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OFFERING MEMORANDUM Global Offering of up to ... - Nordex

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No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Managers that would permit a public<br />

<strong>of</strong>fering <strong>of</strong> the Offered Shares or possession or distribution <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Offering</strong> Memorandum or any other<br />

<strong>of</strong>fering <strong>of</strong> publicity material relating <strong>to</strong> the Offered Shares in any country or jurisdiction where action<br />

for that purpose is required. Each Manager has agreed <strong>to</strong> comply with all applicable laws and<br />

regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, <strong>of</strong>fers, sells or delivers Offered Shares or has in its<br />

possession or distributes this <strong>Offering</strong> Memorandum or any such other material. <strong>Nordex</strong> and the Selling<br />

Shareholders will have no responsibility for, and each Manager has agreed <strong>to</strong> obtain any consent,<br />

approval or permission required by it for, the acquisition, <strong>of</strong>fer, sale or delivery by it <strong>of</strong> Offered Shares<br />

under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction, <strong>to</strong> which it is subject or in or from which it<br />

makes any acquisition, <strong>of</strong>fer, sale or delivery. No Manager is authorized <strong>to</strong> make any representation or<br />

use any information in connection with the issue and sale <strong>of</strong> the Offered Shares other than as<br />

contained in this <strong>Offering</strong> Memorandum or any amendment or s<strong>up</strong>plement <strong>to</strong> it.<br />

United States<br />

Each Manager agrees and acknowledges that the Offered Shares have not been, and will not be<br />

registered under the Securities Act or under the securities laws <strong>of</strong> any State <strong>of</strong> the United States and<br />

may not be <strong>of</strong>fered or sold within the United States, except pursuant <strong>to</strong> an exemption from, or in a<br />

transaction not subject <strong>to</strong>, the registration requirements <strong>of</strong> the Securities Act. Each Manager agrees<br />

and represents that: (i) it has not <strong>of</strong>fered or sold, and will not <strong>of</strong>fer or sell, any Offered Shares within<br />

the United States except <strong>to</strong> those who it reasonably believes <strong>to</strong> be QIBs (as defined in Rule 144A); (ii)<br />

neither it nor any person acting on its behalf has made or will make <strong>of</strong>fers or sales <strong>of</strong> the Offered<br />

Shares in the United States by means <strong>of</strong> any form <strong>of</strong> general solicitation or general advertising (within<br />

the meaning <strong>of</strong> Regulation D) in the United States; and (iii) it has not entered and will not enter in<strong>to</strong><br />

any contractual arrangement with any distribu<strong>to</strong>r (as that term is defined by Regulation S) with respect<br />

<strong>to</strong> the distribution <strong>of</strong> the Offered Shares, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Nordex</strong>.<br />

United Kingdom<br />

Each <strong>of</strong> the Managers agrees and represents that: (i) it has not <strong>of</strong>fered or sold and will not <strong>of</strong>fer or sell<br />

any Offered Shares <strong>to</strong> persons in the United Kingdom except <strong>to</strong> persons whose ordinary activities<br />

involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing <strong>of</strong> investments (as principal or agent) for the<br />

purpose <strong>of</strong> their business or otherwise in circumstances that do not constitute an <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>to</strong> the public in<br />

the United Kingdom for the purposes <strong>of</strong> the Public Offers <strong>of</strong> Securities Regulations 1995; (ii) it has<br />

complied and will comply with all applicable provisions <strong>of</strong> the Financial Services Act <strong>of</strong> 1986 with<br />

respect <strong>to</strong> anything done by it in relation <strong>to</strong> the Offered Shares in, from or otherwise involving the<br />

United Kingdom; and (iii) it has only issued or passed on, and will only issue or pass on, in the United<br />

Kingdom any document received by it in connection with the issuance <strong>of</strong> the Offered Shares <strong>to</strong> a<br />

person who is <strong>of</strong> a kind described in Article 11(3) <strong>of</strong> the Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment<br />

Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1996 or is a person <strong>to</strong> whom such document may otherwise<br />

lawfully be issued or passed on.<br />

Japan<br />

Each Manager has agreed not <strong>to</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer or sell, or procure any <strong>of</strong>fers or sales <strong>of</strong> Offered Shares in Japan<br />

without the prior written consent <strong>of</strong> the Joint Lead Managers.<br />

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