HiSoft Technology International Limited [•] American Depositary Shares Representing [•] Common Shares (Par Value $0.0001 Per Common Share) FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
HiSoft Technology International Limited
[•]
American Depositary Shares
Representing [•] Common Shares
Representing [•] Common Shares
(Par Value $0.0001 Per Common Share)
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[DATE], 2010
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
UBS AG
52/F, International Finance Center
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
52/F, International Finance Center
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
HiSoft Technology International Limited, a company established in the Cayman Islands (the
“Company”), and the shareholders of the Company listed in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling
Shareholders”) propose to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I
hereto for whom Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“Deutsche Bank”), UBS AG (“UBS”) and Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”) an aggregate of [•] American depositary shares (“ADSs”) of the Company (the “Firm ADSs”), each representing [•] common
shares, par value $0.0001 per share (each a “Common Share”), of which [•] ADSs will be sold by
the Company and [•] ADSs will be sold by the Selling Shareholders. The respective numbers of the
Firm ADSs to be so purchased from the Company and the Selling Shareholders by the several
Underwriters are set forth opposite the Underwriters’ names in Schedule I hereto, and
the respective numbers to be sold by the Selling Shareholders are set forth opposite their names in
Schedule II hereto. The Selling Shareholders also propose to sell at the
Underwriters’ option an aggregate of up to [•] additional ADSs (the “Option ADSs”) as set forth
below. The Firm ADSs and the Option ADSs are herein collectively called the “Offered ADSs.” The
Common Shares represented by the Firm ADSs are hereinafter called the “Firm Shares,” the Common
Shares represented by the Option ADSs are hereinafter called the “Option Shares,” and the Firm
Shares and Option Shares are hereinafter collectively called the “Shares.” Unless the context
otherwise requires, each reference to the Firm ADSs, the Option ADSs or the Offered ADSs herein
also includes the Shares.
As the Representatives, you have advised the Company and the Selling Shareholders (a) that you
are authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (b) that the
several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the numbers of Firm
ADSs set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I, plus their pro rata portion of the
Option ADSs if you elect to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part for the accounts
of the several Underwriters.
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties
in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
(i) A registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-[•]) with respect to the Shares
underlying the Offered ADSs has been prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and
regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. The Company and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements and comply with the conditions for the use of
Form F-1. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the preliminary
prospectuses (meeting in all material respects the requirements of the Rules and Regulations)
contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules, as finally amended and
revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company to you. Such registration statement, as
amended at the time it became effective, together with any registration statement filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, is herein referred to as the “Registration
Statement,” which shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon
Rule 430A under the Act and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective
under the Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of
the date of this Agreement. “Prospectus” means the form of prospectus first filed with the
Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Act. Each
preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes
effective is herein referred to as a “Preliminary Prospectus.”
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(ii) As of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be, neither (i) the General Use Free Writing
Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory
Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule IV hereto, all considered
together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Free
Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure
Package, included or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that
the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information is that described in Section 13 herein. As used in this subsection and elsewhere in
this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means [•] [a/p]m (New York City Time) on the date of this Agreement or such
other time as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives.
“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Offered
ADSs that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Rule 433 under the Act, relating to the Offered ADSs in the form filed or required to be filed with
the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records
pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Act.
“General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
identified on Schedule V to this Agreement.
“Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a
General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
(iii) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with corporate power and authority to own or lease
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each of the subsidiaries of the Company and the affiliated
entity (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) as listed in Exhibit A hereto has been duly organized and
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. The Subsidiaries are the only operating entities, direct or indirect, of the Company.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification, except for such
jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify would not (i) have a material adverse effect on the
earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company and of the
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Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) prevent the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention described in the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to as a “Material Adverse Effect”). The outstanding
share capital of each of the Subsidiaries (i) has been duly authorized and validly issued, (ii) is
fully paid and non-assessable in accordance with the relevant laws of the People’s Republic of
China (excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative
Region and Taiwan solely for the purpose of this Agreement, the “PRC”), and (iii) to the extent
shown in Exhibit A hereto, is owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and equities and claims; and except as described in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to
purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into
shares of capital stock or ownership interests in any of the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(iv) The outstanding share capital of the Company, including all shares to be sold by the
Selling Shareholders, has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable; the Offered ADSs and the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and freely transferable to and for the
account of the several Underwriters; there are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the
Offered ADSs under the laws of the Cayman Islands or the United States except as described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and no preemptive rights
of stockholders exist with respect to any of the Common Shares or the issue and sale thereof. Upon
the sale and delivery to the Underwriters of the Offered ADSs, and payment therefor, pursuant to
this Agreement, the Underwriters will acquire good, marketable and valid title to such Offered
ADSs, free and clear of all pledges, liens, security interests, charges, claims or encumbrances of
any kind. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement (as
defined below), nor the offering or sale of the Offered ADSs and the Shares as contemplated by this
Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or
relating to the registration of any Shares.
(v) A registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-[•]) in respect of the Offered ADSs has
been filed with the Commission; such registration statement, in the form heretofore delivered to
you and, excluding exhibits, to you for each of the other Underwriters, has been declared effective
by the Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such registration statement has
heretofore been filed with the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission (the various parts of such registration
statement, including all exhibits thereto, each as amended at the time such part of the
registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the “ADS Registration
Statement”); and the ADS Registration Statement when it became effective conformed, and any further
amendments thereto will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations, and did not, as of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(vi) A registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. [•]) in respect of the registration of the
Shares and the Offered ADSs under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), has been filed with the Commission; such registration statement in the form heretofore
delivered to you and to you for each of the other Underwriters, has been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such registration statement has
heretofore been filed with the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission (the various parts of such registration
statement, including all exhibits thereto, each as amended at the time such part of the
registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the “Form 8-A Registration
Statement”); and the Form 8-A Registration Statement when it became effective conformed, and any
further amendments thereto will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not and will not,
as of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(vii) The information set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any similar section or
information contained in the General Disclosure Package) is true and correct in all material
respects. All of the offered ADSs and the underlying Common Shares conform in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. The form of certificates for the Common Shares conforms to the
corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation and to any requirements of the
Company’s organizational documents. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as
otherwise specifically stated therein or in this Agreement, the Company has not: (i) issued any
securities (other than securities issued in connection with any grant or exercise of outstanding
stock options or nonvested common shares disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, for borrowed money (other than immaterial, direct liabilities or obligations for
borrowed money incurred in the ordinary course of business); or (ii) declared or paid any dividend
or made any other distribution on or in respect to its shares.
(viii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under
the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to
require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or in any securities being registered
pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act.
(ix) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the
proposed offering of the Offered ADSs, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A
of the Act has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the
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Commission. The Registration Statement contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto will contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and
will conform in all material respects to, the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations. The Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not contain, and will not
contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue
statement of a material fact; and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter
through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information is that described in Section 13 herein.
(x) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times
through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered ADSs or until any earlier date
that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives, did not, does not and will not include
any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(xi) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered ADSs other than any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Act and
consistent with Section 4(a)(ii) below. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses in the time required under Rule 433(d) under the Act. The Company has
satisfied or will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file
with the Commission any electronic road show.
(xii) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the date hereof
(with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company
was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, without taking
into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not
necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for
purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Offered ADSs as
contemplated by the Registration Statement.
(xiii) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, together
with related notes and schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
position and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries, at the
indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted principles of accounting
(“U.S. GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein,
and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for
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such periods have been made. The summary and selected consolidated financial and statistical
data of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus presents fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and such data has
been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books
and records of the Company. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are
required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus that are not included as required. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any
material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet
obligations), not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(xiv) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., who has audited certain of the financial statements
filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and
the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).
(xv) Solely to the extent that the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Market thereunder (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) has been applicable to the Company, there is and has been no failure on the
part of the Company to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that it is in compliance in all
material respects with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that are in effect and with which
the Company is required to comply and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in
compliance with other provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act not currently in effect that will become
applicable to the Company.
(xvi) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective
directors or officers before any court or administrative agency or otherwise which if determined
adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries would either (i) have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xvii) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the
properties and assets reflected in the consolidated financial statements hereinabove described or
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and
such properties and assets are not subject to any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of
any kind except those reflected in such financial statements or described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or which would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their
leased properties under valid and binding leases conforming in all material respects to the
description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
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(xviii) The Company and the Subsidiaries have all necessary licenses, authorizations,
franchises, consents, concessions, orders, certificates, permits and approvals (the “Permits”) and
have made all necessary filings required under any applicable law, rule or regulation, and have
obtained all Permits from other persons, in order to conduct their respective businesses, where the
failure to obtain any such Permit or to make any such filing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not
be able to renew any Permit when and as such Permit expires; neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default under, or has received notice of any proceedings
relating to revocation or modification of, any Permits except where such violation, default,
revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect; and the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all of
the provisions of the Permits.
(xix) All legal or governmental proceedings, related-party transactions, off-balance sheet
transactions, contracts, licenses, agreements, leases or documents of a character required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement have been so described or filed as required.
(xx) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax
returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by such returns and
all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due and
are not being contested in good faith and for which an adequate reserve for accrual has been
established in accordance with U.S. GAAP, except where a failure to file such tax returns would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. All material tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in
the financial statements of the Company, and the Company does not know of any actual or proposed
additional material tax assessments. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, all government tax waivers from national and local
governments of the jurisdictions in which the Company and the Subsidiaries conduct their respective
businesses and other national and local tax relief, concessions and preferential treatment granted
to, claimed or otherwise obtained by the Company or the Subsidiaries are valid, binding and
enforceable.
(xxi) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or
supplemented, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties,
assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, and
there has not been any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is
probable of being entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, other than transactions
in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or
supplemented. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no material contingent obligations which are
not disclosed in the Company’s financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(xxii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, will be, (i) in violation of its memorandum and articles of association,
certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability
agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (ii) in violation of any law,
order, rule, judgment, writ or decree applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or
of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction
(collectively, “applicable laws”) or (iii) in violation of or in default under any agreement,
lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it,
or any of its properties, is bound and, solely with respect to this clause (iii), which violation
or default would have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Deposit Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of (x) any
of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound, except for such
conflicts, breaches or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, (y) the memorandum and articles of association, certificate or articles of
incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary or (z)
any applicable law.
(xxiii) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
(xxiv) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or
with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (except such additional steps as
may be required by the Commission or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”) or
such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Offered ADSs for public offering by the
Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full
force and effect.
(xxv) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositary, constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon due
issuance by the Depositary of the American depositary receipts (the “ADRs”) evidencing the Offered
ADSs against the deposit of the underlying Common Shares in respect thereof in accordance with the
provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and the persons in
whose names the ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the
Deposit Agreement.
(xxvi) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Offered ADSs by the Company and the deposit of the
Common Shares with the Depositary and the issuance of the ADRs evidencing the Offered ADSs as
contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will neither
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(i) cause any holder of any shares of capital stock, securities convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or other rights to purchase capital stock or
any other securities of the Company to have any right to acquire any shares of preferred stock of
the Company nor (ii) trigger any anti-dilution rights of any such holder with respect to such
shares, securities, options, warrants or rights.
(xxvii) The description of the corporate structure of the Company and the various contracts
listed on Exhibit B hereto between the Company and any of the Subsidiaries or shareholders of the
Subsidiaries, or between any two or more Subsidiaries, as the case may be (each a “Corporate
Structure Contract” and collectively the “Corporate Structure Contracts”), and filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement and as set forth in the General Disclosure Package under the captions
“Our Corporate Structure” and “Related Party Transactions,” is true and accurate in all material
respects and nothing has been omitted from such description which would make it misleading in any
material respect. There is no other agreement, contract or other document relating to the
corporate structure or the operation of the Company and the Subsidiaries which has not been
previously disclosed or made available to the Underwriters and, to the extent material to the
Company, disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(xxviii) Each Corporate Structure Contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the parties thereto,
enforceable in accordance with its terms in all material aspects. All consents, approvals,
authorizations, and orders of, and filings or registrations with, any person (including any
governmental agency or body or any court) required for the performance of the obligations under any
Corporate Structure Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party have been obtained
and are in full force and effect, other than those the lack of which would not have a Material
Adverse Effect and those contemplated to be obtained after the date hereof under the Corporate
Structure Contracts, and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There is no legal or governmental proceeding, inquiry or
investigation pending against the Company, the Subsidiaries or shareholders of the Subsidiaries in
any jurisdiction challenging the validity of any of the Corporate Structure Contracts and, to the
knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, no such proceeding, inquiry or investigation is
threatened or contemplated in any jurisdiction.
(xxix) The Company and the Subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses
for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both
registered and unregistered), tradenames, service names, domain names, copyrights (including rights
relating to software), know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property
rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, if any, as being owned or licensed by them or which are
necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted or as proposed to
be conducted, except where the failure to own, license or have such rights would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxx) In relation to the Intellectual Property:
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(1) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there are no third parties who have established or, to
the Company’s knowledge, will be able to establish rights to any Intellectual
Property owned by or licensed to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
(2) To the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of
any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries;
(3) There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any
Intellectual Property or the validity, enforceability or scope of any Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable
basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim;
(4) There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others alleging that the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property of any other
person or entity, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a
reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim;
(5) The Company and the Subsidiaries have complied with the terms of each
agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, and all such agreements are in full force and effect;
and
(6) None of the technology employed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
has been obtained or is being used by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in
violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company, the Subsidiaries or
any of their respective officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation
of the rights of any persons, except where such violation would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xxxi) Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken
or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered ADSs
or Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market making
transactions in the Offered ADSs or Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market in accordance with
Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(xxxii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered
ADSs contemplated hereunder and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an
“investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment
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Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(xxxiii) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is aware of (i) any
material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) change in internal
control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(xxxiv) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as
defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Exchange Act); the Company’s “disclosure
controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and
non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, and that all such information is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such
reports. To the extent applicable, the Company’s independent registered public accountants and the
audit committee of the board of directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all “significant
deficiencies” and “material weaknesses” (as such terms are defined in Rule 1-02(a)(4) of Regulation
S-X under the Act), if any, in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely
affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all
fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role
in the Company’s internal controls. All “significant deficiencies” and “material weaknesses” of
the Company, if any, in internal controls have been identified to the Company’s independent
registered public accountants and are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; since the date of the most recent review of such disclosure
controls and procedures and internal controls, there have been no significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; and the
Company is not reviewing or investigating, and neither the Company’s independent auditors nor its
internal auditors have recommended that the Company review or investigate, (i) the addition to,
deletion of, change on the application of, or change of the Company’s disclosure with respect to,
any of the Company’s material accounting policies, (ii) any matter that could result in a
restatement of the Company’s financial statements for any annual or interim period during the
current or prior three fiscal years, or (iii) any significant deficiency, material weakness, change
in internal controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role
in internal controls.
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(xxxv) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources
which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data
agree with the sources from which they are derived. The Company has obtained the written consent
to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.
(xxxvi) None of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of their directors, officers,
agents, employees or affiliates is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that
would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation,
making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of an
offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property,
gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof
or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, the
Subsidiaries and their affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and
have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably
expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. None of the Company, any of the
Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers, agents,
employees or affiliates has made any contribution, gift or other payment to any official of, or
candidate for, any government office in violation of any law.
(xxxvii) The operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all
times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial record keeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable
money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect
to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.
(xxxviii) None of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds
of the offering of the Offered ADSs contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the
purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
(xxxix) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such
amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably deems adequate for the conduct of their
respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses of similar size and/or otherwise similarly situated.
(xl) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is engaged in any labor practice that is
in violation of any applicable labor laws or regulations except where such
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violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no strike, labor dispute,
slowdown or stoppage pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or
any Subsidiaries of the Company, except for those that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither of the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any material obligation to
provide retirement, healthcare, death or disability benefits to any of the present or past
employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to any other person.
(xli) No grant of stock options under any stock option plan of the Company involved any
“back-dating,” “forward-dating” or similar practice with respect to the effective date of such
grant; except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, each
such option (i) was granted in compliance with applicable law and with the applicable stock option
plan, (ii) was duly approved by the board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of
the Company and (iii) has been properly accounted for in the Company’s financial statements in
accordance with U.S. GAAP and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission.
(xlii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sent or received any communication
regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or
described in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or referred to or described in, or
filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal has been
threatened by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other
party to any such contract or agreement.
(xliii) Each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act or
Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, if any, has been made or reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and in good
faith.
(xliv) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies” in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and fully describes (i) accounting policies that
the Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition
and results of operations and that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex
judgments; (ii) judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of critical accounting
policies; and (iii) the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under
different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof; the Company’s
directors and management have reviewed and agreed with the selection, application and disclosure of
the Company’s critical accounting policies as described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and have consulted with their legal advisers and independent
accountants with regards to such disclosure.
(xlv) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any member
of the FINRA and any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders, except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(xlvi) Neither the Company nor any of the 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 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.
(xlvii) The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly
and accurately describe (i) all material trends, demands, commitments, events, uncertainties and
risks, and the potential effects thereof, that the Company believes would materially affect
liquidity, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, and are reasonably likely
to occur; and (ii) all off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, and obligations, including,
without limitation, relationships with unconsolidated entities that are contractually limited to
narrow activities that facilitate the transfer of or access to assets by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, such as structured finance entities and special purpose entities, that are reasonably
likely to have a material effect on the liquidity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
availability thereof or the requirements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for capital
resources.
(xlviii) The Offered ADSs have been approved for listing subject to notice of issuance on the
Nasdaq Global Market.
(xlix) There are no relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Prospectus which have not
been described as required.
(l) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
(li) Based on the Company’s financial statements, relevant market data and the projected
composition of its income and valuation of its assets, including goodwill, the Company does not
expect to be a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder, for the taxable year ending December 31, 2010, and does not expect to
become a PFIC in the future.
(lii) As of the date of the initial filing of the Registration Statement, there were no
outstanding personal loans made, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to any director or executive officer (including his/her spouse, children, any company or
undertaking in which he/she holds a controlling interest) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(liii) No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company or any other Subsidiaries of the Company which hold equity interest in
such Subsidiary, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from
repaying to the Company or any other Subsidiaries of the Company any loans or advances to such
Subsidiary from the Company or any other Subsidiaries of the Company, or from transferring any of
such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiaries of the Company.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, (A) all dividends declared by a Subsidiary may under any applicable laws and
regulations be freely transferred out of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary’s incorporation and
may be paid in United States dollars, and (B) all such dividends and other distributions will not
be subject to any other taxes and are otherwise free and clear of any consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances, or qualifications with any governmental agency.
(liv) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the
Company may under the current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands be paid to the Depositary
in United States dollars, and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to
withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands and are otherwise
free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in the Cayman Islands and without the
necessity of obtaining any consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances
or qualifications of or with any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties in the Cayman Islands.
(lv) The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Share Capital” and “Description of American
Depositary Shares,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Common
Shares and the ADSs, respectively, and under the captions “Risk Factors,” “Dividend Policy,”
“Enforcement of Civil Liabilities,” “Our Corporate Structure,” “Regulations,” “Taxation” and
“Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents
referred to therein, constitute accurate, complete and fair summaries regarding the matters
described therein in all material respects.
(lvi) Each of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is in proper form to be enforceable
against the Company in the Cayman Islands in accordance with its terms; to ensure the legality,
validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in the Cayman Islands of this Agreement or
the Deposit Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement be filed or
recorded with any court or other authority in the Cayman Islands.
(lvii) No holder of any of the Shares or the Offered ADSs after the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement is or will be subject to any
personal liability in respect of any liability of the Company by virtue only of its holding of any
such Shares or Offered ADSs; and except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no limitations on the rights of holders of the
Shares or the Offered ADSs to hold, vote or transfer their securities.
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(lviii) The Registration Statement, all Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and the ADS Registration Statement and the filing of the Registration
Statement, all Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the
ADS Registration Statement with the Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the
Company, and the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement have been duly executed
pursuant to such authorization by and on behalf of the Company.
(lix) Except for this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Offered ADSs.
(lx) No transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer or
withholding tax or duty is payable in the PRC and the Cayman Islands by or on behalf of the
Underwriters to any PRC or Cayman Islands tax authority in connection with (i) the issuance, sale
and delivery of the Shares by the Company, the issuance of the Offered ADSs by the Depositary, and
the delivery of the Offered ADSs to or for the account of the Underwriters; (ii) the purchase from
the Company and the initial sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Offered ADSs to purchasers
thereof; (iii) the holding or transfer of the Offered ADSs outside the PRC and the Cayman Islands;
(iv) the deposit of the Common Shares with the Depositary (as defined in the Deposit Agreement) and
the issuance and delivery of the ADRs evidencing the Offered ADSs; or (v) the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement or any other documents to be furnished
hereunder.
(lxi) The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement and
the Deposit Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands and will be
honored by courts in the Cayman Islands. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to
Section 14 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the
personal jurisdiction of each United States federal court and New York state court located in the
Borough of Manhattan, in Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (each, a “New York Court”),
and the Company has the power to designate, appoint and authorize, and pursuant to Section 14 of
this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed an
authorized agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement,
the Deposit Agreement or the Offered ADSs in any New York Court, and service of process effected on
such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company as
provided in Section 14 hereof.
(lxii) None of the Company or the Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties, assets
or revenues has any right of immunity under any applicable laws in the jurisdiction in which any of
the Company or the Subsidiaries is incorporated, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from
the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or
counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, attachment upon or prior
to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or
other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a
judgment, in any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under
or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Deposit
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Agreement; and, to the extent that the Company or any of its respective properties, assets or
revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court
in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, the Company waives or will waive such right to
the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement as provided in Section
14 of this Agreement.
(lxiii) The Company is aware of and has been advised as to the contents of the Rules on
Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors jointly promulgated by the
Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Tax
Administration, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory
Commission (the “CSRC”) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC on August 8,
2006, effective as of September 8, 2006 and amended on June 22, 2009 (the “M&A Rules”), in
particular the relevant provisions thereof which purport to require offshore special purpose
vehicles, or SPVs, formed for listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC
companies or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of
their securities on an overseas stock exchange. The issuance and sale of the Shares and ADSs, the
listing and trading of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and, the Deposit Agreement is not and will not be, as of the date
hereof and at each time of purchase, adversely affected by the M&A Rules or any official
clarifications, guidance, interpretations or implementation rules available to the public in
connection with or related to the M&A Rules.
(lxiv) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries that were incorporated outside of the PRC has
taken, or is in the process of taking, all reasonable steps to comply with, and to ensure
compliance by each of its shareholders, option holders, directors, officers and employees that is,
or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen with any applicable
rules and regulations of the relevant PRC government agencies (including but not limited to the
Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration
of Foreign Exchange) relating to overseas investment by PRC residents and citizens or overseas
listing by offshore special purpose vehicles controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies and
individuals, such as the Company (the “PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations”),
including, without limitation, requesting each shareholder, option holder, director, officer and
employee that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen to
complete any registration and other procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment
and Listing Regulations.
(lxv) None of the information on (or hyperlinked from) the Company’s website at xxx.xxxxxx.xxx
includes or constitutes a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act and the
Company does not maintain or support any website other than xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering
of the Offered ADSs shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to
matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
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(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly and in respect of itself only,
represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
(i) Such Selling Shareholder now has and at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, will have good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Shareholder, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims; and upon the delivery
of, against payment for, such Shares pursuant to this Agreement, the Underwriters will acquire good
and valid title thereto, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims.
(ii) Such Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, its power of attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to the Representatives (such
Selling Shareholder’s “Power of Attorney”) appointing Xxxx Xxxx Xxx (director and chief
executive officer of the Company) and Xxxxxxxxx Xx-Xxxx (executive vice president and chief
financial officer of the Company) as its attorneys-in-fact in connection with the Public Offering,
and the Custody Agreement (as such term is defined in Section 2(b) below), and to perform its
obligations under such agreements. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder. Each of such Selling Shareholder’s Power of Attorney
and the Custody Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such
Selling Shareholder and is a valid and binding agreement of such Selling Shareholder, enforceable
against such Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder will not
(A) require any consent, approval, authorization, or other order of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental body (except (1) as may be required under
the Act, state securities laws, Blue Sky laws or FINRA or stock exchange rules and (2) for
such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders which, if not obtained, would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to perform
its obligations hereunder) or (B) result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute a default under, organizational documents of such Selling Shareholder, or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling
Shareholder is a party, or any order, rule or regulation applicable to such Selling Shareholder of
any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder, except for such breaches or defaults that would not be
reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(iii) Such Selling Shareholder has furnished to the Representatives, prior to the date of this
Agreement, a letter or letters substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
(iv) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to, or which has constituted, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the ADSs of the Company.
(v) The written information pertaining to such Selling Shareholder under the
caption “Principal and Selling Shareholders” in the Registration Statement
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and the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General Disclosure
Package) furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder expressly for inclusion therein is
true and accurate in all material respects.
(vi) No consent, approval or waiver is required under any instrument or agreement to which
such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder is bound or under which
it is entitled to any right or benefit, in connection with the offering, sale or purchase by
the Underwriters of any of the Shares which may be sold by such Selling Shareholder under this
Agreement or the performance by such Selling Shareholder of any of its obligations hereunder,
except for such consents, approvals or waivers which, if not obtained, would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to perform
its obligations hereunder.
(vii) There are no affiliations or associations between any member of the FINRA and such
Selling Shareholder or any affiliate of such Selling Shareholder, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Firm ADSs.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and
subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter [•] Firm
Shares and each of the Selling Shareholders , severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to the
Underwriters the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder in
Schedule II hereof, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a
price of $[•] per ADS, the number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in
Schedule I hereof, subject in each case to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof. The
number of Firm Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter from each Selling Shareholder shall be
as nearly as practicable in the same proportion to the total number of Firm Shares being sold by
each Selling Shareholder as the number of Firm Shares being purchased by each Underwriter bears to
the total number of Firm Shares to be sold hereunder. The obligations of the Company and of each
of the Selling Shareholders shall be several and not joint.
(b) Certificates in negotiable form for the total number of the Shares to be sold hereunder
by the Selling Shareholders have been placed in custody with the Company as custodian (the
“Custodian”) pursuant to the custody agreement executed by each Selling Shareholder (such Selling
Shareholder’s “Custody Agreement”) for delivery of all Firm Shares and any Option Shares to be
sold hereunder by the Selling Shareholders. Each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not
jointly, specifically agrees that the Firm Shares and any Option Shares represented by the
certificates held in custody for such Selling Shareholder under the Custody Agreement are subject
to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, that the arrangements made by such Selling
Shareholder for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of such
Selling Shareholder thereunder shall not be terminable by any act or deed of such Selling
Shareholder (or by any other person, firm or corporation including the Company, the Custodian or
the Underwriters) or by operation of law (including the dissolution of a Selling Shareholder) or
by the occurrence of any other event or events, except as set forth in the Custody Agreement. If
any such event should occur prior to the delivery to the Underwriters of
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the Firm Shares or the Option Shares hereunder, certificates for the Firm Shares or the
Options Shares, as the case may be, shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the respective Custody Agreement as if such event has
not occurred. The Custodian is authorized to receive and acknowledge receipt of the proceeds of
sale of the Shares held by it against delivery of such Shares.
(c) Payment for the Firm ADSs to be sold hereunder is to be made in Federal (same day) funds
to an account designated by the Company for the ADSs to be sold by it and to an account designated
by the Custodian for the ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholders, in each case, against
delivery of certificates therefor to the Representatives for the several accounts of the
Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be made through the facilities of The Depository
Trust Company, at 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on the third business day after the date of this
Agreement or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and
the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.”
As used herein, “business day” means a day on which the Nasdaq Global Market is open for trading
and on which banks in New York are open for business and not permitted by law or executive order
to be closed.
(d) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Selling
Shareholders listed on Schedule III hereto, severally and not jointly, hereby grants an option to
the several Underwriters to purchase up to the number of Option ADSs set forth opposite the name
of such Selling Shareholder, as applicable, in Schedule III hereof at the price per
share as set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2. The option granted hereby may be exercised in
whole or in part by giving written notice (i) at any time before the Closing Date and (ii) at any
time, from time to time thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, by you, as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the Attorney in Fact (as defined in
such Selling Shareholder’s Power of Attorney) and the Custodian setting forth the number of Option
ADSs as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the time and date at which
such certificates are to be delivered. If the option granted hereby is exercised in part, the
respective number of Option ADSs to be sold by each of the Selling Shareholders
listed in Schedule III hereto shall be determined on a pro rata basis in accordance with the
percentages set forth opposite their names on Schedule III hereto. The time and date at which
certificates for Option ADSs are to be delivered shall be determined by the Representatives but
shall not be earlier than three nor later than 10 full business days after the exercise of such
option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred to as
the “Option Closing Date”). If the date of exercise of the option is three or more days before
the Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option Closing Date.
The number of Option ADSs to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be in the same proportion to
the total number of Option ADSs being purchased as the number of Firm ADSs being purchased by such
Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm ADSs, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid
fractional ADSs. The option with respect to the Option ADSs granted hereunder may be exercised
only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm ADSs by the Underwriters. You, as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its
expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Selling
Shareholders. To the extent, if any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option ADSs
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shall be made on the Option Closing Date in Federal (same day) funds drawn to the order of
the Attorney in Fact and the Custodian for the Option ADSs to be sold by the Selling Shareholders against delivery of certificates therefor through the facilities of
The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.
3. Offering by the Underwriters.
It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Firm ADSs
as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Firm ADSs are to be initially
offered to the public at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The
Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other selling
terms.
It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the
offering and sale of the Offered ADSs in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters
entered into by you and the several other Underwriters.
4. Covenants.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(i) The Company will (A) prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under
the Act a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously
omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A under
the Act and (B) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute an amendment or
supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus of which the Representatives shall
not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall
have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance in any material respect with the
Rules and Regulations.
(ii) The Company will (i) not make any offer relating to the Offered ADSs that would
constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing
prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission under Rule 433 under the Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior
to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); [provided that the prior
written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule V hereto, ](ii) treat each Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of
Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the
requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (iv)
not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on
behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file
thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a
requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
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(iii) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (A) when the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments
from the Commission, (C) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration
Statement or for supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for any
additional information, and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution
of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act. The Company will use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and to obtain as soon as possible the
lifting thereof, if issued.
(iv) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the Offered
ADSs for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably
have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such
information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided, however, the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a
consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other
documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period
as the Representatives may reasonably request for distribution of the Offered ADSs.
(v) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time,
as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many
copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period when delivery
of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) (the
“Prospectus Delivery Period”) is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final
form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to the Representatives at or before the Closing Date, conformed copies of the
Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will
deliver to the Representatives such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such
number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), and of all
amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(vi) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the
distribution of the Offered ADSs as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during
the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a)
under the Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall
occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the
Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement
the Prospectus to comply with the Act and the Rules and
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Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or
so that the Prospectus will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange
Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(vii) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Offered
ADSs at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event
shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of
the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make
the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement
then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure
Package to comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Company will promptly prepare, file with the
Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment
or supplement to the General Disclosure Package.
(viii) Prior to the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, the Company will deposit Common
Shares with the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and will
otherwise comply with the Deposit Agreement so that ADRs evidencing Offered ADSs will be executed
(and, if applicable, countersigned) and issued by the Depositary against receipt of such Common
Shares and delivered to the Underwriters at such Closing Date or Option Closing Date.
(ix) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is
practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail,
covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of
the Act and Rule 158 under the Act and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so
made available.
(x) During the period of five 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 for such year; and the Company will furnish to the
Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report of the Company filed with the
Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders; and (ii) from time to time, such other
information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request. However, so long
as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system, it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the
Underwriters.
(xi) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they
have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited
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interim financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by
the most recent financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xii) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of Common Shares or ADSs of the
Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares or
ADSs or derivative of Common Shares underlying ADSs (or agreement for such) will be made for a
period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, by the Company
otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of both Deutsche Bank and UBS;
provided, however, that the Company may (i) grant employee stock options and
nonvested common shares pursuant to the terms of any stock option or similar equity incentive or
compensation plan approved by the board of directors and shareholders of the Company, which is in
effect at the Applicable Time, (ii) issue and sell Shares upon the exercise of such employee stock
options, and (iii) offer, issue and transfer Common Shares or ADSs of the Company or securities
convertible or exercisable for Common Shares or ADSs of the Company (collectively, the “M&A
Shares”) in connection with the merger and/or acquisition of another company or the business or
assets of another company, provided however that such M&A Shares shall not exceed
5% of the overall share capital of the Company outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and
provided further that it shall be a condition precedent to the transfer of any M&A
Shares that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and
holding the M&A Shares subject to restrictions set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an
earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior
to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day restricted
period, then in each case the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until
the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or
the occurrence of material news or a material event relating to the Company, as the case may be,
unless both Deutsche Bank and UBS waive, in writing, such extension.
(xiii) The Company will use its best efforts to list the Offered ADSs on the Nasdaq Global
Market and maintain the listing of the Offered ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(xiv) The Company shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Offered ADSs as set forth in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and shall file such
reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Offered ADSs and the application of the
proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.
(xv) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from
its sale of the Offered ADSs in such a manner as would require the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the 0000 Xxx.
(xvi) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary,
stamp or similar issue tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale
of the Offered ADSs and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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(xvii) Prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, the Company will not issue any
press release or other communication directly or indirectly and will not hold any press conference
with respect to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the financial condition, results of
operations, business, properties, assets, or liabilities of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
or the offering of the ADSs, without your prior consent.
(xviii) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or
result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with
the several Underwriters that:
(i) In order to facilitate the Underwriters’ documentation of their respective compliance with
the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
and the Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983 with respect to the transactions herein
contemplated, such Selling Shareholder will deliver to you prior to or at the Closing Date a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 or W-9 (or other
applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(ii) Such Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(iii) Such Selling Shareholder agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf
or use or refer to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), and
agrees that it will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of
the Shares.
(iv) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, such Selling Shareholder will advise the
Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing to the Representatives, of any
material change in the information relating to such Selling Shareholder in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any document comprising the General Disclosure Package.
5. Costs and Expenses.
The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the following: accounting fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company; any road show expenses of the Company; the fees owed by the Company to the Depositary,
if any; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters copies of the
Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration Statement,
Preliminary Prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, the Prospectus, the Listing
Application, the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements or amendments thereto as well as copies or
originals of any documents delivered by the Company at the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date;
the filing fees of the Commission; the filing fees and reasonable expenses (including reasonable
legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by the FINRA of
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the terms of the sale of the Offered ADSs; the listing fee of the Nasdaq Global Market; the costs
and expenses (including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable in connection with
legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the
Offered ADSs made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation in Section 1(a)(ii);
and, after consultation with the Company prior to commencing any qualification of the Offered ADSs
under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the qualification of the
Offered ADSs under state securities or Blue Sky laws. In addition, the Company will pay all costs,
expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Selling Shareholders under
this Agreement and the Selling Shareholders’ participation in the Public Offering to the extent
provided for under Section 3.4(b) of the Third Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement,
dated as of March 15, 2010, among the Company, the Selling Shareholders and certain other
shareholders of the Company, which, for the avoidance of doubt, in relation to any legal fees,
expenses and disbursements, shall be limited to the reasonable fees and expenses (including
disbursements) of Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Selling Shareholders. Any
transfer taxes imposed on the sale of the Shares to the several Underwriters will be paid by the
Company. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any costs, expenses or fees
incurred by the Underwriters other than those related to qualification under FINRA regulation and
state securities or Blue Sky laws; for the avoidance of doubt, the costs of any private jet used in
connection with the roadshow shall be apportioned between the Company and the Underwriters based on
the hours travelled by the respective passengers from the Company and the Underwriters.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in
Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives
pursuant to Section 11 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the
Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any
of the terms hereof on their part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is due
primarily to the default or omission of any Underwriter, the Company shall reimburse the several
Underwriters for reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, which shall in
no case exceed US$300,000 (inclusive of disbursements); and the Company shall not in any event be
liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits
from the sale by them of the Offered ADSs.
6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm ADSs on the Closing Date and
the Option ADSs, if any, on any Option Closing Date, are subject to the accuracy, as of the
Applicable Time, the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein, and to
the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholders of their covenants and obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become
effective and the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required shall have been
filed as required by Rules 424, 430A, or 433 under the Act, as applicable, within the time period
prescribed by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations, and any request of the
Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise)
shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and
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complied with to their reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been taken or, to
the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission and no
injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent
jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance of the
Offered ADSs.
(b) The Representatives shall have received an opinion and a letter, dated the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States
counsel for the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto.
(c) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, Cayman Islands counsel for the
Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, of Fangda Partners, PRC counsel for the Company, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D-3 hereto.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, of each of
[•], the Japan counsel for hiSoft Japan Co.,
Ltd., and [•], the Delaware counsel for HiSoft Envisage Inc., substantially in the form of Exhibit
D-4 hereto.
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Time or the
Option Closing Date, of Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States counsel for the Selling
Shareholders, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto.
(g) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Time or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the corporate counsel or in-house counsel for each
Selling Shareholder, each substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto.
(h) The Representatives shall have received from Shearman & Sterling LLP, United States
counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company and
the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(i) The Representatives shall have received from Commerce & Finance Law Offices, PRC counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the
Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
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(j) The Representatives shall have received from White & Case, United States counsel for the
Depositary, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
(k) The Representatives shall have received, on each of the date hereof, the Closing Date
and, if applicable, any Option Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, of
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. confirming that they are an independent registered public
accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and
the applicable Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB and stating that in their opinion the financial
statements and schedules examined by them and included in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations; and containing such
other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to
Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical
information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(l) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and, if applicable, any
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates of the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them severally represents as follows:
(1) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and no order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such
purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act have been taken or are, to his or her
knowledge, contemplated or threatened by the Commission;
(2) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1
hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be;
(3) All filings required to have been made pursuant to Rules 424, 430A, 430B or
430C under the Act have been made as and when required by such rules;
(4) He or she has carefully examined the General Disclosure Package and any
individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of the
Applicable Time, the statements contained in the General Disclosure Package and any
individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact, and such General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited
Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure
Package, did not omit to state a
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material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(5) He or she has carefully examined the Registration Statement and, in his or
her opinion, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, and since the effective date of the Registration
Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement to
or an amendment of the Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement
or amendment;
(6) He or she has carefully examined the Prospectus and, in his or her opinion,
as of its date and the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and
(7) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there has not
been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change in or affecting the business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business.
(m) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and, if applicable, the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the Selling Shareholders to the effect
that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them
severally and not jointly and in respect of itself only, represents as follows:
(1) The representations and warranties of such Selling Shareholder in respect
of itself contained in Section 1(b) hereof only are true and correct as of the
Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be; and
(2) Such Selling Shareholder has complied in all material respects with all of
the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder on or prior to such date.
(n) On the date hereof, each Selling Shareholder shall have furnished for review by the
Representatives executed copies of such Selling Shareholder’s Power of Attorney and Custody
Agreement.
(o) The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such
further certificates and documents confirming the representations and
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warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters as the
Representatives may reasonably have requested.
(p) The Firm ADSs and Option ADSs, if any, have been approved for listing upon notice of
issuance on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(q) The
Company, each Selling Shareholder, each officer and director of the
Company and the holders
of substantially all of the common shares of the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives, prior to the date of this Agreement, a
letter or letters substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(r) The Company and the Depositary shall have executed and delivered the Deposit Agreement,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, and the Deposit Agreement shall
be in full force and effect.
(s) The Depositary or its custodian shall have delivered to the Company at such Closing Date
or any Option Closing Date, as applicable, a receipt satisfactory to the Underwriters evidencing
the deposit with the Depositary or its nominee of the Common Shares being so deposited against
issuance of ADRs evidencing the Offered ADSs to be delivered by the Company at such Closing Date.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the
Representatives and to Shearman & Sterling LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriters.
If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notifying the Company of such
termination in writing or by telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be.
In such event, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters shall not be under
any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
The respective obligations of the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders to sell and
deliver the portion of the Offered ADSs required to be delivered as and when specified in this
Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.
8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees:
(1) to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors and officers
of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
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Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such
Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) with respect to the
Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration
Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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 or (iii) with respect to any Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or
is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or
alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement,
the Form 8-A Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriters by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 13 herein; and
(2) to reimburse each Underwriter, each Underwriters’ directors and officers,
and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or
liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental
inquiry related to the offering of the Offered ADSs, whether or not such Underwriter
or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it
is finally judicially determined that the Underwriters were not entitled to receive
payments for legal and other expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, the
Underwriters will promptly return all sums that had been advanced pursuant hereto.
(b) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify each
Underwriter, each Underwriter’s directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or controlling person may
become subject under the Act or otherwise, 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 a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the General
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Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of
or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information pertaining to such Selling Shareholder furnished to the Company by such Selling
Shareholder expressly for inclusion therein. The indemnity provided by each Selling Shareholder
under this subsection (b) shall not exceed the total proceeds (after deducting underwriting
commissions, but before taxes and other expenses payable by such Selling Shareholder) received by such Selling Shareholder from the
Underwriters in the offering.
(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, the
Selling Shareholders, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling
Shareholders within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person may
become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement the ADS Registration Statement, the Form
8-A Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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 or (iii) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any
such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person in connection with investigating
or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided,
however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has
been made in the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Form 8-A Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by such Underwriter by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the information described as such in Section 13 herein. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such
person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may
be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing. No indemnification
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provided for in Section 8(a), (b) or (c) shall be available to any party who shall fail to
give notice as provided in this Section 8(d) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware
of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the
failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the
indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified
party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 8(a), (b) or (c).
In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel
related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to
retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party
shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel
retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any
such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party shall
have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnified
party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. Such firm
shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a)
or (b) and by the Company and the Selling Shareholder in the case of parties indemnified pursuant
to Section 8(c). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from
and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or
proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party
is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding.
(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other from the offering of the Offered ADSs. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company
and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the
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Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds (after deducting underwriting
commissions, but before taxes and other expenses payable by such Selling Shareholder) received by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders from the Underwriters in the offering, as the case may be, bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied
by the Company or the Selling Shareholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and
the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above
in this Section 8(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to
above in this Section 8(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(e), (i) no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions
applicable to the Offered ADSs purchased by such Underwriter, (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii) no
Selling Shareholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total proceeds
(after deducting underwriting commissions, but before taxes and other expenses payable by such Selling Shareholder) received by such
Selling Shareholder from the Underwriters in the offering. The Underwriters’ obligations in this
Section 8(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations
and not joint. The Selling Shareholders’ obligations in this Section 8(e) to contribute are
several in proportion to the number of Shares sold by each Selling Shareholder pursuant to this
Agreement and not joint. No party shall be liable for contribution under this Section 8(e) except
to the extent and under such circumstances as such party would have been liable for
indemnification under this Section 8 if such indemnification were available or enforceable under
applicable law.
(f) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party
against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction
of any court having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing
from such court may be served upon it by any other contributing party and consents to the service
of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join it as an additional
defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge and
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agree that no provision of this Agreement in any way constitutes or implies a waiver,
termination or modification by International Finance Corporation of any privilege, immunity or
exemption of International Finance Corporation granted in the Articles of Agreement establishing
International Finance Corporation, international conventions or applicable law.
(g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is
entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying
party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are
incurred.
9. Default by Underwriters.
If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter shall
fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Offered ADSs which such Underwriter has agreed to
purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the
Company or a Selling Shareholder), you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your
reasonable efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or
any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set
forth herein, the Offered ADSs which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase.
If during such 36 hours you, as such Representatives, shall not have procured such other
Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Offered ADSs agreed to be purchased by the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of ADSs with respect to which such
default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Offered ADSs to be purchased on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing date, as the case may be, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally,
in proportion to the respective numbers of Offered ADSs which they are obligated to purchase
hereunder, to purchase the Offered ADSs which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to
purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of ADSs with respect to which such default shall occur
exceeds 10% of the Offered ADSs to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, the Company and the Selling Shareholders or you, as the Representatives of the
Underwriters, will have the right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the
parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the
non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company or of the Selling Shareholders except to the extent
provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters,
as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, may be
postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine in
order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or in
the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term “Underwriter”
includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section
9 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein,
will be mailed, delivered, telecopied and confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10005,
United
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States, Attention: Samir Xxx-Xxxxxx, fax number x0-000-000-0000, with a copy to Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10005, United States,
Attention: Equity Capital Markets Syndicate, to UBS AG, at 52/F, International Finance Center, 0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx: General Counsel, and to Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attention: General Counsel,
fax number x0-000-000-0000; if to the Company, to HiSoft Technology International Limited, 6/F Xxxx
Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 000000, People’s Republic of China,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, fax number x00-000-0000-0000 and x00-00-0000-0000; and if to a
Selling Shareholder, to the address and facsimile number of such Selling Shareholder provided in
Schedule II.
11. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders:
(a) at any time prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the
Closing Date and then only as to Option ADSs) if any of the following has occurred: (i) since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management,
properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national
emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis (including, without limitation, an
act of terrorism) or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak,
escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the
United States, the PRC or the Cayman Islands would, in your judgment, make it impracticable or
inadvisable to market the Offered ADSs, or (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on
the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex Equities, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq
Global Market or the Shanghai Stock Exchange or limitation on prices (other than limitations on
hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on any such Exchange, (iv) the enactment,
publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court
or other governmental authority which in your reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects
or may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (v) the
declaration of a banking moratorium by the United States, New York State, PRC or Cayman Islands
authorities, (vi) the suspension of trading of the Company’s ADSs by the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Commission, or any other governmental authority or, (vii) the taking of any action by any
governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable
opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States, the PRC or
the Cayman Islands; or
(b) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
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12. Successors.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the
Company, the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs
and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Offered ADSs from
any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase.
13. Information Provided by Underwriters and Selling Shareholders.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree
that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the second, third, fifth,
fourteenth to twentieth, and twenty-fourth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the
Prospectus.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only
information pertaining to any Selling Shareholder furnished or to be furnished by such Selling
Shareholder to the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, including for purposes of
Section 1(b)(v) and 8(b) of this Agreement, is set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name
in the table (including information contained in the relevant footnotes therein) under the heading
“Principal and Selling Shareholders” therein.
14. Applicable Law
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of
the State of New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General
Obligations Law.
The Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of
the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
The Company and the Selling Shareholders irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the
laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The
City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any
such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. The Company and the Selling Shareholders irrevocably appoint Law Debenture Corporate
Services Inc., 400 Madison Avenue, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
as their respective 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 agree that service of process upon such
agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or the Selling Shareholders by the person
serving the same to the address provided in Section 10, shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be, in any such
suit or proceeding. The Company and the Selling Shareholders further agree to take any and all
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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. All references in this
paragraph to “Selling Shareholders” shall be deemed to exclude International Finance Corporation.
15. Miscellaneous.
The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders pursuant to this
Agreement in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a
currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day,
following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on
which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so
purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company and each
Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, 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 Shareholders, as the case may be, an amount
equal to the excess of the United States dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such
Underwriter hereunder.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and
the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of (a) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its directors
or officers or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company, or any of the Selling
Shareholders or any of their respective officers or directors or controlling persons, as the case
may be, and (b) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and the reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect regardless of any termination of this Agreement; provided, however that
if the termination of this Agreement is pursuant to Section 9, then only the reimbursement
agreements contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. A successor to any
Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the
Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Agreement.
The Company and the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that each Underwriter in
providing investment banking services to the Company and the Selling Shareholders in connection
with the offering of the Offered ADSs, including in acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
has acted and is acting as an independent contractor and not as a fiduciary and the Company and the
Selling Shareholders do not intend such Underwriter to act in any capacity other than as an
independent contractor, including as a fiduciary or in any other position of higher trust.
All payments made by the Company and the Selling Shareholders under this Agreement, if any and
as the case may be, will be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present
or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied
by or on behalf of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof
or therein unless the Company or a Selling Shareholder is or becomes required by law to withhold or
deduct such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental
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charges. In such event, the Company and or the applicable Selling Shareholder, severally and
not jointly and in respects of amounts owed exclusively by such Selling Shareholder, as the case
may be, will pay such additional amounts as will result, after such withholding or deduction, in
the receipt by each Underwriter and each person controlling any Underwriter, as the case may be, of
the amounts that would otherwise have been receivable in respect thereof, except to the extent such
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges are imposed or levied by reason of such
Underwriter’s or controlling person’s being connected with the Cayman Islands other than by reason
of its being an Underwriter or a person controlling any Underwriter under this Agreement.
Any rights of JAFCO Asia Technology Fund II (“JAFCO”) under this Agreement may, without prejudice
to the rights of JAFCO to exercise any such rights, be exercised by JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific)
Ltd. (“JIAP”) or any other fund manager of JAFCO or their nominees (“JAFCO Manager”), unless JAFCO
has (i) given notice to the other parties that any such rights cannot be exercised by JIAP or a
JAFCO Manager; and (ii) not given notice to the other parties that such notice which is given under
this Section 15 has been revoked.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
The Underwriters, on the one hand, and the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the other
hand, waive any right to trial by jury in any action, claim, suit or proceeding with respect to
your engagement as underwriter or your role in connection herewith.
If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign
and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among
the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
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Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as attorney-in-fact for a Selling
Shareholder represents by so doing that he/she has been duly appointed as attorney-in-fact by
such Selling Shareholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding power of attorney which
authorizes such attorney-in-fact to take such action.
Very truly yours, HiSoft Technology International Limited |
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International Finance Corporation, in its capacity as a Selling Shareholder |
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Intel Capital (Cayman) Corporation, in its capacity as a Selling Shareholder |
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GE Capital Equity Investments Ltd., in its capacity as a Selling Shareholder |
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT — COMPANY/SELLING SHAREHOLDERS SIGNATURE PAGE
JAFCO Asia Technology Fund II, in its capacity as a Selling Shareholder |
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Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia Ltd., in its capacity as a Selling Shareholder |
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The Greater China Trust managed by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (HK) Capital, Limited, in its capacity as a Selling Shareholder | ||||
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT — COMPANY/SELLING SHAREHOLDERS SIGNATURE PAGE
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
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As Representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule I
Underwriting Agreement — Representatives Signature Page
SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
Number of Firm | |||
ADSs to be | |||
Underwriter | Purchased | ||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
[•] | ||
UBS AG |
[•] | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
[•] | ||
Xxxxx and Company, LLC |
[•] | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC |
[•] | ||
Total: |
[•] | ||
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SCHEDULE II
Schedule of Selling Shareholders
Selling Shareholder | Number of Firm Shares to be Sold | |
International Finance Corporation |
[•] | |
JAFCO Asia Technology Fund II |
[•] | |
Intel Capital (Cayman) Corporation |
[•] | |
GE Capital Equity Investments Ltd. |
[•] | |
Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia Ltd. |
[•] | |
The Greater
China Trust managed
by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (HK) Capital, Limited |
[•] | |
Total: |
[•] | |
Selling Shareholder | Facsimile Number | Address | Attention | |||
International Finance
Corporation |
[•] | [•] | [•] | |||
JAFCO Asia Technology Fund
II |
[•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Intel Capital (Cayman)
Corporation |
[•] | [•] | [•] | |||
GE Capital Equity
Investments Ltd. |
[•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Sumitomo Corporation Equity
Asia Ltd. |
[•] | [•] | [•] | |||
The
Greater China Trust managed
by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (HK) Capital, Limited |
[•] | [•] | [•] |
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SCHEDULE III
Schedule of Option Shares
Maximum Number of | Percentage of Total | |||
Option Shares to be | Number of Option | |||
Sold | Shares(%) | |||
International Finance Corporation |
[•] | [•] | ||
JAFCO Asia Technology Fund II |
[•] | [•] | ||
Intel Capital (Cayman) Corporation |
[•] | [•] | ||
GE Capital Equity Investments Ltd. |
[•] | [•] | ||
Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia Ltd. |
[•] | [•] | ||
The Greater
China Trust managed
by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (HK) Capital, Limited |
[•] | [•] | ||
Total: |
[•] | 100% | ||
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SCHEDULE IV
Price and other terms of the offering conveyed orally
Price per ADS to the public: $[•]
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SCHEDULE V
[List each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to be included in the General Disclosure Package
including Final Term Sheet, if applicable]
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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES
SUBSIDIARIES
Name of Entity | Ownership | ||||
1. |
HiSoft Systems (Hong Kong) Limited | 100 | % | ||
2. |
HiSoft Singapore Pte. Ltd. | 100 | % | ||
3. |
hiSoft Japan Co., Ltd. | 100 | % | ||
4. |
HiSoft Envisage Inc. | 100 | % | ||
5. |
AllianceSPEC Pte Ltd. | 100 | % | ||
6. |
DMK International, Inc. | 100 | % | ||
7. |
Echo Lane Incorporated | 100 | % | ||
8. |
HiSoft Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd. | 100 | % | ||
9. |
HiSoft Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | 100 | % | ||
10. |
HiSoft Services (Beijing) Limited | 100 | %(1) | ||
11. |
HiSoft Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. | 100 | %(1) | ||
12. |
HiSoft Systems (Shenzhen) Limited | 100 | %(1) | ||
13. |
Beijing Horizon Information & Technology Co., Ltd. | 100 | %(2) | ||
14. |
Wuxi HiSoft Services Limited | 100 | %(3) | ||
15. |
Wuxi Training Centre | 100 | %(4) |
(1) | These entities are 25% owned by HiSoft Technology International Limited, and 75% owned by HiSoft Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd. | |
(2) | This entity is 100% owned by HiSoft Services (Beijing) Limited. | |
(3) | This entity is 25% owned by HiSoft Technology International Limited, and 75% owned by HiSoft Services (Beijing) Limited. | |
(4) | This entity is 100% owned by Wuxi HiSoft Services Limited. |
AFFILIATED ENTITY
Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. |
VIE Arrangement |
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EXHIBIT B
CORPORATE STRUCTURE CONTRACTS
1. | Third Amended Strategic Cooperation Agreement, dated January 23, 2008, among HiSoft Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., and the current equity interest holders of Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. | |
2. | Third Amended Equity Acquisition Option Agreement, dated January 23, 2008, among HiSoft Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., and the current equity interest holders of Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. | |
3. | Third Amended and Restated Voting Rights Agreement, dated January 23, 2008, among HiSoft Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., and the current equity interest holders of Dalian Haihui Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. |
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HiSoft Technology International Limited
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
UBS AG
52/F, International Finance Center
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
52/F, International Finance Center
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
As representatives of the several Underwriters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“Deutsche Bank”), UBS AG
(“UBS”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the
several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) listed in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (as
defined below), propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) on
behalf of the several Underwriters with HiSoft Technology International Limited (the “Company”) and
the several selling shareholders listed in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Selling
Shareholders”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the Underwriters,
including the Representatives, of common shares, par value $0.0001 per share (each a “Common
Share”), of the Company represented by American depositary shares (“ADSs”).
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their
efforts in connection with the Public Offering, subject to the condition precedent that all
directors, officers and holders of 1% or more of any class of securities of the Company are bound
by restrictions substantially identical to those listed below, the undersigned agrees that, without
the prior written consent of both Deutsche Bank and UBS, the undersigned will not, directly or
indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale), grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares or ADSs (including, without limitation, Common
Shares or ADSs of the Company which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned on
the date hereof in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Common Shares or ADSs which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant
and any other security convertible
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into or exchangeable for Common Share or ADSs) or enter into any Hedging Transaction (as defined
below) relating to Common Share or ADSs (each of the foregoing referred to as a “Disposition”)
during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”). The foregoing
restriction is expressly intended to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any Hedging
Transaction or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result
in a Disposition during the Lock-Up Period even if the securities would be disposed of by someone
other than the undersigned; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall
preclude the undersigned from engaging in any transaction in the securities of another company in
the same sector or in a similar sector as that of the Company. “Hedging Transaction” means any
short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including,
without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based
market basket or index security) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its
value from the Common Shares or ADSs.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of the Underwriting Agreement and
continue until, and include, the date that is 180 days after the date of the final prospectus
relating to the Public Offering (the “Initial Lock-Up Period”); provided, however,
that if (1) during the last 17 days of the Initial Lock-Up Period, (A) the Company releases
earnings results or (B) material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (2)
prior to the expiration of the Initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Initial Lock-Up Period,
then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material news or
a material event relating to the Company, as the case may be (the “Lock-Up Extension”), unless both
Deutsche Bank and UBS waive, in writing, such Lock-up Extension; provided, however,
that if NASD Rule 2711 or such later rule adopted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
related to extension of lock-up agreements in connection with the issuance of research reports
(collectively, the “SRO Rules”) applies to both Deutsche Bank and UBS with respect to the Public
Offering and there are any amendments or revisions to the SRO Rules reducing or removing the number
of days before and after the waiver, termination or expiration of the lock-up during which no
research can be published (the “Blackout Days”), the Lock-Up Extension shall be reduced to a number
of days equal to: (a) if the number of Blackout Days required by the SRO Rules, as so amended or
revised, is greater than zero, such number of Blackout Days plus three, or (b) if the number of
Blackout Days required by the SRO Rules, as so amended or revised, is zero, zero.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer (a) Common Shares or ADSs acquired
in open market transactions by the undersigned after the completion of the Public Offering, (b)
Common Shares or ADSs to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (c) Common Shares
or ADSs with the prior written consent of both Deutsche Bank and UBS, or (d) any or all of the
Common Shares or ADSs or other Company securities if the transfer is by (i) gift, will or
intestacy, (ii) Disposition to partners (limited or general), members or shareholders of the
undersigned, any direct or indirect affiliate or subsidiary of the undersigned, or any investment
fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned, or (iii) Disposition to a member of
the immediate family of the undersigned or any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the
undersigned or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned; provided,
however, that in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (d) above, it shall be a
condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is
receiving and holding the securities subject to the
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provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement. For
purpose of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more than first cousin.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the
Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of such Common Shares or ADSs of, the
undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned hereby agrees that, to the extent that the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement
conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any registration rights agreement to which the
undersigned and the Company may be a party, this Lock-Up Agreement supersedes such registration
rights agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. The undersigned understands that this Lock-Up
Agreement shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and
assigns.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (i) the Closing of the Public Offering (as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement) has not occurred on or prior to the 60th day following the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by all parties thereto, or (ii) the
Underwriting Agreement has been terminated for any reason, then, this Lock-Up Agreement shall
terminate and be of no further force or effect.
[signature page to follow]
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Lock-up Agreement as of the date first
written above.
Signature: |
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Print Name: |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO LOCK-UP LETTER
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EXHIBIT D-1
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION FOR UNITED STATES COUNSEL FOR COMPANY
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FORM OF LEGAL OPINION FOR CAYMAN ISLANDS COUNSEL FOR COMPANY
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EXHIBIT D-3
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION FOR PRC COUNSEL FOR COMPANY
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EXHIBIT D-4
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION FOR LOCAL COUNSEL FOR MAJOR SUBSIDIARIES
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EXHIBIT E-1
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION FOR UNITED STATES COUNSEL FOR SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
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EXHIBIT E-2
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION FOR [CORPORATE/IN-HOUSE] COUNSEL FOR EACH SELLING SHAREHOLDER
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