UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2021
Commission File Number: 001-39127
Canaan Inc.
(Registrants name)
1-2/F, QianFang Science Building C
Building No. 27, Zhongguancun Software Park (Phase I)
No. 8 Dongbeiwang West Road
Haidian District, Beijing, 100193
Peoples Republic of China
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐ Yes ☒ No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐ Yes ☒ No
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
All exhibits to this current report on Form 6-K are incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-3 of Canaan Inc. (File No. 333-255470), into the prospectus supplement filed thereunder on April 30, 2021, and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
EXHIBITS
Exhibits Number |
Description | |
5.1 | ||
5.2 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Canaan Inc. | ||||||
Date: May 3, 2021 | By: | /s/ Tong He | ||||
Name: | Tong He | |||||
Title: | Director of Finance |
Exhibit 5.1
Our ref | VSL/742877-000003/18905879v4 |
Canaan Inc.
1-2/F, QianFang Science Building C
Building No. 27, Zhongguancun Software Park (Phase I)
No. 8 Dongbeiwang West Road
Haidian District, Beijing, 100193
Peoples Republic of China
3 May 2021
Dear Sirs
Canaan Inc.
We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to Canaan Inc. (the Company) in connection with the Companys registration statement on Form F-3, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended to date relating to securities to be issued and sold by the Company from time to time. Such securities include:
a) | certain American depositary shares (the ADSs) representing the Companys Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.00000005 each (the Shares); |
b) | certain preferred shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00000005 each (the Preferred Shares); |
c) | warrants to subscribe for Shares in, or debt securities of, the Company (the Warrants) to be issued under warrant agreements to be entered into between the Company and the warrant agent for such Warrants thereunder (the Warrant Agreements); |
d) | subscription rights to purchase Shares in the Company (the Subscription Rights) to be issued under standby underwriting agreements to be entered into among the Company and one or more underwriters for such Subscription Rights thereunder (the Subscription Rights Agreements); and |
e) | units comprising of one or more of the ADSs, Preferred Shares, Warrants, or Subscription Rights in any combination (the Units) to be issued under unit agreements to be entered into between the Company and the unitholder for such Units thereunder (the Unit Agreements). |
We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibits 5.1, 8.1 and 23.2 to the Registration Statement.
1 | Documents Reviewed |
For the purposes of this opinion, we have reviewed only originals, copies or final drafts of the following documents:
1.1 | The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 6 February 2018 and the certificate of incorporation on change of name of the Company dated 24 April 2018 issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. |
1.2 | The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as conditionally adopted by a special resolution passed on 4 October 2019 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Companys initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares (the IPO Memorandum and Articles). |
1.3 | The minutes (Minutes) of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company (the Board) held on 13 January 2021 (the Meeting). |
1.4 | A certificate from a director of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto (the Directors Certificate). |
1.5 | A certificate of good standing dated 26 April 2021, issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the Certificate of Good Standing). |
1.6 | The Registration Statement. |
2 | Assumptions |
The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving these opinions we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as of the date of this opinion letter, of the Directors Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:
2.1 | Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals. |
2.2 | All signatures, initials and seals are genuine. |
2.3 | There is no contractual or other prohibition or restriction (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting or restricting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Registration Statement and a duly authorised, executed and delivered Warrant Agreement, Subscription Rights Agreement or Unit Agreement. |
2.4 | The Company will have sufficient authorised capital to effect the issue of the Shares at the time of issuance. |
2.5 | The Warrant Agreements and the Warrants, the Subscription Rights and the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Units and the Unit Agreements, will be, legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York and all other relevant laws (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands). |
2.6 | The choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Warrant Agreements and the Warrants, the Subscription Rights and the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Units and the Unit Agreements, will be made in good faith and would be regarded as a valid and binding selection which will be upheld by the courts of the State of New York and any other relevant jurisdiction (other than the Cayman Islands) as a matter of the laws of the State of New York and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands). |
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2.7 | The capacity, power, authority and legal right of all parties under all relevant laws and regulations (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands) to enter into, execute, unconditionally deliver and perform their respective obligations under the Warrant Agreements and the Warrants, the Subscription Rights and the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Units and the Unit Agreements. |
2.8 | No monies paid to or for the account of the Company in respect of the Shares, the Warrants, the Subscription Rights or the Units represent or will represent proceeds of criminal conduct or criminal property or terrorist property (as defined in the Proceeds of Crime Act (As Revised) and the Terrorism Act (As Revised) respectively). |
2.9 | There is nothing under any law (other than the law of the Cayman Islands), which would or might affect the opinions set out below. |
3 | Opinion |
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
3.1 | The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
3.2 | The authorised share capital of the Company, with effect immediately prior to the completion of the Companys initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares, will be US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000,000 shares of par value US$0.00000005 comprising of (i) 999,643,375,556 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00000005 each, and (ii) 356,624,444 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00000005 each. |
3.3 | With respect to the Shares and the Preferred Shares, when (i) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) the issue of such Shares or Preferred Shares has been recorded in the Companys register of members (shareholders); and (iii) the subscription price of such Shares or Preferred Shares, (being not less than the par value of the Shares or Preferred Shares, as the case may be) has been fully paid in cash or other consideration approved by the Board, the Shares or Preferred Shares will be duly authorised, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
3.4 | With respect to each issue of Warrants, when (i) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation and terms of the Warrants and to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) a Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants shall have been duly authorised and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the warrant agent thereunder; and (iii) the certificates representing the Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor provided therein, the Warrants will be duly authorised, legal and binding obligations of the Company. |
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3.5 | With respect to each issue of the Subscription Rights, when (i) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation and terms of the Subscription Rights and to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) a Subscription Rights Agreement relating to the Subscription Rights and the Subscription Rights shall have been authorised and duly executed and delivered by and on behalf of the Company and all the relevant parties thereunder in accordance with all relevant laws; and (iii) when such Subscription Rights issued thereunder have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and authenticated in the manner set forth in the Subscription Rights Agreement relating to such issue of Subscription Rights and delivered against due payment therefor pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Registration Statement and any relevant prospectus supplement, such Subscription Rights issued pursuant to the Subscription Rights Agreement will have been duly executed, issued and delivered. |
3.6 | With respect to each issue of the Units, when (i) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation and terms of the Units and to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) a Unit Agreement relating to the Units and the Units shall have been authorised and duly executed and delivered by and on behalf of the Company and all the relevant parties thereunder in accordance with all relevant laws; and (iii) when such Units issued thereunder have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and authenticated in the manner set forth in the Unit Agreement relating to such issue of Units and delivered against due payment therefor pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Registration Statement and any relevant prospectus supplement, such Units issued pursuant to the Unit Agreement will have been duly executed, issued and delivered. |
3.7 | The statements under the caption Taxation in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion. |
4 | Qualifications |
4.1 | To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies within the time frame prescribed by law. |
4.2 | The obligations assumed by the Company under the Warrant Agreements, the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Unit Agreements will not necessarily be enforceable in all circumstances in accordance with their terms. In particular: |
(a) | enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, readjustment of debts or moratorium or other laws of general application relating to, protecting or affecting the rights of creditors; |
(b) | enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity. For example, equitable remedies such as specific performance may not be available, inter alia, where damages are considered to be an adequate remedy; |
(c) | some claims may become barred under relevant statutes of limitation or may be or become subject to defences of set off, counterclaim, estoppel and similar defences; |
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(d) | where obligations are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, they may not be enforceable in the Cayman Islands to the extent that performance would be illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction; |
(e) | the courts of the Cayman Islands have jurisdiction to give judgment in the currency of the relevant obligation and statutory rates of interest payable upon judgments will vary according to the currency of the judgment. If the Company becomes insolvent and is made subject to a liquidation proceeding, the courts of the Cayman Islands will require all debts to be proved in a common currency, which is likely to be the functional currency of the Company determined in accordance with applicable accounting principles. Currency indemnity provisions have not been tested, so far as we are aware, in the courts of the Cayman Islands; |
(f) | arrangements that constitute penalties will not be enforceable; |
(g) | enforcement may be prevented by reason of fraud, coercion, duress, undue influence, misrepresentation, public policy or mistake or limited by the doctrine of frustration of contracts; |
(h) | provisions imposing confidentiality obligations may be overridden by compulsion of applicable law or the requirements of legal and/or regulatory process; |
(i) | the courts of the Cayman Islands may decline to exercise jurisdiction in relation to substantive proceedings brought under or in relation to the Warrant Agreements, the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Unit Agreements in matters where they determine that such proceedings may be tried in a more appropriate forum; |
(j) | we reserve our opinion as to the enforceability of the relevant provisions of the Warrant Agreements, the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Unit Agreements to the extent that they purport to grant exclusive jurisdiction as there may be circumstances in which the courts of the Cayman Islands would accept jurisdiction notwithstanding such provisions; |
(k) | a company cannot, by agreement or in its articles of association, restrict the exercise of a statutory power and there is doubt as to the enforceability of any provision in the Warrant Agreements, the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Unit Agreements whereby the Company covenants to restrict the exercise of powers specifically given to it under the Companies Act (As Revised) (the Companies Act), including, without limitation, the power to increase its authorised share capital, amend its memorandum and articles of association or present a petition to a Cayman Islands court for an order to wind up the Company; and |
(l) | if the Company becomes subject to Part XVIIA of the Companies Act, enforcement or performance of any provision in the Warrant Agreements, the Subscription Rights Agreements and the Unit Agreements which relates, directly or indirectly, to an interest in the Company constituting shares, voting rights or director appointment rights in the Company may be prohibited or restricted if any such relevant interest is or becomes subject to a restrictions notice issued under the Companies Act. |
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4.3 | We express no opinion as to the meaning, validity or effect of any references to foreign (i.e. non-Cayman Islands) statutes, rules, regulations, codes, judicial authority or any other promulgations and any references to them in the Warrant Agreements or the Warrants, the Subscription Rights Agreements or the Subscription Rights or the Unit Agreements or the Units. |
4.4 | We have not reviewed any of the Warrant Agreements or the Warrants to be issued thereunder, the Subscription Rights Agreements or the Subscription Rights to be issued thereunder or the Unit Agreements or the Units to be issued thereunder and our opinions are qualified accordingly. |
4.5 | We reserve our opinion as to the extent to which the courts of the Cayman Islands would, in the event of any relevant illegality or invalidity, sever the relevant provisions of the Warrant Agreements or the Warrants, the Subscription Rights Agreements or the Subscription Rights, or the Unit Agreements or the Units and enforce the remainder of the Warrant Agreements or the Warrants, the Subscription Rights Agreements or the Subscription Rights, or the Unit Agreements or the Units or the transaction of which such provisions form a part, notwithstanding any express provisions in the Warrant Agreements or the Warrants, the Subscription Rights Agreements or the Subscription Rights, or the Unit Agreements or the Units in this regard. |
4.6 | Under the Companies Act, the register of members of a Cayman Islands company is by statute regarded as prima facie evidence of any matters which the Companies Act directs or authorises to be inserted therein. A third party interest in the shares in question would not appear. An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification (for example, in the event of fraud or manifest error). |
4.7 | In this opinion the phrase non-assessable means, with respect to shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder and in absence of a contractual arrangement, or an obligation pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association, to the contrary, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil). |
Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions, which are the subject of this opinion.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name under the headings Enforceability of Civil Liabilities, Taxation and Legal Matters and elsewhere in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Yours faithfully
/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
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Directors Certificate
To: | Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP |
26th Floor, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Dear Sirs
Canaan Inc. (the Company)
I, the undersigned, being a director of the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide a legal opinion (the Opinion) in relation to certain aspects of Cayman Islands law. Capitalised terms used in this certificate have the meaning given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify that:
1 | The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association adopted by a special resolution on 4 October 2019 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Companys initial public offering of American depositary shares (the Memorandum and Articles) remain in full and effect and are unamended. |
2 | The minutes (the Minutes) of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 13 January 2021 (the Meeting) are a true and correct record of the proceedings of the Meeting, which was duly convened and held, and at which a quorum was present throughout, in each case, in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles. The resolutions set out in the Minutes were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles (including, without limitation, with respect to the disclosure of interests (if any) by directors of the Company) and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect. |
3 | The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.00000005 each comprising of (i) 999,643,375,556 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00000005 each, and (ii) 356,624,444 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00000005 each. |
4 | The shareholders of the Company have not restricted or limited the powers of the directors in any way and there is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting it from issuing and allotting the Shares or otherwise performing its obligations under the Registration Statement. |
5 | The directors of the Company at the date of the Directors Resolutions and at the date hereof were and are: |
Nangeng Zhang
Jiaxuan Li
Wenjun Zhang
Hongchao Du
Zhitang Shu
Yaping Zhang
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6 | Each director of the Company considers the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement to be of commercial benefit to the Company and has acted bona fide in the best interests of the Company, and for a proper purpose of the Company in relation to the transactions the subject of the Opinion. |
7 | To the best of my knowledge and belief, having made due inquiry, the Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction that would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company. Nor have the directors or shareholders taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation, nor have any steps been taken to wind up the Company. Nor has any receiver been appointed over any of the Companys property or assets. |
8 | The Company is not subject to the requirements of Part XVIIA of the Companies Act (2020 Revision). |
I confirm that you may continue to rely on this Certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you personally to the contrary.
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Signature: | /s/ Nangeng Zhang | |
Name: | Nangeng Zhang | |
Title: | Director |
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Exhibit 5.2
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May 3, 2021
Canaan Inc.
1-2/F, QianFang Science Building C
Building No. 27, Zhongguancun Software Park (Phase I)
No. 8 Dongbeiwang West Road
Haidian District, Beijing, 100193
Peoples Republic of China
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Canaan Inc., an exempted company with limited liability under the law of the Cayman Islands (the Company) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-255470) (the Registration Statement) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance of warrants (the Warrants) to purchase 4,722,223 American Depositary Shares (the ADSs), each representing 15 Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00000005 per Share, of the Company (Shares), issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and the purchasers named therein and the Placement Agency Agreement between the Company and the placement agents named therein (collectively, the Warrant Agreements).
DANIEL FERTIG | ADAM C. FURBER | YI GAO | ADAM S. GOLDBERG | MAKIKO HARUNARI | IAN C. HO | JONATHAN HWANG | ANTHONY D. KING | CELIA C.L. LAM | JIN HYUK PARK | KATHRYN KING SUDOL | CHRISTOPHER K.S. WONG |
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SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT, HONG KONG IS AN AFFILIATE OF SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP WITH OFFICES IN: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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We have examined the Registration Statement; the Warrant Agreements dated April 29, 2021; and the form of Warrant, which has been filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the report on Form 6-K of the Company filed with the Commission in connection with the offer and sale of the Warrants by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement. In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth.
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that, at the time of execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of any of the Warrants, the Warrant Agreements will be the valid and legally binding obligation of each party thereto other than the Company.
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed further that (1) the Company is validly existing and in good standing under the law of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and has duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered the Warrant Agreements and the Warrants, as applicable, in accordance with its organizational documents and the law of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, (2) the execution, issuance, delivery and performance by the Company of the Warrant Agreements and the Warrants, as applicable, do not constitute a breach or violation of its organizational documents or violate the law of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or any other jurisdiction (except that no such assumption is made with respect to the law of the State of New York) and (3) the execution, issuance, delivery and performance by the Company of the Warrant Agreements and the Warrants as applicable, do not constitute a breach or default under any agreement or instrument which is binding upon the Company.
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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that upon payment and delivery in accordance with the provisions of the Warrant Agreements, such Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
Our opinion set forth above is subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and (iv) to the effects of the possible judicial application of foreign laws or foreign governmental or judicial action affecting creditors rights.
In connection with the provisions of the Warrant Agreements whereby the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, we note the limitations of 28 U.S.C. Sections 1331 and 1332 on subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts. In connection with the provisions of the Warrant Agreements that relate to forum selection (including, without limitation, any waiver of any objection to venue or any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum), we note that under N.Y.C.P.L.R. Section 510 a New York State court may have discretion to transfer the place of trial, and under 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a) a United States District Court has discretion to transfer an action from one U.S. federal court to another.
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Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the law of the Cayman Islands, we have relied, without any independent investigation, upon the opinions of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP dated the date hereof and our opinions are subject to the qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions set forth therein.
We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP |
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP |