EXHIBIT 1.1
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
[688,000,000] Ordinary Shares (US$0.00005 par value)
Each represented by American Depositary Shares
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
February [.], 2004
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several
Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd, an exempted company
incorporated with limited liability organized under the laws of the Cayman
Islands (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the several Underwriters, for whom
the Representative is acting as representative, 662,433,900 ordinary shares,
$0.00005 par value ("Ordinary Shares"), of the Company, and the Selling
Shareholders propose to sell to the several Underwriters 25,566,100 Ordinary
Shares (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company and shares to be sold
by the Selling Shareholders collectively being hereinafter called the
"Underwritten Shares"). The Company and the Selling Shareholders also propose to
grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 74,426,300 and 28,773,700,
respectively, additional Ordinary Shares to cover over-allotments (the "Option
Shares" and together with the Underwritten Shares, the "Shares").
You have also advised the Company that the Underwriters may
elect to cause the Company to deposit on their behalf all or any portion of the
Ordinary Shares to be purchased by them hereunder pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement, dated as of February [.], 2004 (the "Deposit Agreement"), to be
entered into among the Company, Citibank N.A., as depositary (the "Depositary")
and all holders from time to time of the ADSs (as hereinafter defined). Upon
deposit of any Ordinary Shares, the Depositary will issue American Depositary
Shares (the "ADSs") representing the Ordinary Shares so deposited. The ADSs will
be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (the "ADRs"). Each ADS will
represent 100 Ordinary Shares and each ADR may represent any number of ADSs.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "Underwritten Securities",
"Underwritten Securities", "Option Securities", and "Securities" shall
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be deemed to refer, respectively, to Underwritten Shares, Underwritten Shares,
Option Shares and Shares as well as, in each case, to any ADSs representing such
securities and the ADRs evidencing such ADSs.
To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on
Schedule I other than you, the term Representative as used in this Underwriting
Agreement shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representative and
Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.
In addition, to the extent that there is not more than one Selling Shareholder
named in Schedule II, the term Selling Shareholders, shall mean the singular.
The use of the neuter in this Underwriting Agreement shall include the feminine
and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used in this Underwriting
Agreement are defined in Section 20 hereof.
It is understood that the Company conducts substantially all of
its operations and generates substantially all of its revenue through its
affiliate Hurray! Solutions Ltd. ("Hurray! Solutions") and Hurray! Solutions'
subsidiaries Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd., Beijing Cool Young Information
Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. and
Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. (individually referred to as a "PRC
Operating Company" and collectively as the "PRC Operating Companies"), each of
which is owned by individuals who are citizens of the People's Republic of China
("PRC") and established in the PRC, all as described in the Prospectus.
In addition, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. ("Hurray! Times") have entered into a series
of contractual arrangements and agreements with these PRC Operating Companies
and their respective shareholders as set out in Schedule III, each such
agreement referred to herein individually as a "Corporate Agreement" and
collectively as the "Corporate Agreements".
Further, it is understood that the Company has pursuant to a
share transfer agreement dated April 8, 2004 with Funway Investment Holdings
Ltd. and a share transfer agreement dated April 13, 2004 with Nihon Enterprise
Mobile Ltd. (collectively, the "Acquisition Agreements") acquired 100% of
Beijing Enterprise Mobile Technology Co., Ltd. ("BEMT"), which develops and
provides WAP services through Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Company
Limited (the "Acquisition Transaction"), as described in the Prospectus.
Hurray Technologies (HK) Ltd., BEMT and Hurray! Times constitute
all "subsidiaries" of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X under the Act (the "Material Subsidiaries"). The Material Subsidiaries
together with the PRC Operating Companies are collectively referred to as the
"Subsidiaries". The Material Subsidiaries (other than BEMT which was acquired in
June 2004) constitute the entities that are consolidated in the Company's
financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 and
September 30, 2003 and 2004 included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus; the PRC Operating Entities (other than Beijing Enterprise Network
Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. which were
acquired in June 2004 and May 2004, respectively) have also been consolidated
into the Company's financial statements from January 1, 2003.
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1. Representations and Warranties.
(i) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (file number 333-121987) on Form F-1, including related
preliminary prospectuses, for registration under the Act of the offering and
sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more amendments
thereto, including the related preliminary prospectuses, each of which has
previously been furnished to you. The Company will next file with the Commission
one of the following: either (1) prior to the Effective Date of such
registration statement, a further amendment to such registration statement
(including the form of final prospectus) or (2) after the Effective Date of such
registration statement, final prospectus in accordance with Rules 430A and
424(b). In the case of clause (2), the Company has included in such registration
statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other than Rule
430A Information) required by the Act and the rules thereunder to be included in
such registration statement and the Prospectus with respect to the Underlying
Shares and the offering thereof in the form of ADSs. As filed, such amendment
and form of final prospectus, or such final prospectus, shall contain all Rule
430A Information, together with all other such required information with respect
to the Underlying Shares and the offering thereof in the form of ADSs, and,
except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you
prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution
Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes
(beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has
advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or
will, and when the Prospectus are first filed (if required) in accordance with
Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined in this Underwriting Agreement )
and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not
the Closing Date (a "settlement date"), each Prospectus (and any supplements
thereto) will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution
Time, the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and, on the Effective Date, each Prospectus, if not filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b)
and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, each Prospectus (together with
any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or
warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf
of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) The Company has filed with the Commission a registration
statement (file number 333-122004) on Form F-6 for the registration under the
Act of the offering and sale of
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the ADSs. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, each of
which has previously been furnished to you. Such ADR Registration Statement at
the time of its effectiveness did or will comply and on the Closing Date, will
comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and
the rules thereunder and at the time of its Effective Date and at the Execution
Time, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) Upon due issuance by the Depositary of ADSs evidenced by
ADRs against deposit of Underlying Shares in accordance with the provisions of
the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and persons in
whose names the ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified in
the ADRs and in the Deposit Agreement; and upon the sale and delivery to the
Underwriters of the Securities, and payment therefor, pursuant to this
Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters will acquire good, marketable and valid
title to such Securities, free and clear of all pledges, liens, security
interests, charges, claims or encumbrances of any kind.
(e) Under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, no
stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains,
income, withholding or other taxes are payable in the Cayman Islands by or on
behalf of the Underwriters in connection with (A) the delivery of the Ordinary
Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement,
(B) the deposit with the Depositary of the Underlying Shares delivered by the
Company against issuance of the ADSs evidencing the ADSs or (C) the sale and
delivery outside of the Cayman Islands by the Underwriters of the Shares
delivered by the Company or the ADSs representing such shares, as the case may
be, as contemplated herein.
(f) All dividends and other distributions declared and
payable on the Ordinary Shares may under current Cayman Islands law and
regulations be paid to the Depositary and to the holders of Securities, as the
case may be, in United States dollars and may be converted into foreign currency
that may be transferred out of the Cayman Islands in accordance with the Deposit
Agreement.
(g) The Company is not and, based on the projected
composition of the Company's income and valuation of its assets, including
goodwill, does not expect to be a "passive foreign investment company" ("PFIC")
within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the Company has no
plan or intention to conduct its business in a manner that would reasonably be
expected to result in the Company becoming a PFIC in the future under the
current law and regulations.
(h) The Company is not a "foreign personal holding company"
within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full
corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus,
and is
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duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified would not individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable, and all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Subsidiaries (except the PRC Operating Companies) are owned by the Company
either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any
perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or
encumbrances.
(k) All outstanding shares of capital stock of the PRC
Operating Companies are owned by Hurray! Solutions, Qindai Wang and Songzuo
Xiang, as the case may be, in the amount set forth in the Prospectus, directly,
free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security
interests, claims, liens or encumbrances, except as described in the Prospectus.
(l) The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth in the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the outstanding Ordinary Shares
(including the Securities being sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement by
the Selling Shareholders), have been duly and validly authorized and issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable; the certificates for the Securities are in
valid and sufficient form; the Securities being sold under the Underwriting
Agreement by the Company have been duly and validly authorized; the holders of
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to
preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities; and, except as
disclosed in the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations
into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership
interests in the Company are outstanding.
(m) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a
character required to be described in the Registration Statement, ADR
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto,
which is not described or filed as required.
(n) Each of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(o) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof
as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(p) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or
order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with
the transactions contemplated herein or in the Deposit Agreement, except such as
have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the state
securities or blue sky laws or any laws of jurisdictions outside of the Cayman
Islands, the United States and Canada in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated
herein and in the Prospectus.
(q) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the
fulfillment of the terms hereof or of the Deposit
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Agreement will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition
of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject
(except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or impositions that would not
individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect), or (iii)
any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties.
(r) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no holders of
securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities
under the Registration Statement.
(s) The consolidated historical financial statements and
schedules of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all
material respects (except where such statements have previously been qualified
by materiality) with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected
financial data set forth under the caption "Selected Financial Information" in
the Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present in all material
respects (except where such data have previously been qualified by materiality)
on the basis stated in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the
information included therein. The pro forma financial statements included in the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that provide a
reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to
the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments
give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments
reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial
statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements
included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation
S-X under the Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to
the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.
(t) 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 or its or their property is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or
leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as
presently conducted (except where
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a failure to so own or lease would not individually or in the aggregate result
in a Material Adverse Effect).
(v) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any
indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan
agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to
which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject (except for
such violations or defaults that would not individually or in the aggregate
result in a Material Adverse Effect), or (iii) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary or any of its properties, as
applicable.
(w) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, who have certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and
delivered (i) their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial
statements and schedules and (ii) their review report with respect to the
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information and schedules,
each as included in the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with
respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
published rules and regulations thereunder.
(x) The Company has filed all PRC, Cayman Islands, Hong
Kong, other foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to
be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the
failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all
taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied
against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except
for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in
good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or is threatened or, to the knowledge
of the Company, imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries'
principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(z) The Company and each of 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; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets,
employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and
its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and
instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any
insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of
rights clause; neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such
Subsidiary 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.
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(aa) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of
the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
Subsidiary's capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
Subsidiary's property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company.
(bb) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and
its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses (except where a
failure to so possess would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect), and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(cc) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements 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.
(dd) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Securities.
(ee) The Acquisition Agreements have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company prior to the date hereof and each of the
Acquisition Agreements constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforceability,
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles, and the consummation thereof and the execution and the
delivery of the Acquisition Agreements by the Company and the performance of its
obligations thereunder does not and will not conflict with, or result in a
breach or violation of, any of the terms, or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, that is
material to the Company, and such actions did not, and will not, result in any
violation of the provisions of (x) the Articles of Association or business
licenses or other constitutive documents of the Company or (y) any law or
statute or any order, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of them or any of their
properties, except, in the case of clause (y) above, for such violations which
would not, individually or in the aggregate (A) have a Material Adverse Effect
or (B) affect the valid and binding nature of the Acquisition Transaction or the
Acquisition Agreements. Other than the Acquisition Agreements,
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there are no other material documents or agreements, written or oral, that have
been entered into by the Company and any of the Subsidiaries in connection with
the Acquisition Transaction which have not been previously provided, or made
available, to the Underwriters and, to the extent material to the Company,
disclosed in the Prospectus.
(ff) Each Corporate Agreement as set forth in Schedule III
hereto has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto,
and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, Hurray! Times and
each Operating Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to
enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles.
(gg) The execution by the Company, Hurray! Times and each
Operating Company of each Corporate Agreement to which it is a party and the
delivery by and the performance by each of the Company, Hurray! Times and the
Operating Companies of its obligations under each Corporate Agreement to which
it is a party (a) does not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach or
violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which any of the Company, Hurray! Times and the
Operating Companies is a party or by which any of the Company, Hurray! Times and
the Operating Companies is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
any of the Company, Hurray! Times and the Operating Companies is subject, (b)
did not and will not, result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles
of Association or business licenses of any of the Company, Hurray! Times and the
Operating Companies and (c) will not result in any violation of any provision of
PRC law or statute or any order, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of
any PRC governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company, Hurray! Times
or any of the Operating Companies or any of their properties (except for such
conflicts, breaches or violations that would not individually or in the
aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect).
(hh) The Corporate Agreements have been effected in
compliance with all applicable national, provincial, municipal and local laws
(except for such noncompliance that would not individually or in the aggregate
result in a Material Adverse Effect).
(ii) No consents, approvals, authorizations, orders,
registrations and qualifications by any governmental authority, any
self-regulatory organization or any court or other tribunal or any stock
exchange authorities are required in connection with the Corporate Agreements.
(jj) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any
action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons
of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means
or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other
property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of
value to any "foreign official" (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its
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Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted
their in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and
procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to
ensure, continued compliance therewith.
"FCPA" means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Treasury Department ("OFAC"); and the Company will not directly or indirectly
use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person
or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ll) The Prospectus accurately and fully describe (i)
accounting judgments and estimates which the Company believes to be 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 (henceforth referred to as "Critical Accounting Policies"); (ii)
uncertainties affecting the application of Critical Accounting Policies; and
(iii) an explanation of the likelihood that materially different amounts would
be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions, and the
Company's board of directors, management and audit committee have reviewed and
agreed with the selection, application and disclosure of Critical Accounting
Policies in the Prospectus and have consulted with their respective legal
advisers and independent accountants with regards to such disclosure.
(mm) The Company has provided or made available to you true,
correct, and complete copies of all documentation pertaining to any extension of
credit in the form of a personal loan made, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries to any director or executive officer of the
Company; and since July 30, 2002, the Company has not, directly or indirectly,
including through any of the Subsidiaries: (A) extended credit, arranged to
extend credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal
loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company, or to or for
any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer of the
Company; or (B) made any material modification, including any renewal thereof,
to any term of any personal loan to any director or executive officer of the
Company, or any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer,
which loan was outstanding on July 30, 2002, in either case, that (x) is
outstanding on the date hereof and (y) constitutes a violation of any applicable
law or regulation;
(nn) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
engaged in any trading activities involving commodity contracts or other trading
contracts which are not currently traded on a securities or commodities exchange
and for which the market value cannot be determined.
(oo) The section entitled "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and
Capital Resources" in the Prospectus
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accurately and fully describes: (A) all material trends, demands, commitments,
events, uncertainties and risks, and the potential effects thereof, that the
Company believes would materially affect liquidity and are reasonably likely to
occur, and (B) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is engaged in any
transactions with, or have any obligations to, its unconsolidated entities (if
any) that are contractually limited to narrow activities that facilitate the
transfer of or access to assets by the Company or such Subsidiary, including,
without limitation, structured finance entities and special purpose entities, or
otherwise engage in, or have any obligations under, any off-balance sheet
transactions or arrangements. As used herein in this Section 1(oo), the phrase
"reasonably likely" refers to a disclosure threshold lower than "more likely
than not."
(pp) The Securities have been authorized for quotation,
subject to official notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq National Market
("NASDAQ"), under the symbol "HRAY."
(qq) The Company has obtained the written consent for the use
of any statistical and market-related data included in the Prospectus to the
extent required;
(rr) Hurray Technologies (HK) Ltd., BEMT and Hurray! Times
are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X.
(ss) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license
or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent
applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology,
know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the "Intellectual
Property") necessary for the conduct of the Company's business as now conducted
or as proposed in the Prospectus to be conducted (except where failure to own,
possess, license or have a right to use would not have Material Adverse Effect).
To the knowledge of the Company, (a) there are no rights of third parties to any
such Intellectual Property; (b) there is no material infringement by third
parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company's rights in
or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts
which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending
or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the
validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property or any facts which would
form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (e) there is no pending or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company
infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret
or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other
fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) there is no
U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims that
dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described in the Prospectus
as being owned by or licensed to the Company or that interferes with the issued
or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property; and (g) there is no prior
art that may render any U.S. patent held by the Company invalid or any U.S.
patent application held by the Company unpatentable which has not been disclosed
to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
(tt) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any
of its or their properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of
any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice,
attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of
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execution or otherwise) under the laws of the respective jurisdictions of their
incorporation or organization.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
(ii) Each Selling Shareholder, severally but not jointly,
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(a) In the case of Ping Ji, Xxx Xxxx, Jieqiang Li and Xxxxx
Xxxx, and if the Representative exercises the over-allotment option to
acquire Option Shares, Qindai Wang and Xxxxx Xxx (each a "Management
Selling Shareholder"), each such Management Selling Shareholder has
reviewed and is familiar with the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements
thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; such Management Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell
the Securities to be sold by such Management Selling Shareholder
hereunder by any information concerning the Company or any Subsidiary,
which is not set forth in the Prospectus.
(b) Such Selling Shareholder has reviewed and is familiar
with the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and neither the
Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue
statement of a material fact relating to such Selling Shareholder or
omits to state a material fact relating to such Selling Shareholder
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; such Selling
Shareholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by such
Selling Shareholder hereunder by any information concerning the Company
or any Subsidiary, which is not set forth in the Prospectus. The
foregoing applies only to the extent that any statements in or omissions
from a Registration Statement or Prospectus are based on written
information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder
specifically for use therein.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder is the lawful owner of the
Underlying Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to
this Underwriting Agreement; and upon issuance by the Depositary of ADSs
evidenced by ADRs against deposit in accordance with the provisions of
the Deposit Agreement of the Underlying Shares to be sold by such
Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters, such ADRs will be duly and
validly issued and persons in whose names such ADRs are duly registered
with the Depositary will be entitled to the rights specified in the ADRs
and in the Deposit Agreement; and upon the sale and delivery to the
Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased from such Selling
Shareholder, and payment therefor, pursuant to this Underwriting
Agreement, the Underwriters will acquire good, marketable and valid
title to such Securities, free and clear of all pledges, liens, security
interests, charges, claims or encumbrances of any kind.
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(d) Such Selling Shareholder is the record and beneficial
owner of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities and claims and has duly endorsed such
Securities in blank, and, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its
interest in the Securities it has purchased from such Selling
Shareholder without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of
Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC")), each
Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing
Date to The Depository Trust Company or other securities intermediary by
making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such
Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such
Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company or such other
securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement
(within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such
Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on the
adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be
asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities.
(e) Certificates in negotiable form for such Selling
Shareholder's Ordinary Shares (including Preference Shares convertible
into Ordinary Shares) have been placed in custody, for delivery pursuant
to the terms of this Underwriting Agreement, under a Custody Agreement
and Power of Attorney duly authorized (if applicable), executed and
delivered by such Selling Shareholder, in the form heretofore furnished
to you (the "Custody Agreement") with the Company, as Custodian (the
"Custodian"); the Ordinary Shares represented by the certificates so
held in custody for each Selling Shareholder are subject to the
interests under this Underwriting Agreement of the Underwriters; the
arrangements for custody and delivery of such certificates, made by such
Selling Shareholder under this Underwriting Agreement and under the
Custody Agreement, are not subject to termination by any acts of such
Selling Shareholder, or by operation of law, whether by the death or
incapacity of such Selling Shareholder or the occurrence of any other
event; and if any such death, incapacity or any other such event shall
occur before the delivery of the Securities under this Underwriting
Agreement, certificates for Ordinary Shares will be delivered by the
Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Underwriting Agreement and the Custody Agreement as if such death,
incapacity or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not
the Custodian shall have received notice of such death, incapacity or
other event.
(f) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange
Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by
such Selling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated in this
Underwriting Agreement, except such as may have been obtained under the
Act and such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws
or any laws of jurisdictions outside of the Cayman Islands, the United
States and Canada in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals as have been
obtained.
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(h) None of the execution and delivery of the Custody
Agreement, the deposit of the Underlying Shares being sold by such
Selling Shareholder with the Depositary in accordance with the terms of
the Deposit Agreement and the Custody Agreement, the sale of the
Securities being sold by the Selling Shareholder or the consummation of
any other of the transactions contemplated in this Underwriting
Agreement by such Selling Shareholder or the fulfillment of the terms
hereof by such Selling Shareholder will conflict with, result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any (i) law or, in
the case of any Selling Shareholder that is a corporate entity, the
charter or by-laws of such Selling Shareholder or, (ii) the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling
Shareholder or, in the case of any Selling Shareholder that is a
corporate entity, any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound (except
any such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not
reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of such Selling
Shareholder to consummate such transactions in accordance with such
agreements), or (iii) any judgment, order or decree applicable to such
Selling Shareholder or, in the case of any Selling Shareholder that is a
corporate entity, any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or, in the case of any
Selling Shareholder that is a corporate entity, any of its subsidiaries.
(i) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no stamp or other
issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income,
withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the
Underwriters to any jurisdiction where such Selling Shareholder is
resident (in the case of individuals) or incorporated (in the case of
entities) in connection with (A) the delivery of the Ordinary Shares to
be sold by the Selling Shareholder in the manner contemplated by this
Underwriting Agreement, (B) the consummation by such Selling Shareholder
of any other transaction contemplated in this Agreement or the Deposit
Agreement or (C) the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement.
(j) In respect of any statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any
Selling Shareholder specifically for use in connection with the
preparation thereof, such Selling Shareholder hereby makes the same
representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company makes
to such Underwriter under paragraph (i)(b) of this Section. The
foregoing applies only to the extent that any statements in or omissions
from a Registration Statement or Prospectus are based on written
information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder
specifically for use therein.
Any certificate signed by any Selling Shareholder and delivered
to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such
Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.]
2. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in
this Underwriting Agreement, the Company and the Selling Shareholders agree ,
severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and
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each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
and the Selling Shareholders, at a purchase price of $ . per ADS, the amount of
the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in
Schedule I to this Underwriting Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties set forth in this Underwriting Agreement, the
Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby grant an option to the several
Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to . Option Securities
at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the
Underwritten Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover
over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters.
Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the
30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by
the Representative to the Company and such Selling Shareholders setting forth
the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which the several
Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The maximum
number of Option Securities to be sold by the Company is . and the maximum
aggregate number of Option Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholders is
.. . In the event that the Underwriters exercise less than their full
over-allotment option, the number of Option Securities to be sold by the Company
and each Selling Shareholder shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same
proportion to each other as are the maximum number of Option Securities to be
sold by the Company and the number of Option Securities listed opposite their
names on Schedule II. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the
Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such
Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such
adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any
fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the
Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in
Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business
Day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on
[o], 2004, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days
after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date and
time may be postponed by agreement among the Representative , the Selling
Shareholders and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and
time of delivery and payment for the Securities being called in this
Underwriting Agreement the "Closing Date"). Delivery of the Securities shall be
made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters following payment by the several Underwriters through the
Representative of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Securities
being sold by the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders] to or upon the
order of the Company and the Selling Shareholders by wire transfer payable in
same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders in writing. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option
Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
Each Selling Shareholder will pay all applicable stamp duties
and transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters
of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Shareholder and the
respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved in
further transfers.
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If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised
after the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the
Selling Shareholders will deliver (at the expense of the Company) to the
Representative, at [388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York,] on the date
specified by the Representative (which shall be within three Business Days after
exercise of said option), certificates for the Option Securities in such names
and denominations as the Representative shall have requested for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters, following payment by the several
Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to or upon
the order of the Company and the Selling Shareholders by wire transfer payable
in same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders in writing. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after
the Closing Date, the Company and such Selling Shareholders will deliver to the
Representative on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be
conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters
confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
The ADR certificates evidencing the Underwritten Securities and
Option Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as
the Representative may request not less than one full business day prior to the
applicable Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Agreements.
(i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement,
if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereof, to
become effective. Prior to the termination of the offering of the
Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration
Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or supplement to the
Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company
has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not
file any such proposed amendment or supplement without your consent
which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Subject to the foregoing
sentence, if the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration
Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A, or
filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the
Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any
supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representative
with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b)
within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory
to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly
advise the Representative (1) when the Registration Statement and the
ADR Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time,
shall have become effective, (2) when the Prospectus, and any supplement
thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
or ADR Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission,
(3) when, prior
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to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the
Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement shall have been
filed or become effective, (4) of any request by the Commission or its
staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement, or for
any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (5)
of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration
Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that
purpose and (6) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the
suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon
as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
as a result of which either of the Prospectus as then supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it
shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or the ADR
Registration Statement or supplement either of the Prospectus to comply
with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (1)
notify the Representative of any such event; (2) prepare and file with
the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (i)(a) of
this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (3) supply any
supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably
request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally
available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings
statement or statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under
the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representative and
counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement
and the ADR Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to
each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement and the ADR
Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as
delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by
the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may
reasonably request.
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the
qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and will maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the
Securities, which period shall in no event extend for more than two
years from later of the Effective Date of the Registration Statement and
any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b); provided,
however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general
consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or
as a
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dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified
or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject.
(f) The Company will not, without the prior written consent
of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge,
or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is
designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the
disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic
disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any
affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or
any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the
filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with
the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs
or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for,
Ordinary Shares or ADSs; or publicly announce an intention to effect any
such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the
Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may issue
and sell Ordinary Shares pursuant to any employee stock option plan,
stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in
effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Ordinary Shares
issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants
outstanding at the Execution Time.
(g) The Company will comply with all applicable securities
and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without
limitation, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, and to use its best efforts to cause
the Company's directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to
comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without
limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
(h) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise,
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Ordinary Shares or the
ADSs.
(i) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses
relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or
reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each
Preliminary Prospectus, each Prospectus, the ADR Registration Statement,
and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the preparation of
the Deposit Agreement, the deposit of the Underlying Shares under the
Deposit Agreement, the issuance thereunder of ADSs representing such
deposited Underlying Shares, the issuance of ADRs evidencing such ADSs
and the fees of the Depositary; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and
delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for
counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement,
each Preliminary Prospectus, each Prospectus, the ADR Registration
Statement, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in
each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing,
authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the
Securities, including any
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stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and
sale of the Securities; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery
of this Underwriting Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other
agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in
connection with the offering of the Securities; (vi) the registration of
the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the ADSs on the
Nasdaq National Market; (vii) any registration or qualification of the
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of
the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration
and qualification); (viii) any filings required to be made with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (including filing fees
and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters
relating to such filings); (ix) the transportation and other expenses
incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with
presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (x) the fees
and expenses of the Company's accountants and the fees and expenses of
counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the
Selling Shareholders; (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholders of their
obligations under the Underwriting Agreement; and (xii) 50% of the costs
and expenses of the Underwriters; provided, however, that the
Representative shall bear all roadshow expenses relating to air tickets
and accompanying staff costs.
(j) Each Underwriter agrees that (i) it is not purchasing
any of the Securities for the account of anyone other than a United
States or Canadian Person, (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not
offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or
distribute any Prospectus to any person outside the United States or
Canada, or to anyone other than a United States or Canadian Person, and
(iii) any dealer to whom it may sell any of the Securities will
represent that it is not purchasing for the account of anyone other than
a United States or Canadian Person and agree that it will not offer or
resell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities outside the United
States or Canada, or to anyone other than a United States or Canadian
Person or to any other dealer who does not so represent and agree;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict (A) purchases
and sales between the Underwriters pursuant to the
Agreement Between Underwriters, (B) stabilization transactions
contemplated under the Agreement Between Underwriters, conducted through
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (or through the Representative) as part of
the distribution of the Securities, and (C) sales to or through (or
distributions of Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus to) United States
or Canadian Persons who are investment advisors, or who otherwise
exercise investment discretion, and who are purchasing for the account
of anyone other than a United States or Canadian Person.
(k) The Company (A) will not attempt to avoid any judgment
obtained by it or denied to it in a court of competent jurisdiction
outside the Cayman Islands; (B) following the consummation of the
offerings contemplated by this Agreement, will use its best efforts to
obtain and maintain all approvals required in the Cayman Islands to pay
and remit outside the Cayman Islands all dividends declared by the
Company and payable on the Ordinary Shares; and (C) will use its best
efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals required in the Cayman
Islands for the Company to acquire sufficient foreign exchange for the
payment of dividends and all other relevant purposes.
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(m) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and
maintain the quotation of the ADSs on the NASDAQ and will file with the
NASDAQ all documents and notices required by the NASDAQ of companies
that are traded on the NASDAQ and quotations for which are reported by
the NASDAQ.
(n) The Company will file with the NASD, the NASDAQ, the
Commission and any other governmental or regulatory agency, authority or
instrumentality in the Cayman Islands, the United States, the People's
Republic of China and Hong Kong, as may be required, such reports,
documents, agreements and other information which the Company may from
time to time be required to file, including those relating to the
implementation and payment of dividends or other distributions on the
Securities.
(o) The Company will not be or become, within one year of
the Closing Time, an "investment company" as defined in the 1940 Act.
(ii) The agreements of the Underwriters set forth in
paragraph (i)(f) of this Section 5 shall terminate upon the earlier of the
following events:
(a) a decision of the Representative to terminate the
selling restrictions set forth in paragraph (i)(f) of this Section 5; or
(b) the expiration of a period of 180 days after the date of
this Agreement, unless the Representative shall have given notice to the Company
that the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters has not yet been
completed. If such notice by the Representative is given, the agreements set
forth in such paragraph (i)(f) shall survive until the earlier of (1) the event
referred to in clause (a) of this subsection (ii) or (2) the expiration of an
additional period of 30 days from the date of any such notice.
(iii) Each Selling Shareholder agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder will not, without the prior
written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract
to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction
which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the
disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic
disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Selling
Shareholder or any affiliate of the Selling Shareholder or any person in
privity with the Selling Shareholder or any affiliate of the Selling
Shareholder) directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the
filing of) a registration statement with the Commission in respect of,
or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or
decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act with respect to, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary
Shares or ADSs, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such
transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this
Underwriting Agreement, other than Ordinary Shares or ADSs disposed of
as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or as part
of the offering contemplated hereunder.
(b) Such Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or
that might reasonably be expected to cause or
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result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Ordinary Shares or the
ADSs.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder will advise you promptly, and
if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so
long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by
an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, of (i)
any material change in the Company's condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties, (ii)
any change in information in the Registration Statement, the ADR
Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to such
Selling Shareholder or (iii) any new material information
relating to the Company or relating to any matter stated in the
Prospectus, in each case which comes to the attention of such
Selling Shareholder.
(d) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with
the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the
transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Shareholder will
deliver to the Representative prior to or at the Closing Date a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury
Department Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form or statement
specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(e) Such Selling Shareholder will comply with the agreement
contained in Section 5(i)(h).
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the
Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders contained in this Underwriting Agreement as of the Execution Time,
the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the
accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders made in
any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company and the Selling Shareholders of their respective obligations under this
Underwriting Agreement and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement and the ADR Registration
Statement have not become effective prior to the Execution Time, unless
the Representative agree in writing to a later time, the Registration
Statement and the ADR Registration Statement will become effective not
later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the date of determination
of the public offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior
to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the
Business Day following the day on which the public offering price was
determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM New York City
time on such date; if filing of either of the Prospectus, or any
supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus,
and any such supplement, will be filed in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
shall have been instituted or threatened.
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(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative
their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, to
the effect that:
(i) This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company under New York law.
(ii) The Deposit Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company under New York law and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositary constitutes a
valid and legally binding obligation of the Company.
(iii) Upon the due issuance of the Securities
evidenced by the ADRs against the deposit of Ordinary Shares in
accordance with the Deposit Agreement and payment therefor in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, such
Securities will be validly issued and persons in whose names such ADRs
are duly registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and
in the Deposit Agreement.
(iv) The Offered Securities to be sold by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement, when issued to and paid for by the
Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be
fully paid and non-assessable.
(v) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Deposit Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Securities by the
Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing
Date do not violate any statute, rule or regulation of any U.S. or New
York governmental agency which, in such firm's experience, are normally
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement
and the Deposit Agreement.
(vi) Other than as set forth in the Registration
Statements, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings known
to such counsel between the Company and any person granting such person
the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under
the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be
owned by such person or to require the Company to include such
securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration
Statements or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Act.
(vii) The Company is not, and after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the application of
the net proceeds therefrom, as described in the Prospectus, will not be,
an "investment company", as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act.
(viii)No consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or filing with, any U.S. federal or New York state governmental
agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that is required to be obtained by the Company or
any Selling Shareholder for the consummation of the
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement or
the Custody Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the
Securities, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and
the Exchange Act and such as may be required under state or foreign
securities or blue sky laws.
(ix) The Initial Registration Statement, the ADS
Registration Statement and the 8-A Registration Statement became
effective under the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, as of the
date and time specified in such opinion, the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) was filed and became effective under the Act as of
the date and time (if determinable) specified in such opinion, the
Prospectus either was filed with the Commission pursuant to the
subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in such opinion on the date
specified therein or was included in the Initial Registration Statement
or the Additional Registration Statement (as the case may be), and, to
the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, the 8-A Registration Statement or any part of such
registration statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Act or Exchange Act, as applicable.
(x) Each of the Registration Statement, the ADS
Registration Statement, the 8-A Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their
respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder (except as to the
financial statements, the notes thereto and other financial data
included therein as to which such counsel shall express no opinion).
(xi) Such counsel shall state that based on such
counsel's participation in conferences with the Underwriters, the
representatives of the Company and the Company's accountants concerning
the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the 8-A
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and having considered the
matters and statements contained therein, although such counsel has not
independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such
statements, nothing has come to such counsel's attention that leads such
counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration
Statement, the 8-A Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of
their respective effective or issue dates, contained an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, as of its issue date or as of such Closing Date, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
understood that such counsel has not been requested to and does not make
any comment with respect to the financial statements, footnotes and
other financial data contained in
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the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the 8-A
Registration Statement and the Prospectus).
(xii) The information in the Prospectus under "Shares
Eligible for Future Sale" and "Taxation--United States Federal Income
Taxation," to the extent that such information constitutes matters of
U.S. federal or New York state laws or legal conclusions based on such
laws, is a fair and accurate summary in all material respects of such
matters and conclusions.
(xiii) Such counsel does not know of any material
pending or threatened actions, suits or proceedings before any U.S.
federal or New York state court or governmental agency, authority or any
arbitrator involving the Company required to be described in a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not described as
required;
(xiv) The statements set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption "Description of American Depositary Shares" and
"Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe or summarize certain
provisions of the Deposit Agreement, are accurate descriptions or
summaries in all material respects.
(xv) Under the laws of the State of New York relating
to personal jurisdiction, (i) the Company and each Selling Shareholder
has, under this Agreement, validly submitted to the personal
jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in the State of New
York, County of New York in any action arising out of or relating to the
Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein and has validly and
effectively waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any
such court as provided in Section 17 of this Agreement, (ii) its
appointment thereunder of CT Corporation as its authorized agent for
service of process is valid, legal and binding, and (iii) service of
process in the matter set forth in Section 17 of this Agreement will be
effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction of such court over the
Company.
(xvi) Upon payment for the Securities and the
delivery to DTC or its agent of the Securities in book entry form
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee designated by
DTC, both as provided for in this Agreement, and the crediting of the
Securities to the Underwriters' accounts with DTC, Cede & Co. or such
other nominee designated by DTC, DTC, the Underwriters will acquire a
valid "security entitlement" (within the meaning of New York Uniform
Commercial Code Section 8-102) to the Securities, and no action based on
an "adverse claim" (as defined in New York Uniform Commercial Code
Section 8-102) may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to
such security entitlement if, at such time, the Underwriters do not have
notice of any adverse claim within the meaning of New York Uniform
Commercial Code Section 8-105.
(xvii) There is no contract or other document known
to such counsel of a character required to be described in the
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to
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the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the
extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion
of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and
who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to
matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Reference to
the Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements
thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx, Xxxx
& Xxxxxxx, Cayman, Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, to have furnished to
the Representative their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representative, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Cayman
Islands, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the
case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification;
(ii) The Company is in good standing with the Registrar of
Companies in the Cayman Islands.
(iii) The Company has an authorized capital as set forth in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares in the capital of the
Company (including the Shares when issued and delivered in accordance
with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement) have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, upon entry
on the register of members, the person(s) named therein (the
"Shareholder") will be the registered holder of such number of Shares as
will be noted against their respective names on such register of
members. The Company is the registered holder of such number of Shares
as are noted against its name on such register of members.
(iv) The Shares are not subject to any overriding or
mandatory pre-emptive or similar rights under Cayman Islands law or the
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and conform to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(v) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement by the Company and the performance of its obligations
thereunder, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the filing of
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been duly authorized
and approved by all necessary corporate action of the Company and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement by
the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder do not
violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of its Memorandum and Articles of Association or any law,
public rule or regulation applicable to the Company in the Cayman
Islands currently in force and do not violate, conflict with or result
in a
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breach of any existing order or decree of any governmental authority or
agency or any official body in the Cayman Islands.
(vi) This Agreement and the Deposit Agreement have
been duly executed and delivered for and on behalf of the Company and
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in the Cayman Islands in accordance with its terms except
and in so far as such enforcement may be limited as hereinafter set
forth.
(vii) The issue of the Registration Statement has been duly
authorized and the Registration Statement has been duly executed by and
on behalf of the Company.
(viii) No authorizations, consents, orders, permissions or
approvals are required from any governmental authorities or agencies or
other official bodies in the Cayman Islands and no notice to or other
filing with or action by any Cayman Islands governmental authority or
regulatory body is required in connection with:
(1) the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement;
(2) the performance of any obligation under
this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement;
(3) the payment of any amount under this
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement; and
(4) the issue of the Shares or the ADSs.
(ix) to ensure the legality, validity,
enforceability or admissibility into evidence of each of this
Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and any other document
required to be furnished hereunder or thereunder in the Cayman Islands,
it is not necessary that this Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit
Agreement or any such other document be filed or recorded with any court
or other authority in the Cayman Islands, provided such documents are
executed outside of the Cayman Islands, or that any stamp, registration
or similar tax be paid on or in respect of any such document or the
Shares or the ADSs in connection with the sale of Securities to the
Underwriters.
(x) The statements in the Prospectus under "Risk Factors",
"Dividend Policy", "Capitalization", "Management", "Principal and
Selling Shareholders", "Description of Share Capital", "Taxation" and
"Enforceability of Civil Liabilities", and the statements in the
Registration Statement under Item 14, insofar as such statements
constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings
referred to therein, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent,
governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands, fairly present the
information and summarize the matters referred to therein.
(xi) 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 or to any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (A) the delivery
of the Ordinary Shares in the manner contemplated by the Underwriting
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Agreement, (B) the deposit with the Depositary of the Underlying Shares
against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs or (C) the sale and
delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares or the ADSs, as the case may
be, as contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement.
(xii) Other than as described in the Prospectus, under the
current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, all dividends and
other distributions declared and payable on the Ordinary Shares may be
paid by the Company to the Depositary and to the holders of ADRs, as
applicable, in Cayman Island dollars that may be converted into foreign
currency and freely transferred out of the Cayman Islands, and all such
dividends and other distributions made to holders of the Underlying
Shares who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands will not be subject
to the Cayman Islands income, withholding or other taxes under the laws
and regulations of the Cayman Islands and are otherwise free and clear
of any other tax, duty withholding or deduction in the Cayman Islands
and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in
the Cayman Islands.
(xiii) The Cayman Islands currently have no income, corporate
or capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or gift tax.
(xiv) The choice of law provision set forth in Section 14 of
the Underwriting Agreement and in the Deposit Agreement is legal, valid
and binding under the laws of the Cayman Islands and such counsel knows
of no reason why the courts of the Cayman Islands would not give effect
to the choice of New York law as the proper law of the Underwriting
Agreement and of the Deposit Agreement; the Company has the legal
capacity to xxx and be sued in its own name under the laws of the Cayman
Islands; the Company has the power to submit, and has irrevocably
submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts and
has validly and irrevocably appointed as its designee, appointee and
authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 15 of the
Underwriting Agreement and in the Deposit Agreement under the laws of
the Cayman Islands; the irrevocable submission of the Company to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts and the waivers by the
Company of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceeding
in a New York Court in the Underwriting Agreement and in the Deposit
Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of the Cayman
Islands and such counsel knows of no reason why the courts of the Cayman
Islands would not give effect to the submission and waivers; service of
process in the manner set forth in Section 15 of the Underwriting
Agreement and in the Deposit Agreement, will be effective to confer
valid personal jurisdiction over the Company under the laws of the
Cayman Islands; and the courts in the Cayman Islands will recognize as
valid and final, and will enforce, any final and conclusive judgment
against the Company obtained in a New York Court arising out of or in
relation to the obligations of the Company under the Underwriting
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement.
(xv) The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts sitting
in New York, the appointment of CT Corporation System to accept service
of process in such jurisdiction and the waiver by the Company of any
objection to the venue of a proceeding in a New York court, pursuant to
this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, is legal, valid and binding on
the Company.
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(xvi) No approvals are currently required from any
governmental department, agency or other authority in the Cayman Islands
in order for the Company to pay dividends declared by the Company to the
holders of Ordinary Shares, including the Depositary.
(xvii) Although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman
Islands of judgments obtained in New York, the courts of the Cayman
Islands will recognize and enforce a judgment of a foreign court of
competent jurisdiction in respect of any legal suit or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement
without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of
a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation
to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided that such
judgment is final and conclusive, for a liquidated sum, not in respect
of taxes or a fine or penalty, is not inconsistent with a Cayman Islands
judgment in respect of the same matter, and was not obtained in a manner
and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to the public
policy of the Cayman Islands. A Cayman Islands court may stay
proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere. A
foreign judgment may be final and conclusive even if subject to appeal.
However, if appealable, a Cayman Islands court may stay enforcement
until such appeal has been heard.
(xviii) Based solely on our inspection of the Register of Writs
and Other Originating process in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands
from the date of incorporation of the Company there were no actions or
petitions pending against the Company in the courts of the Cayman
Islands as at close of business in the Cayman Islands on ., 2004. A
search at the Companies Registry in the Cayman Islands would not reveal
any order or resolution for the winding up of the Company because under
Cayman Islands law the records kept by the Registrar of Companies are
not documents of public record. The enquiries referred to above which we
have made at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands have revealed no
record of the presentation of any winding up petition in respect of the
Company.
(xix) There is no exchange control legislation under Cayman
Islands law and accordingly there are no exchange control regulations
imposed under Cayman Islands law, including on the payment of dividends
and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares.
(xx) The Company is not entitled to any immunity under the
laws of the Cayman Islands whether characterized as sovereign immunity
or otherwise for any legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands to enforce
or to collect upon this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement.
(xxi) So far as the law of the Cayman Islands is concerned,
each of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is in proper form under
the laws of the Cayman Islands for the enforcement thereof against the
Company subject in so far as such enforcement may be limited as
hereinafter set forth.
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(xxii) We have reviewed the register of members of the Company.
As of the date hereof there are no entries or notations indicating any
third party interests including any security interest on the register of
members of the Company.
(xxiii) It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity,
enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement that any document be filed, recorded or enrolled with
any governmental authority or agency or any official body in the Cayman
Islands.
(xxiv) The Underwriters will not be treated as resident,
domiciled or carrying on or transacting business or subject to taxation
in the Cayman Islands or in violation of any law thereof solely by
reason of the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement
and the Deposit Agreement or the entering into of or the exercise of
their rights or the performance of their obligations under this
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement.
(xxv) The Underwriters will not be required to be licensed,
qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in the Cayman
Islands in order to enforce their rights under, or as a consequence of
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement.
(xxvi) Shareholders will not be liable to contribute to the
assets of the Company upon a winding up of the Company. We are not aware
of any decided Cayman Islands authority on whether there are
circumstances in which a Cayman Islands court might ignore the separate
legal personality of the Company and its shareholder in order to enable
the creditors of the Company to proceed directly against the assets of
the Shareholders in addition to proceeding against the particular assets
of the Company. Our opinion is therefore based upon our considered view
of English common law authority which would be regarded as persuasive,
although technically not binding, in the courts of the Cayman Islands.
On the basis of such decided authority it is evident that it is only in
exceptional circumstances that the principle of the separate legal
personality of a company is ignored. A number of grounds for the court
so doing have been established (and statutes may, of course, provide a
basis for so doing also). The grounds, known as the doctrine of "lifting
the corporate veil", include where the device of incorporation is used
for some illegal or improper purpose, cases of fraud or a sham and where
the company can be regarded as acting simply as the agent of a
shareholder. In our view, however, these decisions are founded on the
principle that the separate legal personality is being ignored for
limited purposes to fix a shareholder with a liability or responsibility
or subject it to a restriction (or, in certain circumstances, giving the
shareholder remedies it would not otherwise have). We can find no
principle that, and we are of the view that the Cayman Islands courts
would not find that, the separate legal personality of the Company
should be ignored to enable a creditor of the Company to proceed
directly against assets of the Shareholder to satisfy liabilities owed
by the Company to such creditor. This conclusion assumes, however, that
issues of fraud or breach of trust involving the Shareholder or such
other affiliate with respect to the establishment and operation of the
Company are not involved, the Directors of the Company observe their
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fiduciary duties thereto properly and the Company is operated as a
separate and distinct entity.
(xxvii) Whilst we are not aware of any relevant decided Cayman
Islands authority, there is English case law (which would be persuasive,
but not binding, in the Cayman Islands courts) which suggests that the
Memorandum and Articles of the Company constitute a form of contract
(subject to the provisions of the Companies Law (2003 Revision) and
Cayman Islands common law) between the Company and its shareholders in
respect of the shareholders' rights and liabilities as shareholders. The
Depository solely in its capacity as a shareholder may xxx the Company
to enforce and restrain breaches of the regulations contained in the
Memorandum and Articles of the Company. The Memorandum and Articles of
the Company do not constitute a contract between the Company and its
shareholders (or between the shareholders themselves) in respect of any
rights and liabilities that a shareholder may have in any capacity other
than that of shareholder.
(xxviii) Upon sale and delivery of the Option Shares (as defined
in this opinion) as provided in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement
and upon payment therefor and entry in the register of members of the
custodian (the "Custodian") as the transferee of the Option Shares
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, legal
and beneficial title to the Option Shares will have validly been
transferred to the Custodian free of any restrictions on transfer,
liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and claims from a
third party.
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused Jingtian &
Gongcheng, PRC counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative
their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, to
the effect that:
(i) Each of Beijing Enterprise Mobile Technology Co., Ltd.
and Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. (the "PRC Subsidiaries"
and each a "PRC Subsidiary") is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise duly
organized under PRC Law with limited liability. Each PRC Subsidiary is
validly existing under the laws of the PRC and its business license is
in full force and effect. Each PRC Subsidiary is a legal person with
limited liability and the liability of the Company in respect of equity
interests held in each Subsidiary is limited to its investment therein.
All of the registered capital of each PRC Subsidiary, and all equity of
each PRC Subsidiary has been fully paid and is owned directly and
indirectly by the Company and its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any
liens, charges, restrictions upon voting or transfer or any other
encumbrances, equities or claims. To the best knowledge of such counsel
after due inquiry, there are no outstanding rights, warrants or options
to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any
shares of share capital of, or direct interest in, any PRC Subsidiary.
Each PRC Subsidiary has all legal right, power and authority (corporate
and other), as authorized by the PRC government, to own, use, lease and
operate its assets and to conduct its business in the manner presently
conducted and as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to
transact business in each jurisdiction within the PRC in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership, use or leasing of property
requires such qualification.
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(ii) Each of Hurray! Solutions Ltd., Beijing WVAS Solutions
Ltd., Beijing Cool Young Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing
Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology
Co., Ltd. (the "PRC Operating Companies") is a legal person with limited
liability and the liability of the Company or any other equity investor
in respect of equity interests held in each PRC Operating Company is
limited to its capital contribution therein. All of the registered
capital in each PRC Operating Company has been fully paid and all equity
of each PRC Operating Company is owned directly by the shareholders as
disclosed in the Prospectus, free and clear of any liens, charges,
restrictions upon voting or transfer or any other encumbrances, equities
or claims, and all contractual arrangements relating to the share
ownership of the PRC Operating Companies between the shareholders of
such PRC Operating Companies and the relevant PRC Subsidiaries are
enforceable and effective in allowing the Company full and effective
control of the PRC Operating Companies, and allow such PRC Operating
Companies to be consolidated into the financial statements of the
Company under generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States. To the best knowledge of such counsel after due inquiry, there
are no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any direct interest in
any PRC Operating Company, except as set forth in the Prospectus. Each
PRC Operating Company has all legal right, power and authority
(corporate and other), as authorized by the PRC government, to own, use,
lease and operate its assets and to conduct its business in the manner
presently conducted and as described in the Prospectus and is duly
qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction within the PRC in
which the conduct of its business or its ownership, use or leasing of
property requires such qualification.
(iii) The Articles of Association of each PRC Subsidiary and
PRC Operating Company comply with the requirements of applicable law of
the PRC, including the PRC Company Law, and are in full force and
effect.
(iv) Each of the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating
Companies has valid title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of
its material assets and valid title to all material personal properties
and assets, in each case, free and clear of all liens, charges,
encumbrances, equities, claims, defects, options or restrictions, except
such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not, individually
or in the aggregate, interfere with the use made and proposed to be made
of such property by the relevant PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating
Company, as the case may be.
(v) No consents, approvals, authorizations, orders,
registrations, clearances and qualifications of or with any national,
provincial, municipal, local, foreign or other governmental authority,
agency or body, any self-regulatory organization or any court or other
tribunal or any stock exchange authorities having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC
Operating Companies or any of their properties are required for (i) the
issue and sale of the Offer Shares and ADSs being delivered at the
relevant Closing Date to be sold by the Company under this Agreement,
the deposit of the Offer Shares being deposited with the Depositary
against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs under the Deposit
Agreement, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of
this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
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Registration Statement as set forth in and contemplated by the
Prospectus, except such PRC governmental authorizations as may be
required by any laws of the PRC in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Offer Shares and ADSs by or for the account of the
Underwriters and (ii) the execution and delivery by the Company of the
Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, except such PRC
governmental authorizations as have been obtained and are in full force
and effect and copies of which have been furnished to the
Representative.
(vi) Each agreement relating to the share ownership or
ownership of other economic benefits, obligations and entitlements of
the PRC Operating Companies between the shareholders of such PRC
Operating Companies and the relevant PRC Subsidiaries (the PRC Transfer
Transaction") as attached in Schedule III hereto (the "PRC Transfer
Agreements") has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by the other parties thereto, constitutes a valid and binding agreement
of each PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles.
(vii) The execution by each PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating
Company of each PRC Transfer Agreement to which it is a party and the
delivery by and the performance by such PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating
Company of its obligations under each PRC Transfer Agreement to which it
is a party and the consummation of the PRC Transfer Transaction (a) does
not and will not, to the best knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which any PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating
Company is a party or by which any PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating
Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of any PRC
Subsidiary and PRC Operating Company is subject, (b) did not and will
not, result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of
Association or business licenses of any PRC Subsidiary and PRC Operating
Company and (c) will not result in any violation of any provision of PRC
law or statute or any order, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree
of any PRC governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries or any of the PRC Subsidiaries or any of the PRC
Operating Companies or any of their properties.
(viii) The description of the PRC Transfer Agreements set forth
in the Prospectus under the captions "Our Corporate Structure" and
"Related Party Transactions" is accurate, complete and fair in all
material respects with respect to PRC legal matters, documents or
proceedings described therein. The PRC Transfer Agreements have been
effected in compliance with all applicable national, provincial,
municipal and local laws in the PRC. To the extent governed or affected
by PRC law, the PRC Transfer Transaction constitutes a binding and
irrevocable transaction completed by the parties to the PRC Transfer
Agreements.
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(ix) No consents, approvals, authorizations, orders,
registrations and qualifications by any governmental authority, any
self-regulatory organization or any court or other tribunal or any stock
exchange authorities are required in the PRC in connection with the PRC
Transfer Agreements. The PRC Transfer Transaction is fully complete,
effective and enforceable in accordance with the relevant terms and
conditions of the PRC Transfer Agreements.
(x) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency of the government of
the PRC is required for the performance by any of the Company, the PRC
Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies of its obligations under
this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement. 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 or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein in connection with (A) the issuance of the ADRs by
the Depositary and the sale of ADSs by the Company to the Underwriters
in accordance with this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, (B) the
delivery of the ADSs to or for the respective accounts of the
Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement or (C) the
resale and delivery by the Underwriters of the ADSs to the initial
purchasers thereof as contemplated in the Prospectus.
(xi) After due inquiry, such counsel does not know of any
PRC, legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which
the Company or any of the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating
Companies is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or
any of the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies is subject
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and are not so described or of any 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.
(xii) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement will not contravene or result in a
breach or violation of any provision of applicable laws and regulations
of the PRC or the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other
governing documents of the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC
Operating Companies, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon
the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies, that
is material to the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating
Companies, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court of the PRC having jurisdiction over
the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies.
(xiii) None of the PRC Operating Companies or the PRC
Subsidiaries is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from
paying any dividends or other distributions, or from making any other
distribution on the PRC Subsidiaries' or the PRC Operating Companies'
equity interest, except as provided for in the PRC Transfer Agreements
or as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus; all dividends and
other distributions declared and payable upon the equity interests in
the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC
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Operating Companies may be converted into foreign currency that may be
freely transferred out of the PRC and all such dividends and other
distributions are not and will not be subject to withholding or other
taxes under the laws and regulations of the PRC are free and clear of
any other tax, withholding or deduction in the PRC in each case without
the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the PRC,
except such as have been obtained.
(xiv) The statements in the Prospectus under the captions
"Risk Factors - Our corporate structure could be deemed to be in
violation of current or future Chinese laws and regulations, which could
adversely affect our ability to operate our business effectively or at
all.", "- We may be required to pay amounts under our guarantees for
bank credit facilities which have been extended to Hurray! Solutions and
may be unable to recover any such amounts paid by us under these
guarantees.", "- We depend upon agreements with Hurray! Solutions and
its subsidiaries for the success of our business. These agreements may
not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership
of these businesses and may be difficult to enforce.", "- We generate
our internal funds almost exclusively from Hurray! Times. If that
company is restricted from paying dividends to us, we may lose almost
all of our internal source of funds.", "If Hurray! Times incurs any
debt, it could impact our ability to pay dividends on our ordinary
shares or ADSs.", "- We may be held liable for information displayed on
or retrieved from our services.", "- We may not be able to adequately
protect our intellectual property, and we may be exposed to infringement
claims by third parties.", "- The telecommunication laws and regulations
in China are evolving and subject to interpretation and will likely
change in the near future. If we are found to be in violation of current
or future Chinese laws or regulations, we could be subject to severe
penalties.", "- The regulation of Internet website operators is also new
and subject to interpretation in China, and our business could be
adversely affected if we are deemed to have violated applicable laws and
regulations.", "- The Chinese government, Chinese Unicom or China Mobile
may prevent us from distributing, and we may be subject to liability
for, content that any of them believe is inappropriate.", "- Government
regulation of the telecommunications and Internet industries may become
more burdensome.", "- The uncertain legal environment in China could
limit the legal protections available to you.", "- Your ability to bring
an action against us or against our directors and officers, or to
enforce a judgment against us or them, will be limited because we are
incorporated in the Cayman Islands, because we conduct all of our
operations in China and because the majority of our directors and
officers reside outside of the U.S.", "Our Corporate Structure",
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operation - Income Taxation", "- Holding Company Structure", "Our
Business - Network Service Agreements with China Telecom and China
Mobile for 2G and 2.5G Services", "- Intellectual Property and
Proprietary Rights", "Our Acquisition", "Industry Overview",
"Regulation" and "Enforceability of Civil Liabilities" insofar as such
statements constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents or
proceedings referred to therein, to the extent, and only to the extent,
governed by the laws of the PRC, fairly present the information called
for with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings and
fairly summarize the matters referred to therein and are accurate,
complete and fair in all material respects.
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(xv) Neither the issue and sale of the ADSs and the
Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions
contemplated under the Underwriting Agreement or in the Deposit
Agreement nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Deposit Agreement and
the Underwriting Agreement will conflict with, result in a breach or
violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries, the PRC
Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies pursuant to (i) the Articles
of Association (or other constitutive document) of any PRC Subsidiary or
PRC Operating Company, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other
agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument governed by PRC
law to which the Company, the Subsidiaries, the PRC Subsidiaries or any
of the PRC Operating Companies is a party or bound or to which its or
their property is subject or (iii) any PRC statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or the
Subsidiaries, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies of any
PRC court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or
the Subsidiaries, the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies or
any of its or their properties.
(xvi) The application of the net proceeds from the Global
Offering, as contemplated by the prospectus, will not contravene any
provision of applicable PRC law, rule or regulation or the articles of
association, other constitutive documents or the business license of the
Company or any PRC Subsidiary or any PRC Operating Company or, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge after due inquiry, contravene the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement
or instrument binding upon the Company or any of the PRC Subsidiaries or
the PRC Operating Companies, or any judgment; order or decree of any PRC
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC Operating Companies.
(xvii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after due inquiry,
there are no outstanding guarantee or contingent payment obligations of
the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies in respect of
indebtedness of third parties.
(xviii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies are not
(A) in violation of their respective Articles of Association licenses
and any other constituent documents or (B) in default in the performance
or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel
and to which the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies is a
party or by which it or any of their respective properties may be bound,
except, in the case of clause (B), where such violation or default would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect
(including, without limitation, any proceeding challenging the
effectiveness or validity of the PRC Transfer Transaction) or to which
any of the properties of the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating
Companies is subject which will have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xix) To the best knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies own or
have valid licenses in full force and effect or otherwise have the legal
right to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents,
patent rights, licenses, inventions, know-how (including trade secrets
and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems of procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade
names (including the "Hurray!" and "HAWA" names and logos) currently
employed by them in connection with the business currently operated by
them and none of the Company or any of the PRC Subsidiaries or the PRC
Operating Companies, whether knowingly or unknowingly, is infringing,
has infringed or has received any notice of infringement of or conflict
with the asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing.
(xx) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
legal governmental or arbitrative proceedings before any court of the
PRC or before or by any public, regulatory or governmental agency or
body of the PRC pending or to the best of such counsel's knowledge after
due inquiry, threatened against, or involving the properties or business
of, the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies (including,
without limitation, any proceeding challenging the effectiveness or
validity of the PRC Transfer Transaction) or to which any of the
properties of the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies is
subject which will have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Each of the PRC Subsidiaries and PRC Operating Companies
has all necessary licenses, consents, authorizations, approvals, orders,
certificates and permits of and from, and has made all necessary
declarations and filings with, all governmental agencies to conduct its
business in the manner described in the Prospectus except to the extent
that not having such licenses, consents, authorizations, approvals,
orders, certificates or permits and not making such declarations and
filings would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and such licenses,
consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates or permits
contain no materially burdensome restrictions or conditions not
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(xxii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after due inquiry,
there is no pending or threatened PRC regulatory, administrative or
other governmental initiative which, if implemented or adopted in the
manner proposed or contemplated, could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiii) The Company, and each of the PRC Subsidiaries and the
PRC Operating Companies, can xxx and be sued in its own name under the
laws of the PRC; the irrevocable submission of the Company to the
exclusive jurisdiction of a New York Court, the waiver by the Company of
any objections to the venue of a proceeding of a New York Court and the
agreement of the Company that this Underwriting Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York are valid and legally binding in the
PRC; service of process effected in the manner set forth in this
Agreement and in the Deposit Agreement will be effective, insofar as the
law of the PRC is concerned, to confer valid personal jurisdiction over
the Company; any judgment obtained in a New York Court arising out of or
in relation to the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or
the Deposit
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Agreement would be enforceable against the Company and the PRC
Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies, in the courts of the PRC
in accordance with the Civil Procedures Law of the PRC; subject to the
conditions described in the Prospectus under "Enforceability of Civil
Liabilities"; the Company and the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating
Companies, is not entitled to any immunity on the basis of sovereignty
or otherwise in the PRC in respect of its obligations under this
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and could not successfully interpose
any such immunity as a defense to any suit or action brought or
maintained in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or the
Deposit Agreement and the waiver by the Company and the PRC Subsidiaries
and the PRC Operating Companies, of immunity to jurisdiction (including
the waiver of sovereign immunity to which the Company and the PRC
Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies, may become entitled
subsequent to the date of this Agreement) and immunity to pre-judgment
attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution in any suit, action
or proceeding against it arising out of or based on the Underwriting
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is the valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company under the laws of the PRC; each of the
Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is in proper legal form
under the laws of the PRC for the enforcement thereof against the
Company in the PRC without further action on the part of the
Underwriters, the Global Coordinator or the Depositary; and to ensure
the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of
any of the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, except for
their official translation into Chinese for their presentation to a PRC
court, it is not necessary that any such document be filed or recorded
with any court or other authority in the PRC or that any stamp or
similar tax be paid on or in respect of any such document or the Offer
Shares of the ADSs.
(xxiv) The indemnification and contribution provisions set
forth in the Underwriting Agreement and in the Deposit Agreement do not
contravene the public policy of the PRC and insofar as matters of the
PRC law are concerned constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with the terms
therein, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights.
(xxv) All amounts payable by the Company in respect of the
ADRs evidencing the ADSs or the underlying Offer Shares or pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement, including all dividends and other
distributions declared and payable in United States dollars on the
shares of share capital of the Company, shall be made free and clear of
and without deduction for or on account of any withholding or other
taxes imposed, assessed or levied by the Government of the PRC (except
such income taxes as may be imposed by the Government of the PRC on
payments hereunder to any Underwriter whose net income is subject to tax
by the PRC or withholding, if any, with respect to any such income tax).
(xxvi) All dividends and other distributions declared and
payable on the Company's direct or indirect equity interests in the PRC
Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies (pursuant to the Share
Pledge Agreements) may under the current laws and regulations of the PRC
be paid to the Company or the Subsidiaries (in one or a series of
dividend or other distribution transactions) and may be converted into
foreign
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currency that may be freely transferred out of the PRC. All such
dividends and other distributions will not be subject to withholding or
other taxes under the laws and regulations of the PRC and are otherwise
free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in the PRC and
may be so paid without the necessity of obtaining any governmental
authorization in the PRC.
(xxvii) Each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement and any other document required to be furnished hereunder or
thereunder is in proper legal form under the laws of the PRC for the
enforcement thereof against the Company in the PRC without further
action on the part of the Underwriters or the Depositary, and to ensure
the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of
the Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and any other document
required to be furnished hereunder or thereunder in the PRC, it is not
necessary that any such document be filed or recorded with any court or
other authority in the PRC or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on
or in respect of any such document.
(xxviii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies are (i) in
compliance with any and all applicable Environmental Laws in the PRC,
(ii) have obtained all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws in the PRC to conduct their
respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval.
(xxix) 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 Company, the PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating
Companies to the PRC or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein in connection with (i) the creation, allotment and
issuance of the Ordinary Shares, (ii) the deposit with the Depositary of
Ordinary Shares by the Company against the issuance of ADRs evidencing
ADSs, (iii) the sale and delivery by the Company of the Offer Shares and
the ADSs to or for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, as the
case may be, in the manner contemplated in this Agreement, (iv) the
issue and allotment of Offer Shares by the Company to successful
applicants, (v) the PRC Transfer Transaction completed prior to the date
hereof, (vii) the Acquisition Transaction or (viii) the PRC Transfer
Agreements.
(xxx) The PRC Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies are
subject to PRC income tax, on a consolidated basis, at the rate of 33
percent, in accordance with the Provisional Rules of PRC on Enterprise
Income Tax adopted with effect from January 1, 1994. The Company will
not otherwise be subject to PRC tax on dividends or other distributions
from PRC Subsidiaries or on its consolidated income generally. To the
best knowledge of such counsel after due inquiry, the PRC tax laws and
regulations applicable to the activities of the Company, the PRC
Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies in the PRC (including
regulatory fees, capital gain, income, sales, withholding or other taxes
and stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties to which the
Company or the Subsidiaries may become subject due to the conduct of
activities in the PRC) are assessed or apply to the Company, the PRC
Subsidiaries and the PRC Operating Companies in substantially the same
manner as are currently
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applicable to any similar enterprise engaging in the telecommunications
business and activities in the PRC.
(xxxi) The entry into, and performance or enforcement of the
Underwriting Agreement in accordance with its respective terms will not
subject the Underwriters to a requirement to be licensed or otherwise
qualified to do business in the PRC, nor will any Underwriter be deemed
to be resident, domiciled, carrying on business through an establishment
or place in the PRC or in breach of any laws or regulations in the PRC
by reason of entry into, performance or enforcement of the Underwriting
Agreement.
(xxxii) In addition, such counsel shall state that
nothing has come to such counsel's attention that causes it to believe
that the 8-A Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement and
the Registration Statement (except for financial statements, as to which
such counsel need not express any belief), as of their respective
effective dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that (except
as aforesaid) the Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date
contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(e) The Depositary shall have requested and caused Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx and Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Depositary, to have furnished
to the Representative their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representative, to the effect that:
(i) the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositary and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding instrument enforceable against the Depositary in accordance with
its terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect); the
statements in the 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 ADRs are fair and accurate; and
(ii) the Depositary has full power and authority and legal
right to execute and deliver the Deposit Agreement and to perform its
obligations thereunder; and
(iii) the ADRs and the ADSs evidenced thereby are in valid and
sufficient form and, when issued under the Deposit Agreement, the ADRs
will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified therein and in
the Deposit Agreement; and
(iv) the ADR Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the ADR Registration Statement has been
issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
threatened, and the ADR Registration Statement, and each amendment
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder.
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(f) The Selling Shareholders shall have requested and
caused, counsel for the Selling Shareholders, to have furnished to the
Representative one or more opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representative, to the effect that:
(i) the Custody Agreement and Power-of-Attorney have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Shareholders, the
Custody Agreement is valid and binding on the Selling Shareholders and
each Selling Shareholder has full legal right and authority to sell,
transfer and deliver in the manner provided in the Underwriting
Agreement and the Custody Agreement the Securities being sold by such
Selling Shareholder under the Underwriting Agreement;
(ii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by or on behalf of each Selling Shareholder.
(iii) Upon payment for the Securities and the delivery to DTC
or its agent of the Securities in book entry form registered in the name
of Cede & Co. or such other nominee designated by DTC, both as provided
for in this Agreement, and the crediting of the Securities to the
Underwriters' accounts with DTC, Cede & Co. or such other nominee
designated by DTC, DTC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid "security
entitlement" (within the meaning of New York Uniform Commercial Code
Section 8-102) to the Securities, and no action based on an "adverse
claim" (as defined in New York Uniform Commercial Code Section 8-102)
may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security
entitlement if, at such time, the Underwriters do not have notice of any
adverse claim within the meaning of New York Uniform Commercial Code
Section 8-105;
(iv) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by
any Selling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated in the
Underwriting Agreement in connection with the sales of the Securities by
the Selling Shareholders, except such as may have been obtained under
the Act and the Exchange Act and such as may be required under the blue
sky laws of any jurisdiction and the securities laws of any jurisdiction
outside the United States in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other
approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained;
(g) it is not a condition to validity and effectiveness to
stamp the Custodian Agreement or Power of Attorney, nor are any stamp or
other issuance or transfer taxes or duties, or capital gains, income,
withholding or other taxes payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters
to any jurisdiction where each Selling Shareholder is resident (in the
case of individuals) or incorporated (in the case of entities) in
connection with (A) the delivery of the Ordinary Shares to be sold by
the Selling Shareholder in the manner contemplated by this Underwriting
Agreement, (B) the consummation by such Selling Shareholder of any other
transaction contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit
Agreement or (C) the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its
obligations under the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit Agreement.
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(i) neither the sale of the Securities or ADSs representing
deposited shares being sold by any Selling Shareholder nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated in the
Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit Agreement by any Selling
Shareholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof by any Selling
Shareholder will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under any law or the charter or By-laws of the
Selling Shareholder or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument known to such counsel and to which any Selling Shareholder or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any judgment, order or
decree known to such counsel to be applicable to any Selling Shareholder
or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over any
Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries; and
(ii) the choice of law provision set forth in Section 14 of
the Underwriting Agreement is legal, valid and binding under the laws of
the jurisdiction of the Selling Shareholder and such counsel knows of no
reason why the courts of the jurisdiction of the Selling Shareholder
would not give effect to the choice of New York law as the proper law of
the Underwriting Agreement; such Selling Shareholder has the legal
capacity to xxx and be sued in its own name under the laws of the
jurisdiction of the Selling Shareholder; such Selling Shareholder has
the power to submit, and has irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the New York Courts and has validly and irrevocably
appointed CT Corporation System as its designee, appointee and
authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 15 of the
Underwriting Agreement under the laws of the jurisdiction of the Selling
Shareholder; the irrevocable submission of such Selling Shareholder to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts and the waivers by
such Selling Shareholder of any immunity and any objection to the venue
of the proceeding in a New York Court in the Underwriting Agreement and
in the Deposit Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of
the jurisdiction of the Selling Shareholder and such counsel knows of no
reason why the courts of the jurisdiction of the Selling Shareholder
would not give effect to the submission and waivers; service of process
in the manner set forth in Section 15 of the Underwriting Agreement,
will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over such
Selling Shareholder under the laws of the jurisdiction of the Selling
Shareholder; and the courts in the jurisdiction of the Selling
Shareholder will recognize as valid and final, and will enforce, any
final and conclusive judgment against the Company obtained in a New York
Court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Company
under the Underwriting Agreement.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the
application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction of the
Selling Shareholder, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such
opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to
be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and (B) as
to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Selling Shareholders and public officials.
(h) The Representative shall have received from Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or
opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, with
respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the
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Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together
with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representative may
reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Shareholder shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(i) The Representative shall have received from Haiwen &
Partners, PRC counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, with respect such matters as
the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling
Shareholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President
and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully
examined the Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any supplements to the Prospectus and the Underwriting Agreement and
that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in the
Underwriting Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company
has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement has been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the
Company's knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there
has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(k) Each Selling Shareholder shall have furnished to the
Representative a certificate, signed, in the case of any Selling Shareholder who
is an individual, by such Selling Shareholder or, in the case of any Selling
Shareholder that is a corporate entity, by the Chairman of the Board or the
President and the principal financial or accounting officer of such Selling
Shareholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer or signers,
as applicable, of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the
ADR Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any supplement to either of the
Prospectus and this Underwriting Agreement and that the representations and
warranties of such Selling Shareholder in this Underwriting Agreement are true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same
effect as if made on the Closing Date.
(l) The Company shall have requested and caused Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu to have furnished to the Representative letters, dated
respectively as of the Execution Time and as
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of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative,
confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act
and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder
and that they have performed a review of the unaudited interim financial
information of the Company for the three-month period ended [December 31, 2004],
and as at [December 31, 2004], in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards applicable in the United States and Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 100, and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and
financial statement schedules and pro forma financial statements
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and reported
on by them comply as to form in all material respects with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles and the regulations issued by
the U.S. SEC and the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission; and all
necessary adjustments to net income and shareholders' equity for the
periods presented that would be required if U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles had been applied have been made.
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited
financial statements made available by the Company and its Subsidiaries;
their limited review, in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards applicable in and standards established under Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 100, of the unaudited interim financial
information for the three-month period ended [December 31, 2004], and as
at [December 31 2004] , as indicated in their report dated [December 31,
2004]; carrying out certain specified procedures (but not an examination
in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) which would
not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the
comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the minutes of the
meetings of the stockholders, directors and audit and compensation
committees of the Company and the Subsidiaries; and inquiries of certain
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters of the Company and its Subsidiaries as to
transactions and events subsequent to December 31, 2004, nothing came to
their attention which caused them to believe that:
(1) any unaudited financial statements included in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as
to form in all material respects with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles and the regulations issued by the U.S. SEC
and applicable accounting requirements of the Act and with the
related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission with
respect to registration statements on Form F-1; and said
unaudited financial statements are not in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus; and all necessary adjustments to net income and
shareholders' equity for such interim period that would be
required if U.S. generally accepted accounting principles had
been applied have been made;
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to
[December 31, 2004], there were any changes, at a specified date
not more than five days prior to the date
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of the letter, in the total current assets and total current
liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries or decreases in
the total shareholders' equity of the Company as compared with
the amounts shown on the [December 31, 2004], consolidated
balance sheet included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, or for the period from January 1, 2005 to such
specified date there were any decreases, as compared with
[December 31, 2004] in revenues from 2G services, revenues from
2.5G services, revenues from software and system integration
services, cost of revenues for 2G services, cost of revenue from
2.5G services, cost of revenues from software and system
integration services, total operating expenses, net income or
income per share, except in all instances for changes or
decreases set forth in such letter, in which case the letter
shall be accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the
significance thereof unless said explanation is not deemed
necessary by the Representative; or
(3) the information included in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus in response to Form 20-F, Item 8
(Selected Financial Data) and Item 11 (Compensation of Directors
and Officers) is not in conformity with the applicable
disclosure requirements of Form 20-F.
(iii) they have performed certain other specified
procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information
of an accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its Subsidiaries) set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the
information set forth under the captions " " and " " in the Prospectus,
agrees with the accounting records of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation; and
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (l) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
The Company shall have received from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
(and furnished to the Representative) a report with respect to a review of
unaudited interim financial information of the Company for the eight quarters
ending December 31, 2004, in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No.
100.
(m) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive
of any amendment thereof), and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the
letter or letters referred to in paragraph (l) of this Section 6 or (ii) any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, the effect of which, in any
case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by
the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the ADR
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(n) The Company and the Depositary shall have executed and
delivered the Deposit Agreement and the Deposit Agreement shall be in full force
and effect.
(o) The Depositary shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Representative certificates reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative evidencing the deposit with the Custodian of the Underlying
Shares in respect of which ADSs to be purchased by the Underwriters on such
Closing Date are to be issued, and the execution, issuance, countersignature (if
applicable) and delivery of the ADRs evidencing such ADSs pursuant to the
Deposit Agreement and such other matters related thereto as the Representative
reasonably requests.
(p) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders shall have furnished to the Representative such further
information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably
request.
(q) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and
authorized for trading on the Nasdaq National Market, subject only to official
notice of issuance, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been
provided to the Representative.
(r) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished
to the Representative a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
from each officer and director of the Company and each shareholder of the
Company addressed to the Representative.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Underwriting Agreement, or if
any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Underwriting Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, this
Underwriting Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters under this
Underwriting Agreement may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing
Date by the Representative. Notice of such cancelation shall be given to the
Company and each Selling Shareholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile
confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall
be delivered at the office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, at 7/F, Asia Pacific Finance Tower, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx, xx the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of
the Securities provided for in this Underwriting Agreement is not consummated
because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in
Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to
Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of
the Company or any Selling Shareholders to perform any agreement in this
Underwriting Agreement or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason
of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in
connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities. If the Company
is required to make any payments to the Underwriters under this Section 7
because of any Selling
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Shareholder's refusal, inability or failure to satisfy any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6, the Selling Shareholders
pro rata in proportion to the percentage of Securities to be sold by each shall
reimburse the Company on demand for all amounts so paid.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Each of the
Company and each Management Selling Shareholder, severally but not jointly,
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they
or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other
Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the
registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof,
or in the ADR Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment
thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to
reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that none of the Company or any Management Selling Shareholder will be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company or such Management
Selling Shareholder by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representative specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability which the Company and each Management Selling
Shareholder may otherwise have; provided, however, that no Management Selling
Shareholder shall be responsible, either pursuant to this indemnity or as a
result of any breach of this Agreement, for losses, expenses, liability or
claims for an amount in excess of the proceeds to be received by such Management
Selling Shareholder (after deducting expenses) from the sale of Securities
hereunder.
(b) The Selling Shareholders severally but not jointly agree
to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they
or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S.
federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the
registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof,
or in the ADR Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment
thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
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agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
the Selling Shareholders shall only be liable in any such case to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company or the Underwriters by such Selling
Shareholder, directly or through such Selling Shareholder's representatives,
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability which the Selling Shareholders may otherwise
have; provided, however, that no Selling Shareholder shall be responsible,
either pursuant to this indemnity or as a result of any breach of this
Agreement, for losses, expenses, liability or claims arising out of or based
upon such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof based upon
information furnished by any party other than such Selling Shareholder and, in
any event, no Selling Shareholder shall be responsible, either pursuant to this
indemnity or as a result of any breach of this Agreement, for losses, expenses,
liability or claims for an amount in excess of the proceeds to be received by
such Selling Shareholder (after deducting expenses) from the sale of Offered
Securities hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, this subsection (b) does not
apply to Selling Shareholders who are Management Selling Shareholders.
(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement,
and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act and each Selling Shareholder to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written
information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion
in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may
otherwise have. The Company and each Selling Shareholder acknowledge that the
statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery
of the Securities, the legend in block capital letters on page [2] related to
stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids and, under the
heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of Distribution", (i) the sentences related to
concessions and reallowances and (ii) the paragraph related to stabilization,
syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on
behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above unless
and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure
results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and
defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from
any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. The indemnifying party
shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the
indemnifying party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action
for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party
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shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate
counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the
indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time
after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party
shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense
of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought under this Underwriting Agreement (whether or not the indemnified
parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or
proceeding.
(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph
(a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company, the Selling
Shareholders, severally but not jointly, and the Underwriters severally but not
jointly agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which the
Company, the Selling Shareholders and one or more of the Underwriters may be
subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and by the
Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided,
however, that in no case shall (i) any Underwriter (except as may be provided in
any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be
responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission
applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter under this
Underwriting Agreement. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders, severally and not jointly and severally, and the Underwriters
severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be deemed to be equal to the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by them, and
benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover
page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
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state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company or the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the
intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or
any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
paragraph (e), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of
this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have
signed the Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this
paragraph (e).
9. Default by a Underwriter. If any one or more
Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to
be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters under this Underwriting
Agreement and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the
performance of its or their obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, the
remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in
the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite
their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set
forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which
the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase;
provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities
which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase
shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I
hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but
shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if
such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this
Underwriting Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting
Underwriter, the Selling Shareholders or the Company. In the event of a default
by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be
postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the
Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the
Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Underwriting Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its
liability, if any, to the Company, the Selling Shareholders and any
nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default under this
Underwriting Agreement.
10. Termination. This Underwriting Agreement shall be
subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by
notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities,
if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company's ADSs shall have
been suspended by the Commission or the Nasdaq National Market or trading in
securities generally on the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or
limited or minimum prices shall have been established on the Nasdaq National
Market, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by U.S. Federal, New
York State, PRC or Cayman Islands
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authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declaration by the United States, the PRC or the Cayman Islands of
a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on
financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or
delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company or its officers, of each Selling Shareholder and of
the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement
will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Shareholder or the Company or any of
the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of
Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancelation of this
Underwriting Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications under this Underwriting
Agreement will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to such
General Counsel at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention: General Counsel; or, if sent to the Company,
will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (fax no.: (00 00) 0000 0000) and
confirmed to it at Hurray! Solutions Ltd., Room 000-000, Xxxxx Resources
Building, 8 Jianguomen Bei Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100005, China,
attention of the Legal Department; or if sent to any Selling Shareholder, will
be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to it at the address set forth
in Schedule II hereto.
13. Successors. This Underwriting Agreement will inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation under
this Underwriting Agreement.
14. Applicable Law. This Underwriting Agreement will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company
brought by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any
Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, arising out of or
based upon this Underwriting Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
may be instituted in any New York Court, and waives any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and
irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any
suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and each Selling Shareholder has
appointed CT Corporation System as its authorized agent (the "Authorized Agent")
upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or based upon this Underwriting Agreement or the transactions contemplated
herein which may be instituted in any New York Court, by any Underwriter, the
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directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person
who controls any Underwriter, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or
proceeding. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby represents
and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has
agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company agrees to
take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may
be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.
Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect,
effective service of process upon the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this
Underwriting Agreement may be instituted by any Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls
any Underwriter, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the Cayman Islands.
The provisions of this Section 15 shall survive any termination
of this Underwriting Agreement, in whole or in part.
16. Currency. Each reference in this Underwriting Agreement
to U.S. Dollars (the "relevant currency") is of the essence. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the obligations of each of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders in respect of any amount due under this Underwriting Agreement
will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a
judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the
relevant currency that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in
accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other
currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment. If the
amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls
short of the amount originally due, the Company or the Selling Shareholder
making such payment will pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency,
as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. Any obligation of any of
the Company or the Selling Shareholders not discharged by such payment will, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and
independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue
in full force and effect.
17. Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that any of the
Company or the Selling Shareholders has or hereafter may acquire any immunity
(sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from
jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service
or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its
property, each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby irrevocably
waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its
obligations under this Underwriting Agreement.
18. Counterparts. This Underwriting Agreement may be signed
in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all
of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
19. Headings. The section headings used in this Underwriting
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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20. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this
Underwriting Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"ADR Registration Statement" shall mean the registration
statement referred to in paragraph 1(i)(c) above, including all exhibits
thereto, each as amended at the time such part of the registration
statement became effective.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or
trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York
City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the
Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement became or become effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this
Underwriting Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Management Selling Shareholder" shall mean each of the
individuals named in Section 1(ii)(a) hereto.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or other), earnings, prospects of earnings,
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business.
"New York Courts" shall mean the U.S. Federal or State courts
located in the State of New York, County of New York.
"Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus
with respect to the offering of the Securities, referred to in paragraph
1(i)(a) above and any preliminary prospectus with respect to the
offering of the Securities included in the Registration Statement at the
Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus relating to the
Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the
Execution Time or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required,
shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
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"Preference Shares" shall mean shares of the Company's Series A
Convertible Preference Shares, $0.001 par value.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
referred to in paragraph 1(i)(a) above, including exhibits and financial
statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at
the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective) and,
in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date,
shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be. Such term shall
include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at the
Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Representative" shall mean the addressee of this Underwriting
Agreement.
"Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules under
the Act.
"Rule 430A Information" shall mean information with respect to
the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the
Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred
to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof.
"Securities" shall mean the Underwritten Securities and the
Option Securities.
"Selling Shareholders" shall mean the persons named on Schedule
II to this Underwriting Agreement.
"Shares" shall mean the Underwritten Shares and Option Shares.
"Underlying Shares" shall mean the Shares that will be
represented by the ADSs.
"Underwriter" and "Underwriters" shall mean the Underwriters.
"United States or Canadian Person" shall mean any person who is
a national or resident of the United States or Canada, any corporation,
partnership, or other entity created or organized in or under the laws
of the United States or Canada or of any political subdivision thereof,
or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States
or Canadian Federal income taxation, regardless of its source (other
than any non-United States or non-Canadian branch of any United States
or Canadian Person), and shall include any United States or Canadian
branch of a person other than a United States or Canadian Person. "U.S."
or "United States" shall mean the United States of America (including
the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"Underwriting Agreement" shall mean this agreement relating to
the sale of the Securities by the Company and the Selling Shareholders
to the Underwriters.
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"Underwriters" shall mean the several underwriters named in
Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon
this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company, the Selling Shareholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
HURRAY! HOLDING CO., LTD.,
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR Selling
ShareholderS,
--------------------------------
Name:
As Attorney-in-Fact
acting on behalf of
each of the Selling
Shareholders named
in Schedule II to
this Agreement
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:
----------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
For itself and the other
several Underwriters named in
Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement.]
SCHEDULE I
Number of Underwritten
Securities to be
Underwriters Purchased
------------ ----------------------
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
---------
Total =========
SCHEDULE II
Number of Underwritten Maximum Number of Option
Selling Shareholders: Securities to be Sold Securities to be Sold
--------------------- --------------------- ------------------------
[name]
[address, fax no.]
[name]
[address, fax no.]
--------- ---------
Total
========= =========
]
If the Representative exercises the over-allotment option and acquires Option
Shares, then the following parties shall also be deemed "Selling Shareholders":
Number of Underwritten Maximum Number of Option
Selling Shareholders: Securities to be Sold Securities to be
--------------------- ---------------------- Sold
------------------------
Qindai Wang
[address, fax no.].........
Xxxxx Xxx
[address, fax no.].........
SCHEDULE III
PRC Corporate Agreements
1. Agreement of Transfer of Shares of Beijing Enterprise Network Technology
Co., Ltd. between Hurray! Solutions Ltd., Qindai Wang, Yu Qin and Xxxxx
Xxxx dated April 8, 2004
2. Agreement of Transfer of Shares of Beijing Enterprise Mobile Technology
Co., Ltd. between Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. and Funway Investment
Holdings, Ltd. dated April 8, 2004
3. Agreement of Transfer of Shares of Beijing Enterprise Mobile Technology
Co., Ltd. between Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. and Nihon-Enterprise Mobile,
Ltd. dated April 13, 2004
4. Agreement for Transfer of Entitlement to Dividends between Qindai Wang
and Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. dated August 15, 2003
5. Domain Name Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Solutions Ltd. and
Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
6. Domain Name License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
7. Software Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Solutions Ltd. and Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
8. Software License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
9. Trademark Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Solutions Ltd. and
Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
10. Trademark License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
11. Letter of Undertaking by Qindai Wang dated May 5, 2004
12. Authorization Agreement by Songzuo Xiang dated May 5, 2004
13. Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement between Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. and Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May
5, 2004
14. Operating Agreement among Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd.,
Hurray! Solutions Ltd., Qindai Wang and Songzuo Xiang dated May 5, 2004
15. Contract Related to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Hurray! Solutions Ltd. and Qindai Wang dated
May 5, 2004
16. Contract Related to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Hurray! Solutions Ltd. and Songzuo Xiang
dated May 5, 2004
17. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Qindai Wang and Hurray! Times
Communications (Beijing) Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
18. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Songzuo Xiang and Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
19. Letter of Undertaking by Qindai Wang dated May 5, 2004
20. Authorization Agreement by Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
21. Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement between Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Cool Young Information
Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
22. Operating Agreement among Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd.,
Beijing Cool Young Information Technology Co., Ltd., Qindai Wang and
Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
23. Contract Related to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Qindai Wang and Beijing Cool Young
Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
24. Contract Related to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Hurray! Solutions Ltd. and Beijing Cool Young
Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
25. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Qindai Wang dated May 5, 2004
26. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Hurray! Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
27. Domain Name Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Cool Young Information Technology Co., Ltd.
dated May 5, 2004
28. Domain Name License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Cool Young Information Technology Co., Ltd.
dated May 5, 2004
29. Software License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Cool Young Information Technology Co., Ltd.
dated May 5, 2004
30. Trademark License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Cool Young Information Technology Co., Ltd.
dated May 5, 2004
31. Domain Name Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
32. Domain Name License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
33. Software License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
34. Trademark License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
35. Authorization Agreements by each of Xxx Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx dated
October 1, 2004 and October 1, 2004, respectively
36. Authorization Agreement by Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co.,
Ltd. dated October 1, 2004
37. Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement between Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd.
dated May 5, 2004
38. Operating Agreement among Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd.,
Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd., Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co.,
Ltd., Xxx Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx dated October 1, 2004
39. Contracts Relating to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest
between Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd. and each
of Xxx Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx dated October 1, 2004 and October 1, 2004,
respectively
40. Contract Relating to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest between
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Beijing WVAS Solutions Ltd. and Beijing
Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. dated October 1, 2004
41. Equity Interests Pledge Agreements between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and each of Xxx Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx dated October 1,
2004 and October 1, 2004, respectively
42. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. dated
October 1, 2004
43. Domain Name Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5,
2004
44. Domain Name License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5,
2004
45. Software Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5,
2004
46. Software License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5,
2004
47. Software Technology Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Times
Communications (Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd.
dated May 5, 2004
48. Trademark License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5,
2004
49. Authorization Agreement by Xxxx Xxxxx dated October 1, 2004
50. Authorization Agreement by Xxxx Xxxxxxx dated October 1, 2004
51. Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement between Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Palmsky Technology Co.,
Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
52. Operating Agreement among Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd.,
Beijing Palmsky Technology Co., Ltd., Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx dated
October 1, 2004
53. Contract Relating to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Xxxx Xxxxx and Beijing Palmsky Technology
Co., Ltd. dated October 1, 2004
54. Contract Relating to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Beijing Palmsky Technology
Co., Ltd. dated October 1, 2004
55. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Xxxx Xxxxx dated October 1, 2004
56. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Xxxx Xxxxxxx dated October 1, 2004
57. Domain Name Assignment Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. dated
May 5, 2004
58. Domain Name License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. dated
May 5, 2004
59. Software License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. dated
May 5, 2004
60. Trademark License Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. dated
May 5, 2004
61. Authorization Agreement by Xxx Xxx dated August 15, 2004
62. Authorization Agreement by Xxxx Xxxxxxxx dated August 15, 2004
63. Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement between Hurray!
Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. and Beijing Enterprise Network
Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 5, 2004
64. Operating Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd.,
Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd., Xxx Xxx and Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx dated August 15, 2004
65. Contract Relating to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and Beijing Enterprise Network
Technology Co., Ltd. dated August 15, 2004
66. Contract Relating to Exclusive Purchase Right of Equity Interest among
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., Xxx Xxx and Beijing Enterprise Network
Technology Co., Ltd. dated August 15, 2004
67. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Xxx Xxx dated August 15, 2004
68. Equity Interests Pledge Agreement between Hurray! Times Communications
(Beijing) Ltd. and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx dated August 15, 2004
69. Agreement on Transfer of Shares of Beijing Enterprise Network Technology
Co., Ltd. between Xxx Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and Hurray! Solutions Ltd.
and Wang Qindai dated July 19, 2004
70. Supplemental Agreement to Agreement on Transfer of Shares of Beijing
Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd. among Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.,
Qindai Wang, Yu Qin and Xxxxx Xxxx dated November 4, 2004
71. Supplemental Agreement to Agreement on Transfer of Shares of Beijing
Enterprise Mobile Technology Co., Ltd. among Hurray! Holdings Co., Ltd.,
Funway Investment Holdings Ltd. and I-mode Technology Ltd. dated
November 4, 2004
72. Loan agreement between Beijing Enterprise Network Technology Co., Ltd.
and Yu Qin dated November 4, 2004
73. Loan agreement between WVAS Solutions Ltd. and Yu Qin dated November 4,
2004
[Form of Lock-Up Agreement] EXHIBIT A
[Letterhead of officer, director or major stockholder of
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.]
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
Public Offering of Ordinary Shares
., 2004
Citigroup Global Markets Limited and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
[c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.]
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the
proposed Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between Hurray!
Holding Co., Ltd., a corporation (the "Company"), and each of you as
representatives of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an
underwritten public offering of o Ordinary Shares, US$o par value per share, of
the Company, represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs").
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into
the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written
consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge
or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or
might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual
disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or
otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person
in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly
or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease
a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any
Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or publicly announce an intention to
effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the
Underwriting Agreement, other than (a) shares of Ordinary Shares or ADSs
disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and (b)
Ordinary Shares in the form of ADSs sold to the Underwriters pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement. The 180-day restricted period described above is subject
to extension such that, in the event that either (i) 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 (ii) 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 period, the "lock-up" restrictions described above will,
unless otherwise waived in writing by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on behalf of
the Underwriters, 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.
Any Ordinary Shares or ADSs acquired by the undersigned in the
open market will not be subject to this agreement.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated
prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the
agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly,
[Signature of officer, director
or major stockholder]
[Name and address of officer,
director or major stockholder]
ANNEX A
Material Subsidiaries
1. Hurray Technologies (HK) Ltd.
2. Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd.
3. Beijing Enterprise Mobile Technology Co., Ltd.
