UNITED STATES

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

 

(Rule 13d-101)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO § 240.13d-2(a)

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 8)*

 

CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

(Name of Issuer)

 

American Depositary Shares, each representing 0.125 Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

22943F100

(CUSIP Number)

 

Peter Millones

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

The Priceline Group Inc.

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(203) 299-8000

 

with a copy to:

 

Brian E. Hamilton, Esq.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004-2498

212-558-4000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

September 12, 2016

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

 

Note.  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 


 


 

CUSIP No.   22943F100

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V.

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
The Netherlands

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
46,403,522*

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
46,403,522*

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
46,403,522*

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
8.89%**

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO

 


*      Includes the 21,088,600 ADSs purchased by Purchaser pursuant to the Priceline Purchase Right, the 67,994 Ordinary Shares purchased by Priceline pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and the 24,770,970 ADSs issuable upon conversion of the 2016 Convertible Note, the 2015 II Convertible Note, the 2015 Convertible Note and the Convertible Note, as described herein. See Item 5.

 

**   Based on 65,300,691.25 outstanding Ordinary Shares, after giving effect to the transactions described in Item 4. See Item 5.

 

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CUSIP No.   22943F100

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
The Priceline Group Inc.

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
46,403,522*

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
46,403,522*

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
46,403,522*

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
8.89**

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO

 


*      Includes the 21,088,600 ADSs purchased by Purchaser pursuant to the Priceline Purchase Right, the 67,994 Ordinary Shares purchased by Priceline pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and the 24,770,970 ADSs issuable upon conversion of the 2016 Convertible Note, the 2015 II Convertible Note, the 2015 Convertible Note and the Convertible Note, as described herein. See Item 5.

 

**   Based on 65,300,691.25 outstanding Ordinary Shares, after giving effect to the transactions described in Item 4. See Item 5.

 

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This Amendment No. 8 (this “Amendment No. 8”) amends that certain statement on Schedule 13D filed by The Priceline Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Priceline”), and Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V., a Netherlands company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Priceline (“Purchaser,” and together with Priceline, the “Reporting Persons”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 29, 2014 (the “Original 13D”), as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to the Original 13D filed with the SEC on October 10, 2014,  Amendment No. 2 to the Original 13D filed with the SEC on October 20, 2014,  Amendment No. 3 to the Original 13D filed with the SEC on November 5, 2014, Amendment No. 4 to the Original 13D filed with the SEC on May 29, 2015, Amendment No. 5 to the original 13D filed with the SEC on September 15, 2015, Amendment No. 6 to the original 13D filed with the SEC on October 15, 2015 and Amendment No. 7 to the original 13D filed with the SEC on December 14, 2015 (each such amendment, together with the Original 13D, the “Schedule 13D”), relating to the American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing 0.125 ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”). Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 8 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original 13D or such amendments, as applicable.

 

Item 3.                                                         Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraphs:

 

Purchaser and the Issuer entered into a Convertible Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September 6, 2016 (the “2016 Purchase Agreement”), attached hereto as Exhibit 1, pursuant to which Purchaser subscribed for and purchased and the Issuer issued, sold and delivered on September 12, 2016, a convertible note (the “2016 Convertible Note”), the form of which is attached to the 2016 Purchase Agreement as Exhibit A, having an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000.00.  The $25,000,000.00 purchase price paid for the 2016 Convertible Note pursuant to the 2016 Purchase Agreement was funded from the general working capital of the Purchaser.

 

Purchaser and the Issuer entered into a Subscription Agreement dated as of September 6, 2016 (the “Subscription Agreement”) attached hereto as Exhibit 2, pursuant to which Purchaser agreed to purchase from the Issuer 67,994 Ordinary Shares for a purchase price of $25,000,000.00 (the “Purchased Shares”), which shares were issued and delivered on September 12, 2016.  The $25,000,000.00 purchase price paid pursuant to the Subscription Agreement was funded from the general working capital of the Purchaser.

 

The descriptions of the 2016 Purchase Agreement, the 2016 Convertible Note and the Subscription Agreement included in this Amendment No. 8 in each case do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the 2016 Purchase Agreement (including the 2016 Convertible Note), which is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto and which is incorporated herein by reference, and the Subscription Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2 hereto and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.                                                         Purpose of Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraphs:

 

2016 Purchase Agreement. Purchaser and the Issuer made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants to each other in the 2016 Purchase Agreement. The 2016 Convertible Note was issued pursuant to a private placement transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

2016 Convertible Note. Pursuant to the terms of the 2016 Convertible Note, at any time or times on or after the issuance date until the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date of September 15, 2022, Purchaser or any transferee of the 2016 Convertible Note is entitled to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is at least $10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder) of the 2016 Convertible Note into ADSs of the Issuer. The number of ADSs issuable upon conversion will equal the principal amount being converted divided by the then applicable conversion price (the “2016 Conversion Price”). The initial 2016 Conversion Price is $65.49 per ADS, representing an initial conversion rate of 15.2688 ADSs per $1,000 principal amount of the 2016 Convertible Note, and is subject to certain adjustments for certain events as specified in the 2016 Convertible Note, including, among other things, the occurrence of a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the 2016 Convertible Note).  In addition, on September 15, 2019, Purchaser or any transferee of the 2016 Convertible Note has the one-time right, at its option, to require the Issuer to repurchase for cash all or any portion of the 2016 Convertible Note that is equal to at least $10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, which repurchase will be effective ten business days after the

 

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exercise of such right.  Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the 2016 Convertible Note), Purchaser or any transferee of the 2016 Convertible Note has the right, at its option, to require the Issuer to repurchase for cash all or any portion of the 2016 Convertible Note that is equal to at least $10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held thereby at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The principal amount outstanding under the 2016 Convertible Note bears interest at a rate of 1.25% per annum until maturity or such earlier or later time as the principal becomes due and payable thereunder.  In addition, upon the occurrence of a change in tax law (as defined in the 2016 Convertible Note), and subject to certain conditions, the Issuer has the right, at its option, to redeem all but not part of, the 2016 Convertible Note, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and including any applicable additional amount (as defined in the 2016 Convertible Note); provided, however, that the Holder may elect not to participate in such redemption but in doing so would no longer be entitled to receive certain payments from the Issuer in respect of taxes.

 

Subscription Agreement. Purchaser and the Issuer made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants to each other in the 2016 Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, Purchaser has agreed, for a period commencing on September 12, 2016 and ending six months after September 12, 2016, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Purchased Shares on the open market.  The Purchased Shares were issued pursuant to a private placement transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in reliance on Regulation S or Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

The descriptions of the 2016 Purchase Agreement, the 2016 Convertible Note and the Subscription Agreement, in each case, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the 2016 Purchase Agreement (including the 2016 Convertible Note), which is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto and which is incorporated herein by reference, and the Subscription Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2 hereto and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.                                                         Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a), (b) The second and third sentences of the first paragraph of Items 5(a) and (b) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

The calculation of percentage of beneficial ownership of outstanding Ordinary Shares in this Item 5(a) and (b) and elsewhere in this Schedule 13D assumes there are 62,204,320 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this Schedule 13D. This figure is based on information set forth in the 2016 Purchase Agreement and the Subscription Agreement, in which the Issuer represented that there were 58,301,850 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2016, and on information set forth in the Issuer’s Prospectus Supplement dated September 7, 2016, which states that 28,500,000 ADSs (representing 3,562,500 Ordinary Shares) were issued on September 7, 2016 and that 271,926 Ordinary Shares were issued on September 12, 2016, pursuant to a private placement to a third party.  In addition, as required under Rule 13d-3(d) of the Exchange Act, all ADSs issuable upon conversion of the 2016 Convertible Note, the 2015 II Convertible Note, the 2015 Convertible Note and the Convertible Note (together, the “Convertible Notes”) were added to the 62,204,320 Ordinary Shares referred to above (after multiplying such number of ADSs by 0.125, the number of Ordinary Shares represented by each ADS) for purposes of calculating the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, resulting in a total of 65,300,691.25 outstanding Ordinary Shares for purposes of calculating the percentage of beneficial ownership in this Item 5(a) and (b) and elsewhere in this Schedule 13D.

 

(a), (b) The first sentence of the second paragraph of Items 5(a) and (b) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

Each of the Reporting Persons beneficially owns or may be deemed to beneficially own, as the case may be, 46,403,522 ADSs, including the 21,088,600 ADSs purchased by Purchaser pursuant to the Priceline Purchase Right, the 67,994 Ordinary Shares purchased by Priceline pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and the 24,770,970 ADSs issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, representing 5,800,440.25 Ordinary Shares or approximately 8.89% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

Item 7.                                                         Materials to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1:                                           Convertible Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2016, by and between the Issuer and Purchaser.

 

Exhibit 2:                                           Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2016, by and between the Issuer and the Purchaser.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: September 19, 2016

 

 

THE PRICELINE GROUP INC.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Peter J. Millones

 

Name:

Peter J. Millones

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRICELINE GROUP TREASURY COMPANY B.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Daniel J. Finnegan

 

Name:

Daniel J. Finnegan

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 1

 

Execution Version

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

 

and

 

PRICELINE GROUP TREASURY COMPANY B.V.

 

Dated as of September 6, 2016

 

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I Definitions and Interpretation

 

1

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1

Definitions

 

1

Section 1.2

Interpretation and Rules of Construction

 

5

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTE

 

6

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1

Sale and Issuance of Note

 

6

Section 2.2

Closing

 

6

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

6

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

6

Section 3.2

Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser

 

12

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV MISCELLANEOUS

 

14

 

 

 

Section 4.1

No Third Party Beneficiaries

 

14

Section 4.3

Counterparts

 

15

Section 4.4

Notices

 

15

Section 4.5

Fees and Expenses

 

16

Section 4.6

Entire Agreement

 

16

Section 4.7

Amendment

 

17

Section 4.8

Waiver and Extension

 

17

Section 4.9

Severability

 

17

Section 4.11

Waiver of Jury Trial

 

18

Section 4.12

Further Assurances

 

18

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

COVERED SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

 

 

 

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THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of September 6, 2016, by and between:

 

(1)                                 Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”); and

 

(2)                                 Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V., a Netherlands company (the “Purchaser”) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Priceline Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue, sell and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, the Note (as defined below) pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser desire to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.1                                    Definitions.  As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

ADS” means an American depositary share, representing 0.125 of an Ordinary Share of the Company as of the date hereof.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, individually or together with any other Person, of the power to direct or to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement and the Note, each of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall be Affiliates of the Company.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 



 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the Cayman Islands, the State of New York, Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong are required by Law to be closed.

 

CB Portion of the Combined Offering” means certain Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of convertible senior notes due 2022, which is part of the Combined Offering.

 

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 2.2(a).

 

Combined Offering” means, concurrently, an SEC-registered offering of ADSs and a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of convertible senior notes due 2022.

 

Company” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereto.

 

Company Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 3.1(h)(ii).

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any event, development, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, results of operations, assets or liabilities of the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no changes, events, circumstances or developments attributable to or resulting from any of the following shall be deemed to be, or taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) changes, events, circumstances or developments in or affecting general economic conditions or the securities, credit or financial markets in general (including interest rates and exchange rates), (ii) changes, events, circumstances or developments generally affecting the industries in which any of the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries operate, (iii) changes or developments in GAAP, other applicable accounting rules or applicable Law, or the enforcement or interpretation thereof, or changes or developments in political, regulatory or legislative conditions, (iv) changes, events, circumstances or developments resulting from any weather-related or other force majeure event or natural disaster (including hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami or volcano eruption) or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of war (whether or not declared) or terrorism, (v) any failure by the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or analysts’ expectations in respect of revenues, cash flow, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period or (vi) any changes in the market price or trading volume of Ordinary Shares or ADSs or in the Company’s credit rating; provided, however, that (x) the underlying cause(s) of such change or failure shall not be excluded in the case of clauses (v) and (vi) (unless otherwise excepted under the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv)) and (y) any changes, events, circumstances or developments referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall not be excluded to the extent the same disproportionately affect (individually or together with other changes, events, circumstances or developments) the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated

 

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Persons operating in the same principal industries in which the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries operate.

 

Company SEC Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 3.1(h)(i).

 

Covered Subsidiaries” means the entities set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 3.1(f)(ii).

 

Governmental Authority” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local, municipal or other government, any governmental, quasi-governmental, supranational, regulatory or administrative authority (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, organization, unit or body, political subdivision, and any court or other tribunal) or any self-regulatory organization (including NASDAQ) with competent jurisdiction.

 

Governmental Order” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

 

Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Intellectual Property” means all (i) trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks, collective marks, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, trade names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, including all renewals of same; (ii) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents and applications therefor, including provisional applications, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, reexaminations and reissues; (iii) confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists; (iv) published and unpublished works of authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including, without limitation, databases and other compilations of information), copyrights therein and thereto, and registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; and (v) other intellectual property or proprietary rights.

 

Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, judgment, writ, injunction, decree or requirement of law (including common law) enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by a Governmental Authority.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, easement, covenant, restriction, reservation, defect in title, encroachment or

 

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other encumbrance, lien (choate or inchoate), charge, equity, or other restriction or limitation, whether arising by contract or under Law.

 

NASDAQ” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

Note” means the convertible note issued to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1 below, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Ordinary Shares” means ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.01 per ordinary share.

 

Parent” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 3.1(f)(iii).

 

Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a Governmental Authority.

 

Proceeding” means any action, suit, claim, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative or appellate proceeding), hearing, investigation or public inquiry commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any arbitrator, arbitration panel, court or other Governmental Authority.

 

Purchase Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 2.1.

 

Purchaser” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Purchaser Material Adverse Effect” means any event, development, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the authority or ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 3.1(h)(i).

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” shall have the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 3.2(f).

 

Subsidiary” means, as of the relevant date of determination, with respect to any Person (the “subject entity”), (i) any Person (x) more than fifty percent (50%) of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than fifty percent (50%) interest in the profits or capital of such Person are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one (1) or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any Person, including for the avoidance of doubt any “variable interest entity,” whose financial statements, or

 

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portions thereof, are or are intended to be consolidated with the financial statements of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP or (iii) any Person with respect to which the subject entity has the sole power to control or otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the date of this Agreement, none of eLong, Inc. and its respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be considered a Subsidiary of the Company under this Agreement.

 

Section 1.2                                    Interpretation and Rules of Construction.  In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or that the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                                 The words “party” and “parties” shall be construed to mean a party or the parties to this Agreement, and any reference to a party to this Agreement or any other agreement or document contemplated hereby shall include such party’s successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)                                 When a reference is made in this Agreement to a section or clause, such reference is to a section or clause of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(e)                                  The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

 

(f)                                   All terms defined in this Agreement have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein.

 

(g)                                  The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.

 

(h)                                 The use of “or” is not intended to be exclusive unless expressly indicated otherwise.

 

(i)                                     The term “US$” means United States Dollars.

 

(j)                                    The term “days” shall refer to calendar days.

 

(k)                                 The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”

 

(l)                                     A reference to any legislation or to any provision of any legislation shall include any modification, amendment, re-enactment thereof, any legislative provision

 

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substituted therefor and all rules, regulations and statutory instruments issued or related to such legislation.

 

(m)                             References herein to any gender include the other gender.

 

(n)                                 The parties hereto have each participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and if any ambiguity or question of interpretation should arise, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or burdening either party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions in this Agreement or any interim drafts thereof.

 

ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTE

 

Section 2.1                                    Sale and Issuance of Note.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Note with a principal value of US$25 million to the Purchaser, and, in exchange, the Purchaser agrees to subscribe for and purchase the Note from the Company for an aggregate price of US$25 million (being 100% of the face value thereof) (the “Purchase Price”). The Company and the Purchaser agree that the terms and conditions of the Note shall be substantially similar to the terms and conditions of the CB Portion of the Combined Offering.

 

Section 2.2                                    Closing.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the completion of the CB Portion of the Combined Offering, the consummation of the transactions described in Section 2.1 (the “Closing”) shall occur on the date of completion of the Combined Offering, or such other time as the parties hereto shall mutually agree in writing. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser (i) the Note dated the date of the Closing and registered in the name of the Purchaser and (ii) an opinion of Cayman Islands counsel to the Company dated the date of the Closing and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, together against payment by the Purchaser to the Company or to its order of the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds within forty-eight (48) hours of the Closing to such account as designated by the Company in writing. Performance by each party under this Section 2.2 shall be tendered against performance by the other party of such other party’s obligations under this Section 2.2.

 

(b)                                 The Closing shall take place at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, or at such other place as the parties hereto shall mutually agree in writing.

 

ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 3.1                                    Representations and Warranties of the Company.  In connection with the transactions provided for herein, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:

 

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(a)                                 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.  The Company is an exempted company, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is applicable) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Note by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Each of this Agreement and the Note has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser and Parent, as the case may be, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity, and by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Law affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no approval by the shareholders of the Company is required in connection with this Agreement and the Note, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(c)                                  Valid Issuance of the Note.  The Note has been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale to the Purchaser by the Company, and when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Note will be a legally binding and valid obligation of the Company and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity, and by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Law affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally.

 

(d)                                 No Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Note does not and will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any provision of the memorandum and articles of association (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject to the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser in Section 3.2, conflict with or violate any Law or Governmental Order applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the assets, properties or businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) conflict with, result in any breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, require any consent under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration, suspension, revocation or cancellation of, any note, bond, mortgage or indenture, contract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or result in the creation of any Liens upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of

 

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its Subsidiaries, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, any such conflict, violation, default, termination, amendment, acceleration, suspension, revocation or cancellation that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)                                  Governmental Consents and Approvals.  Subject to the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser in Section 3.2, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Note does not and will not require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, action by, filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority.

 

(f)                                   Compliance with Applicable Laws; Permits.

 

(i)                                     Each of the Company and each of its Covered Subsidiaries (A) is, and has at all times since December 31, 2015 through the date hereof been, in compliance with applicable Laws and (B) to the knowledge of the Company, since December 31, 2015 through the date hereof, has not received notice from any Governmental Authority alleging that the Company or any of its Covered Subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable Law, except, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), for such non-compliance and violations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, no investigation or review by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Company or any of its Covered Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, has any Governmental Authority indicated an intention to conduct the same.

 

(ii)                                  Except in each case as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of the Covered Subsidiaries nor any of the Company’s or the Covered Subsidiaries’ directors, officers, agents, employees or Affiliates, in their capacity as a director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries has taken any action that would result in a violation by such Persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”) and any other applicable anti-corruption Laws to which they may be subject, (B) the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and any other applicable anti-corruption Laws to which they may be subject and (C) the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

(iii)                               Except in each case as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and its Covered Subsidiaries have, and at all times since December 31, 2015 have had and have been in compliance with, all licenses, permits,

 

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qualifications, accreditations, approvals, registrations, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders of any Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Permits”), and have made all necessary filings required under applicable Laws, necessary to conduct the business of the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries, (B) since December 31, 2015 through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of the Covered Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any violation of or failure to comply with any Permit or any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or material modification of any Permit and (C) each such Permit has been validly issued or obtained and is in full force and effect.

 

(g)                                  Capitalization; Covered Subsidiaries.

 

(i)                                     The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 175,000,000 Ordinary Shares, of which (A) 58,301,850 are issued and outstanding, (B) 3,373,354 are held in treasury and (C) 587,363 are issued and reserved for issuance in respect of outstanding options to acquire Ordinary Shares, in each case as of July 31, 2016. Except as set forth in this Section 3.1(g), the Company has no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations, the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the shareholders of the Company on any matter.

 

(ii)                                  As of July 31, 2016, 6,296,252 Ordinary Shares were issuable pursuant to the 4,921,201 options and 1,375,051 restricted share units issued and outstanding pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Share Incentive Plan and 2005 Employee’s Stock Option Plan. All outstanding Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of preemptive rights.

 

(iii)                               Except as set forth above in this Section 3.1(g) and Exhibit C to this Agreement, there are no outstanding (A) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (B) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or (C) preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, “phantom” stock rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the Company, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. The authorized capital stock of the Company is sufficient to accommodate any and all issuances of Ordinary Shares or ADSs upon conversion of the 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017, the 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018, the 1% Convertible Notes due 2019, the 1% Convertible Notes due 2020, the 1% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020, the 1.99% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, the 2% Convertible Notes due 2025, certain Rule 144A/Regulation S Convertible Senior Notes due 2022, to be concurrently issued by the Company on the date hereof and outstanding as of the Closing Date, and the Notes.

 

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(iv)                              Except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents and except Beijing JointWisdom Information Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as China Software Hotel Information System Co., Ltd.), whose shares are subject to statutory transfer restrictions under the PRC laws and regulations and relevant listing rules, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of the Covered Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and all such shares in the Covered Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or the like) are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of any Liens.

 

(v)                                 Other than the Covered Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1, there are no Subsidiaries that meet the definition of a “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

 

(h)                                 SEC Matters; Financial Statements.

 

(i)                                     The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all registration statements, proxy statements and other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC during the period since December 31, 2015 (the “Company SEC Documents”).  None of the Covered Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. As of their respective effective dates (in the case of the Company SEC Documents that are registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and as of their respective SEC filing dates (in the case of all other Company SEC Documents), or in each case, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment: (A) each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) applicable to the Company SEC Documents (as the case may be) and (B) none of the Company SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(ii)                                  The financial statements (including any related notes) contained in the Company SEC Documents (collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”): (A) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and (B) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby, except as disclosed therein and as permitted under the Exchange Act.

 

(iii)                               The Company has established and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting, including policies and procedures that (A) mandate

 

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the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the material transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (B) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the Board of Directors and (C) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company. There are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company have not been advised of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. Since December 31, 2015, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(iv)                              The “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e), as applicable, under the Exchange Act) of the Company are designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the management of the Company as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(v)                                 Neither the Company nor any of the Covered Subsidiaries is a party to, nor has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking (including any contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking relating to any transaction or relationship between or among one or more of the Company and/or any of its Covered Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand), or any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries in the Company’s or such Covered Subsidiary’s published financial statements or other Company SEC Documents.

 

(i)                                     Absence of Certain Changes.  Since December 31, 2015, (i) the Company and its Covered Subsidiaries have operated in the ordinary course of business in all material respects and (ii) there has not been a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)                                    No Undisclosed Liabilities.  Except as has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of the Covered Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of a type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP other than (i) liabilities or obligations disclosed and provided for in the Company Financial Statements or in the notes thereto, (ii) liabilities or obligations that have been incurred by the Company or the

 

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Covered Subsidiaries since December 31, 2015, in the ordinary course of business or (iii) liabilities or obligations arising under or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(k)                                 Litigation.

 

(i)                                     As of the date of this Agreement, there is no pending Proceeding, and, to the knowledge of the Company, since December 31, 2015 through the date hereof, no Person has threatened to commence any Proceeding: (i) against the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries or any director or officer thereof (in their capacity as such), in each case, as would have, if decided adversely, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that challenges, or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of making illegal, restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or preventing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(ii)                                  There is no Governmental Order in effect to which the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries is a party or subject which materially interferes with the business of the Company and the Covered Subsidiaries as currently conducted, taken as a whole.

 

(l)                                     Intellectual Property.  The Company owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the Intellectual Property, licenses, permits and other authorizations that are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except for failures to so own, or so possess the right to use, that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other Person, except for such infringements that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)                             Investment Company.  The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(n)                                 Offering.  Subject to the truth and accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations set forth in Section 3.2, the offer, sale and issuance of the Note are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the Note is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

 

(o)                                 No Additional Representations.  The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser makes no representations or warranties as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered by the Purchaser to the Company in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

 

Section 3.2                                    Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.  In connection with the transactions provided for herein, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

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(a)                                 Existence and Power.  The Purchaser is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Note, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(b)                                 Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Note by the Purchaser have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity, and by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Law affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no approval by its shareholders is required in connection with this Agreement and the Note, the performance by it of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, or the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(c)                                  Purchase Entirely for Own Account.  The Purchaser is acquiring the Note for investment for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. The Purchaser acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk of its investment in the Note, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Note.

 

(d)                                 No Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the Note does not and will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any provision of its memorandum and articles of association (or similar organizational documents), (ii) subject to the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1(n), conflict with or violate any Law or Governmental Order applicable to it or any of its assets, properties or businesses or (iii) conflict with, result in any breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, require any consent under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration, suspension, revocation or cancellation of, any note, bond, mortgage or indenture, contract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or arrangement to which it is a party or result in the creation of any Liens upon any of its properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, any such conflict, violation, default, termination, amendment, acceleration, suspension, revocation or cancellation that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)                                  Governmental Consents and Approvals.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the Note do not and will not require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, action by, filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority.

 

(f)                                   Legend.  The Purchaser understands that the certificate representing the Note will bear a legend to the following effect:

 

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“THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. HOLDERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.”

 

(g)                                  Private Placement.  The Purchaser understands that (a) the Note has not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities Laws, by reason of its issuance by the Company in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements thereof and (b) the Note may not be sold unless such disposition is registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or is exempt from registration thereunder. The Purchaser represents that it is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act).

 

(h)                                 No Additional Representations.  The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered by the Company to the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

 

ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1                                    No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 4.2                                    Governing Law; Selection of Forum; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process.

 

(a)                                 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.  The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Purchaser, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Note or the transactions contemplated herein or therein shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby (i) irrevocably consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties,

 

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assets and revenues, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Note or the transactions contemplated herein or therein brought in any such court, (iii) waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and (iv) subject to Section 4.2(b), agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 4.4.

 

(b)                                 The Company irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Service Inc. as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to Ctrip.com International Ltd., 99 Fu Quan Road, Shanghai 200335, People’s Republic of China, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect. If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for service of process, the Company shall forthwith appoint a new agent of recognized standing for service of process in the State of New York and deliver to the Purchaser a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within ten Business Days of such acceptance. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Purchaser to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company in any other court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any sovereign or other immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, the Company irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder or under the Note.

 

Section 4.3                                    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 4.4                                    Notices.  All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given, made or received (i) on the date of delivery if delivered in person, (ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt of transmission by facsimile or other form of electronic delivery (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) or (iii) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally recognized express courier service to the respective parties hereto at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 4.4):

 

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If to the Company, to:

 

Ctrip.com International, Ltd.
99 Fu Quan Road
Shanghai 200335, People’s Republic of China
Attention:
                                         Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile:                                         +86 21 5251 0000

 

with a copy to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark
15 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Attention:
                                         Z. Julie Gao, Esq./Haiping Li, Esq.
Facsimile:                                         +852 3740 4727

 

If to the Purchaser, to:

 

Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V.
c/o The Priceline Group Inc.
800 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, CT  06854
USA
Attention:                                         General Counsel
Facsimile:                                         +1-203-299-8915

 

with a copy to:

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York  10004
USA
Attention:
                                         Brian E. Hamilton
Facsimile:                                         +1-212-558-3588

 

Section 4.5                                    Fees and Expenses.  Each party hereto shall pay all of its own fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4.6                                    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Note and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties and/or their Subsidiaries and Affiliates with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.7                                    Amendment.  Any provision of this Agreement may be amended if, but only if, such amendment is in writing and is duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

 

Section 4.8                                    Waiver and Extension.  Any party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered by the other party pursuant hereto or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other party or conditions to such party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party to be bound thereby. No waiver of any representation, warranty, agreement, condition or obligation granted pursuant to this Section 4.8 or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach of such representation, warranty, agreement, condition or obligation or any other representation, warranty, agreement, condition or obligation and no waiver of any condition granted pursuant to this Section 4.8 or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant to which such condition relates. The failure of any party hereto to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

Section 4.9                                    Severability.  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any applicable Law or any Governmental Order, such term or other provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either party hereto. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Company and the Purchaser shall negotiate together in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of both the Company and the Purchaser as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 4.10                             Public Disclosure.  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Purchaser and the Company shall consult with the other and issue a joint press release with respect to the execution of this Agreement, the Note and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Thereafter, neither the Company nor the Purchaser, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, shall issue any press release or other public announcement or communication (to the extent not previously publicly disclosed or made in accordance with this Agreement) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby without the prior written consent of the other party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except to the extent a party’s counsel deems such disclosure necessary in order to comply with any Law or the regulations or policies of any securities exchange or other similar regulatory body (in which case the disclosing party shall give the other parties notice as promptly as is reasonably practicable of any required disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable Law), shall limit such disclosure to the information such counsel advises is required to comply with such Law or regulations, and if reasonably practicable, shall consult with the other party regarding such disclosure and give good faith consideration to any suggested changes to such

 

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disclosure from the other party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.10, each of the Purchaser, Parent and the Company may make public statements in response to specific questions by the press, analysts, investors or those attending industry conferences or financial analyst conference calls, so long as any such statements are not materially inconsistent with previous press releases, public disclosures or public statements made jointly by Parent and the Company and do not reveal material, non-public information regarding the other parties or the transactions contemplated this Agreement.

 

Section 4.11                             Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE PURCHASER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

Section 4.12                             Further Assurances.  From time to time, each party hereto shall execute and deliver to the other party hereto such additional documents and shall provide such additional information to such other party as such other party may reasonably require to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the Note.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Xiaofan Wang

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Xiaofan Wang

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

PRICELINE GROUP TREASURY COMPANY B.V.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel J. Finnegan

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Daniel J. Finnegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity:

Director

 

[Signature Page to Note Purchase Agreement]

 



 

SCHEDULE 1
COVERED SUBSIDIARIES

 

Subsidiaries

 

C-Travel International Limited, a Cayman Islands company

Beijing JointWisdom Information Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly China Software Hotel Information System Co., Ltd.), a PRC company

Ctrip.com (Hong Kong) Limited, a Hong Kong company

Ctrip Computer Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Ctrip Travel Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Ctrip Travel Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Ctrip Information Technology (Nantong) Co., Ltd., a PRC company

ezTravel Co., Ltd., a Taiwan company

HKWOT (BVI) Limited, a BVI company

 

Affiliated Entities

 

Beijing Ctrip International Travel Agency Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Chengdu Ctrip International Travel Service Co., Ltd, a PRC company

Chengdu Ctrip Travel Service Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Ctrip Insurance Agency Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Guangzhou Ctrip Travel Agency Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Shanghai Ctrip Commerce Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Shanghai Ctrip International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. (formerly Shanghai Ctrip Charming International Travel Agency Co., Ltd.), a PRC company

Shanghai Huacheng Southwest International Travel Agency Co., Ltd (formerly Shanghai Huacheng Southwest Travel Agency Co., Ltd.), a PRC company

Shenzhen Ctrip Travel Agency Co., Ltd., a PRC company

Beijing Qu Na Information Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC company

 



 

EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 



 

EXECUTION VERSION CONVERTIBLE NOTE THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. HOLDERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. CONVERTIBLE NOTE US$25,000,000 September 12, 2016 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Convertible Note (the “Note”), for good and valuable consideration received, Ctrip.com International, Ltd., an exempted limited liability company under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V., a Netherlands company and an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of The Priceline Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (such party and any transferee, the “Holder”), the principal amount of US$25,000,000, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the rate provided below, on September 15, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”), or such earlier or later date as may be otherwise provided herein, unless the outstanding principal, together with accrued interest, is settled in accordance with ARTICLE 3 of the Note. The Note is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement, dated September 6, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Holder, and is subject to the provisions thereof. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder of the Note and the terms and conditions to which the Note is subject, and to which the Holder hereof, by the acceptance of the Note, agrees: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS “Additional ADSs”shall have the meaning ascribed to such termin Section 4.1(a). “Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.4(a). “ADS” means an American depositary share, representing 0.125 of an Ordinary Share of the Company as of the date of this Note. 1

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“ADS Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c). “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder. “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the Cayman Islands, the State of New York or the cities of Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong are required by Law to be closed. “Capital Stock” means for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity. “Change in Tax Law” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 11.1. “Clause A Distribution” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c). “Clause B Distribution” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c). “Clause C Distribution” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c). “close of business” means 5:00 P.M., New York City time. “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. “Common Equity” of any Person means ordinary share capital or common stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person. “Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble. “Conversion Agent” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Indenture. “Conversion Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3. “Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3. “Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2. 2

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“Defaulted Amounts” means any amounts on this Note (including, without limitation, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, principal and interest) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for. “Distributed Property” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c). “Effective Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c). “Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4. “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. “Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date on which the Ordinary Shares, ADSs representing Ordinary Shares (or other applicable security) trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Ordinary Shares, ADSs representing Ordinary Shares (or other applicable security) on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market. “Expiring Rights” means any rights, options or warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares or ADSs that expire on or prior to the Maturity Date. “FATCA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.4(a)(i)(D). “Fractional ADSs” means ADSs that would represent a fractional ordinary share. “Fundamental Change” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Indenture. “Fundamental Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.3. “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.1. “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.2(a). “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.1. “Governmental Authority” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local, municipal or other government, any governmental, quasi-governmental, supranational, regulatory or administrative authority (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality,organization, unit or body, political 3

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subdivision, and any court or other tribunal) or any self-regulatory organization (including NASDAQ) with competent jurisdiction. “Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble. “Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of September 12, 2016 between the Company and the Trustee, as the provisions thereof exist on the date of this Note. “Interest Payment Date” means March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2017. “Last Reported Sale Price” of the ADSs on any date means the closing sale price per ADS (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the NASDAQ (or the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the ADSs are traded). If the ADSs are not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the last quoted bid price for the ADSs in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the ADSs are not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the average of the midpoint of the last bid and ask prices for the ADSs on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose. “Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, judgment, writ, injunction, decree or requirement of law (including common law) enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by a Governmental Authority. “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Indenture. “Maturity Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble. “Merger Event” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3. “NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Global Select Market. “Note” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble. “open of business” means 9:00 A.M., New York City time. “Ordinary Shares” means ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.01 per ordinary share, at the date of this Note, subject to Section 4.3. “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a Governmental Authority. 4

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“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble. “Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or property or in which the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) (or such security) are exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or property, the date fixed for determination of security holders entitled to receive such other other other cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, statute, contract or otherwise). “Redemption Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 11.1. “Redemption Reference Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(h). “Redemption Reference Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(h). “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(h). “Reference Property” and “unit of Reference Property” have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 4.3. “Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, March 1 or September 1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable March 15 or September 15 Interest Payment Date, respectively. “Relevant Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.4(a). “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.4(a). “Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act. “Spin-Off” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c). “Subsidiary” means, as of the relevant date of determination, with respect to any Person (the “subject entity”), (i) any Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than fifty percent (50%) interest in the profits or capital of such Person are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one (1) or more subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any Person, including for the avoidance of doubt any “variable interest entity”, whose financial statements, or portions 5

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thereof, are or are intended to be consolidated with the financial statements of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, or (iii) any Person with respect to which the subject entity has the sole power to control or otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary or otherwise. “Trading Day” means a day on which (i) trading in the ADSs (or other Company security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on the NASDAQ or, if the ADSs (or such other security) are not then listed on the NASDAQ, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the ADSs (or such other security) are then listed or, if the ADSs (or such other security) are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the ADSs (or such other security) are then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the ADSs (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the ADSs (or such other security) are not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business Day. “Trigger Event” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c). “Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon, a national banking association. “U.S.” means United States. “US$” or “$” means the United States dollar, the lawful currency of the United States of America. “Valuation Period”shall have the meaning ascribed to such termin Section 4.2(c). ARTICLE 2 INTEREST; PAYMENTS; DEFAULTS 2.1 Interest Rate. The principal amount outstanding under the Note shall bear interest at a rate of 1.25% per annum or the maximum rate permissible by Law, whichever is less, until maturity or such earlier or later time as the principal becomes due and payable hereunder. Interest on the Note shall accrue annually from September 12, 2016 or from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be payable semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. Accrued interest on the Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of actual days elapsed over a 30-day month. 2.2 Payment. All amounts payable on or in respect of the Note or the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be paid to the Holder in U.S. dollars, in immediately available funds on the date that any principal or interest payment is due and payable hereunder. The Company shall make such payments of the unpaid principal amount of the Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on each such date to the Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Holder as the Holder may designate from time to time and notify in writing to the Company at least three Business Days prior to each payment date. If any such payment date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required 6

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payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. 2.3 Seniority. The Note ranks senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Note, equal in right of payment to any of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company that are not so subordinated, junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness and structurally junior to all future indebtedness incurred by the Company’s Subsidiaries and their other liabilities (including trade payables). 2.4 Events of Default.For purposes of the Note, an “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following events occur, whatever the reason or cause for such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority or otherwise: (a) Failure to Pay Principal. The Company defaults in the payment of principal of the Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise; (b) Failure to Pay Interest. The Company defaults in the payment of interest when any such interest payment becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 calendar days; (c) Breach of Conversion Obligation. The Company fails to comply with its obligation to convert all or a portion of the Note in accordance with ARTICLE 3 upon Holder’s exercise of its conversion rights and such failure continues for a period of five Business Days; (d) Breach of Certain Notice Obligations. The Company fails for a period of five Business Days to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 6.3 or notice of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 4.1(a), in each case, when due; (e) under ARTICLE 8; Breach of ARTICLE 8. The Company fails to comply with its obligations (f) Breach of Other Obligations.The Company fails for 60 calendar days after written notice from the Holder has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Note; (g) Cross Default. Any default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of US$40 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (A) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being 7

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declared due and payable or (B) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise; (h) Adverse Judgment. A final judgment for the payment of US$40 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) is rendered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company, which judgment is not paid, bonded or otherwise discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced and (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished; (i) Bankruptcy. The Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or (j) Involuntary Proceedings. An involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days. 2.5 Consequences of Event of Default. (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly deliver written notice thereof to the Holder. If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 2.4(i) or Section 2.4(j) with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries), unless the principal of the Note shall have already become due and payable, the Holder may by notice in writing to the Company, declare 100% of the outstanding principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Note to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 2.4(i) or Section 2.4(j) with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, 100% of the outstanding principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Note shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any action on the part of the Holder. 8

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(b) Subsection (a) above, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the outstanding principal of the Note shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Holder a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and unpaid interest upon the Note and the outstanding principal of the Note that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable Law, and on such principal at the rate per annum borne by the Note plus one percent), and if (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) any and all existing Events of Default under the Note, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Note that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived, then and in every such case the Holder, by written notice to the Company, may waive all default or Events of Default with respect to the Note and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Note; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. 2.6 Defaulted Amounts. Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at 2.00%, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable Law, from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company to the Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.2. ARTICLE 3 CONVERSION 3.1 Conversion by Holder. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this ARTICLE 3, the Holder shall have the right from time to time, at the Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder) of the Note to the Company’s fully paid ADSs at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. 3.2 Conversion Price; Conversion Rate. Subject to adjustments as provided in ARTICLE 4, the initial conversion price shall be US$65.49 per ADS, representing an initial conversion rate of 15.2688 ADSs (the “Conversion Rate”) per US$1,000 principal amount of the Note. 3.3 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion. (a) Subject to Section 3.3(c), this Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Conversion Date”) that the Holder has delivered a duly completed irrevocable written notice to the Company (the “Conversion Notice”) and the Note for cancellation to the Company. Within three Business Days after the delivery of the Note and the Conversion Notice to the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 9

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above, the Company shall (i) take all actions and execute all documents necessary to effect the issuance of the full number of ADSs to which the Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of any conversion pursuant to Section 3.1, (ii) if required by applicable Law, deliver to the Holder certificate(s) representing the number of ADSs delivered upon each such conversion and (iii) subject to Section 3.3(c), cancel the Note. No Conversion Notice may be delivered and the Note may not be surrendered by a Holder for conversion thereof if the Holder has also delivered a Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to the Company in respect of the Note and not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with ARTICLE 6. (b) The Company shall not issue any Fractional ADS upon conversion of the Note and shall instead pay cash in lieu of any Fractional ADS deliverable upon conversion based on the Last Reported Sale Price of the ADSs on the relevant Conversion Date. (c) In the event the Holder surrenders this Note pursuant to Section 3.3(a) for partial conversion, the Company shall, in addition to cancelling the Note upon such surrender, execute and deliver to the Holder a new note denominated in U.S. dollars and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the Holder. (d) If the Holder submits the Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the delivery of the ADSs upon such conversion of the Note (or the issuance of the underlying Ordinary Shares), unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such ADSs (or such Ordinary Shares) to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Company shall pay the relevant depositary’s fees for issuance of the ADSs. (e) Upon any conversion, the Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as set forth below. The Company’s settlement of each conversion pursuant to this ARTICLE 3 shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note converted and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, such accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date, the Holder will receive the full amount of interest payable on the Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the pending conversion for so long as it remains a holder of the Note and there remains outstanding principal. The Note surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Note; provided that no such payment shall be required (1) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, (2) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (or, if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second Business Day immediately succeeding such Interest Payment Date); or (3) to the extent of any Defaulted Amounts, if any Defaulted Amounts exist at the time of conversion with respect to such Note. 10

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(f)Except as provided in Section 4.2, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any ADSs delivered upon any conversion of this Note as provided in this ARTICLE 3. ARTICLE 4 ADJUSTMENTS 4.1 Increased Conversion Rate Applicable in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Change. (a) If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date and the Holder elects to convert this Note in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate by a number of additional ADSs (the “Additional ADSs”) as described below. A conversion of this Note shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Conversion Notice is received by the Company from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the second Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof in the Indenture, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change). The Company shall provide written notice to the Holder of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change. (b)Upon surrender of this Note for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall cause to be delivered ADSs, including the Additional ADSs, in accordance with Section 3.3; provided, however, that if, at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change in the Indenture, the Reference Property following such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of the Note following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, such conversion shall be calculated based solely on the ADS Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per US$1,000 principal amount of the converted Note equal to the Conversion Rate (including any adjustment for Additional ADSs), multiplied by such ADS Price. (c) The number of Additional ADSs, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “ADS Price”) paid (or deemed to be paid) per ADS in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If the holders of the ADSs receive in exchange for their ADSs only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the ADS Price shall be the cash amount paid per ADS. Otherwise, the ADS Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. 11

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(d) The ADS Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Note is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted ADS Prices shall equal the ADS Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the ADS Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional ADSs set forth in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 4.2. (e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional ADSs to be received per US$1,000 principal amount of the Note pursuant to this Section 4.1 for each ADS Price and Effective Date set forth below: ADS price Effective Date $45.96 $50.00 $55.00 $65.49 $70.00 $75.00 $80.00 $100.00 $125.00 $150.00 $175.00 $200.00 6.4892 6.4892 6.4892 6.4892 6.4892 6.4892 6.4892 5.3524 5.3090 5.2024 4.7312 4.7312 4.7312 4.7312 4.2638 4.1600 3.9751 3.5458 3.3785 3.1235 2.9130 2.7381 2.5831 2.3601 2.0756 1.8129 1.3842 0.0000 2.2913 2.1329 1.9173 1.6646 1.3956 0.9666 0.0000 1.8948 1.7391 1.5380 1.3120 1.0500 0.6507 0.0000 1.5781 1.4293 1.2449 1.0411 0.7956 0.4421 0.0000 0.8037 0.6949 0.5728 0.4394 0.2842 0.1132 0.0000 0.3749 0.3084 0.2382 0.1651 0.0917 0.0311 0.0000 0.1797 0.1405 0.1011 0.0631 0.0303 0.0089 0.0000 0.0827 0.0603 0.0393 0.0207 0.0073 0.0008 0.0000 0.0328 0.0210 0.0111 0.0035 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 September 12, 2016 ········· September 15, 2017 ········· September 15, 2018 ········· September 15, 2019 ········· September 15, 2020 ········· September 15, 2021 ········· September 15, 2022 ········· The exact ADS Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case: (i) if the ADS Price is between two ADS Prices in the table above or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional ADSs shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional ADSs set forth for the higher and lower ADS Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year; (ii) if the ADS Price is greater than US$200 per ADS (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the ADS Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional ADSs shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and (iii) if the ADS Price is less than US$45.96 per ADS (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the ADS Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional ADSs shall be added to the Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 21.7580 ADSs, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.2. 12

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(f) Nothing in this Section 4.1 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.2. (g) Whenever any provision of this Note requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices or the ADS Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change over a span of multiple days, the Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments to each account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective pursuant to Section 4.2, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.2 where the Record Date, effective date or expiration date, as the case may be, of the event occurs, at any time during the period when such Last Reported Sale Prices or ADS Prices are to be calculated. (h)If the Holder elects to convert this Note in connection with the Company’s election to redeem the Note in respect of a Change in Tax Law pursuant to Article 11, the Conversion Rate shall be increased by a number of additional ADSs determined pursuant to this Section 4.1(h). The Company shall settle conversions of the Note as described in Section 3.3 and, for the avoidance of doubt, pay Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any such conversion. A conversion shall be deemed to be in connection with the Company’s election to redeem the Note in respect of a Change in Tax Law if such conversion occurs during the period from, and including, the date the Company provides the related notice of redemption to the Holder until the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price, such later date on which the Company pays the Redemption Price). Simultaneously with providing such notice of redemption, the Company shall publish a notice containing this information in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish the information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time. The number of additional ADSs by which the Conversion Rate will be increased in the event the Company elects to redeem the Note in respect of a Change in Tax Law will be determined by reference to the table in Section 4.1(e) above based on the Redemption Reference Date and the Redemption Reference Price (each as defined below), but determined for purposes of this Section 4.1(h) as if (x) the Holder had elected to convert its Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (y) the applicable “Redemption Reference Date” were the “Effective Date” as specified in Section 4.1(c) above and (z) the applicable “Redemption Reference Price” were the “ADS price” as specified in Section 4.1(c) above. For this purpose, the date on which the Company delivers notice of redemption is the “Redemption Reference Date” and the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs over the five Trading Day period immediately preceding the date the Company delivers such notice of redemption is the “Redemption Reference Price.” 4.2 Adjustment of Conversion Rate. If the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs is changed, after the date of this Note, for any reason other than one or more of the events described in this Section 4.2, the Company shall make an appropriate adjustment to the 13

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Conversion Rate such that the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs upon which any conversion of this Note is based remains the same. Notwithstanding the adjustment provisions described in this Section 4.2, if the Company distributes to holders of the Ordinary Shares any cash, rights, options, warrants, shares of capital stock or similar equity interest, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company (but excluding Expiring Rights) and a corresponding distribution is not made to holders of the ADSs, but, instead, the ADSs shall represent, in addition to Ordinary Shares, such cash, rights, options, warrants, shares of Capital Stock or similar equity interest, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, then an adjustment to the Conversion Rate described in this Section 4.2 shall not be made until and unless a corresponding distribution (if any) is made to holders of the ADSs, and such adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be based on the distribution made to the holders of the ADSs and not on the distribution made to the holders of the Ordinary Shares. However, in the event that the Company issues or distributes to all holders of the Ordinary Shares any Expiring Rights, notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall adjust the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.2(b) (in the case of Expiring Rights entitling holders of the Ordinary Shares for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares or ADSs) or Section 4.2(c) (in the case of all other Expiring Rights). For the avoidance of doubt, if any event described in this Section 4.2 results in a change to the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs, then such a change shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s obligation to effect the relevant adjustment to the Conversion Rate on account of such an event to the extent to which such change reflects what a corresponding change to the Conversion Rate would have been on account of such an event. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if the Holder participates (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Ordinary Shares and solely as a result of holding the Note, in any of the transactions described in this Section 4.2, without having to convert the Note, as if it held a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount of the Note held by the Holder. (a) If the Company exclusively issues Ordinary Shares as a dividend or distribution on the Ordinary Shares, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula: OS1 CR CR 1 0 OS 0 where, CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the close of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable; 14

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CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date or immediately after the close of business on such effective date, as applicable; the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the close of business on such effective date, as applicable; and the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. OS0 = OS1 = Any adjustment made under this Section 4.2(a) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the effective date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 4.2(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (b) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly in or in the form of ADSs) any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) at a price per Ordinary Share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Ordinary Shares or the ADSs, as the case may be (divided by, in the case of ADSs, the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS), for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula: OS0 X CR CR 1 0 OS0 Y where, CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs for such issuance; CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; OS0 = the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date; X = the total number of Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) deliverable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and Y = the number of Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by (ii) the quotient of (a) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs over the 10 15

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consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants, divided by (b) the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS. Any increase made under this Section 4.2(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs for such issuance. To the extent that Ordinary Shares or ADSs are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of Ordinary Shares actually delivered (directly or in the form of ADSs). If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such the Record Date for the ADSs for such issuance had not occurred. For purposes of this Section 4.2(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) at a price per Ordinary Share that is less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Ordinary Shares or the ADSs, as the case may be (divided by, in the case of ADSs, the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS), for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such Ordinary Shares or ADSs, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors. (c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs), excluding (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 4.2(a) or Section 4.2(b), (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 4.2(d), and (iii) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 4.2(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, the “Distributed Property”), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula: SP0 CR CR 1 0 SP0 FMV where, 16

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CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs for such distribution; CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; SP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs (divided by the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS) over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and FMV = the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property with respect to each outstanding Ordinary Share (directly or in the form of ADSs) on the Record Date for the ADSs for such distribution. Any increase made under the portion of this Section 4.2(c) above shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, the Holder shall receive, in respect of each US$1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the ADSs receive the Distributed Property, the amount and kind of Distributed Property the Holder would have received if the Holder owned a number of ADSs equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for the ADSs for the distribution. With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.2(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula: FMV0 MP0 CR CR 1 0 MP 0 where, CR0= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period; CR1= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period; 17

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FMV0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) applicable to one Ordinary Share (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as if references therein to the ADSs were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and MP0= the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs (divided by the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS) over the Valuation Period. The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall occur on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that in respect of any conversion during the Valuation Period, references in the portion of this Section 4.2(c) related to Spin-Offs to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off to, and including, the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate. For purposes of this Section 4.2(c) (and subject in all respect to Section 4.2(f)), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Ordinary Shares (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs); (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs), shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 4.2(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.2(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 4.2(c). If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Note, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Record Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.2(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and 18

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(y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per Ordinary Share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued. For purposes of Section 4.2(a), Section 4.2(b) and this Section 4.2(c), any dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.2(c) is applicable that also includes one or both of: (A) a dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) to which Section 4.2(a) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”); or (B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 4.2(b) is applicable (the “Clause B Distribution”), then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.2(c) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 4.2(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 4.2(a) and Section 4.2(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the “Record Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Record Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs) included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately after the open of business on such effective date, as applicable” within the meaning of Section 4.2(a) or “outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date” within the meaning of Section 4.2(b). (d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula: SP0 CR CR 1 0 SP0 C where, CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs for such dividend or distribution; 19

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CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; SP0 = the Last Reported Sale Price of the ADSs (divided by the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS) on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and C = the amount in cash per Ordinary Share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs). Any increase pursuant to this Section 4.2(d) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for the ADSs for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, the Holder shall receive, for each US$1,000 principal amount of the Note, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the ADSs, the amount of cash that the Holder would have received if the Holder owned a number of ADSs equal to the Conversion Rate on the Record Date for the ADSs for such cash dividend or distribution. (e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Ordinary Shares (directly or in the form of ADSs), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per Ordinary Share exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs (divided by the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS) over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula: AC SP1 OS1 CR CR 1 0 OS SP 0 1 where, CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; 20

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AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, purchased in such tender or exchange offer; OS0 = the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); OS1 = the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase of all Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and SP1 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the ADSs (divided by the number of Ordinary Shares then represented by one ADS) over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires. The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.2(e) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references in this Section 4.2(e) with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer to, and including, the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.2(e) shall be made if such adjustment would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect upon any (f) conversion of the Note, each ADS delivered upon such conversion shall be entitled to receive (either directly or in respect of the Ordinary Shares underlying such ADSs) the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the ADSs delivered upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any such stockholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares Distributed Property as provided in Section 4.2(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. (g) [Reserved] (h) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into or exchangeable 21

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for Ordinary Shares or ADSs or the right to purchase Ordinary Shares or ADSs or such convertible or exchangeable securities. (i) In addition to those adjustments required by subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 4.2, and to the extent permitted by applicable Law and subject to the applicable rules of the NASDAQ and any other securities exchange on which any of the Company’s securities are then listed, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest, and the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Ordinary Shares or the ADSs or rights to purchase Ordinary Shares or ADSs in connection with a dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares or ADSs (or rights to acquire Ordinary Shares or ADSs) or similar event. (j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.2, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted: (i) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Ordinary Shares or ADSs under any plan; (ii)upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or options or rights to purchase those Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries; (iii) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of this subsection and outstanding as of the date this Note was first issued; (iv) solely for a change in the par value of the Ordinary Shares or ADSs ; or (v) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any. (k) All calculations and other determinations under this Section 4.2 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of an ADS. (l) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to the Holder. (m) For purposes of this ARTICLE 4, the number of Ordinary Shares at any time outstanding shall not include Ordinary Shares held in the treasury of the Company (directly 22

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or in the form of ADSs) so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on Ordinary Shares held in the treasury of the Company (directly or in the form of ADSs), but shall include Ordinary Shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of Ordinary Shares. (n) For purposes of this Section 4.2, the “effective date” means the first date on which the ADSs trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable. 4.3 Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Ordinary Shares. (a) In the case of: (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Ordinary Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation, merger, combination or similar transaction involving the Company, (iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or (iv) any statutory share exchange, in each case, as a result of which the ADSs would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Merger Event”), then, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute an amendment to this Note providing that, at and after the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to convert the Note shall be changed into a right to convert the Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of ADSs equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Merger Event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “Reference Property,” with each “unit of Reference Property” meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one ADS is entitled to receive) upon such Merger Event; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event the number of ADSs otherwise deliverable upon any conversion of the Note in accordance with ARTICLE 3 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of ADSs would have been entitled to receive in such Merger Event. If the Merger Event causes the ADSs to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of holder election), then (i) the Reference Property into which the Note will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of ADSs that affirmatively make such an election, and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to 23

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in clause (i) attributable to one ADS. The Company shall provide written notice to the Holder of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made. Such amendment described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is practicable to the adjustments provided for in this ARTICLE 4 (it being understood that no such adjustments shall be required with respect to any portion of the Reference Property that does not consist of shares of Common Equity (however evidenced) or depositary receipts in respect thereof). If, in the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then such other Person shall also execute such amendment, and such amendment shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holder, including the rights of the Holder to require the Company to repurchase this Note upon a Fundamental Change pursuant to ARTICLE 6 as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. (b) The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 4.3. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of the Holder to convert this Note into ADSs as set forth in ARTICLE 3 prior to the effective date of such Merger Event. (c) The above provisions of this Section 4.3 shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events. 4.4 No Adjustment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment under this ARTICLE 4 shall be required to be made to the Conversion Rate if the Company receives written notice from the Holder that no such adjustment is required. 4.5 Certain Covenants. (a)The Company covenants that all ADSs delivered upon any conversion of this Note, and all Ordinary Shares represented by such ADSs, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. (b)The Company covenants that if any ADSs to be provided for the purpose of any conversion of this Note, or any Ordinary Shares represented by such ADSs, require registration with or approval of any Governmental Authority under any Law before such ADSs may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company will, to the extent then permitted by applicable Law, secure such registration or approval, as the case may be. (c)The Company further covenants that, for as long as the ADSs are listed on the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company will list and keep listed, so long as the ADSs shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any ADSs deliverable upon any conversion of this Note. 24

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(d) The Company further covenants to take all actions and obtain all approvals and registrations required with respect to any conversion of this Note into ADSs and the issuance of the Ordinary Shares represented by such ADSs. The Company also undertakes to maintain, as long as this Note remains outstanding, the effectiveness of a registration statement on Form F-6 relating to the ADSs and an adequate number of ADSs available for issuance thereunder, and shall reserve for issuance an adequate number of ADSs, such that ADSs can be delivered in accordance with the terms of this Note upon any conversion hereunder. In addition, the Company further covenants to provide the Holder with a reasonably detailed description of the mechanics for the delivery of ADSs upon any conversion of this Note upon request. (e) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) nothing herein shall require the Company to file a shelf registration statement for the resale of the Note, the ADSs deliverable upon conversion of all or any portion of the Note or the Ordinary Shares represented thereby and (ii) the Holder may only resell the Note, the ADSs delivered upon conversion of all or any portion of the Note or the Ordinary Shares represented thereby pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities Laws. 4.6 Notice for Certain Actions. In case of any (a) action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.2, (b) Merger Event or (c) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, then, in each case (unless notice of such event is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of this Note), the Company shall deliver a written notice the Holder, as promptly as possible but in any event at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the date on which such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, of record shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, for securities or other property deliverable upon such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. 4.7 Termination of Depository Receipt Program. If the Ordinary Shares cease to be represented by ADSs issued under a depositary receipt program sponsored by the Company, all references in this Note to the ADSs shall be deemed to have been replaced by a reference to the number of Ordinary Shares (and other property, if any) represented by the ADSs on the last day on which the ADSs represented the Ordinary Shares and as if the Ordinary Shares and the other property had been distributed to holders of the ADSs on that day. In addition, all references to the Last Reported Sale Price of the ADSs will be deemed to refer to the Last Reported Sale Price of the Ordinary Shares, and other appropriate adjustments, including adjustments to the Conversion Rate, will be made to reflect such change. In making such adjustments, where 25

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currency translations between U.S. dollars and any other currency are required, the exchange rate in effect on the date of determination will apply. ARTICLE 5 REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER 5.1 Repurchase at Option of the Holder. The Holder shall have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of the Note or any portion thereof that is equal to at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder, for once only, on September 15, 2019 (the “Repurchase Date”) at a repurchase price (the “Repurchase Price”) that is equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date; provided that any such accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid not to the Holders submitting the Notes for repurchase on the Repurchase Date but instead to the Holders of such Notes at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Repurchase Date. 5.2 Delivery of Notice and Note by the Holder. (a) Repurchase of Notes under this ARTICLE 5 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon: (i) delivery by the Holder to the Company of a duly completed notice (the “Repurchase Notice”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, on or before the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date; and (ii) delivery of the Note to the Company together with the Repurchase Notice, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Repurchase Price therefor. (b) Each Repurchase Notice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) shall state (i) the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be repurchased, which must be at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder, (ii) that the Note is to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Note and (iii) the account to which funds in respect of the repurchase shall be wired on the Repurchase Date. (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Company in accordance with Section 5.4. 5.3 No Repurchase in the Event of Acceleration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Note may not be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holder if the principal amount of the Note has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Repurchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Company in the payment of the Repurchase Price with respect to the Note). 5.4 Withdrawal of Repurchase Notice. A Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a duly completed written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Company in accordance with this Section 5.4 at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date, specifying (a) the principal amount of the Note with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted and 26

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(b) the principal amount, if any, of the Note that remains subject to the original Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder. 5.5 Payment of Repurchase Price. (a) On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Date, the Company shall make payment for the applicable portion of the Note to be repurchased at the appropriate Repurchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in the Repurchase Notice. (b) If by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Date, the Holder has received payment for the applicable portion of the Note to be repurchased on such Repurchase Date in accordance with Section (a) above, then, with respect to the applicable portion of the Note that has been properly surrendered for repurchase and not validly withdrawn, on such Repurchase Date, (i) such portion of the Note will cease to be outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such portion of the Note and (iii) in the event the entire outstanding amount of the Note is surrendered by the Holder to be repurchased, all other rights of the Holder with respect to the Note will terminate (other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price). (c) In the event a portion of the Note that is less than the entire outstanding amount is surrendered by the Holder to be repurchased, the Company shall promptly execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Note. 5.6 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of the Note. In connection with any repurchase offer, the Company will, if required, comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Note so as to permit the rights and obligations under this ARTICLE 5 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this ARTICLE 5. 5.7Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Holder, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Note. ARTICLE 6 REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE 6.1 Option of the Holder. If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, the Holder shall have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of the Note or any portion thereof that is equal to at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder on the Business Day (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”) notified in writing by the Company as set forth in Section 6.2 that is not less than 20 Business Days or more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”), unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but 27

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on or prior to the Business Day immediately succeeding the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates (or if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second Business Day immediately succeeding such Interest Payment Date), in which case the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder as of such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this ARTICLE 6. 6.2 Delivery of Notice and the Note by the Holder. (a) Repurchases of Notes under this ARTICLE 6 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon: (i) delivery by the Holder to the Company of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, on or before the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and (ii) delivery of the Note to the Company at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer), such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor. (b) Each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered pursuant to this Section 6.2(a) shall state (a) the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be repurchased, which must be at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder and (ii) that the Note is to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Note. (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Company in accordance with Section 6.5. 6.3 Fundamental Change Company Notice. On or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to the Holder a written notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) by first class mail of the occurrence of the effective date of the Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holder arising as a result thereof. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify: (a) the events causing the Fundamental Change; (b) the date of the Fundamental Change; (c) the last date on which the Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this ARTICLE 6; (d) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price; (e) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; 28

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(f) if applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate; (g) that the Note may be converted only if any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been delivered by the Holder has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Note; and (h)the procedures that the Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase the Note. No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holder’s repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Note pursuant to this ARTICLE 6. 6.4 No Repurchase in the Event of Acceleration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Note may not be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Note has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to the Note). 6.5 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a duly completed written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Company in accordance with this Section 6.5 at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying (a) the principal amount of the Note with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted and (b) the principal amount, if any, of the Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of at least US$10,000,000 or such lesser amount then held by the Holder. 6.6 Payment of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. (a) On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holder an amount of money sufficient to repurchase the applicable portion of the Note to be repurchased at the appropriate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Payment for the applicable portion of the Note surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn in accordance with Section 6.5) will be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in this ARTICLE 6) and (ii) the time of delivery of the applicable portion of the Note by the Holder to the Company in the manner required by Section 6.2, by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holder or, at the Holder’s option, pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Holder to the Company on or before the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date. (b)If by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company holds money sufficient to make payment on the applicable 29

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portion of the Note to be repurchased on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then, with respect to the applicable portion of the Note that has been properly surrendered for repurchase and not validly withdrawn, on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, (i) such portion of the Note will cease to be outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such portion of the Note and (iii) in the event the entire outstanding amount of the Note is surrendered by the Holder to be repurchased, all other rights of the Holder will terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price). (c) In the event a portion of the Note that is less than the entire outstanding amount is surrendered by the Holder to be repurchased, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Note. 6.7 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of the Note. In connection with any repurchase offer, the Company will, if required, comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Note so as to permit the rights and obligations under this ARTICLE 6 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this ARTICLE 6. 6.8Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Holder, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Note. ARTICLE 7 COVENANTS 7.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, this Note at the respective times and in the manner provided herein. 7.2 Rule 144A Information Requirement. At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall, so long as any of the Notes, any ADSs deliverable upon conversion thereof or any Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs deliverable upon conversion thereof shall, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly, upon written request, provide to the Holder or prospective purchaser of such Note or the ADSs deliverable upon conversion of the Note, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of the Note or ADSs pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company shall take such further action as any Holder of the Note or such ADSs may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable the Holder to sell the Note or ADSs in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time. 7.3 Existence. The Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence. 30

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7.4 Additional Amounts. (a) All payments and deliveries made by, or on behalf of, the Company or any successor to the Company under or with respect to the Note, including, but not limited to, payments of principal (including, if applicable, the Repurchase Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), payments of interest and deliveries of ADSs (together with payments of cash for any Fractional ADS) upon conversion of the Note, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or within any jurisdiction in which the Company or any successor to the Company is, for tax purposes, organized or resident or doing business (each, as applicable, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) or through which payment is made or deemed made (together with each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, a “Relevant Jurisdiction,” and in each case, any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law or by regulation or governmental policy having the force of law. The Company shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the Code or otherwise imposed pursuant to Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or agreements thereunder or official interpretation thereof. In the event that any such withholding or deduction is so required, the Company or any successor to the Company shall pay to the Holder such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by the beneficial owner after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting any taxes on the Additional Amounts) shall equal the amounts that would have been received by such beneficial owner had no such withholding or deduction been required; provided that no Additional Amounts shall be payable: (i) for or on account of: (A) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for: (1) the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Note and the Relevant Jurisdiction, other than merely holding the Note or the receipt of payments thereunder, including, without limitation, the Holder or beneficial owner being or having been a national, domiciliary or resident of such Relevant Jurisdiction or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been physically present or engaged in a trade or business therein or having had a permanent establishment therein; (2) the presentation of such Note (in cases in which presentation is required) more than 30 days after the later of the date on which the payment of the principal of (including the Repurchase Price and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and interest on, such Note or the delivery of ADSs (together with payment of cash for any Fractional ADS) upon conversion of such Note became due and payable pursuant to the terms thereof or was made or duly provided for; (3) the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to comply with a timely request from the Company or any successor of the 31

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Company, addressed to the Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the Holder’s or beneficial owner’s nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Jurisdiction, or to make any declaration or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such matters, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request is required by statute, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Jurisdiction in order to reduce or eliminate any withholding or deduction as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to the Holder or beneficial owner; or (4) the presentation of the Note (in cases in which presentation is required) for payment in the Relevant Jurisdiction, unless such Note could not have been presented for payment elsewhere; (B) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; (C) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments under or with respect to the Notes; (D) any tax required to be withheld or deducted under Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor versions of such Sections) (“FATCA”), any regulations or other official guidance thereunder, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with FATCA, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement; or (E) any combination of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges referred to in the preceding clauses (A), (B), (C), or (D); or (ii) with respect to any payment of the principal of (including the Repurchase Price and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and interest on the Note or the delivery of ADSs (together with payment of cash for any Fractional ADS) upon conversion of the Note to the Holder, if the Holder is a fiduciary, partnership or person other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that such payment would be required to be included in the income under the laws of the Relevant Jurisdiction, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a partner or member of that partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, partner, member or beneficial owner been the Holder thereof. (b) Any reference in the Note in any context to the delivery of ADSs (together with payments of cash for any Fractional ADS) upon conversion of the Note or the payment of principal of (including the Repurchase Price and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and interest on, any Note or any other amount payable with respect to such Note, 32

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shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable with respect to that amount pursuant to this Section 7.4. 7.5 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other Law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such Law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such Law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such Law had been enacted. 7.6 Compliance Certificates; Statements as to Defaults. The Company shall deliver to the Holder officers’ certificates consistent with the requirements set forth in Section 4.09 of the Indenture. 7.7 Supplemental Indentures; Amendments of Note.The Company shall provide written notice to the Holder promptly after the execution of any supplemental indenture to the Indenture, and such notice shall include a copy of such supplemental indenture and any documents related thereto (excluding copies of any opinions of counsel delivered by the Company to the Trustee). The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Indenture, the execution of any such supplemental indenture to the Indenture shall not be deemed an amendment, modification, addition or deletion of the terms of this Note or other change in rights, duties or immunities of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the Holder (which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion and with respect to all or a portion of any such supplemental indenture). In the event the Holder consents to the application of any such supplemental indenture to this Note, the Company covenants further to negotiate in good faith with the Holder to prepare and execute an amendment to this Note to reflect any amendment(s), modification(s), addition(s) and/or deletion(s) to the terms this Note necessary to give effect to the applicable terms of any such supplemental indenture. ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE 8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.2, the Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person, unless: (a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”), if not the Company, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the District of Columbia, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda or Hong Kong and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall 33

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expressly assume, by a duly executed amendment delivered to the Holder and satisfactory in form to the Holder, all of the obligations of the Company under this Note; and (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Note. For purposes of this Section 8.1, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another Person. 8.2 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted.In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by a duly executed amendment delivered to the Holder and satisfactory in form to the Holder, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Note, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Note and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Note to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets, shall be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause the Note to be signed and re-issued in its own name. The Note as so re-issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit as though it had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this ARTICLE 8 the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Note (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this ARTICLE 8) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of this Note and from its obligations under this Note. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Note thereafter to be re-issued as may be appropriate. ARTICLE 9 NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER PRIOR TO CONVERSION For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that it has not been conferred with any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote as such, by any of the provisions hereof or any right (a) to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, (b) to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of shares, reclassification of shares, change of par value, or change of shares to no par value, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, conveyance, or otherwise), (c) to receive notice of meetings or to receive in-kind dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until the Note shall have been 34

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converted in whole and all ADSs issuable upon the whole conversion hereof shall have been issued, as provided for in the Note. ARTICLE 10 CANCELLATION After all amounts at any time owing on the Note have been paid in full or upon the conversion of the Note in full pursuant to ARTICLE 3, the Note shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued. ARTICLE 11 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION 11.1Optional Redemption for Changes in the Tax Law of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction. Other than as described in this Article 11, the Note may not be redeemed by the Company at its option prior to the Maturity Date. If the Company has, or on the next Interest Payment Date would, become obligated to pay to the Holder any Additional Amounts that are more than a de minimis amount, as a result of: (a) any change or amendment on or after September 12, 2016 (or, in the case of a jurisdiction that becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction after such date, after such later date) in the laws or any rules or regulations of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction; or (b) any change on or after September 12, 2016 (or, in the case of a jurisdiction that becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction after such date, after such later date) in an interpretation, administration or application of such laws, rules or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency, taxing authority or regulatory or administrative authority of such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including the enactment of any legislation and the announcement or publication of any judicial decision or regulatory or administrative interpretation or determination); (each, a “Change in Tax Law”), the Company may, at its option, redeem all but not part of the Note (except if the Holder elects otherwise as described below) at a “Redemption Price” equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including the date on which the Notes are redeemed (the “Redemption Date”), including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Amounts with respect to such Redemption Price; provided that the Company may only redeem the Note if (i) the Company cannot avoid such obligations by taking commercially reasonable measures available to the Company (provided that changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company shall be deemed not to be a commercially reasonable measure) and (ii) the Company delivers an opinion of outside legal counsel of recognized standing in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and an officers certificate of the Company attesting to such Change in Tax Law and the obligation to pay any Additional Amounts. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 11, neither the Company nor any successor Person may redeem any of the Note in the case that Additional Amounts are payable in respect of PRC withholding tax at a rate of 10% or less solely as a result 35

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of the Company or its successor Person being considered a PRC tax resident under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax law. (d) If the Redemption Date occurs after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of the Note on the Regular Record Date corresponding to such Interest Payment Date, and the Redemption Price payable to the Holder who presents the Note for redemption shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Note, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Amounts with respect to such Redemption Price. (e) The Company shall give the Holder not less than 30 days’ but no more than 60 days’ notice prior to the Redemption Date. Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing this information in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish the information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time. The Redemption Date must be a Business Day. (f) Upon receiving such notice of redemption, the Holder shall have the right to elect to not have the Note redeemed, in which case the Company shall not be obligated to pay any Additional Amounts on any payment with respect to the Note solely as a result of such Change in Tax Law that resulted in the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts (whether upon conversion, required repurchase in connection with a Fundamental Change or the Repurchase Date, maturity or otherwise, and whether in ADSs, Reference Property or otherwise) after the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date, such later date on which the Company pays the Redemption Price), and all future payments with respect to the Note shall be subject to the deduction or withholding of such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld as a result of such Change in Tax Law; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Holder elects not to have its Note redeemed and converts its Note in connection with the Company’s election to redeem the Note in respect of such Change in Tax Law pursuant to Section 4.1(h) the Company shall be obligated to pay Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such conversion. (g) If the Holder elects not to have its Note redeemed, the Holder must deliver to the Company a written notice of election so as to be received by the Company prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date; provided that, the Holder that complies with the requirements for conversion in Section 3.3 shall be deemed to have delivered a notice of its election to not have its Note so redeemed. The Holder may withdraw any notice of election (other than such a deemed notice of election in connection with a conversion) by delivering to the Company a written notice of withdrawal prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fail to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date, such later date on which the Company pays the Redemption Price). If no election is made or deemed to have been made, the Holder shall have its Note redeemed without any further action. This Note may not be redeemed if the principal amount of this Note has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date. 36

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ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Termination of Rights. All rights under this Note shall terminate when (a) all amounts at any time owing on this Note have been paid in full or (ii) the Note is converted in full pursuant to the terms set forth in ARTICLE 3. 12.2 Amendments and Waivers; Notice. The amendment or waiver of any term of the Note shall be subject to the written consent of Holder and the Company. The provision of notice shall be made pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. 12.3 Transferability. This Note may be transferred, in whole or in part, at any time by Holder to a qualified institutional buyer in a transaction complying with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or pursuant to any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. 12.4 Process. Governing Law; Selection of Forum; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of (a) THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holder, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Note or the Purchase Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein or therein shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby (i) irrevocably consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Note or the Purchase Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein or therein brought in any such court, (iii) waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and (iv) subject to Section 12.4(b), agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 12.2. (b) The Company irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Service Inc. as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to Ctrip.com International Ltd., 99 Fu Quan Road, Shanghai 200335, People’s Republic of China, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect. If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for service of process, 37

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the Company shall forthwith appoint a new agent of recognized standing for service of process in the State of New York and deliver to the Holder a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within ten Business Days of such acceptance. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Holder to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company in any other court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any sovereign or other immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, the Company irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder or under the Purchase Agreement. 12.5 Delays or Omissions.No delay or failure by any party to insist on the strict performance of any provision of the Note, or to exercise any power, right or remedy, will be deemed a waiver or impairment of such performance, power, right or remedy or of any other provision of the Note, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring. 12.6 Interpretation. If any claim is made by a party relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in the provisions of the Note, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion will be implied because the Note was prepared by or at the request of any party or its counsel. 12.7 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, PERMITTED BY IN ANY LEGAL THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. 12.8 Other Miscellaneous Provisions. The provisions of Sections 17.01, 17.02, 17.14 and 17.15 of the Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference into this Section 12.8; it being understood that (a) any references to the Indenture in such provisions shall be deemed to be references to this Note, (b) any obligations of the Company to the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent pursuant to such provisions shall be deemed to be obligations of the Company to the Holder and (c) any rights held by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent pursuant to such provisions shall be deemed to be rights held by the Holder. [The remainder of this page has been deliberately left blank] 38

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IN WITN ESSWHEREOF, the Company has caused the Note to be issued on the date first above written. COMPANY: Cindy Xiaofan Wang Ltd. By: (Signature) Name: Title: Cindy Xiaofan Wang Chief Financial Officer [Signature Page to Convertible Note]

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Exhibit A [FORM OF REPURCHASE NOTICE] To: CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL, LTD. The undersigned Holder of this Note hereby requests and instructs Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (the “Company”) to pay to the Holder in accordance with Section 5.1 of this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is at least US$10,000,000 principal amount or such lesser amount then held by the Holder) below designated, and (2) accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated below. Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): US$ Account information: Dated: [NAME OF HOLDER] By: Name: Capacity:

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Exhibit B [FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE] To: CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL, LTD. The undersigned Holder of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the Holder in accordance with Section 6.1 of this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is at least US$10,000,000 principal amount or such lesser amount then held by the Holder) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): US$ Dated: [NAME OF HOLDER] By: Name: Capacity:

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Exhibit 2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of September 6, 2016 by and between:

 

(1)                                 Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”); and

 

(2)                                 Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V., a Netherlands company (the “Purchaser”) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Priceline Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”). The Purchaser and the Company are sometimes each referred to herein as a “Party,” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company has filed a registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-208399, the “Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including a related prospectus dated December 9, 2015, allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) by the Company of American depositary shares (“ADSs”) representing ordinary shares of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) and the Company proposes to offer a certain amount of ADSs as specified in the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated September 6, 2016 (such offering, the “Offering”).

 

WHEREAS, the Purchaser wishes to invest in the Company by acquiring Ordinary Shares in the Company in a private transaction with the Company exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act (the “Regulation S”) or Rule 506 of Regulation D (the “Regulation D”) ;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

Section 1.1                                    Issuance, Sale and Purchase of Ordinary Shares. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue, sell and deliver to the Purchaser, subject to and concurrent with the Offering, at a price per Ordinary Share equal to the Offer Price (as defined below), that certain number (as such number is determined pursuant to Section 1.2 below) of Ordinary Shares (the “Purchased Shares”), free and clear of all liens or encumbrances (except for restrictions arising under the Securities Act or created by virtue of this Agreement). The “Offer Price” means the price per ADS set forth on the cover of the Company’s prospectus supplement in connection with the Offering (the “Final Prospectus”) divided by the number of Ordinary Shares represented by one ADS. All such sales shall be made (i) on the same terms as the ADSs being offered in the Offering and (ii) in reliance upon Regulation S or Regulation D.

 



 

Section 1.2                                    Closing.

 

(a)                                 Closing. Subject to Section 1.3, the closing (the “Closing”) of the sale and purchase of the Purchased Shares pursuant to Section 1.1 shall take place concurrently with the closing of the Offering at the same offices for the closing of the Offering or at such other place as the Company and the Purchaser may mutually agree. The total number of the Ordinary Shares that the Purchaser shall purchase as Purchased Shares at the Closing shall be equal to the aggregate purchase price of US$25,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”) divided by the Offer Price; provided, however, that (i) no fractional shares of Ordinary Shares will be issued as Purchased Shares, (ii) any fractions shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares, and (iii) the Purchase Price will be reduced by the value of any such fractional share (as calculated on the basis of the Offer Price). The date and time of the Closing are referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

 

(b)                                 Payment and Delivery. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay and deliver the total consideration equal to the Purchase Price to the Company in U.S. dollars by wire transfer, or by such other method mutually agreeable to the Company and the Purchaser, of immediately available funds to such bank account designated in writing by the Company, and the Company shall deliver one or more duly executed share certificates in original form, registered in the name of the Purchaser, together with a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company, evidencing the Purchased Shares being issued and sold to the Purchaser.

 

(c)                                  Restrictive Legend. Each certificate representing the Purchased Shares shall be endorsed with the following legend:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (AS AMENDED, THE “ACT”) OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED: (A) IN THE ABSENCE OF (1) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR (2) AN EXEMPTION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. ANY ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE VOID.

 

Section 1.3                                    Closing Conditions.

 

(a)                                 Conditions to Purchaser’s Obligations to Effect the Closing. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Purchaser in its sole discretion:

 

(i)                                     All corporate and other actions required to be taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall have been completed.

 

(ii)                                  The representations and warranties of the Company to the Purchaser contained in Section 2.1 of this Agreement shall have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 2.1(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), which shall have been true and

 

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correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date; and the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all, and not be in breach or default in any material respects under any, agreements, covenants, conditions and obligations contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with on or before the Closing Date.

 

(iii)                               No governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, prevents, prohibits or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Purchaser, or imposes any damages or penalties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Purchaser; and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted by a governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or threatened that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent, prohibit or otherwise make illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Purchaser, or imposes any damages or penalties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Purchaser.

 

(iv)                              The Offering shall have been, or shall concurrently with the Closing, be completed.

 

(v)                                 The ADSs shall have been listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, subject to official notice of issuance if applicable.

 

(vi)                              The underwriting agreement relating to the Offering shall have been entered into and have become effective.

 

(b)                                 Conditions to Company’s Obligations to Effect the Closing. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser as contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:

 

(i)                                     All corporate and other actions required to be taken by the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Shares shall have been completed.

 

(ii)                                  The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 2.2 of this Agreement shall have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, other than the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 2.2(a), (b), (c) and (d) which shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date; and the Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all, and not be in breach or default in any material respect under any, agreements, covenants, conditions and obligations contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with on or before the Closing Date.

 

(iii)                               No governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, prevents, prohibits or

 

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otherwise makes illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Company, or imposes any damages or penalties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Company; and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted by a governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or threatened that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent, prohibit or otherwise make illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Company, or imposes any damages or penalties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Company.

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.1                                    Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

(a)                                 Due Formation. The Company is a company duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and each of its Subsidiaries is duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Authority. The Company has full power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and each agreement, certificate, document and instrument to be executed and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite actions on its part. No approval by the shareholders of the Company is required in connection with this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Valid Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

(d)                                 Capitalization.

 

(i)                                     As of July 31, 2016, the authorized share capital of the Company is US$1,750,000 divided into 175,000,000 ordinary shares of a nominal or

 

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par value of US$0.01 each, of which (A) 58,301,850 are issued and outstanding, (B) 3,373,354 are held in treasury and (C) 587,363 are issued and reserved for issuance in respect of outstanding options to acquire Ordinary Shares. As of July 31, 2016, 6,296,252 Ordinary Shares were issuable pursuant to the 4,921,201 options and 1,375,051 restricted share units issued and outstanding under the Company’s employee benefit plans. All outstanding Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of preemptive rights.

 

(ii)                                  All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries and consolidated affiliates (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively “Subsidiaries”) have been issued and granted in compliance with (x) all applicable Securities Laws and other applicable laws and (y) all requirements set forth in applicable contracts, without violation of the preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights. “Securities Laws” means the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the listing rules of, or any listing agreement with The Nasdaq Global Select Market and any other applicable law regulating securities or takeover matters.

 

(iii)                               The rights of the Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Purchaser as Purchased Shares shall be as stated in the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company set out in Exhibit 99.2 the Company’s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2015.

 

(iv)                              Except as set forth above in this Section 2.1(d) and Exhibit A to this Agreement, there are no outstanding (A) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (B) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or (C) preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, “phantom” stock rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the Company, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. The authorized capital stock of the Company is sufficient to accommodate any and all issuances of Ordinary Shares or ADSs upon conversion of the 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017, the 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018, the 1% Convertible Notes due 2019, the 1% Convertible Notes due 2020, the 1% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020, the 1.99% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, the 2% Convertible Notes due 2025, certain Rule 144A/Regulation S Convertible Senior Notes due 2022, to be concurrently issued by the Company and outstanding as of the Closing Date, and certain convertible note to be concurrently issued to the Purchaser by the Company on the date hereof and outstanding as of the Closing Date.

 

(v)                                 Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the prospectus therein and except Beijing JointWisdom Information Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as China Software Hotel Information System Co., Ltd.), whose shares are subject to statutory transfer restrictions under the PRC laws and regulations and relevant listing rules, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of

 

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the Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of any of all liens or encumbrances pledge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge, assessment, right of first refusal, right of pre-emption, third party right or interest, claim or restriction of any kind or nature, except for restrictions arising under the Securities Act.

 

(e)                                  Due Issuance of the Purchased Shares. The Purchased Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge, assessment, right of first refusal, right of pre-emption, third party right or interest, claim or restriction of any kind or nature, except for restrictions arising under the Securities Act or created by virtue of this Agreement and upon delivery and entry into the register of members of the Company will transfer to the Purchaser good and valid title to the Purchased Shares.

 

(f)                                   Noncontravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any provision of the organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries or violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any government, governmental entity or court to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is subject, or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, result in the acceleration of or creation of an encumbrance under, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument, or other arrangement to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets are subject. There is no action, suit or proceeding, pending or threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries that questions the validity of this Agreement or the right of the Company to enter into this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(g)                                  Consents and Approvals. Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance by the Company of this Agreement in accordance with its terms requires the consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration with, or the giving notice to, any governmental or public body or authority or any third party, except such as have been or will have been obtained, made or given on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(h)                                 Compliance with Laws. The business of the Company or its Subsidiaries is not being conducted in violation of any law or government order applicable to the Company except for violations which do not and would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except in each case as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ directors, officers, agents, employees or affiliates, in their capacity as a director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of the Covered Subsidiaries has taken any action that would result in a violation by such Persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”) and any other applicable anti-corruption Laws to which they may be subject, (B) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with

 

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the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and any other applicable anti-corruption Laws to which they may be subject and (C) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.  Except in each case as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, all licenses, permits, qualifications, accreditations, approvals, registrations, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders of any Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Permits”), and have made all necessary filings required under applicable laws, necessary to conduct the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and each such Permit has been validly issued or obtained and is in full force and effect. As used herein, “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, development, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, results of operations, assets or liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no changes, events, circumstances or developments attributable to or resulting from any of the following shall be deemed to be, or taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) changes, events, circumstances or developments in or affecting general economic conditions or the securities, credit or financial markets in general (including interest rates and exchange rates), (ii) changes, events, circumstances or developments generally affecting the industries in which any of the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, (iii) changes or developments in GAAP, other applicable accounting rules or applicable law, or the enforcement or interpretation thereof, or changes or developments in political, regulatory or legislative conditions, (iv) changes, events, circumstances or developments resulting from any weather-related or other force majeure event or natural disaster (including hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami or volcano eruption) or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of war (whether or not declared) or terrorism, (v) any failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or analysts’ expectations in respect of revenues, cash flow, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period or (vi) any changes in the market price or trading volume of Ordinary Shares or ADSs or in the Company’s credit rating; provided, however, that (x) the underlying cause(s) of such change or failure shall not be excluded in the case of clauses (v) and (vi) (unless otherwise excepted under the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv)) and (y) any changes, events, circumstances or developments referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall not be excluded to the extent the same disproportionately affect (individually or together with other changes, events, circumstances or developments) the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated Persons operating in the same principal industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate..

 

(i)                                     SEC Filings. Prior to the Closing, the Registration Statement, as supplemented or amended, shall have been declared effective by the SEC. The Registration Statement, including the prospectus therein, conforms and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and does not, as of the date hereof, and will not, as of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.  The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all registration statements, proxy statements and other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC during the period since December 31, 2015 (the

 

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Company SEC Documents”). None of the Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. As of their respective effective dates (in the case of the Company SEC Documents that are registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) and as of their respective SEC filing dates (in the case of all other Company SEC Documents), or in each case, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment: (A) each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company SEC Documents (as the case may be) and (B) none of the Company SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(j)                                    Events Subsequent to Fiscal Year End. Since December 31, 2015 until the date hereof and to the Closing Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries have operated in the ordinary course of business and there has not been a Material Adverse Event.

 

(l)                                     Litigation. There are no actions by or against the Company or its Subsidiaries or affecting the business or any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries pending before any governmental authority, or, to the Company’s knowledge, since December 31, 2015 through the date hereof, threatened to be brought by or before any governmental authority, that would (i) have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have the effect of making illegal, restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or preventing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(m)                             Intellectual Property.  The Company owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the Intellectual Property, licenses, permits and other authorizations that are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business, without conflict with the rights of any other person, except for failures to so own, or so possess the right to use, that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other person, except for such infringements that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used herein, “Intellectual Property” shall mean all (i) trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks, collective marks, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, trade names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, including all renewals of same; (ii) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents and applications therefor, including provisional applications, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, reexaminations and reissues; (iii) confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists; (iv) published and unpublished works of authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including, without limitation, databases and other compilations of information), copyrights therein and thereto, and registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; and (v) other intellectual property or proprietary rights.

 

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(n)                                 Financial Statements.

 

(i)                                     The financial statements (including any related notes) contained in the Company SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby, except as disclosed therein and as permitted under the Exchange Act.

 

(ii)                                  The Company has established and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting, including policies and procedures that (A) mandate the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the material transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (B) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the board of directors and (C) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company.

 

(iii)                               There are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company have not been advised of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. Since December 31, 2015, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e), as applicable, under the Exchange Act) of the Company are designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the management of the Company as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(iv)                              Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, nor has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking (including any contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking relating to any transaction or relationship between or among one or more of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand), or any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking is to avoid disclosure of any

 

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material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s Financial Statements.

 

(o)                                 No Undisclosed Liabilities.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of a type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP other than (i) liabilities or obligations disclosed and provided for in the Financial Statements, (ii) liabilities or obligations that have been incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2015 in the ordinary course of business or (iii) liabilities or obligations arising under or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(p)                                 No Additional Representations.  The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser makes no representations or warranties as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.2                                    Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

(a)                                 Due Formation. The Purchaser is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its organization. The Purchaser has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted.

 

(b)                                 Authority. The Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and each agreement, certificate, document and instrument to be executed and delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite actions on its part.  No approval by the shareholders of the Purchaser is required in connection with this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Valid Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by law relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

(d)                                 Noncontravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any provision of the organizational documents of the Purchaser or violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any government, governmental entity or court to which the Purchaser is subject, or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, result in the acceleration of or creation of an encumbrance under, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument, or other arrangement to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound or to which any of the Purchaser’s assets are subject. There is no action, suit or proceeding, pending or threatened against the Purchaser that questions the validity of this

 

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Agreement or the right of the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(e)                                  Consents and Approvals. Neither the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Purchaser of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement in accordance with its terms requires the consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration with, or the giving notice to, any governmental or public body or authority or any third party, except such as have been or will have been obtained, made or given on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(f)                                   Status and Investment Intent.

 

(i)                                     Experience. The Purchaser has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Purchased Shares. The Purchaser is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment, including a complete loss of its investment.

 

(ii)                                  Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Shares for its own account for investment purposes only and not with the view to, or with any intention of, resale, distribution or other disposition thereof. The Purchaser does not have any direct or indirect arrangement or understanding with any other person to distribute, or regarding the distribution of the Purchased Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable state securities law.

 

(iii)                               Solicitation. The Purchaser (x) was not identified or contacted through the marketing of the Offering and (y) did not contact the Company as a result of any general solicitation.

 

(iv)                              Restricted Securities. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchased Shares are “restricted securities” that have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. The Purchaser further acknowledges that, absent an effective registration under the Securities Act, the Purchased Shares may only be offered, sold or otherwise transferred (x) to the Company, (y) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (z) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

(v)                                 Information. The Purchaser has consulted with its own advisers to the extent it deemed appropriate as to the financial, tax, legal and related matters concerning an investment in the Purchased Shares and on that basis believes that an investment in the Purchased Shares is suitable and appropriate for it.

 

(vi)                              Exempt Transaction. The Purchaser has been advised and acknowledges that in issuing the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser pursuant hereto, the Company is relying upon the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S or Regulation D. The Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Shares in an offshore transaction in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S or pursuant to Regulation D.

 

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(h)                                 No Additional Representations.  The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

 

Section 3.1                                    Lock-up. The Purchaser agrees that it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending six months after the Closing Date, offer, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Purchased Shares on the open market. The Purchaser further understands that the provisions of this Section 3.1 shall be binding upon the Purchaser’s successors and assigns, as applicable.

 

Section 3.2                                    Further Assurances. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to fulfill or obtain the fulfillment of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. From time to time, the Parties shall provide such additional information to the other Party as such Party may reasonably require to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 4.1                                    Indemnification. Each of the Company and the Purchaser (an “Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify and hold each other and their directors, officers and agents (collectively, the “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, obligations, expenses and liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever, including but not limited to any investigative, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any pending or threatened legal action or proceeding, and any taxes or levies that may be payable by such person by reason of the indemnification of any indemnifiable loss hereunder (collectively, “Losses”) resulting from or arising out of: (i) the breach of any representation or warranty of such Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement or in any schedule or exhibit hereto; or (ii) the violation or nonperformance, partial or total, of any covenant or agreement of such Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement for reasons other than gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. In calculating the amount of any Losses of an Indemnified Party hereunder, there shall be subtracted the amount of any insurance proceeds and third-party payments received by the Indemnified Party with respect to such Losses, if any.

 

Section 4.2                                    Third Party Claims.

 

(a)                                 If any third party shall notify any Indemnified Party in writing with respect to any matter involving a claim by such third party (a “Third Party Claim”) which such Indemnified Party believes would give rise to a claim for indemnification against the Indemnifying Party under this Article IV, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly (i) notify the Indemnifying Party thereof in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of such claim and (ii) transmit to the Indemnifying Party a written notice (“Claim Notice”)

 

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describing in reasonable detail the nature of the Third Party Claim, a copy of all papers served with respect to such claim (if any), and the basis of the Indemnified Party’s request for indemnification under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Upon receipt of a Claim Notice with respect to a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim by notifying the Indemnified Party in writing within (30) days of receipt of the Claim Notice that the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of such Third Party Claim, and upon delivery of such notice by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to fully control and settle the proceeding, provided that any such settlement or compromise shall be permitted hereunder only with the written consent of the Indemnified Party.

 

(c)                                  If requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in contesting any Third Party Claim which the Indemnifying Party elects to contest, including the making of any related counterclaim against the person asserting the Third Party Claim or any cross complaint against any person. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to receive copies of all pleadings, notices and communications with respect to any Third Party Claim, other than any privileged communications between the Indemnifying Party and its counsel, and shall be entitled, at its sole cost and expense, to retain separate co-counsel and participate in, but not control, any defense or settlement of any Third Party Claim assumed by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 4.2(b).

 

(d)                                 In the event of a Third Party Claim for which the Indemnifying Party elects not to assume the defense or fails to make such an election within the 30 days of the Claim Notice, the Indemnified Party may, at its option, defend, settle, compromise or pay such action or claim at the expense of the Indemnifying Party; provided that any such settlement or compromise shall be permitted hereunder only with the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

Section 4.3                                    Other Claims. In the event any Indemnified Party should have a claim against the Indemnifying Party hereunder which does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall promptly transmit to the Indemnifying Party a written notice (the “Indemnity Notice”) describing in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, the Indemnified Party’s best estimate of the amount of Losses attributable to such claim and the basis of the Indemnified Party’s request for indemnification under this Agreement. If the Indemnifying Party does not notify the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days from its receipt of the Indemnity Notice that the Indemnifying Party disputes such claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed with such claim.

 

Section 4.4                                    Cap. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnifying Party shall have no liability (for indemnification or otherwise) with respect to any Losses in excess of the Purchase Price.

 

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.1                                    Survival of the Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made by any Party shall survive for two years and shall terminate and be without further force or effect on the second anniversary of the date hereof, except as to any

 

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claims thereunder which have been asserted in writing pursuant to Section 4.1 against the Party making such representations and warranties on or prior to such second anniversary.

 

Section 5.2                                    Governing Law; Arbitration. This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law.  The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Purchaser, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby (i) irrevocably consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein brought in any such court, (iii) waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and (iv) subject to this Section 5.2, agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 5.6.

 

The Company irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Service Inc. as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to Ctrip.com International Ltd., 99 Fu Quan Road, Shanghai 200335, People’s Republic of China, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect. If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for service of process, the Company shall forthwith appoint a new agent of recognized standing for service of process in the State of New York and deliver to the Purchaser a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within ten Business Days of such acceptance. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Purchaser to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company in any other court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any sovereign or other immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, the Company irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 5.3                                    Amendment. This Agreement shall not be amended, changed or modified, except by another agreement in writing executed and delivered by the Parties hereto.

 

Section 5.4                                    Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the Company and the Purchaser and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns and legal representatives.

 

Section 5.5                                    Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder may be assigned by the Company or the Purchaser without the express written consent of the other Party, except that the Purchaser may assign all or any part of its

 

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rights and obligations hereunder to any affiliate of the Purchaser without the consent of the Company, provided that no such assignment shall relieve the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder if such assignee does not perform such obligations. Any purported assignment in violation of the foregoing sentence shall be null and void.

 

Section 5.6                                    Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of actual delivery if delivered personally to the Party to whom notice is to be given, on the date sent if sent by telecopier, tested telex or prepaid telegram, on the next business day following delivery to Federal Express properly addressed or on the day of attempted delivery by the U.S. Postal Service if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage paid, and properly addressed as follows:

 

If to the Purchaser, at:

 

 

 

Priceline Group Treasury Company B.V.

 

c/o The Priceline Group Inc.

 

800 Connecticut Avenue

 

Norwalk, CT 06854

 

USA

 

Attention:

General Counsel

 

Facsimile:

+1-203-299-8915

 

 

With copy to (which shall not constitute a notice):

 

 

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 

125 Broad Street

 

New York, New York 10004

 

USA

 

Attention:

Brian E. Hamilton

 

Facsimile:

+1-212-558-3588

 

 

If to the Company, at:

Ctrip.com International, Ltd.

 

99 Fu Quan Road

 

Shanghai 200335

 

People’s Republic of China

 

Attention:

Chief Financial Officer

 

Facsimile:

+86 21 5251-0000

 

 

With copy to (which shall not constitute a notice):

 

 

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

 

42/F Edinburgh Tower

 

The Landmark

 

15 Queen’s Road Central

 

Attention:

Z. Julie Gao, Esq./Haiping Li, Esq.

 

Facsimile:

+852 3740 4727/+852 3910 4835

 

Any Party may change its address for purposes of this Section 5.6 by giving the other Parties hereto written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

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Section 5.7                                    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with respect to the matters covered hereby, and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or in writing, if any, between the Parties with respect to the matters covered hereby are merged and superseded by this Agreement.

 

Section 5.8                                    Severability. If any provisions of this Agreement shall be adjudicated to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any action or proceeding whether in its entirety or in any portion, then such provision shall be deemed amended, if possible, or deleted, as the case may be, from the Agreement in order to render the remainder of the Agreement and any provision thereof both valid and enforceable, and all other provisions hereof shall be given effect separately therefrom and shall not be affected thereby.

 

Section 5.9                                    Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Company and the Purchaser will bear their respective expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, consultants and financial advisors..

 

Section 5.10                             Confidentiality. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall keep in confidence, and shall not use (except for the purposes of the transactions contemplated hereby) or disclose, any non-public information disclosed to it or its affiliates, representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Party shall ensure that its affiliates, representatives and agents keep in confidence, and do not use (except for the purposes of the transactions contemplated hereby) or disclose, any such non-public information. In the event that a Party, or any of its affiliates, representatives and agents, is required by law, regulation or judgment of a competent jurisdiction or requested by any governmental or regulatory agency of a competent jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any stock exchange or self-regulatory organization) to disclose any such non-public information, it shall, to the extent legally permissible, notify the other Party as promptly as practicable under the circumstances so that the other Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy. In the event that no such protective order or other remedy is obtained, the disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the non-public information that is legally required.

 

Section 5.11                             Termination. In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred by September 30, 2016, this Agreement shall be terminated unless the Parties mutually agree to renegotiate; except for the provisions of Sections 5.10, which shall survive any termination under this Section 5.11.

 

Section 5.12                             Purchaser Description.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall afford the Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any description of the Purchaser and/or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to Purchaser that is to be included in the Final Prospectus.

 

(b)                                 The Purchaser hereby consents and undertakes to promptly provide a description of its organization and business activities to the Company (the “Purchaser Description”) and hereby represents that the Purchaser Description will be true and accurate in all material respects and will not be misleading in any material respect, as may be reasonably required by the Company for the purpose of satisfying the disclosure obligations

 

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in connection with the Registration Statement and the prospectus therein under applicable laws, regulations and listing rules. The Purchaser also consents to the inclusion of the Purchaser Description, the Purchaser’s name and the matters relating to the Purchaser’s subscription of the Purchased Shares in the Registration Statement and the prospectus therein, and in press releases and other marketing materials for the Offering (subject to the Purchaser’s reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such press release and marketing materials as applicable). Additionally, the Purchaser hereby consents to the filing of this Agreement as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

(c)                                  The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the Purchaser Description, and the Purchaser agrees to notify the Company promptly in writing if, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, any of the content contained therein ceases to be accurate and complete or becomes misleading.

 

Section 5.13                             Headings. The headings of the various articles and sections of this Agreement are inserted merely for the purpose of convenience and do not expressly or by implication limit, define or extend the specific terms of the section so designated.

 

Section 5.14                             Execution in Counterparts. For the convenience of the Parties and to facilitate execution, this Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 5.15                             Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE PURCHASER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT

 

Section 5.16                             Public Disclosure.  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Purchaser and the Company shall consult with the other and issue a joint press release with respect to the execution of this Agreement. Thereafter, neither the Company nor the Purchaser, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, shall issue any press release or other public announcement or communication (to the extent not previously publicly disclosed or made in accordance with this Agreement) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the other party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except to the extent a party’s counsel deems such disclosure necessary in order to comply with any law or the regulations or policies of any securities exchange or other similar regulatory body (in which case the disclosing party shall give the other parties notice as promptly as is reasonably practicable of any required disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable law), shall limit such disclosure to the information such counsel advises is required to comply with such law or regulations, and if reasonably practicable, shall consult with the other party regarding such disclosure and give good faith consideration to any suggested changes to such disclosure from the other party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.16, each of the Purchaser, Parent and the Company may make public statements in response to specific questions by the press, analysts, investors or those attending industry conferences or financial analyst conference calls, so long as any such statements are not materially inconsistent with previous press releases, public disclosures or public statements made jointly by Parent and the Company and do not reveal material, non-public information regarding the other parties or the transactions contemplated this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.17                             No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

Ctrip.com International, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Xiaofan Wang

 

Name: Xiaofan Wang

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

PRICELINE GROUP TREASURY COMPANY B.V.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel J. Finnegan

 

Name: Daniel J. Finnegan

 

Title: Director