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Baidu, Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-4.13’

On:  Friday, 3/15/19, at 4:34pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1193125-19-76779   ·   File #:  0-51469

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/15/19  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/18  169:17M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-2.24     Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    555K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 3: EX-2.25     Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    108K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     46K 
 5: EX-4.11     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     48K 
 6: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     55K 
 7: EX-4.13     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     55K 
 8: EX-4.14     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     49K 
 9: EX-4.15     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     52K 
10: EX-4.16     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     53K 
11: EX-4.52     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    719K 
12: EX-4.54     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    366K 
13: EX-4.55     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    363K 
14: EX-4.56     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    106K 
15: EX-4.57     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     73K 
16: EX-4.58     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     81K 
17: EX-4.59     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     81K 
18: EX-4.60     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     60K 
19: EX-4.61     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     59K 
20: EX-4.62     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
21: EX-4.63     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
22: EX-4.64     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     44K 
23: EX-4.65     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     45K 
24: EX-4.66     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     78K 
25: EX-4.67     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     80K 
26: EX-4.68     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     74K 
27: EX-4.69     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    121K 
28: EX-4.70     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
29: EX-4.71     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     44K 
30: EX-4.72     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     44K 
31: EX-4.73     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
32: EX-4.74     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
33: EX-4.75     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     69K 
34: EX-4.76     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     53K 
35: EX-4.77     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     82K 
36: EX-4.78     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     80K 
37: EX-4.79     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     59K 
38: EX-4.80     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     45K 
39: EX-4.81     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
40: EX-4.82     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     76K 
41: EX-4.83     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     75K 
42: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     42K 
45: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     44K 
46: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     44K 
43: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     47K 
44: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     47K 
47: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     44K 
48: EX-15.2     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     44K 
49: EX-15.3     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     44K 
56: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     76K 
57: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    214K 
58: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     76K 
59: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML    166K 
60: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     45K 
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61: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    242K 
62: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    122K 
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                Financial Statements                                             
64: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    225K 
65: R10         Business Combinations                               HTML     59K 
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84: R29         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML    109K 
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                Financial Statements (Tables)                                    
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99: R44         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)        HTML     57K 
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105: R50         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     97K  
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                Financial Statements - Additional Information                    
                (Detail)                                                         
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                and Subsidiaries Included in Consolidated                        
                Financial Statements After Elimination of                        
                Intercompany Balances and Transactions Among VIEs                
                and Subsidiaries within Group (Detail)                           
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
109: R54         Estimated Useful Lives of Fixed Assets (Detail)     HTML     65K  
110: R55         Weighted Average Useful Lives from Date of          HTML     60K  
                Purchase of Intangible Assets (Detail)                           
111: R56         Summary of Revenues Disaggregated by Revenue        HTML     68K  
                Source (Detail)                                                  
112: R57         Summary of Estimated Fair Values of Assets          HTML     73K  
                Acquired, Liabilities Assumed and Noncontrolling                 
                Interest (Detail)                                                
113: R58         Business Combinations - Additional Information      HTML     46K  
                (Detail)                                                         
114: R59         Investments - Short-term Investments - Additional   HTML     49K  
                information (Detail)                                             
115: R60         Investments - Long-term Investments - Additional    HTML    116K  
                information (Detail)                                             
116: R61         Schedule of Unrealized and Realized Gains and       HTML     55K  
                Losses of Equity Securities Without Readily                      
                Determinable Fair Values (Detail)                                
117: R62         Summarized Financial Information (Detail)           HTML    102K  
118: R63         Schedule of Investments at Amortized Cost and Fair  HTML    115K  
                Value (Detail)                                                   
119: R64         Accounts Receivable (Detail)                        HTML     53K  
120: R65         Movement in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts         HTML     52K  
                (Detail)                                                         
121: R66         Other Current Assets (Detail)                       HTML     62K  
122: R67         Fixed Assets (Detail)                               HTML     70K  
123: R68         Fixed Assets - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     56K  
124: R69         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     52K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
125: R70         Changes in the Carrying Amount of Goodwill          HTML     70K  
                (Detail)                                                         
126: R71         Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Detail)             HTML     73K  
127: R72         Estimated Amortization Expense Relating to          HTML     56K  
                Existing Intangible Assets with Finite Lives                     
                (Detail)                                                         
128: R73         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Detail)   HTML     75K  
129: R74         Loans Payable - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML    115K  
130: R75         Loans Payable - Schedule of Short Term Loans        HTML     58K  
                (Detail)                                                         
131: R76         Loans Payable - Schedule of Short Term Loans        HTML     48K  
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
132: R77         Notes Payable - Summary of Company Issued and       HTML     94K  
                Publicly Sold Unsecured Senior Notes (Detail)                    
133: R78         Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     98K  
134: R79         Principal Amount and Unamortized Discount and Debt  HTML     54K  
                Issuance Costs (Detail)                                          
135: R80         Repayment of Principal Amount of Long Term Debts    HTML     63K  
                (Detail)                                                         
136: R81         Convertible Notes - Additional Information          HTML     94K  
                (Detail)                                                         
137: R82         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    119K  
138: R83         Income Before Income Taxes (Detail)                 HTML     54K  
139: R84         Components of Income Tax (Detail)                   HTML     58K  
140: R85         Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Provision    HTML     86K  
                of Tax Computed By Applying Statutory Income Tax                 
                Rate to Pre-Tax Income (Detail)                                  
141: R86         Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Gave      HTML     83K  
                Rise to Deferred Tax Balances (Detail)                           
142: R87         Employee Defined Combination Plan - Additional      HTML     46K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
143: R88         Commitment and Contingencies - Additional           HTML     63K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
144: R89         Future Minimum Payments Under Non-Cancelable        HTML     65K  
                Operating Leases with Initial Terms of One-Year or               
                More (Detail)                                                    
145: R90         Future Minimum Lease Payments For Non-Cancelable    HTML     58K  
                Agreements For Licensed Copyrights and Produced                  
                Content (Detail)                                                 
146: R91         Summary of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest       HTML     64K  
                (Detail)                                                         
147: R92         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Additional    HTML     65K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
148: R93         Shareholder's Equity - Additional Information       HTML    101K  
                (Detail)                                                         
149: R94         Shareholders' Equity (Detail)                       HTML     54K  
150: R95         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive          HTML     82K  
                Income/(Loss) by Component, Net of Tax (Detail)                  
151: R96         Tax Effect Allocated to Each Component of Other     HTML     52K  
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail)                             
152: R97         Reconciliation of Net Income to Numerator for       HTML     54K  
                Computation of Basic and Diluted Per Share                       
                (Detail)                                                         
153: R98         Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per       HTML     99K  
                Class A and Class B Ordinary Share (Detail)                      
154: R99         Share-Based Awards Plan - Additional Information    HTML    133K  
                of Baidu, Inc. (Detail)                                          
155: R100        Option Activity Baidu. Inc (Detail)                 HTML    100K  
156: R101        Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Values of Share   HTML     67K  
                Options Granted - Baidu, Inc. (Detail)                           
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                Basis (Detail)                                                   
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‘EX-4.13’   —   Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders


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  EX-4.13  

Exhibit 4.13

 

   

Proxy Agreement/Power of Attorney

To effectuate the proxy arrangement regarding the shareholder rights of the Nominee Shareholders, the relevant parties entered into a specific proxy agreement, or the Nominee Shareholder(s) issued a power of attorney to the PRC Subsidiary.

 

A.

Proxy Agreement

Parties:

 

  (1)

An Offshore Holding Company or its applicable PRC Subsidiary (as applicable) (for the purpose of the Proxy Agreement, the “Authorized Party”); and

 

  (2)

the Nominee Shareholder(s) of the applicable Consolidated Entity (for the purpose of the Proxy Agreement, the “Authorizer”).

Key Terms:

 

  (1)

The Authorizer agrees to irrevocably entrust the person designated by the Authorized Party to exercise on his/her/its behalf all shareholder’s voting rights and other shareholder’s rights at the shareholders’ meeting of the applicable Consolidated Entity in accordance with PRC law and such Consolidated Entity’s articles of association, including, but not limited to, with respect to (i) the sale or transfer of all or part of the Authorizer’s equity interests in such Consolidated Entity, (ii) convening, attending and holding shareholders’ meetings of such Consolidated Entity, (iii) the appointment and election of the directors (or the executive director), supervisor, manager and other senior management officer of such Consolidated Entity, (iv) reviewing and approving the profit distribution scheme and loss recovery scheme of such Consolidated Entity, (v) adoption of the merger with any other entity, separation, liquidation or change of the corporation form of such Consolidated Entity, (vi) approval of the business and investment plan of such Consolidated Entity, and (vii) amendment to such Consolidated Entity’s articles of association.

 

  (2)

The Authorized Party agrees to designate a person to accept the entrustment by the Authorizer pursuant to the Proxy Agreement, and such person shall represent the Authorizer in the exercise of such Authorizer’s voting rights and other shareholder rights pursuant to the Proxy Agreement.

 

  (3)

The Authorizer acknowledges that, regardless of the change of his/her equity interests in the Company, he/she/it shall entrust the person designated by the Authorized Party with all of his/her/its voting rights and other shareholder rights.

 

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  (4)

The Authorizer acknowledges that if the Authorized Party withdraws the appointment of the relevant person to whom the Authorizer has entrusted his/her voting rights and other shareholder rights, such Authorizer will withdraw his/her authorization for this person and authorize other persons designated by the Authorized Party to exercise his/her/its voting rights and other shareholder’s rights at the shareholders’ meeting of the Consolidated Entity.

 

  (5)

Under some of the Proxy Agreements, the Authorized Party may request the Authorizer to issue a separate power of attorney to further set forth the above authorization.

 

  (6)

The Proxy Agreement will be in effect for an unlimited term as long as the Authorizer holds any equity interest in the Consolidated Entity.

 

B.

Power of Attorney

Shareholder(s) of certain Consolidated Entities issued a Power of Attorney which was accepted by the applicable PRC Subsidiary and acknowledged by such Consolidated Entity.

Parties:

 

  (1)

the applicable Consolidated Entity;

 

  (2)

the Nominee Shareholder(s) of such Consolidated Entity (for the purpose of the Power of Attorney, the “Authorizer”); and

 

  (3)

the applicable PRC Subsidiary (for the purpose of the Power of Attorney, the “Authorized Party”).

Key Terms:

 

  (1)

The Authorized Party is authorized, as the Authorizer’s sole and exclusive agent and attorney, to act on behalf of such Authorizer with respect to all rights and matters concerning the equity interests such Authorizer holds in the Consolidated Entity that (the “Authorizer’s Equity Interest”), including without limitation to: (i) convening and attending shareholders’ meetings of the Consolidated Entity; (ii) exercising all of the shareholder’s rights and shareholder’s voting rights that the Authorizer is entitled to under the laws of China and the articles of association of such Consolidated Entity; (iii) handling the sale, transfer, pledge or disposition of the Authorizer’s Equity Interest (in part or in whole), including without limitation executing all necessary equity transfer documents and other documents for disposal of the Authorizer’s Equity Interest and fulfilling all necessary procedures; (iv) representing the Authorizer in executing any resolutions and minutes as a shareholder (and a director) of such Consolidated Entity; (v) nominating, electing, designating, appointing or removing on behalf of such Authorizer the legal representative, directors, supervisors, general managers, chief executive officer and other senior management members of such Consolidated Entity; and (vi) approving the amendments to the company’s articles of association. Without written consent by the Authorized Party, the Authorizer has no right to increase, decrease, transfer, pledge, or by any other manner to dispose or change the Authorizer’s Equity Interest.

 

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  (2)

The Authorized Party shall have the power and authority to, on behalf of the Authorizer, execute all and any supplementary agreements, ancillary documents, modifications, and/or amended and restated versions in relation to the contractual arrangements, by and among the Authorized Party, the Consolidated Entity and/or the Authorizer, and any documents and agreements the Authorizer shall sign as required in the aforesaid contractual arrangements (including without limitation the “Equity Transfer Contract as required under the Exclusive Option Agreement (as defined below)), and perform the obligations under the aforesaid contractual arrangements.

 

  (3)

All the actions associated with the Authorizer’s Equity Interest conducted by the Authorized Party shall be deemed as such Authorizer’s own actions, and all the documents related to the Authorizer Equity Interest executed by the Authorized Party shall be deemed to be executed by such Authorizer. The Authorizer shall acknowledge and ratify the actions taken by the Authorized Party and the documents executed by the Authorized Party in relation to the Authorizer’s Equity Interest.

 

  (4)

The Authorizer agrees that the Authorized Party has the right to re-authorize or assign one or multiple matters and its rights related to such matters under the Power of Attorney to any other person or entity at its own discretion and without obtaining the prior consent of the Authorizer. If required by PRC laws, the Authorized Party shall designate a qualified PRC citizen to handle such matters and exercise such rights as set forth in the Power of Attorney.

 

  (5)

In the Power of Attorneys regarding certain Consolidated Entity, the Authorizer covenants to, during the terms of the Power of Attorney and subject to the PRC laws, return and deliver the share dividend and any other assets that he/she/it receives from the distribution of the Consolidated Entity within three (3) days after he/she/it receives such proceeds and assets.

 

  (6)

The Proxy Agreement will be in effect for an unlimited term as long as the Authorizer holds any equity interest in the Consolidated Entity.

 

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4 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/15/24  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/23  159:24M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/22/23  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/22  164:28M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/28/22  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/21  168:26M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/09/21  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/20  166:25M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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