Sina (SINA) 20-F/A 2007 FY Annual report (foreign) (amended)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

o REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                                        to                    

OR

o SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report                                        

Commission file number 000-30698

SINA CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Room 1802, United Plaza
1468 Nan Jing Road West
Shanghai 200040, China
(Address of principal executive offices)

Contact Person: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +8610 8262 8888
Facsimile: +8610 8260 7166
Address: 20/F Beijing Ideal International Plaza
No. 58 Northwest 4th Ring Road
Haidian District, Beijing, 100080, People’s Republic of China
(name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of each class	Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, $0.133 par value Ordinary Shares Purchase Rights	NASDAQ Global Market

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.
Not Applicable
(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.
Not Applicable
(Title of Class)

     As of December 31, 2007, there were 55,521,039 shares of the registrant’s ordinary shares outstanding, $0.133 par value.

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.þ Yeso No

     If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.o Yesþ No

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.þ Yeso No

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

þ Large accelerated filer     o Accelerated filer     o Non-accelerated filer 

     Indicate by check mark which basis for accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financing statements included in this filing: U.S. GAAPþ

     International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Boardo Othero

     Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.o Item 17þ Item 18

     If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).o Yesþ No

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXPLANATORY NOTE	3
SIGNATURE	4
Item 19. Exhibits	5
EX-4.22
EX-4.23
EX-4.46
EX-12.1
EX-12.2
EX-13.1
EX-13.2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment No. 1”) to the registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on June 30, 2008 (the “Original Form 20-F”) is being filed in order to (i) delete references to Exhibits 4.33 and 4.34 and (ii) add and file herewith Exhibits 4.22, 4.23 and 4.46, amend the exhibit index accordingly due to such additions and deletions, and update the certifications of the executive officers as of the date of this Amendment No. 1 in accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Except for the matter described above, this amendment does not modify or update disclosure in, or exhibits to, the Original Form 20-F. Furthermore, except for the matters described above, this amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 20-F. Any information not affected by this amendment is unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time the Original Form 20-F was filed.

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SIGNATURES

     The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to the registrant’s annual report on its behalf.

	SINA Corporation
Date: March 18, 2009	By:	/s/ Charles Chao
		Charles Chao
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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Item 19.Exhibits

Exhibit
Number	Description
1.1	Amended and Restated Articles of Association of SINA Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
1.2	Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of SINA.com (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
2.1	Form of Subordinated Note due July 15, 2023 (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June 30, 2003, and incorporated herein by reference).
2.2	Indenture, dated as of July 7, 2003, by and between the Company and the Bank of New York (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June 30, 2003, and incorporated herein by reference).
2.3	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2003, by and between the Company and Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June 30, 2003, and incorporated herein by reference).
2.4	Rights Agreement dated as of February 22, 2005 between SINA Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1	Form of Indemnification Agreement between SINA.com and each of its officers and directors (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2	SRS International Ltd. 1997 Stock Option Plan and form of incentive stock option agreement (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3	Sinanet.com 1997 Stock Plan and form of stock option agreement (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4	Amended SINA.com 1999 Stock Plan and form of share option agreement (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5	Form of share option agreement under the amended SINA.com 1999 Stock Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein).
4.6	1999 Directors’ Stock Option Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.7	Form of nonstatutory stock option agreement under the 1999 Directors’ Stock Option Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8	SINA.com 1999 Executive Stock Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.9	Lease Agreement of Ideal International Plaza dated April 16, 2004 between SINA Information Technology Company Limited and Beijing Zhongwu Ideal Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. for the office located in Suite 01 — 12, Floor 20, Ideal International Plaza, 2 Zhongguancun High-Tech Square, Beijing, PRC (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June 30, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10	Form Lease Agreement of Ideal International Plaza between the Registrant’s subsidiaries or VIEs and Beijing Zhongwu Ideal Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. for the office located in Ideal International Plaza, 2 Zhongguancun High-Tech Square, Beijing, PRC, and the list of the lease agreements (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended September 30, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).

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Exhibit
Number	Description
4.11	Business Cooperation Agreement dated March 7, 2000 between Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. and BSRS (Filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.12	Equipment and Leased Line Transfer Agreement dated March 7, 2000 between Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. and BSRS (Filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.13	Advertising Agency Agreement dated March 7, 2000 between Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. and SINA.com (Filed as Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.14	Advertisement Production and Technical Service Agreement dated March 7, 2000 between Beijing Stone Rich Sight Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Interactive Advertising Co. Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.15	Advertising Publication and Cooperation Agreement dated March 7, 2000 between Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Interactive Advertising Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.16	Amendment to Advertising Agency Agreement dated April 1, 2000 between Beijing SINA Interactive Advertising Co., Ltd. and SINA.com (Filed as Exhibit 10.37 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.17	Amendment to Advertisement Publication and Cooperation Agreement dated April 1, 2000 between Beijing SINA Interactive Advertising Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.18	Amendment to Advertising Production and Technical Service Agreement dated April 1, 2000 between Beijing Stone Rich Sight Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Interactive Advertising Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.39 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.19	E-Commerce Cooperation Agreement dated April 1, 2000 between Beijing Stone Rich Sight Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, Registration No. 333-11718, filed on March 27, 2000, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.20	Agreement on Short Message Service Cooperation dated November 12, 2002 between Guangzhou Media Message Technologies Inc. and Guangdong Mobile Communications Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.37 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.21	Monternet Short Message Cooperation Agreement dated April 28, 2003 between Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. and Beijing Mobile Communications Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.22**	Loan Agreements (19 agreements in total) between Sina.com Technology (China) Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Company) and certain employees of the Company for funding significant Variable Interest Entities controlled by the Company.
4.23**	Agreements on Authorization to Exercise Shareholder’s Voting Power (19 agreements in total) between Sina.com Technology (China) Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Company) and certain employees of the Company in relation to significant Variable Interest Entities controlled by the Company.
4.24	Technical Services Agreement dated September 1, 2003 between Beijing New Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Media Message Technologies Inc (Filed as Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.25	Technical Cooperation Agreement dated September 28, 2003 between Beijing New Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Media Message Technologies Inc (Filed as Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.26	Technical Services Agreement dated September 1, 2003 between Beijing New Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangdong SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).

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Exhibit
Number	Description
4.27	Technical Services Agreement dated January 10, 2003 between Star-Village.com (Beijing) Internet Technology Limited and Guangzhou Media Message Technologies Inc (Filed as Exhibit 10.44 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.28	Technical Services Agreement dated January 1, 2003 between Beijing SINA Internet Technology Services Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.45 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.29	Technical Services Agreement dated February 24, 2004 between Beijing New Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Wang Xing Technology Co., Ltd (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.30	Translation of Monternet Short Message Cooperation Agreement dated March 23, 2004 between Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Mobile Communications Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.48 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein).
4.31	Translation of Technical Services Agreement dated January 1, 2005 between SINA.com Technology (China) Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Infinity Advertising Co., Ltd. (Filed as Exhibit 10.48 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.32	Translation of Technical Services Agreement dated January 1, 2005 between SINA.com Technology (China) Co., Ltd. and Beijing SINA Internet Information Services Co., Ltd. (Filed as Exhibit 10.49 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.33	Change of Control Agreement dated February 1, 2001 with Charles Chao (Filed as Exhibit 10.48 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.34	Employment Agreement dated July 31, 2006 between Charles Guowei Chao and SINA Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended September 30, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.35	Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 24, 2004, among SINA, Crillion, the shareholders of Crillion listed on Part I of Exhibit A of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the individuals listed on Part II of Exhibit A of the Stock Purchase Agreement (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.36	Amendment Agreement dated March 23, 2004, among SINA, Crillion, the shareholders of Crillion listed on Part I of Exhibit A of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the individuals listed on Part II of Exhibit A of the Stock Purchase Agreement (Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.37	Equity Transfer Agreement dated February 24, 2004, among the individuals listed on Schedule A attached to the Equity Transfer Agreement, Shenzhen Wang Xing Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, and the individuals listed on Schedule B attached to the Equity Transfer Agreement (Filed as Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.38	Stock Purchase Agreement dated July 1, 2004 among SINA Corporation, Davidhill Capital Inc., the shareholders of Davidhill Capital Inc. listed on Part I of Exhibit A to such agreement, and the company and individuals listed on Part II of Exhibit A to such agreement. (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.39	Amendment Agreement dated October 13, 2004 among SINA Corporation, Davidhill Capital Inc., the shareholders of Davidhill Capital Inc. listed on Part I of Exhibit A to the Stock Purchase Agreement, and the company and individuals listed on Part II of Exhibit A to the Stock Purchase Agreement. (Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.40	Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 1, 2004 by and between Guiyang Longmaster Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Davidhill Internet Technology Service Co., Ltd. (Filed as Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.41	2007 Share Incentive Plan (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Report on Form S-8 filed on July 26, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.42*	Form of share option agreement for non-employee directors under the 2007 Share Incentive Plan.
4.43*	Form of restricted share unit agreement for existing service providers under the 2007 Share Incentive Plan.
4.44*	Form of performance restricted share unit agreement under the 2007 Share Incentive Plan.

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Exhibit
Number	Description
4.45*	Form of share option agreement for existing service providers under the 2007 Share Incentive Plan.
4.46**	Share Pledge Agreements (19 agreements in total) between Sina.com Technology (China) Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Company) and certain employees of the Company in relation to significant Variable Interest Entities controlled by the Company.
8.1*	List of Subsidiaries.
12.1**	Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
12.2**	Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
13.1**	Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350.
13.2**	Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350.
15.1*	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
15.2*	Consent of Jun He Law offices.

*	Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on June 30, 2008.
**	Filed herewith.

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