-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LqdNkfJkt65NhBtWETUh6KPSMoXo4Jc2Ei/F65YU+PpdttOxfHd99cyzUVoYOT2I 0yt1vXojrHp1yZJdga480A== 0000950123-09-013252.txt : 20090611 0000950123-09-013252.hdr.sgml : 20090611 20090611144549 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-013252 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: F-1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090611 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090611 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001465317 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY (NO METALWORKING MACHINERY) [3550] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: F-1/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-159651 FILM NUMBER: 09886771 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO. 3 JINYUAN ROAD STREET 2: DAXING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE CITY: BEIJING STATE: F4 ZIP: 102600 BUSINESS PHONE: 8610-6021-2222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO. 3 JINYUAN ROAD STREET 2: DAXING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE CITY: BEIJING STATE: F4 ZIP: 102600 F-1/A 1 h03310afv1za.htm F-1/A fv1za
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2009
Registration No. 333-159651
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
Amendment No. 1 to
Form F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
Duoyuan Global Water Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
 
 
         
British Virgin Islands
  3550   Not Applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation Or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
Duoyuan Global Water Inc.
No. 3 Jinyuan Road
Daxing Industrial Development Zone
Beijing 102600, People’s Republic of China
Tel: +8610-6021-2222
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
 
 
C T Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
Tel: (212) 894-8641
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
 
 
 
 
Copies to:
     
Man Chiu Lee, Esq.
Arthur C. Mok, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Two Pacific Place, Suite 2101
88 Queensway
Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
Tel: +852-2151-5858
  Kurt J. Berney, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Plaza 66, 37th Floor
1266 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200040, People’s Republic of China
Tel: +8621-2307-7000
 
 
 
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
 
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  o
 
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earliest effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
 
 
 
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.
 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
     This Amendment No. 1 is being filed solely for the purpose of amending “Part II — Information Not Required In Prospectus.”

 


 

PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
British Virgin Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the British Virgin Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Under the fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Duoyuan Global Water Inc., or the Registrant, the Registrant may indemnify its directors, officers and liquidators against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings to which they are party or are threatened to be made a party by reason of their acting as our director, officer or liquidator. To be entitled to indemnification, these persons must have acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interest of the Registrant and, in the case of criminal proceedings, they must have had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
 
Pursuant to indemnification agreements, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this registration statement, the Registrant will agree to indemnify its directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.
 
The Underwriting Agreement, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this registration statement, will also provide for indemnification of the Registrant and its officers and directors.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.


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Item 7.   Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
 
The information below sets forth the date of issuance, title, amount and purchasers of, and consideration paid for, the Registrant’s securities sold within the last three years that were not registered under the Securities Act. All such securities were issued outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act or inside the United States in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The information shown does not give effect to the 3 for 1 share split implemented by the Registrant prior to the completion of the offering registered by this registration statement.
 
                             
        Number of
       
Date of Sale or Issuance
 
Title
  Securities   Consideration  
Purchaser
 
July 5, 2007(1)
    Ordinary Shares       10,000     $ 1.00     Duoyuan Investments Limited
December 11, 2007
    Ordinary Shares       9,990,000     $ 999.00     Duoyuan Investments Limited
On or prior to completion of this offering     Ordinary Shares       350,877       Services     Employees, including members
of executive management,
but excluding the chief
executive officer and
chief financial officer,
pursuant to 2008
Omnibus Incentive Plan
 
(1) One ordinary share, par value $1.00, was issued to Duoyuan Investments Limited on July 5, 2007. Pursuant to a 10,000-for-1 share split of the ordinary shares authorized and outstanding on December 11, 2007, Duoyuan Investments Limited’s holding changed to 10,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001.
 
Item 8.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
 
(a) Exhibits
 
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the Exhibit Index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated by reference.
 
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
 
Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the combined and consolidated financials statements or the notes thereto.
 
Item 9.   Undertakings
 
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange


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Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
(1) For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
 
(2) For the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
 
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchasers:
 
  (i)  Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
  (ii)  Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
 
  (iii)  The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
 
  (iv)  Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on this 11th day of June, 2009.
 
DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC.
 
/s/  Wenhua Guo

Wenhua Guo
Chief Executive Officer
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
/s/  Wenhua Guo

Wenhua Guo
  Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  June 11, 2009
         
/s/  Stephen C. Park

Stephen C. Park
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  June 11, 2009
         
*

Christopher P. Holbert
  Director   June 11, 2009
         
*

Joan M. Larrea
  Director   June 11, 2009
         
*

Thomas S. Rooney, Jr.
  Director   June 11, 2009


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Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Yuefeng Yu
  Director   June 11, 2009
         
*

Name: Donald J. Puglisi
Title: Managing Director
Puglisi & Associates
  Authorized Representative in the United States   June 11, 2009
         
*By:
/s/  Wenhua Guo

Wenhua Guo
Attorney-in-Fact
       


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
  **1 .1   Form of Underwriting Agreement between Duoyuan Global Water Inc., or the Company, and the underwriters named therein
  3 .1   Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of the Company
  3 .2   Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company
  *4 .1   Form of Deposit Agreement among the Company, depositary and holders of the American Depositary Receipts
  *4 .2   Form of Certificate representing the Ordinary Shares, par value $0.000033 per share, of the Company
  4 .3   Form of American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.1)
  *4 .4   Investors’ Rights Agreement among the Company and other parties thereto dated February 5, 2008
  *4 .5   Acknowledgement, Amendment and waiver among the Company and other parties thereto dated June 1, 2009
  5 .1   Opinion of Maples and Calder regarding the validity of the ordinary shares to be registered
  8 .1   Opinion of Hogan & Hartson LLP regarding certain U.S. tax matters
  10 .1   Duoyuan Global Water Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan±
  *10 .2   Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its officers and directors±
  *10 .3   Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and Executive Officer
  *10 .4   English Translation of Trademark Transfer Agreement (“Duoyuan” Trademarks) between Duoyuan Clean Water Technology Industries (China) Co., Ltd. and Duoyuan Investments Limited dated December 1, 2007
  *10 .5   English Translation of Trademark Transfer Agreement (Pattern Trademarks) between Duoyuan Clean Water Technology Industries (China) Co., Ltd. and Duoyuan Investments Limited dated December 1, 2007
  *10 .6   English Translation of Trademark Transfer Agreement (“MHW” Trademark) between Duoyuan Clean Water Technology Industries (China) Co., Ltd. and Duoyuan Investments Limited dated December 1, 2007
  *10 .7   English Translation of Trademark Transfer Agreement (“Duoyuan” Trademarks) between Duoyuan Clean Water Technology Industries (China) Co., Ltd. and Duoyuan Investments Limited dated December 1, 2007
  *10 .8   License Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2008, by and between Duoyuan Investments Ltd. and the Company
  *10 .9   License Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2009, by and between Duoyuan Investments Ltd. and the Company
  *21 .1   List of the Company’s subsidiaries
  *23 .1   Consent of Grant Thornton, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  23 .2   Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23 .3   Consent of Hogan & Hartson LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
  23 .4   Consent of Commerce & Finance Law Offices (included in Exhibit 99.1)
  *23 .5   English Translation of Consent of G&D Real Estate Appraising Center
  **99 .1   Opinion of Commerce & Finance Law Offices
 
*
  Previously filed.
**
  To be filed by amendment.
±
  Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.


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EX-3.1 2 h03310aexv3w1.htm EX-3.1 exv3w1
Exhibit 3.1
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC.
(CHINESE CHARACTER)
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
1   DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
 
1.1   In this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
 
    “Act” means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (No. 16 of 2004) (as amended);
 
    “Articles” means the attached Articles of Association of the Company;
 
    “Board” means the board of directors of the Company;
 
    “Company Subsidiaries” means Duoyuan Clean Water Technology Industries (China) Co., Ltd., a wholly-foreign-owned enterprise organized under the laws of PRC, and Duoyuan Water Treatment Equipment Manufacturing (Langfang) Co., Ltd., a wholly-foreign-owned enterprise organized under the laws of PRC;
 
    “Distribution” in relation to a distribution by the Company to a Shareholder means the direct or indirect transfer of an asset, other than shares, to or for the benefit of the Shareholder, or the incurring of a debt to or for the benefit of a Shareholder, in relation to shares held by a Shareholder, and whether by means of the purchase of an asset, the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares, a transfer of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend;
 
    “Eligible Persons” means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons;
 
    “Independent Director” means a person who meets the then current requirements for “independence” of the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange;
 
    “Memorandum” means this Memorandum of Association of the Company;
 
    “Registrar” means the Registrar of Corporate Affairs appointed under section 229 of the Act;

 


 

    “Related Party” means (a) any director, officer and employee of the Company; (b) any family member of such director, officer and employee; and (c) any entity (e.g. a corporation, partnership, or trust) controlled by or set up for the benefit of a director, office and employee, or a family member of such director, officer and employee;
 
    “Related Party Transaction” means a transaction which is subject to the related party transaction procedures adopted by the Company from time to time;
 
    “Resolution of Directors” means either:
  (a)   a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of directors of the Company or of a committee of directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors of the Company except that where a director is given more than one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing a majority; or
 
  (b)   a resolution consented to in writing by all the directors or by all members of a committee of directors of the Company, as the case may be;
    “Resolution of Shareholders” means either:
  (a)   a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of Shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of in excess of 50 percent of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; or
 
  (b)   a resolution consented to in writing by a majority of in excess of 50 percent of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon;
    “Seal” means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;
 
    “Securities” means Shares and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire shares or debt obligations;
 
    “Share” means a share issued or to be issued by the Company;
 
    “Shareholder” means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares;
 
    “Treasury Share” means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled; and
 
    “Written” or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and “in writing” shall be construed accordingly.
 
1.2   In the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to:
  (a)   a “Regulation” is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;

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  (b)   a “Clause” is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum;
 
  (c)   voting by Shareholders is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Shareholder voting;
 
  (d)   the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended or, in the case of the Act, any re-enactment thereof; and
 
  (e)   the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
1.3   Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and the Articles unless otherwise defined herein.
 
1.4   Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum and the Articles.
 
2   NAME
 
    The name of the Company is Duoyuan Global Water Inc. (CHINESE CHARACTER).
 
3   STATUS
 
    The Company is a company limited by shares.
 
4   REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
 
4.1   The first registered office of the Company is situated at P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
 
4.2   The first registered agent of the Company is Offshore Incorporations Limited of P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
 
4.3   The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors change the location of its registered office or change its registered agent.
 
4.4   Any change of registered office or registered agent will take effect on the registration by the Registrar of a notice of the change filed by the existing registered agent or a legal practitioner in the British Virgin Islands acting on behalf of the Company.
 
5   GENERAL OBJECTS AND POWERS
 
    Subject to Clause 6 below the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Act or as the same may be revised from time to time, or any other law of the British Virgin Islands.
 
6   LIMITATIONS ON THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS
 
    For the purposes of Section 9(4) of the Act the Company has no power to:

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  (a)   carry on banking or trust business, unless it is licensed under the Banks and Trust Companies Act, 1990;
 
  (b)   carry on business as an insurance or as a reinsurance company, insurance agent or insurance broker, unless it is licensed under an enactment authorising it to carry on that business;
 
  (c)   carry on the business of company management unless it is licensed under the Companies Management Act, 1990;
 
  (d)   carry on the business of providing the registered office or the registered agent for companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands; or
 
  (e)   carry on the business as a mutual fund, mutual fund manager or mutual fund administrator unless it is licensed under the Mutual Funds Act, 1996.
7   AUTHORISED SHARES
 
7.1   The Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 1,500,000,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.000033 each.
 
7.2   Shares shall be issued in the currency of the United States of America.
 
7.3   The Company may issue fractional Shares and a fractional Share shall have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole Share of the same class or series of Shares.
 
7.4   Shares may be issued in one or more series of Shares as the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine from time to time.
 
7.5   The directors or Shareholders may from time to time by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Shareholders increase the maximum number of shares the Company is authorised to issue, by amendment to the Memorandum in accordance with the provisions below.
 
8   RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES
 
    Subject to the Articles, each Share confers on the holder:
  (a)   the right to one vote at a meeting of the Shareholders or on any Resolution of Shareholders;
 
  (b)   the right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company in accordance with the Act; and
 
  (c)   the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company.
9   RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU
 
    The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the

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    Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.
 
10   VARIATION OF RIGHTS
 
    If at any time the Company is authorised to issue Shares of more than one class, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-fourths of the issued Shares of that class and the holders of not less than three-fourths of the issued Shares of any other class of Shares which may be affected by such variation.
 
11   REGISTERED SHARES ONLY
 
    Shares may only be issued as registered shares and the Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares. Registered shares may not be exchanged for bearer shares or converted to bearer shares.
 
12   AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
 
12.1   Subject to the provisions of the Act and Clause 12.2, the Shareholders or directors may amend the Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Shareholders or by a Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by a Resolution of Directors:
  (a)   to restrict the rights or powers of the Shareholders to amend the Memorandum or Articles;
 
  (b)   to change the percentage of Shareholders required to pass a Resolution of Shareholders to amend the Memorandum or Articles;
 
  (c)   in circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the Shareholders; or
 
  (d)   to Clauses 8, 9, 10 or this Clause 12.
12.2   No amendment may be made to Regulation 64(i) unless approved by an affirmative vote of the holders of 662/3 percent or more of the outstanding votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon.
 
12.3   Any amendment of the Memorandum or Articles will take effect from the date of the registration by the Registrar of the notice of amendment or restated Memorandum and Articles incorporating the amendment(s) made, filed by the registered agent of the Company.

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We, OFFSHORE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED of P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association the 21st day of June, 2007.
Incorporator
         
(Sd.) TYNES, Richard Reese
 
 
(Sd.) TYNES, Richard Reese    
Authorised Signatory    
OFFSHORE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED    
 

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EX-3.2 3 h03310aexv3w2.htm EX-3.2 exv3w2
Exhibit 3.2
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC.
(CHINESE CHARACTER)
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
    SHARES
 
1   Every Shareholder, shall without payment, be entitled to a certificate signed by a director of the Company or under the Seal with or without the signature of any director or officer of the Company specifying the Share or Shares held and the par value thereof, provided that in respect of Shares held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all.
 
2   If a certificate is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate, or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as the directors may reasonably require. Any Shareholder receiving a share certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession of such a certificate.
 
    SHARES AND VARIATION OF RIGHTS
 
3   Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased authorised Shares) shall be at the disposal of the directors who may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such Eligible Persons at such times and for such consideration, being not less than the par value of the Shares being disposed of, and upon such terms and conditions as the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine. Such consideration may take any form acceptable to the directors, including money, a promissory note, or other written obligation to contribute money or property, real property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how), services rendered or a contract for future services. Before issuing Shares for a consideration other than money, the directors shall pass a Resolution of Directors stating:
  (a)   the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares;

 


 

  (b)   their determination of the reasonable present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue; and
 
  (c)   that, in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares.
4   Subject to the provisions of the Act and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Shares or class of Shares, any Share may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the directors may from time to time determine.
 
5   Subject to the provisions of the Act in this regard, Shares may be issued on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the directors before or at the time of the issue of such Shares may determine.
 
6   The directors may redeem any Share issued by the Company at a premium.
 
7   Except as required by the Act, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or any interest in any fractional part of a Share or (except as provided by these Articles or by the Act) any other rights in respect of any Share except any absolute right to the entirety thereof by the registered holder.
 
    TRANSFER OF SHARES
 
8   Shares shall be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee. The instrument of transfer shall also be signed by the transferee if registration as a holder of the shares imposes a liability to the Company on the transferee. The instrument of transfer shall be sent to the Company for registration.
 
9   If the directors refuse to register a transfer of any Shares, they shall within two months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged with the Company send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the refusal.
 
10   The registration of transfers may, on 14 days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the register of members closed at such times and for such periods as the directors may, in their absolute discretion, from time to time determine, provided always that such registration shall not be suspended nor the register of members closed for more than 30 days in any year.
 
11   The Company shall not be required to treat a transferee of a registered Share as a Shareholder until the transferee’s name has been entered in the register of members.
 
12   Subject to the Memorandum, these Articles and to Section 54(5) of the Act, the Company shall, on receipt of an instrument of transfer, enter the name of the transferee of the Share in the register of members unless the directors resolve to refuse or delay the registration of the transfer for reasons that shall be specified in the Resolution of Directors.

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    TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
 
13   Subject to Sections 52(2) and 53 of the Act, the executor or administrator of a deceased Shareholder, the guardian of an incompetent Shareholder or the trustee of a bankrupt Shareholder shall be the only person recognised by the Company as having any title to his Share, save that and only in the event of death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any Shareholder or Shareholders as a consequence of which the Company no longer has any directors or Shareholders, then upon the production of any documentation which is reasonable evidence of the applicant being entitled to:
  (a)   a grant of probate of the deceased’s will, or grant of letters of administration of the deceased’s estate, or confirmation of the appointment as executor or administrator (as the case may be), of a deceased Shareholder’s estate; or
 
  (b)   the appointment of a guardian of an incompetent Shareholder; or
 
  (c)   the appointment as trustee of a bankrupt Shareholder; or
 
  (d)   upon production of any other reasonable evidence of the applicant’s beneficial ownership of, or entitlement to the Shares,
    to the Company’s registered agent in the British Virgin Islands together with (if so requested by the registered agent) a notarised copy of the share certificate(s) of the deceased, incompetent or bankrupt Shareholder, an indemnity in favour of the registered agent and appropriate legal advice in respect of any document issued by a foreign court, then the administrator, executor, guardian or trustee in bankruptcy (as the case may be) notwithstanding that their name has not been entered in the register of members of the Company, may by written resolution of the applicant, endorsed with written approval by the registered agent, be appointed a director of the Company or entered in the register of members as the legal and or beneficial owner of the Shares.
 
14   The production to the Company of any document which is reasonable evidence of:
  (a)   a grant of probate of the will, or grant of letters of administration of the estate, or confirmation of the appointment as executor, of a deceased Shareholder; or
 
  (b)   the appointment of a guardian of an incompetent Shareholder; or
 
  (c)   the trustee of a bankrupt Shareholder; or
 
  (d)   the applicant’s legal and or beneficial ownership of the Shares,
    shall be accepted by the Company even if the deceased, incompetent Shareholder or bankrupt Shareholder is domiciled outside the British Virgin Islands if the document is issued by a foreign court which had competent jurisdiction in the matter. For the purposes of establishing whether or not a foreign court had competent jurisdiction in such a matter the directors may obtain appropriate legal advice. The directors may also require an indemnity to be given by the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee in bankruptcy.

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15   Any person becoming entitled by operation of law or otherwise to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any Shareholder may be registered as a Shareholder upon such evidence being produced as may reasonably be required by the directors. An application by any such person to be registered as a Shareholder shall for all purposes be deemed to be a transfer of shares of the deceased, incompetent or bankrupt Shareholder and the directors shall treat it as such.
 
16   Any person who has become entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any member may, instead of being registered himself, request in writing that some person to be named by him be registered as the transferee of such Share or Shares and such request shall likewise be treated as if it were a transfer.
 
17   What amounts to incompetence on the part of a person is a matter to be determined by the court having regard to all the relevant evidence and the circumstances of the case.
 
    ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES
 
18   The directors may, on behalf of the Company, subject to a Resolution of Shareholders (including the written consent of all the Shareholders whose shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired), purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Company’s own Shares for such consideration as they consider fit, and either cancel or hold such shares as Treasury Shares. The directors may dispose of any Shares held as Treasury Shares on such terms and conditions as they may from time to time determine. Shares may be purchased or otherwise acquired in exchange for newly issued Shares.
 
19   Sections 60 and 61 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.
 
    MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES
 
20   Shareholders may mortgage or charge their Shares.
 
21   There shall be entered in the register of members at the written request of the Shareholder:
  (a)   a statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged;
 
  (b)   the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and
 
  (c)   the date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the register of members.
22   Where particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the register of members, such particulars may be cancelled:
  (a)   with the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or
 
  (b)   upon evidence satisfactory to the directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the directors shall consider necessary or desirable.
23   Whilst particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the register of members pursuant to Regulation 21:

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  (a)   no transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected;
 
  (b)   the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and
 
  (c)   no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares,
    without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.
 
    FORFEITURE
 
24   Shares that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation 24 and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note, other written obligation to contribute money or property or a contract for future services are deemed to be not fully paid.
 
25   A written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the Shareholder who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares.
 
26   The written notice of call referred to in Regulation 25 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited.
 
27   Where a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 26 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates.
 
28   The Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Shareholder whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Regulation 27 and that Shareholder shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company.
 
    LIEN
 
29   The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every Share issued for a promissory note or for any other binding obligation to contribute money or property or any combination thereof to the Company, and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on every Share standing registered in the name of a Shareholder, whether singly or jointly with any other person or persons, for all the debts and liabilities of such Shareholder or his estate to the Company, whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any interest of any person other than such Shareholder, and whether the time for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually arrived or not, and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such Shareholder or his estate and any other person, whether a Shareholder or not. The Company’s lien on a Share shall extend to all dividends payable thereon. The directors may at any time either generally, or in any particular case, waive any lien that has arisen or declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Regulation 29.
 
30   In the absence of express provisions regarding sale in the promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute money or property, the Company may sell, in such manner as the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine, any Share on which

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    the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless some sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration of twenty-one days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of the sum presently payable and giving notice of the intention to sell in default of such payment, has been served on the holder for the time being of the Share.
 
31   The net proceeds of the sale by the Company of any Shares on which it has a lien shall be applied in or towards payment of discharge of the promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute money or property or any combination thereof in respect of which the lien exists so far as the same is presently payable and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the Share prior to the sale) be paid to the holder of the Share immediately before such sale. For giving effect to any such Sale the directors may authorise some person to transfer the Share sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Share and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.
 
    MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS
 
32   The directors of the Company may convene meetings of Shareholders at such times and in such manner and places as the directors consider necessary or desirable, and they shall convene such a meeting upon the written request of Shareholders entitled to exercise at least 30 percent of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested.
 
33   The Company may hold an annual general meeting, but shall not (unless required by applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange, for so long as the Company’s securities are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange) be obliged to hold an annual general meeting.
 
34   Written notice of all meetings of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purposes thereof, shall be given not fewer than 7 days before the date of the proposed meeting to those persons whose names appear as Shareholders in the register of members of the Company on the date of the notice and are entitled to vote at the meeting.
 
35   The directors may fix as the record date for determining those Shareholders that are entitled to vote at the meeting the date notice is given of a meeting, or such other date as may be specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than the date of the notice.
 
36   Notwithstanding Regulation 34, a meeting of Shareholders held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if the Shareholders holding at least 90 percent of:
  (a)   the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the meeting; or
 
  (b)   the votes of each class or series of Shares where Shareholders are entitled to vote thereon as a class or series together with an absolute majority of the remaining votes,
    have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a Shareholder at the meeting shall be deemed to constitute waiver on his part.

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37   The inadvertent failure of the directors to give notice of a meeting to a Shareholder, or the fact that a Shareholder has not received notice, shall not invalidate the meeting.
 
38   Votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
 
39   The instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place appointed for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote.
 
40   The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as the Chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the Shareholder appointing the proxy:
[Name of Company]
    I/We                                                              being                                                              a shareholder of the above Company with                                          shares                                                              HEREBY APPOINT                                                              of                                          or                                          failing him                                          of to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of shareholders to be held on the                      day of                                          and at any adjournment thereof.
    [Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here]
 
    Signed this                                                             day of                                                             
 
                                                                
Shareholder
41   The following shall apply where Shares are jointly owned:
  (a)   if two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of Shareholders and may speak as a Shareholder;
 
  (b)   if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners, and
 
  (c)   if two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one.
42   A Shareholder shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Shareholders if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Shareholders participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
 
43   A meeting of Shareholders is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than 50 percent of the votes of the Shares or class or series of Shares entitled to vote on Resolutions of Shareholders to be

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    considered at the meeting. If a quorum be present, notwithstanding the fact that such quorum may be represented by only one person then such person may resolve any matter and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person be a proxy by a copy of the proxy form shall constitute a valid Resolution of Shareholders.
 
44   If within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the next business day at the same time and place or to such other time and place as the directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one third of the votes of the Shares or each class or series of Shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a quorum, but otherwise the meeting shall be dissolved.
 
45   At any meeting of Shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before such meeting:
  (a)   by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board; or
 
  (b)   by any Shareholder who is a holder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in Regulation 34 who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the procedures set out in Regulation 46.
46 (a)   For business to be properly brought to the annual meeting of Shareholders by a Shareholder, the Shareholder must have given timely written notice thereof, either by personal delivery or by prepaid registered post to the Secretary of the Company (the “Secretary”) at the principal executive offices of the Company. To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice must be delivered not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the prior year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date, in order to be timely, notice by the Shareholder must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure is first made of the date of the annual meeting. For the purposes of this Regulation 46, any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of the original meeting whereby the meeting will reconvene within 30 days from original date shall be deemed, for purposes of notice, to be a continuation of the original meeting and no business may be brought before any reconvened meeting unless such timely notice of such business was given to the Secretary for the meeting as originally scheduled. A Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set out as to each matter that the Shareholder wishes to be brought before the meeting of Shareholders:
  (i)   a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting;
 
  (ii)   the name and address of record of the Shareholder proposing such business;
 
  (iii)   the class and number of Shares which are beneficially owned by such Shareholder;

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  (iv)   any material interest of such Shareholder in such business; and
 
  (v)   if the member intends to solicit proxies in support of such Shareholder’s proposal, a representation to that effect.
  (b)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Regulation 46 shall be interpreted or construed to require the inclusion of information about any such proposal in any proxy statement distributed by, at the direction of, or on behalf of, the directors. The chairman of a meeting of Shareholders shall, if the facts so warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation 46 and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. However, the notice requirements set out in this Regulation 46 shall be deemed satisfied by a Shareholder if the Shareholder has notified the Company of his intention to present a proposal at a meeting of Shareholders and such Shareholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been distributed by, at the direction of, or on behalf of, the directors to solicit proxies for such meeting; provided that, if such Shareholder does not appear or send a qualified representative, as determined by the chairman of the meeting, to present such proposal at such meeting, the Company need not present such proposal for a vote at such meeting notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company.
47   At every meeting of Shareholders, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting, the chief executive officer shall be the chairman. In the absence of the chief executive officer, such person as shall be selected by the Board shall act as chairman of the meeting.
 
48   The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
 
49   At any meeting of the Shareholders the chairman shall be responsible for deciding in such manner as he shall consider appropriate whether any resolution has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes thereof. If the chairman shall have any doubt as to the outcome of any resolution put to the vote, he shall cause a poll to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution, but if the chairman shall fail to take a poll then any Shareholder present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that a poll be taken and the chairman shall thereupon cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result thereof shall be duly recorded in the minutes of that meeting by the chairman.
 
50   Any Eligible Person other than an individual shall be regarded as one Shareholder and subject to the specific provisions hereinafter contained for the appointment of representatives of such persons the right of any individual to speak for or represent such

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    Shareholder shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the Eligible Person is constituted or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the directors may in good faith seek legal advice from any qualified person and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability to any Shareholder or the Company.
 
51   Any Eligible Person other than an individual which is a Shareholder may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorize such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Shareholders or of any class of Shareholders, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Eligible Person which he represents as that Eligible Person could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder.
 
52   The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any Eligible Person other than an individual may call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Eligible Person shall be disregarded.
 
53   Directors of the Company may attend and speak with Shareholders and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of Shares.
 
54   Subject to the Memorandum, an action that may be taken by the Shareholders at a meeting of the Shareholders may also be taken by a Resolution of Shareholders consented to in writing or by telex, telegram, cable or other written electronic communication, without the need for any notice. The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Shareholders.
 
    DIRECTORS
 
55   The minimum number of directors shall be five and there shall be no maximum number. Unless otherwise determined by the Company in a meeting of Shareholders and subject to the requirements of the Memorandum, the directors may by a Resolution of Directors, amend this Regulation 55 to change the number of directors. For as long as the securities of the Company are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the directors shall include such number of Independent Directors as applicable law, rules or regulations of the New York Stock Exchange may require for a foreign private issuer as long as the Company is a foreign private issuer.
 
56   The continuing directors may act notwithstanding any casual vacancy in their body, so long as there remain in office not less than the prescribed minimum number of directors duly qualified to act, but if the number falls below the prescribed minimum, the remaining directors shall not act except for the purpose of filling such vacancy.
 
57   The shareholding qualification for directors may be fixed, and from time to time varied, by a Resolution of Shareholders and unless and until so fixed no shareholding qualification shall be required. A director must be an individual.
 
58   The directors shall receive such remuneration as the Board may from time to time determine. Each director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all traveling, hotel and

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    incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or meetings of Shareholders or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a director.
 
    APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS
 
59   The first director or directors of the Company shall be appointed by the registered agent of the Company. The directors shall hold office until such director’s earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity.
 
60   Any vacancy on the Board resulting from death, resignation, removal or other cause and any newly created directorship resulting from any increase in the authorised number of directors may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors then in office (even if less than a quorum) or by a Resolution of Shareholders.
 
61   A person shall not be appointed as a director of the Company unless he has consented in writing to be a director.
 
62   If at any meeting of Shareholders at which an election of directors ought to take place, the place of any retiring director is not filled, he shall, if willing, continue in office until the dissolution of the annual meeting of Shareholders in the next year, and so on from year to year until his place is filled, unless it shall be determined at such meeting not to fill such vacancy.
 
63   The appointment of a director shall take effect upon compliance with the requirements of the Act.
 
    DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
 
64   Subject to the provisions of the Act, a director shall cease to hold office as such only:
  (a)   if he becomes of unsound mind; or
 
  (b)   if (unless he is not required to hold a share qualification) he has not duly qualified himself within two months of his appointment or if he ceases to hold the required number of shares to qualify him for office; or
 
  (c)   if he is absent from meetings of the directors for six consecutive months without leave of the Board, provided that the directors shall have power to grant any director leave of absence for any or an indefinite period; or
 
  (d)   if he dies; or
 
  (e)   one month or, with the permission of the directors earlier, after he has given notice in writing of his intention to resign; or
 
  (f)   if he shall, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, be disqualified or cease to hold office or be prohibited from acting as director; or
 
  (g)   if he is removed from office by a Resolution of Directors; or

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  (h)   if he is removed from office for cause by a Resolution of Shareholders. For the purposes hereof, cause means the willful and continuous failure by a director to substantially perform his duties to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness) or the willful engaging by the director in gross misconduct materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company; or
 
  (i)   if he is removed from office without cause by a resolution of the majority of the Shareholders, being for the purposes of this Regulation 64(i) only, an affirmative vote of the holders of 662/3 percent or more of the outstanding votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon.
    MANAGING DIRECTORS
 
65   The directors may from time to time and by Resolution of Directors appoint one or more of their number to be a managing director or joint managing director and may, subject to any contract between him or them and the Company, from time to time terminate his or their appointment and appoint another or others in his or their place or places.
 
66   A director appointed in terms of the provisions of Regulation 65 to the office of managing director of the Company may be paid, in addition to the remuneration payable in terms of Regulation 58, such remuneration not exceeding a reasonable maximum in each year in respect of such office as may be determined by a disinterested quorum of the directors.
 
67   The Board may from time to time, by Resolution of Directors, entrust to and confer upon a managing director for the time being such of the powers and authorities vested in them as they think fit, save that no managing director shall have any power or authority with respect to the matters requiring a resolution of directors under the Act.
 
    POWER OF DIRECTORS
 
68   The business of the Company shall be managed by the directors who may exercise all such powers of the Company necessary for managing and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum or these Articles required to be exercised by the Shareholders subject to any delegation of such powers as may be authorised by these Articles and permitted by the Act and to such requirements as may be prescribed by a Resolution of Shareholders, but no requirement made by a Resolution of Shareholders shall prevail if it be inconsistent with these Articles nor shall such requirement invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such requirement had not been made.
 
69   The directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a director, to be an officer or agent of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as the directors think fit. The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorize the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the Company.

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70   Every officer or agent of the Company has such powers and authority of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in these Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the officer or agent, except that no officer or agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters requiring a resolution of directors under the Act.
 
71   The directors may authorize the payment of such donations by the Company to such religious, charitable, public or other bodies, clubs, funds or associations or persons as may seem to them advisable in the interests of the Company.
 
72   The directors may:
  (a)   by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertakings and property or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party; and
 
  (b)   where the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary, the directors may in exercising their powers or performing their duties, act in a manner which the directors believe is in the best interests of the Company’s holding company even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.
73   All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company, shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as the directors shall from time to time by Resolution of Directors determine.
 
    PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
 
74   The meetings of the Board and any committee thereof shall be held at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the directors may determine to be necessary or desirable.
 
75   A director shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of directors or any committee thereof if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
 
76   A director may at any time summon a meeting of the directors. A director shall be given not less than 3 days notice of meetings of directors, but a meeting of directors held without 3 days notice having been given to all directors shall be valid if all the directors entitled to vote at the meeting, have waived notice of the meeting; and for this purpose, the presence of a director at the meeting shall constitute waiver on his part. The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a director, or the fact that a director has not received the notice, shall not invalidate the meeting.
 
77   A meeting of directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person not less than 3 directors with at least one who is not an Independent Director. If within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall be dissolved.

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78   At every meeting of the directors the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting the Vice-Chairman of the Board shall preside. If there is no Vice-Chairman of the Board or if the Vice-Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting the directors present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
 
79   An action that may be taken by the directors or a committee of directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of directors consented to in writing or by telex, telegram, cable, facsimile or other written electronic communication by all the directors or all the members of the committee of directors, as the case may be, without the need for any notice. The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more directors.
 
    COMMITTEES
 
80   The directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors.
 
81   Each committee of directors has such powers and authorities of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the Resolution of Directors establishing the committee, except that no committee has any of the following powers:
  (a)   to amend the Memorandum or these Articles;
 
  (b)   to appoint or remove directors or an agent;
 
  (c)   to approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement;
 
  (d)   to make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan; or
 
  (e)   to make a determination that immediately after a proposed Distribution the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due.
82   The meetings and proceedings of each committee of directors consisting of 2 or more directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of these Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of Directors establishing the committee; provided that all acts of committee shall require the unanimous approval of all members of such committee.
 
83   Without prejudice to the freedom of the directors to establish any other committees, for so long as the securities of the Company are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, it shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Board, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the applicable law, rules or regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, as amended from time to time. The Audit Committee shall have at least three members, comprised solely of Independent Directors or such other directors as allowed from time to time under applicable laws and rules.

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84   The Company shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. The charter shall specify the responsibilities of the Audit Committee which shall include responsibility for, among other things, ensuring its receipt from the outside auditors of the Company of a formal written statement delineating all relationships between the auditor and the Company, and the Audit Committee’s responsibility for actively engaging in a dialogue with the auditor with respect to any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the auditor take appropriate action to oversee the independence of the outside auditor. In addition, the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing potential conflict of interest situations and approving all Related Party Transactions.
 
85   Without prejudice to the freedom of the directors to establish any other committees, the Board may establish a Stock Option Committee to administer the company’s stock option plans, including authority to make and modify awards under such plans. For so long as the securities of the Company are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Stock Option Committee shall have at least two Independent Directors. The Stock Option Committee will administer the Company’s stock option plans, including the authority to make and modify awards under such plans.
 
86   Without prejudice to the freedom of the directors to establish any other committees, the Board may establish a Nominating Committee to assist the Board in identifying qualified individuals to become members of the Board. For so long as the securities of the Company are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nominating Committee shall have at least three members, who are Independent Directors.
 
    OFFICERS
 
87   The Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as shall be considered necessary or expedient. Such officers may consist of a Chief Executive Officer or one or more Joint Chief Executive Officers, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice-Chairman of the Board, a President or one or more Joint Presidents, a Chief Operating Officer and one or more Vice-Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers and such other holders of any other executive office in the Company or officers as may from time to time be deemed desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
 
88   The officers shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Shareholders. In the absence of any specific allocation of duties it shall be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board to preside at meetings of directors and Shareholders, the Vice-Chairman to act in the absence of the Chairman, the President to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the Vice-Presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the President but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the President, the Secretaries to maintain the register of members, minute books and records (other than financial records) of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company by applicable law, and the Treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company.

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89   The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors.
 
90   The officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and appointed, but any officer elected or appointed by the directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by Resolution of Directors.
 
    CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
 
91   For so long the securities of the Company are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all material Related Party Transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilize the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest situations.
 
    INDEMNITY
 
92   Subject to the provisions of the Act and limitations hereinafter provided, the Company may indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings any person who:
  (a)   is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the Company; or
 
  (b)   is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a director or officer of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
93   The Company may only indemnify a person if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The Company shall not indemnify a person who has not so acted, and any indemnity given to such a person is void and of no effect.
 
94   The decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of these Articles, unless a question of law is involved.
 
95   The termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
96   Expenses, including legal fees, incurred by a director in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the director is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in accordance with this Article.

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97   Expenses, including legal fees, incurred by a former director in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the former director to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the former director is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in accordance with this Article and upon such other terms and conditions, if any, as the Company deems appropriate.
 
98   The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article is not exclusive of any other rights to which the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, Resolution of Shareholders, resolution of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to acting in the person’s official capacity and as to acting in another capacity while serving as a director or an officer of the Company.
 
99   If a person to be indemnified has been successful in defence of any proceedings referred to above, the person is entitled to be indemnified against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceedings.
 
100   The Company may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director or an officer of the Company, or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a director or officer of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in these Articles.
 
    SEAL
 
101   The directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal. The Seal when affixed to any instrument except as provided in Regulation 1, shall be witnessed by a director or officer of the Company or any other person so authorised from time to time by the directors. The directors may provide for a facsimile of the Seal and approve the signature of any director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal has been affixed to such instrument and the same had been signed as hereinbefore described.
 
    DISTRIBUTIONS
 
102   Subject to the provisions of the Act, the directors of a Company may, by Resolution of Directors, authorise a Distribution by the Company at a time, and of an amount, and to any Shareholders they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the Company will, immediately after the Distribution, satisfy the solvency test as stipulated in Section 56 of the Act.
 
103   Subject to the rights of the holders of Shares entitled to special rights as to Distributions, all Distributions shall be declared and paid according to the par value of the Shares in issue, excluding those Shares which are held by the Company as Treasury Shares at the date of declaration of the Distribution.

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104   The directors may, before recommending any Distribution, set aside out of the profits of the Company such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at their discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the directors may from time to time think fit.
 
105   If several persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipt for any Distribution payable on or in respect of the Share.
 
106   Notice of any Distribution that may have been declared shall be given to each Shareholder in manner hereinafter mentioned and all Distributions unclaimed for three years after having been declared may be forfeited by the directors for the benefit of the Company.
 
107   No Distribution shall bear interest against the Company.
 
    COMPANY RECORDS
 
108   The Company shall keep records that:
  (a)   are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s transactions; and
 
  (b)   will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy.
109   The Company shall keep:
  (a)   minutes of all meetings of:
  (i)   directors,
 
  (ii)   Shareholders,
 
  (iii)   committees of directors, and
 
  (iv)   committees of Shareholders;
  (b)   copies of all resolutions consented to by:
  (i)   directors,
 
  (i)   Shareholders,
 
  (ii)   committees of directors, and
 
  (iii)   committees of Shareholders;
  (c)   an imprint of the Seal at the registered office of the Company.
110   The Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the directors may determine:
  (a)   minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Shareholders and of classes of Shareholders maintained in accordance with Regulation 109; and

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  (b)   minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of directors maintained in accordance with Regulation 109.
111   The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent:
  (a)   the Memorandum and Articles;
 
  (b)   the register of members maintained in accordance with Regulation 114 or a copy of the register of members;
 
  (c)   the register of directors maintained in accordance with Regulation 113 or a copy of the register of directors;
 
  (d)   copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company in the previous ten years; and
 
  (e)   a copy of the register of charges kept by the Company pursuant to Section 162(1) of the Act.
112   (a)         Where the Company keeps a copy of the register of members or the register of directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall:
  (i)   within 15 days of any change in the register, notify the registered agent, in writing, of the change; and
 
  (ii)   provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places at which the original register of members or the original register of directors is kept.
  (b)   Where the place at which the original register of members or the original register of directors is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location of the records within 14 days of the change of location.
113   The Company shall keep a register to be known as a register of directors containing the names and addresses of the persons who are directors of the Company, the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a director of the Company, the date on which each person named as a director ceased to be a director of the Company, and such other information as may be prescribed.
 
114   The Company shall maintain an accurate and complete register of members showing the full names and addresses of all persons holding Shares, the number of each class and series of Shares held by such person, the date on which the name of each Shareholder was entered in the register of members and where applicable, the date such Shareholder ceased to hold any Shares.
 
115   The records, documents and registers required by Regulations 108 to 114 inclusive shall be open to the inspection of the directors at all times.
 
116   The directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions the records, documents and registers of the

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    Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being directors, and no Shareholder (not being a director) shall have any right of inspecting any records, documents or registers of the Company except as conferred by the Act or authorised by Resolution of the Directors.
 
    ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
 
117   The directors shall cause to be prepared periodically a profit and loss account and a balance sheet of the Company. The profit and loss account and balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for the financial period and a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at the end of the financial period.
 
118   The Company’s accounts shall be audited by an independent auditor at least once every year.
 
119   The independent auditor shall be appointed by the Audit Committee and shall hold office until the Audit Committee appoint another independent auditor.
 
120   The remuneration of the auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee.
 
121   The auditor shall examine each profit and loss account and balance sheet required to be served on every Shareholder or laid before a meeting of the Shareholders and shall state in a written report whether or not:
  (a)   in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of that period; and
 
  (b)   all the information and explanations required by the auditors have been obtained.
122   The report of the auditor shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting of Shareholders at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be served on the Shareholders.
 
123   Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.
 
    NOTICES
 
124   Any notice, information or written statement required to be given by the Company to the Shareholders may be served in any way by which it can reasonably be expected to reach each Shareholder or by mail addressed to each Shareholder at the address shown in the register of members.
 
125   All notices directed to be given to the Shareholders shall, with respect to any Shares to which persons are jointly entitled, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the register of members, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such Shares.

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126   Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served within ten days of posting, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and mailed with the postage prepaid.
 
127   Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company.
 
128   Service of any summons, notice, circlet, document, process, information of written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid.
 
    PENSION AND SUPERANNUATION FUND
 
129   The directors may establish and maintain or procure the establishment and maintenance of any non-contributory or contributory pension or superannuation funds for the benefit of, and give or procure the giving of donations, gratuities, pensions, allowances or emoluments to any persons who are or were at any time in the employment or service of the Company or any company which is a subsidiary of the Company or is allied to or associated with the Company or with any such subsidiary, or who are or were at any time directors or officers of the Company or of any such other company as aforesaid or who hold or held any salaried employment or office in the Company or such other company, or any persons in whose welfare the Company or any such other company as aforesaid is, or has been at any time, interested, and to the wives, widows, families and dependents of any such persons, and make payments for or towards the insurance of such persons as aforesaid, and may do any of the matters aforesaid either alone or in conjunction with any such other company as aforesaid. A director holding any such employment or office shall be entitled to participate in and retain for his own benefit any such donation, gratuity, pension, allowance or emolument.
 
    WINDING UP
 
130   The Company may be voluntarily liquidated under Part XII of the Act if it has no liabilities and it is able to pay its debts as they become due. If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, in accordance with a Resolution of Shareholders, divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any such property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different classes of Shareholders. The liquidator may vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trust for the benefit of the contributors as the liquidator shall think fit, but so that no member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities whereon there is any liability.

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    CONTINUATION
 
131   The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders or by a resolution passed unanimously by all directors of the Company continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.
 
    DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
 
132   Notwithstanding section 175 of the Act, the directors may sell, transfer, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the assets of the Company without the sale, transfer, lease, exchange or other disposition being authorised by a Resolution of Shareholders.
FINANCIAL YEAR
133   The financial year of the Company shall be prescribed by the Board and may, from time to time, be changed by it.
We, OFFSHORE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED of P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association the 21st day of June, 2007.
Incorporator
         
(Sd.) TYNES, Richard Reese
 
 
(Sd.) TYNES, Richard Reese    
Authorised Signatory    
OFFSHORE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED    
 

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EX-5.1 4 h03310aexv5w1.htm EX-5.1 exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
Our ref   BNM\LWP\636512\3296942v1
Direct tel   +852 2971 3004
Email   barry.mitchell@maplesandcalder.com
Duoyuan Global Water Inc.
No. 3 Jinyuan Road
Daxing Industrial Development Zone
Beijing 102600
People’s Republic of China
11 June 2009
Dear Sirs
Duoyuan Global Water Inc.
We have acted as counsel as to British Virgin Islands law to Duoyuan Global Water Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), originally filed on 1 June 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended to date, relating to the public offer and sale by the Company of certain American Depositary Shares representing the Company’s ordinary shares of par value of US$0.000033 each (the “IPO Ordinary Shares”). We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.
1   Documents Reviewed
For the purpose of this opinion, we have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the following documents:
1.1   the written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 25 April 2008 and 1 June 2009, and the written resolutions of the shareholders of the Company dated 1 June 2009 (the “Resolutions”);
 
1.2   a certificate of incumbency dated 4 June 2009, issued by Offshore Incorporations Limited, the Company’s registered agent, a copy of which is attached as Annexure A (the “Registered Agent’s Certificate”);
 
1.3   the public records of the Company on file and available for public inspection at the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands (the “Registry of Corporate Affairs”) on 28 May 2009 including:
  (a)   the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation dated 21 June 2007; and
 
  (b)   the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association;
1.4   the records of proceedings on file with and available for inspection on 28 May 2009 at the British Virgin Islands High Court Registry (the “High Court Registry”);
 
1.5   a certificate from a director of the Company addressed to this firm dated 11 June 2009, a copy of which is annexed hereto as Annexure B (the “Director’s Certificate”); and
 
1.6   the Registration Statement.
2   Assumptions
Save as aforesaid we have not been instructed to undertake and have not undertaken any further enquiry or due diligence in relation to the transaction the subject of this opinion. The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing at the date hereof and of which we are aware consequent upon the instructions we have received in relation to the matter the subject of this opinion and as to the laws of the British Virgin Islands as the same are in force at the date hereof. In giving this opinion, we have relied upon the completeness and accuracy (and assumed the continuing completeness and accuracy as at the date hereof) of the Registered Agent’s Certificate and the Director’s Certificate, as to matters of fact, without further verification and have relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:
2.1   copy documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals;
 
2.2   all signatures, initials and seals are genuine;
 
2.3   that all public records of the Company which we have examined are accurate and that the information disclosed by the searches which we conducted against the Company at the Registry of Corporate Affairs and the High Court Registry is true and complete and that such information has not since then been altered and that such searches did not fail to disclose any information which had been delivered for registration but did not appear on the public records at the date of our searches;
 
2.4   the Resolutions remain in full force and effect; and
 
2.5   there is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as may arise by virtue of the laws of the British Virgin Islands) binding on the Company or on any other party prohibiting it from entering into and performing its obligations.
3   Opinions
The following opinions are given only as to matters of the British Virgin Islands law which are in force on the date of this opinion and we have assumed that there is nothing under any other law that would affect or vary the following opinions.
Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
3.1   the Company is a limited liability company registered under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and is validly existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands;
 
3.2   the Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 1,500,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.000033; and
 
3.3   the issue of the IPO Ordinary Shares has been duly authorised. When issued, allotted and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement and when details of the issue are entered into the Company’s register of members, the IPO Ordinary Shares will be legally issued and allotted, fully paid and non-assessable.
4   Qualifications
Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in the Registration Statement or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions the subject of this opinion.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in, and the filing hereof as an Exhibit to, the Registration Statement and further consent to the reference of our name under the headings of “Taxation”, “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. 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 Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder.
Yours faithfully
/s/ Maples and Calder
Maples and Calder


 

Annexure A
Registered Agent’s Certificate

 


 

Annexure B
Director’s Certificate

 

EX-8.1 5 h03310aexv8w1.htm EX-8.1 exv8w1
Exhibit 8.1
June 11, 2009
Duoyuan Global Water Inc.
No. 3 Jinyuan Road
Daxing Industrial Development Zone
Beijing, 102600, Peoples Republic of China
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We are acting as counsel to Duoyuan Global Water Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with its Registration Statement on Form F-1 originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2009, as amended to date (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the offering of American Depositary Shares each of which represents a certain number of ordinary shares, par value $0.000033 per share, of the Company as set forth in the prospectus dated June 1, 2009 (the “Prospectus”). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. §229.601(b)(8), in connection with the Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used in this letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Prospectus.
     This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, judicial authority, current administrative rulings and practice, and existing and proposed Treasury Regulations, all as in effect and existing on the date hereof (collectively, “federal income tax laws”). These provisions and interpretations are subject to changes, which may or may not be retroactive in effect, that might result in material modifications of our opinion. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, regulations, or ordinances. Our opinion does not foreclose the possibility of a contrary determination by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or a court of competent jurisdiction, or of a contrary position by the IRS or the Treasury Department in regulations or rulings issued in the future. In this regard, although we believe that our opinion set forth herein will be sustained if challenged, an opinion of counsel with respect to an issue is not binding on the IRS or the courts, and is not a guarantee that the IRS will not assert a contrary position with respect to such issue or that a court will not sustain such a position asserted by the IRS.
     In rendering the following opinion, we have examined such statutes, regulations, records, certificates and other documents as we have considered necessary or appropriate as a basis for such opinion. In our review, we have assumed that all of the representations and statements set forth in such documents are true and correct, and all of the obligations imposed by any such documents on the parties thereto have been and will continue to be performed or satisfied in accordance with their terms. We also have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the proper execution of all documents, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to

 


 

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authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies). This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.
     For purposes of rendering our opinion, we have not made an independent investigation of the facts set forth in any of the above-referenced documents, including the Prospectus. We consequently have relied upon representations and information presented in such documents.
     We are of the opinion that, based upon and subject to the foregoing, the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Taxation—U.S. Federal Income Taxation,” to the extent that it describes provisions of United States federal income tax law, is correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.
     We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement. This opinion letter has been prepared solely for your use in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement on the date of this opinion letter and should not be quoted in whole or in part or otherwise referred to, nor filed with or furnished to, any other governmental agency or other person or entity without the prior written consent of this firm.
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
         
  Very truly yours,
 
 
  /s/ Hogan & Hartson LLP  
  HOGAN & HARTSON LLP  
     
     
 

 

EX-10.1 6 h03310aexv10w1.htm EX-10.1 exv10w1
Exhibit 10.1
 
DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC.
2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
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1.   PURPOSE   1
2.   DEFINITIONS   1
3.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN   5
 
  3.1.   Board   5
 
  3.2.   Committee   6
 
  3.3.   Jurisdictions   6
 
  3.4.   Terms of Awards   6
 
  3.5.   No Repricing   7
 
  3.6.   Deferral Arrangement   8
 
  3.7.   No Liability   8
 
  3.8.   Share Issuance/Book-Entry   8
4.   STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN   8
 
  4.1.   Number of Shares Available for Awards and Conversion into ADSs   8
 
  4.2.   Adjustments in Authorized Shares   8
 
  4.3.   Share Usage   9
5.   EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS   9
 
  5.1.   Effective Date   9
 
  5.2.   Term   9
 
  5.3.   Amendment and Termination of the Plan   9
6.   AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS   9
 
  6.1.   Service Providers and Other Persons   9
 
  6.2.   Adjustments in Authorized Shares   10
7.   AWARD AGREEMENT   10
8.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS   10
 
  8.1.   Option Price   10
 
  8.2.   Vesting   10
 
  8.3.   Term   10
 
  8.4.   Termination of Service   11
 
  8.5.   Limitations on Exercise of Option   11
 
  8.6.   Method of Exercise   11
 
  8.7.   Rights of Holders of Options   11
 
  8.8.   Delivery of Stock Certificates   12
 
  8.9.   Transferability of Options   12
 
  8.10.   Family Transfers   12
 
  8.11.   Limitations on Incentive Stock Options   12
 
  8.12.   Notice of Disqualifying Disposition   13
9.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS   13
 
  9.1.   Right to Payment and Grant Price   13
 
  9.2.   Other Terms   13
 
  9.3.   Term   13
 
  9.4.   Transferability of SARS   13

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  9.5.   Family Transfers   14
10.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS   14
 
  10.1.   Grant of Restricted Stock or Stock Units   14
 
  10.2.   Restrictions   14
 
  10.3.   Restricted Stock Certificates   14
 
  10.4.   Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock   15
 
  10.5.   Rights of Holders of Stock Units   15
 
    10.5.1.     Voting and Dividend Rights   15
 
    10.5.2.     Creditor’s Rights   15
 
  10.6.   Termination of Service   15
 
  10.7.   Purchase of Restricted Stock and Shares Subject to Stock Units   15
 
  10.8.   Delivery of Stock   16
11.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS   16
12.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS   16
 
  12.1.   Dividend Equivalent Rights   16
 
  12.2.   Termination of Service   17
13.   PAYMENT   17
14.   PARACHUTE LIMITATIONS   17
15.   REQUIREMENTS OF LAW   18
 
  15.1.   General   18
 
  15.2.   Rule 16b-3   19
16.   EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION   19
 
  16.1.   Changes in Stock   19
 
  16.2.   Reorganization in Which the Company Is the Surviving Entity Which does not Constitute a Corporate Transaction   20
 
  16.3.   Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not Assumed   20
 
  16.4.   Corporation Transaction in which Awards are Assumed   21
 
  16.5.   Adjustments   21
 
  16.6.   No Limitations on Company   22
17.   GENERAL PROVISIONS   22
 
  17.1.   Disclaimer of Rights   22
 
  17.2.   Nonexclusivity of the Plan   22
 
  17.3.   Withholding Taxes   22
 
  17.4.   Captions   23
 
  17.5.   Other Provisions   23
 
  17.6.   Number and Gender   23
 
  17.7.   Severability   23
 
  17.8.   Governing Law   23
 
  17.9.   Code Section 409A   24

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DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC.
2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
     Duoyuan Global Water Inc., a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), sets forth herein the terms of its 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as follows:
1.   PURPOSE
     The Plan is intended to enhance the Company’s and its Affiliates’ (as defined herein) ability to attract and retain highly qualified officers, directors, key employees, and other persons, and to motivate such persons to serve the Company and its Affiliates and to expend maximum effort to improve the business results and earnings of the Company, by providing to such persons an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the Company. To this end, the Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, stock units (including deferred stock units), unrestricted stock, dividend equivalent rights, and cash bonus awards. Stock options granted under the Plan may be non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options, as provided herein, except that stock options granted to outside directors and any consultants or advisers providing services to the Company or an Affiliate shall in all cases be non-qualified stock options.
2.   DEFINITIONS
     For purposes of interpreting the Plan and related documents (including Award Agreements), the following definitions shall apply:
     2.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any company or other trade or business that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any Subsidiary. For purposes of granting stock options or stock appreciation rights, an entity may not be considered an Affiliate unless the Company holds a “controlling interest” in such entity, where the term “controlling interest” has the same meaning as provided in Treasury Regulation 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i), provided that the language “at least 50 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” and, provided further, that where granting of stock options or stock appreciation rights is based upon a legitimate business criteria, the language “at least 20 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Treasury Regulation 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i).
     2.2 “American Depositary Receipts” or “ADRs” means a physical certificate evidencing ownership in American Depositary Shares, issued by the Depositary and listed on an established national or regional stock exchange, is admitted to quotation on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., or is publicly traded on an established securities market in the United States.
     2.3 “American Depositary Shares” or “ADSs” means an equity right representing one or more shares of Stock of the Company, or a fraction of a share of

 


 

Stock of the Company, held on deposit by the Custodian, which carries the corporate and economic rights of the Stock of the Company, subject to the terms specified on the American Depositary Receipt.
     2.4 “Applicable Laws” means the legal requirements relating to the Plan and the Awards under applicable provisions of the corporate, securities, tax and other laws, rules, regulations and government orders, and the rules of any applicable stock exchange or national market system, of any jurisdiction applicable to Awards granted to residents therein.
     2.5 “Award” means a grant of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Stock Unit or Dividend Equivalent Right under the Plan.
     2.6 “Award Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and a Grantee that evidences and sets out the terms and conditions of an Award.
     2.7 “Benefit Arrangement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14 hereof.
     2.8 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     2.9 “Cause” means, as determined by the Board and unless otherwise provided in an applicable agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, (i) gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the performance of duties; (ii) conviction of a criminal offense (other than minor traffic offenses); or (iii) material breach of any term of any employment, consulting or other services, confidentiality, intellectual property or non-competition agreements, if any, between the Service Provider and the Company or an Affiliate.
     2.10 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
     2.11 “Committee” means a committee of, and designated from time to time by resolution of, the Board, which shall be constituted as provided in Section 3.2.
     2.12 “Company” means Duoyuan Global Water Inc.
     2.13 “Corporate Transaction” means (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company with one or more other entities in which the Company is not the surviving entity, (ii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity, or (iii) any transaction (including without limitation a merger or reorganization in which the Company is the surviving entity) which results in any person or entity (other than Mr. Wenhua Guo or Duryuan Investments Limited) owning 50% or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company.
     2.14 “Custodian” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or such other bank appointed by the Company to hold any ADSs on deposit upon or after a public offering of the Stock.

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     2.15 “Depositary” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or such other U.S. bank appointed by the Company to issue any ADRs upon or after a public offering of the Stock.
     2.16 “Disability” means the Grantee is unable to perform each of the essential duties of such Grantee’s position by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is potentially permanent in character or which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; provided, however, that, with respect to rules regarding expiration of an Incentive Stock Option following termination of the Grantee’s Service, Disability shall mean the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
     2.17 “Dividend Equivalent Right” means a right, granted to a Grantee under Section 12 hereof, to receive cash, Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock, or other periodic payments.
     2.18 “Effective Date” September 19, 2008, the date the Plan was approved by the Board.
     2.19 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
     2.20 “Fair Market Value” means the value of a share of Stock, determined as follows: if on the Grant Date or other determination date the Stock is listed on an established national or regional stock exchange, or is publicly traded on an established securities market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of the Stock on such exchange or in such market (if there is more than one such exchange or market the Board shall determine the appropriate exchange or market) on the Grant Date or such other determination date (or if there is no such reported closing price, the Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the highest bid and lowest asked prices or between the high and low sale prices on such trading day) or, if no sale of Stock is reported for such trading day, on the next preceding day on which any sale shall have been reported. If the Stock is not listed on such an exchange or traded on such a market, Fair Market Value shall be the value of the Stock as determined by the Board by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code (“Code Section 409A”).
     2.21 “Family Member” means a person who is a spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of the Grantee, any person sharing the Grantee’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which any one or more of these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which any one or more of these persons (or the Grantee) control the management of assets,

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and any other entity in which one or more of these persons (or the Grantee) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests.
     2.22 “Grant Date” means, as determined by the Board, the latest to occur of (i) the date as of which the Board approves an Award, (ii) the date on which the recipient of an Award first becomes eligible to receive an Award under Section 6 hereof, or (iii) such other date as may be specified by the Board.
     2.23 “Grantee” means a person who receives or holds an Award under the Plan.
     2.24 “Incentive Stock Option” means an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or the corresponding provision of any subsequently enacted tax statute, as amended from time to time.
     2.25 “IPO” means the initial sale to the general public of the Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
     2.26 “Non-qualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
     2.27 “Option” means an option to purchase one or more shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan.
     2.28 “Option Price” means the exercise price for each share of Stock subject to an Option.
     2.29 “Other Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14 hereof.
     2.30 “Plan” means this Duoyuan Global Water Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
     2.31 “Purchase Price” means the purchase price for each share of Stock pursuant to a grant of Restricted Stock, Stock Units or Unrestricted Stock.
     2.32 “Reporting Person” means a person who is required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
     2.33 “Restricted Stock” means shares of Stock, awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 10 hereof.
     2.34 “SAR Exercise Price” means the per share exercise price of a SAR granted to a Grantee under Section 9 hereof.
     2.35 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

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     2.36 “Service” means service as a Service Provider to the Company or an Affiliate. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee’s change in position or duties shall not result in interrupted or terminated Service, so long as such Grantee continues to be a Service Provider to the Company or an Affiliate. Subject to the preceding sentence, whether a termination of Service shall have occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be determined by the Board, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
     2.37 “Service Provider” means an employee, officer or director of the Company or an Affiliate, or a consultant or adviser (who is a natural person) currently providing services to the Company or an Affiliate.
     2.38 “Stock” means the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company. Upon an IPO, at the Board’s sole discretion, “Stock” may also mean the ADSs issued by the Company in satisfaction of awards of Stock granted under the Plan.
     2.39 “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Grantee under Section 9 hereof.
     2.40 “Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one share of Stock awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 10 hereof.
     2.41 “Subsidiary” means any “subsidiary corporation” of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.
     2.42 “Substitute Awards” means Awards granted upon assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines.
     2.43 “Ten Percent Stockholder” means an individual who owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company, its parent or any of its Subsidiaries. In determining stock ownership, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall be applied.
     2.44 “Unrestricted Stock” means an Award pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
     2.45 “U.S. Grantee” means any Grantee who is or becomes a taxpayer in the United States.
3.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
  3.1.   Board
     The Board shall have such powers and authorities related to the administration of the Plan as are consistent with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws and applicable law. The Board shall have full power and authority to take all actions and to make all determinations required or provided for under the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement, and shall have full power and authority to take all such other actions and make all such other determinations not inconsistent with the specific terms

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and provisions of the Plan that the Board deems to be necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement. All such actions and determinations shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board present at a meeting or by unanimous consent of the Board executed in writing in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws and applicable law. The interpretation and construction by the Board of any provision of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.
  3.2.   Committee
     The Board from time to time may delegate to the Committee such powers and authorities related to the administration and implementation of the Plan, as set forth in Section 3.1 above and other applicable provisions, as the Board shall determine, consistent with the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company and applicable law.
     In the event that the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement entered into hereunder provides for any action to be taken by or determination to be made by the Board, such action may be taken or such determination may be made by the Committee if the power and authority to do so has been delegated to the Committee by the Board as provided for in this Section. Unless otherwise expressly determined by the Board, any such action or determination by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may delegate its authority under the Plan to a member of the Board.
  3.3.   Jurisdictions
     In order to assure the viability of Awards granted to Grantees employed in various jurisdictions, the Committee may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy, or custom applicable in the jurisdiction in which the Participant resides or is employed. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of, the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose; provided, however, that no such supplements, amendments, restatements, or alternative versions shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 4.1 of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate any Applicable Laws.
  3.4.   Terms of Awards
     Subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, the Board shall have full and final authority to:
     (i) designate Grantees,
     (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be made to a Grantee,
     (iii) determine the number of shares of Stock to be subject to an Award,

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     (iv) establish the terms and conditions of each Award (including, but not limited to, the exercise price of any Option, the nature and duration of any restriction or condition (or provision for lapse thereof) relating to the vesting, exercise, transfer, or forfeiture of an Award or the shares of Stock subject thereto, the treatment of an Award in the event of a change of control, and any terms or conditions that may be necessary to qualify Options as Incentive Stock Options),
     (v) prescribe the form of each Award Agreement evidencing an Award, and
     (vi) amend, modify, or supplement the terms of any outstanding Award. Such authority specifically includes the authority, in order to effectuate the purposes of the Plan but without amending the Plan, to make or modify Awards to U.S. Grantees and eligible individuals who are foreign nationals or are individuals who are employed outside the United States to recognize differences in local law, tax policy, or custom. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, modification or supplement of any Award shall, without the consent of the Grantee, impair the Grantee’s rights under such Award.
     The Company may retain the right in an Award Agreement to cause a forfeiture of the gain realized by a Grantee on account of actions taken by the Grantee in violation or breach of or in conflict with any employment agreement, non-competition agreement, any agreement prohibiting solicitation of employees or clients of the Company or any Affiliate thereof or any confidentiality obligation with respect to the Company or any Affiliate thereof or otherwise in competition with the Company or any Affiliate thereof, to the extent specified in such Award Agreement applicable to the Grantee. In addition, the Company may annul an Award if the Grantee is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate thereof and is terminated for Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable.
     Furthermore, if the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any Grantee who knowingly engaged in the misconduct, was grossly negligent in engaging in the misconduct, knowingly failed to prevent the misconduct or was grossly negligent in failing to prevent the misconduct, shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the twelve (12) month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever first occurred) of the financial document that contained such material noncompliance.
  3.5.   No Repricing
     Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no amendment or modification may be made to an outstanding Option or SAR, including, without limitation, by replacement of Options or SARs with cash or other award type, that would be treated as a repricing under the rules of the stock exchange on which the Stock is listed, in each case, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, provided, that, appropriate adjustments may be made to outstanding Options and SARs

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pursuant to Section 16 or Section 5.3 and may be made to make changes to achieve compliance with applicable law, including Code Section 409A.
  3.6.   Deferral Arrangement
     The Board may permit or require the deferral of any award payment into a deferred compensation arrangement, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits into deferred Stock equivalents. Any such deferrals shall be made in a manner that complies with Code Section 409A.
  3.7.   No Liability
     No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement.
  3.8.   Share Issuance/Book-Entry
     Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the issuance of the Stock under the Plan may be evidenced in such a manner as the Board, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of one or more Stock certificates.
4.   STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
  4.1.   Number of Shares Available for Awards and Conversion into ADSs
     Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16 hereof, the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be seven hundred one thousand seven hundred fifty-four (701,754), all of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options. Stock issued or to be issued under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued shares; or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, issued shares that have been reacquired by the Company.
     If following an IPO a Grantee elects to convert Stock received pursuant to Awards under the plan into ADSs, the Grantee will be solely responsible for following the procedures and requirements set forth by the Depositary and for any applicable costs of such conversion. In no event shall the Company have any duty or obligation to assist in the conversion of such Stock.
  4.2.   Adjustments in Authorized Shares
     The Board shall have the right to substitute or assume Awards in connection with mergers, reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies. The number of shares of Stock reserved pursuant to Section 4 shall be increased by the corresponding number of Awards assumed and, in the case of a substitution, by the net increase in the number of shares of Stock subject to Awards before and after the substitution.

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  4.3.   Share Usage
     Shares covered by an Award shall be counted as used as of the Grant Date. Any shares of Stock that are subject to Awards shall be counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 as one (1) share for every one (1) share subject to an Award. If any shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan are not purchased or are forfeited or expire, or if an Award otherwise terminates without delivery of any Stock subject thereto or is settled in cash in lieu of shares, then the number of shares of Stock counted against the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, termination or expiration, again be available for making Awards under the Plan in the same amount as such shares were counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1. The number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not be increased by (i) any shares of Stock tendered or withheld or Award surrendered in connection with the purchase of shares of Stock upon exercise of an Option as described in Section 13, or (ii) any shares of Stock deducted or delivered from an Award payment in connection with the Company’s tax withholding obligations as described in Section 17.3.
5.   EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS
  5.1.   Effective Date
     The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date, subject to approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders within one year of the Effective Date. Upon approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company as set forth above, all Awards made under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be fully effective as if the stockholders of the Company had approved the Plan on the Effective Date. If the stockholders fail to approve the Plan within one year of the Effective Date, any Awards made hereunder shall be null and void and of no effect.
  5.2.   Term
     The Plan shall terminate automatically ten (10) years after the Effective Date and may be terminated on any earlier date as provided in Section 5.3.
  5.3.   Amendment and Termination of the Plan
     The Board may, at any time and from time to time, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan as to any shares of Stock as to which Awards have not been made. An amendment shall be contingent on approval of the Company’s stockholders to the extent stated by the Board, required by applicable law or required by applicable stock exchange listing requirements. No amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Grantee, impair rights or obligations under any Award theretofore awarded under the Plan.
6.   AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS
  6.1.   Service Providers and Other Persons

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     Subject to this Section 6, Awards may be made under the Plan to: (i) any Service Provider to the Company or of any Affiliate, including any Service Provider who is an officer or director of the Company, or of any Affiliate, as the Board shall determine and designate from time to time and (ii) any other individual whose participation in the Plan is determined to be in the best interests of the Company by the Board.
  6.2.   Adjustments in Authorized Shares
     An eligible person may receive more than one Award, subject to such restrictions as are provided herein. The Board shall have the right to substitute or assume Awards in connection with mergers, reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies. The number of Shares reserved pursuant to Section 4 shall be increased by the corresponding number of Substitute Awards.
7.   AWARD AGREEMENT
     Each Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, in such form or forms as the Board shall from time to time determine. Award Agreements granted from time to time or at the same time need not contain similar provisions but shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Award of Options shall specify whether such Options are intended to be Non-qualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options, and in the absence of such specification such options shall be deemed Non-qualified Stock Options.
8.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
  8.1.   Option Price
     The Option Price of each Option shall be fixed by the Board and stated in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option. Except in the case of Substitute Awards, the Option Price of each Option shall be at least the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date of a share of Stock; provided, however, that in the event that a Grantee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, the Option Price of an Option granted to such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Grant Date. In no case shall the Option Price of any Option be less than the par value of a share of Stock.
  8.2.   Vesting
     Subject to Sections 8.3 and 16.3 hereof, each Option granted under the Plan shall become exercisable at such times and under such conditions as shall be determined by the Board and stated in the Award Agreement. For purposes of this Section 8.2, fractional numbers of shares of Stock subject to an Option shall be rounded down to the next nearest whole number.
  8.3.   Term
     Each Option granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights to purchase shares of Stock thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior thereto as

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is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the Board and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such Option; provided, however, that in the event that the Grantee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, an Option granted to such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from its Grant Date. If on the day preceding the date on which a Grantee’s Options would otherwise terminate, the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock underlying a Grantee’s Options is greater than the Option Price of such Options, the Company shall, prior to the termination of such Options and without any action being taken on the part of the Grantee, consider such Options to have been exercised by the Grantee. The Company shall deduct from the shares of Stock deliverable to the Grantee upon such exercise the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy payment of the Option Price and all withholding obligations.
  8.4.   Termination of Service
     Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Grantee shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Grantee’s Service. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of Service.
  8.5.   Limitations on Exercise of Option
     Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in no event may any Option be exercised, in whole or in part, prior to the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company as provided herein or after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 16 hereof which results in termination of the Option.
  8.6.   Method of Exercise
     Subject to the terms of Section 13 and Section 17.3, an Option that is exercisable may be exercised by the Grantee’s delivery to the Company of notice of exercise on any business day, at the Company’s principal office, on the form specified by the Company. Such notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised and shall be accompanied by payment in full of the Option Price of the shares for which the Option is being exercised plus the amount (if any) of federal and/or other taxes which the Company may, in its judgment, be required to withhold with respect to an Award.
  8.7.   Rights of Holders of Options
     Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, an individual holding or exercising an Option shall have none of the rights of a stockholder (for example, the right to receive cash or dividend payments or distributions attributable to the subject shares of Stock or to direct the voting of the subject shares of Stock ) until the shares of Stock covered thereby are fully paid and issued to him. Except as provided in Section 16 hereof, no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other

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rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance. The Grantee’s rights with respect to the shares of Stock issued after exercising the Option shall be governed by the deposit agreement among the Company, the Depositary and the shareholders.
  8.8.   Delivery of Stock Certificates
     Promptly after the exercise of an Option by a Grantee and the payment in full of the Option Price, such Grantee shall be entitled to the issuance of a stock certificate or certificates evidencing his or her ownership of the shares of Stock subject to the Option.
  8.9.   Transferability of Options
     Except as provided in Section 8.10, during the lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantee’s guardian or legal representative) may exercise an Option. Except as provided in Section 8.10, no Option shall be assignable or transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
  8.10.   Family Transfers
     If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may transfer, not for value, all or part of an Option which is not an Incentive Stock Option to any Family Member. For the purpose of this Section 8.10, a “not for value” transfer is a transfer which is (i) a gift, (ii) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights; or (iii) unless applicable law does not permit such transfers, a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Grantee) in exchange for an interest in that entity. Following a transfer under this Section 8.10, any such Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, and shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Option shall be subject to the same restrictions on transfer of shares as would have applied to the Grantee. Subsequent transfers of transferred Options are prohibited except to Family Members of the original Grantee in accordance with this Section 8.10 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The events of termination of Service of Section 8.4 hereof shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Grantee, following which the Option shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and for the periods specified, in Section 8.4.
  8.11.   Limitations on Incentive Stock Options
     An Option shall constitute an Incentive Stock Option only (i) if the Grantee of such Option is an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) to the extent specifically provided in the related Award Agreement; and (iii) to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the Option is granted) of the shares of Stock with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options held by such Grantee become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other plans of the Grantee’s employer and its Affiliates) does not exceed $100,000. This limitation shall be applied by taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.

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  8.12.   Notice of Disqualifying Disposition
     If any Grantee shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in Code Section 421(b) (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Grantee shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten (10) days thereof.
9.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
  9.1.   Right to Payment and Grant Price
     A SAR shall confer on the Grantee to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Board. The Award Agreement for a SAR shall specify the grant price of the SAR, which shall be at least the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant. SARs may be granted in conjunction with all or part of an Option granted under the Plan or at any subsequent time during the term of such Option, in conjunction with all or part of any other Award or without regard to any Option or other Award; provided that a SAR that is granted subsequent to the Grant Date of a related Option must have a SAR Price that is no less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the SAR Grant Date.
  9.2.   Other Terms
     The Board shall determine at the date of grant or thereafter, the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a SAR may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on future service requirements), the time or times at which SARs shall cease to be or become exercisable following termination of Service or upon other conditions, the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Grantees, whether or not a SAR shall be in tandem or in combination with any other Award, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR.
  9.3.   Term
     Each SAR granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from the date such SAR is granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the Board and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such SAR.
  9.4.   Transferability of SARS
     Except as provided in Section 9.5, during the lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantee’s guardian or legal representative) may exercise a SAR. Except as provided in Section 9.5, no SAR shall be assignable or transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

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  9.5.   Family Transfers
     If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may transfer, not for value, all or part of a SAR to any Family Member. For the purpose of this Section 9.5, a “not for value” transfer is a transfer which is (i) a gift, (ii) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights; or (iii) unless applicable law does not permit such transfers, a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Grantee) in exchange for an interest in that entity. Following a transfer under this Section 9.5, any such SAR shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, and shares of Stock acquired pursuant to a SAR shall be subject to the same restrictions on transfer or shares as would have applied to the Grantee. Subsequent transfers of transferred SARs are prohibited except to Family Members of the original Grantee in accordance with this Section 9.5 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
10.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS
  10.1.   Grant of Restricted Stock or Stock Units
     Awards of Restricted Stock or Stock Units may be made for no consideration (other than par value of the shares which is deemed paid by Services already rendered).
  10.2.   Restrictions
     At the time a grant of Restricted Stock or Stock Units is made, the Board may, in its sole discretion, establish a period of time (a “restricted period”) applicable to such Restricted Stock or Stock Units. Each Award of Restricted Stock or Stock Units may be subject to a different restricted period. The Board may in its sole discretion, at the time a grant of Restricted Stock or Stock Units is made, prescribe restrictions in addition to or other than the expiration of the restricted period, which may be applicable to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock or Stock Units. Neither Restricted Stock nor Stock Units may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the restricted period or prior to the satisfaction of any other restrictions prescribed by the Board with respect to such Restricted Stock or Stock Units.
  10.3.   Restricted Stock Certificates
     The Company shall issue, in the name of each Grantee to whom Restricted Stock has been granted, stock certificates representing the total number of shares of Restricted Stock granted to the Grantee, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Grant Date. The Board may provide in an Award Agreement that either (i) the Secretary of the Company shall hold such certificates for the Grantee’s benefit until such time as the Restricted Stock is forfeited to the Company or the restrictions lapse, or (ii) such certificates shall be delivered to the Grantee, provided, however, that such certificates shall bear a legend or legends that comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and makes appropriate reference to the restrictions imposed under the Plan and the Award Agreement.

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  10.4.   Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock
     Unless the Board otherwise provides in an Award Agreement, holders of Restricted Stock shall have the right to vote such Stock and the right to receive any dividends declared or paid with respect to such Stock. The Board may provide that any dividends paid on Restricted Stock must be reinvested in shares of Stock, which may or may not be subject to the same vesting conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. All distributions, if any, received by a Grantee with respect to Restricted Stock as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, or other similar transaction shall be subject to the restrictions applicable to the original Grant.
  10.5.   Rights of Holders of Stock Units
  10.5.1.   Voting and Dividend Rights
     Holders of Stock Units shall have no rights as stockholders of the Company. The Board may provide in an Award Agreement evidencing a grant of Stock Units that the holder of such Stock Units shall be entitled to receive, upon the Company’s payment of a cash dividend on its outstanding Stock, a cash payment for each Stock Unit held equal to the per-share dividend paid on the Stock. Such Award Agreement may also provide that such cash payment will be deemed reinvested in additional Stock Units at a price per unit equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date that such dividend is paid.
  10.5.2.   Creditor’s Rights
     A holder of Stock Units shall have no rights other than those of a general creditor of the Company. Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement.
  10.6.   Termination of Service
     Unless the Board otherwise provides in an Award Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, upon the termination of a Grantee’s Service, any Restricted Stock or Stock Units held by such Grantee that have not vested, or with respect to which all applicable restrictions and conditions have not lapsed, shall immediately be deemed forfeited. Upon forfeiture of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, the Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to such Award, including but not limited to any right to vote Restricted Stock or any right to receive dividends with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or Stock Units.
  10.7.   Purchase of Restricted Stock and Shares Subject to Stock Units
     The Grantee shall be required, to the extent required by applicable law, to purchase the Restricted Stock or Shares subject to vested Stock Units from the Company at a Purchase Price equal to the greater of (i) the aggregate par value of the shares of Stock represented by such Restricted Stock or Stock Units (ii) the Purchase Price, if any, specified in the Award Agreement relating to such Restricted Stock or Stock Units. The Purchase Price shall be payable in a form described in Section 13

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or, in the discretion of the Board, in consideration for past or future Services rendered to the Company or an Affiliate.
  10.8.   Delivery of Stock
     Upon the expiration or termination of any restricted period and the satisfaction of any other conditions prescribed by the Board, the restrictions applicable to shares of Restricted Stock or Stock Units settled in Stock shall lapse, and, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a stock certificate for such shares shall be delivered, free of all such restrictions, to the Grantee or the Grantee’s beneficiary or estate, as the case may be. Neither the Grantee, nor the Grantee’s beneficiary or estate, shall have any further rights with regard to a Stock Unit once the share of Stock represented by the Stock Unit has been delivered.
11.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
     The Board may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other higher purchase price determined by the Board) an Unrestricted Stock Award to any Grantee pursuant to which such Grantee may receive shares of Stock free of any restrictions (“Unrestricted Stock”) under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted or sold as described in the preceding sentence in respect of past services and other valid consideration, or in lieu of, or in addition to, any cash compensation due to such Grantee.
12.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS
  12.1.   Dividend Equivalent Rights
     A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive credits based on cash distributions that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by the recipient. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any Grantee. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the grant. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Stock, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments, all determined in the sole discretion of the Board. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled upon exercise, settlement, or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other award. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may also contain terms and conditions different from such other award.

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  12.2.   Termination of Service
     Except as may otherwise be provided by the Board either in the Award Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a Grantee’s rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights or interest equivalents shall automatically terminate upon the Grantee’s termination of Service for any reason.
13.   PAYMENT
     The Committee shall determine the methods by which the Option Price, SAR Exercise Price or Purchase Price for an Award may be paid, the form of payment, including, without limitation (i) cash or check denominated in U.S. Dollars, (ii) to the extent permissible under the Applicable Laws, cash or check in Chinese Renminbi, (iii) cash or check denominated in any other local currency as approved by the Committee, (iv) shares of Stock held for such period of time as may be required by the Committee in order to avoid adverse financial accounting consequences and having a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price of the Option or SAR, respectively, or exercised portion thereof, or Purchase Price for Restricted Stock, (v) after an IPO the delivery of a notice that the Grantee has placed a market order with a broker with respect to shares of Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the Option Price, provided that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of such sale; notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, such method shall be the only method a Grantee who is a resident for tax purposes in the People’s Republic of China may exercise an Option, (vi) other property acceptable to the Committee with a Fair Market Value equal to the Option Price, SAR Exercise Price or Purchase Price, (vii) cashless exercise; or (viii) any combination of the foregoing. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no Grantee who is a member of the Board or an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act shall be permitted to pay the Option Price, SAR Exercise Price or Purchase Price in any method that would violate Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.
     A Grantee may be required to provide evidence that any currency used to pay the Option Price, SAR Exercise Price or Purchase Price of an Award were acquired and taken out of the jurisdiction in which the Grantee resides in accordance with Applicable Laws, including foreign exchange control laws and regulations. In the event the Option Price, SAR Exercise Price or Purchase Price for an Award is paid in Chinese Renminbi or other foreign currency, as permitted by the Committee, the amount payable will be determined by conversion from U.S. dollars at the official rate promulgated by the People’s Bank of China for Chinese Renminbi, or for jurisdictions other than the People’s Republic of China, the exchange rate as selected by the Committee on the date of exercise or purchase.
14.   PARACHUTE LIMITATIONS
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by a U.S. Grantee with the Company or any Affiliate, except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly addresses Section 280G or Section 4999 of the Code (an “Other Agreement”),

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and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the U.S. Grantee (including groups or classes of U.S. Grantees or beneficiaries of which the U.S. Grantee is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the U.S. Grantee (a “Benefit Arrangement”), if the U.S. Grantee is a “disqualified individual,” as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code, any Option, Restricted Stock, or Stock Unit held by that U.S. Grantee and any right to receive any payment or other benefit under this Plan shall not become exercisable or vested (i) to the extent that such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the U.S. Grantee under this Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any payment or benefit to the U.S. Grantee under this Plan to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code as then in effect (a “Parachute Payment”) and (ii) if, as a result of receiving a Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the U.S. Grantee from the Company under this Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the U.S. Grantee without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of any such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit under this Plan, in conjunction with all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the U.S. Grantee under any Other Agreement or any Benefit Arrangement would cause the U.S. Grantee to be considered to have received a Parachute Payment under this Plan that would have the effect of decreasing the after-tax amount received by the U.S. Grantee as described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then the U.S. Grantee shall have the right, in the U.S. Grantee’s sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments, or benefits under this Plan, any Other Agreements, and any Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having the payment or benefit to the U.S. Grantee under this Plan be deemed to be a Parachute Payment; provided, however, that in order to comply with Code Section 409A, the reduction or elimination will be performed in the order in which each dollar of value subject to an Award reduces the Parachute Payment to the greatest extent.
15.   REQUIREMENTS OF LAW
  15.1.   General
     The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of Stock under any Award if the sale or issuance of such shares would constitute a violation by the Grantee, any other individual exercising an Option, or the Company of any provision of any law or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation any federal or state securities laws or regulations. If at any time the Company shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of any shares subject to an Award upon any securities exchange or under any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares hereunder, no shares of Stock may be issued or sold to the Grantee or any other individual exercising an Option pursuant to such Award unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company, and any delay caused thereby shall in no way affect the date of termination of the Award. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with the Securities Act, upon the exercise of any Option or any

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SAR that may be settled in shares of Stock or the delivery of any shares of Stock underlying an Award, unless a registration statement under such Act is in effect with respect to the shares of Stock covered by such Award, the Company shall not be required to sell or issue such shares unless the Board has received evidence satisfactory to it that the Grantee or any other individual exercising an Option may acquire such shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Any determination in this connection by the Board shall be final, binding, and conclusive. The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any securities covered hereby pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of an Option or a SAR or the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority. As to any jurisdiction that expressly imposes the requirement that an Option (or SAR that may be settled in shares of Stock) shall not be exercisable until the shares of Stock covered by such Option (or SAR) are registered or are exempt from registration, the exercise of such Option (or SAR) under circumstances in which the laws of such jurisdiction apply shall be deemed conditioned upon the effectiveness of such registration or the availability of such an exemption.
  15.2.   Rule 16b-3
     During any time when the Company has a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, it is the intent of the Company that Awards pursuant to the Plan and the exercise of Options and SARs granted hereunder will qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. To the extent that any provision of the Plan or action by the Board does not comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed inoperative to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Board, and shall not affect the validity of the Plan. In the event that Rule 16b-3 is revised or replaced, the Board may exercise its discretion to modify this Plan in any respect necessary to satisfy the requirements of, or to take advantage of any features of, the revised exemption or its replacement.
16.   EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION
  16.1.   Changes in Stock
     If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in such shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Effective Date, the number and kinds of shares for which grants of Options and other Awards may be made under the Plan, shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly by the Company. In addition, the number and kind of shares for which Awards are outstanding shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly so that the proportionate interest of the Grantee immediately following such event shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before such event. Any such adjustment in outstanding Options or SARs shall not change the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price payable with respect to shares that are subject to the unexercised portion of an outstanding Option or SAR, as applicable, but shall include a corresponding

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proportionate adjustment in the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price per share. The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any distribution to the Company’s stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (including an extraordinary dividend but excluding a non-extraordinary dividend of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Company shall, in such manner as the Company deems appropriate, adjust (i) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards and/or (ii) the exercise price of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to reflect such distribution.
  16.2.   Reorganization in Which the Company Is the Surviving Entity Which does not Constitute a Corporate Transaction
     Subject to Section 16.3 hereof, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company with one or more other entities which does not constitute a Corporate Transaction, any Option or SAR theretofore granted pursuant to the Plan shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a holder of the number of shares of Stock subject to such Option or SAR would have been entitled immediately following such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, with a corresponding proportionate adjustment of the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price per share so that the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price thereafter shall be the same as the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price of the shares remaining subject to the Option or SAR immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation. Subject to any contrary language in an Award Agreement evidencing an Award, any restrictions applicable to such Award shall apply as well to any replacement shares received by the Grantee as a result of the reorganization, merger or consolidation. In the event of a transaction described in this Section 16.2, Stock Units shall be adjusted so as to apply to the securities that a holder of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Stock Units would have been entitled to receive immediately following such transaction.
  16.3.   Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not Assumed
     Upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction in which outstanding Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Stock are not being assumed or continued:
     (i) all outstanding shares of Restricted Stock shall be deemed to have vested, and all Stock Units shall be deemed to have vested and the shares of Stock subject thereto shall be delivered, immediately prior to the occurrence of such Corporate Transaction, and
     (ii) either of the following two actions shall be taken:
          (A) fifteen days prior to the scheduled consummation of a Corporate Transaction, all Options and SARs outstanding hereunder shall become immediately exercisable and shall remain exercisable for a period of fifteen days, or
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deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered, to the holder thereof an amount in cash or securities having a value (as determined by the Board acting in good faith), in the case of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, equal to the formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Stock and, in the case of Options or SARs, equal to the product of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option or SAR (the “Award Shares”) multiplied by the amount, if any, by which (I) the formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Stock pursuant to such transaction exceeds (II) the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price applicable to such Award Shares.
          With respect to the Company’s establishment of an exercise window, (i) any exercise of an Option or SAR during such fifteen-day period shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the event and shall be effective only immediately before the consummation of the event, and (ii) upon consummation of any Corporate Transaction, the Plan and all outstanding but unexercised Options and SARs shall terminate. The Board shall send notice of an event that will result in such a termination to all individuals who hold Options and SARs not later than the time at which the Company gives notice thereof to its stockholders.
  16.4.   Corporation Transaction in which Awards are Assumed
     The Plan, Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Stock theretofore granted shall continue in the manner and under the terms so provided in the event of any Corporate Transaction to the extent that provision is made in writing in connection with such Corporate Transaction for the assumption or continuation of the Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Stock theretofore granted, or for the substitution for such Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Stock for new common stock options and stock appreciation rights and new common stock units and restricted stock relating to the stock of a successor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number of shares (disregarding any consideration that is not common stock) and option and stock appreciation right exercise prices. In the event a Grantee’s Award is assumed, continued or substituted upon the consummation of any Corporate Transaction and his employment is terminated without Cause within one year following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction, the Grantee’s Award will be fully vested and may be exercised in full, to the extent applicable, beginning on the date of such termination and for the one-year period immediately following such termination or for such longer period as the Committee shall determine.
  16.5.   Adjustments
     Adjustments under this Section 16 related to shares of Stock or securities of the Company shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares or other securities shall be issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share. The Board shall determine the effect of a Corporate Transaction upon Awards other than Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Stock, and such effect shall be set forth in the appropriate Award Agreement. The Board may provide in the Award Agreements at the time of grant, or any time thereafter with the consent of the Grantee,

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for different provisions to apply to an Award in place of those described in Sections 16.1, 16.2, 16.3 and 16.4. This Section 16.5 does not limit the Company’s ability to provide for alternative treatment of Awards outstanding under the Plan in the event of change of control events that are not Corporate Transactions.
  16.6.   No Limitations on Company
     The making of Awards pursuant to the Plan shall not affect or limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, or liquidate, or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
17.   GENERAL PROVISIONS
  17.1.   Disclaimer of Rights
     No provision in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement shall be construed to confer upon any individual the right to remain in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate, or to interfere in any way with any contractual or other right or authority of the Company either to increase or decrease the compensation or other payments to any individual at any time, or to terminate any employment or other relationship between any individual and the Company. In addition, notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, no Award granted under the Plan shall be affected by any change of duties or position of the Grantee, so long as such Grantee continues to be a director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company or an Affiliate. The obligation of the Company to pay any benefits pursuant to this Plan shall be interpreted as a contractual obligation to pay only those amounts described herein, in the manner and under the conditions prescribed herein. The Plan shall in no way be interpreted to require the Company to transfer any amounts to a third party trustee or otherwise hold any amounts in trust or escrow for payment to any Grantee or beneficiary under the terms of the Plan.
  17.2.   Nonexclusivity of the Plan
     Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations upon the right and authority of the Board to adopt such other incentive compensation arrangements (which arrangements may be applicable either generally to a class or classes of individuals or specifically to a particular individual or particular individuals) as the Board in its discretion determines desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under the Plan.
  17.3.   Withholding Taxes
     No shares of Stock shall be delivered under the Plan to any Grantee until such Grantee has made arrangements acceptable to the Committee for the satisfaction of any income and employment tax withholding obligations under Applicable Laws. The Company or any Affiliate shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Grantee to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state,

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local or foreign taxes (including the Grantee’s payroll tax obligations) required or permitted by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event concerning a Grantee arising as a result of this Plan. The Committee may in its discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement allow a Grantee to elect to have the Company withhold shares of Stock otherwise issuable under an Award or allow the return of shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be withheld. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the number of shares which may be withheld with respect to the issuance, vesting, exercise or payment of any Award (or which may be repurchased from the Grantee of such Award after such shares of Stock were acquired by the Grantee from the Company) in order to satisfy the Grantee’s federal, state, local and foreign income and payroll tax liabilities with respect to the issuance, vesting, exercise or payment of the Award shall, unless specifically approved by the Committee, be limited to the number of shares of Stock which have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase equal to the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income.
  17.4.   Captions
     The use of captions in this Plan or any Award Agreement is for the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of the Plan or such Award Agreement.

  17.5.   Other Provisions
     Each Award granted under the Plan may contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion.
  17.6.   Number and Gender
     With respect to words used in this Plan, the singular form shall include the plural form, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, etc., as the context requires.
  17.7.   Severability
     If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.
  17.8.   Governing Law
     The validity and construction of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the British Virgin Islands, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards granted hereunder to the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.

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  17.9.   Code Section 409A
     The Board intends to comply with Code Section 409A, or an exemption to Code Section 409A, with regard to Awards hereunder that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A. To the extent that the Board determines that a Grantee would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Code Section 409A as a result of any provision of any Award granted under this Plan, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Board.
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     To record adoption of the Plan by the Board as of September 19, 2008, and approval of the Plan by the stockholders on September 29, 2008, the Company has caused its authorized officer to execute the Plan.
DUOYUAN GLOBAL WATER INC.
     
  By: /s/ Wenhua Guo
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

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