex E hereto.
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(g) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxx and Calder Asia, Cayman Islands counsel for the
Company, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives and as set forth in Annex F hereto.
(h) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, contemplated
in the Power of Attorney and the Transaction Documents, executed and
delivered by each Selling Shareholder, addressed to the Underwriters, dated
on or before the First Closing Date, reasonably satisfactory to the
Representations with respect to matters concerning such Selling Shareholder
as they may reasonably request.
(i) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated on or
before the First Closing Date, of counsels for the Company in jurisdictions
where Selling Shareholders include natural persons, addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives with respect to matters concerning such Selling Shareholder
as they may reasonably request.
(j) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office, Japanese counsel to the
Company, addressed to the Representatives, addressed to the Underwriters,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and as
set forth in Annex G hereto.
(k) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, from Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Associates LLP, counsel for the
Depositary, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative and as set forth in Annex H hereto.
(l) The Representatives shall have received from Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriters, such
opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, addressed to the
Underwriters, with respect to the validity of the Offered Securities
delivered on such Closing Date, the Registration Statements, the ADS
Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and other related matters as the
Representatives may require, and the Selling Shareholders and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In
rendering such opinion, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP may rely
as to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by
Cayman Islands laws upon the opinion of Xxxxxx and Calder Asia and as to
all matters governed by the laws of Hong Kong upon the opinions of
Freshfields Bruckhaus Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx and May referred to below.
(m) The Representatives shall have received from Freshfields Bruckhaus
Xxxxxxxx, Hong Kong counsel to the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions,
dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the
Representatives may require, and the Selling Shareholders and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(n) The Representatives shall have received from Haiwen & Partners,
PRC counsel to the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such
Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may
require, and the Selling Shareholders and the Company shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(o) The Representatives shall have received from Nishimura & Partners,
Japanese counsel to the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such
Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may
reasonably require, and the Selling Shareholders and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
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(p) The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
the Underwriters a certificate satisfactory to the Representatives of one
of its authorized officers with respect to the deposit with it of the
Securities represented by the ADSs against issuance of the ADRs evidencing
the ADSs, the execution, issuance, countersignature and delivery of the
ADRs evidencing the ADSs pursuant to the Deposit Agreement and such other
matters related thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(q) The Company and the Depositary shall have executed and delivered
the Deposit Agreement and the Deposit Agreement shall be in full force and
effect and the Company and the Depositary shall have taken all action
necessary to permit the deposit of the Securities and the issuance of the
ADSs in accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
(r) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such
Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to
the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects; the Company has complied in
all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing
Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement or the ADS Registration Statement has been issued and to the
knowledge of the Company (after due inquiry), no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission; the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of
subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule 462(b),
including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule
111(a) or (b) under the Act, prior to the time either Prospectus was
printed and distributed to any Underwriter; and, subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements in the Prospectuses, there has been no
material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, business prospects or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or
contemplated by the Prospectuses or as described in such certificate.
(s) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such
Closing Date, of an authorized representative of each Selling Shareholder
in which such authorized representative, to the best of its knowledge after
reasonable investigation, shall state that: the representations and
warranties of such Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects; and the Selling Shareholders have
complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior
to such Closing Date.
(t) On or prior to the First Closing Date, the Representatives shall
have received from each Selling Shareholder (if applicable) a properly
completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 or the
applicable Form W-8 (or other applicable form or statement specified by
Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(u) On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives
shall have received lock-up letters from each person who is a founder of
the Company and a party to the stock restriction agreement, dated [ ],
(other than former employees), in each case substantially in the form
2001 attached hereto as Annex A.
(v) The ADSs shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for
trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities in ordinary form
shall have been approved for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange shall have formally approved the listing and
permission to deal in the Company's Securities (including the Global
Offered Securities in ordinary form) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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(w) On or prior to the First Closing Date, the Offered Securities
shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of
DTC and the Securities in ordinary form shall be eligible for clearance and
settlement through the facilities of CCASS.
(x) The listing agreement between the Company and the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange shall be in full force and effect.
(y) The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have obtained all
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders of, or made all filings with,
any governmental agency or body or any court or any stock exchange,
domestic or foreign, required to be obtained or made by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Offered Securities.
(z) With respect to each of the U.S. Offering, the International
Offering and the Hong Kong Public Offering, the U.S. Underwriters, the
International Underwriters and the Hong Kong Underwriters, as the case may
be, shall not have terminated the U.S. Offering, the International Offering
and the Hong Kong Public Offering, as the case may be, in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and the Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement, as
the case may be.
(aa) The closing of the purchase and sale of the Hong Kong Securities
to be issued and sold by Company pursuant to the Hong Kong Underwriting
Agreement shall occur prior to or concurrently with the closing of the
purchase of the Offered Securities described herein;
(bb) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants
Ltd., which meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section,
except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a
date not more than three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes
of this subsection.
The Selling Shareholders and the Company will furnish the Representatives
with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents
as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives may waive, on
behalf of the Underwriters, compliance with any conditions to the obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
partners, members, directors, officers and employees, each affiliate of an
Underwriter selling underwritten Offered Securities on behalf of an
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter
may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, Japanese Securities Registration Statement, any of the
Prospectuses, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and will
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents (x)
in reliance 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 information
furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
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described as such in subsection (d) below and (y) where it shall have been
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment that (A) the Company had previously furnished sufficient copies of
the Prospectuses to the Representatives, (B) the delivery of a Prospectus
was required by the Act to be made to such person and (C) the untrue
statement or omission of material fact was corrected in an amendment or
supplement in a subsequent Prospectus by the Company and such corrected
Prospectus was not sent or given to such person by the Underwriters, at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such securities to such
person.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Designated
Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act ("Designated Entities"), from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with defending or investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for
distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program
or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to
pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed
to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the
Directed Share Program, including any violation of any applicable laws or
regulations of any foreign jurisdictions in connection with or arising out
of the Directed Share Program, including violations of Section 5 of the Act
or similar laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, other than losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are
finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross
negligence of the Designated Entities.
(b) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling
Shareholder, its directors and officers, if applicable, and each person, if
any, who controls such Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Selling Shareholder may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in any Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, the Japanese Securities Registration Statement, any of the
Prospectuses, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and will
reimburse each Selling Shareholder for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Selling Shareholder in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission
from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder
specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only
information furnished by any Selling Shareholder consists of the
information relating to such Selling Shareholder described under the
caption "Selling Shareholders" in the Prospectuses.
(c) Each Selling Shareholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and
employees, each person, if any, who controls the Company and each
Underwriter, its partners, members, directors and officers and employees,
each affiliate of an Underwriter selling underwritten Offered Securities on
behalf of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, from and against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue
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statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, Japanese Securities Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any related preliminary
prospectus or any Questionnaire, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in any Registration Statement, Japanese Securities
Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, any related preliminary prospectus or any Questionnaire, in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Selling Shareholder expressly for use therein (including,
but not limited to, information relating to such Selling Shareholder
contained under the caption "Selling Shareholders" in the Prospectuses);
and will reimburse each such person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such person or the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however that the Selling
Shareholders shall not be liable to any person under this Section 8(c)
where it shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment that (x) the Company had previously
furnished sufficient copies of the Prospectuses to the Representatives, (y)
the delivery of a Prospectus was required by the Act to be made to such
person and (z) the untrue statement or omission of material fact was
corrected in an amendment or supplement in a subsequent Prospectus by the
Company and such corrected Prospectus was not sent or given to such person
by the Underwriters, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
such securities to such person; and provided, further, that the liability
under this subsection of each Selling Shareholder shall be limited to an
amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds to such Selling Shareholder
after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, from the
sale of the Offered Securities by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.
(d) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and the Selling Shareholders, their respective
directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls the
Company or any such Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Shareholder may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, either
of the Prospectuses, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company and each Selling
Shareholder in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the following information in the Prospectuses furnished on behalf of each
Underwriter: their respective names, the concession and reallowance figures
appearing in the eighth paragraph of text and the third, fourth and fifth
paragraphs on page 157 of the U.S. Prospectus, each under the caption
"Underwriting".
[(e) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter,
its partners, members, directors and officers and employees, each affiliate of
an Underwriter selling underwritten Offered Securities on behalf of an
underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof)
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arise out of or are based upon or arise in connection with the program
established by the Company for the sale of Offered Securities by certain
holders of Securities of the Company and all parties who were recipients of
the Selling Shareholder Transaction Documents of the Company to allow for
the potential sale of Offered Securities held by such persons in this
Offering (the "Selling Shareholder Program"); and will reimburse each
Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.]
(f) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section,
such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party under subsection (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e)
above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above
except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided
further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise
than under subsection (a), (b), (c) (d) or (e) above. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will
be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to
the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to
such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof,
the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under
this Section, for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of
any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party
is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes (i) an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any
claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include
a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to
act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(g) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a),
(b),(c), (d) or (e) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a), (b),
(c), (d) or (e) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by each of the Company, the Selling
Shareholders and the Underwriters from the offering of the Offered
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but
also the relative fault of each of the Company, the Selling Shareholders,
and the Underwriters in connection with the statements, omissions,
violations or failures, which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by each of the Company, the Selling Shareholders
and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering of the Offered Securities (before
deducting expenses) received by each of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact or violation or failure relates to information supplied by
the Company, the Selling Shareholders or the Underwriters and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission or prevent such
violation or failure. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first
sentence of this subsection (g) shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
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connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the
subject of this subsection (g). Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (g), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this
subsection (g) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(h) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and
the Selling Shareholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters
under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the
respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of
the Company who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act and to each
director and officer of such Selling Shareholder and each person who
controls such Selling Shareholder.
(i) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company and the Selling Shareholders contained in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate
of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company or any Selling Shareholder
or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder and (iii) acceptance of
and payment for any of the Offered Securities.
9. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase the Offered Securities hereunder on any Closing
Date and the aggregate number of ordinary shares and number of ADSs constituting
the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of ordinary
shares and number of ADSs constituting the Offered Securities that the
Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representatives
may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Shareholders
for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of
the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such
defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If
any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of ordinary
shares and number of ADSs constituting the Offered Securities with respect to
which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of ordinary
shares and number of ADSs constituting the Offered Securities that the
Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements
satisfactory to the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Shareholders
for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within
36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling
Shareholders, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default
occurs with respect to the Optional Securities after the First Closing Date,
this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional
Securities purchased prior to such termination). For purposes of this Section:
(a) U.S. Securities in ADS form in lieu of which the Underwriters purchase U.S.
Securities in ordinary form shall be treated as U.S. Securities purchased by the
Underwriters and (b) International Securities in ordinary form in lieu of which
any Underwriter purchases International Securities in ADS form shall be treated
as International Securities purchased by the Underwriters. As used in this
Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
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10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Selling Shareholders, of the Company or its officers and of the several
Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the
results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling
Shareholder, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or
directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment
for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
9 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by them pursuant to Section 6(l) and the
respective obligations of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 shall remain in effect and if any Offered
Securities have been purchased hereunder the representations and warranties in
Section 2 and all obligations under Section 6 shall also remain in effect. If
the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated
for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of Section 7(c), the Company will reimburse the
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
Offered Securities.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent
to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to:
(a) the U.S. Representatives, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation LLC, Eleven
Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Transactions Advisory
Group, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Syndicate Manager, Equity Capital Markets; (b) to the International
Representatives, Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited, 45/F, Two
Exchange Square, 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx: Legal and
Compliance Department, and Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, 55/th/ Floor,
Xxxxxx Kong Center, 0 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx: Equity Capital
Markets; (c) if sent to the Company or the Selling Shareholders or any of them
will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 000000, People's Republic of China, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, with a
copy to Xxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx of Xxxxxxxx & Sterling LLP, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000-0000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America; provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the parties hereto and their respective personal representatives and
successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Representation of Underwriters. The U.S. Representatives will act
for the several U.S. Underwriters and the International Representatives will act
for the several International Underwriters, in each case in connection with this
financing. Any action under this Agreement taken by the U.S. Representatives
will be binding upon all the U.S. Underwriters. Any action under this Agreement
taken by the International Representatives will be binding upon all the
International Underwriters. The Attorney-in-Fact will act for the Selling
Shareholders in connection with such transactions, and any action under or in
respect of this Agreement taken by such Attorney-in-Fact will be binding upon
all the Selling Shareholders.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws.
The Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The
City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company
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appoints CT Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, as
its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon
which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that
service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the
Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 11,
shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company
in any such suit or proceeding. The Company and the Selling Shareholders further
agree to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such
designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period
of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
The obligation of the Company or any Selling Shareholder in respect of any
sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency
other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business
day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in
such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may
in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with
such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the
sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such
judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States
dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter
hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company or the Selling
Shareholder an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the
sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives' understanding
of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts
hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling
Shareholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its
terms.
Very truly yours,
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
[ ]
_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
As, Attorney-in-fact of the various
Selling Shareholders attached hereto as
Schedule B
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
The U.S. Underwriters
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
By: Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
BY: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
representatives of the several
U.S. Underwriters named in Schedule A
hereto.
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The International Underwriters
Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
By: Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
By: Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acting on behalf of themselves and as
representatives of the several International
Underwriters named in Schedule C hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
Total Number of U.S.
Firm Securities in
Number of U.S. Firm Securities ADS Form to be
U.S. Underwriter in ADS Form to be sold by purchased
---------------- ---------------------------------- -----------------
Selling
Company Shareholders
---------------- ----------------
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC .....
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc .......
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. ...........
Xxxxxxx & Company, Inc. ............
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation ....
ThinkEquity Partners ...............
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC .........
XX Xxxxxxxxx & Co, LLC .............
---------------- ---------------- ----------------
Total ...................
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SCHEDULE B
Number of Firm Number of
Securities Optional Securities
Selling Shareholder to be Sold to be Sold
------------------- -------------- --------------------
Motorola (China) Electronics Limited ....................... 297,049,000 130,475,000
Tetrad Ventures Pte Ltd .................................... 224,199,000 98,476,000
Beida Jade Bird Universal Sci-Tech (Cayman) Development
Company Limited ......................................... 156,842,000 68,890,000
GS Capital Partners 2000, L.P. ............................. 108,103,000 47,483,000
Platinum Creative Group Limited ............................ 101,947,000 44,779,000
Citicorp International Finance Corporation ................. 65,351,000 28,704,000
Vertex Technology Fund (III) Ltd. .......................... 64,044,000 28,130,000
Asia Pacific Growth Fund III, L.P. ......................... 62,060,000 27,259,000
Fortune Technology Fund II Ltd. ............................ 54,450,000 23,917,000
CTI II Limited ............................................. 45,746,000 20,093,000
Oak Investment Partners X, L.P. ............................ 45,023,000 19,775,000
GS Capital Partners 2000 Offshore, L.P. .................... 39,279,000 17,248,000
Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. .......................... 39,210,000 17,223,000
Taiwan Special Opportunities Fund III ...................... 39,210,000 17,223,000
GS Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P. ............... 34,348,000 15,087,000
Xxxxx Investment Holdings Ltd. ............................. 29,408,000 12,917,000
Technology Associates Management Company, Ltd. ............. 29,408,000 12,917,000
Strong Fortune Corporation ................................. 26,140,000 11,482,000
Flextronics International, Ltd. ............................ 25,000,000 0
Hong Lim Investments Pte Ltd. .............................. 24,950,000 0
Cresciendo Investments Limited ............................. 23,526,000 10,334,000
Pacven Xxxxxx Ventures V, L.P. ............................. 23,454,000 10,302,000
Harvest Equity Company Limited ............................. 23,200,000 10,190,000
Expert Gold Investments Ltd. ............................... 20,912,000 9,186,000
Superb Consultants Limited ................................. 19,605,000 8,612,000
Towin Limited .............................................. 19,605,000 8,612,000
CMF Technology Fund I Ltd. ................................. 19,500,000 0
Fastcash Finance Ltd. ...................................... 18,298,000 8,037,000
Always Happy Co., Ltd. ..................................... 17,970,000 0
Hanover Technology Limited ................................. 17,645,000 7,750,000
Oak Investment Partners IX, L.P. ........................... 16,914,000 0
Prodigy Fund SPC-Prodigy Strategic Investment Fund X
Segregated Portfolio ..................................... 16,338,000 7,176,000
Westward Holdings Ltd. ..................................... 16,070,000 7,058,000
Advanced Tech International Ltd. ........................... 15,031,000 6,602,000
System Com. Co., Ltd. ...................................... 15,000,000 0
Taurus International Corporation ........................... 13,500,000 0
Wider Choice Enterprises Limited ........................... 13,500,000 0
Anfu Holdings Ltd. ......................................... 13,500,000 0
AsiaStar IT Fund, L.P. ..................................... 12,500,000 0
Sim Xxxx Hoo ............................................... 12,500,000 0
PROCIFIC ................................................... 12,253,000 5,382,000
Shanghai International Shanghai Growth Investment Limited .. 11,763,000 5,167,000
DCM III, L.P. .............................................. 11,620,000 0
00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx 0000, L.P. ............................... 11,250,000 0
Pearlville Company Ltd. .................................... 11,110,000 4,879,000
AAA Capital Management, Inc. ............................... 10,000,000 0
Victoria Eight Developments Limited ........................ 10,000,000 0
Vertex Xxxxxx XX (C.I.) Fund L.P. .......................... 9,271,000 0
Huitung Investments (BVI) Limited .......................... 9,000,000 0
New Found Developments Limited ............................. 9,000,000 0
Grandtime Associates Limited ............................... 9,000,000 0
Asset Success Investments Limited .......................... 8,822,000 3,875,000
Easy Street Investments Limited ............................ 8,822,000 3,875,000
Seaboard Investments Limited ............................... 8,822,000 3,875,000
Visible Profit Investments Limited ......................... 8,822,000 3,875,000
Whole Gain Investments Limited ............................. 8,822,000 3,875,000
Ease Investment Co., Ltd. .................................. 8,100,000 0
UOB Capital Investments Pte Ltd. ........................... 7,490,000 0
Fortune Technology Fund I Ltd. ............................. 7,200,000 0
CHIAM International Limited ................................ 7,000,000 0
Fair Chance Ltd. ........................................... 5,400,000 0
GS Capital Partners GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG ............. 5,186,000 0
Gain Fortune Global Ltd. ................................... 5,000,000 0
UOB Venture (Shenzhen) Limited ............................. 4,990,000 0
Top Spot Ltd. .............................................. 4,522,000 1,987,000
Xxxxx Xxx Development & Investment Limited ................. 4,500,000 0
GM Capital Partners I, L.P. ................................ 4,300,000 0
UOB Venture Technology Investments Ltd ..................... 3,740,000 0
WIIG-Nikko IT LLC. ......................................... 3,320,000 0
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee for First Plaza Group
Trust .................................................... 3,200,000 0
Palace Gate Ltd. ........................................... 2,840,000 0
AP3 Co-Investment Partners, LDC ............................ 2,700,000 0
Intelligent Logistics Limited .............................. 2,700,000 0
One Objective Limited ...................................... 2,700,000 0
Vertex Xxxxxx XX (A) Fund L.P. ............................. 2,341,000 0
Silicon Valley Bancshares .................................. 1,750,000 0
Vertex Xxxxxx XX Discount Fund L.P. ........................ 1,657,000 0
Ta Chuan International (Bahamas) Corporation ............... 1,500,000 0
Seed Ventures III Pte. Ltd. ................................ 1,330,000 0
The Xxxxxx Foundation ...................................... 1,125,000 0
Oak X Affiliates Fund, L.P. ................................ 1,106,000 0
Pac-Link Management Corp. .................................. 920,000 0
Pacven Xxxxxx Ventures Parallel V-A C.V. ................... 840,000 0
Pacven Xxxxxx Ventures Parallel V-B C.V. ................... 840,000 0
Business Dimension Universal Ltd. .......................... 580,000 0
DCM Affiliates Fund III, L.P. .............................. 570,000 0
Pacven Xxxxxx Venture V-QP Associates Fund, L.P. ........... 530,000 0
Oak IX Affiliates Fund-A, L.P. ............................. 406,000 0
Fort Washington Private Equity Investors III, L.P. ......... 375,000 0
Vertex Xxxxxx XX (B) Fund L.P. ............................. 359,000 0
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DCM III-A, L.P. .................................. 310,000 0
Action Investments Universal Ltd. ................ 250,000 0
Oak IX Affiliates Fund, L.P. ..................... 180,000 0
Vertex Xxxxxx XX (C.I.) Executive Fund L.P. ...... 163,000 0
Qi Yuan Ma ....................................... 150,000 0
Redpine Finance Holdings, Inc. ................... 150,000 0
Xxxxxx Xxxx ...................................... 100,000 0
Pacven Xxxxxx Venture V Associates Fund, L.P. .... 80,000 0
-------------- -------------
Total: 2,121,212,000 772,727,000
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SCHEDULE C
Total Number of
Number of International Firm International Firm
Securities in ADS Form Securities in ADS
International Underwriters to be sold by Form to be purchased
-------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------
Selling
Company Shareholders
-------------- ----------------
Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited ....
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch ................
Nomura International plc ..........................
ABN AMRO International plc ........................
DBS Bank Ltd ......................................
-------------- ---------------- ----------------
Total ....................................
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SCHEDULE D
PRC Subsidiaries
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Tianjin) Corporation
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SCHEDULE E
Non-PRC Subsidiaries
SMIC Americas
SMIC Japan
SMIC Europe
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ANNEX A
Form of Lock-Up Agreement for Founders
March ___, 2004
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
As representatives of the several U.S. underwriters
Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited
00/X, Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
55th Floor, Xxxxxx Kong Center,
0 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
As representatives of the several international underwriters
Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to the Underwriters (defined herein) to execute the
underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") among Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"), the selling shareholders named
therein, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., acting as representatives (the "U.S. Representatives") of the several U.S.
underwriters (the "U.S. Underwriters") named therein, and Credit Suisse First
Boston (Hong Kong) Limited and Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, acting as
representatives (the "International Representatives" and, together with the U.S.
Representatives, the "Representatives") of the several international
underwriters ("International Underwriters" and, together with the U.S.
Underwriters, the "Underwriters") named therein, pursuant to which an offering
will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market
for Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.0004 per share (the "Securities"), of SMIC,
and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the "Company"), the
undersigned hereby agrees that from the date hereof and until 180 days after the
public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the
Securities (the "Public Offering Date") pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement,
the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Securities or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of Securities,
enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any
swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such
aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention
to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such
transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior
written consent of the Representatives. In addition, the undersigned agrees
that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not,
during the period commencing on the date hereof and
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ending 180 days after the Public Offering Date, make any demand for or exercise
any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the
undersigned will also be subject to this Agreement. Any Securities acquired by
the undersigned in the open market will not be subject to this Agreement. A
transfer of Securities to a family member or trust may be made, provided the
transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent
and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of
Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this
Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors,
heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement
shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have
occurred on or before [insert date].
Very truly yours,
..............................
[Name of founder of SMIC]
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ANNEX B
Form of Comfort Letter to be delivered by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,
independent public accountants of the Company
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ANNEX C
Form of Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP,
U.S. Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX D
Form of Opinion of Jiangtian & Gongcheng,
PRC Counsel to the Company
49
ANNEX E
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxxxx and May,
Hong Kong Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX F
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx and Calder, Asia,
Cayman Islands Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX G
Form of Opinion of Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office,
Japanese Counsel to the Company
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ANNEX H
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Associates LLP,
Counsel to the Depositary
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