Exhibit No.
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Description
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Underwriting Agreement, dated August 15, 2024, between Bitdeer Technologies Group and BTIG, LLC, relating to the Convertible Notes
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4.1 |
Indenture, dated August 20, 2024, between Bitdeer Technologies Group and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
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4.2 |
First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 20, 2024, between Bitdeer Technologies Group and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
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5.1 |
Opinion of Ogier relating to the Class A ordinary shares and the Convertible Notes
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5.2 |
Opinion of Cooley LLP relating to the Convertible Notes
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23.1 |
Consent of Ogier (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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23.2 |
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
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Bitdeer Technologies Group
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By:
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/s/ Jihan Wu
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Name:
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Jihan Wu
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Title:
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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Date: August 20, 2024
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1.
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Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
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(a)
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The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form F-3 under the Act. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-278027), including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering
the registration of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities under the Act, which has become effective. “Registration Statement” at any particular time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the
Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”) and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration statement, that in any case
has not been superseded or modified. “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in
the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.
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(b) |
(i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post- effective amendment, incorporated
report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities and (D) at each Time of Delivery, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) (A) on its date, (B) at the time of filing the Final Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (C) at each Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined), the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
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(c) |
(i) (A) At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective
amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c))
made any offer relating to the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, the Company met the then applicable requirements for use of Form F-3 under the Act, including compliance with General
Instruction I.B.1 of Form F-3, as applicable.
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(d) |
Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package (as defined below) complied or will comply when
so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(e) |
The Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to, and will not, directly or indirectly, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus, as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Act, in connection
with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
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(f) |
As of the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 15, 2024, including the base prospectus dated April 2, 2024 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) together with
the pricing term sheet as set forth in Schedule II hereto and as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions
from any Statutory Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
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(g) |
Each of the Company and any subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission) (each, a “Subsidiary,” collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly
incorporated, organized and is validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in
good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company comply with the requirements of applicable Cayman law and are
in full force and effect.
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(h) |
The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction, and all the equity interests of
the Subsidiaries are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the
subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 8.1 to the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”) and other than (i) those subsidiaries not required to be listed on Exhibit 8.1 by
Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, and (ii) those subsidiaries formed or acquired since the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year.
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(i) |
The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Indenture and the Offered Securities (together, the “Transaction Documents”) and perform the transactions contemplated hereby and to issue the
Offered Securities and Underlying Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The Offered Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, will
have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture; the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company
and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and on the Closing Date the Indenture will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors (the “Board”) or its shareholders is required. The Transaction Documents have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
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The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as of the dates set forth therein; all the outstanding capital shares of the Company have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights, in each case except (1) as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Final Prospectus, or (2) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus
as of the dates set forth therein or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no outstanding rights (including pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for, any capital shares or other equity interest in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital shares of the
Company or any such Subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital shares of the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as of the dates set forth therein; and all the outstanding capital shares or other equity interests of each Subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or
transfer or any other claim of any third party, except (1) as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure or the Final Prospectus, or (2) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(k) |
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective memorandum and articles of association, charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (iii) in violation of any
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree, guideline, notice or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), (1) as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or (2) for any such default or violation that would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) |
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the memorandum and articles of association, charter or by-laws or similar
organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any Cayman Islands, U.S. law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their properties, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, (1) as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus, or (2) for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) |
No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or any governmental or regulatory authority is required for the issue and sale of the Offered Securities, for the issuance of
the Underlying Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Offered Securities, and the Transaction Documents, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) as
may be required under applicable state securities laws of the United States or by the laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or the Exchange, including any notices that may be required by the Nasdaq Capital
Market (“Nasdaq”), in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters, (ii) as may be required under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act, and (iii) as have been previously obtained by the Company.
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(n) |
The consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting
Standards Boards (“IFRS”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly the
information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby; all disclosures included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus regarding “non-IFRS financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and
regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable. The Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries do not have any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), that are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
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(o) |
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and Incorporated Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable to the Company, and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective
principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the “IASB”). The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS as issued by the IASB and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls (it being understood that the Company is not required as of the date hereof to comply with Section 404(b) of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board have been advised of: (i) any significant deficiency and/or material weakness in the design or operation of internal
controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) 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.
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(p) |
MaloneBailey, LLP (the “Accountant”), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission and
incorporated into the Registration Statement are and during the periods covered by their report, were independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
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Since April 13, 2023, the Company has timely filed all certifications and statements the Company is required to file or furnish under (i) Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or (ii) 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) with respect to all Commission Documents with respect to which the Company is required to file such certifications and statements thereunder.
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Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been (i) no dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
paid or made by the Company on any class of its share capital and (ii) no material adverse change in the share capital, short-term indebtedness or long-term indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered (A) into any material transaction or agreement or incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is not disclosed or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, or (B) sustained any material loss or material interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or court or governmental action, order or decree.
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Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of
real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except
those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or
proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; except as described in the Registration Statement, General
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, no such Actions are, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions
that are required under the Act to be described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus,
and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Act to be filed as exhibits (collectively, the “Filed Documents”) to the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or described in
the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the
Final Prospectus. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no actual or threatened material breach by any other party to any Filed Documents of their respective obligations contemplated by the terms thereof.
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Except (i) where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such laws would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since April 13, 2023 have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws. Except where the failure to have or to comply would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) is in compliance in all material respects with all laws applicable to its business, operations, and assets; and (ii) except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, has not received any written notice from any governmental authority of or been charged by any governmental authority with the violation of any applicable law.
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Underwriters for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the offering of the Offered Securities.
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Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and
have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their
respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the
Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or would not have a Material Adverse Effect neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license,
sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course. This paragraph (w) does not relate to
environmental matters, such items being the subject of paragraph (y) below.
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(x) |
Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or where the failure to have any of the following would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the
Company and its Subsidiaries own or have valid and enforceable rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights and copyrightable works, know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and all other similar intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights (including all registrations and
applications for registration of, and all goodwill associated with, the foregoing) (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and as proposed to be conducted; (ii) the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses has not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property of any third party; (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any
written notice and are not otherwise aware of any pending or threatened claim alleging infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property of any third party, or challenging the validity, enforceability, scope or
ownership of any Intellectual Property of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iv) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries has been infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise violated by any third party; (v) to the Knowledge of the Company, all Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries is valid and enforceable in all material respects;
and (vi) the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of all Intellectual Property, the value of which to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof.
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(y) |
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (x) are and since December 31, 2022 have been in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), rules, regulations,
decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to pollution, the protection of human health or safety, the environment, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, chemicals, pollutants or
contaminants (collectively, “Hazardous Substances”), or the protection of natural resources from Hazardous Substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are and have been in compliance with all, and have not
violated any, permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under any Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability
or obligation under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Hazardous Substances, and have no Knowledge of any event or condition that would
reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, liability, obligation or violation; and (ii) there are no costs, obligations or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, (1) as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or (2) for any such matter as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, (x) there is no proceeding that is pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, that is contemplated, against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, (y) the Company and its Subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws that
would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries anticipates any material capital
expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
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(z) |
No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Act to be described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus and that is not so described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package
or the Final Prospectus.
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(aa)
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No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors, third-party logistics providers, IT service providers, or customers, except (1) as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or (2) as would not have, or be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party.
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(bb)
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The proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities by the Company shall be used by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the manner as will be set forth in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus. The application of the net proceeds received by the Company in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus will not (i) contravene any provision of any laws applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) contravene the memorandum and articles of association, charter or other constitutive documents of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) contravene the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument currently binding upon the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) contravene or violate the terms or provisions of any governmental authorization applicable to any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of (i), (iii) and (iv) above, such
contravention or violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(cc)
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The Company is not, and will not be, either after giving effect to the receipt of gross proceeds from the offering and sale of the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or after
the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Fine Prospectus, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the U.S. Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
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(dd)
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Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for employees or former employees, directors or independent contractors of the Company, or under
which the Company has had or has any present or future obligation or liability, has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred which would result in a material liability to the Company with respect to
any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) no event has occurred (including a “reportable event” as such term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) and no condition exists that
would subject the Company to any material tax, fine, lien, penalty, or liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable law; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid
contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
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(ee)
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Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all Cayman Islands federal, state, local and
foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof except, in each case, where the failure to pay or file would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets, except a tax deficiency that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company and the Subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective material
properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are appropriate and commercially reasonable (including reference to standard industry practice) to protect the
Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective businesses (which shall exclude business interruption insurance); and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or
(ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business without a significant increase in cost other than increases in premium costs generally applicable to the types of insurance maintained by the Company. There is no material insurance claim made by or against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, pending, outstanding or threatened, and no facts or circumstances exist which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such claim and all due premiums in respect thereof have been paid.
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Neither the Company nor any of its officers and directors nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, its affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Ordinary Shares or of any “reference security” (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”)) with respect to the Ordinary Shares, whether to facilitate
the sale of the Offered Securities or otherwise, in each case that would violate Regulation M, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate Regulation M.
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The Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its Knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not received notice from Nasdaq to the effect
that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of Nasdaq.
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the past five years, directly or indirectly (i) used any corporate funds, nor will directly or knowingly indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities, for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign
or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any
political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or
(iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including any unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure compliance in all material respects with all applicable
anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
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The Company and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (including the data of their respective
customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries) (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required
in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to the Knowledge of the Company are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards necessary to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation,
redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (collectively, “Data”)) used in connection with their businesses. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries have used reasonable efforts to establish, maintain, implement and comply with reasonable information technology, information security, cyber security and data protection controls, policies and
procedures, including oversight, access controls, encryption, technological and physical safeguards and business continuity/disaster recovery and security plans that are designed to protect against and prevent breach, destruction, loss,
unauthorized distribution, use, access, disablement, misappropriation or modification, or other compromise or misuse of or relating to any information technology system or Data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and
its Subsidiaries’ businesses (“Breach”) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no such Breach. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not been notified of and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably
be expected to result in, any such Breach. This representation is limited in each case to the extent that such breach or noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise disclosed
in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus.
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To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied, and are presently in compliance, in all material respects, with all internal and external privacy policies, contractual
obligations, industry standards, applicable laws, statutes, judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or other governmental or regulatory authority and any legal obligations regarding the collection, use,
transfer, import, export, storage, protection, disposal and disclosure by the Company and its Subsidiaries of Data (“Data Security Obligations”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notification of or
complaint regarding, or have Knowledge of any other facts that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably indicate non- compliance with any applicable Data Security Obligation in all material respects. There is no pending, or to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body pending or threatened alleging non-compliance with any applicable Data Security Obligation. The Company
and its Subsidiaries have at all times taken reasonable steps in accordance with industry standard practices to protect Data used in connection with their businesses against loss and against unauthorized access, use, modification,
disclosure or other misuse. There has been no unauthorized access to such information. To the extent applicable to the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the
European Union General Data Protection Regulation (and all other laws and regulations applicable to the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Personal Data).
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The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no material action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the
Final Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
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(nn)
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is currently the subject or, to the Knowledge of the Company, the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
(“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other
relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including the so-called Donetsk
People’s Republic, so-called Luhansk People’s Republic or any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”);
and the Company will not directly or knowingly indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or
other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, in violation of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate
any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country, in violation of Sanctions, or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter,
advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of
the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
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Except pursuant to any other financing arrangements the Company has entered into or may enter into from time to time and disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the
Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any applicable laws or regulations, or agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital shares or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s properties or assets to
the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company except as would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is a “person associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” (within the meaning set forth in the FINRA Manual). All of the information provided to the Underwriters or to their counsel,
specifically for use in connection with any filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5510 with regard to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, by the Company, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, by its counsel, its officers and
directors and the holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to acquire any securities of the Company, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is true, complete, correct
and compliant with FINRA’s rules in all material respects. Any questionnaires relating to FINRA Rule 5110 provided to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental
information provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA’s conduct rules are, to the Company’s Knowledge, true and correct in all material respects.
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(qq)
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Except for any Cayman Islands stamp duty if the Transaction Documents are executed in, or brought to, the Cayman Islands (including being produced to a court of the Cayman Islands) in which case nominal
stamp duty would be payable, no stamp duties or other issuance or transfer taxes are payable in the Cayman Islands or Singapore, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof solely in connection with (A) the execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, (B) the issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (C) the sale and delivery of the Offered Securities as contemplated in this
Agreement or (D) the issuance and delivery of the Ordinary Shares upon conversion of the Offered Securities.
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or their properties or assets has immunity under Cayman Islands, U.S. federal or New York state law from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving
of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any Cayman Islands, U.S. federal or New York state court, from service of process, attachment upon or prior to judgment, or
attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court with respect to their respective
obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection herewith; and, to the extent that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become
entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings arising out of, or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, may at any time be commenced, the Company has waived or will waive, pursuant to
Section 18 of this Agreement, and upon execution of the Indenture, pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, and it will cause its Subsidiaries to waive, such right to the extent permitted by law.
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(ss)
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Any final and conclusive judgment for a fixed, definite or determined sum of money and not in respect of a tax, fine or other penalty rendered by any U.S. District Court and other courts of the United
States in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement which was not obtained by fraud and is not of a kind, the enforcement of
which is contrary to public policy in the Cayman Islands would be enforceable against the Company by the courts of the Cayman Islands, without re- examination or re-litigation of the matters adjudicated upon.
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(tt)
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The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands and will be recognized and upheld by the courts of the Cayman
Islands, subject to the restrictions described under the caption “Service of Process and Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, and other exceptions including but not limited to fraud, public policy, and
natural justice. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 18 of this Agreement and Section 13.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, has or upon execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Company, will have, legally,
validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York state and United States federal court sitting in the City of New York and has, or in the case of the Indenture, upon execution and delivery by
the Company, will have, validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. The Company has the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 18
of this Agreement and Section 13.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, has, or in the case of the Indenture, upon execution and delivery by the Company, will have, legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and
empowered, an authorized agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereunder, in any New York Court, and service of process in any manner permitted
by applicable laws effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company as provided herein or in any other Transaction Document.
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The indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof do not contravene Cayman Islands law.
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Based on the information available to the Company at the time of the filing of the Form 20-F dated March 28, 2024, the Company believes that it was not a “passive foreign investment company” as defined in
Section 1297 of the Code for the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 2023.
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(ww)
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The legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package the Final Prospectus, the Transaction Documents or the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction in
which the Company is organized or does business is not dependent upon such document being submitted into, filed or recorded with any court or other authority in any such jurisdiction on or before the date hereof or that any tax,
imposition or charge be paid in any such jurisdiction on or in respect of any such document. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, any final judgment for a fixed sum of
money rendered by a New York Court having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon the Transaction Documents would be recognized and enforced by Cayman courts
without reexamining the merits of the case.
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(xx)
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Subject to the limitations described in Section 18 hereof, the Underwriters are entitled to sue as plaintiff in the court of the jurisdiction of formation and domicile of the Company for the enforcement of
its rights under the Transaction Documents and the Offered Securities and such access to such courts will not be subject to any conditions which are not applicable to residents of such jurisdiction or a company incorporated in such
jurisdiction except that plaintiffs not residing in the Cayman Islands may be required to guarantee payment of a possible order for payment of costs or damages at the request of the defendant
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(yy)
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The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (a “Foreign Private Issuer”).
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The Company has not relied upon any Underwriter or legal counsel for the Underwriter for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities.
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No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) (a “Forward-Looking Statement”) contained in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or, where applicable, intent not to renew, any of the material contracts or agreements
referred to or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report, and no such termination or nonrenewal has been threatened by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party to any such contract or agreement.
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Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to a registration statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “registration rights”).
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Upon issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Offered Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into cash, Underlying
Securities or a combination of cash and Underlying Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Offered Securities; the maximum number of Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Offered Securities (assuming
the Underwriters exercise in full their over-allotment option, including the maximum number of Underlying Securities that may be issued upon conversions of the Offered Securities in connection with any “make-whole fundamental change”,
“optional redemption, “cleanup redemption” or “tax redemption” (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) and assuming full physical settlement of all such conversions) (such maximum number of Underlying Securities, the “Maximum Number
of Underlying Shares”), have been duly reserved and authorized and when issued upon conversion of the Offered Securities in accordance with the terms of the Offered Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non- assessable, and
the issuance of the Ordinary Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
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The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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(fff)
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To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not issued any debt securities that have been or are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of
the Exchange Act.
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The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a- 15(e) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and is designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s management as appropriate. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures
as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2023.
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(hhh)
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The statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “The Offering,” “Risk Factors,” “Description of the Notes,” “Description of Share
Capital,” and “Taxation” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings in all
material respects. The preceding sentence, insofar as it relates to statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Underwriting,” does not apply to information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein. The statements set forth in the Annual Report under the headings “Item 4. Information on the Company - B. Business Overview,” “Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects - A.- Operating Results - Liquidity and Capital Resources,” “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees - B. Compensation,” “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees - C.
Board Practices,” “Item 8. Financial Information – A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information - Legal Proceedings,” “Item 10. Additional Information - B. Memorandum and Articles of Association” and “Item 10. Additional
Information - E. Taxation,” as supplemented or modified by the information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and the statements set forth in Exhibit 99.1 filed as part of the
interim report on Form 6-K as filed with the Commission on May 14, 2024 and Exhibit 99.1 filed as part of the interim report on Form 6-K as filed with the Commission on August 12, 2024, “ insofar as such statements summarize legal
matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings in all material respects.
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Any third-party statistical, industry and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the
Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived. The Company has obtained written consents for the use of such data from such sources to the extent required as determined in the
Company’s reasonable discretion.
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(jjj)
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To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company’s directors and executive officers are not a party to any legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings that would result in such director or officer to be unsuitable
for his or her position on the Company’s Board or in the Company.
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The section entitled “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects - A. Operating Results - Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates” in the Annual Report, as updated by
the General Disclosure Package, fairly and accurately describes (i) material accounting policies that the Company believes are the most significant in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and that
require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, (ii) material judgments, estimates and uncertainties affecting the application of the foregoing critical accounting policies and (iii) the likelihood that different
amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof (to the extent required to be so disclosed). The Company’s directors and management have reviewed and agreed with the
selection, application and disclosure of the Company’s critical accounting policies as described in the Annual Report, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
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(lll)
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The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly and accurately describe all material trends, demands, commitments and events known to the Company, that the Company
believes would materially affect its liquidity and are reasonably likely to occur. The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly and accurately describe in all material respects all off-balance
sheet transactions, arrangements, commitments and obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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The Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and the filing of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus with the Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company, and
the Registration Statement has been duly executed pursuant to such authorization by and on behalf of the Company.
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The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, on and after the date hereof and prior to the later of the latest Time of Delivery and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the
Offered Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, other than the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 15, 2024 and the Final Prospectus.
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Any certificate signed by any officer or director of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters on behalf of the Representative as required or contemplated by this
Agreement shall constitute a representation and warranty hereunder by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
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The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly presents
the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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Purchase and Sale.
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Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of
97.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus in the case of any Option Securities, accrued and unpaid interest thereon from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding the date of the applicable Time of Delivery (the “Purchase Price”),
the principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
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(b) |
Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase, severally and not jointly, at their election, not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final
Prospectus, up to US$22,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities at the Purchase Price solely to cover over-allotments, if any. Such option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, by written
notice from the Representative to the Company setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by the Representative but in
no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery or, unless the Representative and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice. The principal amount of Optional
Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total principal amount of Optional Securities to be purchased by all Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm Securities, subject to such
adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fraction of US$1,000 principal amount of Offered Securities.
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[Reserved].
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Delivery.
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The Offered Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Offered Securities to the Representative, for the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, by causing DTC to credit the Offered Securities to the account of the Representative at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Offered Securities to be made available to the
Representative for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of Goodwin Procter LLP, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02210 (USA) (the “Closing Location”). The time and date of such
delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Securities, 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on August 20, 2024 or such other time and date as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the
Optional Securities, 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representative in the written notice given by the Representative of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Securities, or such other time and
date as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Securities is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, and each of the First Time of Delivery and any subsequent time and
date for delivery of the Optional Securities, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”
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The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Offered Securities and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7 hereof, will be delivered at such time and date at the Closing Location, and the Offered Securities will be delivered at the office of DTC (or its designated custodian), all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be
held at the Closing Location at 8:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be
available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are
generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
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Certain Agreements of the Company.
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The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) not later than the second business day following the earlier of the date it is first used or the
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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The Company will promptly advise the Representative of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the
Offered Securities within the meaning of the Act and (ii) completion of the Lock-Up Period (as defined below) and will not effect such amendment or supplement without the Representative’s consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld);
and the Company will also advise the Representative promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any
Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for that
purpose, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatening of any
proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(c) |
If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to
be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final
Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other
dealers upon reasonable request of the Representative, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor the
Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof, unless stated specifically to constitute a waiver of such condition.
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(d) |
The Company will generally make available to the Company’s security holders and to the Representative as soon as practicable an earnings statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(e) |
The Company will furnish, upon the Representative’s reasonable request, to the Representative copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits filed thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), any Statutory
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements (including documents incorporated by reference therein) to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative reasonably
requests.
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(f) |
The Company will use its reasonable commercial efforts to arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative reasonably designates and
will use its reasonable commercial efforts to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities.
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(g) |
Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (i) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), any preliminary prospectus, the General
Disclosure Package and, the Final Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsels and accountants, (iii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer
and delivery of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iv) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of
the Offered Securities and the Underlying Securities issuable upon conversion of the Offered Securities under state or foreign securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Offered Securities for offer and
sale under state or foreign securities laws as provided in Section 5(f) hereof, including filing fees, (v) all filing fees incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Offered Securities and the Underlying
Securities issuable upon conversion of the Offered Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), if applicable, (vii) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Underlying Securities issuable upon conversion
of the Offered Securities on Nasdaq and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) the costs and expenses of qualifying the Offered Securities for inclusion in the book-entry settlement system of DTC, (vii) the fees and expenses
of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Offered Securities; (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent or registrar, (ix) the
costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations or any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Offered Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the
preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, expenses associated with hosting investor meetings or luncheons, fees and expenses of any consultants
engaged in connection with any road show or investor presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the Representative and officers of the Company, (x) the document production charges and expenses
associated with the printing and delivery of this Agreement, other Transaction Documents, the Offered Securities, any closing documents contemplated hereunder (including compilations thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and
furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section.
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(h) |
The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any stamp, issuance, transfer or other similar taxes or duties, if any, on the issue, transfer, delivery or sale to the Underwriters and the initial transfer, delivery
or sale by the Underwriters to purchasers of the Offered Securities. All payments to be made by the Company to the Underwriters under this Agreement shall be made without set-off or counterclaim, and free and clear of, and without deduction
or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by applicable
jurisdictions or by any department, agency or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (“Taxes”). If any Taxes are required by law to be deducted or withheld in connection with any such payment, the Company shall
pay such additional amounts as may be necessary such that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made, except that no
additional amounts shall be payable in respect of (a) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for a present or former connection between such Underwriters and the applicable jurisdiction (or any department, agency or other political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) other than a connection arising solely from such Underwriter having executed, delivered or performed its obligations, or received a payment, under this Agreement; (b) any Taxes that would
not have been imposed but for the failure of such Underwriter to comply with any certification, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction of the
Underwriter if such compliance is required or imposed by law as a precondition to an exemption from, or reduction in, such Taxes; or (c) any income or franchise tax on the overall net income of such Underwriter.
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(i) |
For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Ordinary Shares, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for any of its Ordinary Shares (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right
or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put
equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (v) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up
Securities, other than registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the issuance, vesting, exercise or settlement of equity awards granted or to be granted pursuant to any employee benefit plan described in the Final Prospectus, or
publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of BTIG, LLC, except (A) the Offered Securities to be sold hereunder or the issuance of any Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Offered
Securities, (B) the issuance of Ordinary Shares or the grant of restricted shares or options to purchase Ordinary Shares or similar securities under the Company’s employee share option scheme and equity plan, (C) the issuance of Ordinary
Shares pursuant to the conversion of preference shares, convertible promissory notes or bonds or convertible notes outstanding on the date hereof of which the Representative has been advised in writing or which is otherwise described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (D) the issuance of Ordinary Shares in connection with any mergers or acquisitions approved by the Board or otherwise duly authorized by the Company, and (E)
the issuance of Ordinary Shares in connection with the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated March 18, 2024, among the Company and B. Riley Securities, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Needham & Company, LLC, StockBlock Securities
LLC, Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Rosenblatt Securities Inc., provided that no such Ordinary Shares may be issued or sold during the period commencing on and including the date hereof and continuing through and including the fifteenth
(15) day following the date of the Final Prospectus. The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 45 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that BTIG, LLC consents to in writing.
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(j) |
The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, Ordinary Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy its obligation to issue the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares.
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(k) |
The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain approval to list, subject to official notice of issuance upon conversion of the Offered Securities, the Underlying Securities (equal to the Maximum Number of
Underlying Shares) on Nasdaq.
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(l) |
The Company, during the period when a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act in connection with the
offer or sale of the Offered Securities, will file all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
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(m) |
The Company agrees that (i) it will not attempt to avoid any judgment in connection with this Agreement applied or denied to it in a court of competent jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, and following the consummation of the
offering of the Offered Securities, it will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals required, if any, in the Cayman Islands to pay and remit outside the Cayman Islands all dividends declared by the Company and payable on
the Ordinary Shares, if any, and (ii) it will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals required, if any, in the Cayman Islands for the Company to acquire sufficient foreign exchange for the payment of dividends, if any.
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(n) |
The Company intends to apply the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Offered Securities substantially in the manner set forth under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Final Prospectus and to file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act. Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries intends to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed as of the date hereof to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
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(o) |
The Company agrees not to, and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries not to, take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
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(p) |
The Company agrees not to, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Offered Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus”
(within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities, in each case other than the Final Prospectus.
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(q) |
The Company agrees to promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be a Foreign Private Issuer at any time prior to the completion of the distribution of Offered Securities within the meaning of the Act (as notified by the
Underwriters to the Company) and 15 days after expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
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6. |
Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Act a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
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7. |
Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities at each Time of Delivery will be subject to the
following conditions precedent:
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(a) |
The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of such Time of Delivery, and the Company has performed all of
its obligations and satisfied all of the conditions hereunder on its part that are required to be performed or satisfied on or before such Time of Delivery;
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(b) |
The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall
have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the Knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by the Commission;
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(c) |
Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the effect of which makes it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities on such Time of Delivery, as
the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement;
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(d) |
The Representative shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Time of Delivery, of MaloneBailey LLP, independent public accountants, substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on each Time of Delivery shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than three business days prior to such Time
of Delivery;
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(e) |
The Representative shall have received the opinion and negative assurance letter of Cooley LLP, United States counsel for the Company, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
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(f) |
The Representative shall have received the opinion of Ogier, Cayman counsel for the Company, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
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(g) |
The Representative shall have received the opinion of WongPartnership LLP, Singapore counsel for the Company, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
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(h) |
The Representative shall have received from Goodwin Procter LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriters, a negative assurance letter and an opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to such matters as the Representative may
require;
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(i) |
The Representative shall have received the opinion of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Singapore counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
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(j) |
The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representative certificates of a duly authorized executive officer of the Company, dated such Time of Delivery, satisfactory to the Representative, in which such officer
shall represent as follows: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, the Company has performed all of its obligations hereunder on its part that are required to be performed and not
otherwise waived by the Representative at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and (ii) such other matters as the Representative may reasonably request;
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(k) |
No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s Knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission;
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(l) |
On or prior to the date hereof, the Representative shall have received lock-up letters from each of the directors and executive officers of the Company, each substantially in the form and substance set forth in Annex I;
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(m) |
The Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall have furnished to the Representative, dated, respectively the date hereof and such Time of Delivery, certificates to the effect that certain operating and financial data disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus have been derived from and verified against the Company’s accounting and business records, and he has no reason to believe that such data is not true and
correct;
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(n) |
A “Listing of Additional Shares” notification related to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares shall have been submitted to, and not rejected by, Nasdaq;
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(o) |
The Offered Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
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(p) |
The Representative shall have received an executed copy of the Indenture;
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(q) |
FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereunder; and
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(r) |
No Statutory Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus shall have been filed to which the Representative have objected in writing.
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8. |
Indemnification and Contribution.
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(a) |
The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and its affiliates, such Underwriter’s and affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act,
other United States federal or state statutory law or regulation, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any part of the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other documented expenses reasonably incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether
threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are reasonably incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
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(b) |
Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors (and director appointees named in the Registration Statement) and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such
Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other United States federal or state statutory law or regulation, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representative
specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability,
action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission as such expenses are reasonably incurred.
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(c) |
Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under subsection (a) or
(b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except
with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigations. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as
to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.
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(d) |
If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with this Offering shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred
to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of
this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such
Underwriter with respect to the Offered Securities purchased by it exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this
subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d).
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9. |
Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Representative to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Time of
Delivery, (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States or Singapore shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities
shall have been declared by United States Federal, New York State or Singapore authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism, or any change in financial markets, currency exchange
rates or controls or any calamity or crisis that, in the discretion of the Representative, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the discretion of the
Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for
any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
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10. |
Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First Time of Delivery or any subsequent Time of
Delivery and the total principal amount of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are
obligated to purchase on such Time of Delivery, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such
arrangements are made by such Time of Delivery, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase on such Time of Delivery. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the total principal amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total
principal amount of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Time of Delivery and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons
are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non- defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 9 (provided that if such default occurs with
respect to Optional Securities after the First Time of Delivery, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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11. |
Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed or delivered and confirmed to the Representative at: BTIG, LLC, 350 Bush Street, 9th
Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, United States, Attention: Forrest Koenig (fkoenig@btig.com), with a copy to General Counsel (IBLegal@btig.com) or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or confirmed to it at 08 Kallang Avenue,
Aperia Tower 1, #09-03/04, Singapore 138522, Attention: CEO; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
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12. |
Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the affiliates, officers and directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
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13. |
Representation. The Representative will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the
Representative will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
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14. |
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
Agreement.
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15. |
Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
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(a) |
The Representative has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and the Representative,
on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representative has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
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(b) |
The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arm’s-length negotiations with the Representative, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and
understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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(c) |
The Company has been advised that the Representative and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Representative has no obligation to
disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
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(d) |
The Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Representative for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Representative shall have no liability
(whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including their respective shareholders, employees or
creditors.
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16. |
Currency. The obligation of the Company pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars,
not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the
Company an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
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17. |
Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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18. |
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such
court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any U.S. federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The
City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. The Company irrevocably appointed Cogency Global Inc., located 122 E. 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10168, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York upon which process may be served in
any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 11, 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 for
a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all rights to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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19. |
Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. (a) If any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such
Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such
interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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(b) |
If any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such
Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United
States.
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(c) |
In this Section 19:
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Very truly yours,
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Bitdeer Technologies Group
|
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By:
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/s/ Jihan Wu
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Name: Jihan Wu
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Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Accepted as of the date hereof:
|
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BTIG, LLC
|
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By:
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/s/Forrest Koenig
|
Name: |
Forrest Koenig | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
Underwriter |
Principal Amount of
Securities to be
Purchased
|
BTIG, LLC
|
US$121,500,000
|
A.G.P.
|
US$15,000,000
|
The Benchmark Company, LLC
|
US$7,500,000
|
Needham & Company LLC
|
US$3,000,000
|
Roth Capital Partners, LLC
|
US$3,000,000 |
Total
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US$150,000,000
|
A.G.P.
|
The Benchmark Company, LLC
|
Needham & Company
|
Roth Capital Partners
|
Issuer:
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Bitdeer Technologies Group, a Cayman Islands exempted company.
|
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Ticker / Exchange for our Class A ordinary shares, par value
|
BTDR / Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”)
|
|
US$0.0000001 per share (“Class A ordinary shares”):
|
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Title of Securities:
|
8.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “notes”)
|
|
Principal Amount:
|
US$150,000,000, plus up to an additional US$22,500,000 principal amount of the notes pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
|
|
Denominations:
|
US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof
|
|
Maturity:
|
August 15, 2029, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased
|
|
Interest Rate:
|
8.50% per year, accruing from the Settlement Date
|
|
Interest Payment Dates:
|
February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2025
|
|
Record Dates:
|
February 1 and August 1 of each year, immediately preceding any February 15 or August 15 interest payment date, as the case may be
|
|
Public Offering Price:
|
100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued interest, if any, from the Settlement Date
|
|
Nasdaq Last Reported Sale Price of Class A ordinary shares on August 15,
2024:
|
US$6.33 per share
|
|
Initial Conversion Rate:
|
117.0207 Class A ordinary shares per US$1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustment
|
|
Initial Conversion Price:
|
Approximately US$8.55 per Class A ordinary share
|
|
Conversion Premium:
|
Approximately 35% above the Nasdaq Last Reported Sale Price on August 15, 2024
|
Trade Date:
|
August 16, 2024
|
|
Settlement Date:
|
August 20, 2024 (T+2)1
|
|
Use of Proceeds:
|
We estimate the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately US$144.5 million (or approximately US$166.3 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional notes in full), after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
|
|
We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for datacenter expansion, ASIC based mining rig development as well as working capital and other general corporate purposes.
|
||
See “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for additional information.
|
||
Sole Book-Running Manager:
|
BTIG, LLC
|
|
Co-Managers:
|
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners
The Benchmark Company, LLC
Needham & Company LLC
Roth Capital Partners, LLC
|
|
CUSIP:
|
09175R AA8
|
|
ISIN:
|
US09175RAA86
|
|
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions:
|
US$30 per US$1,000 principal amount of the notes
|
|
Optional Redemption:
|
We may redeem for cash all or any part of the notes (subject to the partial redemption limitation described below), at our option, on or after August 20, 2027 and prior to the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding the
maturity date, if the last reported sale price of our Class A ordinary shares has been at least 150% of the conversion price for the notes then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30
consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of optional redemption at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. However, we may not redeem less than all of the outstanding notes at our option unless at least US$75.0
million aggregate principal amount of notes are outstanding and not called for optional redemption as of the time we send the related notice of optional redemption (and after giving effect to the delivery of such notice of optional
redemption).
|
|
No “sinking fund” is provided for the notes, which means that we are not required to redeem or retire the notes periodically.
|
||
See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
|
||
Cleanup Redemption:
|
We may redeem for cash all but not part of the notes at any time prior to the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date if less than US$25 million aggregate principal amount of notes remains outstanding at
such time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
|
|
See “Description of the Notes—Cleanup Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
|
||
Tax Redemption:
|
If we have, or on the next interest payment date would, become obligated to pay any additional amounts as a result of (i) any change or amendment on or after the date of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement in the laws or any rules
or regulations of a relevant taxing jurisdiction, or (ii) any change on or after the date of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement in an interpretation, administration or application of such laws, rules or regulations, as further
described under “Description of the Notes—Tax Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, we may, at our option, redeem all but not part of the notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to
be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date and any additional amounts with respect to such redemption price.
|
|
Upon our giving a notice of tax redemption, a holder may elect not to have its notes redeemed, in which case such holder would not be entitled to receive the additional amounts referred to in “Description of the Notes—Additional
Amounts” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement after the redemption date with respect to the applicable change in tax law.
|
||
See “Description of the Notes—Tax Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
|
||
Repurchase upon Fundamental Change:
|
If we undergo a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under “Description of the Notes—Repurchase upon Fundamental Change”), subject to certain conditions and a limited exception described in the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their notes in principal amounts of US$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
|
|
See “Description of the Notes—Repurchase upon Fundamental Change” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
|
Additional Amounts:
|
All payments and deliveries made by, or on behalf of, us or any successor to us under or with respect to the notes, including, but not limited to, payments of principal (including, if applicable, the redemption price and the
fundamental change repurchase price), payments of interest and payments of cash and/or deliveries of Class A ordinary shares (together with payments of cash for any fractional Class A ordinary shares, if applicable) upon conversion,
will be made without withholding or deduction, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law or by regulation or governmental policy having the force of law. In the event that any such withholding or deduction is so required
by certain jurisdictions, we will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by the holders of the notes after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting any taxes on the additional
amounts) will equal the amounts that would have been received by such holders had no such withholding or deduction been required, subject to certain exceptions.
|
|
See “Description of the Notes—Additional Amounts” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
|
||
Interest Make-Whole Conversion Rate Adjustment upon Certain Conversions
|
If you surrender your notes for conversion at any time during the period from, and including, the date that is six months after the last date of original issuance of the notes until the close of business on the business day
immediately preceding August 1, 2027 (other than a conversion in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or a cleanup redemption or a tax redemption), we will increase the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of notes to
be converted by a number of additional Class A ordinary shares (such increase, an “interest make- whole conversion rate adjustment”) equal to (i) the sum of the remaining scheduled payments of interest that would have been made on
$1,000 principal amount of the notes to be converted had such notes remained outstanding from the conversion date through August 15, 2027, divided by (ii) the greater of (x) the conversion price as of the applicable conversion date and
(y) the simple average of the daily VWAP (as defined under “Description of Notes—Settlement upon Conversion” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of the Class A ordinary shares for the ten consecutive trading days ending on and
including the trading day immediately preceding such conversion date.
|
|
See “Description of the Notes— Interest Make-Whole Conversion Rate Adjustment upon Certain Conversions” in the in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
|
||
Adjustment to Class A Ordinary Shares Delivered upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or our Election to Redeem the Notes:
|
Holders who convert their notes in connection with a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurring prior to the maturity date or convert their notes called for redemption (or deemed
called for redemption) during the related “redemption period” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) may be entitled to an increase in the conversion rate for the notes so surrendered for conversion as set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of Notes— Conversion Rights—Adjustment to Class A Ordinary Shares Delivered upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change” and “Description of Notes—Conversion
Rights—Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Conversion in Connection with an Optional Redemption, a Cleanup Redemption or a Tax Redemption.”
|
The following table sets forth the number of additional Class A ordinary shares by which the conversion rate will be increased per US$1,000 principal amount of notes for each Class A ordinary share price and effective date set forth
below:
|
US$6.33
|
US$8.00
|
US$8.55
|
US$10.00
|
US$12.82
|
US$15.00
|
US$20.00
|
US$25.00
|
US$30.00
|
US$40.00
|
||||||||||
Effective Date
|
|||||||||||||||||||
August 20, 2024
|
40.9571
|
28.3075
|
25.4947
|
19.8740
|
13.0874
|
9.7480
|
5.0350
|
2.4568
|
1.0123
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2025
|
40.9571
|
25.8938
|
23.1111
|
17.7610
|
11.6357
|
8.7033
|
4.5665
|
2.2644
|
0.9483
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2026
|
40.9571
|
22.5513
|
19.7825
|
14.7750
|
9.5484
|
7.1620
|
3.8055
|
1.9024
|
0.7917
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2027
|
40.9571
|
18.5300
|
15.6550
|
10.9950
|
6.9259
|
5.2173
|
2.8165
|
1.4224
|
0.5830
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2028
|
40.9571
|
13.7600
|
10.4550
|
6.2000
|
3.7598
|
2.8613
|
1.5805
|
0.8168
|
0.3323
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2029
|
40.9571
|
7.9788
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
• |
If the Class A ordinary share price is between two Class A ordinary share prices in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional Class A ordinary shares by which the conversion
rate will be increased will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional Class A ordinary shares set forth for the higher and lower Class A ordinary share prices and the earlier and later effective
dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.
|
• |
If the Class A ordinary share price is greater than US$40.00 per Class A ordinary share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Class A ordinary share prices set forth in the column headings of the table above as set forth in
the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), no additional Class A ordinary shares will be added to the conversion rate.
|
• |
If the Class A ordinary share price is less than US$6.33 per Class A ordinary shares (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Class A ordinary share prices set forth in the column headings of the table above as set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), no additional Class A ordinary shares will be added to the conversion rate.
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section 1.01
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Definitions of Terms
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1
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ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
|
5
|
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Section 2.01
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Designation and Terms of Securities
|
5
|
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Section 2.02
|
Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate
|
8
|
|
Section 2.03
|
Denominations: Provisions for Payment
|
8
|
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Section 2.04
|
Execution and Authentications
|
10 | |
Section 2.05
|
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
|
11 | |
Section 2.06
|
Temporary Securities
|
12 | |
Section 2.07
|
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
|
12
|
|
Section 2.08
|
Cancellation
|
13
|
|
Section 2.09
|
Benefits of Indenture
|
13
|
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Section 2.10
|
Authenticating Agent
|
14 | |
Section 2.11
|
Global Securities
|
14
|
|
Section 2.12
|
CUSIP Numbers
|
15
|
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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
|
16 | ||
Section 3.01
|
Redemption
|
16 | |
Section 3.02
|
Notice of Redemption
|
16 | |
Section 3.03
|
Payment Upon Redemption
|
17 | |
Section 3.04
|
Sinking Fund
|
17
|
|
Section 3.05
|
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
|
18 | |
Section 3.06
|
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
|
18 | |
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS
|
19 | ||
Section 4.01
|
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
|
19 | |
Section 4.02
|
Maintenance of Office or Agency
|
19 | |
Section 4.03
|
Paying Agents
|
19
|
|
Section 4.04
|
Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee
|
20
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ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
|
21 | ||
Section 5.01
|
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders
|
21 | |
Section 5.02
|
Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders
|
20 |
|
Section 5.03
|
Reports by the Company
|
20
|
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Section 5.04
|
Reports by the Trustee
|
22 | |
ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
|
22 | ||
Section 6.01
|
Events of Default
|
22 | |
Section 6.02
|
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
|
24 | |
Section 6.03
|
Application of Moneys Collected
|
26 | |
Section 6.04
|
Limitation on Suits
|
26 | |
Section 6.05
|
Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver
|
27 | |
Section 6.06
|
Control by Securityholders
|
27 | |
Section 6.07
|
Undertaking to Pay Costs
|
28 | |
ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
|
28 | ||
Section 7.01
|
Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
|
28 | |
Section 7.02
|
Certain Rights of Trustee
|
30 | |
Section 7.03
|
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities
|
32 | |
Section 7.04
|
May Hold Securities
|
32 | |
Section 7.05
|
Moneys Held in Trust
|
32 | |
Section 7.06
|
Compensation and Reimbursement
|
32 | |
Section 7.07
|
Reliance on Officer’s Certificate
|
33 | |
Section 7.08
|
Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
|
33 | |
Section 7.09
|
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
|
33 | |
Section 7.10
|
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
|
34 | |
Section 7.11
|
Acceptance of Appointment By Successor
|
35 | |
Section 7.12
|
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
|
36 |
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Section 7.13
|
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
|
37 | |
Section 7.14
|
Notice of Default.
|
37 | |
ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
|
37 | ||
Section 8.01
|
Evidence of Action by Securityholders
|
37 | |
Section 8.02
|
Proof of Execution by Securityholders
|
38 | |
Section 8.03
|
Who May be Deemed Owners
|
38 | |
Section 8.04
|
Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded
|
38 | |
Section 8.05
|
Actions Binding on Future Securityholders
|
39 | |
ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
|
39 | ||
Section 9.01
|
Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders
|
39 | |
Section 9.02
|
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders
|
40 | |
Section 9.03
|
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
|
41 | |
Section 9.04
|
Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures
|
41 | |
Section 9.05
|
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
|
41 | |
ARTICLE 10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY
|
42 | ||
Section 10.01
|
Company May Consolidate, Etc.
|
42 | |
Section 10.02
|
Successor Entity Substituted
|
42 | |
ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
|
43 | ||
Section 11.01
|
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
|
43 | |
Section 11.02
|
Discharge of Obligations
|
43 | |
Section 11.03
|
Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust
|
44 | |
Section 11.04
|
Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents
|
44 | |
Section 11.05
|
Repayment to Company
|
44 | |
ARTICLE 12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
|
45 | ||
Section 12.01
|
No Recourse
|
45 | |
ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
|
45 | ||
Section 13.01
|
Effect on Successors and Assigns
|
45 | |
Section 13.02
|
Actions by Successor
|
45 | |
Section 13.03
|
Surrender of Company Powers
|
45 |
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Section 13.04
|
Notices
|
45 | |
Section 13.05
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Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver
|
46 | |
Section 13.06
|
Treatment of Securities as Debt
|
46 | |
Section 13.07
|
Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent
|
46 | |
Section 13.08
|
Payments on Business Days
|
47 | |
Section 13.09
|
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
|
47 | |
Section 13.10
|
Counterparts
|
47 | |
Section 13.11
|
Separability
|
47 | |
Section 13.12
|
Compliance Certificates
|
47 | |
Section 13.13
|
Patriot Act
|
48 | |
Section 13.14
|
Force Majeure
|
48 | |
Section 13.12
|
Table of Contents; Headings
|
48 |
Bitdeer Technologies Group | ||
By: |
/s/ Jihan Wu | |
Name: Jihan Wu | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: |
/s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough
|
Name: |
Bradley E. Scarbrough |
Title: |
Vice President |
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as Amended
|
Section of Indenture
|
|
310(a)
|
7.09
|
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310(b)
|
7.08
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7.10
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310(c)
|
Inapplicable
|
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311(a)
|
7.13
|
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311(b)
|
7.13
|
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311(c)
|
Inapplicable
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312(a)
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5.01
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5.02(a)
|
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312(b)
|
5.02(c)
|
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312(c)
|
5.02(c)
|
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313(a)
|
5.04(a)
|
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313(b)
|
5.04(b)
|
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313(c)
|
5.04(a)
|
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5.04(b)
|
||
313(d)
|
5.04(c)
|
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314(a)
|
5.03
|
|
13.12
|
||
314(b)
|
Inapplicable
|
|
314(c)
|
13.07(a)
|
|
314(d)
|
Inapplicable
|
|
314(e)
|
13.07(b)
|
|
314(f)
|
Inapplicable
|
|
315(a)
|
7.01(a)
|
|
7.01(b)
|
||
315(b)
|
7.14
|
|
315(c)
|
7.01
|
|
315(d)
|
7.01(b)
|
|
315(e)
|
6.07
|
|
316(a)
|
6.06
|
|
8.04
|
316(b)
|
|
6.04
|
||
316(c)
|
8.01
|
|
317(a)
|
6.02
|
|
317(b)
|
4.03
|
|
318(a)
|
13.09
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(1) |
This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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2
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Section 1.02
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References to Interest
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14
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ARTICLE 2 Issue, Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes
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14
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Section 2.01
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Scope of Supplemental Indenture
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14
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Section 2.02
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Designation and Amount
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15
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Section 2.03
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Form of Notes
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15
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Section 2.04
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Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts
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Section 2.05
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Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Depositary
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Section 2.06
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
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Section 2.07
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Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc.
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20
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Section 2.08
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Additional Notes; Repurchases
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21
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Section 2.09
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CUSIP Numbers.
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ARTICLE 3 Satisfaction and Discharge
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Section 3.01
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Applicability of Article 11 of the Base Indenture
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Section 3.02
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Satisfaction and Discharge
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Section 3.03
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Repayment to Company
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ARTICLE 4 Particular Covenants of the Company
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23
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Section 4.01
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Payment of Principal and Interest
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23
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Section 4.02
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Conversion Agent
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23
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Section 4.03
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Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
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Section 4.04
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Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults
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Section 4.05
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Reports
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Section 4.06
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Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
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Section 4.07
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Further Instruments and Acts
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Section 4.08
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders
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25
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Section 4.09
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Existence
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25
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Section 4.10
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Additional Amounts.
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25
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ARTICLE 5 Defaults and Remedies
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28
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Section 5.01
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Applicability of Article 6 of the Base Indenture
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28
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Section 5.02
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Events of Default
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28
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Section 5.03
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Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment
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30
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Section 5.04
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Additional Interest
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31
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Section 5.05
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Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor
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32
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Section 5.06
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Application of Monies Collected by Trustee
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33
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Section 5.07
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Proceedings by Holders
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34
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Section 5.08
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Proceedings by Trustee
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35
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Section 5.09
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Remedies Cumulative and Continuing
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35
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Section 5.10
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Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders
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Section 5.11
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Notice of Defaults
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36
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Section 5.12
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Undertaking to Pay Costs
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ARTICLE 6 Intentionally Omitted.
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37
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ARTICLE 7 Holders’ Meetings
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37
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Section 7.01
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Purpose of Meetings
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37
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Section 7.02
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Call of Meetings by Trustee
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37
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Section 7.03
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Call of Meetings by Company or Holders
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Section 7.04
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Qualifications for Voting
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38
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Section 7.05
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Regulations
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38
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Section 7.06
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Voting
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Section 7.07
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No Delay of Rights by Meeting
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39
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ARTICLE 8 Supplemental Indentures
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39
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Section 8.01
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Applicability of Article 9 of the Base Indenture
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39
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Section 8.02
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Amendments or Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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39
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Section 8.03
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Amendments or Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
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41
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Section 8.04
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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42
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Section 8.05
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Notation on Notes
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42
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Section 8.06
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Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee
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42
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ARTICLE 9 Conversion of Notes
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Section 9.01
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Conversion Privilege.
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Section 9.02
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Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.
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Section 9.03
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Adjustment to Class A Ordinary Shares Delivered Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
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50
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Section 9.04
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Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Conversion in Connection with an Optional Redemption, a Cleanup Redemption or a Tax Redemption
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52
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Section 9.05
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Interest Make-Whole Conversion Rate Adjustment
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Section 9.06
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Adjustment of Conversion Rate
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54
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Section 9.07
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Adjustments of Prices
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64
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Section 9.08
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Shares To Be Fully Paid
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64
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Section 9.09
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Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Class A Ordinary Shares.
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65
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Section 9.10
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Certain Covenants.
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66
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Section 9.11
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Responsibility of Trustee
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67
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Section 9.12
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Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions
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68
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Section 9.13
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Shareholder Rights Plans
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68
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Section 9.14
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Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.
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69
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ARTICLE 10 Repurchase of Notes at Option of Holders
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69
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Section 10.01
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Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.
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69
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Section 10.02
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Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
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73
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Section 10.03
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Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
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73
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Section 10.04
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Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes
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74
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ARTICLE 11 Optional Redemption, Cleanup Redemption and Tax Redemption
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74
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Section 11.01
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Applicability of Article 3 of the Base Indenture
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74
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Section 11.02
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Optional Redemption.
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Section 11.03
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Cleanup Redemption.
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77
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Section 11.04
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Tax Redemption.
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78
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Section 11.05
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Payment of Notes Called for Redemption.
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81
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Section 11.06
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Restrictions on Redemption
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82
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ARTICLE 12 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
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Section 12.01
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Applicability of Article 5 of the Base Indenture
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82
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Section 12.02
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When Company May Merge, Etc
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82
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Section 12.03
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Successor Corporation to Be Substituted
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83
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Section 12.04
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Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee
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83
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ARTICLE 13 Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 13.01
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction
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Section 13.02
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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84
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Section 13.03
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Legal Holidays
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84
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Section 13.04
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No Security Interest Created
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85
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Section 13.05
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Benefits of Indenture
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85
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Section 13.06
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Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
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85
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Section 13.07
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Severability
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85
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Section 13.08
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Multiple Originals
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85
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Section 13.09
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Calculations
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86
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Section 13.10
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Ratification of Base Indenture
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86
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Section 13.11
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Acknowledgement of Senior Notes
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86
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Section 13.12
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Delivery of Notices
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86
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Exhibit A
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Form of Note
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A-1
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(1) |
any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for:
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(A) |
the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note and the Relevant Jurisdiction, other than merely holding such Note or the receipt of payments thereunder,
including such 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 or having had a permanent establishment therein;
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(B) |
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 Redemption Price and the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and interest on such Note or the payment of cash and/or the delivery of Class A Ordinary Shares (together with payment of cash for any fractional Class A Ordinary Shares) upon conversion
of such Note became due and payable or deliverable pursuant to the terms thereof or was made or duly provided for;
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(C) |
the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to comply with a timely request from the Company or any successor of the Company, addressed to the Holder, to provide certification, information, documents or
other evidence concerning such 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; or
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(D) |
the presentation of such 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;
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(3) |
any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
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(4) |
any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments or deliveries under or with respect to the Notes;
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(6) |
any combination of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges referred to in the preceding clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5); or
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(A) |
if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder in respect of
each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted a number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Conversion Date;
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(B) |
if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each
$1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the forty (40) consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and
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(C) |
if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the
converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the forty (40) consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation
Period.
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Share Price
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$6.33
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$8.00
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$8.55
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$10.00
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$12.82
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$15.00
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$20.00
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$25.00
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$30.00
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$40.00
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Effective Date
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|||||||||||||||||||
August 20, 2024
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40.9571
|
28.3075
|
25.4947
|
19.8740
|
13.0874
|
9.7480
|
5.0350
|
2.4568
|
1.0123
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2025
|
40.9571
|
25.8938
|
23.1111
|
17.7610
|
11.6357
|
8.7033
|
4.5665
|
2.2644
|
0.9483
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2026
|
40.9571
|
22.5513
|
19.7825
|
14.7750
|
9.5484
|
7.1620
|
3.8055
|
1.9024
|
0.7917
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2027
|
40.9571
|
18.5300
|
15.6550
|
10.9950
|
6.9259
|
5.2173
|
2.8165
|
1.4224
|
0.5830
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2028
|
40.9571
|
13.7600
|
10.4550
|
6.2000
|
3.7598
|
2.8613
|
1.5805
|
0.8168
|
0.3323
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||
August 15, 2029
|
40.9571
|
7.9788
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable; |
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable; |
OS0 | = |
the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable (before giving effect to any such dividend, distribution, split or combination); and |
OS1 | = |
the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
CR0 | = |
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
CR1 | = |
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
OS0 | = | the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
X | = |
the total number of Class A Ordinary Shares deliverable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and |
Y | = | the number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Ordinary Shares over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the distribution of such rights, options or warrants. |
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
CR1 | = |
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
SP0 | = |
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Ordinary Shares 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 Company in good faith) of the Distributed Property distributed with respect to each outstanding Class A Ordinary Share on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. |
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; |
FMV0 | = |
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Shares or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Class A Ordinary Shares applicable to one Class A Ordinary Share (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Class A Ordinary Shares were to such Capital Shares or similar equity interest) over the first ten (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 Class A Ordinary Shares over the Valuation Period. |
CR0 | = |
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; |
CR1 | = |
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; |
SP0 | = |
the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and |
C | = | the amount in cash per Class A Ordinary Share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Ordinary Shares. |
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 (the “Expiration Date”); |
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 Expiration Date; |
AC |
= |
the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for Class A Ordinary Shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer; |
OS0 | = | the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all Class A Ordinary Shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); |
OS1 | = | the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all Class A Ordinary Shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and |
SP1 | = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Ordinary Shares over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date. |
(i) |
such Fundamental Change constitutes a Share Exchange Event for which the resulting Reference Property consists entirely of cash in U.S. dollars;
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(ii) |
immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become convertible into consideration that consists solely of U.S. dollars in an amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that results in a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price that includes the maximum amount of accrued interest); and
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(iii) |
the Company timely sends the notice relating to Make-Whole Fundamental Change associated with such Fundamental Change required herein.
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BITDEER TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
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By:
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/s/ Jihan Wu
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Name: Jihan Wu | |
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough
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Name: Bradley E. Scarbrough | |
Title: Vice President
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No. [_____] | [Initially]1 $[_________] |
BITDEER TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
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By:
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Name: | |
Title:
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By:
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Authorized Signatory
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Date of
exchange
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Amount of
decrease in
principal
amount of this
Global Note
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Amount of
increase in
principal
amount of this
Global Note
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Principal
amount of this
Global Note
following
such decrease
or increase
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Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Note
Custodian
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Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature Guarantee
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed
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by an eligible Guarantor Institution
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(banks, stock brokers, savings and
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loan associations and credit unions)
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with membership in an approved
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signature guarantee medallion program
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pursuant to Securities and Exchange
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Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Class A Ordinary Shares are to be issued, or
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Notes are to be delivered, other than
|
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to and in the name of the registered holder.
|
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Fill in for registration of shares if
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to be issued, and Notes if to
|
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be delivered, other than to and in the
|
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name of the registered holder:
|
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(Name)
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(Street Address)
|
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(City, State and Zip Code)
|
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Please print name and address
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Principal amount to be converted (if less than all): $______,000
|
||
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
|
||
Social Security or Other Taxpayer
|
||
Identification Number
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Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer
|
||
Identification Number
|
||
Principal amount to be repurchased (if less than all): $______,000
|
||
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature Guarantee
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Bitdeer Technologies Group
|
D |
+852 3656 6054 / +852 3656 6073
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E |
nathan.powell@ogier.com
rachel.huang@ogier.com
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Reference: NMP/RYH/181962.00002
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1 |
Documents examined
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Ogier
Providing advice on British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands and Guernsey laws
Floor 11 Central Tower
28 Queen's Road Central
Central
Hong Kong
T +852 3656 6000
F +852 3656 6001
ogier.com
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Partners
Nicholas Plowman
Nathan Powell
Anthony Oakes
Oliver Payne
Kate Hodson
David Nelson
Justin Davis
Joanne Collett
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Florence Chan*
Lin Han†
Cecilia Li**
Rachel Huang**
Yuki Yan**
Richard Bennett**‡
James Bergstrom‡
Marcus Leese‡
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* admitted in New Zealand
† admitted in New York
** admitted in England and Wales
‡ not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong
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2 |
Assumptions
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(a) |
all original documents examined by us are authentic and complete;
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(b) |
all copies of documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete;
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(c) |
all signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine;
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(d) |
each of the Good Standing Certificate, the Register and the Director’s Certificate (each as defined in Schedule 1) is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion;
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(e) |
the CORIS Search (as defined in Schedule 1) which we have examined is accurate and that the information disclosed by the CORIS Search is true and complete and that such information has not since been altered;
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(f) |
all copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement (as defined in Schedule 1), the Indentures (as defined in Schedule 1) and the Global Note (as defined in Schedule 1) are true and correct copies and the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note conform in every material respect to the latest drafts of the same produced to us and, where any of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note has been provided to us in successive drafts marked-up to indicate changes to such documents, all such changes have been so indicated;
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(g) |
the Board Resolutions (as defined in Schedule 1) remain in full force and effect and each of the directors of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised the standard of care,
diligence and skill that is required of him or her in approving the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note and no director has a financial interest in or other relationship to
a party of the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note which has not been properly disclosed in the Board Resolutions;
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(h) |
each of the parties to the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note other than the Company is duly incorporated, formed or organised (as applicable), validly existing and in good standing under all relevant laws;
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(i) |
each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note has been authorised and duly executed and unconditionally delivered by or on behalf of all parties to it in accordance with all applicable laws (other than, in the
case of the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands);
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(j) |
each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note is legal, valid and binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with its terms under relevant law (other than, in the case of the Company, the
laws of the Cayman Islands);
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(k) |
none of the opinions expressed herein will be adversely affected by the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. In particular, but without limitation to the previous sentence:
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(i) |
the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands will not adversely affect the capacity or authority of the Company; and
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(ii) |
neither the execution or delivery of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures or the Global Note nor the exercise by any party to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting
Agreement, the Indentures or the Global Note of its rights or the performance of its obligations under them contravene those laws or public policies;
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(l) |
there are no agreements, documents or arrangements (other than the documents expressly referred to in this opinion as having been examined by us) that materially affect or modify the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the
Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures, the Global Note or the transactions contemplated by them or restrict the powers and authority of the Company in any way;
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(m) |
no monies paid to or for the account of any party under the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note represent or will represent criminal property or terrorist property (as
defined in the Proceeds of Crime Act (as revised) and the Terrorism Act (as revised), respectively);
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(n) |
the express choice in each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of that document was made in good faith and is valid and binding under the laws of the
State of New York and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands);
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(o) |
the issue of the Class A Shares upon the conversion of the Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note at the time of issuance, whether as principal issue or on the conversion, exchange or exercise of
any Notes, would not result in the Company exceeding its authorised share capital; and upon the issue of any Class A Shares, the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par
value thereof and that such issuance will be duly registered, and will continue to be registered, in the Company's register of members;
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(p) |
there are no circumstances or matters of fact existing which may properly form the basis for an application for an order for rectification of the register of members of the Company;
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(q) |
the certificates for the Class A Shares will conform to the specimen as set out thereof and upon issuance will have been duly countersigned by the transfer agent and duly registered by the registrar for the Class A Shares, or, if
uncertificated, valid book-entry notations for the issuance of the Class A Shares in uncertificated form will have been duly made in the share register of the Company;
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(r) |
no invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of the Class A Shares or the Notes;
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(s) |
at the time of the conversion of the Notes in accordance with its terms (the Conversion):
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(i) |
the Company will not have been struck off or placed in liquidation; and
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(ii) |
the issue price for each Class A Share issued upon the Conversion will not be less than the par value of such Class A Share;
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(t) |
neither the directors nor the shareholders of the Company have taken any steps to appoint a liquidator of the Company and no receiver or restructuring officer has been appointed over any of the Company’s property or assets; and
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(u) |
there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the Cayman Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein.
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3 |
Opinions
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(a) |
The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar (as defined in Schedule 1).
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(b) |
The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000.00 divided into 500,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0000001 each comprising:
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(i) |
499,600,000,000 class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0000001 each,
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(ii) |
200,000,000 class V ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0000001 each, and
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(iii) |
200,000,000 undesignated shares of a par value of US$0.0000001 each, of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Memorandum and Articles (as defined in
Schedule 1).
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(c) |
When the board of directors of the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the issuance of the Class A Shares upon conversion of the Notes contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting
Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note, and when the Class A Shares issued by the Company upon:
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(i) |
payment in full of the consideration as set out in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note and in accordance with the terms set out in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note and in accordance with the Board Resolutions and the Memorandum and Articles; and
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(ii) |
the entry of those Shares as fully paid on the register of members of the Company,
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(d) |
When the board of directors of the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the issuance of the Notes contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the
Global Note, and the Indentures and the Global Note have been authorised and duly executed and delivered by and on behalf of the Company and all the relevant parties thereunder in accordance with all relevant laws, and when the Notes have
been:
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(i) |
duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and authenticated in a manner set forth in the Indentures and the Global Note; and
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(ii) |
delivered by the Company upon payment in full of the consideration as set out in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note and in accordance with the terms set out in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Global Note and in accordance with the Board Resolutions and the Memorandum and Articles,
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(e) |
The statements contained in the Prospectus in the section headed “Taxation - Cayman Islands Taxation”, insofar as they purport to summarise the laws or regulations of the Cayman Islands, are
accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.
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Matters not covered
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(a) |
as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect
of references in the documents reviewed to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands;
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(b) |
except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the documents reviewed (or as to how the commercial terms of such documents reflect the
intentions of the parties), the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the documents
reviewed and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents; or
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(c) |
as to whether the acceptance, execution or performance of the Company’s obligations under the documents reviewed will result in the breach of or infringe any other agreement, deed or document (other than the Memorandum and Articles)
entered into by or binding on the Company.
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5 |
Governing law of this opinion
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5.1 |
This opinion is:
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(a) |
governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands;
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(b) |
limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and
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(c) |
confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the Cayman Islands at the date of this opinion.
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5.2 |
Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific Cayman Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion.
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6 |
Who can rely on this opinion
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6.1 |
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 6-K to the reference to our firm under the headings "Enforceability of Civil Liability", “Taxation”, “Legal Matters” and elsewhere in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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6.2 |
This opinion may be used only in connection with the Class A Shares and the Notes by the Company while the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are effective. With the exception of your professional advisers (acting only in that
capacity), it may not be relied upon by any person, other than persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the provisions of the Act, without our prior written consent.
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1 |
The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 8 December 2021 issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the Registrar).
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2 |
The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company adopted by a special resolution passed on 8 March 2023 and effective at the Acquisition Merger Effective Time (as defined therein) and filed with the
Registrar on 13 April 2023 and the written resolutions by all the directors of the Company passed on 9 June 2023 and filed with the Registrar on 9 June 2023 (together, the Memorandum and Articles).
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3 |
The certificate of good standing dated 9 August 2024 (the Good Standing Certificate) issued by the Registrar in respect of the Company.
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4 |
The register of directors and officers of the Company dated 1 March 2024 (the Register).
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5 |
A certificate from a director of the Company dated 20 August 2024 as to certain matters of facts (the Director's Certificate).
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6 |
The Register of Writs at the office of the Clerk of Courts in the Cayman Islands as inspected by us on 20 August 2024 (the Register of Writs).
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7 |
A search on the Cayman Online Registry Information Service conducted against the Company at the Registrar on 20 August 2024 (the CORIS Search).
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8 |
The unanimously written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company passed on 13 August 2024.
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9 |
The unanimously written resolutions of the pricing committee to the board of directors of the Company passed on 15 August 2024 (together with item 8 above, the Board Resolutions).
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10 |
A New York law governed underwriting agreement dated 15 August 2024 between the underwriter(s) named therein (the Underwriters) and the Company (the Underwriting
Agreement).
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11 |
An indenture dated 20 August 2024 (the Base Indenture) between the Company and the trustee named therein (the Trustee).
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12 |
A first supplemental indenture supplementing the Base Indenture dated 20 August 2024 between the Company and the Trustee (together with the Base Indenture, the Indentures).
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13 |
The global note(s) constituting the Notes dated 20 August 2024 (the Global Note).
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14 |
The Registration Statement and the Form 6-K.
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The Prospectus.
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1 |
Under the Companies Act (Revised) (Companies Act) of the Cayman Islands, annual returns in respect of the Company must be filed with the Registrar, together with payment of annual filing fees. A
failure to file annual returns and pay annual filing fees may result in the Company being struck off the Register of Companies, following which its assets will vest in the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands and will be subject to
disposition or retention for the benefit of the public of the Cayman Islands.
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2 |
In good standing means only that as of the date of the Good Standing Certificate the Company is up-to-date with the filing of its annual returns and payment of annual fees with the Registrar. We
have made no enquiries into the Company's good standing with respect to any filings or payment of fees, or both, that it may be required to make under the laws of the Cayman Islands other than the Companies Act.
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3 |
Under the Companies Act, the register of members of a Cayman Islands company is by statute regarded as prima facie evidence of any matters which the Companies Act directs or authorises to be
inserted therein. A third party interest in the shares in question would not appear. An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification (for example, in the event of fraud or manifest error).
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4 |
In this opinion, the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to the Class A Shares, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the Class A Shares by
the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstance in which a court may be prepared to pierce or
lift the corporate veil).
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5 |
We are not aware of any Cayman Islands authority as to when the courts would set aside the limited liability of a shareholder in a Cayman Islands company. Our opinion on the subject is based on the Companies Act and English common law
authorities, the latter of which are persuasive but not binding in the courts of the Cayman Islands. Under English authorities, circumstances in which a court would attribute personal liability to a shareholder are very limited, and
include: (a) such shareholder expressly assuming direct liability (such as a guarantee); (b) the company acting as the agent of such shareholder; (c) the company being incorporated by or at the behest of such shareholder for the purpose of
committing or furthering such shareholder’s fraud, or for a sham transaction otherwise carried out by such shareholder. In the absence of these circumstances, we are of the opinion that a Cayman Islands’ court would have no grounds to set
aside the limited liability of a shareholder.
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6 |
Our examination of the Register of Writs cannot conclusively reveal whether or not there is:
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a. |
any current or pending litigation in the Cayman Islands against the Company; or
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b. |
any application for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or the appointment of any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy or restructuring officer in respect of the Company or any of its assets,
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7 |
The obligations assumed by the Company under the Indentures and the Global Note will not necessarily be enforceable in all circumstances in accordance with their terms. In particular, but without limitation:
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(a) |
enforcement may be limited by insolvency or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors;
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(b) |
enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity. In particular, equitable remedies, such as specific performance and injunction, will only be granted by a court in its discretion and may not be available where the court
considers damages to be an adequate remedy;
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(c) |
a claim may be barred by statutes of limitation, or it may be or become subject to defences of set-off, abatement, laches or counterclaim and the doctrines of estoppel, waiver, election, forbearance or abandonment;
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(d) |
a court may refuse to allow unjust enrichment;
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(e) |
a person who is not a party to the Indentures or the Global Note that is governed by Cayman Islands law may not have the benefit of and may not be able to enforce its terms except to the extent that the relevant document expressly
provides that the third party may, in its own right, enforce such rights (subject to and in accordance with the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Revised);
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(f) |
enforcement of an obligation of a party under the Indentures or the Global Note may be invalidated or vitiated by reason of fraud, duress, misrepresentation or undue influence or it may be limited by Cayman Islands law dealing with
frustration of contracts;
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(g) |
a provision of the Indentures or the Global Note that fetters any statutory power of a Cayman Islands’ company, such as a provision restricting the company’s power to commence its winding up, to alter its memorandum and articles of
association or to increase its share capital, may not be enforceable;
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(h) |
the effectiveness of a provision in the Indentures or the Global Note releasing a party from a liability or duty otherwise owed may be limited by law;
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(i) |
a court will not enforce a provision of the Indentures or the Global Note to the extent that it may be illegal or contrary to public policy in the Cayman Islands or purports to bar a party unconditionally from, seeking any relief from
the courts of the Cayman Islands or any other court or tribunal chosen by the parties;
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(j) |
a provision of the Indentures or the Global Note that is construed as being penal in nature, in that it provides that a breach of a primary obligation results in a secondary obligation that imposes a detriment on the contract-breaker out
of all proportion to any legitimate interest of the innocent party in the enforcement of the primary obligation will not be enforceable (and we express no opinion as to whether such a provision is proportionate);
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(k) |
a court may refuse to give effect to a provision in the Indentures or the Global Note (including a provision that relates to contractual interest on a judgment debt) that it considers usurious;
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(l) |
a court may not enforce a provision of the Indentures or the Global Note to the extent that the transactions contemplated by it contravene economic or other sanctions imposed in respect of certain states or jurisdictions by a treaty,
law, order or regulation applicable to the Cayman Islands;
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(m) |
a court may refuse to give effect to a provision in the Indentures or the Global Note that involves the enforcement of any foreign revenue or penal laws;
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(n) |
where a contract provides for the payment of legal fees and expenses incurred by a party to that contract in enforcing the contract, a party who succeeds in enforcing the contract is entitled to recover by court judgment the amount of
the legal fees and expenses found to be due under the terms of the contract. In all other cases, costs of legal proceedings can only be recovered from another party to the proceedings by a court order, which is a matter for the discretion
of the court, and such costs are liable to taxation (assessment by the court); and
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(o) |
enforcement or performance of any provision in the Indentures or the Global Note which relates to any shares, voting rights or other rights (Relevant Interest) that are subject to a restrictions
notice issued pursuant to the Companies Act or the Limited Liability Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands (a Restrictions Notice) may be prohibited or restricted if any such Relevant
Interest is or becomes subject to a Restrictions Notice.
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8 |
A court may determine in its discretion the extent of enforceability of a provision of the Indentures or the Global Note that provides for or requires, as the case may be:
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(a) |
severability of any provision of the Indentures or the Global Note held to be illegal or unenforceable;
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(b) |
any calculation, determination or certificate to be conclusive or binding, including if that calculation, determination or certificate is fraudulent or manifestly inaccurate or has an unreasonable or arbitrary basis;
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(c) |
the vesting in a party of a discretion or of a power to determine a matter in its opinion, if that discretion is exercised unreasonably or the opinion is not based on reasonable grounds; or
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(d) |
written amendments or waivers of the Indentures or the Global Note, if a purported amendment or waiver is effected by oral agreement or course of conduct,
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The law of the Cayman Islands may not recognise a difference between negligence and gross negligence.
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/s/ Will H. Cai
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Will H. Cai
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