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April 29, 2010 U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn.: Document Control Re: American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts representing ordinary shares of Baidu.com (Form F-6, Registration No. 333-126546) Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on behalf of The Bank of New York, as Depositary for securities against which American Depositary Receipts are to be issued, we attach a copy of the new prospectus (Prospectus) reflecting the new ratio of the Company. As required by Rule 424(e), the upper right hand corner of the cover page has a reference to Rule 424(b)(3) and to the file number of the registration statement to which the Prospectus relates. Pursuant to Section III B of the General Instructions to the Form F-6 Registration Statement, the Prospectus consists of the revised form of ADR certificate. Please contact me with any questions or comments on 212 815-4831. Very truly yours, ___________________ Monica Vieira Senior Associate Tel (212) 815-4831 Fax (212) 571-3050 E-mail: mvieira@BankofNY.com Encl. cc: Paul Dudek, Esq.
File N.: 333-126546
Rule 424(b)(3)
Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement
No.
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AMERICANDEPOSITARY SHARES
(Each American Depositary Share
represents one (1) deposited Share)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES,
PAR VALUE $0.00005 PER SHARE, OF
BAIDU.COM, INC.
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS)
OVERSTAMP: Effective May 11 2010,
ten (10) American Depositary Shares
represent one (1) deposited share.
The Bank of New York as
depositary (hereinafter called the
Depositary), hereby certifies that
, or registered assigns IS THE OWNER OF
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
representing deposited Class A Ordinary
Shares (herein called Shares) of Baidu.com,
Inc., incorporated under the laws of the
Cayman Islands (herein called the
Company). At the date hereof, each
American Depositary Share represents one
(1) Share which are either deposited or
subject to deposit under the Deposit
Agreement referred to below at the principal
Hong Kong office of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
(herein called the Custodian). The
Depositarys Corporate Trust Office is
located at a different address than its
principal executive office. Its Corporate
Trust Office is located at 101 Barclay Street,
New York, N.Y. 10286, and its principal
executive office is located at One Wall
Street, New York, N.Y. 10286.
THE DEPOSITARYS CORPORATE
TRUST OFFICE ADDRESS IS
101 BARCLAY STREET, NEW YORK,
N.Y. 10286
1. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT.
This American Depositary Receipt is
one of an issue (herein called Receipts), all
issued and to be issued upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the deposit
agreement, dated as of August 10, 2005 (the
Deposit Agreement), by and among the
Company, the Depositary, and all Owners
and Beneficial Owners from time to time of
Receipts issued thereunder, each of whom
by accepting a Receipt agrees to become a
party thereto and become bound by all the
terms and conditions thereof. The Deposit
Agreement sets forth the rights of Owners
and Beneficial Owners of the Receipts and
the rights and duties of the Depositary in
respect of the Shares deposited thereunder
and any and all other securities, property and
cash from time to time received in respect of
such Shares and held thereunder (such
Shares, securities, property, and cash are
herein called Deposited Securities). Copies
of the Deposit Agreement are on file at the
Depositarys Corporate Trust Office in New
York City and at the office of the Custodian.
The statements made on the face and
reverse of this Receipt are summaries of
certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement
and are qualified by and subject to the
detailed provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, to which reference is hereby
made. Capitalized terms not defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the
Deposit Agreement.
2. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS
AND WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES.
Upon surrender at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Depositary of this
Receipt, and upon payment of the fee of the
Depositary provided in this Receipt, and
subject to the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement, the Owner hereof is
entitled to delivery, to him or upon his order,
of the amount of Deposited Securities at the
time represented by the American
Depositary Shares for which this Receipt is
issued. Delivery of such Deposited
Securities may be made by the delivery of
(a) certificates for Shares in the name of the
Owner hereof or as ordered by him or by
certificates properly endorsed or
accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer to such Owner or as ordered by him
and (b) any other securities, property and
cash to which such Owner is then entitled in
respect of this Receipt to such Owner or as
ordered by him. Such delivery will be made
at the option of the Owner hereof, either at
the office of the Custodian or at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary,
provided that the forwarding of certificates
for Shares or other Deposited Securities for
such delivery at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Depositary shall be at the risk and
expense of the Owner hereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Deposit Agreement or this Receipt, the
surrender of outstanding Receipts and
withdrawal of Deposited Securities may be
suspended only for (i) temporary delays
caused by closing the transfer books of the
Depositary or the Company or the deposit of
Shares in connection with voting at a
shareholders meeting, or the payment of
dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and
similar charges, and (iii) compliance with
any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental
regulations relating to the Receipts or to the
withdrawal of the Deposited Securities.
3. TRANSFERS, SPLIT-UPS, AND
COMBINATIONS OF RECEIPTS.
The transfer of this Receipt is
registrable on the books of the Depositary at
its Corporate Trust Office by the Owner
hereof in person or by a duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this Receipt
properly endorsed for transfer or
accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer and funds sufficient to pay any
applicable transfer taxes and the expenses of
the Depositary and upon compliance with
such regulations, if any, as the Depositary
may establish for such purpose. This
Receipt may be split into other such
Receipts, or may be combined with other
such Receipts into one Receipt, evidencing
the same aggregate number of American
Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts
surrendered. As a condition precedent to the
execution and delivery, registration of
transfer, split-up, combination, or surrender
of any Receipt or withdrawal of any
Deposited Securities, the Depositary, the
Custodian, or Registrar may require
payment from the depositor of Shares or the
presenter of the Receipt of a sum sufficient
to reimburse it for any tax, stamp duty or
other governmental charge and any stock
transfer or registration fee with respect
thereto (including any such tax or charge
and fee with respect to Shares being
deposited or withdrawn) and payment of any
applicable fees as provided in this Receipt,
may require the production of proof
satisfactory to it as to the identity and
genuineness of any signature and may also
require compliance with any regulations the
Depositary may establish consistent with the
provisions of the Deposit Agreement or this
Receipt.
The delivery of Receipts against
deposits of Shares generally or against
deposits of particular Shares may be
suspended, or the transfer of Receipts in
particular instances may be refused, or the
registration of transfer of outstanding
Receipts generally may be suspended,
during any period when the transfer books
of the Depositary are closed as provided in
Section 5.1 of the Deposit Agreement, or if
any such action is deemed necessary or
advisable by the Depositary or the Company
at any time or from time to time because of
any requirement of law or of any
government or governmental body or
commission, or under any provision of the
Deposit Agreement or this Receipt, or for
any other reason. Without limitation of the
foregoing, the Depositary shall not
knowingly accept for deposit under the
Deposit Agreement any Shares required to
be registered under the provisions of the
Securities Act for public sale in the United
States, unless a registration statement is in
effect as to such Shares.
4. LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR
TAXES.
If any tax or other governmental
charge shall become payable with respect to
any Receipt or any Deposited Securities
represented hereby, such tax or other
governmental charge shall be payable by the
Owner hereof to the Depositary. The
Depositary may refuse to effect any transfer
of this Receipt or any withdrawal of
Deposited Securities represented by
American Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt until such payment is made,
and may withhold any dividends or other
distributions, or may sell for the account of
the Owner hereof any part or all of the
Deposited Securities represented by the
American Depositary Shares evidenced by
this Receipt, and may apply such dividends
or other distributions or the proceeds of any
such sale in payment of such tax or other
governmental charge and the Owner hereof
shall remain liable for any deficiency.
5. WARRANTIES OF
DEPOSITORS.
Every person depositing Shares
under the Deposit Agreement shall be
deemed thereby to represent and warrant
that such Shares and each certificate
therefor, if applicable, are validly issued,
fully paid, nonassessable and were not
issued in violation of any pre-emptive rights
of the holders of outstanding Shares and that
the person making such deposit is duly
authorized so to do. Every such person shall
also be deemed to represent that the Shares
are eligible for deposit in accordance with
the Deposit Agreement and the General
Instructions to Form F-6 under the Securities
Act, and Receipts evidencing American
Depositary Shares representing the Shares
would not be, Restricted Securities. All
representations and warranties deemed made
under Section 3.3 of the Deposit Agreement
shall survive the deposit of Shares and
delivery or surrender of Receipts.
6. FILING PROOFS,
CERTIFICATES, AND OTHER
INFORMATION.
Any person presenting Shares for
deposit or any Owner or Beneficial Owner
of a Receipt may be required from time to
time to file with the Depositary or the
Custodian such proof of citizenship or
residence, exchange control approval, or
such information relating to the registration
on the books of the Company or the Foreign
Registrar, if applicable, to execute such
certificates and to make such representations
and warranties, as the Depositary may deem
necessary or proper. The Depositary may
withhold the delivery or registration of
transfer of any Receipt or the distribution of
any dividend or sale or distribution of rights
or of the proceeds thereof or the delivery of
any Deposited Securities until such proof or
other information is filed or such certificates
are executed or such representations and
warranties made. If requested in writing, the
Depositary shall, as promptly as practicable,
provide the Company, at the expense of the
Company, with copies of any such proofs,
certificates or other information it receives
pursuant to this Article, unless prohibited by
applicable law. No Share shall be accepted
for deposit unless accompanied by evidence
satisfactory to the Depositary that any
necessary approval has been granted by any
governmental body the Cayman Islands or in
th Peoples Republic of China which is then
performing the function of the regulation of
currency exchange.
7. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY.
The Company agrees to pay the fees,
reasonable expenses and out-of-pocket
charges of the Depositary and those of any
Registrar only in accordance with
agreements in writing entered into between
the Depositary and the Company from time
to time. The Depositary shall present its
statement for such charges and expenses to
the Company once every three months. The
charges and expenses of the Custodian are
for the sole account of the Depositary.
The following charges shall be
incurred by any party depositing or
withdrawing Shares or by any party
surrendering Receipts or to whom Receipts
are issued (including, without limitation,
issuance pursuant to a stock dividend or
stock split declared by the Company or an
exchange of stock regarding the Receipts or
Deposited Securities or a distribution of
Receipts pursuant to Section 4.3 of the
Deposit Agreement), or by Owners, as
applicable: (1) taxes, stamp duty and other
governmental charges, (2) such registration
fees as may from time to time be in effect
for the registration of transfers of Shares
generally on the Share register of the
Company or Foreign Registrar and
applicable to transfers of Shares to or from
the name of the Depositary or its nominee or
the Custodian or its nominee on the making
of deposits or withdrawals under the Deposit
Agreement, (3) such cable, telex and
facsimile transmission expenses as are
expressly provided in the Deposit
Agreement, (4) such expenses as are
incurred by the Depositary in the conversion
of foreign currency pursuant to Section 4.5
of the Deposit Agreement, (5) a fee of $5.00
or less per 100 American Depositary Shares
(or portion thereof) for the execution and
delivery of Receipts pursuant to Section 2.3,
4.3 or 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement and the
surrender of Receipts pursuant to Section
2.5 or 6.2 of the Deposit Agreement, (6) a
fee of $.02 or less per American Depositary
Share (or portion thereof) for any cash
distribution made pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement, including, but not limited to
Sections 4.1 through 4.4 of the Deposit
Agreement, (7) a fee for the distribution of
securities pursuant to Section 4.2 of the
Deposit Agreement, such fee being in an
amount equal to the fee for the execution
and delivery of American Depositary Shares
referred to above which would have been
charged as a result of the deposit of such
securities (for purposes of this clause 7
treating all such securities as if they were
Shares) but which securities are instead
distributed by the Depositary to Owners, (8)
a fee of $.02 or less per American
Depositary Share (or portion thereof) for
depositary services, which will accrue on the
last day of each calendar year and which
will be payable as provided in clause (9)
below; provided, however, that no fee will
be assessed under this clause (8) to the
extent a fee of $.02 was charged pursuant to
clause (6) above during that calendar year
and (9) any other charge payable by the
Depositary, any of the Depositarys agents,
including the Custodian, or the agents of the
Depositarys agents in connection with the
servicing of Shares or other Deposited
Securities (which charge shall be assessed
against Owners as of the date or dates set by
the Depositary in accordance with Section
4.6 of the Deposit Agreement and shall be
payable at the sole discretion of the
Depositary by billing such Owners for such
charge or by deducting such charge from
one or more cash dividends or other cash
distributions).
The Depositary, subject to Section
2.9 of the Deposit Agreement, may own and
deal in any class of securities of the
Company and its affiliates and in Receipts.
8. PRE-RELEASE OF RECEIPTS.
The Depositary may,
notwithstanding Section 2.3 of the Deposit
Agreement, execute and deliver Receipts
prior to the receipt of Shares pursuant to
Section 2.2 of the Deposit Agreement (Pre-
Release). The Depositary may, pursuant to
Section 2.5 of the Deposit Agreement,
deliver Shares upon the receipt and
cancellation of Receipts which have been
Pre-Released, whether or not such
cancellation is prior to the termination of
such Pre-Release or the Depositary knows
that such Receipt has been Pre-Released.
The Depositary may receive Receipts in lieu
of Shares in satisfaction of a Pre-Release.
Each Pre-Release will be (a) preceded or
accompanied by a written representation and
agreement from the person to whom
Receipts are to be delivered (the Pre-
Releasee) that the Pre-Releasee, or its
customer, (i) owns the shares or Receipts to
be remitted, as the case may be, (ii) assigns
all beneficial rights, title and interest in such
Shares or Receipts, as the case may be, to
the Depositary in its capacity as such and for
the benefit of the Owners, and (iii) will not
take any action with respect to such Shares
or Receipts, as the case may be, that is
inconsistent with the transfer of beneficial
ownership (including, without the consent of
the Depositary, disposing of such Shares or
Receipts, as the case may be), other than in
satisfaction of such Pre-Release, (b) at all
times fully collateralized with cash, U.S.
government securities or such other
collateral as the Depositary determines, in
good faith, will provide substantially similar
liquidity and security, (c) terminable by the
Depositary on not more than five (5)
business days notice, and (d) subject to such
further indemnities and credit regulations as
the Depositary deems appropriate. The
number of Shares not deposited but
represented by American Depositary Shares
outstanding at any time as a result of Pre-
Releases will not normally exceed thirty
percent (30%) of the Shares deposited
hereunder; provided, however, that the
Depositary reserves the right to disregard
such limit from time to time as it deems
reasonably appropriate, and may, with the
prior written consent of the Company,
change such limit for purposes of general
application. The Depositary will also set
Dollar limits with respect to Pre-Release
transactions to be entered into hereunder
with any particular Pre-Releasee on a case-
by-case basis as the Depositary deems
appropriate. For purposes of enabling the
Depositary to fulfill its obligations to the
Owners under the Deposit Agreement, the
collateral referred to in clause (b) above
shall be held by the Depositary as security
for the performance of the Pre-Releasees
obligations to the Depositary in connection
with a Pre-Release transaction, including the
Pre-Releasees obligation to deliver Shares or
Receipts upon termination of a Pre-Release
transaction (and shall not, for the avoidance
of doubt, constitute Deposited Securities
hereunder).
The Depositary may retain for its
own account any compensation received by
it in connection with the foregoing.
9. TITLE TO RECEIPTS.
It is a condition of this Receipt and
every successive Owner and Beneficial
Owner of this Receipt by accepting or
holding the same consents and agrees, that
title to this Receipt when properly endorsed
or accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer, is transferable by delivery with the
same effect as in the case of a negotiable
instrument; under the laws of New York;
provided, however, that the Depositary,
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary,
may treat the person in whose name this
Receipt is registered on the books of the
Depositary as the absolute owner hereof for
the purpose of determining the person
entitled to distribution of dividends or other
distributions or to any notice provided for in
the Deposit Agreement and for all other
purposes.
10. VALIDITY OF RECEIPT.
This Receipt shall not be entitled to
any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose,
unless this Receipt shall have been executed
by the Depositary by the manual signature
of a duly authorized signatory of the
Depositary; provided, however, that such
signature may be a facsimile if a Registrar
for the Receipts shall have been appointed,
and such Receipts are countersigned by the
manual or facsimile signature of a duly
authorized officer of the Registrar.
11. REPORTS; INSPECTION OF
TRANSFER BOOKS.
The Company is subject to the
periodic reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and,
accordingly, files certain reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(hereinafter called the Commission).
Such reports and communications
will be available for inspection and copying
at the public reference facilities maintained
by the Commission located at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.
The Depositary will make available
for inspection by Owners of Receipts at its
Corporate Trust Office, as promptly as
practicable after receipt, any reports and
communications, including any proxy
soliciting material, received from the
Company which are both (a) received by the
Depositary as the holder of the Deposited
Securities and (b) made generally available
to the holders of such Deposited Securities
by the Company. The Depositary shall also
send to the Owners of Receipts copies of
such reports when furnished by the
Company pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement. Any such reports and
communications, including any such proxy
soliciting material, furnished to the
Depositary by the Company shall be
furnished in English.
The Depositary shall keep books at
its Corporate Trust Office for the
registration of Receipts and transfers of
Receipts which at all reasonable times shall
be open for inspection by the Owners and
the Company, provided that such inspection
shall not be for the purpose of
communicating with Owners of Receipts in
the interest of a business or object other than
the business of the Company or a matter
related to the Deposit Agreement or the
Receipts.
12. DIVIDENDS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS.
Whenever the Depositary shall
receive any cash dividend or other cash
distribution on any Deposited Securities, the
Depositary shall, if at the time of receipt
thereof any amounts received in a foreign
currency can in the judgment of the
Depositary be converted on a reasonable
basis into United States dollars transferable
to the United States, and subject to the
Deposit Agreement, convert such dividend
or distribution into Dollars and shall
distribute the amount thus received (net of
the fees and expenses of the Depositary as
provided in the Deposit Agreement, if
applicable) to the Owners of Receipts
entitled thereto, provided, however, that in
the event that the Company or the
Depositary shall be required to withhold and
does withhold from such cash dividend or
such other cash distribution in respect of any
Deposited Securities an amount on account
of taxes, the amount distributed to the
Owners of the Receipts evidencing
American Depositary Shares representing
such Deposited Securities shall be reduced
accordingly.
Subject to the provisions of Sections
4.11 and 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement,
whenever the Depositary shall receive any
distribution other than a distribution
described in Sections 4.1, 4.3 or 4.4 of the
Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall,
subject to all applicable laws, cause the
securities or property received by it to be
distributed to the Owners of Receipts
entitled thereto, after deduction or upon
payment of any fees and expenses of the
Depositary or any taxes or other
governmental charges, in any manner that
the Depositary may deem equitable and
practicable for accomplishing such
distribution; provided, however, that if in the
opinion of the Depositary such distribution
cannot be made proportionately among the
Owners of Receipts entitled thereto, or if for
any other reason the Depositary deems such
distribution not to be feasible, the
Depositary may adopt such method as it
may deem equitable and practicable for the
purpose of effecting such distribution,
including, but not limited to, the public or
private sale of the securities or property thus
received, or any part thereof, and the net
proceeds of any such sale (net of the fees of
the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of
the Deposit Agreement) shall be distributed
by the Depositary to the Owners of Receipts
entitled thereto as in the case of a
distribution received in cash. The Depositary
may refuse to effect any distribution of
securities under Section 4.2 of the Deposit
Agreement unless it has received an opinion
of United States counsel for the Company
that is satisfactory to the Depositary that the
distribution does not require registration
under the Securities Act.
If any distribution upon any
Deposited Securities consists of a dividend
in, or free distribution of, Shares, the
Depositary may distribute to the Owners of
outstanding Receipts entitled thereto,
additional Receipts evidencing an aggregate
number of American Depositary Shares
representing the amount of Shares received
as such dividend or free distribution, subject
to the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement with respect to the deposit of
Shares and the issuance of American
Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts,
including the withholding of any tax or other
governmental charge as provided in Section
4.11 of the Deposit Agreement and the
payment of the fees and expenses of the
Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the
Deposit Agreement. In lieu of delivering
Receipts for fractional American Depositary
Shares in any such case, the Depositary shall
use reasonable efforts to sell the amount of
Shares represented by the aggregate of such
fractions and distribute any net proceeds to
the Owners entitled to them, all in the
manner and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Deposit Agreement. If
additional Receipts are not so distributed,
each American Depositary Share shall
thenceforth also represent the additional
Shares distributed upon the Deposited
Securities represented thereby.
The Company or its agent will remit
to the appropriate governmental agencies in
the Cayman Islands and the Peoples
Republic of China all amounts withheld and
owing to such agencies. The Depositary
will forward to the Company or its agent
such information from its records as the
Company may reasonably request to enable
the Company or its agent to file necessary
reports with governmental agencies, and the
Depositary or the Company or its agent may
file any such reports necessary to obtain
benefits under the applicable tax treaties for
the Owners of Receipts. In the event that
the Depositary determines that any
distribution in property (including Shares
and rights to subscribe therefor) is subject to
any tax or other governmental charge which
the Depositary is obligated to withhold, the
Depositary may by public or private sale
dispose of all or a portion of such property
(including Shares and rights to subscribe
therefor) in such amounts and in such
manner as the Depositary deems necessary
and practicable to pay any such taxes or
charges and the Depositary shall distribute
the net proceeds of any such sale after
deduction of such taxes or charges to the
Owners of Receipts entitled thereto.
13. CONVERSION OF FOREIGN
CURRENCY.
Whenever the Depositary or the
Custodian shall receive foreign currency, by
way of dividends or other distributions or
the net proceeds from the sale of securities,
property or rights, and if at the time of the
receipt thereof the foreign currency so
received can in the judgment of the
Depositary be converted on a reasonable
basis into Dollars and the resulting Dollars
transferred to the United States, the
Depositary shall convert or cause to be
converted, by sale or in any other manner
that it may determine, such foreign currency
into Dollars, and such Dollars shall be
distributed to the Owners entitled thereto or,
if the Depositary shall have distributed any
warrants or other instruments which entitle
the holders thereof to such Dollars, then to
the holders of such warrants and/or
instruments upon surrender thereof for
cancellation. Such distribution may be
made upon an averaged or other practicable
basis without regard to any distinctions
among Owners on account of exchange
restrictions, the date of delivery of any
Receipt or otherwise and shall be net of any
expenses of conversion into Dollars incurred
by the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9
of the Deposit Agreement.
If such conversion or distribution can
be effected only with the approval or license
of any government or agency thereof, the
Depositary shall file such application for
approval or license, if any, as it may deem
desirable.
If at any time the Depositary shall
determine that in its judgment any foreign
currency received by the Depositary or the
Custodian is not convertible on a reasonable
basis into Dollars transferable to the United
States, or if any approval or license of any
government or agency thereof which is
required for such conversion is denied or in
the opinion of the Depositary is not
obtainable without excessively burdensome
or otherwise unreasonable efforts, or if any
such approval or license is not obtained
within a reasonable period as determined by
the Depositary, or if there are foreign
exchange controls in place that prohibit such
conversion, the Depositary may distribute
the foreign currency (or an appropriate
document evidencing the right to receive
such foreign currency) received by the
Depositary to, or in its discretion may hold
such foreign currency uninvested and
without liability for interest thereon for the
respective accounts of, the Owners entitled
to receive the same.
If any such conversion of foreign
currency, in whole or in part, cannot be
effected for distribution to some of the
Owners entitled thereto, the Depositary may
in its discretion make such conversion and
distribution in Dollars to the extent
permissible to the Owners entitled thereto
and may distribute the balance of the foreign
currency received by the Depositary to, or
hold such balance uninvested and without
liability for interest thereon for the
respective accounts of, the Owners entitled
thereto.
14. RIGHTS.
In the event that the Company shall
offer or cause to be offered to the holders of
any Deposited Securities any rights to
subscribe for additional Shares or any rights
of any other nature, the Depositary shall
have discretion as to the procedure to be
followed in making such rights available to
any Owners to them or in disposing of such
rights on behalf of any Owners otherwise
entitled to them and making the net proceeds
available to such Owners or, if by the terms
of such rights offering or for any other
reason, the Depositary may not either make
such rights available to any Owners or
dispose of such rights and make the net
proceeds available to such Owners, then the
Depositary shall allow the rights to lapse. If
at the time of the offering of any rights the
Depositary determines in its reasonable
discretion that it is lawful and feasible to
make such rights available to all Owners or
to certain Owners but not to other Owners,
the Depositary may distribute, to any Owner
to whom it determines the distribution to be
lawful and feasible, in proportion to the
number of American Depositary Shares held
by such Owner, warrants or other
instruments therefor in such form as it
deems appropriate.
In circumstances in which rights
would otherwise not be distributed, if an
Owner of Receipts requests the distribution
of warrants or other instruments in order to
exercise the rights allocable to the American
Depositary Shares of such Owner under the
Deposit Agreement, the Depositary will
make such rights available to such Owner
upon written notice from the Company to
the Depositary that (a) the Company has
elected in its sole discretion to permit such
rights to be exercised and (b) such Owner
has executed such documents as the
Company has determined in its sole
discretion are reasonably required under
applicable law.
If the Depositary has distributed
warrants or other instruments for rights to all
or certain Owners, then upon instruction
from such an Owner pursuant to such
warrants or other instruments to the
Depositary from such Owner to exercise
such rights, upon payment by such Owner to
the Depositary for the account of such
Owner of an amount equal to the purchase
price of the Shares to be received upon the
exercise of the rights, and upon payment of
the fees and expenses of the Depositary and
any other charges as set forth in such
warrants or other instruments, the
Depositary shall, on behalf of such Owner,
exercise the rights and purchase the Shares,
and the Company shall cause the Shares so
purchased to be delivered to the Depositary
on behalf of such Owner. As agent for such
Owner, the Depositary will cause the Shares
so purchased to be deposited pursuant to
Section 2.2 of the Deposit Agreement, and
shall, pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Deposit
Agreement, execute and deliver Receipts to
such Owner. In the case of a distribution
pursuant to the second paragraph of this
Article, such Receipts shall be legended in
accordance with applicable U.S. laws, and
shall be subject to the appropriate
restrictions on sale, deposit, cancellation and
transfer under such laws.
If the Depositary determines in its
reasonable discretion that it is not lawful and
feasible to make such rights available to all
or certain Owners, it may sell the rights,
warrants or other instruments in proportion
to the number of American Depositary
Shares held by the Owners to whom it has
determined it may not lawfully or feasibly
make such rights available, and allocate the
net proceeds of such sales (net of the fees
and expenses of the Depositary as provided
in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement and
all taxes and governmental charges payable
in connection with such rights and subject to
the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement) for the account of such Owners
otherwise entitled to such rights, warrants or
other instruments, upon an averaged or other
practical basis without regard to any
distinctions among such Owners because of
exchange restrictions or the date of delivery
of any Receipt or otherwise.
The Depositary will not offer rights
to Owners unless both the rights and the
securities to which such rights relate are
either exempt from registration under the
Securities Act with respect to a distribution
to Owners or are registered under the
provisions of the Securities Act; provided,
however, that nothing in the Deposit
Agreement shall create any obligation on the
part of the Company to file a registration
statement with respect to such rights or
underlying securities or to endeavor to have
such a registration statement declared
effective. If an Owner of Receipts requests
distribution of warrants or other instruments,
notwithstanding that there has been no such
registration under the Securities Act, the
Depositary shall not effect such distribution
unless it has received an opinion from
recognized counsel in the United States for
the Company upon which the Depositary
may rely that such distribution to such
Owner is exempt from such registration;
provided, however, that the Company shall
have no obligation to cause its counsel to
issue such opinion at the request of such
Owner.
The Depositary shall not be
responsible for any reasonable failure to
determine that it may be lawful or feasible to
make such rights available to Owners in
general or any Owner in particular.
15. RECORD DATES.
Whenever any cash dividend or other
cash distribution shall become payable or
any distribution other than cash shall be
made, or whenever rights shall be issued
with respect to the Deposited Securities, or
whenever for any reason the Depositary
causes a change in the number of Shares that
are represented by each American
Depositary Share, or whenever the
Depositary shall receive notice of any
meeting of holders of Shares or other
Deposited Securities, or whenever the
Depositary shall find it necessary or
convenient, the Depositary shall fix a record
date, which date shall be the same date, to
the extent practicable, as the record date for
the Deposited Securities or if different, as
close thereto as practicable (a) for the
determination of the Owners of Receipts
who shall be (i) entitled to receive such
dividend, distribution or rights or the net
proceeds of the sale thereof or (ii) entitled to
give instructions for the exercise of voting
rights at any such meeting, (b) on or after
which each American Depositary Share will
represent the changed number of Shares or
(c) for any other matter, subject to the
provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
16. VOTING OF DEPOSITED
SECURITIES.
Upon receipt of notice of any
meeting of holders of Shares or other
Deposited Securities, if requested in writing
by the Company the Depositary shall, as
soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the
Owners a notice, the form of which notice
shall be in the discretion of the Depositary
and shall contain (a) such information as is
contained in such notice of meeting, and (b)
a statement that the Owners as of the close
of business on a specified record date will be
entitled, subject to any applicable provision
of the Peoples Republic of China and
Cayman Islands law and of the
Memorandum and Articles of Association of
the Company, to instruct the Depositary as
to the exercise of the voting rights, if any,
pertaining to the amount of Shares or other
Deposited Securities represented by their
respective American Depositary Shares and
(c) a statement as to the manner in which
such instructions may be given, including an
express indication that such instructions may
be given or deemed given in accordance
with the last sentence of this paragraph if no
instruction is received, to the Depositary to
give a discretionary proxy to a person
designated by the Company. Upon the
written request of an Owner of a Receipt on
such record date, received on or before the
date established by the Depositary for such
purpose (the Instruction Date), the
Depositary shall endeavor, in so far as
practicable, to vote or cause to be voted the
amount of Shares or other Deposited
Securities represented by the American
Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt in accordance with the instructions
set forth in such request. The Depositary
shall not vote or attempt to exercise the right
to vote that attaches to such Shares or other
Deposited Securities other than in
accordance with such instructions or deemed
instructions. If no instructions are received
by the Depositary from any Owner with
respect to any of the Deposited Securities
represented by the American Depositary
Shares evidenced by such Owners Receipts
on or before the date established by the
Depositary for such purpose, the Depositary
shall deem such Owner to have instructed
the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy
to a person designated by the Company with
respect to such Deposited Securities and the
Depositary shall give a discretionary proxy
to a person designated by the Company to
vote such Deposited Securities; provided,
that no such instruction shall be deemed
given and no such discretionary proxy shall
be given with respect to any matter as to
which the Company informs the Depositary
(and the Company agrees to provide such
information as promptly as practicable in
writing) that (x) the Company does not wish
such proxy given, (y) substantial opposition
exists or (z) such matter materially and
adversely affects the rights of holders of
Shares.
There can be no assurance that
Owners generally or any Owner in particular
will receive the notice described in the first
paragraph of Section 4.7 of the Deposit
Agreement sufficiently prior to the
Instruction Date to ensure that the
Depositary will vote the Shares or Deposited
Securities in accordance with the provisions
of that paragraph.
17. CHANGES AFFECTING
DEPOSITED SECURITIES.
In circumstances where the
provisions of Section 4.3 of the Deposit
Agreement do not apply, upon any change in
nominal value, change in par value, split-up,
consolidation or any other reclassification of
Deposited Securities, or upon any
recapitalization, reorganization, merger or
consolidation, or sale of assets affecting the
Company or to which it is a party, any
securities which shall be received by the
Depositary or a Custodian in exchange for
or in conversion of or in respect of
Deposited Securities shall be treated as new
Deposited Securities under the Deposit
Agreement, and American Depositary
Shares shall thenceforth represent, in
addition to the existing Deposited Securities,
if any, the new Deposited Securities so
received in exchange or conversion, unless
additional Receipts are delivered pursuant to
the following sentence. In any such case the
Depositary may execute and deliver
additional Receipts as in the case of a
dividend in Shares, or call for the surrender
of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for
new Receipts specifically describing such
new Deposited Securities.
18. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY
AND DEPOSITARY.
Neither the Depositary nor the
Company nor any of their respective
directors, officers, employees, agents or
affiliates shall incur any liability to any
Owner or Beneficial Owner of any Receipt,
if by reason of any provision of any present
or future law or regulation of the United
States, the Peoples Republic of China or any
other country, or of any governmental or
regulatory authority or stock exchange, or
by reason of any provision, present or
future, of the Memorandum and Articles of
Association of the Company, or by reason of
any provision of any securities issued or
distributed by the Company, or any Offering
or distribution thereof or by reason of any
act of God or war or terrorism or other
circumstances beyond its control, the
Depositary or the Company shall be
prevented, delayed or forbidden from, or be
subject to any civil or criminal penalty on
account of, doing or performing any act or
thing which by the terms of the Deposit
Agreement or Deposited Securities it is
provided shall be done or performed; nor
shall the Depositary or the Company or any
of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents or affiliates incur any
liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner
of a Receipt by reason of any non-
performance or delay, caused as aforesaid,
in the performance of any act or thing which
by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is
provided shall or may be done or performed,
or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to
exercise, any discretion provided for in the
Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of
a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.1, 4.2 or
4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering
or distribution pursuant to Section 4.4 of the
Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason,
such distribution or offering may not be
made available to Owners of Receipts, and
the Depositary may not dispose of such
distribution or offering on behalf of such
Owners and make the net proceeds available
to such Owners, then the Depositary shall
not make such distribution or offering, and
shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse
in each such case without liability to the
Company or the Depositary.
Neither the Company nor the
Depositary nor any of their directors,
officers, employees, agents or affiliates
assumes any obligation or shall be subject to
any liability under the Deposit Agreement to
Owners or Beneficial Owners of Receipts,
except that the Company and the Depositary
agree to perform their obligations
specifically set forth in the Deposit
Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
The Depositary shall not be subject to any
liability with respect to the validity or worth
of the Deposited Securities. Neither the
Depositary nor the Company shall be under
any obligation to appear in, prosecute or
defend any action, suit or other proceeding
in respect of any Deposited Securities or in
respect of the Receipts that in its opinion
may involve it in expense or liability, unless
indemnity satisfactory to it against all
expenses and liability shall be furnished as
often as may be required, and the Custodian
shall not be under any obligation whatsoever
with respect to such proceedings, the
responsibility of the Custodian being solely
to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary
nor the Company shall be liable for any
action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the
advice of or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any person presenting Shares
for deposit, any Owner or Beneficial Owner
of a Receipt, or any other person believed by
it in good faith to be competent to give such
advice or information. The Depositary shall
not be liable for any acts or omissions made
by a successor depositary whether in
connection with a previous act or omission
of the Depositary or in connection with any
matter arising wholly after the removal or
resignation of the Depositary, provided that
in connection with the issue out of which
such potential liability arises the Depositary
performed its obligations without negligence
or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for
any failure to carry out any instructions to
vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for
the manner in which any such vote is cast or
the effect of any such vote, provided that
any such action or nonaction is in good
faith. No disclaimer of liability under the
Securities Act is intended by any provision
of the Deposit Agreement.
19. RESIGNATION AND
REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITARY.
The Depositary may at any time
resign as Depositary under the Deposit
Agreement by written notice of its election
so to do delivered to the Company, such
resignation to take effect upon the
appointment of a successor depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment as
provided in the Deposit Agreement. The
Depositary may at any time be removed by
the Company by 120 days prior written
notice of such removal, which shall become
effective upon the later to occur of the (i)
120th day after delivery of the notice to the
Depositary or (ii) the appointment of a
successor depositary and its acceptance of
such appointment as provided in the Deposit
Agreement. Whenever the Depositary in its
discretion determines that it is in the best
interest of the Owners of Receipts to do so,
it may appoint a substitute or additional
custodian or custodians.
20. AMENDMENT.
The form of the Receipts and any
provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at
any time and from time to time be amended
by agreement between the Company and the
Depositary without the consent of Owners
and Beneficial Owners in any respect which
they may deem necessary or desirable. Any
amendment which shall impose or increase
any fees or charges (other than taxes and
other governmental charges, registration
fees, cable, telex or facsimile transmission
costs, delivery costs or other such expenses),
or which shall otherwise prejudice any
substantial existing right of Owners of
Receipts, shall, however, not become
effective as to outstanding Receipts until the
expiration of 30 days after notice of such
amendment shall have been given to the
Owners of outstanding Receipts. Every
Owner of a Receipt at the time any
amendment so becomes effective shall be
deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt,
to consent and agree to such amendment and
to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as
amended thereby. In no event shall any
amendment impair the right of the Owner of
any Receipt to surrender such Receipt and
receive therefor the Deposited Securities
represented thereby, except in order to
comply with mandatory provisions of
applicable law.
21. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT.
The Depositary shall at any time at
the direction of the Company terminate the
Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of
such termination to the Owners of all
Receipts then outstanding at least 30 days
prior to the date fixed in such notice for such
termination. The Depositary may likewise
terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing
notice of such termination to the Company
and the Owners of all Receipts then
outstanding if at any time 60 days shall have
expired after the Depositary shall have
delivered to the Company a written notice of
its election to resign and a successor
depositary shall not have been appointed and
accepted its appointment as provided in the
Deposit Agreement. On and after the date
of termination, the Owner of a Receipt will,
upon (a) surrender of such Receipt at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary,
(b) payment of the fee of the Depositary for
the surrender of Receipts referred to in
Section 2.5 of the Deposit Agreement and
(c) payment of any applicable taxes or
governmental charges, be entitled to
delivery, to him or upon his order, of the
amount of Deposited Securities represented
by the American Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt. If any Receipts
shall remain outstanding after the date of
termination, the Depositary thereafter shall
discontinue the registration of transfers of
Receipts, shall suspend the distribution of
dividends to the Owners thereof, and shall
not give any further notices or perform any
further acts under the Deposit Agreement,
except that the Depositary shall continue to
collect dividends and other distributions
pertaining to Deposited Securities, shall sell
rights and other property as provided in the
Deposit Agreement, and shall continue to
deliver Deposited Securities, together with
any dividends or other distributions received
with respect thereto and the net proceeds of
the sale of any rights or other property, in
exchange for Receipts surrendered to the
Depositary (after deducting, in each case,
the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of
a Receipt, any expenses for the account of
the Owner of such Receipt in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement and any applicable taxes or
governmental charges). At any time after
the expiration of six months from the date of
termination, the Depositary may sell the
Deposited Securities then held under the
Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold
uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale,
together with any other cash then held by it
thereunder, unsegregated and without
liability for interest, for the pro rata benefit
of the Owners of Receipts which have not
theretofore been surrendered, such Owners
thereupon becoming general creditors of the
Depositary with respect to such net
proceeds. After making such sale, the
Depositary shall be discharged from all
obligations under the Deposit Agreement,
except for its obligations to the Company
under Section 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement
and to account for such net proceeds and
other cash (after deducting, in each case, the
fee of the Depositary for the surrender of a
Receipt, any expenses for the account of the
Owner of such Receipt in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement, and any applicable taxes or
governmental charges). Upon the
termination of the Deposit Agreement, the
Company shall be discharged from all
obligations under the Deposit Agreement
except for its obligations to the Depositary
under Sections 5.8 and 5.9 of the Deposit
Agreement.
23. SUBMISSION TO
JURISDICTION;
APPOINTMENT OF AGENT
FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
The Company has (i) irrevocably
designated and appointed CT Corporation
System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York,
New York, as the Companys authorized
agent upon which process may be served in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to the Shares or Deposited
Securities, the American Depositary Shares,
the Receipts or this Agreement, (ii) consents
and submits to the jurisdiction of any state
or federal court in the State of New York in
which any such suit or proceeding may be
instituted, and (iii) agrees that service of
process upon said authorized agent shall be
deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the Company in any such suit
or proceeding. The Company agrees to
deliver, upon the execution and delivery of
the Deposit Agreement, a written acceptance
by such agent of its appointment as such
agent. The Company further agrees to take
any and all action, including the filing of
any and all such documents and instruments,
as may be necessary to continue such
designation and appointment in full force
and effect for so long as any American
Depositary Shares or Receipts remain
outstanding or the Deposit Agreement
remains in force. In the event the Company
fails to continue such designation and
appointment in full force and effect, the
Company hereby waives personal service of
process upon it and consents that any such
service of process may be made by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested,
directed to the Company at its address last
specified for notices hereunder, and service
so made shall be deemed completed five (5)
days after the same shall have been so
mailed.
24. ARBITRATION.
In the event the Depositary is
advised that a judgment of a court in the
United States court may not be recognized,
the following provisions shall apply:
(i) Any controversy, claim or
cause of action brought by any party or
parties hereto against any other party or
parties hereto arising out of or relating to the
Deposit Agreement shall be settled by
arbitration in accordance with the
Commercial Arbitration Rules of the
American Arbitration Association, and
judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitrators may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof.
(ii) The place of the arbitration
shall be the City of New York, State of New
York, United States of America, and the
language of the arbitration shall be English.
(iii) The number of arbitrators
shall be three, each of whom shall be
disinterested in the dispute or controversy,
shall have no connection with any party
thereto, and shall be an attorney experienced
in international securities transactions. Each
party shall appoint one arbitrator and the
two arbitrators shall select a third arbitrator
who shall serve as chairperson of the
tribunal. If a dispute, controversy or cause
of action shall involve more than two
parties, the parties shall attempt to align
themselves in two sides (i.e., claimant and
respondent), each of which shall appoint one
arbitrator as if there were only two parties to
such dispute, controversy or cause of action.
If either or both parties fail to select an
arbitrator, or if such alignment (in the event
there is more than two parties) shall not have
occurred, within sixty (60) calendar days
after the initiating party serves the
arbitration demand or the two arbitrators fail
to select a third arbitrator within sixty (60)
calendar days of the selection of the second
arbitrator, the American Arbitration
Association shall appoint the arbitrator or
arbitrators in accordance with its rules. The
parties and the American Arbitration
Association may appoint the arbitrators from
among the nationals of any country, whether
or not a party is a national of that country.
(iv) The arbitrators shall have no
authority to award damages not measured by
the prevailing partys actual damages and
shall have no authority to award any
consequential, special or punitive damages,
and may not, in any event, make any ruling,
finding or award that does not conform to
the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement.
In the event any third-party action or
proceeding is instituted against the
Depositary relating to or arising from any
act or failure to act by the Company, the
Company hereby submits to the personal
jurisdiction of the court or administrative
agency in which such action or proceeding
is brought.
25. COMPLIANCE WITH U.S.
SECURITIES LAWS.
Notwithstanding anything in
the Deposit Agreement to the contrary, the
Company and the Depositary each agrees
that it will not exercise any rights it has
under the Deposit Agreement to permit the
withdrawal or delivery of Deposited
Securities in a manner which would violate
the U.S. securities laws, including, but not
limited to, Section I.A.(1) of the General
Instructions to the Form F-6 Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time,
under the Securities Act.