(20) Jurisdiction. By holding or owning an ADR or ADS or an interest therein, Holders and Owners each irrevocably agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding against or involving Holders or Owners brought by the Company or the Depositary arising out of, based upon or relating in any way to the Deposit Agreement, the ADSs, the ADRs or the transactions contemplated herein, therein, hereby or thereby, may be instituted in a state or federal court in New York, New York, and by holding or owning an ADR or ADS or an interest therein each irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. By holding or owning an ADR or ADS or an interest therein, Holders and Owners each also irrevocably agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding against or involving the Depositary and/or the Company brought by Holders or Owners or any other person or party arising out of, based upon or relating in any way to the Deposit Agreement, the ADSs, the ADRs or the transactions contemplated herein, therein, hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, claims under the Securities Act of 1933, may only be instituted in a the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or in the state courts of New York County in New York if either (i) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute or (ii) the designation of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the exclusive forum for any particular dispute is, or becomes, invalid, illegal or unenforceable). Notwithstanding the above and anything in the Deposit Agreement to the contrary, in the Deposit Agreement, each of the parties thereto (i.e. the Company, the Depositary and all Holders and Owners) have agreed that: (i) the Depositary may, in its sole discretion, elect to institute any dispute, suit, action, controversy, claim or proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of, based upon or relating in any way to the Deposit Agreement, the ADSs, the ADRs or the transactions contemplated herein, therein, hereby or thereby, including without limitation any question regarding its or their existence, validity, interpretation, performance or termination (a “Dispute”) against any other party or parties hereto (including, without limitation, Disputes, suits, actions or proceedings brought against Holders and Owners) or any other person or party, by having the Dispute referred to and finally resolved by an arbitration conducted under the terms set out below, and (ii) the Depositary may in its sole discretion require, by written notice to the relevant person or party, or persons or parties, that any Dispute, suit, action, controversy, claim or proceeding brought by any party or parties hereto or any other person or party (including, without limitation, Disputes, suits, actions or proceedings brought by Holders and Owners) against the Depositary shall be referred to and finally settled by an arbitration conducted under the terms set out below; provided however, notwithstanding the Depositary’s written notice under this clause (ii), to the extent there are specific federal securities law violation aspects to any claims against the Company and/or the Depositary brought by any Holder, Owner or other person or party, the federal securities law violation aspects of such claims brought by a Holder or Owner or any other person or party against the Company and/or the Depositary may, at the option of such Holder, Owner, person or party, remain in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or in the state courts of New York County in New York if either (i) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute or (ii) the designation of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the exclusive forum for any particular dispute is, or becomes, invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and all other aspects, claims, Disputes, legal suits, actions and/or proceedings brought by such Holder, Owner, person or party against the Company and/or the Depositary, including those brought along with, or in addition to, federal securities law violation claims, would be referred to arbitration in accordance herewith. Any such arbitration shall, at the Depositary’s election, be conducted either in New York, New York in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association or in Hong Kong following the arbitration rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre serving as the appointing authority, and the language of any such arbitration shall be English, all in accordance with the provisions in Section 20(d) of the Deposit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based on the Deposit Agreement, the ADSs, the ADRs or the transactions contemplated herein, therein, hereby or thereby, may be instituted by the Depositary in any competent court in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, the United States and/or any other court of competent jurisdiction, or, subject to the federal securities law carve-out described in the prior sentence and set forth in Section 20(d) of the Deposit Agreement, by the Depositary through the commencement of an arbitration pursuant to Section 20(d) of this Deposit Agreement.
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