MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED AND [NAME] INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT UNDER SCHEDULE 5 INCOME TAX (EARNINGS AND PENSIONS) ACT 2003 (ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE)

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED AND [NAME] INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT UNDER SCHEDULE 5 INCOME TAX (EARNINGS AND PENSIONS) ACT 2003 (ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE)

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Exhibit 10.14

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

AND

[NAME]

INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT

UNDER SCHEDULE 5 INCOME TAX

(EARNINGS AND XXXXXXXX) XXX 0000

(ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE)

Note: Exercise of the option on an exit is only permitted to the extent the option has vested

CONTENTS


1 DEFINITIONS		1

2 GRANT OF OPTION		5

3 MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS		6

4 TAKEOVERS AND LIQUIDATIONS		8

5 VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL		10

6 DISQUALIFYING EVENTS		10

7 FURTHER ASSURANCE		11

8 MISCELLANEOUS		11

OPTION AGREEMENT pursuant to Section 527 and Schedule 5 Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000

DATED [DATE]

BETWEEN:

(1)

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED, company number C40465, a private limited company whose registered office is at 000/00, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, XXX 0000, Xxxxx (the “Company”).

(2)

[NAME & ADDRESS] (the “Executive”),

RECITALS

(A)	The Executive is a key employee within the Group and is an Eligible Employee (as defined below).

(B)	The Option is desired to take effect as a “qualifying option” within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:-

“Acquiring Company”

means a company which acquires shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a Sale;

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company;

“Asset Sale”

means the disposal by any one or more members of the Group of assets (whether together with associated liabilities or otherwise and as part of an undertaking or otherwise) which represent 50% or more (by book value) of the consolidated gross assets of the Group at that time;

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Business Day”

means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which, by law, is a bank or legal holiday in England. The Business Day shall be deemed to begin at 9am and end at 5pm London time;

“Date of Exercise”

means the date on which the Company receives both the written notice and any payment (if required) referred to in Clause 3.1;

“Disqualifying Event”

means an event defined as a disqualifying event in sections 534 to 536 of ITEPA;

“Disqualifying Event Exercise Period”

means the period of 40 days from the occurrence of a Disqualifying Event (as set out in section 532 of ITEPA) during which the Executive must exercise the option in order to benefit from the provisions relating to income tax set out in sections 529 to 531 of such Act;

“Disqualifying Event Tax Liability”

means the amount of employers’ national insurance contributions (or any similar social security contributions) that would, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, be payable by the Company or other member of the Group upon or as a result of the exercise of the Option;

“Eligible Employee”

means any individual who satisfies the requirements of Part 4 of Schedule 5;

“Exercise Price”

means the sum of €0.000149 per Option Share, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 5;

“Effective Date”

[DATE]

“Good Leaver”

means the Executive ceasing to be an employee of any member of the Group:

as a result of his death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with his contract of employment; or

in circumstances where the Board determines (subject to the Investor Director (as such term is defined in the Articles) voting in favour of such determination) in its absolute discretion the Executive to be a Good Leaver;

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“HMRC”

means HM Revenue & Customs (or any other taxation authority in any other jurisdiction);

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“ITEPA”

means the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000;

“Liquidation”

whether voluntary or compulsory, means the passing of a resolution for the winding-up of the Company;

“Listing”

means :

(a)

the admission of all or any of the shares in the capital of the Company to trading on a market for listed securities designated by the Financial Markets Act (Cap. 345 of the laws of Malta) as a Recognized Investment Exchange (as defined in the Articles), together with the admission of such shares to the relative Official List (as defined in the Articles); or

(b)

if the Investors (as defined in the Articles) in their absolute discretion so determine, the admission of such shares to, or to trading on, any other market wherever situated together, if necessary, with the admission of such shares to listing on any official or otherwise prescribed list maintained by a competent or otherwise prescribed listing authority;

“Market Value”

means on any day the market value of a Share determined in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Xxx 0000 or, if the Shares are quoted on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange PLC, the average of the middle market quotations of a Share as derived from the Daily Official List for the three immediately preceding dealing days;

“Option”

means the right to acquire Shares granted under this agreement;

“Option Shares”

means the [AMOUNT] Shares which are the subject of the Option;

“Qualifying Company”

means a company which satisfies the requirements of part 3 of Schedule 5;

“Qualifying Option”

means an option to acquire Shares which at the time it was granted meets the requirements of Schedule 5 and of which notice is given (in the form required or authorised by HMRC) to HMRC within 92 days after the date on which it is granted;

“Qualifying Subsidiary”

has the meaning set out in paragraph 11 of Schedule 5;

“Sale”

means the completion of any transaction or series of transactions whereby any person or Connected Persons (as defined in the Articles) or group of persons Acting in Concert (as defined in the Articles) purchases or otherwise acquires or obtains more than 50 per cent. in nominal value of the A Ordinary Shares, B Ordinary Shares and C Ordinary Shares (as such terms are defined in the Articles) in issue from time to time, save that:

(a) it shall not constitute a Sale if a person or group of persons acquires more than 50 per cent. in nominal value of such A Ordinary Shares, B Ordinary Shares and C Ordinary Shares by virtue of a reduction in the Company’s share capital; and

(b) unless the Board (and the Investor Director) determine otherwise, it shall not constitute a Sale where the person or Connected Persons or group of persons referred to above are (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) Apax entities;

“Schedule 5”

means Schedule 5 to ITEPA;

“Share”

means an ordinary “D1” share of €0.000149 in the capital of the Company (or such other nominal value as may be determined by the Company in general meeting from time to time) which satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph 35 of Schedule 5;

“Tax Liability”

the amount of income tax and/or social security contributions (or any similar taxes in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) which the Company or other member of the Group or any other person would be required to account for to HMRC (a) as a consequence of the Executive exercising the Option or acquiring Shares pursuant to such exercise and (b) on any gain realised or deemed to have been realised by the Executive on the occurrence of a chargeable event (as defined in section 477 of ITEPA) in respect of that Option, but excluding all employers’ national insurance contributions that would, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, be payable by the Company or other member of the Group upon or as a result of the exercise of the Option.

1.2	So far as not inconsistent with the context:-

(i)

Any reference herein to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

(ii)

All references to the masculine gender shall be deemed also to be references to the feminine gender and all references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

(iii)

All references to clauses or sub-clauses are unless the context otherwise requires to clauses or sub-clauses of this agreement.

(iv)

The headings to clauses of this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

2	GRANT OF OPTION

2.1	The Company hereby grants to the Executive the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement exercisable to the extent that the Option has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, schedule 1, to purchase the Option Shares for the Exercise Price.

2.2	The Option is granted on the date of this agreement under the provisions of Schedule 5.

2.3	The Option may be exercised in whole or in part, and if exercised in part the Option shall remain exercisable in respect of the remaining Option Shares on the same terms hereof.

2.4	The Option is personal to the Executive. It may not be transferred, assigned or charged or otherwise alienated and any purported transfer, assignment, charge or other alienation shall cause the Option to lapse forthwith. The Option may be surrendered at any time by the Executive.

2.5	Subject to this agreement an Option which has not lapsed may be exercised in whole or in part to the extent that it has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, Schedule 1.

2.6	An Option shall lapse automatically in so far as it has not been exercised on the earliest of:-

2.6.1

the tenth anniversary of the date of this agreement;

2.6.2

twelve months after the date of the Executive’s death;

2.6.3

unless the Company otherwise decides (it being able to impose such conditions as it sees fit in the event that it exercises its discretion in this regard), 40 days after the Option has become exercisable in accordance with Clause 4;

2.6.4

the Executive being adjudicated bankrupt;

2.6.5

forthwith upon the Executive ceasing to be an Eligible Employee other than in circumstances where the employee is a Good Leaver;

2.6.6

the date falling 40 days after the Executive ceases to be an Eligible Employee in circumstances where the employee is a Good Leaver.

2.7

The Executive shall, no later than 80 days following the date of this agreement, execute a declaration to the effect that he meets the requirements of paragraph 27 of Schedule 5 in relation to the Option and if the Executive fails to do so the Board may in its discretion deem that the Option has never been granted.

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

3.1

To the extent that the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1, the Option shall be exercisable on the dates specified in schedule 1 (in whole or in part) by the Executive, or as the case may be his personal representatives, giving prior notice in writing to the Company specifying the number of Shares in respect of which (s)he wishes to exercise the Option accompanied by the appropriate payment of the total Exercise Price (save to the extent that the Executive has made other arrangements for the payment of the total Exercise Price which are satisfactory to the Company) and, if required by the Company, the Tax Liability due under Clause 3.4.

3.2	Shares shall be issued pursuant to a notice of exercise within 30 days of the Date of Exercise.

3.3	Where the Option is exercised only in part the balance shall remain exercisable on the same terms as originally applied to the whole Option.

3.4	In the event that a Tax Liability becomes due on the exercise of the Option, the Option may not be exercised unless:-

3.4.1

the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct an amount equal to the whole of the Tax Liability from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period; or

3.4.2

the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

3.4.3

the sum of the amount that the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group in respect of the Company’s or other member of the Group’s obligation to satisfy the Tax Liability and the total amount that the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period is equal to or more than the Tax Liability; or

3.4.4

the Executive authorises the Company or other member of the Group to withhold from the Option Shares (in respect of which a notice of exercise has been submitted in accordance with Clause 3.1) such number of shares as the Board considers necessary to dispose of in order to raise an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

3.4.5

the Executive enters into such other arrangements for the satisfaction of the Tax Liability as are acceptable to the Company.

3.5

The Executive shall at any time upon request to join in with the Company or any other member of the Group or any other person in making any election or notice reasonably required by the Company or other member of the Group or other person (as applicable) for the purpose of ensuring that the liability for all employer’s National Insurance Contributions (or any similar social security contributions) arising (a) as a consequence of the exercise of any Option or the acquisition of Shares pursuant to such exercise and (b) on any gain realised or deemed to have been realised by the Executive on the occurrence of a chargeable event (as defined in section 477 of ITEPA) in respect of that Option is assumed and borne solely by the Executive and treated for all purposes as a liability falling on the Executive instead of on the Company or other member of the Group or other person (as applicable) and in

entering into any arrangements required by HMRC for securing that any liability so assumed is duly paid by the Executive. The Executive shall not be required to enter into any election or notice pursuant to this Clause in the event that he enters into such other arrangements with the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) that are satisfactory to the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) to discharge any liability referred to in this Clause.

3.6

The Executive agrees that if requested to do so by the Board he shall immediately upon exercise of the Option enter into an irrevocable joint election with his employing company pursuant to section 431 of ITEPA in a form specified by the Board that for the relevant tax purposes the market value of the Shares acquired is to be calculated as if the Shares were not restricted securities (as defined in section 423 of ITEPA) and sections 425 to 430 of ITEPA are not to apply to such Shares.

4	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS

4.1

Sale or Asset Sale

4.1.1

In the event that a Sale or an Asset Sale takes place, the Option may be exercised within 40 days of such Sale or Asset Sale (as applicable) occurring (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1).

4.1.2

In the event that the Board becomes aware that an offer has been made which, if completed, would lead to this Option becoming exerciseable under Clause 4.1.1 above, it may at its absolute discretion resolve that this Option becomes exercisable under clause 4.1.1 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1) within such period as is determined by the Board (prior to any Sale or Asset Sale as mentioned in clause 4.1.1) and, in the event that the Option is not exercised during this period, it shall lapse in full at the end of such period (notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement).

4.2

Listing

4.2.1

An Option may be exercised on or following a Listing in accordance with Clause 4.2.2 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1).

4.2.2

into or made. Within one week of such notification, the Executive may exercise the Option (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1). The Board may specify in the notification that the exercise of the Option under this Clause 4.2.2 shall be conditional upon completion of the Listing (and for the purposes of this Clause 4.2, “completion” in relation to a Listing shall be the admission or granting of permission referred to in the definition of “Listing”) and in such a case, in the event that the Listing does not proceed, the notice of exercise shall be deemed never to have been served.

4.3

Exchange of Options

4.3.1

In the event that a Sale takes place, the Executive may at any time within six months of the Sale by agreement with the Acquiring Company release his rights under the Option (in this Clause referred to as “the old rights”) in consideration for the grant to him of rights (in this Clause referred to as “the new rights”) which are equivalent to the old rights but relate to shares in a different company.

4.3.2

The new rights referred to in Clause 4.3.1 above shall not be regarded for the purposes of this Clause 4 as equivalent to the old rights unless:-

4.3.2.1

the new rights are granted to the Executive by reason of his employment with the Acquiring Company or any of its 51% subsidiaries;

4.3.2.2

at the time of the release of the old rights the requirements of part 6 of Schedule 5 are met in relation to the new rights;

4.3.2.3

at that time:

4.3.2.3.1

the independence requirement in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 and the trading activities requirement in paragraph 13 or 14 of Schedule 5 are met in relation to the Acquiring Company;

4.3.2.3.2

the Executive is an Eligible Employee in relation to the Acquiring Company;

4.3.2.3.3

the requirements of part 2 of Schedule 5 are met in relation to the new rights;

4.3.2.4

the total Market Value of the Shares immediately before the release of the Executive’s old rights is substantially equivalent to the total Market Value of the shares (which are the subject of the new rights) immediately after the grant of the new rights to the Executive; and

4.3.2.5

the total amount payable by the Executive for the acquisition of shares in pursuance of the new rights is substantially equivalent to the total amount that would be payable for the acquisition of Shares in pursuance of the old rights.

4.4	Liquidation

4.4.1

If the Company passes an effective resolution for voluntary winding up of the Company, the Option may be exercised until the commencement of such winding up (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1).

4.5

Where any new rights are granted pursuant to this Clause 4 this agreement shall in relation to the new rights be construed as if references to the Company and to the Shares were references to the Acquiring Company or as the case may be to the company in whose shares the new rights relate and to the shares of the Acquiring Company or of the other company in whose shares the new rights relate.

5	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

5.1

In the event of any capitalisation or rights issue or any consolidation, sub-division or reduction or other variation of the share capital by the Company, the limit on the number of Shares available under the Option, the number and nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option and the Exercise Price for each of those Shares may, at the discretion of the Company, be adjusted by the Company subject to the written confirmation by the Auditors that in their opinion such adjustment is fair and reasonable and to the prior agreement of HMRC PROVIDED THAT:-

5.1.1

the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased; and

5.1.2

the Exercise Price for a Share is not reduced below its nominal value.

6	DISQUALIFYING EVENTS

6.1	In the event that the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Disqualifying Event, the Company shall as soon as is reasonably practicable following such occurrence use its reasonable endeavours to notify the Executive of such occurrence and the date such occurrence took place.

6.2

In addition to the Tax Liability under Clause 3.4, the Executive shall also be liable for the Disqualifying Event Tax Liability in the event that the Executive exercises the option after the expiry of the Disqualifying Event Exercise Period where the Company had previously notified the Executive of a Disqualifying Event within 14 days of the commencement of the Disqualifying Event Exercise Period.

6.3

If the Executive is liable to pay the Disqualifying Event Tax Liability then the Executive shall at any time upon request join in with the Company or any other member of the Group or any other person in making any election or notice reasonably required by the Company, any other member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) for the purpose of ensuring that the liability for all employer’s national insurance contributions (or any similar social security contribution) arising on the exercise of any Option is assumed and borne solely by the Executive and treated for all purposes as a liability falling on the Executive instead of on the Company or other member of the Group or other person (as applicable) and in entering into any arrangements required by HMRC for securing that any liability so assumed is duly paid by the Executive. The Executive shall not be required to enter into any election or notice pursuant to this Clause in the event that he enters into such other arrangements with the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) that are satisfactory to the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) to discharge any liability referred to in this Clause.

7	FURTHER ASSURANCE

7.1

The Executive agrees and undertakes to do, sign and execute all such acts, deeds, documents or things as may be reasonably required by the Company for the purposes of ensuring that the Option remains a “Qualifying Option” within the meaning of Schedule 5 and to join with the Company or any other member of the Group in giving notice to HMRC as required in accordance with paragraph 44 of that Schedule.

8	MISCELLANEOUS

8.1	This agreement shall be binding upon each party’s successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be) but except as expressly provided above none of the rights of the parties under this agreement may be assigned or transferred.

8.2	Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement:

8.2.1

this agreement shall not form part of any contract of employment between the Company or any other member of the Group and the Executive and the rights and obligations of the Executive under the terms of his office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group shall not be affected by this agreement and this agreement shall afford the Executive no additional rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of such office or employment for any reason whatsoever; and

8.2.2

this agreement shall not confer on the Executive any legal or equitable rights (other than those constituting the Option) against the Company or any other member of the Group directly or indirectly, or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company or any other member of the Group; and

8.2.3

the Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation or damages for any loss or potential loss which (s)he may suffer by reason of being unable to exercise the Option in consequence of the loss or termination of his office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group for any reason whatsoever.

8.3	Any notice, demand, proceeding or other communication to be given, made or served hereunder or by reference hereto shall be in writing and:

8.3.1

sent by first class prepaid or registered mail;

8.3.2

delivered personally; or

8.3.3

transmitted by telefacsimile (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, electronic mail), to the party to be served at the addresses hereinbefore given (or at such other address or addresses within the United Kingdom from time to time notified in writing by or on behalf of any such party or parties to the party serving the same).

8.4	Any such notice, demand, proceedings or other communication given, made or served pursuant to sub-clause 8.3 above shall be deemed to have been received and effectively served:-

8.4.1

upon the day of delivery or transmission if delivered by telefacsimile before the end of a Business Day; or

8.4.2

on the next following Business Day if sent by first class prepaid or registered mail or if transmitted by telefacsimile or delivered personally after the end of a Business Day or on any other day not being a Business Day.

8.5	This Deed constitutes the whole agreement between the parties hereto.

8.6	The Company and any other member of the Group shall make such disclosure of the grant of this Option to HMRC as may be required from time to time under Schedule 5 or otherwise.

8.7

The Executive shall be responsible for obtaining any governmental or other official consent that may be required by any country or jurisdiction in order to permit the grant or exercise of the Option. Neither the Company nor any or other member of the Group shall be responsible for any failure by the Executive to obtain any such consent or for any tax or other liability to which the Executive may become subject as a result of his exercise of the Option.

8.8

After exercise of the Option and transfer of the Option Shares, the Executive shall become bound by the provisions of the Articles of Association (as amended from time to time) of the Company (a copy of which is appended to and forms part of this agreement) and in particular in relation to the provisions relating to the transfer of shares which are contained in the Articles of Association.

8.9	This agreement may be unilaterally varied by the Board in such manner as the Board shall determine in order to ensure that the Option constitutes a Qualifying Option.

8.10

The Company and any other member of the Group may pass personal information about the Executive (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such person’s name, address, age and salary details) to third parties in connection with the administration of this Option or for the purpose of complying with any legal obligations.

8.11	This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall constitute an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

8.12

A person who is not a party to this agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this agreement, save that any person which is obliged to account for any Tax Liability (including any employer’s national insurance contributions or similar in any other jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) shall be entitled to enforce clause 3. This clause does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act.

8.13	This agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any dispute arising in connection with this agreement will be brought before the Courts of England and Wales.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed this Agreement as a Deed on the date set out above.


EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL	)
HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED	)
acting by:-	)
		Director


		Director/Secretary

EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
[NAME]	)
in the presence of:-	)


Witness’ Signature:

Witness’ Name:

Witness’ Address:



Witness’ Occupation:

Schedule 1

Appendix: Articles of Association of the Company

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

AND

[NAME]

INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT

Note: Exercise of the option on an exit is only permitted to the extent the option has vested

CONTENTS


1 DEFINITIONS				1

2 GRANT OF OPTION				5

3 MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS				7

4 TAKEOVERS AND LIQUIDATIONS				8

5 VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL				11

6 MISCELLANEOUS				12


OPTION AGREEMENT		DATED [DATE]

BETWEEN:

(1)

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED, company number C40465, a private limited company whose registered office is at 000/00, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, XXX 0000, Xxxxx (the “Company”) and;

(2)

[NAME] of [UK ADDRESS] (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

(A)	The Executive is a key employee within the Group at the date of this agreement.

(B)	The Company wishes to grant to the Executive an option to acquire Shares (as defined in this agreement) upon and subject to the terms of this agreement.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:-

“Acquiring Company”

means a company which acquires shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a Sale;

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company;

“Asset Sale”

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Business Day”

means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which, by law, is a bank or legal holiday in England. The Business Day shall be deemed to begin at 9am and end at 5pm London time;

“Date of Exercise”

means the date on which the Company receives both the written notice and any payment (if required) referred to in Clause 3.1;

“Eligible Employee”

means any individual who is an employee of a member of the Group;

“Exercise Price”

means the sum of [AMOUNT] per Option Share, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 5;

“Effective Date”

[DATE]

“Good Leaver”

means the Executive ceasing to be an employee of any member of the Group:

as a result of his death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with his contract of employment; or

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“HMRC”

means HM Revenue & Customs (or any other taxation authority in any other jurisdiction);

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“ITEPA”

means the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000;

“Liquidation”

whether voluntary or compulsory, means the passing of a resolution for the winding-up of the Company;

“Listing”

means :

(a)

(b)

“Market Value”

“Option”

means the right to acquire Shares granted under this agreement;

“Option Shares”

means the [AMOUNT] Shares which are the subject of the Option;

“Sale”

“Share”

means an ordinary “D1” share of €0.000149 in the capital of the Company (or such other nominal value as may be determined by the Company in general meeting from time to time) ;

“Tax Liability”

1.2	So far as not inconsistent with the context:-

(i)

Any reference herein to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

(ii)

All references to the masculine gender shall be deemed also to be references to the feminine gender and all references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

(iii)

All references to clauses or sub-clauses are unless the context otherwise requires to clauses or sub-clauses of this agreement.

(iv)

The headings to clauses of this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

2	GRANT OF OPTION

2.1	The Company hereby grants to the Executive the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement exercisable to the extent that the Option has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, schedule 1, to purchase the Option Shares for the Exercise Price.

2.2	The Option is granted on the Effective Date of this agreement.

2.3	The Option may be exercised in whole or in part, and if exercised in part the Option shall remain exercisable in respect of the remaining Option Shares on the same terms hereof.

2.4	The Option is personal to the Executive. It may not be transferred, assigned or charged or otherwise alienated and any purported transfer, assignment, charge or other alienation shall cause the Option to lapse forthwith. The Option may be surrendered at any time by the Executive.

2.5	Subject to this agreement an Option which has not lapsed may be exercised in whole or in part to the extent that it has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, Schedule 1.

2.6	An Option shall lapse automatically in so far as it has not been exercised on the earliest of:-

2.6.1

the tenth anniversary of the date of this agreement;

2.6.2

twelve months after the date of the Executive’s death;

2.6.3

2.6.4

the Executive being adjudicated bankrupt;

2.6.5

forthwith upon the Executive ceasing to be an Eligible Employee other than in circumstances where the employee is a Good Leaver;

2.6.6

the date falling 40 days after the Executive ceases to be an Eligible Employee in circumstances where the employee is a Good Leaver.

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

3.1

exercise the Option accompanied by the appropriate payment of the total Exercise Price (save to the extent that the Executive has made other arrangements for the payment of the total Exercise Price which are satisfactory to the Company) and, if required by the Company, the Tax Liability due under Clause 3.4.

3.2	Shares shall be issued pursuant to a notice of exercise within 30 days of the Date of Exercise.

3.3	Where the Option is exercised only in part the balance shall remain exercisable on the same terms as originally applied to the whole Option.

3.4	In the event that a Tax Liability becomes due on the exercise of the Option, the Option may not be exercised unless:-

3.4.1

the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct an amount equal to the whole of the Tax Liability from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period; or

3.4.2

the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

3.4.3

3.4.4

the Executive enters into such other arrangements for the satisfaction of the Tax Liability as are acceptable to the Company.

3.5

assumed is duly paid by the Executive. The Executive shall not be required to enter into any election or notice pursuant to this Clause in the event that he enters into such other arrangements with the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) that are satisfactory to the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) to discharge any liability referred to in this Clause.

3.6

The Executive agrees that if requested to do so by the Board he shall immediately upon exercise of the Option enter into an irrevocable joint election with his employing company pursuant to section 431 of ITEPA in a form specified by the Board that for the relevant tax purposes the market value of the Shares acquired is to be calculated as if the Shares were not restricted securities (as defined in section 423 of ITEPA) and sections 425 to 430 of ITEPA are not to apply to such Shares.

3.7

The Executive indemnifies the Company and each member of the Group against any Tax Liability and shall (on request) also indemnify them (to the extent permitted by law) against any employer’s National Insurance Contributions (or similar social security contributions) arising in the circumstances referred to in Clause 3.5.

4	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS

4.1

Sale or Asset Sale

4.1.1

4.1.2

4.2

Listing

4.2.1

4.2.2

As soon as the Board has become aware that firm negotiations have been entered into or firm proposals have been made for the Listing, the Board may notify the Executive that such negotiations or proposals have been entered into or made. Within one week of such notification, the Executive may exercise the Option (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1). The Board may specify in the notification that the exercise of the Option under this Clause 4.2.2 shall be conditional upon completion of the Listing (and for the purposes of this Clause 4.2, “completion” in relation to a Listing shall be the admission or granting of permission referred to in the definition of “Listing”) and in such a case, in the event that the Listing does not proceed, the notice of exercise shall be deemed never to have been served.

4.3

Exchange of Options

4.3.1

4.3.2

The new rights referred to in Clause 4.3.1 above shall not be regarded for the purposes of this Clause 4 as equivalent to the old rights unless

the new rights are granted to the Executive by reason of his employment with the Acquiring Company or any of its 51% subsidiaries;

4.3.2.1

4.3.2.2

4.4	Liquidation

4.4.1

4.5

5	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

5.1

In the event of any capitalisation or rights issue or any consolidation, sub-division or reduction or other variation of the share capital by the Company, the limit on the number of Shares available under the Option, the number, class and nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option (the definition of “Shares” being adjusted accordingly) and the Exercise Price for each of those Shares may, at the discretion of the Company, be adjusted by the Company subject to the written confirmation by the Auditors that in their opinion such adjustment is fair and reasonable PROVIDED THAT:-

5.1.1

the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased; and

5.1.2

the Exercise Price for a Share is not reduced below its nominal value.

6	MISCELLANEOUS

6.1	This agreement shall be binding upon each party’s successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be) but except as expressly provided above none of the rights of the parties under this agreement may be assigned or transferred.

6.2	Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement:

6.2.1

6.2.2

6.2.3

the Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation or damages for any loss or potential loss which (s) he may suffer by reason of being unable to exercise the Option in consequence of the loss or termination of his office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group for any reason whatsoever.

6.3	Any notice, demand, proceeding or other communication to be given, made or served hereunder or by reference hereto shall be in writing and:

6.3.1

sent by first class prepaid or registered mail;

6.3.2

delivered personally; or

6.3.3

transmitted by telefacsimile (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, electronic mail),

to the party to be served at the addresses hereinbefore given (or at such other address or addresses within the United Kingdom from time to time notified in writing by or on behalf of any such party or parties to the party serving the same).

6.4	Any such notice, demand, proceedings or other communication given, made or served pursuant to sub-clause 6.3 above shall be deemed to have been received and effectively served:-

6.4.1

upon the day of delivery or transmission if delivered by telefacsimile before the end of a Business Day; or

6.4.2

6.5	This Deed constitutes the whole agreement between the parties hereto.

6.6

6.7

6.8

6.9	This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall constitute an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

6.10

A person who is not a party to this agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this agreement, save that any person which is obliged to account for any Tax Liability (or any employer’s national insurance contributions or similar in any other jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) shall be entitled to enforce clause 3. This clause does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act.

6.11	This agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any dispute arising in connection with this agreement will be brought before the Courts of England and Wales.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed this Agreement as a Deed on the date set out above.


EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL	)
HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED	)
acting by:-	)
		Director


		Director/Secretary


EXECUTED AS A DEED by		)
[NAME]		)
in the presence of:-		)



Witness’ Signature:

Witness’ Name:

Witness’ Address:



Witness’ Occupation:

Schedule 1

General Vesting

For the purposes of this agreement:

1.	one quarter of the Option Shares shall vest 12 months after the Effective Date;

2.	a further one twelfth of the Option Shares shall vest 15 months after the Effective Date with an additional one twelfth vesting after each 3 month period thereafter (with the intent that 100% of the Option Shares will have vested 48 months after the Effective Date),

and the Option shall be exercisable at any time after the date it has first vested (to the extent vested).

Notwithstanding any of the above:

(a)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date on which the Executive ceases to be employed by (or a director of) the Company or any member of the Group unless the Board (having obtained the consent of the Investor Director) determines otherwise; and

(b)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date of a Sale (save to the extent the Board, having obtained the consent of the Investor Director, determine otherwise).

Appendix: Articles of Association of the Company

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

AND

[NAME]

INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT

CONTENTS


1 DEFINITIONS			2
2 GRANT OF OPTION			6
3 MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS			7
4 TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS			8
5 VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL			10
6 EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY			00
0 XXXXXX XXXXXXXX			00
0 MISCELLANEOUS			14

OPTION AGREEMENT DATED

BETWEEN:

(1)

(2)

[Name] of [Address] (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

(A)	The Executive is a key employee within the Group at the date of this agreement.

(B)	The Company wishes to grant to the Executive an option to acquire Shares (as defined in this agreement) upon and subject to the terms of this agreement.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:-

“Acquiring Company”

means a company which acquires shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a Sale;

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company in effect from time to time;

“Asset Sale”

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Business Day”

means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which, by law, is a bank or legal holiday in England. The Business Day shall be deemed to begin at 9am and end at 5pm London time;

“Date of Exercise”

means the date on which the Company receives both the written notice and any payment (if required) referred to in Clause 3.1;

“Effective Date”

[Date];

“Eligible Employee”

means any individual who is an employee of a member of the Group;

“Exercise Price”

means the sum of [Price] per Option Share, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 5;

“Good Leaver”

means the Executive ceasing to be an employee of any member of the Group:

(a)

as a result of his death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with his contract of employment; or

(b)

(c)

“Grant Date”

[Date];

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“HMRC”

means HM Revenue & Customs (or any other taxation or other authority in any other jurisdiction, as applicable);

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“ITEPA”

means the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000;

“Liquidation”

whether voluntary or compulsory, means the passing of a resolution for the winding-up of the Company;

“Listing”

means :

(a)

(b)

“Market Value”

“Option”

means the right to acquire Shares granted under this agreement;

“Option Shares”

means the [Shares] Shares which are the subject of the Option;

“Sale”

Ordinary Shares (as such terms are defined in the Articles) or, following a Listing, more than 50 per cent. in nominal value of the Company’s equity share capital save that:

(a)

it shall not constitute a Sale if a person or group of persons acquires more than 50 per cent. in nominal value of such A Ordinary Shares, B Ordinary Shares and C Ordinary Shares or such equity share capital by virtue of a reduction in the Company’s share capital; and

(b)

unless the Board (and the Investor Director) determine otherwise, it shall not constitute a Sale where the person or Connected Persons or group of persons referred to above are (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) Apax entities; and

(c)

an Exchange (as defined in clause 6.1) in respect of which the Executive is requested (by the Company) to release his rights under this Agreement shall not constitute a Sale;

“Share”

means an ordinary “D1” share of [Price] in the capital of the Company (or such other nominal value as may be determined by the Company in general meeting from time to time) ;

“Tax Liability”

the amount of income tax and/or social security contributions (or any similar taxes in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) which the Company or other member of the Group or any other person would be required to account for to HMRC (a) as a consequence of the Executive exercising the Option or acquiring Shares pursuant to such exercise and (b) on any gain realised or deemed to have been realised by the Executive in respect of that Option, but excluding all employers’ national insurance contributions (or any similar contribution in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) that would, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, be payable by the Company or other member of the Group upon or as a result of the exercise of the Option.

1.2	So far as not inconsistent with the context:-

1.2.1

Any reference herein to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

1.2.2

All references to the masculine gender shall be deemed also to be references to the feminine gender and all references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

1.2.3

All references to clauses or sub-clauses are unless the context otherwise requires to clauses or sub-clauses of this agreement.

1.2.4

The headings to clauses of this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

2	GRANT OF OPTION

2.1	The Company hereby grants to the Executive the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement exercisable to the extent that the Option has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, schedule 1, to purchase the Option Shares for the Exercise Price.

2.2	The Option is granted on the Grant Date.

2.3	The Option may be exercised in whole or in part, and if exercised in part the Option shall remain exercisable in respect of the remaining Option Shares on the same terms hereof.

2.4	The Option is personal to the Executive. It may not be transferred, assigned or charged or otherwise alienated and any purported transfer, assignment, charge or other alienation shall cause the Option to lapse forthwith. The Option may be surrendered at any time by the Executive.

2.5	Subject to this agreement an Option which has not lapsed may be exercised in whole or in part to the extent that it has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, Schedule 1.

2.6	An Option shall lapse automatically in so far as it has not been exercised on the earliest of:-

2.6.1

the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

2.6.2

twelve months after the date of the Executive’s death;

2.6.3

2.6.4

the Executive being adjudicated bankrupt by a court of law;

2.6.5

forthwith upon the Executive ceasing to be an Eligible Employee other than in circumstances where the employee is a Good Leaver;

2.6.6

the date falling 40 days after the Executive ceases to be an Eligible Employee in circumstances where the employee is a Good Leaver.

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

3.1

To the extent that the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1, the Option shall be exercisable from the dates specified in schedule 1 (in whole or in part) by the Executive, or as the case may be his personal representatives, giving prior notice in writing to the Company specifying the number of Shares in respect of which (s)he wishes to exercise the Option accompanied by the appropriate payment of the total Exercise Price (save to the extent that the Executive has made other arrangements for the payment of the total Exercise Price which are satisfactory to the Company) and, if required by the Company, the Tax Liability due under Clause 3.4.

3.2	Shares shall be issued pursuant to a notice of exercise within 30 days of the Date of Exercise.

3.3	Where the Option is exercised only in part the balance shall remain exercisable on the same terms as originally applied to the whole Option.

3.4	In the event that a Tax Liability becomes due on the exercise of the Option, the Option may not be exercised unless:-

3.4.1

the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct or, where possible, withhold, an amount equal to the whole of the Tax Liability from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period; or

3.4.2

the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

3.4.3

3.4.4

the Executive enters into such other arrangements for the satisfaction of the Tax Liability as are acceptable to the Company.

3.5

The Executive shall at any time upon request join in with the Company or any other member of the Group or any other person in making any election or notice reasonably required by the Company or other member of the Group or other person (as applicable) for the purpose of ensuring that (to the extent permitted by law) the liability for all employer’s National Insurance Contributions (or any similar social security contributions) arising (a) as a consequence of the exercise of any Option or the acquisition of Shares pursuant to such exercise and (b) on any gain realised or deemed to have been realised by the Executive in respect of that Option is assumed and borne solely by the Executive and treated for all purposes as a liability falling on the Executive instead of on the Company or other member of the Group or other person (as applicable) and in entering into any arrangements required by HMRC for securing that any liability so assumed is duly paid by the Executive. The Executive shall not be required to enter into any election or notice pursuant to this Clause in the event that he enters into such other arrangements with the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) that are satisfactory to the Company, any member of the Group or any other person (as applicable) to discharge any liability referred to in this Clause.

3.6

The Executive agrees that if requested to do so by the Board he shall immediately upon exercise of the Option enter into an irrevocable joint election with his employing company pursuant to section 431 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) in a form specified by the Board that for the relevant tax purposes the market value of the Shares acquired is to be calculated as if the Shares were not restricted securities (as defined in section 423 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) and sections 425 to 430 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) are not to apply to such Shares.

3.7

The Executive hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and each member of the Group harmless against any Tax Liability and shall (on request) also indemnify them (to the extent permitted by law) against any employer’s National Insurance Contributions (or similar social security contributions) arising in the circumstances referred to in Clause 3.5.

3.8	The Executive hereby agrees that if the Option is exercised prior to a Listing the Executive shall, as a condition of such exercise, enter into a Subscription Agreement in the form approved by the Board.

4	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS

4.1

Sale or Asset Sale

4.1.1

4.1.2

In the event that the Board becomes aware that an offer has been made which, if completed, would lead to this Option becoming exerciseable under Clause 4.1.1 above, it may at its absolute discretion resolve that this Option becomes exercisable under clause 4.1.1 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1) within such period as is determined by the Board and notified to the Executive (prior to any Sale or Asset Sale as mentioned in clause 4.1.1) and, in the event that the Option is not exercised during this period, it shall lapse in full at the end of such period (notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement).

4.2

Listing

4.2.1

4.2.2

4.3

Exchange of Options

4.3.1

4.3.2

The new rights referred to in Clause 4.3.1 above shall not be regarded for the purposes of this Clause 4 as equivalent to the old rights unless

4.3.2.1

the new rights are granted to the Executive by reason of his employment with the Acquiring Company or any of its 51% subsidiaries;

4.3.2.2

4.3.2.3

4.4	Liquidation

If the Company passes an extraordinary resolution for dissolution and consequential voluntary winding up of the Company, the Option may be exercised until the commencement of such winding up (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to schedule 1).

4.5

5	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

5.1

In the event of any capitalisation or rights issue or any consolidation, sub-division or reduction or other variation of the share capital by the Company, or if any of the shares in the Company are to be converted to shares of another class pursuant to the provisions of the Articles, the limit on the number of Shares available under the Option, the number, class and nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option (the definition of “Shares” being adjusted accordingly) and the Exercise Price for each of those Shares may, at the discretion of the Company, be adjusted in such manner as the Board considers reasonable PROVIDED THAT:-

5.1.1

the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased (subject to clause 5.1.2); and

5.1.2

the Exercise Price for a Share is not reduced below its nominal value.

6	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY

6.1

If the Company is or is to be the subject of a transaction whereby all or substantially all of the issued share capital of the Company is or is to be exchanged for issued share capital in another company or body corporate, wherever incorporated, (the “New Company”) with the result that (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the New Company is (or is to be) substantially the same as the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the Company immediately prior to such transaction (the “Exchange”), the Executive shall (if so requested by the Company) release his rights (including his right to subscribe for Shares) under this Agreement (the “Old Option”) in consideration for the grant to him of equivalent rights granted by the New Company (including a right to subscribe for shares in the New Company) (the “New Option”). The determination of such equivalence shall be made in the sole discretion of the Board whose decision shall be final and binding.

6.2

The New Option shall be on terms and conditions that are (in the opinion of the Board) equivalent to the terms and conditions of this Agreement save that where a provision in this Agreement refers to the Company the corresponding provision in the agreement governing the New Option shall instead refer to the New Company, provided that:

6.2.1

the number (and class) of shares in the New Company subject to the New Option may be different to the number (and class) of Shares subject to the Old Option, provided that (in the opinion of the Board) there shall be no material enlargement or dilution of the Executive’s interest; and

6.2.2

the exercise price payable per share of the New Company under the New Option may be different to the Exercise Price per Share under the Old Option, provided that (i) the exercise price per share of the New Company under the New Option shall be at least the nominal value of such share and (ii) the aggregate exercise price for all of the shares of the New Company subject to the New Option immediately after the Exchange shall be substantially equivalent to the aggregate Exercise Price of all of the Shares subject to the Old Option immediately prior to the Exchange.

6.3

The Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as his attorney (“Attorney”) for all purposes referred to in this Agreement and irrevocably authorises the Attorney (on the Executive’s behalf) to execute any and all document(s) and to do any and all acts and things as the Attorney in its absolute discretion considers necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the release of the Old Option and grant of the New Option in connection with the Exchange.

6.4	The Executive hereby authorises the Attorney to:

6.4.1

delegate one or more of the powers conferred on the Attorney by this power of attorney (other than the power to delegate or appoint a substitute attorney) to an officer or officers appointed for that purpose by the board of directors of the Attorney, by resolution or otherwise, and vary or revoke such delegation at any time; and

6.4.2

appoint one or more persons to act as substitute attorney for the Executive and to exercise one or more of the powers conferred on the Attorney by this power of attorney and revoke any such appointment,

provided that neither of the above appointments shall constitute the appointment of a new attorney (for the same business of the mandate created by virtue of Clause 6.3 or otherwise) or the revocation of the said mandate given to the Attorney.

6.5	The Executive undertakes:

6.5.1

to ratify and confirm whatever any Attorney does or purports to do in good faith in exercising the powers conferred by this power of attorney; and

6.5.2

to indemnify each Attorney against all claims, losses, costs, expenses, damages or liability incurred by it as a result of acting in good faith (but not acting negligently or fraudulently) pursuant to this power of attorney (including any costs incurred in enforcing this indemnity).

6.6	The Executive declares that a person who deals with the Attorney in good faith may accept a written statement signed by the Attorney to the effect that this power of attorney has not been revoked as conclusive evidence of that fact.

6.7

The Executive agrees that the power of attorney and other authorities on the terms conferred by or referred to in this agreement are given by way of security for the performance of the obligations of the Executive and are irrevocable, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in accordance with section 4 of the Powers of Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and, in terms of Maltese law, article 1887 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16 of the Laws of Malta). Such power of attorney shall be irrevocable except with written consent of the Attorney.

6.8	The Board shall notify the Executive as soon as reasonably practicable following the Exchange of the release of the Old Option and the grant of the New Option.

7	MARKET STANDOFF

7.1

The Executive agrees that in the event of a Listing, with respect to any Shares acquired by the Executive pursuant to the exercise of the Option, subject to any early release provisions that apply pro rata to shareholders of the Company according to their holdings of shares in the Company (determined on an as-converted basis immediately prior to Listing), the Executive will not, if requested by the managing underwriter(s) in the initial underwritten sale of shares of the Company to the public (“Listed Shares”) pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “IPO”), for a period of up to one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement relating to such IPO, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of any Listed Shares or securities convertible into Listed Shares, except for: (i) transfers of shares permitted under Clause 7.2 hereof so long as such transferee furnishes to the Company and the managing underwriter their written consent to be bound by this clause as a condition precedent to such transfer; and (ii) sales of any securities to be included in the registration statement for the IPO. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Clause 7.1 shall only apply to the IPO. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company shall have the right to place restrictive legends on the certificates representing the shares subject to this clause and to impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the shares until the end of such period. The Executive further agrees to enter into any agreement reasonably required by the underwriters to implement the foregoing restrictions on transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registration of securities of the Company (a) under an employee benefit plan or (b) in a merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction.

7.2

The following transfers will be exempt from Clause 7.1: (i) the transfer of any or all of the shares during the Executive’s lifetime by gift or on the Executive’s death by will or intestacy to any member(s) of Executive’s “Immediate Family” (as defined below) or to a trust for the benefit of the Executive and/or member(s) of the Executive’s Immediate Family, provided that each transferee or other recipient agrees in a writing satisfactory to the Company that the provisions of Clause 7.1 will continue to apply to the transferred shares in the hands of such transferee or other

recipient. As used herein, the term “Immediate Family” will mean the Executive’s spouse, the lineal descendant or antecedent, father, mother, brother or sister, child, adopted child, grandchild or adopted grandchild of the Executive or the Executive’s spouse, or the spouse of any of the above or Spousal Equivalent, as defined herein. As used herein, a person is deemed to be a “Spousal Equivalent” provided the following circumstances are true: (i) irrespective of whether or not the transferee and the Spousal Equivalent are the same sex, they are the sole spousal equivalent of the other for the last twelve (12) months, (ii) they intend to remain so indefinitely, (iii) neither is married to anyone else, (iv) both are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract, (v) they are not related by blood to a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal marriage in the state in which they legally reside, (vi) they are jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and financial obligations, and (vii) they have resided together in the same residence for the last twelve (12) months and intend to do so indefinitely.

8	MISCELLANEOUS

8.1	This agreement shall be binding upon each party’s successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be) but except as expressly provided above none of the rights of the parties under this agreement may be assigned or transferred.

8.2	Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement:

8.2.1

8.2.2

8.2.3

8.3	Any notice, demand, proceeding or other communication to be given, made or served hereunder or by reference hereto shall be in writing and:

8.3.1

sent by first class prepaid or registered mail;

8.3.2

delivered personally; or

8.3.3

transmitted by telefacsimile (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, electronic mail),

to the party to be served at the addresses hereinbefore given (or at such other address or addresses within the United Kingdom (or such other jurisdiction in which the party resides) from time to time notified in writing by or on behalf of any such party or parties to the party serving the same).

8.4	Any such notice, demand, proceedings or other communication given, made or served pursuant to sub-clause 8.3 above shall be deemed to have been received and effectively served:-

8.4.1

upon the day of delivery or transmission if delivered by telefacsimile before the end of a Business Day; or

8.4.2

8.5

This Deed constitutes the whole agreement between the parties hereto. The Executive agrees that in entering into this Deed he does not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty or understanding other than as set out in this Deed. The only remedy available to the Executive in respect of any such statement, representation, warranty or understanding shall be for breach of contract under the terms of this Deed. Nothing in this sub-clause shall operate to exclude liability for fraud.

8.6

8.7

8.8

The Executive consents that the Company shall collect and process his/her personal data for the purposes set out in this agreement and in terms of the Data Protection Act (Cap. 440 of the Laws of Malta) or similar laws in other applicable jurisdictions. The Executive further consents to the processing and release of the information contained herein by the Company (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such person’s name, address, age and salary details) to any other members of the Group or any third parties in connection with the administration of this Option or for the purpose of complying with any legal obligations. To the extent required by law, the Executive has the right to access data which the Company holds about him, and, where applicable, the right to ask for a rectification or erasure of such data.

8.9	This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall constitute an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

8.10

A person who is not a party to this agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this agreement, save that any person which is obliged to account for any Tax Liability (or any employer’s national insurance contributions or similar in any other jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) shall be entitled to enforce clause 3. This clause does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act.

8.11	This agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any dispute arising in connection with this agreement will be brought before the Courts of England and Wales.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed this Agreement as a Deed on the date set out above.


EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL	)
HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED	)
acting by a director in the presence	)
of a witness:-	)	________________________________
		Director



Witness’ Signature:		________________________________

Witness’ Name:		________________________________

Witness’ Address:		________________________________

Witness’ Occupation:		________________________________


EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
[NAME]	)	________________________________
in the presence of:-	)



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Schedule 1

General Vesting

For the purposes of this agreement:

[Vesting Schedule]

and the Option shall be exercisable at any time after the date it has first vested (to the extent vested).

Notwithstanding any of the above:

(a)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date on which the Executive ceases to be employed by (or a director of) the Company or any member of the Group unless the Board (having obtained the consent of the Investor Director) determines otherwise; and

(b)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date of a Sale (save to the extent the Board, having obtained the consent of the Investor Director, determine otherwise);

and the Option shall lapse immediately with respect to those Option Shares that shall not vest.

Appendix: Articles of Association of the Company

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C.

AND

[—]

INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT

(Europe & Rest-of-World)

CONTENTS



1	DEFINITIONS	3

2	GRANT OF OPTION	7

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS	8

4	TAXATION MATTERS	9

5	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS	9

6	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL	11

7	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY	12

8	POWER OF ATTORNEY	13

9	MARKET STANDOFF	15

10	MISCELLANEOUS	16

OPTION AGREEMENT DATE [—]

BETWEEN:

(1)

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C., company number C40465, a public limited company whose registered office is at Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xx Julian’s, STJ 3140, Malta (the “Company”) and;

(2)

[—] of [—] (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

(A)	The Executive is a key employee and/or director within the Group at the date of this agreement.

(B)	The Company wishes to grant to the Executive an option to acquire Shares (as defined in this agreement) upon and subject to the terms of this agreement.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings and, unless the context requires otherwise (or the term is otherwise defined herein) the terms defined in the Articles shall have the same meanings in this agreement:

“Acquiring Company”

means a company which acquires shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a Sale;

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company in effect from time to time;

“Asset Sale”

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Date of Exercise”

means the date on which the Company receives both the written notice and any payment (if required) referred to in Clause 3.1;

“Dealing Code”

means any code or regulations adopted by any relevant listing authority or stock exchange which restricts dealings in securities issued by the Company and/or such other rules and regulations adopted by the Company which govern dealing in Shares, interests in Shares, options or rights over Shares or interests in Shares;

“Effective Date”

[—];

“Eligible Person”

means any individual who is an employee or director of a member of the Group;

“Exercise Price”

means the sum of [—] per Option Share, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 6;

“Good Leaver”

means the Executive ceasing to be an employee and/or director of any member of the Group:

(a)

as a result of his death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with his contract of employment; or

(b)

due to dismissal of the Executive by the Company or any member of the Group without notice or payment in lieu in circumstances where the Company or other member of the Group is not entitled to summarily dismiss or, if the Executive is located in Romania (in which case the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (b) shall not apply), due to dismissal of the Executive by the Company or any member of the Group due to reasons not related to the Executive’s fault; or

(c)

in circumstances where the Board determines (subject to the Investor Director voting in favour of such determination) in its absolute discretion the Executive to be a Good Leaver;

“Grant Date”

[—];

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“HMRC”

means HM Revenue & Customs (or any other taxation or other authority in any other jurisdiction, as applicable);

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“ITEPA”

means the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000;

“Liquidation”

whether voluntary or compulsory, means the passing of a resolution for the winding-up of the Company;

“Listing”

means:

(a)

the admission of all or any of the shares in the capital of the Company to trading on a market for listed securities designated by the Financial Markets Act (Cap. 345 of the laws of Malta) as a Recognized Investment Exchange (as defined in the Articles), together with the admission of such shares to the relevant Official List (as defined in the Articles); or

(b)

“Market Value”

means on any day the market value of a Share determined in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Xxx 0000 or, if the Shares are quoted on the official list of a Recognized Investment Exchange, the average of the middle market quotations of a Share as derived from the relevant Official List for the three immediately preceding dealing days;

“Option”

means the right to acquire Shares granted under this agreement;

“Option Shares”

means the [—] Shares which are the subject of the Option;

“Sale”

has the meaning given in the Articles, save that unless the Board (and the Investor Director) determine otherwise, it shall not constitute a Sale where the person (or Connected Persons or group of persons Acting in Concert (as defined in the Articles)) acquiring or obtaining shares in the circumstances giving rise to the “Sale” are (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) Apax entities;

“Share”

means a D1 Ordinary Share of €0.000149 in the capital of the Company (or such other nominal value as may be determined by the Company in general meeting from time to time);

“Tax Liability”

the amount of income tax, withholding tax and/or employee social security contributions (or any similar taxes in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) which the Company or other member of the Group would be required to account for to HMRC (a) as a consequence of the Executive exercising the Option or acquiring Shares pursuant to such exercise and/or (b) on any gain realised or deemed to have been realised by the Executive in respect of the Option or the Option Shares, provided that employer’s national insurance contributions (or similar contributions in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) shall not constitute Tax Liabilities and such amounts shall be payable by the Company or other member of the Group.

1.2	So far as not inconsistent with the context:-

1.2.1

Any reference herein to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

1.2.2

All references to the masculine gender shall be deemed also to be references to the feminine gender and all references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

1.2.3

All references to clauses or sub-clauses are unless the context otherwise requires to clauses or sub-clauses of this agreement.

1.2.4

The headings to clauses of this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

2	GRANT OF OPTION

2.1	The Company hereby grants to the Executive the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement, exercisable to the extent that the Option has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, Schedule 1, to purchase the Option Shares for the Exercise Price.

2.2	The Option is granted on the Grant Date.

2.3

The Option may be exercised in whole or in part, and if exercised in part the Option shall remain exercisable in respect of the remaining Option Shares on the same terms hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and following a Listing the Option may not be exercised at any time when such exercise is prohibited by any Dealing Code.

2.4	The Option is personal to the Executive. It may not be transferred, assigned or charged or otherwise alienated and any purported transfer, assignment, charge or other alienation shall cause the Option to lapse forthwith. The Option may be surrendered at any time by the Executive.

2.5	The Option shall lapse automatically (in so far as it has not been exercised) on the earliest of:-

2.5.1

the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

2.5.2

the date on which it lapses under Clause 2.4;

2.5.3

2.5.4

the Executive being adjudicated bankrupt by a court of law;

2.5.5

forthwith upon the Executive ceasing to be an Eligible Person other than in circumstances where the Executive is a Good Leaver;

2.5.6

the date falling 90 calendar days after the Executive ceases to be an Eligible Person in circumstances where the Executive is a Good Leaver (or such longer period as the Board, having obtained the consent of the Investor Director, may determine in its absolute discretion); and

2.5.7

unless the Board determines otherwise, on completion of any Exchange if the Executive has not entered into an agreement for the grant of a New Option in accordance with Clause 7.

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

3.1

To the extent that the Option has become exercisable pursuant to this agreement, the Option may be exercised (in whole or in part) by the Executive, or as the case may be his personal representatives, giving prior notice in writing to the Company specifying the number of Shares in respect of which he wishes to exercise the Option accompanied by:

3.1.1

the payment of the total Exercise Price due in respect of the number of Shares specified in the exercise notice, save to the extent that the Executive has made other arrangements for the payment of the total Exercise Price (such as, after Listing, the Executive selling sufficient number of the Shares as generates proceeds to pay the Exercise Price and using those proceeds to satisfy the same) which are satisfactory to the Company or the Company permits the cashless exercise of the Option pursuant to Clause 3.5; and

3.1.2

if required by the Company, the amount due under Clause 4 in respect of any Tax Liability.

3.2

Where the Option has been properly exercised, the Shares in respect of which the Option has been exercised shall be issued or transferred pursuant to a notice of exercise within 30 calendar days of the Date of Exercise. Where any Dealing Code prohibits the issue or transfer of the relevant Shares during such 30 day period, such 30 day period shall be extended by the number of days (plus three further days) during which the prohibition applies.

3.3	Where the Option is exercised only in part the balance shall remain exercisable on the same terms as originally applied to the whole Option.

3.4

The Executive hereby agrees that if the Option is exercised prior to a Listing the Executive shall, as a condition of such exercise, enter into a subscription agreement in respect of the Option Shares (the “Subscription Agreement”) and a deed of adherence to a shareholders agreement, each in the form approved by the Board.

3.5

Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, if the Executive serves a valid exercise notice and, as a result, the Company is obliged to issue or transfer a number of Shares to the Executive in exchange for the payment of a corresponding Exercise Price then the Company shall, at its sole discretion and subject always to applicable law, be entitled to satisfy that obligation by issuing, transferring or procuring the transfer to the Executive (at no cost to the Executive or at a cost which reflects only the nominal value of the relevant Shares) such reduced number of Shares as will (in the opinion of the Board) deliver equivalent value to the Executive.

4	TAXATION MATTERS

4.1	In the event that a Tax Liability becomes due on the exercise of the Option, the Option may not be exercised unless:-

4.1.1

the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct or, where possible, withhold, an amount equal to the whole of the Tax Liability from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period; or

4.1.2

the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

4.1.3

4.1.4

the Executive enters into such other arrangements for the satisfaction of the Tax Liability as are acceptable to the Company.

4.2

The Executive agrees that if requested to do so by the Board he shall immediately upon exercise of the Option enter into an irrevocable joint election with his employing company (or the company of which he is a director) pursuant to section 431 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) in a form specified by the Board that for the relevant tax purposes the market value of the Shares acquired is to be calculated as if the Shares were not restricted securities (as defined in section 423 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) and sections 425 to 430 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) are not to apply to such Shares.

4.3	The Executive hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and each member of the Group harmless against any Tax Liability.

5	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS

5.1

Sale or Asset Sale

5.1.1

In the event that a Sale or an Asset Sale takes place, the Option may be exercised within 40 calendar days of such Sale or Asset Sale (as applicable) occurring (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1).

5.1.2

In the event that the Board becomes aware that an offer has been made which, if completed, would lead to this Option becoming exercisable under Clause 5.1.1, it may at its absolute discretion resolve that this Option becomes exercisable under Clause 5.1.1 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1) within such period as is determined by the Board and notified to the Executive (prior to any Sale or Asset Sale as mentioned in Clause 5.1.1) and, in the event that the Option is not exercised during this period, it shall lapse in full at the end of such period (notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement).

5.2

Listing

5.2.1

An Option may be exercised on or following a Listing in accordance with Clause 5.2.2 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1).

5.2.2

As soon as the Board has become aware that firm negotiations have been entered into or firm proposals have been made for the Listing, the Board may notify the Executive that such negotiations or proposals have been entered into or made. Within one week of such notification, the Executive may exercise the Option (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1). The Board may specify in the notification that the exercise of the Option under this Clause 5.2.2 shall be conditional upon completion of the Listing (and for the purposes of this Clause 5.2, “completion” in relation to a Listing shall be the admission or granting of permission referred to in the definition of “Listing”) and in such a case, in the event that the Listing does not proceed, the notice of exercise shall be deemed never to have been served.

5.3

Exchange of Options

5.3.1

In the event that a Sale takes place, the Executive may at any time within six months of the Sale by agreement with the Acquiring Company release his rights under the Option (in this clause referred to as “the old rights”) in consideration for the grant to him of rights (in this clause referred to as “the new rights”) which are equivalent to the old rights but relate to shares in a different company.

5.3.2

The new rights referred to in Clause 5.3.1 above shall not be regarded for the purposes of this Clause 5 as equivalent to the old rights unless:

5.3.2.1

the new rights are granted to the Executive by reason of his employment with the Acquiring Company or any of its 51% subsidiaries;

5.3.2.2

the total Market Value of the Shares which are the subject of the Option immediately before the release of the Executive’s old rights is substantially equivalent to the total Market Value of the shares (which are the subject of the new rights) immediately after the grant of the new rights to the Executive; and

5.3.2.3

5.3.3

Where any new rights are granted pursuant to this Clause 5.3 this agreement shall in relation to the new rights be construed as if references to the Company and to the Shares were references to the Acquiring Company or as the case may be to the company in whose shares the new rights relate and to the shares of the Acquiring Company or of the other company in whose shares the new rights relate.

5.4

Liquidation

6	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

6.1

In the event of any capitalisation or rights issue or any consolidation, sub-division or reduction or other variation of the share capital by the Company, or if any of the shares in the Company are to be converted to shares of another class pursuant to the provisions of the Articles (including, but not limited to, a conversion of D1 Ordinary Shares into A Ordinary Shares and/or Deferred Shares (as defined in the Articles) immediately prior to a Listing), the limit on the number of Shares available under the Option, the number, class and nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option (the definition of “Shares” being adjusted accordingly) and the Exercise Price for each of those Shares may, at the discretion of the Company, be adjusted in such manner as the Board considers reasonable PROVIDED THAT:-

6.1.1

the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased (subject to Clause 6.1.2); and

6.1.2

the Exercise Price for a Share is not reduced below its nominal value.

7	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY

7.1

If the Company is or is to be the subject of a transaction whereby all or substantially all of the issued share capital of the Company is or is to be exchanged for issued share capital in another company or body corporate wherever incorporated, (the “New Company”) with the result that (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the New Company is (or is to be) substantially the same as the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the Company immediately prior to such transaction (the “Exchange”), the Executive shall (if so requested by the Company) release his rights (including his right to acquire Shares) under this agreement (the “Old Option”) in consideration for the grant to him of equivalent rights granted by the New Company (including a right to acquire shares in the New Company) (the “New Option”). The determination of such equivalence shall be made in the sole discretion of the Board whose decision shall be final and binding.

7.2

The New Option shall be on terms and conditions that are (in the opinion of the Board) equivalent to the terms and conditions of this agreement save that where a provision in this agreement refers to the Company the corresponding provision in the agreement governing the New Option (the “New Option Agreement”) shall (unless the Board considers the context requires otherwise) instead refer to the New Company, provided that:

7.2.1

7.2.2

7.3

The New Option Agreement may take account of any other matters (such as, without limitation, variations between the Articles and the constitutional documents governing the corporation or company in which the New Shares are issued and in the case of the corporation or company being incorporated in another jurisdiction, differences between the laws of Malta and the laws applicable to such company or corporations) that the Board considers necessary or desirable to give effect to the commercial intention of the arrangement envisaged by this agreement.

8	POWER OF ATTORNEY

8.1	The Executive:

8.1.1

hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as his attorney (“Attorney”) for all purposes referred to in this agreement or any New Option Agreement and irrevocably authorises the Attorney (on the Executive’s behalf) to execute any and all document(s) and to do any and all acts and things as the Attorney in its absolute discretion considers necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the terms of this agreement, the New Option Agreement, the terms of the Articles (or the articles of association of the New Company) or the release of the Old Option and grant of the New Option in connection with the Exchange. Every attorney that may be appointed by virtue of this clause shall be considered to act singly as the true and lawful attorney of the Executive with full power of substitution as specified herein;

8.1.2

agrees that the Attorney may in his name or otherwise on the Executive’s behalf:

8.1.2.1

execute any New Option Agreement on the Executive’s behalf; and/or

8.1.2.2

approve any alteration to this agreement or the New Option Agreement pursuant to Clause 6 (or equivalent provisions of the New Option Agreement).

8.2	The Executive hereby authorises the Attorney to:

8.2.1

8.2.2

provided that neither of the above appointments shall constitute the appointment of a new attorney (for the same business of the mandate created by virtue of Clause 8.1 or otherwise) or the revocation of the said mandate given to the Attorney.

8.3	The Executive undertakes:

8.3.1

to ratify and confirm whatever any Attorney does or purports to do in good faith in exercising the powers conferred by this power of attorney and hereby ratifies and confirms and agrees to ratify and confirm any act whatsoever the Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done and all documents executed by the Attorney in the exercise or proposed exercise of all or any of his powers; and

8.3.2

to indemnify and hold each Attorney harmless against all claims, losses, costs, expenses, damages or liability incurred by it as a result of acting in good faith (but not acting negligently or fraudulently) pursuant to this power of attorney (including any costs incurred in enforcing this indemnity).

8.4

The Executive declares that a person who deals with the Attorney in good faith may accept a written statement signed by the Attorney to the effect that this power of attorney has not been revoked as conclusive evidence of that fact. The Attorney is expressly authorised to act under this Power of Attorney.

8.5	The Executive agrees that the Attorney shall not accept any responsibility and shall not be under any liability for any act or omission of the Attorney or any of its representatives (save in the case of the Attorney’s own fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct).

8.6

The Executive agrees that the power of attorney and other authorities on the terms conferred by or referred to in this agreement are given by way of security for the performance of the obligations of the Executive and are irrevocable, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in accordance with section 4 of the Powers of Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and, in terms of Maltese law in so far as it may be applicable, article 1887 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16 of the Laws of Malta). Such power of attorney shall be irrevocable except with written consent of the Attorney.

8.7

The Board shall notify the Executive as soon as reasonably practicable following an Exchange of the release of the Old Option and the grant of the New Option or of any pre-Listing restructuring, reconstruction or amalgamation involving the share capital of the Company or New Company. Notwithstanding such release the power of attorney granted under this Clause 8 shall remain valid, binding and in existence.

9	MARKET STANDOFF

9.1

The Executive agrees that in the event of a Listing, with respect to any Shares acquired by the Executive pursuant to the exercise of the Option, subject to any early release provisions that apply pro rata to shareholders of the Company according to their holdings of shares in the Company (determined on an as-converted basis immediately prior to Listing), the Executive will not, if requested by the managing underwriter(s) in the initial underwritten sale of shares of the Company to the public (“Listed Shares”) pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “IPO”), for a period of up to one hundred eighty (180) calendar days following the effective date of the registration statement relating to such IPO, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of any Listed Shares or securities convertible into Listed Shares, except for: (i) transfers of Shares permitted under Clause 9.2 so long as such transferee furnishes to the Company and the managing underwriter their written consent to be bound by this clause as a condition precedent to such transfer; and (ii) sales of any securities to be included in the registration statement for the IPO. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Clause 9.1 shall only apply to the IPO. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company shall have the right to place restrictive legends on the certificates representing the Shares subject to this clause and to impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the Shares until the end of such period. The Executive further agrees to enter into any agreement reasonably required by the underwriters to implement the foregoing restrictions on transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registration of securities of the Company (a) under an employee benefit plan or (b) in a merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction.

9.2

recipient. The term “Immediate Family” means the Executive’s spouse, the lineal descendant or antecedent, father, mother, brother or sister, child, adopted child, grandchild or adopted grandchild of the Executive or the Executive’s spouse, or the spouse of any of the above or Spousal Equivalent. A person is deemed to be a “Spousal Equivalent” provided the following circumstances are true: (i) irrespective of whether or not the transferee and the Spousal Equivalent are the same sex, they are the sole spousal equivalent of the other for the last twelve (12) months, (ii) they intend to remain so indefinitely, (iii) neither is married to anyone else, (iv) both are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract, (v) they are not related by blood to a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal marriage in the state in which they legally reside, (vi) they are jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and financial obligations, and (vii) they have resided together in the same residence for the last twelve (12) months and intend to do so indefinitely.

10	MISCELLANEOUS

10.1

The terms of this agreement shall in all respects be administered by the Board, and in the event of any dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation of this agreement, or as to any question or right arising from or related to this agreement, the decision of the Board shall be final and binding upon all persons.

10.2	Subject to Clause 8, the Board may at any time and from time to time make any alterations to this agreement which it thinks fit provided that:

10.2.1

any alteration to this agreement which is necessary to comply with or to take account of any applicable legislation or statutory regulations or any change in them, or any requirements of any tax authority or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation, exchange and/or regulatory treatment for the Company, any Group member or the Executive, may be made without the consent of the Executive; and

10.2.2

(subject to Clause 10.2.1) no alteration which would materially and unfairly increase the liability of the Executive or materially and unfairly decrease the value of his subsisting rights under this agreement shall be made without the Executive’s prior written consent.

10.3	Subject to Clause 10.2 and Clause 8, no variation of this agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties to this agreement.

10.4	This agreement shall be binding upon each party’s successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be) but except as expressly provided herein none of the rights of the parties under this Agreement may be assigned or transferred.

10.5	Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement:

10.5.1

this agreement shall not form part of any contract of employment or office between the Company or any other member of the Group and the Executive and the rights and obligations of the Executive under the terms of his office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group shall not be affected by this agreement and this agreement shall afford the Executive no additional rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of such office or employment for any reason whatsoever;

10.5.2

10.5.3

the Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation or damages for any loss or potential loss which he may suffer by reason of being unable to exercise the Option in consequence of the loss or termination of his office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group for any reason whatsoever.

10.6	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this agreement may be given:

10.6.1

by personal delivery or by sending the same by post, to the Executive at his last known address, or to the address of the place of business at which he performs the whole or substantially the whole of his duties of his office or employment, and to the Company at its registered office and where a notice or other communication is given by post, it shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after it was put into the post properly addressed and stamped; or

10.6.2

to the Executive by electronic communication to his usual business address or to such other address for the time being notified for that purpose to the person giving the notice.

10.7

This agreement constitutes the whole agreement between the parties hereto. The Executive agrees that in entering into this agreement he does not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty or understanding other than as set out in this agreement. The only remedy available to the Executive in respect of any such statement, representation, warranty or understanding shall be for breach of contract under the terms of this agreement. Nothing in this sub-clause shall operate to exclude liability for fraud.

10.8

The Executive shall be responsible for obtaining any governmental or other official consent that may be required by any country or jurisdiction in order to permit the grant or exercise of the Option. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Group shall be responsible for any failure by the Executive to obtain any such consent or for any tax or other liability to which the Executive may become subject as a result of his exercise of the Option.

10.9

After exercise of the Option and issuance or transfer of the Option Shares, the Executive shall become bound by the provisions of the Articles (a copy of which is appended to and forms part of this agreement) and in particular in relation to the provisions relating to the transfer of shares which are contained in the Articles.

10.10

Subject to Clause 10.11, the Executive consents that the Company shall collect and process his/her personal data for the purposes set out in this agreement and in terms of the Data Protection Act (Cap. 440 of the Laws of Malta) or similar laws in other applicable jurisdictions. The Executive further consents to the processing and release of the information contained herein by the Company (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such person’s name, address, age and salary details) to any other members of the Group or any third parties in connection with the administration of this Option or for the purpose of complying with any legal obligations. To the extent required by law, the Executive has the right to access data which the Company holds about him, and, where applicable, the right to ask for a rectification or erasure of such data.

10.11

This Clause 10.11 shall only apply if the Executive is located in Romania, in which case Clause 10.10 will not apply. The Executive consents that the Company shall collect and process his/her name, address, age and salary details for the purposes of participating in the Option as set out in this agreement and in terms of the Data Protection Act (Cap. 440 of the Laws of Malta) or similar laws in other applicable jurisdictions (such as the Romanian law 677/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data). The Executive further consents to the processing and release of the information contained herein by the Company to any other members of the Group or any third parties in connection with the administration of this Option within the EU and EEA. In respect of such processing the Executive has the following rights: the right of free

access to the data, the right to be informed, the right to interfere with the data and to request the amendment or deletion thereof, the right to oppose to the processing of the respective personal data, the right not to be subject to an individual decision based on automatic processing and the right to address to a court of law for a rectification or erasure of such data.

10.12

This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall constitute an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

10.13

A person who is not a party to this agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this agreement, save that any person which is obliged to account for any Tax Liability shall be entitled to enforce Clause 4 and that any holding company of the Company (from time to time) may enforce any of the provisions of this agreement (“holding company” having the meaning given in section 1159 Companies Xxx 0000 for this purpose (but, for the purposes of section 1159(1) of the Companies Xxx 0000, a company shall be treated as a member of another company if any shares in that other company are registered in the name of either (a) a person by way of security (where the company has provided the security) or (b) a person as nominee for the company)). This clause does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act. The Company may assign any of its rights under this agreement.

10.14

This agreement (including the power of attorney granted hereunder) shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this agreement.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed this agreement as a Deed on the date set out above.


EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL	)
HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C.	)
acting by a director in the presence	)
of a witness:-	)	________________________________
		Director


Witness’ Signature:		__________________________________

Witness’ Name:		__________________________________

Witness’ Address:		King, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx

		0 Xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX

Witness’ Occupation:		Solicitor


Witness’ Signature:		__________________________________

Witness’ Name:		__________________________________

Witness’ Address:		King, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx

		0 Xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX

Witness’ Occupation:		Solicitor

Schedule 1

General Vesting

For the purposes of this agreement:

1.	one [quarter] of the Option Shares shall vest [12] months after the Effective Date;

2.	a further [one twelfth] of the balance of the Option Shares shall vest [15] months after the Effective Date with an additional [one twelfth] vesting after each [3] month period thereafter (with the intent that 100% of the Option Shares will have vested [48] months after the Effective Date);

and the Option shall be exercisable at any time after the date it has first vested (to the extent vested).

Notwithstanding any of the above:

(a)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date on which the Executive ceases to be employed by (or a director of) the Company or any member of the Group unless the Board (having obtained the consent of the Investor Director) determines otherwise; and

(b)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date of a Sale (save to the extent the Board, having obtained the consent of the Investor Director, determines otherwise);

and the Option shall lapse immediately with respect to those Option Shares that shall not vest.

Appendix: Articles of Association of the Company

With Change of Control Termination

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C.

AND

[•]

INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT

(Europe & Rest-of-World)

CONTENTS



1	DEFINITIONS	3

2	GRANT OF OPTION	8

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS	9

4	TAXATION MATTERS	10

5	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS	11

6	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL	13

7	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY	13

8	POWER OF ATTORNEY	15

9	MARKET STANDOFF	16

10	MISCELLANEOUS	18

With Change of Control Termination

OPTION AGREEMENT DATED [•]

BETWEEN:

(1)

(2)

[•] of [•] (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

(A)	The Executive is a key employee and/or director within the Group at the date of this agreement.

(B)	The Company wishes to grant to the Executive an option to acquire Shares (as defined in this agreement) upon and subject to the terms of this agreement.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings and, unless the context requires otherwise (or the term is otherwise defined herein) the terms defined in the Articles shall have the same meanings in this agreement:

“Acquiring Company”

means a company which acquires shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a Sale;

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company in effect from time to time;

“Asset Sale”

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

With Change of Control Termination

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Change of Control Period”

means a period that commences on the date that falls three months prior to the date of exchange of contracts in relation to an applicable Sale and terminates on the date that falls 12 months immediately after the completion of an applicable Sale;

“Change of Control Termination”

means the termination of the employment of the Executive during a Change of Control Period where:

(a)

the Company or other relevant member of the Group serves notice to terminate the employment of the Executive, save where it is entitled summarily to terminate the Executive’s employment without notice or payment in lieu of notice under the Service Agreement; or

(b)

the Executive terminates their employment with the Company or any relevant member of the Group with or without notice for Good Reason (other than in circumstances where the Company or other relevant member of the Group has reasonable grounds for summary dismissal without notice or payment in lieu of notice under the Service Agreement) provided that the Executive must, before he terminates his employment for Good Reason, and if (on a reasonable view) the circumstances that constitutes Good Reason are remediable, have first given the Company or relevant member of the Group a written notice stating clearly the event or circumstance that constitutes Good Reason in his belief, acting in good faith, and given the Company or relevant member of the Group a period of not less than 15 working days to cure the event or circumstance allegedly constituting Good Reason and no Good Reason shall exist if on a reasonable view the event or circumstance is cured by the Company or relevant member of the Group;

“Date of Exercise”

means the date on which the Company receives both the written notice and any payment (if required) referred to in Clause 3.1;

“Dealing Code”

With Change of Control Termination

“Effective Date”

[•];

“Eligible Person”

means any individual who is an employee or director of a member of the Group;

“Exercise Price”

means the sum of [•] per Option Share, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 6;

“Good Leaver”

means the Executive ceasing to be an employee and/or director of any member of the Group:

(a)

as a result of his death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with his contract of employment; or

(b)

(c)

in circumstances where the Board determines (subject to the Investor Director voting in favour of such determination) in its absolute discretion the Executive to be a Good Leaver; or

(d)

in circumstances where either (i) the Company or other relevant member of the Group serves notice to terminate the employment of the Executive; or (ii) the Executive serves notice to terminate their employment with the Company or relevant member of the Group for a Good Reason; in each case in circumstances other than where the Company or relevant member of the Group is entitled summarily to terminate the Executive’s employment without notice or payment in lieu of notice under the Service Agreement; or

(e)

in circumstances where the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or any member of the Group constitutes a Change of Control Termination;

With Change of Control Termination

“Good Reason”

means grounds that entitle the Executive to treat himself as being constructively dismissed [(within the meaning of section 95(1)(c) of the Employment Rights Act 1996)] [UK only] as may be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Examples of such grounds may include, but are not limited to, circumstances where the Executive is required to permanently relocate outside of [Greater London], where the Executive’s pay is unilaterally reduced, where the Company is in material breach of the Service Agreement, or where on a Sale the acquiring entity did not give the Executive options, compensation or equity of at least the same value as the value of any shares under option (net of exercise price) held by the Executive which are no longer capable of vesting or being exercised after such Sale;

“Grant Date”

[•];

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“HMRC”

means HM Revenue & Customs (or any other taxation or other authority in any other jurisdiction, as applicable);

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“ITEPA”

means the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000;

“Liquidation”

whether voluntary or compulsory, means the passing of a resolution for the winding-up of the Company;

“Listing”

means:

(a)

the admission of all or any of the shares in the capital of the Company to trading on a market for listed securities designated by the Financial Markets Act (Cap. 345 of the laws of Malta) as a Recognized Investment Exchange (as defined in the Articles), together with the admission of such shares to the relevant Official List (as defined in the Articles); or

(b)

With Change of Control Termination

“Market Value”

“Option”

means the right to acquire Shares granted under this agreement;

“Option Shares”

means the [•] Shares which are the subject of the Option;

“Sale”

“Service Agreement”

the Executive’s service agreement with [employer], dated •, as amended from time to time;

“Share”

means a D1 Ordinary Share of €0.000149 in the capital of the Company (or such other nominal value as may be determined by the Company in general meeting from time to time);

“Tax Liability”

With Change of Control Termination

1.2	So far as not inconsistent with the context:-

1.2.1

Any reference herein to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

1.2.2

All references to the masculine gender shall be deemed also to be references to the feminine gender and all references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

1.2.3

All references to clauses or sub-clauses are unless the context otherwise requires to clauses or sub-clauses of this agreement.

1.2.4

The headings to clauses of this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

2	GRANT OF OPTION

2.1	The Company hereby grants to the Executive the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement, exercisable to the extent that the Option has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, Schedule 1, to purchase the Option Shares for the Exercise Price.

2.2	The Option is granted on the Grant Date.

2.3

2.4	The Option is personal to the Executive. It may not be transferred, assigned or charged or otherwise alienated and any purported transfer, assignment, charge or other alienation shall cause the Option to lapse forthwith. The Option may be surrendered at any time by the Executive.

2.5	The Option shall lapse automatically (in so far as it has not been exercised) on the earliest of:-

2.5.1

the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

2.5.2

the date on which it lapses under Clause 2.4;

With Change of Control Termination

2.5.3

unless the Company otherwise decides (it being able to impose such conditions as it sees fit in the event that it exercises its discretion in this regard), 40 calendar days after the Option has become exercisable in accordance with Clause 5 (but excluding Clause 5.2) save that where the Executive is employed by a member of the Group on the date of a Sale and such Sale would otherwise cause the Option to lapse under this clause 2.5.3 the Option shall lapse only in respect of such of the Option Shares as have vested as at the relevant lapse date, the balance of the Option lapsing under this clause 2.5.3 12 calendar months after the date of the Sale;

2.5.4

the Executive being adjudicated bankrupt by a court of law;

2.5.5

forthwith upon the Executive ceasing to be an Eligible Person other than in circumstances where the Executive is a Good Leaver;

2.5.6

2.5.7

unless the Board determines otherwise, on completion of any Exchange if the Executive has not entered into an agreement for the grant of a New Option in accordance with Clause 7.

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

3.1

3.1.1

3.1.2

if required by the Company, the amount due under Clause 4 in respect of any Tax Liability.

3.2

With Change of Control Termination

3.3	Where the Option is exercised only in part the balance shall remain exercisable on the same terms as originally applied to the whole Option.

3.4

3.5

4	TAXATION MATTERS

4.1	In the event that a Tax Liability becomes due on the exercise of the Option, the Option may not be exercised unless:-

4.1.1

the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct or, where possible, withhold, an amount equal to the whole of the Tax Liability from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period; or

4.1.2

the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

4.1.3

4.1.4

the Executive enters into such other arrangements for the satisfaction of the Tax Liability as are acceptable to the Company.

With Change of Control Termination

4.2

4.3	The Executive hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and each member of the Group harmless against any Tax Liability.

5	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS

5.1

Sale or Asset Sale

5.1.1

5.1.2

In the event that the Board becomes aware that an offer has been made which, if completed, would lead to this Option becoming exercisable under Clause 5.1.1, it may at its absolute discretion resolve that this Option becomes exercisable under Clause 5.1.1 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1) within such period as is determined by the Board and notified to the Executive (prior to any Sale or Asset Sale as mentioned in Clause 5.1.1) and, in the event that the Option is not exercised during this period, it shall lapse to the extent provided by clause 2.5.3 but as if the reference to “40 calendar days after the Option has become exercisable in accordance with clause 5 (but excluding clause 5.2)” in that clause reads “on the expiry of the period determined by the Board under clause 5.1.2”.

With Change of Control Termination

5.2

Listing

5.2.1

5.2.2

As soon as the Board has become aware that firm negotiations have been entered into or firm proposals have been made for the Listing, the Board may notify the Executive that such negotiations or proposals have been entered into or made. Within one week of such notification, the Executive may exercise the Option (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1). The Board may specify in the notification that the exercise of the Option under this Clause 5.2.2 shall be conditional upon completion of the Listing (and for the purposes of this Clause 5.2, “completion” in relation to a Listing shall be the admission or granting of permission referred to in the definition of “Listing”) and in such a case, in the event that the Listing does not proceed, the notice of exercise shall be deemed never to have been served.

5.3

Exchange of Options

5.3.1

5.3.2

The new rights referred to in Clause 5.3.1 above shall not be regarded for the purposes of this Clause 5 as equivalent to the old rights unless:

5.3.2.1

the new rights are granted to the Executive by reason of his employment with the Acquiring Company or any of its 51% subsidiaries;

5.3.2.2

5.3.2.3

With Change of Control Termination

5.3.3

5.4

Liquidation

6	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

6.1

In the event of any capitalisation or rights issue or any consolidation, sub-division or reduction or other variation of the share capital by the Company, or if any of the shares in the Company are to be converted to shares of another class pursuant to the provisions of the Articles (including, but not limited to, a conversion of D1 Ordinary Shares into A Ordinary Shares and/or Deferred Shares (as defined in the Articles) immediately prior to a Listing), the limit on the number of Shares available under the Option, the number, class and nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option (the definition of “Shares” being adjusted accordingly) and the Exercise Price for each of those Shares may, at the discretion of the Company, be adjusted in such manner as the Board considers reasonable PROVIDED THAT:-

6.1.1

the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased (subject to Clause 6.1.2); and

6.1.2

the Exercise Price for a Share is not reduced below its nominal value.

7	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY

7.1

With Change of Control Termination

substantially the same as the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the Company immediately prior to such transaction (the “Exchange”), the Executive shall (if so requested by the Company) release his rights (including his right to acquire Shares) under this agreement (the “Old Option”) in consideration for the grant to him of equivalent rights granted by the New Company (including a right to acquire shares in the New Company) (the “New Option”). The determination of such equivalence shall be made in the sole discretion of the Board whose decision shall be final and binding.

7.2

7.2.1

7.2.2

7.3

With Change of Control Termination

8	POWER OF ATTORNEY

8.1	The Executive:

8.1.1

8.1.2

agrees that the Attorney may in his name or otherwise on the Executive’s behalf:

8.1.2.1

execute any New Option Agreement on the Executive’s behalf; and/or

8.1.2.2

approve any alteration to this agreement or the New Option Agreement pursuant to Clause 6 (or equivalent provisions of the New Option Agreement).

8.2	The Executive hereby authorises the Attorney to:

8.2.1

8.2.2

With Change of Control Termination

8.3	The Executive undertakes:

8.3.1

8.3.2

8.4

8.5	The Executive agrees that the Attorney shall not accept any responsibility and shall not be under any liability for any act or omission of the Attorney or any of its representatives (save in the case of the Attorney’s own fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct).

8.6

The Executive agrees that the power of attorney and other authorities on the terms conferred by or referred to in this agreement are given by way of security for the performance of the obligations of the Executive and are irrevocable, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in accordance with section 4 of the Powers of Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and, in terms of Maltese law in so far as it may be applicable, article 1887 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16 of the Laws of Malta). Such power of attorney shall be irrevocable except with written consent of the Attorney.

8.7

9	MARKET STANDOFF

9.1

With Change of Control Termination

(“Listed Shares”) pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “IPO”), for a period of up to one hundred eighty (180) calendar days following the effective date of the registration statement relating to such IPO, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of any Listed Shares or securities convertible into Listed Shares, except for: (i) transfers of Shares permitted under Clause 9.2 so long as such transferee furnishes to the Company and the managing underwriter their written consent to be bound by this clause as a condition precedent to such transfer; and (ii) sales of any securities to be included in the registration statement for the IPO. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Clause 9.1 shall only apply to the IPO. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company shall have the right to place restrictive legends on the certificates representing the Shares subject to this clause and to impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the Shares until the end of such period. The Executive further agrees to enter into any agreement reasonably required by the underwriters to implement the foregoing restrictions on transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registration of securities of the Company (a) under an employee benefit plan or (b) in a merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction.

9.2

The following transfers will be exempt from Clause 9.1: (i) the transfer of any or all of the Shares during the Executive’s lifetime by gift or on the Executive’s death by will or intestacy to any member(s) of the Executive’s “Immediate Family” (as defined below) or (ii) to a trust for the benefit of the Executive and/or member(s) of the Executive’s Immediate Family, provided that each transferee or other recipient agrees in a writing satisfactory to the Company that the provisions of Clause 9.1 will continue to apply to the transferred Shares in the hands of such transferee or other recipient. The term “Immediate Family” means the Executive’s spouse, the lineal descendant or antecedent, father, mother, brother or sister, child, adopted child, grandchild or adopted grandchild of the Executive or the Executive’s spouse, or the spouse of any of the above or Spousal Equivalent. A person is deemed to be a “Spousal Equivalent” provided the following circumstances are true: (i) irrespective of whether or not the transferee and the Spousal Equivalent are the same sex, they are the sole spousal equivalent of the other for the last twelve (12) months, (ii) they intend to remain so indefinitely, (iii) neither is married to anyone else, (iv) both are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract, (v) they are not related by blood to a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal marriage in the state in which they legally reside, (vi) they are jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and financial obligations, and (vii) they have resided together in the same residence for the last twelve (12) months and intend to do so indefinitely.

With Change of Control Termination

10	MISCELLANEOUS

10.1

10.2	Subject to Clause 8, the Board may at any time and from time to time make any alterations to this agreement which it thinks fit provided that:

10.2.1

10.2.2

10.3	Subject to Clause 10.2 and Clause 8, no variation of this agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties to this agreement.

10.4	This agreement shall be binding upon each party’s successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be) but except as expressly provided herein none of the rights of the parties under this Agreement may be assigned or transferred.

10.5	Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement:

10.5.1

10.5.2

With Change of Control Termination

10.5.3

10.6	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this agreement may be given:

10.6.1

10.6.2

to the Executive by electronic communication to his usual business address or to such other address for the time being notified for that purpose to the person giving the notice.

10.7

10.8

The Executive shall be responsible for obtaining any governmental or other official consent that may be required by any country or jurisdiction in order to permit the grant or exercise of the Option. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Group shall be responsible for any failure by the Executive to obtain any such consent or for any tax or other liability to which the Executive may become subject as a result of his exercise of the Option.

10.9

With Change of Control Termination

10.10

10.11

10.12

This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall constitute an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

10.13

With Change of Control Termination

purposes of section 1159(1) of the Companies Xxx 0000, a company shall be treated as a member of another company if any shares in that other company are registered in the name of either (a) a person by way of security (where the company has provided the security) or (b) a person as nominee for the company)). This clause does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act. The Company may assign any of its rights under this agreement.

10.14

With Change of Control Termination

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed this agreement as a Deed on the date set out above.


EXECUTED AS A DEED by		)
MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL		)
HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C.		)
acting by a director in the presence		)
of a witness:-		)

Director


Witness’ Signature:

Witness’ Name:

Witness’ Address:		King, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx

		0 Xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX

Witness’ Occupation:		Solicitor


EXECUTED AS A DEED by		)
[•]		)
in the presence of:-		)


Witness’ Signature:

Witness’ Name:

Witness’ Address:		King, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx

		0 Xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX

Witness’ Occupation:		Solicitor

With Change of Control Termination

Schedule 1

General Vesting

For the purposes of this agreement:

1.	one [quarter] of the Option Shares shall vest [12] months after the Effective Date;

2.	a further [one twelfth] of the balance of the Option Shares shall vest [15] months after the Effective Date with an additional [one twelfth] vesting after each [3] month period thereafter (with the intent that 100% of the Option Shares will have vested [48] months after the Effective Date);

and the Option shall be exercisable at any time after the date it has first vested (to the extent vested).

Notwithstanding any of the above:

(a)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date on which the Executive ceases to be employed by (or a director of) the Company or any member of the Group (“Cessation Date”) unless the Board (having obtained the consent of the Investor Director) determines otherwise save that:

(i)

in the event that the relevant member of the Group that is the Executive’s employer terminates his employment (otherwise than in circumstances where it is entitled to do so summarily under the terms of the Service Agreement) and the Executive’s employer makes a payment in lieu of any part of the contractual notice period, any Option Shares that would have vested under paragraphs 1 and 2 above during the period that would otherwise have been the notice period shall be treated as having vested on the Cessation Date; and

(ii)

in the event of a Change of Control Termination, 50% of any of the Option Shares that have not vested shall be treated as vested on the Cessation Date; and

(b)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date of a Sale (save to the extent the Board, having obtained the consent of the Investor Director, determines otherwise and save to the extent they vest under paragraph (a)(ii) above);

and, if any of the Option Shares are no longer capable of vesting, the Option shall lapse immediately with respect to those Option Shares that shall not vest.

With Change of Control Termination

Appendix: Articles of Association of the Company

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C.

AND

[•]

INDIVIDUAL OPTION AGREEMENT

CONTENTS



1	DEFINITIONS	3

2	GRANT OF OPTION	8

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS	9

4	TAXATION MATTERS	10

5	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS	11

6	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL	13

7	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY	13

8	POWER OF ATTORNEY	14

9	MARKET STANDOFF	16

10	MISCELLANEOUS	17

OPTION AGREEMENT DATED:

BETWEEN:

(1)

(2)

[•] of [•] (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

(A)	The Executive is a key employee within the Group at the date of this agreement.

(B)	The Company wishes to grant to the Executive an option to acquire Shares (as defined in this agreement) upon and subject to the terms of this agreement.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings and, unless the context requires otherwise (or the term is otherwise defined herein) the terms defined in the Articles shall have the same meanings in this agreement:

“Acquiring Company”

means a company which acquires shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a Sale;

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company in effect from time to time;

“Asset Sale”

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Change of Control Period”

means a period that commences on the date that falls three months prior to the date of exchange of contracts in relation to an applicable Sale and terminates on the date that falls 18 months immediately after the completion of an applicable Sale;

“Change of Control Termination”

means the termination of the employment of the Executive during a Change of Control Period where:

(a)

the member of the Group that is the Executive’s employer (“Employer”) serves notice to terminate the employment of the Executive, save where the employment of the Executive is terminated summarily in accordance with clause 15.1 of her service agreement; or

(b)

the Executive terminates her employment with or without notice for Good Reason (other than in circumstances where the Employer has reasonable grounds for summary termination under clause 15.1 of her service agreement) provided that the Executive must, before she terminates her employment for Good Reason, and if (on a reasonable view) the circumstances that constitutes Good Reason are remediable have first given the Employer a written notice stating clearly the event or circumstance that constitutes Good Reason in her belief, acting in good faith, and given the Employer a period of not less than 15 working days to cure the event or circumstance allegedly constituting Good Reason and no Good Reason shall exist if on a reasonable view the event or circumstance is cured by the Employer;

“Code”

means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations and administrative guidelines promulgated thereunder;

“Date of Exercise”

means the date on which the Company receives both the written notice and any payment (if required) referred to in Clause 3.1;

“Dealing Code”

“Effective Date”

[•];

“Eligible Person”

means any individual who is an employee of a member of the Group;

“Exercise Price”

means the sum of USD $[•] per Option Share, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 6;

“Good Leaver”

means the Executive ceasing to be an employee of any member of the Group:

(a)

as a result of her death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with her contract of employment; or

(b)

(c)

in circumstances where the Board determines (subject to the Investor Director voting in favour of such determination) in its absolute discretion the Executive to be a Good Leaver; or

(d)

in circumstances where either (i) the Company or other relevant member of the Group serves notice to terminate the employment of the Executive; or (ii) the Executive serves notice to terminate her employment and her employment with the Company or the relevant member of the Group terminates on or before 30 September 2015 for a Good Reason; or (iii) the Executive serves notice to terminate her employment and her employment with the Company or the relevant member of the Group terminates at any time after 30 September 2015, whether or not for a Good Reason; in each case in circumstances other than where the Company or relevant member of the Group is entitled summarily to terminate her employment under clause 15 of her service agreement;

(e)

in circumstances where termination of the Executive’s employment constitutes a Change of Control Termination;

“Good Reason”

shall mean grounds that entitle the Executive to treat herself as being constructively dismissed (within the meaning of section 95(1)(c) of the Employment Rights Act 1996) as may be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Examples of such

grounds may include, but are not limited to, circumstances where the Executive is required to permanently relocate outside of Greater London, where the Executive’s pay is unilaterally reduced, where the member of the Group that is the Executive’s employer is in material breach of the Executive’s service agreement, where the scope of the Executive’s role is materially reduced, where the level or status attached to the Executive’s role is reduced or where on a Sale the acquiring entity did not give the Executive options, compensation or equity of at least the same value as the value of any shares under option (net of exercise price) held by the Executive which are no longer capable of vesting or being exercised after such Sale;

“Grant Date”

[•];

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“HMRC”

means HM Revenue & Customs (or any other taxation or other authority in any other jurisdiction, as applicable);

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“ITEPA”

means the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000;

“Liquidation”

whether voluntary or compulsory, means the passing of a resolution for the winding-up of the Company;

“Listing”

means:

(a)

the admission of all or any of the shares in the capital of the Company to trading on a market for listed securities designated by the Financial Markets Act (Cap. 345 of the laws of Malta) as a Recognized Investment Exchange (as defined in the Articles), together with the admission of such shares to the relevant Official List (as defined in the Articles); or

(b)

“Market Value”

“Option”

means the right to acquire Shares granted under this agreement;

“Option Shares”

means the [•] Shares which are the subject of the Option;

“Sale”

“Share”

means a D1 Ordinary Share of €[•] in the capital of the Company (or such other nominal value as may be determined by the Company in general meeting from time to time);

“Tax Liability”

1.2	So far as not inconsistent with the context:-

1.2.1

Any reference herein to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

1.2.2

All references to the masculine gender shall be deemed also to be references to the feminine gender and all references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

1.2.3

All references to clauses or sub-clauses are unless the context otherwise requires to clauses or sub-clauses of this agreement.

1.2.4

The headings to clauses of this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

2	GRANT OF OPTION

2.1	The Company hereby grants to the Executive the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement, exercisable to the extent that the Option has vested in accordance with, and on the dates specified in, Schedule 1, to purchase the Option Shares for the Exercise Price.

2.2	The Option is granted on the Grant Date with an exercise price per Share of not less than 100% of the fair market value per Share on the Grant Date. The Option is not an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

2.3

2.4	The Option is personal to the Executive. It may not be transferred, assigned or charged or otherwise alienated and any purported transfer, assignment, charge or other alienation shall cause the Option to lapse forthwith. The Option may be surrendered at any time by the Executive.

2.5	The Option shall lapse automatically (in so far as it has not been exercised) on the earliest of:-

2.5.1

the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

2.5.2

the date on which it lapses under Clause 2.4;

2.5.3

unless the Company otherwise decides (it being able to impose such conditions as it sees fit in the event that it exercises its discretion in this regard), 40 calendar days after the Option has become exercisable in accordance with Clause 5 (but excluding Clause 5.2) save that where the Executive is employed by a member of the Group on the date of a Sale and such Sale would otherwise cause the Option to lapse under this clause 2.5.3, the Option shall lapse only in respect of such of the Option Shares as have vested as at the relevant lapse date, the balance of the Option lapsing under this clause 2.5.3 18 calendar months after the date of the Sale;

2.5.4

the Executive being adjudicated bankrupt by a court of law;

2.5.5

forthwith upon the Executive ceasing to be an Eligible Person other than in circumstances where the Executive is a Good Leaver;

2.5.6

2.5.7

unless the Board determines otherwise, on completion of any Exchange if the Executive has not entered into an agreement for the grant of a New Option in accordance with Clause 7.

3	MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

3.1

To the extent that the Option has become exercisable pursuant to this agreement, the Option may be exercised (in whole or in part) by the Executive, or as the case may be her personal representatives, giving prior notice in writing to the Company specifying the number of Shares in respect of which she wishes to exercise the Option accompanied by:

3.1.1

3.1.2

if required by the Company, the amount due under Clause 4 in respect of any Tax Liability.

3.2

3.3	Where the Option is exercised only in part the balance shall remain exercisable on the same terms as originally applied to the whole Option.

3.4

3.5

4	TAXATION MATTERS

4.1	In the event that a Tax Liability becomes due on the exercise of the Option, the Option may not be exercised unless:-

4.1.1

the Company or other member of the Group is able to deduct or, where possible, withhold, an amount equal to the whole of the Tax Liability from the Executive’s net pay for the next pay period; or

4.1.2

the Executive has paid to the Company or other member of the Group an amount equal to the Tax Liability; or

4.1.3

4.1.4

the Executive enters into such other arrangements for the satisfaction of the Tax Liability as are acceptable to the Company.

4.2

The Executive agrees that if requested to do so by the Board she shall immediately upon exercise of the Option enter into an irrevocable joint election with her employing company pursuant to section 431 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, including section

83(b) of the Code) in a form specified by the Board that for the relevant tax purposes the market value of the Shares acquired is to be calculated as if the Shares were not restricted securities (as defined in section 423 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) and sections 425 to 430 of ITEPA (or any similar provision of law applicable in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom) are not to apply to such Shares.

4.3	The Executive hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and each member of the Group harmless against any Tax Liability.

5	TAKEOVERS, LISTINGS, ASSET SALES AND LIQUIDATIONS

5.1

Sale or Asset Sale

5.1.1

5.1.2

In the event that the Board becomes aware that an offer has been made which, if completed, would lead to this Option becoming exercisable under Clause 5.1.1, it may at its absolute discretion resolve that this Option becomes exercisable under Clause 5.1.1 (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1) within such period as is determined by the Board and notified to the Executive (prior to any Sale or Asset Sale as mentioned in Clause 5.1.1) and, in the event that the Option is not exercised during this period, it shall lapse at the end of such period to the extent provided by clause 2.5.3 but as if the reference to “40 calendar days after the Option has become exercisable in accordance with clause 5 (but excluding clause 5.2)” in that clause reads “on the expiry of the period determined by the Board under clause 5.1.2”.

5.2

Listing

5.2.1

5.2.2

exercise the Option (but, unless the Board in its absolute discretion determines otherwise, only to the extent the Option has vested pursuant to Schedule 1). The Board may specify in the notification that the exercise of the Option under this Clause 5.2.2 shall be conditional upon completion of the Listing (and for the purposes of this Clause 5.2, “completion” in relation to a Listing shall be the admission or granting of permission referred to in the definition of “Listing”) and in such a case, in the event that the Listing does not proceed, the notice of exercise shall be deemed never to have been served.

5.3

Exchange of Options

5.3.1

In the event that a Sale takes place, the Executive may at any time within six months of the Sale by agreement with the Acquiring Company release her rights under the Option (in this clause referred to as “the old rights”) in consideration for the grant to her of rights (in this clause referred to as “the new rights”) which are equivalent to the old rights but relate to shares in a different company.

5.3.2

The new rights referred to in Clause 5.3.1 above shall not be regarded for the purposes of this Clause 5 as equivalent to the old rights unless:

5.3.2.1

the new rights are granted to the Executive by reason of her employment with the Acquiring Company or any of its 51% subsidiaries;

5.3.2.2

5.3.2.3

5.3.3

5.4	Liquidation

6	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

6.1

In the event of any capitalisation or rights issue or any consolidation, sub-division or reduction or other variation of the share capital by the Company, or if any of the shares in the Company are to be converted to shares of another class pursuant to the provisions of the Articles (including, but not limited to, a conversion of D1 Ordinary Shares into A Ordinary Shares and/or Deferred Shares (as defined in the Articles) immediately prior to a Listing), the limit on the number of Shares available under the Option, the number, class and nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option (the definition of “Shares” being adjusted accordingly) and the Exercise Price for each of those Shares may, at the discretion of the Company, be adjusted in such manner as the Board considers reasonable PROVIDED THAT:-

6.1.1

the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased (subject to Clause 6.1.2); and

6.1.2

the Exercise Price for a Share is not reduced below its nominal value.

7	EXCHANGE OF SHARES FOR SHARES OF ANOTHER COMPANY

7.1

If the Company is or is to be the subject of a transaction whereby all or substantially all of the issued share capital of the Company is or is to be exchanged for issued share capital in another company or body corporate wherever incorporated, (the “New Company”) with the result that (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the New Company is (or is to be) substantially the same as the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital in the Company immediately prior to such transaction (the “Exchange”), the Executive shall (if so requested by the Company) release her rights (including her right to acquire Shares) under this agreement (the “Old Option”) in consideration for the grant to her of equivalent rights granted by the New Company (including a right to acquire shares in the New Company) (the “New Option”). The determination of such equivalence shall be made in the sole discretion of the Board whose decision shall be final and binding.

7.2

7.2.1

7.2.2

7.3

8	POWER OF ATTORNEY

8.1	The Executive:

8.1.1

hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as her attorney (“Attorney”) for all purposes referred to in this agreement or any New Option Agreement and irrevocably authorises the Attorney (on the Executive’s behalf) to execute any and all document(s) and to do any and all acts and things as the Attorney in its absolute discretion considers necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the terms of this agreement, the New Option

Agreement, the terms of the Articles (or the articles of association of the New Company) or the release of the Old Option and grant of the New Option in connection with the Exchange. Every attorney that may be appointed by virtue of this clause shall be considered to act singly as the true and lawful attorney of the Executive with full power of substitution as specified herein;

8.1.2

agrees that the Attorney may in her name or otherwise on the Executive’s behalf:

8.1.2.1

execute any New Option Agreement on the Executive’s behalf; and/or

8.1.2.2

approve any alteration to this agreement or the New Option Agreement pursuant to Clause 6 (or equivalent provisions of the New Option Agreement).

8.2	The Executive hereby authorises the Attorney to:

8.2.1

8.2.2

8.3	The Executive undertakes:

8.3.1

8.3.2

8.4

8.5	The Executive agrees that the Attorney shall not accept any responsibility and shall not be under any liability for any act or omission of the Attorney or any of its representatives (save in the case of the Attorney’s own fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct).

8.6

The Executive agrees that the power of attorney and other authorities on the terms conferred by or referred to in this agreement are given by way of security for the performance of the obligations of the Executive and are irrevocable, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in accordance with section 4 of the Powers of Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and, in terms of Maltese law in so far as it may be applicable, article 1887 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16 of the Laws of Malta). Such power of attorney shall be irrevocable except with written consent of the Attorney.

8.7

9	MARKET STANDOFF

9.1

any Listed Shares or securities convertible into Listed Shares, except for: (i) transfers of Shares permitted under Clause 9.2 so long as such transferee furnishes to the Company and the managing underwriter their written consent to be bound by this clause as a condition precedent to such transfer; and (ii) sales of any securities to be included in the registration statement for the IPO. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Clause 9.1 shall only apply to the IPO. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company shall have the right to place restrictive legends on the certificates representing the Shares subject to this clause and to impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the Shares until the end of such period. The Executive further agrees to enter into any agreement reasonably required by the underwriters to implement the foregoing restrictions on transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registration of securities of the Company (a) under an employee benefit plan or (b) in a merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction.

9.2

10	MISCELLANEOUS

10.1

10.2	Subject to Clause 8, the Board may at any time and from time to time make any alterations to this agreement which it thinks fit provided that:

10.2.1

10.2.2

(subject to Clause 10.2.1) no alteration which would materially and unfairly increase the liability of the Executive or materially and unfairly decrease the value of her subsisting rights under this agreement shall be made without the Executive’s prior written consent.

10.3	Subject to Clause 10.2 and Clause 8, no variation of this agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties to this agreement.

10.4	This Option is not intended to be an award made under the Company’s 2012 Share Incentive Plan (for United States Service Providers). This Option, however, is intended to qualify under an applicable federal and state securities law exemption.

10.5	This agreement shall be binding upon each party’s successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case may be) but except as expressly provided herein none of the rights of the parties under this agreement may be assigned or transferred.

10.6

The Executive understands and acknowledges that if the Option is exercised prior to a Listing, the Executive shall, as a condition of the Option exercise, enter into the Subscription Agreement which will require the Executive, among other things, to make certain representations to the Company with respect to the Shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option. The Executive shall be required to:

10.6.1

confirm, warrant and undertake that she is acquiring the Shares on her own behalf for investment purposes and not for re-sale;

10.6.2

confirm, warrant and undertake that in deciding to purchase the Shares, she has made her own assessment of the risks and opportunities involved and has not relied upon any warranty, representation, or inducement from any person;

10.6.3

acknowledge that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the purchase and the disposition of the Shares, and the Executive has been advised by the Company to consult a tax adviser prior to such purchase or disposition. The Executive shall further acknowledge that the Executive is not relying on the Company or its counsel for tax advice regarding the Executive’s purchase or disposition of the Shares or the tax consequences to the Executive of the agreement;

10.6.4

agree and acknowledge that the Shares have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or with any securities regulatory agency administering any state securities laws, and that, notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement to the contrary, the purchase of any Shares is expressly conditioned upon compliance with the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws. The Executive shall agree to cooperate with the Company to ensure compliance with such laws;

10.6.5

agree that she may not transfer any of the Shares unless such Shares are registered under the Securities Act or qualified under applicable state securities laws or unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, exemptions from such registration and qualification requirements are available. The Executive shall acknowledge that (a) only the Company may file a registration statement with the SEC and that the Company is under no obligation to do so with respect to the Shares, (b) exemptions from registration and qualification may not be available or may not permit the Executive to transfer all or any of the Shares in the amounts or at the times proposed by the Executive and (c) that the Subscription Agreement imposes additional restrictions on the transfer of the Shares;

10.6.6

acknowledge that she has had access to all information regarding the Company and its present and prospective business, assets, liabilities and financial condition that the Executive reasonably considers important to making the decision to purchase the Shares, and the Executive has had ample opportunity to ask questions of the Company’s representatives concerning such matters and the investment;

10.6.7

acknowledge that she is fully aware of: (a) the highly speculative nature of the investment in the Shares; (b) the financial hazards involved; (c) the lack of liquidity of the Shares and the restrictions on transferability of the Shares (e.g., that the Executive may not be able to sell or dispose of the Shares or use them as collateral for loans); (d) the qualifications and backgrounds of the management of the Company; and (e) the tax consequences of investment in, and disposition of, the Shares;

10.6.8

acknowledge that at no time was she presented with or solicited by any publicly issued or circulated newspaper, mail, radio, television or other form of general advertising or solicitation in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of the Shares; and

10.6.9

acknowledge and agree that she has been advised that SEC Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, which permits certain limited sales of unregistered securities, is not presently available with respect to the Shares and, in any event, requires that the Shares be held for a minimum of six (6) months, and in certain cases one (1) year, after they have been purchased and paid for (within the meaning of Rule 144), subject to the lengthier market standoff agreement contained in Clause 9.1 or any other agreement entered into by the Executive. The Executive shall acknowledge that she understands that Rule 144 may indefinitely restrict the transfer of the Shares so long as the Executive remains an “affiliate” of the Company or if “current public information” about the Company (as defined in Rule 144) is not publicly available.

10.7	Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement:

10.7.1

this agreement shall not form part of any contract of employment or office between the Company or any other member of the Group and the Executive and the rights and obligations of the Executive under the terms of her office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group shall not be affected by this agreement and this agreement shall afford the Executive no additional rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of such office or employment for any reason whatsoever;

10.7.2

10.7.3

the Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation or damages for any loss or potential loss which she may suffer by reason of being unable to exercise the Option in consequence of the loss or termination of her office or employment with the Company or any other member of the Group for any reason whatsoever.

10.8	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this agreement may be given:

10.8.1

by personal delivery or by sending the same by post, to the Executive at her last known address, or to the address of the place of business at which she performs the whole or substantially the whole of her duties of her office or employment, and to the Company at its registered office and where a notice or other communication is given by post, it shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after it was put into the post properly addressed and stamped; or

10.8.2

to the Executive by electronic communication to her usual business address or to such other address for the time being notified for that purpose to the person giving the notice.

10.9

This agreement constitutes the whole agreement between the parties hereto. The Executive agrees that in entering into this agreement she does not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty or understanding other than as set out in this agreement. The only remedy available to the Executive in respect of any such statement, representation, warranty or understanding shall be for breach of contract under the terms of this agreement. Nothing in this sub-clause shall operate to exclude liability for fraud.

10.10

The Executive shall be responsible for obtaining any governmental or other official consent that may be required by any country or jurisdiction in order to permit the grant or exercise of the Option. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Group shall be responsible for any failure by the Executive to obtain any such consent or for any tax or other liability to which the Executive may become subject as a result of her exercise of the Option.

10.11

10.12

The Executive consents that the Company shall collect and process her personal data for the purposes set out in this agreement and in terms of the Data Protection Act (Cap. 440 of the Laws of Malta) or similar laws in other applicable jurisdictions. The Executive further consents to the processing and release of the information contained herein by the Company (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such person’s name, address, age and salary details) to any other members of the Group or any third parties in connection with the administration of this Option

or for the purpose of complying with any legal obligations. To the extent required by law, the Executive has the right to access data which the Company holds about her, and, where applicable, the right to ask for a rectification or erasure of such data.

10.13

This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall constitute an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

10.14

A person who is not a party to this agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this agreement, save that any person which is obliged to account for any Tax Liability shall be entitled to enforce Clause 4 and that any holding company of the Company (from time to time) may enforce any of the provisions of this agreement (“holding company” having the meaning given in section 1159 Companies Xxx 0000 for this purpose (but, for the purposes of section 1159(1) of the Companies Xxx 0000, a company shall be treated as a member of another company if any shares in that other company are registered in the name of either (a) a person by way of security (where the company has provided the security) or (b) a person as nominee for the company)). This clause does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act. The Company may assign any of its rights under this agreement.

10.15

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed this agreement as a Deed on the date set out above.


EXECUTED AS A DEED by	)
MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL	)
HOLDING COMPANY P.L.C.	)
acting by a director in the presence	)
of a witness:-	)

		Director


Witness’ Signature:

Witness’ Name:

Witness’ Address:		King, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx

		0 Xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX

Witness’ Occupation:		Solicitor


Witness’ Signature:

Witness’ Name:

Witness’ Address:		King, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx

		0 Xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX

Witness’ Occupation:		Solicitor

Schedule 1

General Vesting

For the purposes of this agreement:

1.	one quarter of the Option Shares shall vest 12 months after the Effective Date;

2.	a further one twelfth of the balance of the Option Shares shall vest 15 months after the Effective Date with an additional one twelfth vesting after each 3 month period thereafter (with the intent that 100% of the Option Shares will have vested 48 months after the Effective Date);

and the Option shall be exercisable at any time after the date it has first vested (to the extent vested).

Notwithstanding any of the above:

(a)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date on which the Executive ceases to be employed by any member of the Group (‘Cessation Date’) unless the Board (having obtained the consent of the Investor Director) determines otherwise save that:

(i)

in the event that the relevant member of the Group that is the Executive’s employer terminates her employment (otherwise than in circumstances where it is entitled to do so summarily under the terms of her service agreement) and the Executive’s employer makes a payment in lieu of any part of the contractual notice period, any Option Shares that would have vested under paragraphs 1 and 2 above during the period that would otherwise have been the notice period shall be treated as having vested on the Cessation Date;

(ii)

in the event of a Change of Control Termination occurring, any of the Option Shares that would have vested under paragraphs 1 and 2 above during the 3 calendar years commencing on the date of the Change of Control Termination shall be treated as vested on the Cessation Date; and

(b)	no Option Shares shall vest after the date of a Sale (save to the extent the Board, having obtained the consent of the Investor Director, determines otherwise and save to the extent they vest under paragraph (a)(ii) above);

and, if any of the Option Shares are no longer capable of vesting, the Option shall lapse immediately with respect to those Option Shares that shall not vest.

Appendix: Articles of Association of the Company

MIDASPLAYER INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

AND

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INDIVIDUAL SHADOW OPTION BONUS

AGREEMENT

Note: Exercise of the shadow option on an exit is only permitted to the extent the option has vested

CONTENTS


1	DEFINITIONS	2

2	GRANT OF SHADOW OPTIONS	4

3	PAYMENT	5

4	VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL	5

5	MISCELLANEOUS	6

SHADOW OPTION BONUS AGREEMENT DATED

BETWEEN:

(1)

(2)

[ ], whose address [ ] Spain (the “Manager”).

RECITALS

(A)	The Manager is a key employee within the Group at the date of this agreement.

(B)	The Company wishes to grant to the Manager the right to subscribe a certain number of Shares in case of a Listing of the Company or, in case of a Sale, receive the Bonus, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this agreement (the “Agreement”).

(C)

The rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement could be transferred to any other company of the Group (as defined below) without the need for the Manager’s approval. The term “Company” would hereinafter include the company of the Group to which the rights and obligations set forth under the Agreement could be assigned, as the case may be.

1	DEFINITIONS

1.1	In this Agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

“Articles”

means the articles of association of the Company;

“Auditors”

means the auditors for the time being of the Company (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);

“Bad Leaver”

means any situation in which the Manager ceases to be an Eligible Employee, other than the situation defined as Good Leaver.

“Board”

means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee thereof;

“Bonus”

means the amount of Euros equal to the difference between the Sale Price of the Shares and the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Shares;

“Business Day”

means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which, by law, is a bank or legal holiday in Spain. The Business Day shall be deemed to begin at 9am and end at 5pm Madrid time;

“Effective Date”

The date a Liquidity Event occurs;

“Eligible Employee”

means any individual who is an employee of a member of the Group;

“Exercise Price”

means the nominal value of the Shares, adjusted if appropriate pursuant to Clause 4;

“Good Leaver”

means the Manager ceasing to be an employee of any member of the Group:

as a result of his death, permanent incapacity due to ill health or retirement in accordance with his contract of employment; or

due to dismissal of the Manager by the Company or any member of the Group without notice or payment in lieu in circumstances where the Company or other member of the Group is not entitled to summarily dismiss; or

“Group”

has the meaning given in the Articles and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly;

“Investor”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

“Investor Director”

has the meaning given in the Articles;

EXECUTED AS A DEED by

__________________________________

in the presence of:-