UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2015 (June 24, 2015)

 

 

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Singapore   001-36460   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

11 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh

Singapore, 319579

(Address of principal executive offices / Zip Code)

(65) 6681-9300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On June 24, 2015, SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with certain selling shareholders (the “Selling Shareholders”) and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), in connection with an underwritten public offering of 15,935,828 of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”), owned by the Selling Shareholders. The offering is expected to close July 1, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, and also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company, the Selling Shareholder, and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Ordinary Shares are being offered and sold pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated June 24, 2015 and the accompanying base prospectus dated June 23, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-204596) (the “Registration Statement”), which was declared effective by the SEC on June 23, 2014.

The above summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

1.1 Equity Underwriting Agreement
5.1 Opinion of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP regarding the legality of the Ordinary Shares being registered
8.1 Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP regarding certain tax matters
8.2 Opinion of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP regarding certain tax matters

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Dated: June 30, 2015 By:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Hall

Jeffrey L. Hall
Executive Vice President Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
1.1    Equity Underwriting Agreement
5.1    Opinion of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP regarding the legality of the Ordinary Shares being registered
8.1    Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP regarding certain tax matters
8.2    Opinion of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP regarding certain tax matters

 

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Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

15,935,828 Shares

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

Ordinary Shares

(No Par Value)

EQUITY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

June 24, 2015

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

As Representatives of the

      Several Underwriters

c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10005

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Certain shareholders named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”) of SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (the “Company”), propose to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named on Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”) an aggregate of 15,935,828 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”). The respective amounts of the Shares to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names on Schedule I hereto, and the respective amounts to be sold by the Selling Shareholders are set forth opposite their names on Schedule II hereto.

As the Representatives, you have advised the Company and the Selling Shareholders that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the numbers of Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I hereto for the accounts of the several Underwriters.


In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:

(i) The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3. A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204596) with respect to the Shares, including a related base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), has been prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the most recent preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, and including the documents incorporated in the Base Prospectus by reference (the “Preliminary Prospectus”), and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules to such registration statement, in each case as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been made available by the Company to you as the Representatives of the Underwriters. Such registration statement, together with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b), (c) or (d) under the Act, is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement,” which shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the Act. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this equity underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”). “Prospectus” means the prospectus supplement relating to the Shares first filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Act after the Applicable Time (as defined below), together with the Base Prospectus. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing documents, shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in the case of any reference herein to the Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of the Prospectus under Rule 424(b) under the Act, and prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.

(ii) As of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (as such date is hereinafter defined), neither (A) the General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule III hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or will include

 

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any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 12 hereof.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

Applicable Time” means 6:15 p.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives.

General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (the “Bona Fide Electronic Road Show”) that is identified on Schedule IV hereto.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations of the Act (“Rule 405”)) relating to the Shares that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) excepted from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

Statutory Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus in use immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof.

(iii) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of the Republic of Singapore, with requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each of the subsidiaries of the Company as listed in Exhibit 21 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 2, 2015 incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or similar entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its

 

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business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Subsidiaries listed in Exhibit B hereto are the only “significant subsidiaries” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X). The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified would not (A) have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and of the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (B) prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention described in the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) being referred to as a “Material Adverse Effect”). The outstanding shares of share capital or other ownership interests of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and, with respect to shares of share capital, non-assessable and, other than as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims; and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of share capital or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.

(iv) The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).

(v) The outstanding Ordinary Shares, including all shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and no preemptive or similar rights of shareholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or the sale thereof. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any Ordinary Shares.

(vi) The information with respect to the Company’s authorized capitalization set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar information contained in the General Disclosure Package) is true and correct. All of the Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The form of certificates for the Shares conforms to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation and to any requirements of the Company’s organizational documents. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise specifically stated therein or in this Agreement, the Company has not: (A) issued any securities (other than grants of equity-based awards, or the exercise of equity-based awards granted, pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive and employee benefit plans (including employee share purchase plans)); (B) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money; or (C) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect to its share capital.

 

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(vii) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Shares, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and will conform to, the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, in each case in all material respects. The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact, and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of (x) any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 12 hereof, or (y) any Selling Shareholder specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed the only such information is the Selling Shareholder Information (as defined herein).

(viii) No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and any preliminary or other prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

(ix) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Act and consistent with Section 4(a)(ii) hereof. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time required under Rule 433(d) under the Act.

(x) (A) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Selling Shareholders or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares and (B) as of the date hereof (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (B)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, without taking into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

(xi) The audited historical combined and consolidated annual financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and the unaudited historical condensed combined

 

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and consolidated quarterly financial statements, in each case together with related notes and schedules as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and present fairly in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted principles of accounting (“GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary historical financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and such data have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly present the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(xii) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) as required by the Act.

(xiii) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) that are in effect and with which the Company is required to comply as of the date hereof (including Section 402 related to loans). As of the date of filing the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof, there were no outstanding personal loans made, directly or indirectly, by the Company to any director or executive officer of the Company.

 

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(xiv) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there is no legal, governmental, administrative or regulatory investigation, action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to which any property of the Company or the Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of the Company, would reasonably be expected to be, subject, before any court or regulatory or administrative agency or otherwise which if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no current or pending legal, governmental, administrative or regulatory investigations, actions, suits, claims or proceedings that are required under the Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. There are no contracts or other documents that are required under the Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

(xv) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the properties and assets reflected in the audited historical combined and consolidated annual financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the unaudited historical condensed combined and consolidated quarterly financial statements hereinabove described or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such financial statements or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or which, in either case, (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries or (ii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid and binding leases, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

(xvi) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by such returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due, except for any such taxes being contested in good faith and for which an adequate reserve or accrual has been established in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to file or pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvii) There are not transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under U.S. federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the sale by the Selling Shareholders of the Shares.

 

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(xviii) No stamp, issue, registration, documentary, transfer or other similar taxes and duties, including interest and penalties, are payable in the Republic of Singapore on or in connection with the sale of the Shares by the Selling Shareholders or the execution and delivery of this Agreement, other than as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xix) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no approvals of any governmental or regulatory body or agency are required in the Republic of Singapore in order for the Company to pay dividends or other distributions declared by the Company to the holders of Ordinary Shares. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under the laws and regulations of the Republic of Singapore (A) any amounts payable with respect to the Ordinary Shares upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Ordinary Shares may be paid by the Company to the holders of Ordinary Shares in Singapore dollars that may be converted into foreign currency and freely transferred out of the Republic of Singapore, and (B) no such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of the Republic of Singapore will be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of the Republic of Singapore or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in the Republic of Singapore or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the Republic of Singapore or taxing authority thereof or therein.

(xx) The Company was not a “passive foreign investment company” (as defined in Section 1297 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) (a “PFIC”) for its 2014 taxable year, and based on the current and anticipated value of the Company’s assets and the composition of the Company’s income and assets, the Company does not expect to be treated as a PFIC for its current taxable year ending December 31, 2015 or any future taxable year.

(xxi) Since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, properties, assets, rights, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, (B) there has not been any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is probable of being entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented, and (C) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(xxii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or, with respect to clause (B) only, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be, (A) in violation of its memorandum and articles of association, certificate or articles of incorporation, charter, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, (B) in violation of or in default under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound or (C) in violation of any law, order, rule or regulation judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their properties or assets, except in the case of clauses (B) and (C), for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (X) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound, (Y) the memorandum and articles of association, the certificate of incorporation or formation, articles of incorporation or association, charter, by-laws or other organizational documents, as applicable, of the Company or (Z) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their properties or assets, except in the case of clauses (X) and (Z), as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiii) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

(xxiv) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect (except such additional steps as may be required by the Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares for public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws).

(xxv) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Subsidiaries (A) hold all licenses, registrations, certificates and permits from governmental authorities (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) which are necessary to the conduct of their business, (B) are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, and all Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, and (C) have not received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental License.

 

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(xxvi) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess or can obtain on reasonable terms the right to use all patents, inventions, trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, trade dress, designs, data, database rights, Internet domain names, rights of privacy, rights of publicity, copyrights, works of authorship, license rights, trade secrets, know-how and proprietary information (including unpatented and unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, inventions, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property rights, as well as related rights, such as the right to sue for all past, present and future infringements or misappropriations of any of the foregoing, and registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to conduct their business in all material respects as presently conducted and currently contemplated to be conducted in the future. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, whether through their respective products and services or the conduct of their respective businesses, has materially infringed, misappropriated, conflicted with or otherwise violated, or is currently materially infringing, misappropriating, conflicting with or otherwise violating, and none of the Company or the Subsidiaries have received any written communication or notice of infringement of, misappropriation of, conflict with or violation of, any Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company knows of no infringement, misappropriation or violation by others of Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company or the Subsidiaries. The Company and the Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps necessary to secure their interests in such Intellectual Property from their employees and contractors and to protect the confidentiality of all of their confidential information and trade secrets.

(xxvii) None of the material Intellectual Property employed by the Company or the Subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by the Company or the Subsidiaries in material violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees or otherwise in material violation of the rights of any persons. The Company and the Subsidiaries own or have a valid right to access and use all material computer systems, networks, hardware, software, databases, websites, and equipment used to process, store, maintain and operate data, information, and functions used in connection with the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the “Company IT Systems”). The Company IT Systems are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology consistent in all material respects with applicable regulatory standards and customary industry practices.

 

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(xxviii) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Ordinary Shares to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market-making transactions in the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Market in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

(xxix) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, or after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares contemplated hereunder, will be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “1940 Act”).

(xxx) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, and there has been no change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (X) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (Y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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(xxxi) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act); the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports; provided that this subsection does not require that the Company comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply.

(xxxii) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical, industry-related and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that are not reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(xxxiii) The operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and the Subsidiaries conduct business, the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

(xxxiv) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) or any similar sanctions imposed by any other body, governmental or other, to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject (collectively, “other economic sanctions”).

(xxxv) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries: (A) has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) has made any direct or indirect unlawful contribution or payment to any official of, or candidate for, or any employee of, any federal, state or foreign office from corporate funds; (C) has made any

 

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bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; or (D) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“OECD Convention”), the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”) or any similar law or regulation to which the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject. The Company, the Subsidiaries and their affiliates have each conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and any applicable similar law or regulation and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(xxxvi) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance, from insurers of recognized financial responsibility, in such amounts and covering such risks as is believed to be adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses; and the Company and the Subsidiaries have no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their respective businesses at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxvii) (A) Each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”)) for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization that is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have liability (each a “Plan”) is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code; (B) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (i) no “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group would have any material liability; and (ii) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred or expects to incur material liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for contributions to the Plan or premiums payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in each case in the ordinary course and without default); (C) no Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standard within the meaning of such sections of the Code or ERISA; and (D) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(xxxviii) Except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (A) the Company and each Subsidiary have complied and are in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable federal, state, local, foreign and international laws (including the common law), statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decrees or other legally binding requirements of any court,

 

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administrative agency or other governmental authority relating to pollution or to the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, or to the manufacture, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or threatened release of hazardous or toxic substances, pollutants, contaminants or wastes, or the arrangement for such activities (“Environmental Laws”); (B) the Company and each Subsidiary have obtained and are in compliance, in all material respects, with all permits, licenses, authorizations or other approvals required of them under Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and are not subject to any action to revoke, terminate, cancel, limit, amend or appeal any such permits, licenses, authorizations or approvals; (C) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding (including a notice of violation) under any Environmental Laws (i) to which a governmental authority is also a party and which involves potential monetary sanctions, unless it could reasonably be expected that such proceeding will result in monetary sanctions of less than $100,000, or (ii) which is otherwise material; and no such proceeding has been threatened or is known to be contemplated; (D) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice or is otherwise aware of any pending or threatened material claim or potential liability under Environmental Laws in respect of its past or present business, operations (including the disposal of hazardous substances at any off-site location), facilities or real property (whether owned, leased or operated) or on account of any predecessor or any person whose liability under any Environmental Laws it has agreed to assume; and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware of any facts or conditions that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such claim or liability; and (E) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware of any matters regarding compliance with existing or reasonably anticipated Environmental Laws, or with any liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws (including asset retirement obligations), that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

(xil) The Shares have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

(xl) There are no related-party transactions involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus which have not been described in such documents and the General Disclosure Package as required.

(xli) Except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s share capital or capital stock, as the case may be, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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(xlii) No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened.

(xliii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.

(xliv) The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects at the time it became effective and on the Closing Date, and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when filed, to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus conformed, when filed with the Commission or as amended, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants as follows:

(i) Such Selling Shareholder now has, and at the Closing Date will have, valid title to, or a “valid security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-502 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and adverse claims, and full right, power and authority to effect the sale and delivery of such Shares.

(ii) Such Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by such Selling Shareholder of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment by such Selling Shareholder of the terms hereof will not require any consent, approval, authorization, or other order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body (except as may be required under the Act, state securities laws or Blue Sky laws and, in the case of each of Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., except for filing of an amendment report to the overseas direct investment report under the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act of Korea) and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, organizational documents of such Selling Shareholder, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party, or of any order, rule or regulation applicable to such Selling Shareholder of any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction, except, in each case, for any consent,

 

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approval, authorization, order, breach or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(iii) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken or may not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted, or which might reasonably be expected to constitute the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Ordinary Shares of the Company. No Selling Shareholder has, directly or indirectly, distributed, and no Selling Shareholder will distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Act and consistent with Section 4(a)(ii) hereof.

(iv) As of the date hereof, the sale of the Shares by such Selling Shareholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; provided, however, that, except with respect to the Selling Shareholder Information (as defined herein), no representation or warranty is being made hereby as to whether the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading

(v) As of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, neither (i) the General Disclosure Package nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that such Selling Shareholder makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the General Disclosure Package or any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 12 hereof; provided further, that such representations and warranties set forth in this Section 1(b)(v) apply only to statements or omissions furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the General Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished consists of the legal name, address and number of shares which appear in the table (and corresponding footnotes) under the caption “Selling Shareholders” in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus (the “Selling Shareholder Information”).

(vi) There are no affiliations or associations between any member of FINRA and such Selling Shareholder or any affiliate of such Selling Shareholder.

 

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(vii) To the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, such Selling Shareholder is not a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.

(viii) Neither such Selling Shareholder, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor to such Selling Shareholder’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or representative of such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is, currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or other economic sanctions; and such Selling Shareholders will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or other economic sanctions.

(ix) Neither such Selling Shareholder, nor, to the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, any of its subsidiaries, any director, officer, employee, agent or other controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of such Selling Shareholder, (i) has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity: (ii) has made any direct or indirect unlawful contribution or payment to any official of, or candidate for, or any employee of, any federal, state or foreign office from corporate funds; (iii) has made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; or (iv) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the OECD Convention, the FCPA or any similar law or regulations to which such Selling Shareholder, subsidiaries, director, officer, employee, agent or other person acting on behalf of such Selling Shareholder is subject.

(x) The operations of such Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with the Money Laundering Laws, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to such Selling Shareholder’s knowledge, threatened.

(xi) No part of the proceeds obtained by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to under this Agreement have been or will be, whether directly or indirectly, applied for the purpose of, or in connection with, the acquisition of any shares in the Company or its holding company or otherwise to assist financially in any such acquisition.

2. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE SHARES.

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Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a price of $17.52 per share, the number of Shares set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter on Schedule I hereto, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 8 hereof. The number of Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter from each Selling Shareholder shall be as nearly as practicable in the same proportion to the total number of Shares being sold by each Selling Shareholder as the number of Shares being purchased by each Underwriter bears to the total number of Shares to be sold hereunder. The obligations of each of the Selling Shareholders shall be several and not joint.

(b) Payment for the Shares to be sold hereunder is to be made in federal (same day) funds to account(s) designated by each Selling Shareholder, in each case against delivery of book entry interests or certificates, as applicable, therefor to the Representatives for the several accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the third business day after the date of this Agreement or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. The certificates for the Shares, as applicable, will be delivered in such denominations and in such registrations as the Representatives request in writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing Date and will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at least one business day prior to the Closing Date. As used herein, “business day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for business and not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.

3. OFFERING BY THE UNDERWRITERS.

It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Shares as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Shares are to be initially offered to the public at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other selling terms.

It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Shares in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several other Underwriters.

4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS.

(a) The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(i) The Company (A) has filed the Statutory Prospectus and will file the Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) not later than the second business day following the earlier of the date such Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus is first used or the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (B) will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus of which the

 

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Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations and (C) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.

(ii) The Company will (A) not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433 under the Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior to first use (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) included on Schedule IV hereto, (B) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (C) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (D) not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

(iii) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (A) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act and (B) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 4(a)(x) hereof.

(iv) The Company will advise the Representatives as promptly as practicable (A) when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) when any supplement to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed, (D) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (E) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, (F) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below) as a result of which the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, and (G) of the receipt by the

 

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Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order referred to in clause (E) or (G) of this paragraph and to obtain as soon as practicable the lifting thereof, if issued.

(v) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose; provided that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify as a foreign corporation, (B) file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent, or (C) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representatives may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares.

(vi) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”) is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. If requested, the Company will deliver to the Representatives at or before the Closing Date, two signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Representatives such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested) and of all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(vii) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event or development shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company as promptly as practicable will prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.

 

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(viii) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or Preliminary Prospectus then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company as promptly as practicable will prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package so that the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply with law.

(ix) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) satisfying the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.

(x) No offering, pledge, sale, contract to sell, short sale or other disposition of any Ordinary Shares or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares or derivative of the Ordinary Shares (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 45 days after the date of the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of the Representatives. The restrictions contained in this Section 4(a)(x) shall not apply to: (1) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise, conversion, settlement or vesting of any outstanding warrants, share options, restricted share units or other derivative securities or share-based awards granted pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive and employee benefit plans (including employee share purchase plans) disclosed in the Prospectus, (2) the issuance of Ordinary Shares, or the issuance of options to purchase Ordinary Shares, or the grant of other equity-based awards (including any securities convertible into Ordinary Shares), pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive and employee benefit plans (including employee share purchase plans) disclosed in the Prospectus, (3) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Company’s equity incentive and employee benefit plans (including employee share purchase plans) disclosed in the Prospectus, (4) the issuance of Ordinary Shares or other securities (including securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares or other securities) in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the securities, business, properties or other assets of another person or entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any such acquisition, or (5) the issuance of Ordinary Shares or other securities (including securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares or other

 

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securities) in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of clauses (4) and (5) above, (Y) the aggregate number of securities issued in all such acquisitions and transactions does not exceed 10% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares following the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold hereunder and (Z) the Company shall cause each recipient of such securities to execute and deliver to you, on or prior to the issuance of such securities, a lock-up letter as described in Section 4(a)(xii) (and with the same date of expiration).

(xi) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

(xii) The Company has caused each executive officer and director and each Selling Shareholder to execute and deliver to you, on or prior to the date of this agreement, a letter or letters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lockup Agreement”).

(xiii) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Ordinary Shares.

(xiv) The Company will not knowingly take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.

(xv) The Company will not provide any financial accommodation or pay any expenses in respect of, related to or otherwise in connection with, the sale of the Shares in the offering pursuant to this Agreement, any registration rights agreement or any other agreement in respect of, related to, or otherwise made in connection with, the offering.

(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(i) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to deliver to you prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 or W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).

(ii) Such Selling Shareholder will not knowingly take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.

(iii) Such Selling Shareholder will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.

 

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(iv) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, such Selling Shareholder will advise the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing to the Representatives, of any change in the Selling Shareholder Information.

(v) Such Selling Shareholder will not request, demand or otherwise take any action designed to cause or result in the financial accommodation or payment by the Company of any expenses in respect of, related to or otherwise in connection with, the sale of the Shares in the offering pursuant to this Agreement, any registration rights agreement or any other agreement in respect of, related to, or otherwise made in connection with, the offering.

5. COSTS AND EXPENSES.

(a) SunEdison International, Inc. (“SUNE International”) will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (a) accounting fees of the Company; (b) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (c) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon; (d) any roadshow expenses (except roadshow expenses incurred by the underwriters); (e) the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the listing application, any Blue Sky survey, in each case, any supplements or amendments thereto; (f) the filing fees of the Commission; (g) the filing fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented legal fees and disbursements up to $25,000) incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (h) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; (i) the cost of printing certificates, if any, representing the Shares; (j) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary; and (k) the expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the qualification of the Shares under foreign or state securities or Blue Sky laws and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky memorandum (including the reasonable and documented related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters). Any transfer taxes imposed on the sale of the Shares to the several Underwriters will be paid by the Selling Shareholders selling such Shares. Neither the Company nor the Selling Shareholders shall, however, be required to pay for any of the Underwriter’s costs or expenses (other than those related to qualification under FINRA regulation and state securities or Blue Sky laws) except that, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 10(a)(i) or (iv) hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or the Selling Shareholders to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on their part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is due primarily to the default or omission of any Underwriter, the Selling Shareholders shall reimburse the several Underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Shares or in contemplation of performing their

 

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obligations hereunder; but neither the Company nor the Selling Shareholders shall in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, SUNE International, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall share equally any third-party costs of private aircraft incurred by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the roadshow.

(b) Notwithstanding Sections 4(a)(xv) and 4(b)(v) above, SUNE International agrees to pay to each of Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., respectively, all expenses that the Company would have been required to pay under the existing registration agreements between the Company and Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and between the Company and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., respectively, in respect of, related to or otherwise in connection with, the sale of the Shares in the offering pursuant to this Agreement.

6. CONDITIONS OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS.

The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Shares on the Closing Date are subject to the accuracy in all material respects, as of the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders contained herein, and to the performance in all material respects by the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders of their covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective and the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required shall have been filed as required by Rules 424, 430A, 430B, 430C or 433 under the Act, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to its reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Selling Shareholders, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the sale of the Shares.

(b) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date (1) the opinion of Bryan Cave LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form of Annex A hereto, and (2) the opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for SUNE International, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form of Annex B hereto.

(c) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion of Rajah & Tann LLP, Singapore counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form of Annex C hereto.

 

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(d) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion of Paul Hastings LLP, U.S. counsel for Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form of Annex D hereto.

(e) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion of Lee & Ko, Korean counsel for Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form of Annex E hereto.

(f) The Representatives shall have received from Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(g) The Representatives shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, of KPMG LLP, containing such statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(h) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, which shall be delivered on behalf of the Company and not the signatory in his or her personal capacity, certifying as follows, as of the Closing Date:

(i) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act have been taken or are, to his or her knowledge, contemplated or threatened by the Commission;

(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date;

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(iv) The Company has complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or prior to such date.

(i) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate of an executive of each of the Selling Shareholders, which shall be delivered on behalf of such Selling Shareholder and not the signatory in his or her personal capacity, certifying as follows, as of the Closing Date:

(i) The representations and warranties of such Selling Shareholder contained in Section 1(b) hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date; and

(ii) Such Selling Shareholder has complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or prior to such date.

(j) The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents confirming the representations and warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters as the Representatives may reasonably have requested.

(k) The Shares have been approved for quotation on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

(l) The Lockup Agreements described in Section 4(a)(xii) hereof are in full force and effect.

(m) No action shall have been taken, and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the sale of the Shares by the Selling Shareholders; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the sale of the Shares by the Selling Shareholders.

If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notifying the Company and the Selling Shareholders of such termination in writing at or prior to the Closing Date.

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7. INDEMNIFICATION.

(a) The Company agrees:

(i) to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors and officers of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (C) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 12 hereof; and

(ii) to reimburse each Underwriter, each Underwriters’ directors and officers, and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses documented and reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally judicially determined that the Underwriters were not entitled to receive payments for legal and other out-of-pocket expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, the Underwriters will promptly return all sums that had been advanced pursuant hereto.

(b) Each Selling Shareholder agrees to indemnify the Underwriters, each Underwriters’ directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise to the same extent as indemnity is provided by the Company pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof; provided, however, that such Selling Shareholder shall be liable only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in

 

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conformity with, written information relating to such Selling Shareholder furnished by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder to the Company or the Representatives, specifically for use therein. This indemnity obligation will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished by such Selling Shareholder consists of such Selling Shareholder’s Selling Shareholder Information; provided further, that the liability under this subsection of each Selling Shareholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before deducting expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the sale of Shares by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.

(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, each of the Selling Shareholders, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Selling Shareholders within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses documented and reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not the applicable party or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 12 hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.

(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 7, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing. No indemnification

 

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provided for in Section 7(a), (b) or (c) hereof shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 7(d) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 7(a), (b) or (c) hereof. In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the documented and reasonably incurred fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the documented and reasonably incurred fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would, based on the advice of outside counsel to the parties, be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) or (b) hereof and by the Company and the Selling Shareholders in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(c) hereof. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment to the extent required under this Section 7. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (A) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding and (B) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (X) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (Y) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (Z) such indemnifying party is obligated under this Section 7(d) to reimburse the indemnified party for such fees and expenses and the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

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(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a), (b) or (c) hereof in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 7(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses documented and reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(e), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter, (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii) no Selling Shareholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before deducting expenses, received by such Selling Shareholder from the Underwriters in the offering. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 7(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

 

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(f) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 7 hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan and (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), agrees that process issuing from such courts may be served upon it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party. The Company and the Selling Shareholders irrevocably appoint C T Corporation, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as their agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York.

(g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 7.

8. DEFAULT BY UNDERWRITERS.

If on the Closing Date any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Company or a Selling Shareholder), you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your reasonable best efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Selling Shareholders such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours you, as such Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Shares agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Shares which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date, the Selling Shareholders or you as the Representatives

 

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of the Underwriters will have the right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company or of the Selling Shareholders except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 7 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 8, the Closing Date may be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 8 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

9. NOTICES.

All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Equity Capital Markets – Syndicate Desk, fax: (212) 797-9344, with a copy to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, 36th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention: General Counsel, fax: (212) 797-4564, and to Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department; if to the Company, to SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, 501 Pearl Drive (City of O’Fallon), St. Peters, Missouri 63376, Attention: General Counsel, fax: (866) 773-0793; if to SUNE International, to SunEdison, Inc., 13736 Riverport Dr., Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043, Attention: Martin Truong, General Counsel, fax: (314) 279-5158; if to Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., to Samsung Fine Chemicals R&D Bldg., 130 Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 443-803, Korea, Attention: Danny YongWook Han, Vice President, fax: +82 (31) 8061-3147; and if to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to 95 Samsung Ro 2-Ro, Giheung-Gu, Yongin-City, Gyunggi-Do 447-742, Korea, Attention: Hyun Ki Ji, Vice President, fax: +82 (31) 209-7202.

In accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Selling Shareholders, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other reasonable information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

10. TERMINATION.

This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders:

(a) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the

 

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General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism) or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your judgment, materially impair the investment quality of the Shares; (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on any such exchange; (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by the United States or New York State authorities; (vi) any downgrading, or placement on any watch list for possible downgrading, in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act) or any public announcement by such organization that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred shares (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading); (vii) the suspension of trading of the Ordinary Shares by the NASDAQ Global Market, the Commission or any other governmental authority; or (viii) the taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or

(b) as provided in Sections 6 and 8 of this Agreement.

11. SUCCESSORS.

This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase.

12. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY UNDERWRITERS.

The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the third and eighth through thirteenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus.

 

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13. MISCELLANEOUS.

The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers or any Selling Shareholder or controlling person thereof, as the case may be, and (c) delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement.

The Company and the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that each Underwriter in providing investment banking services to the Company and the Selling Shareholders in connection with the offering, including in acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, has acted and is acting as an independent contractor and not as a fiduciary, and the Company and the Selling Shareholders do not intend such Underwriter to act in any capacity other than as an independent contractor, including as a fiduciary or in any other position of higher trust. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the Selling Shareholders or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or the Selling Shareholders with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Selling Shareholders.

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.

The Underwriters, on the one hand, and the Company (on its own behalf and, to the extent permitted by law, on behalf of its shareholders) and the Selling Shareholders, on the other hand, waive any right to trial by jury in any action, claim, suit or proceeding with respect to your engagement as underwriter or your role in connection herewith.

Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling Shareholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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Very truly yours,
SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
By:

/s/ Jeff Hall

Name: Jeff Hall
Title: Executive Vice President Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SUNEDISON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:

/s/ Martin Truong

Name: Martin Truong
Title: Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
By:

/s/ Hwang Deuk Kyu

Name: Hwang Deuk Kyu
Title: Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
By:

/s/ In Hee Sung

Name: IN HEE SUNG
Title: 130 Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. President & CEO

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto
By: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
By:

/s/ Mark Keene

Name: Mark Keene
Title: Managing Director
By:

/s/ Emmanuel Desousa

Name: Emmanuel Desousa
Title: Managing Director
By: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
By:

/s/ Adam Greene

Name: Adam Greene
Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE OF UNDERWRITERS

 

Underwriter

   Number of Shares to be
Purchased
 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     5,258,826   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     4,462,031   

Barclays Capital Inc.

     1,274,866   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     1,274,866   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     1,274,866   

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

     796,791   

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

     796,791   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     796,791   
  

 

 

 

Total

  15,935,828   


SCHEDULE II

SCHEDULE OF SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

Selling Shareholder

   Number of
Shares to be Sold
 

SunEdison International, Inc.

     10,608,903   

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.

     3,910,000   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     1,416,925   
  

 

 

 

Total

  15,935,828   


SCHEDULE III

Ordinary Shares: 15,935,828

Price per Ordinary Share: $18.25

Underwriting discount: 4.00% or $0.73 per Ordinary Share

Proceeds to the Selling Shareholders per Ordinary Share: $17.52


SCHEDULE IV

None.


ANNEX A

FORMS OF OPINION AND NEGATIVE ASSURANCE LETTER OF BRYAN CAVE LLP


ANNEX B

FORM OF OPINION OF KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP


ANNEX C

FORM OF OPINION OF RAJAH & TANN LLP


ANNEX D

FORM OF OPINION OF PAUL HASTINGS LLP


ANNEX E

FORM OF OPINION OF LEE & KO


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

[●], 2015

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

As Representatives of the

   Several Underwriters

c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10005

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (the “Company”) and certain shareholders of the Company, providing for the public offering by the Underwriters, including the Representatives, of ordinary shares, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”), of the Company (the “Public Offering”).

To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale), grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of any Ordinary Shares (including, without limitation, Ordinary Shares of the Company which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned currently or hereafter in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of a share option or warrant and any other security convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares) or enter into any Hedging Transaction (as defined below) relating to the Ordinary Shares (each of the foregoing referred to as a “Disposition”) during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until, and including, the date that is 45 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement or prospectus, as applicable, relating to


the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”). The foregoing restriction is expressly intended to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any Hedging Transaction or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition during the Lock-Up Period even if the securities would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. “Hedging Transaction” means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the Ordinary Shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer any or all of the Ordinary Shares or other Company securities (including securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares) (i) by gift, will or intestacy, (ii) to an immediate family member or a trust formed for the benefit of an immediate family member, (iii) if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust, (iv) in a distribution to partners, members or shareholders of the undersigned, (v) acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, (vi) to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned in a transaction not involving a disposition for value, or (vii) pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Ordinary Shares involving a change of control of the Company (including voting in favor of any such transaction or taking any other action in connection with such transaction), provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Ordinary Shares owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement; provided, however, it shall be a condition to any transfer permitted under clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the securities subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement; provided further that, for clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi), the transfer does not trigger any filing or reporting requirement or obligation or result in any other voluntary or mandatory public disclosure, including but not limited to Form 4 of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family member” means any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than a first cousin.

In addition, the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement shall not prohibit or restrict the undersigned from (i) establishing a trading plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), provided that no sales of Ordinary Shares shall occur under such plan and no public disclosure of any such action shall be required or shall be made voluntarily by any person prior to the expiration of the 45-day period referred to above, or (ii) exercising an option to purchase Ordinary Shares granted under any share-based compensation plan of the Company, provided that the underlying Ordinary Shares shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement.

The undersigned agrees that the Company is authorized to cause the transfer agent for the Company to note stop transfer instructions on the transfer books and records of the Company with respect to any Ordinary Shares or other Company securities for which the undersigned is the record or beneficial holder.


In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any and all notice requirements and rights with respect to registration of securities pursuant to any agreement, understanding or otherwise setting forth the terms of any security of the Company held by the undersigned, including any registration rights agreement to which the undersigned and the Company may be party; provided that such waiver shall apply only to the proposed Public Offering, and any other action taken by the Company in connection with the proposed Public Offering.

The undersigned hereby agrees that, to the extent that the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any registration rights agreement to which the undersigned and the Company may be a party, this Lock-Up Agreement supersedes such registration rights agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (i) the closing of the Public Offering has not occurred prior to July 15, 2015, (ii) the Company files an application to withdraw, and the Commission consents to the withdrawal of, the registration statement related to the Public Offering, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) is terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Ordinary Shares to be sold thereunder or (iv) any Representative notifies the Company, or the Company notifies the Representatives, in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, this agreement shall be of no further force or effect as of such time.

***************


Signature:

 

Print Name:

 


EXHIBIT B

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES

MEMC Japan Ltd.

MEMC Electronic Materials, SpA

Taisil Electronic Materials Corp.

MEMC Korea Company

SunEdison Semiconductor LLC

SunEdison Semiconductor B.V. (holding company that holds other subsidiaries on list)



Exhibit 5.1

 

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SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

11 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh

#04-00

Singapore 319579

   PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

 

SENDER’S REF    RECIPIENT’S REF    DATE    PAGE

TSY/325138/00001

   —      June 30, 2015    1/4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

OFFERING OF SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

 

1. We have acted as Singapore legal counsel to SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (the “Company”) in connection with its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204596) (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement covers the offering (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of 15,935,828 ordinary shares of the Company (the “Securities”) that may be sold from time to time by certain selling shareholders of the Company.

 

2. No opinion may be inferred or implied except as expressly stated in this opinion letter and the opinions expressed herein must be read in conjunction with the assumptions, limitations, exceptions and qualifications set forth in this opinion letter. We do not assume any responsibility for updating this opinion letter or any of the opinions expressed herein in respect of any matters, events or other developments which were not made known or otherwise disclosed to us prior to the issuance of this opinion letter or which had not occurred as of the date hereof, or of any changes in facts or Applicable Laws (as defined hereafter) subsequent to the date hereof.

 

3. The laws of Singapore covered by the opinions expressed herein is limited solely to the Applicable Laws as at 9.00 a.m., Singapore time, on the date of this opinion letter. For the purposes of this letter, “Applicable Laws” means those laws, rules and regulations of the Republic of Singapore as generally applied and interpreted by the courts of Singapore that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Offering, but without our having made any special investigation as to the applicability of any specific law, rule or regulation. We have made no investigation into, and do not express or imply any views on, any laws other than the Applicable Laws. We have made no independent investigation or verification, and have relied on statements, representations, warranties and other information as set forth in the Documents (as defined hereafter) and statements and representations made by the officers or other representatives of the Company for the purposes of expressing the opinions herein. We have also relied upon the results of on-line searches conducted through the public information systems operated by or on behalf of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (“ACRA”) and the Singapore courts with respect to the accuracy of factual matters contained therein, which we have not independently established.

 

 

 

 

RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE LLP

9 Battery Road #25-01, Straits Trading Building, Singapore 049910 T 65 6535 3600 F 65 6225 9630 www.rajahtannasia.com

We are registered in Singapore with limited liability (UEN T08LL0005E). We do not accept service of court documents by fax.

 

 

RAJAH & TANN ASIA

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4. For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have reviewed the following documents:

 

  (a) the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

  (b) the final prospectus supplement, dated June 24, 2015, relating to the offering of the Securities, in the form filed with the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

  (c) a copy of the certificate of incorporation and memorandum and articles of association of the Company;

 

  (d) A draft of the minutes of meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on May 29, 2015;

 

  (e) copies of:

 

  (i) the results of an instant information company search carried out on-line with ACRA through the computerized information retrieval system of BizFile provided by ACRA on the Company; and

 

  (ii) the results of the cause book searches (as specified below) carried out on-line with the Supreme Court of Singapore and the State Courts of Singapore through the relevant computerised search facilities of eLitigation provided by CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd on the Company,

in each case on the dates and for the periods as set out below (collectively, the “Searches”):

 

    

Searches

  

Search as of

  

Period Covered

(A)

   Instant Information (Business Profile)   

June 30, 2015

  

Not applicable

(B)

   Cause Book Searches: Appeal Cases, Admiralty, Civil Cases, Enforcement and Insolvency   

June 30, 2015

  

2013 to 2015

 

  (f) such other documents as we may have considered necessary or desirable in order that we may render this opinion.

Other than the documents expressly referred to above in this paragraph 4 (the “Documents”), we have not reviewed any other document. Save as expressly provided in paragraph 6 of this legal opinion, we express no opinion whatsoever with respect to any of the Documents.

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, seals, duty stamps or markings, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such copies (no alterations having been made thereto since such copies were provided to us) and the lack of any undisclosed termination, modification, waiver or amendment to any document reviewed by us. Where a document has been provided in draft form, we have assumed that such document will be executed in the form of that draft as provided to us with no amendments.

 

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5. For the purposes of this opinion, we have made the following further assumptions:

 

  (a) the board resolutions of the Company submitted to us for examination and referred to in paragraph 4 above are true, complete and up-to-date copies, have not been amended or rescinded and are in full force and effect. No action has been taken which may affect the validity of any matters set forth in such resolutions;

 

  (b) all factual statements, warranties and representations made or implied in the Documents are true, complete, correct and accurate, and all opinions expressed therein are bona fide, reasonably and honestly held and were reached after due and careful consideration; and

 

  (c) the information disclosed in the Searches are true and complete and no events have occurred which would result in any such information being materially altered or modified. The Searches did not fail to disclose any material information delivered for filing but which had not been registered or recorded on the public file, or made publically available at the time that such searches were conducted.

We have not made any independent investigations or inquiries to verify or otherwise establish the accuracy of any assumptions. No assumption specified above or in any other part of this opinion letter is limited by reference to any other assumption.

 

6. Based upon our review of the Documents and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and reservations expressed herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities have been duly authorized and the Securities are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

7. Our opinions expressed in this opinion letter are subject to the following further qualifications:

 

  (a) the term “non-assessable” with respect to our opinion set forth in paragraph 6 of this opinion letter in relation to the Securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Offering has no recognised meaning under Singapore law, and we have assumed that for the purposes of expressing the opinion set forth in paragraph 6 of this opinion letter, that such term refers to all amounts due on the Securities having been paid in full and that holders of the Securities bear no further personal liability to contribute to the assets or liabilities of the Company; and

 

  (b) under Singapore law, holders of book-entry interests in the Securities deposited with The Depository Trust Company will not be recognised as shareholders of the Company unless registered as such in the register of members of the Company.

No qualification specified above or any other part of this opinion letter is limited by reference to any other qualification.

 

8. This opinion letter is given on the basis that it will be, and is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Republic of Singapore. Our opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated in this letter.

 

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9. A person who is not a party to this letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act, Chapter 53B of Singapore, to enforce any provision of this letter.

 

10. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement, which is incorporated by reference therein. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

11. The opinion given herein is strictly limited to the matters expressly stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication to any other matter in connection with the Offering including without limitation any other documents which may be executed and delivered in connection with any transaction contemplated thereunder. Except for the purposes of filing this opinion letter with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, this opinion letter shall not be circulated to, or relied upon by, any other person (other than persons entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law in the United States, if applicable), or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with any governmental body or agency without our prior written consent.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE LLP

 

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Exhibit 8.1

 

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BRYAN CAVE LLP 1155 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004-1357

T: 202 508 6000 F: 202 508 6200

bryancave.com

 

June 30, 2015

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

11 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh

Singapore 319579

 

Re: SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-204596)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as United States counsel to SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (the “Company”), in connection with the secondary offering of 15,935,828 ordinary shares, no par value, of the Company (the “Shares”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (as defined below). The Shares are being offered in a public offering pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”), on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-204596) (the “Registration Statement”), the form of prospectus included therein (the “Base Prospectus”), and the prospectus supplement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 25, 2015 (the “Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”). Reference is made to the Equity Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2015, among the Company, certain selling shareholders and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters named on Schedule I to the underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

In rendering our opinion: (i) we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (all of the foregoing, the “Offering Documents”) and such other agreements, instruments, documents and records of the Company as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of our opinion and (ii) we have assumed, without independent investigation or inquiry, and relied upon (a) the authenticity of, and the genuineness of all signatures on, all documents, the conformity to original or certified documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies, and the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents; (b) the due authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Offering Documents; (c) the performance of all covenants and other undertakings set forth in, and the consummation of all transactions contemplated by, the Offering Documents in accordance with the terms thereof, that none of the material terms and conditions of the Offering Documents have been or will be waived or modified, the valid existence and good standing of all parties to the Offering Documents and that there are no documents or understandings between the parties that


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June 30, 2015

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would alter, or are inconsistent with, the terms set forth in the Offering Documents; and (d) the accuracy of all statements regarding factual matters, representations and warranties contained in the Offering Documents and the statements made in the certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company and others delivered to us.

In addition, in rendering our opinion, we have considered the applicable provisions of (a) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the date hereof (the “Code”), (b) the applicable Treasury Regulations as in effect on the date hereof (the “Regulations”), (c) current administrative interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) of the Regulations and the Code, (d) existing judicial decisions, (e) such other authorities as we have considered relevant, and (f) our interpretation of the foregoing authorities, all of which preceding authorities are subject to change or modification at any time (possibly with retroactive effect).

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein and in the Prospectus Supplement, the statements of United States federal income tax law under the heading “Material Tax Considerations__Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as it expresses conclusions as to the application of United States federal income tax law, represent our opinion as to the material United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Shares as discussed therein.

Our opinion is limited to those matters specifically set forth above and no opinion should be inferred as to the tax consequences, whether federal, state, local or foreign, of any transactions related to the Offering Documents. We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the laws of the United States to the extent specifically referred to herein. Our opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we are under no obligation to advise you of, supplement or revise our opinion to reflect any changes (including changes that have retroactive effect) (a) in applicable law or (b) that would cause any statement, representation or assumption herein to no longer be true or correct.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 8.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated on or about the date hereof with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the references to our firm in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Bryan Cave LLP

Bryan Cave LLP



Exhibit 8.2

 

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SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

11 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh

#04-00

Singapore 319579

   BY EMAIL

 

SENDER’S REF    RECIPIENT’S REF    DATE    PAGE  

TSY/325138/00001

   —      June 30, 2015      1/3   

SECONDARY OFFERING OF ORDINARY SHARES OF SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

Dear Sirs,

Background

 

1. We have acted as Singapore legal counsel to SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (the “Company”) in connection with the registration of 15,935,828 ordinary shares of no par value (the “Securities”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Offering”). In connection with the Offering, SunEdison International, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. (the “Selling Shareholders”) and the Company have entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated June 24, 2015 with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representative of the several underwriters named therein.

 

2. For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have reviewed the following documents:

 

  (a) the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204596) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and

 

  (b) the prospectus, included in the Registration Statement and the final prospectus supplement, dated June 24, 2015, relating to the offering of the Securities, in the form filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (together, the “Prospectus”).

Other than the documents expressly referred to above in this paragraph 2 (the “Documents”), we have not reviewed any other document. We have assumed that the Documents contain all information required for the purposes of this opinion letter and as a basis for the opinions expressed herein, and there is no information contained in any other document which has not been provided to us for our review and which would, if so provided or disclosed, require us to amend or vary this opinion letter or make any further inquiry or investigation which would, in our judgment, be necessary or appropriate, for the purposes of expressing the opinions set forth herein.

 

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3. This opinion is in respect of the statements in the Prospectus under the section “Material Tax Considerations - Material Singapore Tax Considerations”, comprising the subsections “Dividend Distributions”, “Gains on Disposal of Our Shares”, “Stamp Duty”, “Estate Duty” and “Tax Treaties Regarding Withholding Taxes”. No opinion may be inferred or implied except as expressly stated in this opinion letter and such opinions as expressed must be read in conjunction with the assumptions, limitations, exceptions and qualifications as set forth herein.

 

4. The facts, as we understand them, and upon which with your permission we rely in rendering the opinion herein, are set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.

Opinion

 

5. Based on such facts and subject to the limitations set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the statements of law and legal conclusions in the Prospectus under the section “Material Tax Considerations - Material Singapore Tax Considerations”, comprising the subsections “Dividend Distributions”, “Gains on Disposal of Our Shares”, “Stamp Duty”, “Estate Duty” and “Tax Treaties Regarding Withholding Taxes”, constitute the opinion of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP as to the material Singapore tax consequences of an investment in the Securities.

Assumptions and Qualifications

 

6. We assume that the Company will be a tax resident of Singapore, i.e. the control and management of the Company will be in Singapore, and all board meetings of the Company will be held in Singapore.

 

7. Our opinion herein relates solely to the effect on the subject transaction of the tax laws of Singapore as at 9.00 a.m., Singapore time, on the date of this opinion letter. We have made no investigation into, and do not express or imply any views on, any laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

8. We do not assume any responsibility for updating this opinion letter after the date hereof in respect of any matters, events or other developments which were not made known or otherwise disclosed to us prior to the issuance of this opinion letter or which had not occurred as of the date hereof, or of any changes in the tax laws of Singapore subsequent to the date hereof.

 

9. This opinion letter is given on the basis that it will be, and is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Singapore, and all matters arising under or in connection with this opinion letter shall be referred exclusively to the Singapore courts. Our opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated in this opinion letter.

 

9. A person who is not a party to this opinion letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act, Chapter 53B of Singapore, to enforce any provision of this opinion letter.

 

10. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the section “Material Tax Considerations - Material Singapore Tax Considerations” and under the section “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

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11. This opinion is strictly limited to the matters expressly stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication to any other matter in connection with the Offering including without limitation any other documents which may be executed and delivered in connection with any transaction contemplated thereunder. This opinion letter shall not be circulated to, or relied upon by, any other person or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with any governmental body or agency without our prior written consent, except that the addressees may disclose this opinion letter to (a) governmental regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over such addressee to the extent that disclosure of this opinion letter is required by applicable statutes, rules or regulations and (b) designated persons pursuant to any order or legal process of any court or governmental agency or authority of competent jurisdiction, provided in each case that prior written notification of such disclosure is given to us. Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP owes no duty or liability to any person other than the addressees of this opinion.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE LLP

 

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