are used in the sale of ordinary shares, an underwriting agreement will be executed with the underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriter or underwriters, with respect to a
particular underwritten offering of ordinary shares, and will set forth the terms of the transactions, including compensation of the underwriters and dealers and the public offering price, if applicable. The prospectus and, if required, prospectus
supplement will be used by the underwriters to resell the ordinary shares.
If a dealer is used in any sale of the ordinary shares, we or
an underwriter will sell the ordinary shares to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the ordinary shares to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. To the extent required, we will set forth
in a prospectus supplement the name of the dealer and the terms of the transactions.
We may directly solicit offers to purchase the
ordinary shares and may make sales of ordinary shares directly to institutional investors or others. These persons may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resale of the ordinary shares. To the
extent required, a prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any such sales, including the terms of any bidding or auction process, if used.
Agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements which may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against specified
liabilities, including liabilities incurred under the Securities Act, or to contribution by us to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. If required, a prospectus supplement will describe the terms and conditions of
the indemnification or contribution. Some of the agents, underwriters or dealers, or their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us or our subsidiaries.
Any person participating in the distribution of ordinary shares registered under the registration statement that includes this prospectus will
be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and the applicable SEC rules and regulations, including, among others, Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any
of our ordinary shares by that person. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of our ordinary shares to engage in market-making activities with respect to our ordinary shares. These restrictions
may affect the marketability of our ordinary shares and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to our ordinary shares.
Certain persons participating in an offering may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty
bids that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the offered ordinary shares. These activities may maintain the price of the offered ordinary shares at levels above those that might otherwise prevail in the open market, including by
entering stabilizing bids, effecting syndicate covering transactions or imposing penalty bids, each of which is described below.
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A stabilizing bid means the placing of any bid, or the effecting of any purchase, for the purpose of pegging,
fixing or maintaining the price of a security.
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A syndicate covering transaction means the placing of any bid on behalf of the underwriting syndicate or the
effecting of any purchase to reduce a short position created in connection with the offering.
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A penalty bid means an arrangement that permits the managing underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a
syndicate member in connection with the offering when offered ordinary shares originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in syndicate covering transactions.
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These transactions may be effected on an exchange, if the ordinary shares are listed on that exchange, or in the
over-the-counter
market or otherwise.
Any underwriters to whom
offered ordinary shares are sold for public offering and sale may make a market in such offered ordinary shares, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.
Any ordinary shares that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act, may be sold under Rule 144 or
Regulation S rather than pursuant to this prospectus.
To the extent that we make sales to or through one or more underwriters or agents
in
at-the-market
offerings, we will do so pursuant to the terms of a distribution agreement between us and the underwriters or
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