Ctrip.com International, Ltd. Announces Completion Of Offering Of US$180 Million Of Convertible Senior Notes

SHANGHAI, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTRP), a leading travel service provider of hotel accommodations, airline tickets, packaged tours and corporate travel management in China ("Ctrip" or the "Company"), today announced the completion of US$180 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2017 (the "notes"), following the exercise in full of the over-allotment option that the Company previously granted to one of the Initial Purchasers to purchase up to $20.0 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The notes were offered to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and certain non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The notes will be convertible into Ctrip's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each representing as of the date of this press release 0.25 of an ordinary share of Ctrip, based on an initial conversion rate of 51.7116 of the Company's ADSs per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately US$19.34 per ADS and represents an approximately 10% conversion premium over the closing trading price of the Company's ADSs on September 18, 2012, which was US$17.58 per ADS). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events.

The notes will bear interest at a rate of 0.50% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2013. The notes will mature on September 15, 2017, unless previously repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date.

Certain senior management and directors of Ctrip, including the chairman of the board of directors, chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, have purchased US$55 million aggregate principal amount of notes from the initial purchasers in this offering.

The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to: (a) purchase, depending on interest, a certain amount of ADSs from purchasers of notes in privately negotiated transactions, (b) purchase, from time to time, additional ADSs pursuant to its share repurchase program following this offering, and (c) pay the associated cost of the convertible note hedge transaction, after such cost is partially offset by the proceeds to the Company from the sale of the warrant transaction, both transactions as described below. The Company plans to use the remainder of the net proceeds from this offering for other general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and potential acquisitions of complementary businesses (although it is not currently negotiating any such acquisitions).

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