Exhibit
1.1
45,000,000 Ordinary Shares
ORDINARY SHARES, PAR VALUE US$0.01 PER SHARE
in the form of American Depositary Shares
, 2010
, 2010
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
RDA Microelectronics, Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the
laws of the Cayman Islands (the “
Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the “
Underwriters”) 44,052,000 Ordinary Shares (as defined below), and
certain shareholders of the Company (the “
Selling Shareholders”) named in Schedule II propose
severally to sell to the several Underwriters 948,000 Ordinary Shares (the aggregate of 45,000,000
Ordinary Shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders is hereinafter referred to
as the “
Firm Shares”), each Selling Shareholder selling the amount of Firm Shares set forth
opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name in Schedule II hereto.
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an
additional 6,750,000 Ordinary Shares (the “Additional Shares”), if and to the extent that Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as
representatives of the Underwriters (the “Representatives”), shall have determined to exercise, on
behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such Additional Shares granted to the
Underwriters in Section 3 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of the
Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter
referred to as the “Ordinary Shares.” The Company and the Selling Shareholders are hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the “Sellers.”
The Underwriters will take delivery of the Shares in the form of American Depositary Shares
(the “American Depositary Shares”). The American Depositary Shares are to be issued pursuant to a
Deposit Agreement dated as of
[•], 2010 (the “Deposit Agreement”) among the Company, Citibank, N.A., as Depositary (the
“Depositary”), and the holders from time to time of the American Depositary Shares issued under the
Deposit Agreement. Each American Depositary Share will initially represent the right to receive
six (6) Ordinary Shares deposited pursuant to the Deposit Agreement.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the Shares and a registration statement
relating to the American Depositary Shares corresponding to the Shares. The registration statement
relating to the Shares as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if
any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule
430A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter
referred to as the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales
of Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests
of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the
“Prospectus.” The registration statement relating to the American Depositary Shares, as amended at
the time it becomes effective, is hereinafter referred to as the “ADS Registration Statement.” If
the Company has filed abbreviated registration statements to register additional Ordinary Shares
and additional American Depositary Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the
“Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement”
and the ADS Registration Statement shall be deemed to include the corresponding Rule 462
Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement, “
preliminary prospectus” means each prospectus included in the
Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act, “
free writing prospectus” has the meaning
set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “
Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary
prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule III
hereto, and “
broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in
Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any
person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of
Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference
therein. “
Applicable Time” means [
•] [a./p.]m. (
New York time) on the date of this Agreement or
such other time as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Representatives.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx has agreed to reserve a portion of the Shares to be purchased by it under this
Agreement for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and business associates and
other parties related to the Company (collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus
under the
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heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Shares to be sold by Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx and its affiliates pursuant to the Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as
the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares not confirmed for purchase by any Participants by the
end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the
Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and
agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement have each become effective;
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration
Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the
Commission.
(b) (i) Each of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement, when it became
effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement, the
ADS Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii) at the Applicable Time, the Time of Sale
Prospectus does not, and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5), the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
(iv) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale
Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus as of its date and at the Closing Date (as defined
in Section 5), does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
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(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to
Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with
the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was
prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule III hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to the
Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not,
without the prior consent of the Representatives, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing
prospectus.
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as an exempted limited
liability company in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, has the corporate power
and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, the earnings,
business or operations, or on the business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”). The Memorandum and Articles of Association or other
constitutive or organizational documents of the Company comply with the requirements of applicable
Cayman Islands law and are in full force and effect.
(e) The Company’s subsidiaries have been identified in Schedule IV (the “Subsidiaries”), and
the Company has no other direct or indirect subsidiaries or any other company over which it has
direct or indirect effective control. Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation,
has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described
in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and its business licenses are in full force and
effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, are fully paid and
non-assessable and are free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (each a
“Lien”). None of the outstanding shares of capital stock or
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equity interest in any Subsidiary was issued in violation of preemptive or similar rights of
any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The Memorandum and Articles of Association or other
constitutive or organizational documents of each Subsidiary comply with the requirements of
applicable law in their respective jurisdictions of incorporation and are in full force and effect.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the
description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(h) The Ordinary Shares (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders)
outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized
and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(i) The Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
rights.
(j) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and when executed and
delivered by the Company, will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(k) The American Depositary Shares, when issued by the Depositary against the deposit of
Shares in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, will be duly
authorized and validly issued and the persons in whose names such American Depositary Shares are
registered will be entitled to the rights of registered holders of American Depositary Shares
specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.
(l) The terms of the Deposit Agreement and the American Depositary Shares conform as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(m) The Shares and the American Depositary Shares, when issued, are freely transferable by the
Company to or for the account of the several Underwriters and the initial purchasers thereof; and,
except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are no restrictions on subsequent
transfers of the
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Shares or the American Depositary Shares under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the People’s
Republic of China (“PRC”) or the United States.
(n) The American Depositary Shares have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market,
subject to official notice of issuance.
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective
Memorandum and Articles of Association or its other constitutive documents or (ii) in default in
the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of its
properties or assets is subject, except for such defaults that would not individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) none of the businesses, activities, agreements
or commitments of the Company or its Subsidiaries is unauthorized or exceeds the business scope of
its respective business licenses, except to the extent that the failure to be so authorized or to
operate within the business scope of its respective business license has been corrected, remedied,
rectified or waived or where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will not (i) contravene any provision
of applicable law or the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other constitutive documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) conflict with,
or result in a breach or violation of, any of terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental
body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary; and no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is
required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as
may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the
offer and sale of the Shares.
(q) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
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(r) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
(s) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally
filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(t) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to
register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(u) The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable local,
domestic and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety,
the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale 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 Securities Act with respect to any securities of
the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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(x) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are (i) no outstanding
securities issued by the Company convertible into or exchangeable for, rights, warrants or options
to acquire from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue, Ordinary Shares or any of the
capital stock of the Company, and (ii) no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or direct interest in
any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer,
or employee, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or representative of the Company or of any
of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property,
gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including
any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public
international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of
the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to
influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Company and its Subsidiaries and
affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and
have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to
promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained
herein.
(z) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all
times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and
its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Anti-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 Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(aa) (i) The Company represents that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Entity”) or, to the knowledge of the Entity, any director, officer, employee,
agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or
is owned or controlled by a Person that is:
(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the
U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
(“OFAC”), the United Nations
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Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her
Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority
(collectively, “Sanctions”), nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that
is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation,
Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
(ii) The Entity represents and covenants that it will not, directly or
indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with
any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such
funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or
(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of
Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the
offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) The Entity represents and covenants that for the past 5 years, it has
not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage
in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject
of Sanctions.
(bb) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple to
all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is
material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or such
as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries; and any real
property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by
the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
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(cc) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all
material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems
or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection
with the business now operated by them, and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material
Adverse Effect. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the products, processes, and inventions of
the Company and its Subsidiaries that are material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries or are otherwise referenced in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus do not
violate or conflict with any intellectual property or proprietary right of any third person,
including any patent or trade secret right held by or assignable to any third person.
(dd) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
exists, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any
existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal
suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) The Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in
the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all necessary licenses, consents, certificates,
authorizations, sanctions, permissions, declarations, approvals, orders, registrations, clearances,
permits, reports to and filings, with any court (whether at the national or local level) or issued
by the appropriate domestic or foreign governmental agency or body or any stock exchange authority
or any other regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and
their respective assets and properties, for the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to conduct
their respective businesses; the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all
material respects with the terms and conditions of all such licenses, consents, certificates,
authorizations, approvals, orders and permits; all of such licenses, consents, certificates,
authorizations, approvals, orders and permits are valid and in full
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force and effect; none of such licenses, consents, certificates, authorizations, approvals,
orders and permits contains any materially burdensome restrictions or conditions not described in
the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus; neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification
of any such license, consent, certificate, authorization, approval, order or permit which, singly
or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a
Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe
that any such license, consent, certificate, authorization, approval, order or permit will not be
renewed in the ordinary course.
(gg) No material relationships, direct or indirect, or material transactions exist between any
of the Company or its Subsidiaries on the one hand and their respective affiliates, officers and
directors or their shareholders, customers or suppliers on the other hand, except as disclosed in
the Time of Sale Prospectus; and the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus in this regard are
true and correct in all material respects and do not omit anything necessary to make such
statements, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(hh) Based on the Company’s current and anticipated operations and composition of its earnings
and assets, including the current and expected valuation of its assets, the Company was not a
Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2009 and does not expect
to become a PFIC in its current taxable year; and the Company has no plans or intentions to become
a PFIC in the future.
(ii) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed with all appropriate taxing
authorities all income, franchise or other tax returns required to be filed through the date
hereof, except for those tax returns the failure of which to file does not and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely
to any of the Company and its Subsidiaries which has had (nor does any of the Company and its
Subsidiaries have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to any of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, might individually or in the aggregate have) a Material Adverse
Effect.
(jj) No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income,
withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the government of the
PRC, the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof in connection with
(1) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, (2) the
issuance, sale or delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters whether in the
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form of Ordinary Shares or American Depositary Shares or (3) the deposit with the Depositary
of any Shares against the issuance of the corresponding American Depositary Shares.
(kk) The consolidated financial statements (and the notes thereto) of the Company included in
the Time of Sale Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company on a consolidated basis as of the dates indicated, and the results of operations and the
cash flows for the periods specified; and (i) such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles on a consistent basis throughout the
period involved and (ii) PricewaterhouseCoopers Xxxxx Xxxx CPAs Limited Company (“PwC”), who have
expressed an opinion on the financial statements of the Company based on their audits, are
independent auditors with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(ll) The section of the Time of Sale Prospectus captioned “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies”
accurately and fairly describes in all material respects (i) the accounting policies which the
Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and
results of operations and which require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex
judgments; (ii) the 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.
(mm) The description set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus in the section captioned
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity
and Capital Resources” of (i) all material trends, demands, commitments, events, uncertainties and
risks, and the potential effects thereof, that the Company believes would materially affect
liquidity and are reasonably likely to occur and (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 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 and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the availability thereof or the requirements of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for capital resources, is true and correct in all material
respects. As used herein in this subsection, the phrase “reasonably likely” refers to a disclosure
threshold lower than “more likely than not.”
(nn) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
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transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability;
(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 the existing assets
at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal
year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(oo) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Time of Sale
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has: (i) entered into or assumed any
contract, (ii) incurred or agreed to incur any liability (including any contingent liability) or
other obligation, (iii) acquired or disposed of or agreed to acquire or dispose of any business or
any other asset or (iv) assumed or acquired or agreed to assume or acquire any liabilities
(including contingent liabilities), that would, in the case of any of clauses (i) through (iv)
above, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and that are not otherwise
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(pp) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) none of the Company or its
Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered
into any material transaction; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital
stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital
stock; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or
long-term debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(qq) Under the current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, all dividends and other
distributions declared and payable on the Ordinary Shares in cash may be freely transferred out of
the Cayman Islands and may be freely converted into United States dollars, in each case without
there being required any consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any
court or governmental agency or body in the Cayman Islands; and all such
dividends and other distributions will not be subject to withholding, value added or other
taxes under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands.
(rr) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (i) none of the Company’s
Subsidiaries is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from
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paying any dividends or making
any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s equity interest, repaying to the Company any loan,
making advances to the Company, or transferring any of its property or assets to the Company or any
other Subsidiaries of the Company; (ii) all dividends and other distributions declared and payable
upon the equity interests in the Company’s Subsidiaries may be converted into foreign currency that
may be freely transferred out of the PRC or its jurisdiction of incorporation; and (iii) all such
dividends and other distributions are not and will not be subject to withholding or other taxes
under the laws and regulations of its jurisdiction of incorporation and otherwise free and clear of
any other tax, withholding or deduction in its jurisdiction of incorporation, in each case without
the necessity of obtaining any consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations,
clearances or qualifications of or with any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over such Subsidiary.
(ss) The Company 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,
Directed Share Participants 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, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange) relating to overseas investment by PRC residents and citizens
(the “PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations”), including, without limitation, requesting
each shareholder, option holder, director, officer, employee and Participant 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.
(tt) The Company is aware of and has been advised as to the content of the Rules on Mergers
and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “PRC Mergers and Acquisitions
Rules”) jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and
Administration Commission, the State Tax Administration, the State Administration of Industry and
Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) and the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange (the “SAFE”) of the PRC on August 8, 2006, including the relevant provisions
thereof which purport to require offshore special purpose entities formed for listing purposes and
controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals to obtain the approval of
the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of their securities on an overseas stock exchange.
The Company has received legal advice specifically with respect to the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions
Rules from its PRC counsel and the Company understands such legal advice. Except as disclosed in
the Time of Sale Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares and the American
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Depositary Shares, the listing and trading of the American Depositary Shares on the NASDAQ Global
Market and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement are not and will not be, as of the date hereof or at Closing Date or an Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, adversely affected by the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules or any
official clarifications, guidance, interpretations or implementation rules in connection with or
related to the PRC Mergers and Acquisitions Rules.
(uu) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
(vv) None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any
action which was designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares and the American Depositary Shares.
(ww) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Company has not sold, issued or
distributed any Ordinary Shares during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including
any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or Regulation S of, the Securities Act,
other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other
employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
(xx) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such
term is defined in Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and
procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and its chief
financial officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Company’s auditors and the
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors have been advised of: (i) any significant deficiencies 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) any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; any
material weaknesses in internal controls have been identified for the Company’s auditors; since the
date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and
procedures, 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; the principal executive officers (or their
equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made all
certifications required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
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of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any
related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in any
such certification are complete and correct; and the Company is otherwise in compliance with all
applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that are effective.
(yy) None of the Company and its Subsidiaries nor any of their properties, assets or revenues
are entitled to any right of immunity on the grounds of sovereignty from any legal action, suit or
proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from services of
process, from attachment prior to or in aid of execution of judgment, or from other legal process
or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment. The irrevocable
and unconditional waiver and agreement of the Company in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement
not to plead or claim any such immunity in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on this
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is valid and binding under the laws of the PRC and the Cayman
Islands.
(zz) Any statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the
Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with
the sources from which they are derived, and the Company has obtained the written consent for the
use of such data from such sources to the extent required.
(aaa) The choice of the laws of the State of
New York as the governing law of this Agreement
is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the PRC and will be honored by
courts in the Cayman Islands and the PRC. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to
Section 15 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the
personal jurisdiction of each
New York State and United States Federal court sitting in The City of
New York (each, a “
New York Court”) and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the
laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court; and the Company has
the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 15 of this Agreement, has
legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and empowered, an authorized
agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the ADS Registration Statement or the offering of the Shares or the American Depositary Shares 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 15 hereof.
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(bbb) Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered by a
New York
Court having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company based upon this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and any instruments or
agreements entered into for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein
would be declared enforceable against the Company without re-examination or review of the merits of
the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or re-litigation of the
matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty by the courts
of the Cayman Islands and PRC,
provided that (A) adequate service of process has been effected and
the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to be heard, (B) such judgments or the enforcement
thereof are not contrary to the law, public policy, security or sovereignty of the Cayman Islands
or the PRC, (C) such judgments were not obtained by fraudulent means and do not conflict with any
other valid judgment in the same matter between the same parties, and (D) an action between the
same parties in the same matter is not pending in any Cayman Islands or PRC court at the time the
lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court. The Company is not aware of any reason why the
enforcement in the Cayman Islands or the PRC of such a
New York Court judgment would be, as of the
date hereof, contrary to public policy of the Cayman Islands or PRC.
(ccc) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or its
Subsidiaries and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or its
Subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in
connection with this offering, or any other arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or
issuance with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers,
directors, shareholders, partners, employees or affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’
compensation as determined by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
(ddd) There are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of FINRA and (ii) the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s, or its Subsidiaries’ respective
officers, directors or, to the best knowledge of the Company, 5% or greater security holders or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity
securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date
that the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission, except as disclosed in the
Time of Sale Prospectus.
(eee) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any
applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus or any
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preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are
distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(fff) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental
body or agency, other than those obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the
Directed Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.
(ggg) The Company has not offered, or caused Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or its affiliates to offer, Shares
to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the intent to unlawfully influence (i) a
customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business
with the Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable
information about the Company or its products.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or
counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the Shares shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Except as otherwise provided
below, each Selling Shareholder listed in Schedule II, severally and not jointly, represents and
warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf
of such Selling Shareholder.
(b) The execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of, and the performance
by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Custody
Agreement signed by such Selling Shareholder and the Company, as Custodian, relating to
the deposit of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder (the “Custody Agreement”)
and the Power of Attorney appointing certain individuals as such Selling Shareholder’s
attorneys-in-fact (each, an “Attorney-in-Fact”) to the extent set forth therein, relating
to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement (the “Power of
Attorney”) will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which such Selling Shareholder
is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject or (ii) result in any violation
of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any
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court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or the property or assets of such
Selling Shareholder.
(c) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration
with, any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling
Shareholder or the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement or the Power
of Attorney by such Selling Shareholder or the consummation by such Selling Shareholder of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and as may be
required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the
offer and sale of the Shares.
(d) Such Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, valid title to,
or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the
New York
Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder
free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances
and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to
enter into this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney and to sell,
transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or a security
entitlement in respect of such Shares.
(e) The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney have been duly authorized by such
Selling Shareholder and when executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder, are valid
and binding agreements of such Selling Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(f) Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to
this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co.
(“
Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depositary Trust Company
(“
DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the
crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters
(assuming that neither DTC nor
any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section
8-105 of the
New York Uniform Commercial Code (“
UCC”) to such Shares), (i) DTC shall be a
“protected purchaser” of such Shares
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within
the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (ii)
under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement
in respect of such Shares and (iii) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the
meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be asserted against the
Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this
representation, such Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and
crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another
nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with
its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as
a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z)
appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will
have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(g) [Such Selling Shareholder has no reason to believe that the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 are not true and correct, is familiar
with the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and has no
knowledge of any material fact, condition or information not disclosed in the Time of Sale
Prospectus or the Prospectus that has had, or may have, a Material Adverse Effect,
provided that the representations and warranties in this
Section 2(g) are made and given
only by Xxxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxx Xxx.]
(h) Such Selling Shareholder is not prompted by any information concerning the
Company or its Subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus to sell
its Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
(i)
[(i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and,
as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, (iii) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each
sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet
available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5),
the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the
Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were
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made,
not misleading, (iv) each broadly available
road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided that the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2(i) do not apply to
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein and
provided further that, with respect to Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxx Xxxx
only, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section
2(i) apply only to
the extent that any such statements in or omissions from any Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or any broadly available road show are made in
reliance on and in conformity with written information relating to such Selling
Shareholder that has been furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling
Shareholder specifically and expressly for use therein.]
(j) Such Selling Shareholder does not have any registration or other similar rights
to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the
Registration Statement or included in the offering of the Shares, except for such rights
as have been waived or which are described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale
Prospectus and Prospectus.
(k) Such Selling Shareholder does not have, or has waived prior to the date hereof,
any preemptive right, co-sale right or right of first refusal or other similar right to
purchase any of the Shares that are to be sold by the Company or any other Selling
Shareholder to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement; and such Selling Shareholder
does not own any warrants, options or similar rights to acquire, and does not have any
right or arrangement to acquire, any capital stock, rights, warrants, options or other
securities from the Company, other than those described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(l) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between such Selling
Shareholder 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 this offering.
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(m) There are no affiliations or associations between any member of FINRA and such
Selling Shareholder, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale
Prospectus and Prospectus or as set forth in a questionnaire completed by such Selling
Shareholder and delivered to the Representatives prior to the date of this Agreement; none
of the proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder from the sale of the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement will be paid to a member of
FINRA or any affiliate of (or person “associated with”, as such terms are used in the
Rules of FINRA) such member.
(n) Such Selling Shareholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on
its behalf or used or referred to any free writing prospectus and represents that it has
not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
(o) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, 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.
(p) Such Selling Shareholder:
(i) represents that neither it nor, to the knowledge
of such Selling Shareholder, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or
representative of such Selling Shareholder, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled
by a Person that is:
(A) the subject of any Sanctions, nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that
is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation,
Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria);
(ii) represents and covenants that it will not,
directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner
or other Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with
any Person or in any country or
territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is
the subject of Sanctions; or
(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of
Sanctions by any Person (including any
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Person participating in the
offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise); and
(iii) represents and covenants that for the past 5
years, it has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and
will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any
country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was
the subject of Sanctions.
Any certificate signed by any Selling Shareholder and delivered to the Representative or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the Shares shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by such Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
3. Agreements to Sell and Purchase.
(a) Each Seller, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters,
and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but
subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from
such Seller at $[•] per American Depositary Share (the “Purchase Price”) the number of Firm Shares
set forth in Schedule II-B.
(b) On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional
Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to
6,750,000 Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. The Representatives may exercise this right on
behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice of each
election to exercise the option not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement. Any
exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters
and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one
business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the
Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may
be purchased as provided in Section 5 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments
made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. On each day, if any, that Additional
Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase
the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as
the Representatives may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional
Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm Shares set forth in
Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
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(c) (i) The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after
the date of the Prospectus, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract
to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares,
American Depositary Shares beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange
Act) or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary
Shares or American Depositary Shares or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers
to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Ordinary Shares
or American Depositary Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is
to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares, American Depositary Shares or such other securities,
in cash or otherwise or (3) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the
offering of any Ordinary Shares, American Depositary Shares or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or American Depositary Shares.
The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (i) the Shares to be
sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance by the Company of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of an option
or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Underwriters
have been advised in writing or (iii) the grant by the Company of options under its stock option
plans or the issuance by the Company of Ordinary Shares or American Depositary Shares upon the
exercise of such options or pursuant to its employee stock purchase plan.
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, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence
of the material news or material event. The Company shall promptly notify the Representatives of
any earnings release, news or event that may give rise to an extension of the initial 180-day
restricted period.
(ii) Additionally, the Company agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Representatives, it will not waive any lock-up provisions of any
agreements between the Company and any of its stockholders or release any of its stockholders
from lock-up agreements between the Company and such stockholders prior to the expiration of the
terms of such lock-up provisions or agreements.
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4. Terms of Public Offering. The Sellers are advised by the Representatives that the
Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares in the
form of American Depositary Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have
become effective as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable. The Sellers are further
advised by the Representatives that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at US$[•]
an American Depositary Share (the “Public Offering Price”) and to certain dealers selected by the
Representatives at a price that represents a concession not in excess of US$[•] an American
Depositary Share under the Public Offering Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and such
dealers may reallow, a concession, not in excess of US$[•] an American Depositary Share, to any
Underwriter or to certain other dealers.
5. Payment and Delivery.
(a) Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold by each Seller shall be made to such Seller in
Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Shares
for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at [10:00 a.m.], New York City time, on
[•], 2010, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than [•], 2010, as shall
be designated in writing by the Representatives. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter
referred to as the “Closing Date.”
(b) Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at [10:00 a.m.], New York City time, on the date
specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 3 or at such other time on the same or
on such other date, in any event not later than [•], 2010 as shall be designated in writing by the
Representatives.
(c) The ADSs to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in book entry form, and in such
authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at
least one full business day notice to the Company prior to the Closing Date or the applicable
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives through the facilities of DTC, for the account of such Underwriter, against
payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the
Representatives on the Closing
Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, or at such other time and date
as shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. The Company will cause the certificates
representing the Shares to be made available for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the
Closing Date or the applicable
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Option Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect thereto at the
office of the designated custodian of the Depository in Hong Kong.
6. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Sellers to sell the
Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for
the Shares on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, are subject to the
condition that the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement shall have become
effective not later than [•] (New York City time) on the date hereof, to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein (as though made
on such Closing Date, or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be), to the accuracy of the
statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company and the Selling Shareholders of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be:
(i) There shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been
given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that
does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act; and
(ii) There shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in the judgment of
the Representatives, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the judgment of the
Representatives, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, a certificate, dated the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 6(a)(i) above
and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement
are true and correct as of the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and
that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date or an Option Closing
Date, as the case may be. The
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officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the
best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the Closing
Date and signed by an Officer or Attorney-in-Fact of each Selling Shareholder, to the effect that
the representations and warranties of such Selling Shareholder contained in this Agreement are true
and correct as of the Closing Date, and that such Selling Shareholder has complied with all of the
agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder
on or before the Closing Date.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company
and U.S. counsel for each of the Selling Shareholders listed in Schedule II hereto, dated the
Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, dated
the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in Exhibit
C.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, opinions of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, British Virgin Islands counsel for the Company,
dated the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in
Exhibit D.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Xxx Xx Law Offices, PRC counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date
or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in Exhibit E.
(h) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, Hong Kong counsel for the Company,
dated the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit F.
(i) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Underwriters, dated the
Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Underwriters.
(j) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Commerce & Finance
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Law Offices, PRC counsel for the Underwriters, dated
the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in Exhibit
G.
(k) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Depositary, dated
the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in Exhibit
H.
(l) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date or
an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or an
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters,
from PwC, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall
use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(m) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between the
Representatives and the individuals and entities listed on Schedule V hereto relating to sales and
certain other dispositions of Ordinary Shares or certain other securities, delivered to the
Representatives on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date.
(n) The American Depositary Shares representing the Shares have been approved for listing on
the NASDAQ Global Market, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(o) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than [•] p.m. (New York
City time) on the date hereof.
(p) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462
Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by [10:00 p.m.],
Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing
either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462 Registration Statement or give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Securities
Act.
(q) The Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information
required by Rule 430A under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required
by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment
to the
Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430A, and such
post-effective amendment shall have become effective.
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(r) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462
Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in
effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the
Commission.
(s) On the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they
may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the
Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations
and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are
subject to the delivery to the Representatives on the applicable Option Closing Date of such
documents as the Representatives may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the
Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option
Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional Shares.
7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to the Representatives, without charge, six signed copies of the Registration
Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (including in each case exhibits thereto) and for
delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and the ADS
Registration Statement (in each case without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to the
Representatives in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Sections
7(e)or 7(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any
supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives a copy
of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or
supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within
the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to
be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) To furnish to the Representatives a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be
prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the
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Company and not to use or refer to any
proposed free writing prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(d) Not to 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 Securities Act a free writing
prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not
have been required to file thereunder.
(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time
when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time
of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission
and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time
of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of
Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration
Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with
applicable law.
(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to
in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with
sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply
with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense
(within nine months of the date of the Prospectus and at the expense of the Underwriter
thereafter), to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives
will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by the Representatives on behalf of
the Underwriters and to any other dealers
upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light
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of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with law.
(g) To endeavor to qualify the Shares and the corresponding American Depositary Shares for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
shall reasonably request.
(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives
as soon as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning
with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(i) The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares sold by it in the
manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(j) The Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the ADSs
hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint
venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of funding activities or business with
any government, individual or entity that is the subject of any OFAC-administered sanctions or
other Sanctions, or in a manner that would otherwise cause any person (including, without
limitation, the Underwriters and the purchasers of the American Depositary Shares) to violate any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or other Sanctions.
(k) In order to document an exemption to backup withholding with respect to the transactions
herein contemplated, the Company agrees to deliver to the Representatives 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).
(l) To comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations
in each jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share
Program.
8. Covenants of the Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not
jointly, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) 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.
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(b) In order to document an exemption to backup withholding with respect to the transactions
herein contemplated, each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to deliver to the Representatives
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).
9. Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not
to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission
under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that
otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the
Underwriter.
10. Expenses. [Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses
incident to the performance of the Sellers’ obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the
fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel, the Company’s accountants and counsel
for the Selling Shareholders in connection with the registration and delivery of the Shares and the
American Depositary Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection
with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements
to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove
specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or
producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares or the related American Depositary Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in
connection with the qualification of the Shares and any related American Depositary Shares for
offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 7(g) hereof, including filing
fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with
such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) the
preparation, printing and distribution of one or more versions of the Time of Sale Prospectus and
the Prospectus for distribution in Canada, often in the form of a Canadian “wrapper” (including
related fees and expenses of Canadian counsel to the Underwriters), (v) all filing fees and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in
connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by FINRA, (vi) all
fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on
Form 8-A relating to the Ordinary Shares and all
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costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares
on the NASDAQ Global Market, (vii) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares or the
American Depositary Shares, (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or
depositary, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any
“road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the American Depositary
Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of
any electronic roadshow, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics,
fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with
the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers
of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with
the road show, (x) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this
Agreement, (xi) all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection
with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any,
incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and (xii) all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for
which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as
provided in this Section, Section 11 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution”, Section 12 entitled
“Directed Share Program Indemnification” and the last paragraph of Section 14 below, the
Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their
counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising
expenses connected with any offers they may make.]
The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the
Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.
11. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) [The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, each director, officer, employee, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) caused by (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, the ADS Registration Statement or
any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free
writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h)
under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required
to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto, any “road show” (as
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defined in Rule 433) not constituting a free writing
prospectus or any Blue Sky application or other document prepared or executed by the Company (or
based upon any written information furnished by the Company for use therein) specifically for the
purpose of qualifying any or all of the Shares and American Depositary Shares under the securities
laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such application, document or information being
hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”), or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or
controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that
Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by
any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein which information is limited to the
information set forth in Section 11(i).]
(b) The Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its director, officer, employee, each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) caused by (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, the
ADS Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act,
any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, any “road
show” (as defined in Rule 433) not constituting a free writing prospectus or any Blue Sky
Application, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse
each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon
demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer,
employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to
defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such
untrue statement or
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omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein which information is limited to the information set forth
in Section 11(i); [provided that Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxx Xxxx will only be liable in
any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon untrue statements or omissions made in reliance upon information
relating to either or both of them furnished to the Company in writing by either or both of them
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto; provided, however, that with respect to any amount due an indemnified person under this
paragraph (b), each Selling Shareholder shall be liable only to the extent of the aggregate
proceeds received after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, by such
Selling Shareholder from the sale of such Selling Shareholder’s Shares (with respect to each
Selling Shareholder, such amount being referred to herein as such Selling Shareholder’s “Net
Proceeds”).]
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, the Selling Shareholders, the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who
sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling
Shareholder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) caused by (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined
in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is
required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto, any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) not constituting a free writing
prospectus or any Blue Sky Application, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives by or on behalf of the
Underwriter expressly for inclusion therein, which information is limited to the information set
forth in Section 11(i).
In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 11(a) ,
11(b) or 11(c), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against
whom such indemnity may be sought (the
“indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified
party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party
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may designate in such proceeding and shall
pay 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, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (d) the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (e) 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. It is
understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any
indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition
to any local counsel) for all Underwriters and all persons, if any, who control any Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or
who are affiliates of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (ii)
the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section and (iii) the fees and expenses
of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Selling Shareholders and
all persons, if any, who control any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of either such Section,
and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any
such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons and affiliates of any
Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company, and such directors,
officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the
Company. In the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Shareholders and such control
persons of any Selling Shareholders, such firm shall be designated in writing by the persons named
as attorneys-in-fact for the Selling Shareholders under the Powers of Attorney. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party
for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this
paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30
days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified
party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. [No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the
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indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such
settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to,
or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified
party.]
(f) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c), is
unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of
the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 11(f)(i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause 11(f)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Sellers
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the
Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the
offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by each Seller and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the
Shares. The relative fault of the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
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 Sellers or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 11 are several in
proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. The
liability of each Selling Shareholder under the contribution agreement contained in this paragraph
is several and shall be limited to an amount equal to the Net Proceeds received by such Selling
Shareholder. The obligations of the Selling Shareholders in this
Section 11(f) to contribute are several in proportion to their Net Proceeds and not joint.
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(g) The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 11 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 that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 11(f). The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in Section 11(f) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, 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 11, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 11 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at
law or in equity.
(h) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 11 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders
contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)
any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter,
any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter, any Selling Shareholder
or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder, or the Company, its officers or directors or any
person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.
(i) The Underwriters severally confirm and the Sellers acknowledge and agree that the (i) the
last sentence of the second paragraph; (ii) the concession per ADS amount set forth in the third
paragraph; and (iii) the seventh, thirteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth paragraphs, in each case
appearing under the caption “Underwriting” in, and the statements regarding delivery of shares by
the Underwriters set forth on the cover page of, the Preliminary Prospectus dated October 27, 2010,
and the Prospectus constitute the only information concerning such Underwriters furnished in
writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any other issuer
free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule
433(d) of the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
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The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the
Selling Shareholders may otherwise have among themselves for indemnification and contribution in
connection with the registration of the Shares.
12. Directed Share Program Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities”)
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the
Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by
any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any
Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to
purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program,
other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally
judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Entities.
(b) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section
12(a), the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity seeking indemnity shall promptly notify the Company in writing
and the Company, upon request of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity to represent the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and any others the
Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel
related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall have the right
to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity unless (i) the Company shall have agreed to the retention of such
counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and representation of both parties by the same
counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. The
Company shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in connection
with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for all Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities. Any such separate firm for
the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. The Company shall
not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
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effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Company agrees to
indemnify the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time a Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Entity shall have requested the Company to reimburse it for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the Company agrees that it shall
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Company of the aforesaid request
and (ii) the Company shall not have reimbursed the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. The Company shall not, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect
of which any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such proceeding.
(c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 12(a) is unavailable to a
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then the Company in lieu of indemnifying the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity thereunder
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity as a result of such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the
other hand from the offering of the Directed Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
12(c)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 12(c)(i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company on the one hand and of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in connection with
any statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in connection with the offering of
the Directed Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds
from the offering of the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) and the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities for the Directed Shares bear to
the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Directed Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or
liability is caused by an untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact, the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and
the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement or the omission or alleged
omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the
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parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
(d) The Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities agree that it would not be just or equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 12 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section
12(c). The amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed
to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 12, no Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the Directed Shares distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount
of any damages that such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity has otherwise been required to pay. The remedies
provided for in this Section 12 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which
may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 12 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity or the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Directed Shares.
13. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the
Representatives to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to
the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by,
as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ
Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the
Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on
any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities
settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States, the PRC or the Cayman Islands shall
have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by
Federal or New York State or PRC or Cayman Islands authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets, currency exchange rates
or controls or any calamity or crisis or a material adverse change in general economic, political
or financial conditions
that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and which, singly or
together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the
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judgment of the
Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus.
14. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated
severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of
all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives may
specify, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Shares that any
Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section
14 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of
such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased on such date,
and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Shareholders for
the purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement
shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the
Selling Shareholders. In any such case either the Representatives or the relevant Sellers shall
have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order
that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus,
in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option
Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Shares
and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more
than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing
Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation
hereunder to purchase the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (ii) purchase
not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been
obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall
not relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any
failure or refusal on the part of any Seller to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the
conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason any Seller shall be unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Sellers will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters
as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such
Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
15. Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service. (a) Each of the Sellers
irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States
Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York over any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or the offering of the
Shares or the American Depositary Shares. Each of the Company and Selling Shareholders irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to
the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. To the extent that any Seller has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on
the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal
process with respect to itself or its property, each of the Sellers irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.
(b) Each of the Sellers hereby irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Inc., with
offices at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, the United States of America,
as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding described in the preceding
paragraph and agrees that service of process in any manner permitted by applicable laws in any such
suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent. Each of the Sellers
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other requirements of or objections to personal
jurisdiction with respect thereto. Each of the Sellers represents and warrants that such agent has
agreed to act as its agent for service of process, and each of the Sellers agrees to take any and
all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to
continue such appointment in full force and effect.
16. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary
to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other
than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States
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dollars with such other currency in The
City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The
obligation of each of the Sellers with respect to any sum due from it to any Underwriter or any
person controlling 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 or controlling person of any sum in such other currency, and only to the extent that
such Underwriter or controlling person 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 or controlling person hereunder, each of the
Sellers agrees as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such
Underwriter or controlling person against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are
greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, such
Underwriter or controlling person agrees to pay to the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as
applicable, an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due
to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder.
17. Foreign Taxes. All payments made by the Company and each Selling Shareholder under this
Agreement, if any, 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, the PRC or any political subdivision or any taxing authority
thereof or therein unless the Company or such Selling Shareholder is or becomes required by law to
withhold or deduct such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges. In such event,
the Company or such Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, 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 taxes that would not have been
imposed but for such Underwriter’s having been being a resident of the jurisdiction imposing such
taxes or being or having been present or engaged in a trade or business therein (other than with
respect to the receipt of payments under this Agreement) or having had a permanent establishment
therein (other than a permanent establishment created under this Agreement). The Company represents
that it is not carrying on business in the PRC and/or it is a tax resident of the Cayman Islands
and no other jurisdictions for tax purposes.
18. Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters’ research
analysts and research departments are required to be
independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain
regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and
make statements or investment recommendations
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and/or publish research reports with respect to the
Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking
divisions. The Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby waive and release, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company or the Selling Shareholders may have against
the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the
views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different
from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company or the Selling
Shareholders by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Company and the Selling
Shareholders acknowledge that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as
such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own
account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity
securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
19. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that
relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the
Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the
preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct
of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Shares.
(b) The Sellers acknowledge that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the
Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the
Sellers or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Sellers only those duties and
obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded
by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of
the Sellers. The Sellers waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may
have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with
the offering of the Shares.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
same instrument.
21. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
22. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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23. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt
and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Representatives at:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Attention: Head of Capital Markets, with a copy to the Legal Department;
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629,
Attention: Legal & Compliance Department — Investment Banking Division
if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to
RDA Microelectronics, Inc., Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxx 0, 000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx District, Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer;
and if to the Selling Shareholders shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the addresses set forth on
Schedule II hereto.
24. Parties at Interest. The Agreement set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit
of the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and to the extent provided in Section
11 hereof the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to in such sections
and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and
administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser, as
such purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any rights under or by virtue
of this Agreement.
25. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters and the
Company and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any substantial portion of
the Company’s and any of the Underwriters’ respective businesses and/or assets. This Agreement and
the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (a) the
representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders
contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers
and employees of the Underwriters and each person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (b) the indemnity agreement of the
Underwriters contained in Section 11(c) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of
the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the Registration
Statement and any person controlling the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended
or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 25,
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
provision contained herein.
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26. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on
behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment
for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
27. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, subsection,
paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
other section, subsection, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, subsection, paragraph or
provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there
shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to
make it valid and enforceable.
28. Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended or modified in writing, signed by all of
the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in
writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
29. Sophisticated Parties. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated
business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the
provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification and contribution provisions
of Section 11, and is fully informed regarding said provisions.
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
Xxxxx & Company, Inc. |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total: |
|
|
45,000,000 |
|
|
|
6,750,000 |
|
|
|
|
I-1
SCHEDULE II
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
Name and Address |
|
Firm Shares |
of Selling Shareholder |
|
To Be Sold |
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxx 00, Xx. 000
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Shanghai 200335
People’s Republic of China |
|
|
336,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xxxxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China |
|
|
144,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xiang He Yuan Road #1
Megahall, Building 5
2905, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 000000
People’s Republic of China |
|
|
234,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xxx Xxxx
1106 Building A
E-wing Xxxxxx
000 XxxXxxxXx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 000000
People’s Republic of China |
|
|
234,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total: |
|
|
948,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
II-1
SCHEDULE II-B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Firm Shares To Be Sold |
|
|
To Xxxxxx |
|
To Credit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xxxxxxx & Co. |
|
Suisse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
International |
|
Securities |
|
To Xxxxx & |
|
|
Seller |
|
plc |
|
(USA) LLC |
|
Company, Inc. |
|
Total |
Company |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
44,052,000 |
|
Xxxxxxx Xxx |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
336,000 |
|
Xxxxxx Xxx |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
144,000 |
|
Xxxxx Xxxxx |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
234,000 |
|
Xxx Xxxx |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
234,000 |
|
|
|
|
Total: |
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
[•] |
|
|
|
45,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
II-2
SCHEDULE III
Time of Sale Prospectus
1. |
|
Preliminary Prospectus dated October 27, 2010 |
|
2. |
|
[The free writing prospectus dated [•], 2010 filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of
the Security Act (relating to [•])] |
|
3. |
|
Final Term Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit I |
III-1
SCHEDULE IV
SUBSIDIARIES
RDA Microelectronics (BVI), Inc.
RDA International, Inc.
RDA Technologies Limited
RDA Microelectronics (Shanghai), Inc.
RDA Microelectronics (Beijing), Inc.
IV-1
SCHEDULE V
LIST OF LOCKED-UP SHAREHOLDERS
Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.
Suite 6703, Two International
Finance Centre
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII I, C.V.
Suite 6703, Two International
Finance Centre
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Pincus International Partners, L.P.
Suite 6703, Two International
Finance Centre
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Pincus Netherlands International Partners I, C.V.
Suite 6703, Two International
Finance Centre
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
WP-WPVIII Investors, L.P.
(as successor in interest to Warburg Pincus Germany Private Equity VIII, K.G.)
Suite 6703, Two International
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
WP-WPIP Investors L.P.
(as successor in interest to Warburg Pincus Germany International Partners, K.G.)
Suite 6703, Two International
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
IDG-ACCEL China Growth Fund L.P.
c/o. IDG VC Management Ltd.
10/F Effectual Xxxxxxxx
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
IDG-ACCEL China Growth Fund-A L.P.
c/o. IDG VC Management Ltd.
10/F Effectual Xxxxxxxx
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
IDG-ACCEL China Investors L.P.
c/o. IDG VC Management Ltd.
10/F Effectual Xxxxxxxx
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxx 00, Xx. 000
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Shanghai 200335
People’s Republic of China
V-1
CenturyFirst Limited
c/o. Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxx 0000, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
416 King’s Road
North Point
Hong Kong
Xxxxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Yu Xia
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
c/x. Xx Xia
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xiang He Xxxx Xxxx #0
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0
0000, Xxxxxxxx District
Beijing 100028
People’s Republic of China
Pingfen Lin
c/o. Xxxx Xx
11 Wenchang
Xidan
Beijing 100031
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
1106 Building A
E-wing Xxxxxx
000 XxxXxxxXx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 000000
People’s Republic of China
Xx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Fan
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
X-0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Shenglong Luo
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Song Zheng
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xuesong Yin
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Haixing Hu
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Yang Luo
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
V-3
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Chunjiang Tu
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Hua Li
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Aisong Liang
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Bin Xiang
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
V-4
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
HaoShi
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Tianran Mao
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Hanling Cai
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
X-0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xiuzhuang Wang
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
X-0
Xxxxx Xx
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Wenqiang Tian
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Ding Ge
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Zuobin Shen
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xiaoqi You
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
X-0
Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Guojing Ye
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Dekuan He
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
V-8
Jianjun Ge
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Miao Xian
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Zhangjiang RDK Company Limited
c/o. Commence Overseas Limited
Commence Xxxxxxxx
P.O. Box 2208
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
Xxxx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Benfu Wei
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
X-0
Xxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx 000000
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Benrong Yuan
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xiusun Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
V-10
Lunjun Zhou
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxx Xxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Yanbo Li
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Zouqi Shen
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Heyuan Chen Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xifang Ling
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Hexi Li
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xx Xxxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
X-00
Xxxxxx Xx
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx X
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxx Xxxx
Suite 1108, Block A
e-Wing Center
000 XxxXxxx Xxxx
Hai Xxxx District
Beijing, 100086
People’s Republic of China
Xxxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Peilin He
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
c/o Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Asia LLC, Suite 6703
Two IFC, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx (Yi) Ding
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx XXX, Xxxxx 0000
Two IFC, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxx
0X Xxxxx Xxxxxx
#00-00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx 668
Kin-Xxx Xxx
Apt Blk 00 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, #00-000
Xxxxxxxxx 000000
Xxxxx Xxx
00X, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx
000 Xxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx
x/x Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx 0, 000 Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 000000,
People’s Republic of China
V-12
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER
___, 20101
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc (“
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) and
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“
Credit Suisse”) propose to enter into an
Underwriting
Agreement (the “
Underwriting Agreement”) with
RDA Microelectronics, Inc., an exempted company
incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “
Company”), providing
for the public offering (the “
Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters, including Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx and Credit Suisse (the “
Underwriters”), of a certain number of ordinary shares, par value
$0.001 per share, of the Company (the “
Ordinary Shares”) in the form of 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, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Credit Suisse on behalf of the Underwriters, it will
not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the
final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell,
grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly
or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3
of the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) by the undersigned or any
other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Ordinary Shares or
ADSs, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by
delivery of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing
sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to Ordinary Shares, ADSs or other securities
of the Company acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering,
provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of Exchange Act shall be required or shall be
voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or other securities
acquired in such open market transactions; (b) the exercise of any of the undersigned’s rights to
acquire Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of options that were granted under the 2005 Share Option
Scheme or the 2009 Share Incentive Plan and outstanding on the date of the Prospectus; (c)
transfers of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares (i) to an immediate
family member or a trust formed for the direct or indirect benefit of an immediate family member,
(ii) as a bona fide gift, or (iii) through will or intestacy; (d) transfers or distributions of
Ordinary Shares to affiliates, limited partners, members, or shareholders of the undersigned,
provided that in the case of clauses (c) and (d), each transferee, donee or distributee shall sign
and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter; (e) Ordinary Shares sold or
tendered to the Company or withheld by the Company for tax withholding purposes in connection with
the vesting of equity awards that are subject to a taxable event upon vesting; or (f) the
establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, for the transfer of ADSs or Ordinary Shares, provided that such plan does not provide for
the transfer of ADSs or Ordinary Shares during the 180-day restricted period. In addition, the
undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Credit Suisse on
behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending
180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect
to the registration of any Ordinary Shares, ADSs or any security convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or ADSs. 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
the undersigned’s Ordinary Shares or ADSs except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If:
(1) during the last 17 days of the restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or
material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
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(2) prior to the expiration of the restricted period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted
period;
the restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material
news or material event.
The undersigned shall not engage in any transaction that may be restricted by this agreement
during the 34-day period beginning on the last day of the initial restricted period unless the
undersigned requests and receives prior written confirmation from the Company, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or
Credit Suisse that the restrictions imposed by this agreement have expired.
The undersigned understands that, if the
Underwriting Agreement is not executed within six
months of the date of this letter, or if the
Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions
thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and
delivery of the ADSs to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations
under this letter. The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying
upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned
further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s
heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an
Underwriting Agreement,
the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
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Exhibit A - 3
EXHIBIT B
OPINION OF XXXXXXX XXXX, SLATE, XXXXXXX & XXXX LLP, AS
US COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY AND SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
1. The
Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and an
Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Selling Shareholders, to the extent such execution and delivery
are governed by the laws of the State of New York.
2. The Deposit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company to the extent
such execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositary, is a valid and binding agreement
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
3. The Custody Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf
of the Selling Shareholders to the extent such execution and delivery are governed by the laws of
the State of New York, and is a valid and binding agreement of each Selling Shareholder,
enforceable against such Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms.
4. Upon the issuance by the Depositary of the Firm ADSs in uncertificated form against the
deposit of the underlying Shares by the Company and the Selling Shareholders in respect thereof in
accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such Firm ADSs will be duly and validly
issued and the persons in whose names such Firm ADSs are registered will be entitled to the rights
of holders specified in the Deposit Agreement.
5. The execution and delivery by the Company and an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Selling
Shareholders of the
Underwriting Agreement, the execution and delivery by an Attorney-in-Fact on
behalf of the Selling Shareholders of the Custody Agreement, and the execution and delivery by the
Company of the Deposit Agreement and the consummation by the Company and the Selling Shareholders
of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the deposit of the Shares with the Depositary
and the issuance and sale of the Securities, will not (i) constitute a violation of, or a breach or
default under, any agreements or other instruments governed by the law of the State of New York of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries that have been filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement, which are set forth in
Schedule C hereto; or (ii) violate or conflict with, or
result in any contravention of, any Applicable Law. We do not express any opinion, however, as to
whether the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the
Underwriting Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any covenant, restriction or
provision with respect to financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial condition or
results of operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
6. No Governmental Approval that has not been obtained or taken and is not in full force and
effect is required to authorize, or is required for, the execution or delivery of the
Underwriting
Agreement by the Company and an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Selling Shareholders or the
execution or delivery of the Deposit Agreement by the Company or the consummation by the Company
and the Selling Shareholders of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the deposit of the
Shares with the Depositary and the issuance and sale of the Securities.
7. Under the laws of the State of New York relating to personal jurisdiction, each of the
Company and the Selling Shareholders has validly and irrevocably submitted to the personal
jurisdiction of any state court in the City of New York (each, a “New York Court”) in any action
arising out of or relating to the Underwriting Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby
and, in the case of the Company, the Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby,
has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court,
and has validly and irrevocably appointed Law Debenture Corporate Services Inc. as its authorized
agent for the purpose described in Section 15 of the Underwriting Agreement and, in the case of the
Company, Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement; and service of process effected on such agent in the
manner set forth in Section 15 of the Underwriting Agreement and, in the case of the Company,
Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement will be effective insofar as the law of the State of New York
is concerned to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company and the Selling Shareholders,
as applicable, in connection with such agreements.
8. The statements in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package under the caption
“Description of American Depositary Shares,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize
certain provisions of the ADSs and the Deposit Agreement referred to therein, fairly summarize such
provisions in all material respects.
9. The statements in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package under the caption
“Shares Eligible for Future Sale,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain
provisions of Rule 144 or Rule 701 of the Rules and Regulations, fairly summarize such provisions
in all material respects.
10. The statements in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package under the caption
“Underwriting,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement, fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.
11. The Company is not and, solely after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
12. An action based on an adverse claim to the financial assets consisting of the Secondary
ADSs held by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), whether such action is framed in conversion,
replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be successfully asserted
against Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc or Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC assuming that
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acquire a security
entitlement with respect to such ADSs from DTC and neither Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc
nor Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC nor any other Underwriter has notice of any adverse claims
with respect to such financial assets.
Exhibit B - 1
EXHIBIT C
OPINION OF CONVERS XXXX & XXXXXXX,
AS CAYMAN ISLANDS
COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
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As of the Certificate Date, the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
under the laws of the Cayman Islands and is validly existing as an exempted company and in
good standing (meaning that it has not failed to make any filing with any Cayman Islands
government authority or to pay any Cayman Islands government fee or tax which might make it
liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of
the Cayman Islands) and has the corporate power and authority to conduct its business and to
own, lease and operate its properties in accordance with its memorandum and articles of
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The Company has the authorized and issued share capital set forth in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and Final Prospectus. All of the issued Shares of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums
are payable to the Company on such Shares), free of any transfer or voting restrictions
(provided such transfers are made in compliance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association), and are not subject to any pre-emptive rights or similar rights
under the Companies Law or the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of
the Company, and the rights and restrictions attaching to such shares are consistent with the
description thereof contained in the Prospectuses. When issued and delivered by the Company to
the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement against payment of the consideration
set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, the Offer Shares will have been duly and validly
issued, fully-paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums are payable to the Company
on such Shares), will be free of any transfer or voting restrictions (provided such transfers
are made in compliance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association),
and will not be subject to any pre-emptive rights or similar rights under the Companies Law or
the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. Each Selling
Shareholder who is registered in the register of members of the Company will be deemed, as a
matter of law of the Cayman Islands, to have prima facie legal title to those shares set
against its name in such register of members. |
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When executed by and on behalf of the Company, the Share Certificate will be admissible as
proof of title of the shareholder named therein in relation to the shares specified in the
Share Certificate. |
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The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Registration Statements. The execution
and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance, sale and offer of the
Shares and the ADSs, the deposit of Shares with the Depositary against the issuance, sale and
offer of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents will not violate the memorandum and articles of association of
the Company, nor any applicable law, regulation, order or decree in the Cayman Islands. |
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The Company has taken all corporate action required to authorize its execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents, the execution and filing of the Registration
Statements and the Prospectus by Lily (Li) Dong, as attorney-in-fact, with the SEC. The
Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company,
and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with the terms thereof. The Deposit Agreement constitutes the valid and binding
obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. |
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No order, consent, approval, licence, authorisation or validation of or exemption by any
government or public body or authority of the Cayman Islands or any sub-division thereof is
required to authorize or is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance
and enforcement of the Transaction Documents, the issuance of the Shares and the deposit of
such Shares with the Depositary, the issuance, sale and offer of the ADSs, the filing of the
Registration Statements and the Prospectus with the SEC, the listing of ADSs on Nasdaq Global
Market or the payment of dividends by the Company to holders of Shares. |
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It is not necessary or desirable to ensure the validity, enforceability or admissibility into
evidence (other than court filings in the ordinary course of proceedings) in the Cayman
Islands of the Transaction Documents that they be registered in any register kept by, or filed
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body in the Cayman Islands (other than court
filings in the ordinary course of proceedings). However, to the extent that any of the
Transaction Documents creates a charge over assets of the Company, the Company and its
Directors are under an obligation to enter such charge in the Register of Mortgages and
Charges of the Company in accordance with section 54 of the Companies Law. While there is no |
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exhaustive definition of a charge under Cayman Islands law, a charge normally has the
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it is a proprietary interest granted by way of security which entitles the
chargee to resort to the charged property only for the purposes
of satisfying some liability due to the chargee (whether from the chargor or a
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the chargor retains an equity of redemption to have the property restored
to him when the liability has been discharged. |
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However, as the Transaction Documents are governed by the Foreign Laws, the question of
whether they would possess these particular characteristics would be determined under the
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There is no stamp, registration or similar tax or duty to be paid on or in relation to the
execution, delivery, enforcement, performance of obligations and payments made under or
pursuant to the Transaction Documents provided that they are executed and remain outside the
Cayman Islands, including but not limited to (i) the issuance of the Shares (ii) the entering
of the Depositary as registered holder of the Shares, (iii) the issue or transfer to a
custodian (on behalf of the Depositary) of the Shares against the issue of the ADSs for the
account of the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) and the deposit of the
certificates representing the Shares with the Depositary, (iv) the issuance by the Depositary
of the ADSs, (v) the declaration and payment of dividends and other distributions on the
Shares or the ADSs, (vi) the filing of the Registration Statements with the SEC or (vii) the
sale and delivery outside of the Cayman Islands by the Underwriters of the ADS to the initial
purchasers. The Transaction Documents will be subject to nominal stamp duty if they are
executed in or brought into the Cayman Islands but will otherwise not be subject to stamp
duty. In the case of any Transaction Document creating security over movable property granted
by an exempted company, an ordinary non-resident company or a foreign company, stamp duty will
be payable on an ad valorem basis to a maximum of CI$500.00 (US$600.00). Apart from the
payment of stamp duty, there are no acts, conditions or things required by the laws and
regulations of the Cayman Islands to be done, fulfilled or performed in order to make any of
the Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in the Cayman Islands. |
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All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares may under the
current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands be paid to the Depositary as the registered
member of the Shares and where they |
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are to be paid from the Cayman Islands may be freely
transferred out of the Cayman Islands. There is no exchange control legislation and no
exchange control regulations imposed under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and accordingly
there are no restrictions under Cayman Islands law which would prevent the Company from paying
dividends to shareholders in U.S. dollars or any other foreign currency. |
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The statements in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors”, “Management”,
“Description of Share Capital”, “Taxation – Cayman Islands Taxation” and “Enforceability of
Civil Liabilities”, insofar and to the extent that they constitute a summary or description of
the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands and a summary of the terms of the share capital
are true and correct in all respects and nothing has been omitted from such statements which
would make them misleading in any material respect. The information relating to the Company’s
memorandum and articles of association and the Cayman Islands company law contained in the
Prospectus are true and accurate and nothing has been omitted from such statements to make
them misleading in any material respect. |
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There is no income or other tax of the Cayman Islands imposed by withholding or otherwise on
any payment to be made to or by the Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents. |
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The Transaction Documents are in an acceptable legal form under the laws of the Cayman
Islands for enforcement thereof against the Company in the Cayman Islands in accordance with
its terms. |
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Based solely upon a search of the Register of Writs and other Originating Process of the
Grand Court of the Cayman Islands conducted at [• a.m./p.m.] on [• ], 2010 (which
would not reveal details of matters which have been filed but not actually entered in the
Register of Writs and other Originating Process at the time of our search), no legal or
governmental proceedings were pending against the Company or any property of the Company and
no petitions to wind up the Company had been filed in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands as
at the date and time of our search. |
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None of the Underwriters and the Depositary will be deemed to be resident, domiciled or
carrying on business or subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands or in violation of any law
thereof by reason only of the execution, performance and/or enforcement of the Transaction
Documents by the Underwriters or the Depositary, as the case may be. |
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The Underwriters and the Depositary have standing to bring an action or proceedings before
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enforcement of the Transaction Documents.
It is not necessary or advisable in order for the Underwriters or the Depositary to enforce
their rights under the Transaction Documents, including the exercise of remedies thereunder,
that any of them be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in the
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The Company has the legal capacity to xxx and be sued in its own name under the laws of the
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The Company is not entitled to any immunity under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whether
characterized as sovereign immunity or otherwise, in respect of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents or from any legal proceedings to enforce the Transactions Documents in
respect of itself or its property. |
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The Company is free to acquire, hold and sell foreign currency and securities without
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The choice of the Foreign Laws as the governing law of the Transaction Documents is a valid
choice of law and would be recognized and given effect to in any action brought before a court
of competent jurisdiction in the Cayman Islands, except for those laws (i) which such court
considers to be procedural in nature, (ii) which are revenue or penal laws or (iii) the
application of which would be inconsistent with public policy, as such term is interpreted
under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The submission in the Transaction Documents to the
exclusive or non-exclusive jurisdiction (as applicable) of the Foreign Courts is valid and
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The courts of the Cayman Islands would recognize as a valid judgment, a final and conclusive
judgment in personam obtained in the Foreign Courts against the Company based upon the
Transaction Documents under which a sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable
in respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a
fine or other penalty) and would give a judgment based thereon provided that (a) such courts
had proper jurisdiction over the parties subject to such judgment; (b) such courts did not
contravene the rules of natural justice of the Cayman Islands; (c) such judgment was not
obtained by fraud; (d) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the public
policy of the Cayman Islands; (e) no new admissible evidence relevant to the action is
submitted prior to the rendering of the judgment by the courts of the Cayman Islands; and (f)
there is due compliance with the correct procedures under the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
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The appointment of an agent to accept service of process under the Transaction Documents in
the Foreign Courts and the waiver by the Company of any objections to the venue of a
proceeding in the Foreign Courts pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Underwriting Agreement is
legal, valid and binding on the Company. |
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The indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 11 of the Underwriting
Agreement and Section 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement do not contravene the laws or public policy
of the Cayman Islands. |
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There are no reporting obligations under the laws of the Cayman Islands on the ADSs holders
as a result of the issue of the ADSs. |
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The Depositary will not be subject to any reporting or similar requirements under the law of
the Cayman Islands with respect to the ADSs or the Shares underlying the ADSs by virtue of its
being a party to the Deposit Agreement and exercising its rights and performing its
obligations thereunder. |
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As at [•], based on our review of the Register of Members there are no entries or
notations indicating any third party interests, including any security interest, on the
Register of Members. However, it should be noted that there is no requirement under the laws
of the Cayman Islands for such entries or notations to be included on the register of members
of the Company. |
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As a general rule, Cayman Islands law recognises the separate and distinct existence of each
Cayman Islands company. The decision of the House of Lords in England in Salomon -v-
Salomon & Co. (1897) AC 22, established that a company has a separate and independent
legal personality from its shareholders. This principle would apply to the Company. However,
the principle is subject to exceptions which include the possibility of lifting the corporate
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There is some judicial precedent for the courts to disregard the fundamental principle of
separate legal existence of a company (i.e., lifting the corporate veil) in certain
circumstances. However, each case is determined on its particular facts, and it is not
possible to formulate any single rule as to when the corporate veil will be lifted.
However, while there has been no comprehensive and definitive statement by the courts as
to when the corporate veil will be lifted, the English Courts (the decisions of which are
highly persuasive in the Cayman Islands Courts) have shown a general willingness to do so
where a company is being used as a device
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for an illegal or improper purpose or where the
corporate structure is a mere façade or sham concealing the true facts. This was recently
recognised by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands court in Xxxxxxx v Xxxxxxxxxx
(2001) CILR 120.
There has been very little guidance from the courts in terms of what will constitute a
sham or façade that would entitle a court to lift the corporate veil. However, some
guidance may be obtained from the dicta of the English Court of Appeal in Xxxxx v Cape
Industries PLC (1990) Ch.433 at P.538. In that case, the Court of Appeal stated that:
“We do not accept as a matter of law that the court is entitled to lift the
corporate veil as against a defendant company which is the
member of a corporate group merely because the corporate structure has been used so
as to insure that the legal liability (if any) in respect of particular future
activities of the group (and correspondingly the risk of enforcement of that
liability) will fall on another member of the group rather than the defendant
company. Whether or not this is desirable, the right to use a corporate structure
in this manner is inherent in our corporate law.”
On the basis of and subject to all of the matters set out above, no holder of the Offer
Shares issued in the manner set out in the Prospectus pursuant to the Offering is or will
be subject to any liability in the Cayman Islands in respect of any liability of the
Company by virtue only of holding the Offer Shares.
Exhibit C - 7
EXHIBIT D
OPINION OF CONVERS XXXX & XXXXXXX, AS BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
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The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any
British Virgin Islands governmental authority or to pay any British Virgin Islands government
fee or tax which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby
cease to exist under the laws of the British Virgin Islands). The Company is a separate legal
entity and can xxx and be sued in its own name. |
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The Company has full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its property and
conduct its business in accordance with its memorandum of association. |
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Based on a search of the public records in respect of the Company maintained at the offices
of the Registrar of Corporate Affairs at [• a.m./p.m.] on [•], 2010 (which would
not reveal details of matters which have not been lodged for registration or have been lodged
for registration but not actually registered at the time of our search) and a search of the
Index of Civil Suits maintained at the Supreme Court Registry, Road Town, Tortola British
Virgin Islands conducted at [•a.m./p.m.] on [•], 2010 (which would not reveal
details of proceedings which have been filed but not actually entered in the Index of Civil
Suits at the time of our search), there are no judgments against the Company, nor any legal or
governmental proceedings pending in the British Virgin Islands to which the Company is a party
or to which its property is subject, and no steps have been, or are being, taken in the
British Virgin Islands for the appointment of a receiver, administrator or liquidator to, or
for the winding-up, dissolution, reconstruction or reorganization of, the Company (however, it
should be noted that failure to file notice of appointment of a receiver does not invalidate
the receivership but only gives rise to penalties on the part of the receiver). |
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Based solely on a search of the public records of the Company maintained at the offices of
the Registrar of Corporate Affairs at [• a.m./p.m.] on [•], 2010 (which would not
reveal details of matters which have been lodged for registration but not actually registered
at the time of our search), there is no Register of Registered Charges maintained by the
Registrar of Companies in respect of the Company pursuant to Section 163 of the BVI |
Exhibit D - 1
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Business
Companies Act, 2004. It should be noted that the creation of such a register is not
mandatory. Based on our review of a registered
agent’s certificate issued by the registered agent of the Company dated [•], 2010, the
Company has no entries in its register of charges maintained at its registered office
under section 162 of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004. |
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Based solely on the Registered Agent’s Certificate and the Register of Members, there are [•]
shares of the Company in issue and all such shares are registered in the name of RDA
Microelectronics, Inc.. |
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The Register of Members of the Company is prima facie evidence of the matters set out
therein. |
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The Company is free to acquire, hold and sell foreign currency and securities without
restriction. There are no foreign exchange controls or foreign exchange regulations under the
currently applicable laws of the British Virgin Islands. |
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By virtue of Section 57 of the BVI Business Companies Xxx 0000 of the British Virgin
Islands, the directors of the Company may, by resolution declare and pay a dividend out of
surplus provided that they determine that immediately after the payment of the dividend: |
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the Company will be able to satisfy its liabilities as they become due in
the ordinary course of its business; and |
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the realizable value of the assets of the Company will not be less than the
sum of its liabilities, other than deferred taxes, shown in the books of account, and
its capital. |
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All payments of dividends and other distributions in respect of the shares of the Company may
be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any
taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatsoever nature imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by the British Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or
authority thereof or therein having power to tax and, where paid out of the British Virgin
Islands, may be freely transferred out of the British Virgin Islands without the necessity of
obtaining any consent of the British Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or authority
thereof or therein. |
Exhibit D - 2
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There is no income or other tax of the British Virgin Islands imposed by withholding or
otherwise on any payment to be made to or by the Company pursuant to the Documents. |
Exhibit D - 3
EXHIBIT E
OPINION OF XXX XX LAW OFFICES, AS PRC COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
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RDA Shanghai was duly incorporated and is validly existing as a wholly foreign owned
enterprise with limited liability company status in good standing under PRC Laws. All of the
registered capital of RDA Shanghai has been fully paid and is owned by RDA Technologies
Limited (“RDA Hong Kong”) directly, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance, claim or equity or any third party right. The Articles of Association of
RDA Shanghai comply with PRC Laws and are in full force and effect. |
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RDA Beijing was duly incorporated and is validly existing as a wholly foreign owned
enterprise with limited liability company status in good standing under PRC Laws. All of the
registered capital of RDA Beijing has been fully paid and is owned by RDA Hong Kong directly,
free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity
or any third party right. The Articles of Association of RDA Beijing comply with PRC Laws and
are in full force and effect. |
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Each of the PRC Companies has obtained all Approvals required under the PRC Laws for the
direct or indirect ownership by RDA Hong Kong of its equity interest. |
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Each of the material contracts listed in Schedule I of this Opinion (the “Material
Contracts”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the PRC Companies which are
parties to such Material Contracts as the case may be, and each such PRC Company has, to the
extent applicable, taken all necessary corporate actions to authorize the performance thereof,
and each such PRC Company has the corporate power and capacity to enter into and to perform
its obligations under such Material Contracts; the execution, delivery and performance of each
of the Material Contracts to which such PRC Company is a party will not result in any
violation of any PRC Laws; all Approvals required, and all other steps necessary, for the
performance and enforcement of the Material Contracts have been obtained or completed and are
in full force and effect. |
Exhibit E - 1
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Each of the business licenses of the PRC Companies is valid and in full force and effect and
have not been revoked, withdrawn, suspended or cancelled. |
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Each of the PRC Companies has the full power and authority and has obtained all necessary
Approvals in order for it to own, use, lease and operate its assets and to conduct its
existing business as described in the Prospectus. Such Approvals are in full force and
effect, and we are not aware, after due and reasonable inquiries, of any reason that will
cause us to believe that such Approvals will be suspended, revoked or not be renewed by the
relevant PRC authority. |
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(a) Each of the PRC Companies has legal and valid title to all of its assets, in each case,
free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, defects, options and restrictions,
except where the defects in the titles would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (b) each lease agreement in effect to which any of
the PRC Companies is a party is duly executed and legally binding, the leasehold interests of
each of the PRC Companies are free from liens, pledge, and restrictions and are fully
protected by the terms of the lease agreements, which are valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with their terms under PRC Laws, except where the defects in the leases or
leasehold interests would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect; and (c) none of the Company or any of the PRC Companies owns,
operates, manages or has any other right or interest in any other material real property of
any kind in the PRC. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, each of the PRC Companies can
legally conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and none of the Company or any of
the PRC Companies is in violation of any PRC Laws, or in breach of the terms and conditions of
any Approvals, or in breach of or in default under their articles of association or other
constitutional or organizational documents, their business licenses or in breach or default in
the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other material agreement or
instrument to which any of the Company or any of the PRC Companies is expressed to be a party
or by which it or any of their respective properties is bound, which violation, breach or
default has not been corrected, |
Exhibit E - 2
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remedied, rectified or waived, or the result of which would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
it being understood that our opinion regarding contravention, breach or violation by any
of the Company or the PRC Companies of any agreement or instrument is limited to
agreements or instruments governed by the PRC Laws. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, none of the PRC Companies has taken
any action nor have any steps been taken or legal or administrative proceedings been commenced
or threatened for the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of any of the PRC Companies (as
the case may be) or for the suspension, withdrawal, revocation or cancellation of any of their
respective business licenses. |
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Except for as disclosed in the Prospectus, each of the PRC Companies has acquired, or can
acquire on reasonable terms, the legal right to use the trademarks, service marks and all
other intellectual property rights currently employed by them for their business as described
in the Prospectus, and to our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, except as
disclosed in the Prospectus, none of the PRC Companies has received any notice of infringement
of asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing that, individually or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in any
Material Adverse Effect. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, none of the PRC Companies is in
violation of any applicable environmental laws or regulations in the PRC. |
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The Company has complied with all the required registration with the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange, as legally applicable to it under the PRC Laws. |
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Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no limitations under PRC Laws on the rights
of RDA Hong Kong (a) to convert into foreign currency and freely transfer out of the PRC all
dividends declared and made payable upon the equity interest in RDA Shanghai and RDA Beijing,
or (b) to convert the said dividends upon the equity interest in RDA Shanghai and RDA Beijing
into foreign currency and freely transfer out of the PRC all amounts required to pay dividends
declared and payable |
Exhibit E - 3
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on the Offered Securities. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, all
such dividends are not subject to withholding or other taxes and are otherwise free and clear
of any tax, withholding or deduction under PRC Laws. |
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Under PRC Laws, assuming that the transferees of the Offered Securities are not entities
organized under the laws of, or residents of, the PRC, the Offered Securities are freely
transferable by the Company to or for the account of the Underwriters, and the initial
purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Offered
Securities under PRC Laws. To the extent related to PRC Laws, no holder of any of the Offered
Securities after the completion of the offerings will be subject to liability in respect of
any liability of any of the Company or the PRC Companies by virtue only of the holding of any
such Offered Securities. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus and except for a proposed legal action to be initiated by RDA Shanghai against an
alleged intellectual property infringement by a former employee, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, to which the Company or any PRC Company
is a party, or to which the property of the Company or such PRC Company is subject, before or
brought by any PRC Authorities, except where occurrence of each of the foregoing circumstances
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. Except for a proposed legal action to be initiated by RDA Shanghai against an alleged
intellectual property infringement by a former employee, to our best knowledge after due and
reasonable inquires, no labor dispute, legal proceedings or other conflict with the employees
of any of the PRC Companies exists or is imminent or threatened and there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or any PRC Authorities,
except such disputes, legal proceedings or conflicts which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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The information included in the sections entitled “Risk Factors”, “Corporate History and
Structure”, “PRC Regulation”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations”, “Dividend Policy”, “Related Party Transactions”, “Taxation” and
“Business” to the extent they constitute matters of PRC Laws or legal conclusions in respect
of PRC Laws, or summaries of legal proceedings or |
Exhibit E - 4
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agreements governed by PRC Laws, has been
reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects; and our opinion set forth under
“Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Prospectus is confirmed. |
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Subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other principles to
be considered by such courts and conditions described under
“Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Prospectus, the choice of the laws of the
State of New York as the governing law of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement is a valid choice of law under the PRC Laws and courts of the PRC will honor
this choice of law. |
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Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no transaction tax, stamp duty or similar tax or duty
or withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriter in the PRC with
respect to (a) the deposit with the Depositary of Ordinary Shares against the issuance of ADSs
evidencing the Offered Securities, (b) the sale and delivery by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders of the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the
Prospectus to or for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, (c) the holding or transfer
of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters outside the PRC to the initial purchasers
thereof in the manner contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or (d) the execution,
delivery or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement. Under PRC
Laws and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, (x) any dividends or distributions made by the
Company to holders or beneficial owners of the Offered Securities will not be subject to any
PRC withholding tax or tax of any other nature, and (y) a holder or beneficial owner of
Offered Securities will not be subject to any PRC transaction tax, stamp duty or similar tax
or duty or any PRC withholding tax or other PRC taxes of any nature in connection with the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Offered Securities, including the receipt of any
dividends or distributions on the Offered Securities, provided in the case of (x) and (y) that
the holder or beneficial owner is not entities organized under the laws of, or residents of,
the PRC. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, none of the PRC Companies has been
investigated, claimed or penalized for any material PRC tax incompliance which might be
assessed against it or any penalty imposed in connection with any late payment of PRC taxes.
There |
Exhibit E - 5
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are no material PRC fees or taxes that are or will become applicable to the Company or
the PRC Companies as a consequence of completion of the Offering that have not been described
in the Prospectus. |
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Subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other principles to
be considered by such courts and conditions described under “Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities” in the Prospectus, any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of
money rendered by any court of the State of New York or of the United States located in the State of New York having
jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company based upon the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit Agreement would
be recognized and enforced by the courts of the PRC in accordance with the requirements of
PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties between the PRC and the United States of
America (if any) or on reciprocity between jurisdictions, provided that (a) the judgment
was not contrary to the public policy, state sovereignty or security of the PRC, (b) the
judgment was not given or obtained by fraud, (c) the judgment was not based on clear
mistake of law or fact, (d) the judgment was not directly or indirectly for the payment of
taxes or other charges of a like nature or of a fine or other penalty, (e) the judgment
was for a definite sum of money, (f) the judgment was final and conclusive, (g) adequate
service of process has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to
be heard, (h) such judgments do not conflict with any other valid judgment in the same
matter between the same parties, (i) an action between the same parties in the same matter
is not pending in any PRC court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the New York
Court, and (j) the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties
between the PRC and the United States or on reciprocity between such jurisdictions are
satisfied. |
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The irrevocable submission of the Company to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United
States Federal court sitting in the City of New York (each, a “New York Court”), the waiver by
the Company of any objection to the venue of a proceeding in a New York Court, the waiver and
agreement not to plead an inconvenient forum are legal, valid and binding under PRC Laws and
will be respected by PRC courts, provided that there will be an actual connection between the
New York Court and the dispute. Service of process effected in the manner set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will be effective, |
Exhibit E - 6
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insofar as the PRC Laws
are concerned, to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company. The enforceability of
the rights and remedies provided for in the Underwriting Agreement and Deposit Agreement, and
any judgment obtained in a New York Court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of
the Company under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will be recognized in
PRC courts subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other
principles to be considered by such courts and the limitations and restrictions described
under the caption “Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus. |
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The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein and in the Prospectus
(including the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, compliance with the terms and
provisions thereof, and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities as
described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company
with its obligations under each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, will
not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon, any property or assets of any of the PRC Companies pursuant
to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or
any other agreement or instrument known to us after due inquires and governed by PRC Laws, to
which the Company or any of the PRC Companies is a party or by which they may be bound, or to
which any of their property or assets is subject, nor will such action result in any violation
of the provisions of (i) the articles of association or other organizational document of any
of the PRC Companies or (ii) any PRC Laws or any judgment, of any government, government
instrumentality or court in the PRC, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the PRC
Companies or any of their respective properties, assets or operations. All necessary PRC
Approvals for the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Underwriting Agreement
and the Deposit Agreement have been obtained, and no other Approvals is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit
Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the |
Exhibit E - 7
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Company or the deposit of
the Ordinary Shares with the Depositary against issuance of the ADSs. |
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Subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other principles to
be considered by such courts and conditions described under “Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities” in the Prospectus, the Company and its obligations under the Underwriting
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement are subject to civil and commercial law and suit and none
of the Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity from any
legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any
relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from setoff 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
judgment in the PRC, with respect to their respective obligations, liabilities or any
other matter under or arising out of or in connection with the Underwriting Agreement or
the Deposit Agreement. |
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The entry into, and performance or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement in accordance with its respective terms will not subject any of the Underwriters or
the Depositary to any requirement to be licensed or otherwise qualified to do business in the
PRC, nor will any underwriter or the Depositary be deemed to be resident, domiciled, carrying
on business through an establishment or place in the PRC or in breach of any PRC Laws by
reason of entry into, performance or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement provided that the Offered Securities will not be offered to entities organized under
the PRC Laws or PRC residents. |
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The performance by the Underwriters in the PRC of any of their rights, duties, obligations
and responsibilities under the Underwriting Agreement will not violate any law applicable in
the PRC. |
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There are no reporting obligations to any PRC Authorities under PRC Laws on the holders of
the Offered Securities who are not entities organized under the PRC Laws or PRC residents. |
27. |
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Although we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration |
Exhibit E - 8
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Statement except for those referred to in
paragraph 16 of this Opinion, nothing has come to our attention that leads us to believe that
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as of their
respective effective or issue dates and the date hereof, and the Time of Sale Prospectus, at
the time of each sale of the Offered Securities when the Prospectus is not yet available to
prospective purchases and at the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein insofar as they relate to PRC Laws not misleading or
that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date or as of the
date hereof, contained
or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein insofar as they relate to
PRC Laws, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. |
Exhibit E - 9
EXHIBIT F
OPINION OF XXXXXXX XXXX, SLATE, XXXXXXX & XXXX, AS
HONG KONG COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
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RDA Technologies Limited has been incorporated with limited liability and is existing under the
laws of Hong Kong; and |
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Based and relying solely on the searches conducted: (i) there are no proceedings filed
against RDA Technologies Limited in the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong
Kong, the District Court or the Small Claims Tribunal; and (ii) there are no petitions for the
winding-up of the RDA Technologies Limited or any notice of appointment of a receiver of any
assets or properties of the RDA Technologies Limited at the Official Receiver’s Office of the
Registrar General’s Department in Hong Kong. |
Exhibit F - 1
EXHIBIT G
OPINION OF COMMERCE & FINANCE LAW OFFICES, AS PRC
COUNSEL FOR THE UNDERWRITERS
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RDA Shanghai was duly incorporated and is validly existing as a wholly foreign owned
enterprise with limited liability company status in good standing under PRC Laws. All of the
registered capital of RDA Shanghai has been fully paid and is owned by RDA Technologies
Limited (Hong Kong) (“RDA Hong Kong”) directly, free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity or any third party right. The Articles
of Association of RDA Shanghai comply with PRC Laws and are in full force and effect. |
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RDA Beijing was duly incorporated and is validly existing as a wholly foreign owned
enterprise with limited liability company status in good standing under PRC Laws. All of the
registered capital of RDA Beijing has been fully paid and is owned by RDA Hong Kong directly,
free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity
or any third party right. The Articles of Association of RDA Beijing comply with PRC Laws and
are in full force and effect. |
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Each of the PRC Companies has obtained all Approvals required under the PRC Laws for the
direct or indirect ownership by RDA Hong Kong of its equity interest. |
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Each of the material contracts listed in Schedule I of this Opinion (the “Material
Contracts”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the PRC Companies which are
parties to such Material Contracts as the case may be, and each such PRC Company has, to the
extent applicable, taken all necessary corporate actions to authorize the performance thereof,
and each such PRC Company had the corporate power and capacity to enter into and to perform
its obligations under such Material Contracts; the execution, delivery and performance of each
of the Material Contracts to which such PRC Company is a party will not result in any
violation of any PRC Laws; all Approvals required, and all other steps necessary, for the
performance and enforcement of the Material Contracts have been obtained or completed and are
in full force and effect. |
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Each of the business licenses of the PRC Companies is valid and in full force and effect and
have not been revoked, withdrawn, suspended or cancelled. |
Exhibit G - 1
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Each of the PRC Companies has the full power and authority and has obtained all necessary
Approvals in order for it to own, use, lease and operate its assets and to conduct its
existing business as described in the Prospectus. Such Approvals are in full force and
effect, and we are not aware, after due and reasonable inquiries, of any reason that will
cause us to believe that such Approvals will be suspended, revoked or not be renewed by the
relevant PRC authority. |
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(A) Each of the PRC Companies has legal and valid title to all of its assets, in each case,
free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, defects, options and restrictions;
(B) each lease agreement in effect to which any of the PRC Companies is a party is duly
executed and legally binding, the leasehold interests of each of the PRC Companies are free
from liens, pledge, and restrictions and are fully protected by the terms of the lease
agreements, which are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms under PRC
Laws; and (C) none of the Company and the PRC Companies owns, operates, manages or has any
other right or interest in any other material real property of any kind in the PRC. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, each of the PRC Companies can
legally conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and none of the Company or any of
the PRC Companies is in violation of any PRC Laws, or in breach of the terms and conditions of
any Approvals, or in breach of or in default under their articles of association or other
constitutional or organizational documents, their business licenses or in breach or default in
the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other material agreement or
instrument to which any of the Company or any of the PRC Companies is expressed to be a party
or by which it or any of their respective properties is bound, which violation, breach or
default has not been corrected, remedied, rectified or waived , it being understood that our
opinion regarding contravention, breach or violation by any of the Company or the |
Exhibit G - 2
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PRC Companies of any agreement or instrument is limited to agreements or instruments
governed by the PRC Laws. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, none of the PRC Companies has taken
any action nor have any steps been taken or legal or administrative proceedings been commenced
or threatened for the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of any of the PRC Companies (as
the case may be) or for the suspension, withdrawal, revocation or cancellation of any of their
respective business licenses. |
10. |
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Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, each of the PRC Companies has acquired, or can
acquire on reasonable terms, the legal right to use the trademarks, service marks and all
other intellectual property rights currently employed by them for their business as described
in the Prospectus, and to our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, except as
disclosed in the Prospectus, none of the PRC Companies has received any notice of infringement
of asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing that, individually or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in any
Material Adverse Effect. |
11. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, none of the PRC Companies is in
violation of any applicable environmental laws or regulations in the PRC. |
12. |
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The Company has complied with all the required registration with the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange, as legally applicable to it under the PRC Laws. |
13. |
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Each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the Offered Securities is in
proper legal form under PRC Laws for the enforcement thereof against the Company, subject to
compliance with relevant civil procedural requirements and constitutes a valid and legally
binding obligation of the Company as matters of PRC Laws are concerned, enforceable in
accordance with its terms. |
Exhibit G - 3
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Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no limitations under PRC Laws on the rights
of RDA Hong Kong (a) to convert into foreign currency and freely transfer out of the PRC all
dividends declared and made payable upon the equity interest in RDA Shanghai and RDA Beijing,
or (b) to convert the said dividends upon the equity interest in RDA Shanghai and RDA Beijing
into foreign currency and freely transfer out of the PRC all amounts required to pay dividends
declared and payable on the Offered Securities. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, all
such dividends are not subject to withholding or other taxes and are otherwise free and clear
of any tax, withholding or deduction under PRC Laws. |
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Under PRC Laws, assuming that the transferees of the Offered Securities are not entities
organized under the laws of, or residents of, the PRC, the Offered Securities are freely
transferable by the Company to or for the account of the Underwriters, and the initial
purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Offered
Securities under PRC Laws. To the extent related to PRC Laws, no holder of any of the Offered
Securities after the completion of the offerings will be subject to liability in respect of
any liability of any of the Company or the PRC Companies by virtue only of the holding of any
such Offered Securities. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus and except for a proposed legal action to be initiated by RDA Shanghai against an
alleged intellectual property infringement by a former employee, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, to which the Company or any PRC Company
is a party, or to which the property of the Company or such PRC Company is subject, before or
brought by any PRC Authorities, except where occurrence of each of the foregoing circumstances
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. Except for a proposed legal action to be initiated by RDA Shanghai against an alleged
intellectual property infringement by a former employee, to our best knowledge after due and
reasonable inquires, no labor dispute, legal proceedings or other conflict with the employees
of |
Exhibit G - 4
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any of the PRC Companies exists or is imminent or threatened and there is
no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
any PRC Authorities, except such disputes, legal proceedings or conflicts which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, there are no outstanding guarantees
or contingent payment obligations by the Company or any PRC Company in respect of indebtedness
of third parties. |
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The information included in the sections entitled “Risk Factors”, “Corporate History and
Structure”, “PRC Regulation”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations”, “Dividend Policy”, “Related Party Transactions”, “Taxation” and
“Business” to the extent they constitute matters of PRC Laws or legal conclusions in respect
of PRC Laws, or summaries of legal proceedings or agreements governed by PRC Laws, has been
reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects; and our opinion set forth under
“Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Prospectus is confirmed. |
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Subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other principles to
be considered by such courts and conditions described under “Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities” in the Prospectus, the choice of the laws of the State of New York as the
governing law of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is a valid choice of law
under the PRC Laws and courts of the PRC will honor this choice of law. |
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Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no transaction tax, stamp duty or similar tax or duty
or withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriter in the PRC with
respect to (a) the deposit with the Depositary of Ordinary Shares against the issuance of ADSs
evidencing the Offered Securities, (b) the sale and delivery by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders of the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the
Prospectus to or for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, (c) the holding or transfer
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the Offered Securities by the Underwriters outside the PRC to the initial purchasers
thereof in the manner contemplated in the Underwriting
Agreement or (d) the execution, delivery or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement and
the Deposit Agreement. Under PRC Laws and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, (x) any
dividends or distributions made by the Company to holders or beneficial owners of the
Offered Securities will not be subject to any PRC withholding tax or tax of any other
nature, and (y) a holder or beneficial owner of Offered Securities will not be subject to
any PRC transaction tax, stamp duty or similar tax or duty or any PRC withholding tax or
other PRC taxes of any nature in connection with the acquisition, ownership and
disposition of the Offered Securities, including the receipt of any dividends or
distributions on the Offered Securities, provided in the case of (x) and (y) that the
holder or beneficial owner is not entities organized under the laws of, or residents of,
the PRC. |
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To our best knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, none of the PRC Companies has been
investigated, claimed or penalized for any PRC tax incompliance which might be assessed
against it or any penalty imposed in connection with any late payment of PRC taxes. There are
no material PRC fees or taxes that are or will become applicable to the Company or the PRC
Companies as a consequence of completion of the Offering that have not been described in the
Prospectus. |
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Subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other principles to
be considered by such courts and conditions described under “Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities” in the Prospectus, any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of
money rendered by any court of the State of New York or of the United States located in the
State of New York having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit,
action or proceeding against the Company based upon the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit
Agreement would be recognized and enforced by the courts of the PRC in accordance with the
requirements of PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties |
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between the PRC and the
United States of America (if any) or on reciprocity between jurisdictions, provided that (a)
the judgment was not contrary to the public policy, state sovereignty or security of the PRC,
(b)
the judgment was not given or obtained by fraud, (c) the judgment was not based on clear
mistake of law or fact, (d) the judgment was not directly or indirectly for the payment of
taxes or other charges of a like nature or of a fine or other penalty, (e) the judgment
was for a definite sum of money, (f) the judgment was final and conclusive, (g) adequate
service of process has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to
be heard, (h) such judgments do not conflict with any other valid judgment in the same
matter between the same parties, (i) an action between the same parties in the same matter
is not pending in any PRC court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the New York
Court, and (j) the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties
between the PRC and the United States or on reciprocity between such jurisdictions are
satisfied. |
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The irrevocable submission of the Company to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United
States Federal court sitting in the City of New York (each, a “New York Court”), the waiver by
the Company of any objection to the venue of a proceeding in a New York Court, the waiver and
agreement not to plead an inconvenient forum are legal, valid and binding under PRC Laws and
will be respected by PRC courts. Service of process effected in the manner set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will be effective, insofar as the PRC Laws
are concerned, to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company. The enforceability of
the rights and remedies provided for the Underwriting Agreement and Deposit Agreement, and any
judgment obtained in a New York Court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the
Company under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will be recognized in PRC
courts subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other
principles to be considered by such courts and the limitations and restrictions described
under the caption “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, Time of
Sale Prospectus and Prospectus. |
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The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein and in the Prospectus
(including the
issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, compliance with the terms and provisions
thereof, and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities as described
in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with
its obligations under each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, will
not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict
with or constitute a breach of, or a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon, any property or assets of any of the
PRC Companies pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument known to us after due inquires
and governed by PRC Laws, to which the Company or any of the PRC Companies is a party or
by which they may be bound, or to which any of their property or assets is subject, nor
will such action result in any violation of the provisions of (i) the articles of
association or other organizational document of any of the PRC Companies or (ii) any PRC
Laws or any judgment, of any government, government instrumentality or court in the PRC,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the PRC Companies or any of their
respective properties, assets or operations. All necessary PRC Approvals for the
execution, delivery and performance of each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement have been obtained, and no other Approvals is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, the
issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company or the deposit of the Ordinary
Shares with the Depositary against issuance of the ADSs. |
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The indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 11 of the Underwriting
Agreement do not contravene the public interest of the PRC or any PRC laws. |
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Subject to the discretion of the relevant courts or public policies and other principles to
be considered by such courts and conditions described under “Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities” in the Prospectus, the Company and its obligations under the Underwriting
Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement are subject to civil and commercial law and suit and none of the Company and its
properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity from any legal action, suit or
proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding,
from setoff 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 judgment in the PRC, with respect to their respective
obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with
the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit Agreement. |
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The entry into, and performance or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement in accordance with its respective terms will not subject any of the Underwriters or
the Depositary to any requirement to be licensed or otherwise qualified to do business in the
PRC, nor will any underwriter or the Depositary be deemed to be resident, domiciled, carrying
on business through an establishment or place in the PRC or in breach of any PRC Laws by
reason of entry into, performance or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement provided that the Offered Securities will not be offered to entities organized under
the PRC Laws or PRC residents. |
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The performance by the Underwriters in the PRC of any of their rights, duties, obligations
and responsibilities under the Underwriting Agreement will not violate any law applicable in
the PRC. |
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There are no reporting obligations to any PRC Authorities under PRC Laws on the holders of
the Offered Securities who are not entities organized under the PRC Laws or PRC residents. |
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Although we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement, except for those referred to in
paragraph (18) of this Opinion, nothing has come to our attention that leads us to believe
that the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as
of their respective effective or issue dates and the date hereof, and the Time of Sale
Prospectus, at the time of each sale of the Offered Securities when the Prospectus is not
yet available to prospective purchases and at the date hereof, contained or contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein insofar as they
relate to PRC Laws not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, as of its issue date or as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein insofar as they relate to PRC Laws, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. |
Exhibit G - 00
XXXXXXX X
XXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX & XXXXX LLP, AS
COUNSEL FOR THE DEPOSITARY
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The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary and
constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Depositary, enforceable against the
Depositary in accordance with its terms except to the extent that (a) enforcement thereof may
be limited by (1) bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (2) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in law or in equity), and
(b) rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by United States federal or state
securities laws or public policy; and |
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The Depositary has full power and authority to execute and deliver the Deposit Agreement and
to perform its obligations thereunder; and |
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Upon the issuance by the Depositary of the Sale ADSs against deposit of the requisite Shares
with the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and
the Registration Statement, the Sale ADSs will be duly and validly issued and will entitle the
Holders thereof (as defined in the Deposit Agreement) to the rights specified in the Deposit
Agreement; and |
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The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and, to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding
for that purpose has been initiated or threatened. The Registration Statement complies, and
as of its effective date complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations adopted by
the Securities and
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Exchange Commission thereunder, in each case as known to us to be interpreted by the Staff
of the Securities and Exchange Commission at this time; and |
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The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus dated [October 27], 2010 (the “Preliminary
Prospectus”), filed as part of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Reg. No.: 333-XXX)
including the applicable amendments thereto and in the Final Prospectus dated [November 9],
2010 (the “Final Prospectus”), under the heading “Description of American Depositary Shares,”
insofar as such statements purport to describe the Depositary and summarize certain provisions
of the Deposit Agreement, the ADSs and the American Depositary Receipts, fairly present, in
all material respects, the matters therein described (x) in the case of the Preliminary
Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date of the sale of the Sale ADSs ([November 9],
2010), and (y) in the case of the Final Prospectus, as of its date. |
Exhibit H - 2
EXHIBIT I
FINAL TERM SHEET
7,500,000 American Depositary Shares
Representing 45,000,000 Ordinary Shares, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
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Issuer:
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RDA Microelectronics, Inc. |
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Symbol:
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RDA (Nasdaq) |
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Size:
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$[•] (7,500,000 American Depositary Shares) |
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Shares offered by the Issuer:
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7,342,000 American Depositary Shares |
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Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders:
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158,000 American Depositary Shares |
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Over-allotment option from the Issuer:
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Up to 1,125,000 American Depositary Shares |
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Price to public:
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$[•] per American Depositary Share |
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Trade date:
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[•], 2010 |
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Closing date:
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[•], 2010 |
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CUSIP No.:
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Underwriters:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Xxxxx & Company, Inc. |
The American Depositary Shares each representing six Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to an
effective registration statement that has been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy,
nor shall there by any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state.
A copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by contacting Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Attn: Prospectus Department, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, by
calling 1-866-718-1649, or by emailing xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Prospectus Department (tel:
000-000-0000).
Exhibit I - 1