BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT dated as of January 5, 2023 by and among STONEBRIDGE Acquisition CorpORATION, STONEBRIDGE ACQUISITION PTE. LTD., and DIGIASIA BIOS PTE. LTD. and Prashant Gokarn, solely in his capacity as the Management Representative
Exhibit 2.1
BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT
dated as of
January 5, 2023
by and among
STONEBRIDGE Acquisition CorpORATION,
STONEBRIDGE ACQUISITION PTE. LTD.,
and
DIGIASIA BIOS PTE. LTD.
and
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, solely in his capacity as the Management Representative
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | 3 | ||
1.01 | Definitions | 3 | |
1.02 | Construction | 19 | |
1.03 | Knowledge | 20 | |
Article II THE AMALGAMATION; CLOSING | 21 | ||
2.01 | The Amalgamation | 21 | |
2.02 | Effects of the Amalgamation | 21 | |
2.03 | Closing | 21 | |
2.04 | Organizational Documents of Acquiror and the Amalgamated Company | 22 | |
2.05 | Directors and Officers of Acquiror and the Amalgamated Company | 22 | |
Article III EFFECTS OF THE AMALGAMATION | 23 | ||
3.01 | Effect on Securities | 23 | |
3.02 | Equitable Adjustments | 24 | |
3.03 | Delivery of Amalgamation Consideration | 24 | |
3.04 | Lost Securities | 25 | |
3.05 | Treatment of Company Options | 25 | |
3.06 | Earnout | 26 | |
3.07 | Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares | 29 | |
3.08 | Payment of Expenses | 29 | |
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 30 | ||
4.01 | Corporate Organization of the Company | 30 | |
4.02 | Subsidiaries | 30 | |
4.03 | Due Authorization | 30 | |
4.04 | No Conflict | 31 | |
4.05 | Governmental Authorities; Consents | 31 | |
4.06 | Capitalization | 32 | |
4.07 | Financial Statements | 33 | |
4.08 | Undisclosed Liabilities | 34 | |
4.09 | Litigation and Proceedings | 34 | |
4.10 | Compliance with Laws | 35 | |
4.11 | Intellectual Property | 36 | |
4.12 | Contracts; No Defaults | 39 |
4.13 | Company Benefit Plans | 40 | |
4.14 | Labor Matters | 42 | |
4.15 | Taxes | 43 | |
4.16 | Brokers’ Fees | 45 | |
4.17 | Insurance | 45 | |
4.18 | Real Property; Assets | 46 | |
4.19 | Environmental Matters | 47 | |
4.20 | Absence of Changes | 48 | |
4.21 | Affiliate Agreements | 48 | |
4.22 | Internal Controls | 48 | |
4.23 | Permits | 48 | |
4.24 | Registration Statement | 48 | |
4.26 | No Additional Representations and Warranties | 49 | |
4.27 | Company Shareholder Support Agreement | 49 | |
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR AND AMALGAMATION SUB | 50 | ||
5.01 | Corporate Organization | 50 | |
5.02 | Due Authorization | 50 | |
5.03 | No Conflict | 52 | |
5.04 | Litigation and Proceedings | 52 | |
5.05 | Compliance with Laws | 52 | |
5.06 | Employee Benefit Plans | 53 | |
5.07 | Governmental Authorities; Consents | 54 | |
5.08 | Financial Ability; Trust Account | 54 | |
5.09 | Taxes | 55 | |
5.10 | Brokers’ Fees | 56 | |
5.11 | Acquiror SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act | 56 | |
5.12 | Business Activities; Absence of Changes | 58 | |
5.13 | Registration Statement | 60 | |
5.14 | No Outside Reliance | 60 | |
5.15 | Capitalization | 61 | |
5.16 | Nasdaq Stock Market Quotation | 62 | |
5.17 | Contracts; No Defaults | 62 | |
5.18 | Title to Property | 63 |
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5.19 | Investment Company Act | 63 | |
5.20 | Affiliate Agreements | 63 | |
5.21 | Sponsor Support Agreement | 63 | |
Article VI COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 63 | ||
6.01 | Conduct of Business | 63 | |
6.02 | Inspection | 67 | |
6.03 | No Acquiror | 67 | |
6.04 | No Claim Against the Trust Account | 67 | |
6.05 | Proxy Solicitation; Other Actions | 68 | |
6.06 | Non-Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals | 69 | |
Article VII COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR | 72 | ||
7.01 | Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period | 72 | |
7.02 | Trust Account | 74 | |
7.03 | Inspection | 75 | |
7.04 | Acquiror Nasdaq Listing | 75 | |
7.05 | Acquiror Public Filings | 75 | |
7.06 | Section 16 Matters | 75 | |
Article VIII JOINT COVENANTS | 77 | ||
8.01 | Support of Transaction | 77 | |
8.02 | Preparation of Registration Statement; Extraordinary General Meeting; Solicitation of Company Requisite Approval | 78 | |
8.03 | Tax Matters | 80 | |
8.04 | Confidentiality; Publicity | 80 | |
8.05 | Post-Closing Cooperation; Further Assurances | 81 | |
8.06 | Additional Insurance and Indemnity Matters | 81 | |
8.07 | Antitrust Regulatory Approvals | 82 | |
8.08 | Employee Matters | 84 | |
8.09 | Transaction Financing | 85 | |
Article IX CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS | 86 | ||
9.01 | Conditions to Obligations of All Parties | 86 | |
9.02 | Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror | 87 | |
9.03 | Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company | 88 | |
Article X TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS | 89 | ||
10.01 | Termination | 89 | |
10.02 | Effect of Termination | 90 |
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Article XI MISCELLANEOUS | 90 | ||
11.01 | Waiver | 90 | |
11.02 | Notices | 91 | |
11.03 | Assignment | 91 | |
11.04 | Rights of Third Parties | 92 | |
11.05 | Expenses | 92 | |
11.06 | Governing Law | 92 | |
11.07 | Captions; Counterparts | 92 | |
11.08 | Schedules and Exhibits | 92 | |
11.09 | Entire Agreement | 92 | |
11.10 | Amendments | 92 | |
11.11 | Severability | 93 | |
11.12 | Dispute Resolution. | 93 | |
(a) | WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY | 94 | |
11.13 | Enforcement | 94 | |
11.14 | Non-Recourse | 94 | |
11.15 | Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 94 | |
11.16 | Management Representative | 95 | |
11.17 | Acknowledgments | 96 |
Exhibits
Exhibit A – Form of Amalgamation Proposal
Exhibit B – Form of PubCo Charter
Exhibit C – Form of Acquiror Incentive Plan
Exhibit D – Form of Amalgamated Company Constitution
Exhibit E – Form of Earnout Escrow Agreement
Exhibit F – Form of Director Nomination Agreement
Exhibit G – Form of Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit H – Form of Registration Rights Agreement
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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT
This Business Combination Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 5, 2023, is entered into by and among StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (prior to the Effective Time, “Acquiror” and, at and after the Effective Time, “PubCo”), StoneBridge Acquisition Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private company limited by shares, with company registration number 202239721R and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Amalgamation Sub”), DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private company limited by shares, with company registration number 201730295C (the “Company”), and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (the “Management Representative”), solely in his capacity as the Management Representative pursuant to the designation in Section 11.16. Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Article I of this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Acquiror is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated to acquire one or more operating businesses through a Business Combination;
WHEREAS, Amalgamation Sub is a newly formed, wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Acquiror, and was formed for the sole purpose of the Amalgamation;
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act and other applicable Law, the parties hereto intend to enter into a business combination transaction by which Amalgamation Sub and the Company will amalgamate under Section 215A of the Singapore Companies Act (the “Amalgamation”), with the Company surviving the Amalgamation as the amalgamated company (the Company, in its capacity as the company surviving the Amalgamation, is sometimes referred to as the “Amalgamated Company”) and becoming a wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo;
WHEREAS, immediately following the Amalgamation, the Amalgamated Company will be the holder of 99.99% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of PT Digi Asia Bios, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Indonesia (“PT DAB”), and the Founder, individually, will be the holder of the remaining 0.01% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of PT DAB;
WHEREAS, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time and pursuant to or in connection with the Amalgamation, each Company Shareholder will be entitled to receive amalgamation consideration in the form of shares in PubCo, as more fulsomely described in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in connection with the Transactions, the Sponsor has entered into that certain Sponsor Support Agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) with Acquiror and the Company;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in connection with the Transactions, certain Company Shareholders have entered into that certain Company Shareholder Support Agreement (the “Company Shareholder Support Agreement”) with Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in connection with the Transactions, Acquiror, the Company and certain Company Shareholders who will receive PubCo’s Ordinary Shares pursuant to Article III, have entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), to be effective upon the Closing;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the members of the Management Earnout Group have appointed Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx as the Management Representative pursuant to that certain Management Representative Agreement (the “Management Representative Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant hereto, Xxxxxxxx has committed to obtain at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) of Transaction Financing;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Amalgamation, Acquiror shall adopt the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “PubCo Charter”) in the form set forth on Exhibit B, to provide for, among other things an increase in the number of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares;
WHEREAS, prior to the Closing, the Company shall take such steps to convert all Company Preferred Shares, and any other preferred shares in the capital of the Company, into Company Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Company’s Governing Documents;
WHEREAS, at the Closing, the Company Ordinary Shares will be exchanged for PubCo’s Ordinary Shares;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents, Acquiror is required to provide an opportunity to its shareholders to have their Acquiror Ordinary Shares redeemed for the consideration, and on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations, set forth in this Agreement, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, the Trust Agreement, and the Proxy Statement in conjunction with, inter alia, obtaining approval from the shareholders of Acquiror for the Business Combination (the “Offer”);
WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions, Acquiror shall, subject to obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approval, adopt the equity incentive plan (the “Acquiror Incentive Plan”) in the form set forth on Exhibit C;
WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions, certain Company Shareholders shall enter into Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements, to provide for, among things a lock-up of such Company Shareholders’ PubCo’s Ordinary Shares received from the Amalgamation until the earlier of (i) nine months after the Closing or (ii) the first time the last reported sale price of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (subject to equitable adjustment) for any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading-day period, in the form set forth on Exhibit G;
WHEREAS, each of the parties intends that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) this Agreement shall constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) either the Amalgamation shall constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or the Transactions shall constitute a transaction that qualifies under Section 351 of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”); and
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WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors or similar governing bodies of each of Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub and the Company have each (i) approved and declared advisable the Transactions upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act, the Cayman Companies Act and other applicable Law, and (ii) recommended to their respective shareholders the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub and the Company, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Article I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.01 Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Acquiror” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Acquiror Affiliate Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 5.20.
“Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Representations” means the representations and warranties of each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub expressly and specifically set forth in Article V of this Agreement, as qualified by the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Representations are solely made by Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub.
“Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Schedules” means the disclosure schedules of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub.
“Acquiror Benefit Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06.
“Acquiror Board” means the board of directors of Acquiror.
“Acquiror Board Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(d).
“Acquiror Cure Period” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(c).
“Acquiror Incentive Plan” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
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“Acquiror Ordinary Shares” means Acquiror’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and Acquiror’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Acquiror Organizational Documents” means the Acquiror’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, in each case as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Cayman Companies Act.
“Acquiror Private Placement Warrants” means “Private Placement Warrants,” as defined in the most recent Acquiror SEC Reports prior to the date of this Agreement.
“Acquiror Public Warrant” means “Public Warrants,” as defined in the most recent Acquiror SEC Reports prior to the date of this Agreement.
“Acquiror SEC Reports” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11(a).
“Acquiror Shareholder” means a holder of Acquiror Ordinary Shares.
“Acquiror Shareholder Approval” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(b).
“Acquiror Units” means the units of the Acquiror issued in connection with its initial public offering, which such units are comprised of one Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one Acquiror Public Warrant.
“Acquiror Warrants” means, collectively, the Acquiror Public Warrants and the Acquiror Private Placement Warrants.
“Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 6.06(b).
“ACRA” means the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
“Action” means any claim, action, suit, assessment, arbitration or proceeding, in each case that is by or before any Governmental Authority.
“Additional Proposals” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Amalgamated Company” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Amalgamated Company Constitution” means the form of constitution set forth on Exhibit D.
"Amalgamated Company Ordinary Share" means an ordinary share of the Amalgamated Company.
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“Amalgamating Entities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Amalgamation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Amalgamation Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
"Amalgamation Objection" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08(f).
“Amalgamation Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“Amalgamation Sub” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Amendment Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
“Ancillary Agreements” means this Agreement, the PubCo Charter, the Earnout Escrow Agreement, the Company Shareholder Support Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreement, the Management Representative Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Director Nomination Agreement and all the agreements, documents, instruments and certificates entered into in connection herewith or therewith and any and all exhibits and schedules thereto.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means any applicable Laws relating to anti-bribery or anti-corruption (governmental or commercial), including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (FCPA), the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and the U.S. Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952.
“Antitrust Law” means any applicable foreign antitrust Laws and all other applicable Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.
“Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 6.05.
“Business Combination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents.
“Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or Singapore are authorized or required by Law to close.
“Cayman Companies Act” means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.
“Claim” means any demand, claim, action, legal, judicial or administrative proceeding (whether at law or in equity) or arbitration.
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“Closing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“Closing Share Price” means $10.00 per share.
“Code” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Company Advance Shareholder Approval” means (other than the Company Requisite Approval) the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s Governing Documents.
“Company Affiliate Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.21.
“Company Benefit Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(a).
“Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
"Company Board Recommendation" has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e).
“Company Certificate of Incorporation” means the certificate of incorporation of the Company.
“Company Cure Period” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).
“Company Group” means the (1) Company, (2) PT DAB and its Subsidiaries (as set forth on Schedule 4.02), (3) PT SOLUSI PASTI INDONESIA, (4) PT TRI DIGI FIN, and (5) PT REYHAN PUTRA MANDIRI.
“Company Intellectual Property” means all Owned Intellectual Property and all Intellectual Property used in, or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company, as currently conducted.
“Company Option” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(a).
“Company Ordinary Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a).
“Company Preferred Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a).
“Company Preferred Shares Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Company Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Company expressly and specifically set forth in Article IV of this Agreement, as qualified by the Company Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company Representations are solely made by the Company.
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“Company Requisite Approval” means the approval of the Amalgamation, the Amalgamation Proposal and the transactions contemplated thereby, by a special resolution passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of such members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy present at a general meeting of the holders of the Company Shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s Governing Documents and applicable Law.
“Company Schedules” means the disclosure schedules of the Company.
“Company Security” and “Company Securities” have the meanings specified in Section 3.03(a).
“Company Share Plan” means the Company’s employee share ownership plan.
“Company Shareholder” means the holder of either a Company Ordinary Share or a Company Preferred Share.
“Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(g).
“Company Shareholder Support Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
"Company Shareholders' Meeting" has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e).
"Company Shareholders' Written Resolution" has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e).
“Company Shares” means, collectively, the Company Ordinary Shares and the Company Preferred Shares.
“Company Software” means all Company- or Company Subsidiary-owned and third party Software used in, or necessary for the conduct of, the business of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as currently conducted.
“Company Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Confidential Data” means all data for which the Company is required by Law, Contract or privacy policy to keep confidential or private, including all such data transmitted to the Company by customers of the Company or Persons that interact with the Company.
“Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.
“Contracts” means any legally binding contracts, agreements, subcontracts, leases, and purchase orders (other than any Company Benefit Plans).
“Consolidated Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 6.05.
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“Copyleft Terms” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(g).
“COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions thereof or any other epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks.
“COVID-19 Action” means an inaction or action by the Company, including the establishment of any policy, procedure or protocol, in response to COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures (i) that is consistent with the past practice of the Company in response to COVID-19 prior to the date of this Agreement (but only to the extent in compliance with applicable Law), or (ii) that would, given the totality of the circumstances under which the Company acted or did not act, be unreasonable for Acquiror to withhold, condition or delay consent with respect to such action or inaction (whether or not Acquiror has a consent right with respect thereto).
“COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other Law, Governmental Order, Action, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Authority, including the Singapore Ministry of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19.
“DAB Balance Sheet” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a)(v).
“Director Nomination Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(e).
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Earnout Escrow Account” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06(b)(i).
“Earnout Escrow Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06(b)(i).
“Earnout Escrow Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06(b)(i).
“Earnout Shares” means the Acquiror Ordinary Shares that have been placed into escrow and are subject to forfeiture pursuant to Section 3.06.
“Effective Time” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Laws relating to pollution, protection of the environment (including natural resources) and human health and safety, or the use, storage, emission, disposal or release of or exposure to Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Value” means Five Hundred Million ($500,000,000).
“ERISA” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(a).
“ERISA Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(e).
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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“Exchange Ratio” means the ratio determined by dividing (a) the Per Share Amalgamation Consideration Value, by (b) the Closing Share Price.
“Extraordinary General Meeting” means a meeting of the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares to be held for the purpose of approving the Proposals.
“Financial Derivative/Hedging Arrangement” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) which is a rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any combination of these transactions.
“Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07.
“Founder” means Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx.
“Fraud” means an actual, intentional and knowing common law fraud (and not a constructive fraud, negligent misrepresentation or omission, or any form of fraud premised on recklessness or negligence), as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, by (a) the Company with respect to the Company Representations and Warranties (as qualified by the Company Schedules), or (b) Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub with respect to the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Representations (as qualified by Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Schedules); provided that (and without limiting any of the other elements for establishing such common law fraud) such fraud shall in no event be deemed to exist in the absence of actual conscious awareness (and not imputed or constructive knowledge) by or on behalf of the Named Party sought to be held liable therefor, on the date the particular representation or warranty is made hereunder, both (i) of the particular fact, event or condition that gives rise to a breach of the applicable representation or warranty contained herein, and (ii) that such fact, event or condition actually constitutes a breach of such representation or warranty, all with the express intention of such Named Party to deceive and mislead the other party hereto.
“Governing Documents” means the legal document(s) by which any Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or which govern its internal affairs. For example, the “Governing Documents” of a Singapore company limited by shares are its certificate of incorporation and constitution and the “Governing Documents” of a Cayman Islands exempted company are its memorandum and articles of association (as amended and/or restated), register of members, register of officers and directors, register of mortgages and charges, and certificate of incorporation.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, arbitrator, court or tribunal.
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“Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, issued or entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Hazardous Material” means any material, substance or waste that is listed, regulated, or defined as “hazardous,” “toxic,” or “radioactive,” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” (or words of similar intent or meaning) under applicable Environmental Laws, including but not limited to petroleum, petroleum by-products, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable or explosive substances, mold, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or pesticides.
“IFAS” means Indonesian Financial Accounting Standards (Indonesian SAK) which is comprised of the Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (PSAK) and Interpretation of Financial Accounting Standards (XXXX) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Boards of the Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (DSAK-IAI).
“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations (whether or not contingent) consisting of (a) the outstanding principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on, and other payment obligations for, borrowed money, or payment obligations issued or incurred in substitution or exchange for payment obligations for borrowed money, (b) amounts owing as deferred purchase price for property or services, including “earnout” payments, (c) payment obligations evidenced by any promissory note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other debt instrument or debt security, (d) contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance or similar facilities (in each case to the extent drawn), (e) payment obligations of a third party secured by (or for which the holder of such payment obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on assets or properties of such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) obligations under capitalized leases, (g) obligations under any Financial Derivative/Hedging Arrangement, (h) guarantees, make-whole agreements, hold harmless agreements or other similar arrangements with respect to any amounts of a type described in clauses (a) through (g) above and (i) with respect to each of the foregoing, any unpaid interest, breakage costs, prepayment or redemption penalties or premiums, or other unpaid fees or obligations; provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include accounts payable to trade creditors and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business.
“Indonesian Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).
“Information or Document Request” means any request or demand for the production, delivery or disclosure of documents or other evidence, or any request or demand for the production of witnesses for interviews or depositions or other oral or written testimony, by any Regulatory Consent Authority relating to the transactions contemplated hereby or by any third party challenging the transactions contemplated hereby, including any so called “second request” for additional information or documentary material or any civil investigative demand made or issued by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission or any subpoena, interrogatory or deposition.
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“Information Memorandum” means the circular to Company Shareholders with respect to, inter alia, the Company Requisite Approval.
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property rights created, arising, or protected under applicable Law, including all: (i) patents, patent applications, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues and reexaminations thereof) (collectively, “Patents”); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, social media identifiers (such as a Twitter® handle), brand names, logos, corporate names and other source identifiers and all goodwill related thereto; (iii) copyrights and designs; (iv) internet domain names; (v) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, database rights, source code, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights (collectively, “Trade Secrets”) and (vi) rights in Software.
“Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Interim Period” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“International Trade Laws” means any Law relating to international trade, including: (i) import laws and regulations administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, (ii) export control regulations issued by the U.S. Department of State pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730 et seq.); (iii) sanctions laws and regulations as administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (31 C.F.R. Part 500 et seq.); (iv) U.S. anti-boycott laws and requirements (Section 999 of the Code, or related provisions, or under the Export Administration Act, as amended, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 2407 et seq.).
“IT Systems” means the Software, systems, servers, computers, hardware, firmware, middleware, networks, data communications lines, routers, hubs, switches and all other information technology and telecommunications assets, systems, and equipment, and all associated documentation, in each case, owned, used, held for use, leased, outsourced or licensed by or for the Company or one of the Companies Subsidiaries for use in the conduct of its respective business as it is currently conducted.
“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended.
“Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.
“Leased Real Property” means all real property leased, subleased, licensed or otherwise occupied by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
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“Letter of Transmittal” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(a).
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, easement, right of way, purchase option, right of first refusal, covenant, restriction, security interest, title defect, encroachment or other survey defect, or other lien or encumbrance of any kind, except for any restrictions arising under any applicable Securities Laws.
“Management Earnout Group” means the individuals listed on Schedule 3.06.
“Management Representative” has the meaning specified in Section 11.16(a).
“Management Representative Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change or circumstance that has a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or the effect of any of the following), alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a “Material Adverse Effect”: (a) any change in applicable Laws, the SFRS, or IFRS after the date hereof or any official interpretation thereof, (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business, financial, commodity, currency or market conditions generally, (c) the announcement or the execution of this Agreement, the pendency or consummation of the Amalgamation or the performance of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers and employees (provided, that the exceptions in this clause (c) shall not be deemed to apply to references to “Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.04 and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 9.02(a)), (d) any change generally affecting any of the industries or markets in which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries operate or the economy as a whole, (e) the compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the taking of any action required by this Agreement or with the prior written consent of Acquiror (provided, that the exceptions in this clause (e) shall not be deemed to apply to references to “Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.04 and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 9.02(a)), (f) any earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, flood, mudslide, wild fire or other natural disaster, pandemic, weather condition, explosion fire, act of God or other force majeure event, including, for the avoidance of doubt, COVID-19 and any Law, directive, pronouncement or guideline issued by a Governmental Authority, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization or any industry group providing for business closures, changes to business operations, “sheltering-in-place” or other restrictions that relate to, or arise out of, an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including the COVID-19 pandemic) or any change in such Law, directive, pronouncement or guideline or interpretation thereof following the date of this Agreement or the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ compliance therewith, (g) any national or international political or social conditions in countries in which, or in the proximate geographic region of which, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries operate, including the engagement by the United States or such other countries in hostilities or the escalation thereof, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence or the escalation of any military or terrorist attack (including any internet or “cyber” attack or hacking) upon the United States or such other country, or any territories, possessions, or diplomatic or consular offices of the United States or such other countries or upon any United States or such other country military installation, equipment or personnel, (h) any failure of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to meet any projections, forecasts or budgets or (i) any actions taken, or failures to take action, or such other changes or events, in each case, which Acquiror has requested or to which it has consented; provided, that clause (h) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change or effect underlying such failure to meet projections or forecasts has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such change or effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Material Adverse Effect); provided, further, that, except in the case of clause (a), (b), (d), (f) and (g), such event, change or circumstance does not have a disproportionate impact on the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other industry participants or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions.
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“Material Contracts” has the meaning specified in Section 4.12(a).
“Material Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 4.23.
“Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(e).
“Named Parties” means (i) with respect to this Agreement, the Company, Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub (and their permitted successors and assigns), and (ii) with respect to any Ancillary Agreement, the parties named in the preamble thereto (and their permitted successors and assigns), and “Named Party” means any of them.
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate amount of net income of the PubCo.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Offer” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Open Source Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(f).
"Other Amalgamation Documents" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08(a)(i).
“Outstanding Acquiror Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 3.08(b).
“Outstanding Company Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 3.08(a).
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“Owned Company Software” means all Software owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
“Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries and includes the Owned Company Software.
“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and any division or subdivision thereof.
“Per Share Amalgamation Consideration” means with respect to any Company Ordinary Share held by a Company Shareholder, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, including those issued in connection with the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, a number of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares equal to (a) the Per Share Amalgamation Consideration Value divided by (b) the Closing Share Price.
“Per Share Amalgamation Consideration Value” means (a) the Equity Value divided by (b) the total number of Company Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, including (i) Company Ordinary Shares issued upon the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, and (ii) any Company Ordinary Shares issued, issuable or vested upon accelerated vesting of any Company Options.
“Permits” means all permits, licenses, certificates of authority, authorizations, approvals, registrations and other similar consents issued by or obtained from a Governmental Authority.
“Permitted Liens” means (i) statutory or common law Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, landlords, carriers, repairmen, construction contractors and other similar Liens (A) that arise in the ordinary course of business, (B) that relate to amounts not yet delinquent or (C) that are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions, and either are not material or appropriate reserves for the amount being contested have been established in accordance with SFRS or IFRS, as applicable, (ii) Liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales contracts and equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions to the extent appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with SFRS or IFRS, as applicable, (iv) non-monetary Liens, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that do not materially interfere with the present uses of such real property, (v) non-exclusive licenses of Owned Intellectual Property entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vi) Liens that secure obligations that are reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements or Liens the existence of which is referred to in the notes to the balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements, (vii) in the case of Leased Real Property, matters that would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of such Leased Real Property, which do not materially interfere with the current use or occupancy of any Leased Real Property, (viii) requirements and restrictions of zoning, building and other applicable Laws and municipal by-laws, and development, site plan, subdivision or other agreements with municipalities, which do not materially interfere with the current use or occupancy of any Leased Real Property, (ix) statutory Liens of landlords for amounts that (A) are not due and payable, (B) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and either are not material or appropriate reserves for the amount being contested have been established in accordance with SFRS or IFRS, as applicable, or (C) may thereafter be paid without penalty and (x) Liens described on Schedule 1.01(b) or incurred in connection with activities permitted under Section 6.01 hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any refinancings of existing indebtedness of the Company).
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“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental agency or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.
“Personal Information” means any personal information that specifically identifies, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, any particular individual or household.
“PIPE” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09.
“Privacy and Security Requirements” means, to the extent applicable to the Company, (a) any Laws relating to privacy and data security, including the Personal Data Protection Xxx 0000, laws regulating the Processing of Protected Data; (b) the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard issued by the PCI Security Standards Council, as it may be amended from time to time (“PCI DSS”); (c) all Contracts between the Company and any Person that is applicable to the PCI DSS, privacy, data security and/or the Processing of Protected Data; and (d) all policies and procedures applicable to the Company relating to the PCI DSS, privacy, data security and/or the Processing of Protected Data, including without limitation all website and mobile application privacy policies and internal information security procedures.
“Processing” means the creation, collection, use (including, without limitation, for the purposes of sending telephone calls, text messages and emails), storage, maintenance, processing, recording, distribution, transfer, transmission, receipt, import, export, protection, safeguarding, access, disposal or disclosure or other activity regarding data (whether electronically or in any other form or medium).
“Proposals” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
“Protected Data” means Personal Information and Confidential Data.
“Provisional Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a)(v).
“Proxy Statement” means the proxy statement filed by Acquiror as part of the Registration Statement with respect to the Extraordinary General Meeting for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Acquiror Shareholders to approve the Proposals (which shall also provide the Acquiror Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Acquiror Ordinary Shares in conjunction with a shareholder vote on the Business Combination).
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“PT DAB” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“PubCo” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“PubCo Board” means the board of directors of PubCo.
“PubCo Charter” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“PubCo Option” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(a).
“PubCo’s Ordinary Shares” means PubCo’s Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, entitling the holder of each such share to 1 vote per share.
“Real Estate Lease Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 4.18(b).
“Redeeming Shareholder” means an Acquiror Shareholder who demands that Acquiror redeem its Acquiror Ordinary Shares for cash in connection with the Offer and in accordance with the Acquiror Organizational Documents.
“Registered Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(a).
“Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a).
"Regulatory Approvals" means any approvals required from any Governmental Authority and/or under any applicable Laws relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including but not limited to the approvals required from the Regulatory Consent Authorities under Section 8.07.
“Regulatory Consent Authorities” means the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, as applicable.
“Release Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06(b)(ii).
“Representative” means, as to any Person, any of the officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, counsel, accountants, financial advisors, lenders, debt financing sources and consultants of such Person.
"Restructuring" means: (i) the completion of the conversion of (a) the convertible loan agreement dated March 2, 2020 between the Company (as lender) and PT DAB (as borrower), and (b) the convertible loan agreement originally dated February 27, 2019 between the Company (as lender) and PT DAB (as borrower) as amended and restated on March 2, 2020, such that the Company will hold 99.99% of the shares of PT DAB after the aforementioned conversion; (ii) the conversion of status from local company to foreign investment company of PT DAB; (iii) the issuance of new shares and transfer shares of PT DAB to PT Swa Daya Tek, such that PT DAB will ultimately own 85% of PT Tri Digi Fin; (iv) the transfer shares of PT Digi Investama Asia to PT DAB, such that PT DAB will ultimately own 20% of PT Reyhan Putra Mandiri; (v) the exchange of existing shares of Xxxxxxx Universal Group Inc. to its noteholders into Company Ordinary Shares; (vi) the exchange of existing shares of Genesis Global Pte. Ltd. to its noteholders into Company Ordinary Shares; (vii) any internal restructuring by a Company Shareholder to its appointed entity; and (viii) the issuance of (a) 289 Company Ordinary Shares by the Company to PT Reliance Capital Management, (b) 44 Company Ordinary Shares by the Company to KFC Ventures Pte. Ltd., (c) 15 Company Ordinary Shares by the Company to Kubera Pte. Ltd., and (d) 73 Company Ordinary Shares by the Company to Pay Square Capital Pte. Ltd.
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“Retained Agents” has the meaning specified in Section 11.16(a).
“Schedules” means the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Schedules and the Company Schedules.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Laws” means the securities laws of any state, federal or foreign entity and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"SFRS” means the financial reporting standards issued by the Singapore Accounting Standards Council, consistently applied.
“Share Issuance Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
“Shareholder Action” has the meaning specified in Section 7.09.
“Singapore Companies Act” means the Companies Xxx 0000, of Singapore, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Software” means any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, (b) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (c) descriptions, flow charts and other documentation used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons and (d) all documentation including user manuals and other training documentation relating to any of the foregoing.
“Sponsor” means, individually, StoneBridge Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Sponsor Support Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
“Sponsor Share Conversion” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 3.01(b).
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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any corporation or other organization (including a limited liability company or a general or limited partnership), whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization or any organization of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is, directly or indirectly, a general partner or managing member.
“Substitute Awards” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(b).
“Surviving Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02.
“Tax” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, foreign and other net income, alternative or add-on minimum, franchise, gross income, adjusted gross income or gross receipts, employment, withholding, payroll, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, license, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, personal property, real property, capital stock, capital share, profits, disability, registration, value added, estimated, customs duties, escheat, sales, use, or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment in the nature of a tax, together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto by a Governmental Authority.
“Tax Return” means any return, report, statement, refund, claim, declaration, information return, statement, estimate or other document filed or required to be filed with a Governmental Authority respect to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and including any amendments thereof.
“Term Sheets has the meaning specified in Section 8.09.
“Terminating Acquiror Breach” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(c).
“Terminating Company Breach” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).
“Transaction Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09.
“Transaction Investor” means any investor in the Transaction Financing.
“Transaction Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
“Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur at or prior to the Closing on the Closing Date, including the Amalgamation.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Trust Account” has the meaning specified in Section 5.08(a).
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“Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 5.08(a).
“Trustee” has the meaning specified in Section 5.08(a).
“Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 6.05.
“Unit Separation” means, the election of any holder of an Acquiror Unit, to separate such Acquiror Unit into Acquiror Ordinary Shares and Acquiror Public Warrants.
“VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date(s) on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date(s) shall be the fair market value per share on such date(s) as mutually determined by the Acquiror and the Company, each acting reasonably.
“Willful Breach” means, with respect to any agreement, a party’s knowing and intentional material breach of any of its representations or warranties as set forth in such agreement, or such party’s material breach of any of its covenants or other agreements set forth in such agreement, which material breach constitutes, or is a consequence of, a purposeful act or failure to act by such party with the knowledge that the taking of such act or failure to take such act would cause a material breach of such agreement.
“Withholding Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06(a).
1.02 Construction.
(a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (iv) the terms “Article”, “Section”, “Schedule”, “Exhibit” and “Annex” refer to the specified Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (v) the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation”, (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive and (vii) all references to money refer to the lawful currency of the United States.
(b) When used herein, “ordinary course of business” means an action taken, or omitted to be taken, in the ordinary and usual course of the Company’s or the Acquiror’s business, as applicable, consistent with past practice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, recent past practice in light of COVID-19). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing herein shall prevent the Company from taking or failing to take any COVID-19 Actions and (x) no such COVD-19 Actions shall be deemed to violate or breach this Agreement in any way, (y) all such COVID-19 Actions shall be deemed to constitute an action taken in the ordinary course of business and (z) no such COVID-19 Actions shall serve as a basis for Acquiror to terminate this Agreement or assert that any of the conditions to the Closing contained herein have not been satisfied.
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(c) Any reference in this Agreement to “PubCo” shall also mean Acquiror to the extent the matter relates to the pre-Closing period and any reference to “Acquiror” shall also mean “PubCo” to the extent the matter relates to the post-Closing period (including, for the purposes of this Section 1.02(c), the Effective Time).
(d) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto.
(e) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation.
(f) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.
(g) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.
(h) All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under SFRS or IFRS, as applicable.
(i) The phrases “delivered,” “provided to,” “furnished to,” “made available” and phrases of similar import when used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, means that a copy of the information or material referred to has been (A) provided no later than one calendar day prior to the date of this Agreement to the party to which such information or material is to be provided or furnished (i) in the virtual “data room” set up by the Company in connection with this Agreement or (ii) by delivery to such party or its legal counsel via electronic mail or hard copy form, or (B) with respect to Acquiror, filed with the SEC by Acquiror on or prior to the date hereof.
1.03 Knowledge. As used herein, the phrase “to the knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge of, in the case of the Company, Founder and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and, in the case of Acquiror, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx.
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Article II
THE AMALGAMATION; CLOSING
2.01 The Amalgamation. As of the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Amalgamation Sub and the Company (Amalgamation Sub and the Company sometimes being referred to herein as the “Amalgamating Entities” and each an “Amalgamating Entity”) shall amalgamate and continue as one company (the “Amalgamation”), with the Company being the surviving corporation in the Amalgamation under the existing name of the Company, following which the separate corporate existence of Amalgamation Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the Amalgamated Company after the Amalgamation as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror.
2.02 Effects of the Amalgamation. The Amalgamation shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Singapore Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject thereto, at and after the Effective Time, in accordance with Section 215G of the Singapore Companies Act (a) all the property, rights and privileges of each Amalgamating Entity shall be transferred to and vest in the Amalgamated Company, (b) all the liabilities and obligations of each Amalgamating Entity shall be transferred to and become the liabilities and obligations of the Amalgamated Company, (c) all proceedings pending by or against each Amalgamating Entity may be continued by or against the Amalgamated Company, (d) any conviction, ruling, order or judgement in favor of or against each Amalgamating Entity may be enforced by or against the Amalgamated Company and (e) the shares and rights of the members in each Amalgamating Entity shall be converted into the shares and rights provided for in the Amalgamation Proposal.
2.03 Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Amalgamation (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically through the exchange of documents via e-mail or facsimile on the date which is three (3) Business Days after the date on which all conditions set forth in Article IX shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver thereof) or such other time and place as Acquiror and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.” Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article IX of this Agreement, and provided this Agreement has not theretofore been terminated pursuant to its terms, the Company and Amalgamation Sub shall execute and cause to be lodged with ACRA, the Amalgamation Proposal (substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit A) (the “Amalgamation Proposal”), the Other Amalgamation Documents and such other documents as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Singapore Companies Act or by any other applicable Law (together with the Amalgamation Proposal and the Other Amalgamation Documents, the “Amalgamation Documents”) to make the Amalgamation effective no later than 10:00 AM Singapore Standard Time on the Closing Date (such time being the “Effective Time”) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the date set forth in the notice of amalgamation confirming the Amalgamation under section 215F of the Singapore Companies Act issued by ACRA).
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2.04 Organizational Documents of Acquiror and the Amalgamated Company.
(a) At the Closing, the Acquiror Organizational Documents shall be amended and restated in their entirety to be the PubCo Charter until thereafter supplemented or amended in accordance with their terms and the Cayman Companies Act.
(b) At the Closing by virtue of the Amalgamation, the constitution of the Amalgamated Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Amalgamated Company Constitution until thereafter supplemented or amended in accordance with its terms and the Singapore Companies Act.
2.05 Directors and Officers of Acquiror and the Amalgamated Company.
(a) Except as otherwise directed in writing by the Company, and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, subject to any limitation with respect to any specific individual imposed under applicable Laws and the listing requirements of Nasdaq (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to any exemptions available to a controlled company), Acquiror shall take all actions necessary or appropriate (including securing resignations or removals and making such appointments as are necessary) to cause, effective as of the Closing, the PubCo Board to consist of: a total of seven (7) directors; three (3) directors nominated by the Company; two (2) directors nominated by the Sponsor (who shall be the persons contemplated to be on the PubCo Board pursuant to the Director Nomination Agreement); and two (2) directors to be independent directors chosen by the Company. On the Closing Date, Acquiror shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Company with such individuals elected as members of the PubCo Board as of the Closing, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective immediately following the Closing.
(b) Except as otherwise directed in writing by the Company, and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, Acquiror shall take all actions necessary or appropriate (including securing resignations or removals and making such appointments as are necessary) to cause the Persons constituting the officers of the Company prior to the Effective Time to be the officers of Acquiror (and holding the same titles as held at the Company) until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly appointed.
(c) The directors of PubCo elected pursuant to the Proxy Statement shall be the directors of the Amalgamated Company from and after the Effective Time, in each case, to hold office in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Amalgamated Company. The Company shall take all necessary action prior to the Effective Time such that (i) each director of the Company in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to be a director immediately following the Effective Time (including by causing each such director to tender an irrevocable resignation as a director, effective as of the Effective Time) and (ii) certain directors or executive officers of the Company, determined by the Company and communicated in writing to Acquiror prior to the Closing Date, shall be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Amalgamated Company, effective as of immediately following the Effective Time, and, as of such time, shall be the only directors of the Amalgamated Company (including by causing the Company Board to adopt resolutions prior to the Effective Time that expand or decrease the size of the Company Board, as necessary, and appoint such persons to the vacancies resulting from the incumbent directors’ respective resignations or, if applicable, the newly created directorships upon any expansion of the size of the Company Board). Each person appointed as a director of the Amalgamated Company pursuant to the preceding sentence shall remain in office as a director of the Amalgamated Company until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
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(d) Except as otherwise directed in writing by the Company, the Persons constituting the officers of the Company prior to the Effective Time shall continue to be the officers of the Amalgamated Company (and holding the same titles as held at the Company) until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly appointed.
Article III
EFFECTS OF THE AMALGAMATION
3.01 Effect on Securities. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement:
(a) immediately prior to the Sponsor Share Conversion and prior to the Effective Time, each Company Preferred Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to such time shall automatically convert into a number of Company Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Company (collectively, the “Company Preferred Shares Conversion”). All Company Preferred Shares converted into Company Ordinary Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities;
(b) immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Acquiror Class B Ordinary Share that is issued and outstanding as of such time shall automatically convert in accordance with the terms of the Acquiror Organizational Documents into one Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share (the “Sponsor Share Conversion”). All of Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares converted into Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of such Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities;
(c) at the Effective Time (and, for the avoidance of doubt, following the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, and immediately following the consummation of the Sponsor Share Conversion), by virtue of the Amalgamation and without any action on the part of any Company Shareholder, subject to and in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth herein (including without limitation delivery of the release contemplated by Section 3.03(a)(ii)), (i) each Company Ordinary Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be cancelled and converted into, and shall thereafter represent the right of each Company Shareholder to receive, as consideration for such Company Share, the applicable Per Share Amalgamation Consideration and (ii) in consideration thereof, the Acquiror shall issue the Per Share Amalgamation Consideration to the respective Company Shareholder. All of the Company Ordinary Shares converted into the right to receive consideration as described in this Section 3.01(c) shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Ordinary Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities, except the right to receive the applicable consideration described in this Section 3.01(c) into which such Company Ordinary Share shall have been converted into in the Amalgamation;
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(d) at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Amalgamation and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each ordinary share of Amalgamation Sub shall be converted into and become one validly issued ordinary share of the Amalgamated Company and all such shares shall constitute the only outstanding share capital of the Amalgamated Company as of immediately following the Effective Time and accordingly, PubCo shall become, pursuant to the Amalgamation and the cancellation of the Company Ordinary Shares, the holder of all Amalgamated Company Ordinary Shares; and
(e) at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Amalgamation and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each Company Ordinary Share held in the treasury of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.
3.02 Equitable Adjustments. If, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the outstanding Company Ordinary Shares, Company Preferred Shares or Acquiror Ordinary Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock or share dividend, subdivision, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event shall have occurred, or if there shall have been any breach of Section 5.15(a) of this Agreement by Acquiror with respect to the number of its issued and outstanding Acquiror Ordinary Shares (or any other issued and outstanding equity security interests in Acquiror) or rights to acquire Acquiror Ordinary Shares (or any other equity security interests in Acquiror), then any number, value (including dollar value) or amount contained herein which is based upon the number of Company Ordinary Shares, Company Preferred Shares or Acquiror Ordinary Shares (or any other equity security interests in Acquiror), as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Ordinary Shares, the holders of Company Preferred Shares or the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares, as applicable, the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event; provided, however, that this Section 3.02 shall not be construed to permit Acquiror, the Company or Amalgamation Sub to take any action with respect to their respective securities that is prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3.03 Delivery of Amalgamation Consideration.
(a) At least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the target Closing Date agreed between the parties, Acquiror shall provide to the Company, who shall cause to be delivered to each holder of record of Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares at the address provided to Acquiror by the Company, a letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which shall (i) have customary representations and warranties as to title, authorization, execution and delivery, (ii) have a customary release of all claims against PubCo and the Company arising out of or related to such holder’s ownership of Company Ordinary Shares or Company Preferred Shares), (iii) include the agreement of the members of the Management Earnout Group to the appointment of the Management Representative pursuant to Section 11.16 hereof with respect to matters relating to the Earnout Shares, and (iv) specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares, as applicable, shall pass, only upon delivery of the Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares, as applicable, to Acquiror (including all certificates representing Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares (each, a “Company Security” and, collectively, the “Company Securities”), to the extent such Company Ordinary Shares or Company Preferred Shares are certificated), together with instructions thereto.
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(b) Upon the receipt of a Letter of Transmittal (accompanied with all Company Securities representing Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares, to the extent such Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares are certificated) duly, completely and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by Acquiror, the holder of such Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, the consideration described in Section 3.01(c) into which such Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares, as applicable, have been converted pursuant to Section 3.01(c) (after giving effect to Sections 3.01(a) and 3.01(b)). Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.03(b) together with the delivery of a duly, completely and validly executed Letter of Transmittal, each Company Ordinary Share and Company Preferred Share shall be deemed at any time from and after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the consideration described in Section 3.01(c) which the holders of Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares, as applicable, were entitled to receive in respect of such shares pursuant to this Section 3.03(b).
3.04 Lost Securities. In the event any Company Security has been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, upon the delivery of a duly, completely and validly executed Letter of Transmittal with respect to the shares formerly represented by such Company Security, the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Company Security to be lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed and, if required by Acquiror, the provision by such Person of a customary indemnity against any claim that may be made against Acquiror with respect to such Company Security, Acquiror shall issue or pay in exchange for such lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Company Security the consideration issuable or payable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article III.
3.05 Treatment of Company Options.
(a) Effective as of the Effective Time, each option to purchase Company Ordinary Shares (a “Company Option”) granted under any Company Share Plan that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Options that are held by the Founder or his controlled Affiliates), whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall be assumed by the PubCo and shall be converted into a share option (a “PubCo Option”) to acquire PubCo’s Ordinary Shares in accordance with this Section 3.05(a). Each such PubCo Option as so assumed and converted shall continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and conditions as applied to the Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (but taking into account any changes thereto provided for in the applicable Company Share Plan, in any award agreement or in such Company Option by reason of this Agreement or the Transactions). As of the Effective Time, each such PubCo Option as so assumed and converted shall be for that number of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares determined by multiplying the number of Company Ordinary Shares subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio, which product shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares, at a per share exercise price determined by dividing the per share exercise price of such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio, which quotient shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent. The Company shall terminate the Company Share Plan as of the Effective Time. As of the Effective Time, all Company Options shall no longer be outstanding and each holder of PubCo Options shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Options, except as set forth in this Section 3.05(a).
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversions described in this Section 3.05 will be subject to such modifications, if any, as are required to cause the conversion to be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D). Following the Effective Time, each PubCo Option shall be subject to the Acquiror Incentive Plan (and considered “Substitute Awards” for purposes thereof) and to the same terms and conditions, including, without limitation, any vesting conditions, as had applied to the corresponding Company Option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, except for such terms rendered inoperative by reason of the Transactions, subject to such adjustments as reasonably determined by the PubCo Board to be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the conversion or the Transactions.
3.06 Earnout.
(a) Delivery of the Earnout Shares. At the Closing and immediately prior to the Effective Time, PubCo shall issue electronically through DTC, using DTC’s Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian System, to the Earnout Escrow Agent (as defined below), Five Million (5,000,001) PubCo Ordinary Shares (as such shares may be adjusted for any share split, reverse share split, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, exchange, subdivision or combination (the “Earnout Shares”)), issued in the name of PubCo as treasury shares, which shares shall be released, in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06 among the Management Earnout Group, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 3.06. Effective as of the Closing, the Management Earnout Group shall have the right to vote, in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06, each of the Earnout Shares until such Earnout Shares are forfeited as if the Management Earnout Group was the owner of record of such Earnout Shares. Until Earnout Shares have been released or been forfeited hereunder, an amount equal to any dividends or distributions that would have been payable to the Management Earnout Group if the Earnout Shares had been released prior to the record date for such dividends or distributions shall be delivered by Pubco to the Earnout Escrow Agent for the benefit of the Management Earnout Group with respect to the Earnout Shares (the “Withholding Amount”). If any securities of Pubco or any other Person are included in the Withholding Amount, then any dividends or distributions in respect of or in exchange for any of such securities in the Withholding Amount, whether by way of stock splits or otherwise, shall be delivered to the Earnout Escrow Agent and included in the “Withholding Amount”, and will be released to the Management Earnout Group upon the release of the corresponding securities. If and when the Earnout Shares are released in accordance with this Section 3.06, the Earnout Escrow Agent shall release to each member of the Management Earnout Group, in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06, the aggregate amount of the Withholding Amount attributable to such Earnout Shares that have been released and, if applicable, shall continue to withhold any remaining Withholding Amount that is attributable to such Earnout Shares that have not yet been released until such Earnout Shares are released, in which case such remaining Withholding Amount shall be released to the Management Earnout Group. If all or any portion of the Earnout Shares are forfeited to PubCo in accordance with this Section 3.06, then the portion of the Withholding Amount attributable to the portion of the Earnout Shares that have been forfeited to PubCo shall be automatically forfeited to Pubco without consideration and with no further action required of any person.
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(b) Procedures Applicable to the Earnout of the Earnout Shares.
(i) Upon receipt of the Earnout Shares, an escrow agent (the “Earnout Escrow Agent”) will place such Earnout Shares in an escrow account (the “Earnout Escrow Account”) established pursuant to an escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, to be entered into at the Closing by Acquiror, the Sponsor, the Management Representative and the Earnout Escrow Agent (the “Earnout Escrow Agreement”).
(ii) Promptly upon the occurrence of any triggering event described in Section 3.06(c) below, PubCo and Management Representative shall prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and delivered, a joint written share release instruction to the Earnout Escrow Agent (a “Release Notice”), which Release Notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the triggering event giving rise to the requested release and the specific release instructions with respect thereto (including the number of Earnout Shares to be released and the identity of the person to whom they should be released).
(iii) The Earnout Shares that are to be released from the Earnout Escrow Account and distributed to each member of the Management Earnout Group shall be distributed to each member of the Management Earnout Group in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, any Earnout Shares to be released and distributed pursuant to this Section 3.06 to Management Earnout Group shall be distributed and released as PubCo’s Ordinary Shares.
(c) Release of Earnout Shares. The Earnout Shares shall be released and delivered as follows:
(i) One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000) Earnout Shares will be released from the Earnout Escrow Account and distributed to each member of the Management Earnout Group in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06 in accordance with Section 3.06(b)(ii) upon receipt of the applicable Release Notice by the Earnout Escrow Agent on the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date.
(ii) One Million One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Sixty Seven (1,166,667) Earnout Shares will be released from the Earnout Escrow Account, and distributed to each member of the Management Earnout Group in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06 in accordance with Section 3.06(b)(ii) upon receipt of the applicable Release Notice by the Earnout Escrow Agent, if: (x) the VWAP of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $11.50 per share for twenty (20) trading days of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days, commencing after the Closing, or (y) if PubCo consummates a transaction which results in the shareholders of PubCo having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $11.50 per share (for any non-cash proceeds, as determined based on the agreed valuation set forth in the applicable definitive agreements for such transaction or, in the absence of such valuation, as determined in good faith by the PubCo Board);
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(iii) One Million One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Sixty Seven (1,166,667) Earnout Shares will be released from the Earnout Escrow Account, and distributed to each member of the Management Earnout Group in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06 in accordance with Section 3.06(b)(ii) upon receipt of the applicable Release Notice by the Earnout Escrow Agent, if: (x) the VWAP of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share for twenty (20) trading days out of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days, commencing after the Closing, or (y) if PubCo consummates a transaction which results in the shareholders of PubCo having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $12.50 per share (for any non-cash proceeds, as determined based on the agreed valuation set forth in the applicable definitive agreements for such transaction or, in the absence of such valuation, as determined in good faith by the PubCo Board);
(iv) the final One Million One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Sixty Seven (1,166,667) Earnout Shares will be released from the Earnout Escrow Account, and distributed to each member of the Management Earnout Group in the proportions set forth on Schedule 3.06 in accordance with Section 3.06(b)(ii) upon receipt of the applicable Release Notice by the Earnout Escrow Agent, if: (x) the VWAP of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $15.00 per share for twenty (20) trading days out of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days, commencing after the Closing, or (y) if PubCo consummates a transaction which results in the shareholders of PubCo having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $15.00 per share (for any non-cash proceeds, as determined based on the agreed valuation set forth in the applicable definitive agreements for such transaction or, in the absence of such valuation, as determined in good faith by the PubCo Board); and
(v) if the conditions set forth in either Section 3.06(c)(ii), (iii) or (iv) have not been satisfied following the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing Date, any Earnout Shares remaining in the Earnout Escrow Account shall be automatically released to PubCo for cancellation and the members of the Management Earnout Group shall not have any right to receive such Earnout Shares or any benefit therefrom.
(d) The number of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares to be issued and released pursuant to Section 3.06(a), Section 3.06(b) and Section 3.06(c) and the VWAP price per share triggering events set forth in Section 3.06(c), shall be equitably adjusted for any share dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event affecting the Acquiror Ordinary Shares after the date of this Agreement.
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3.07 Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no fractional PubCo’s Ordinary Shares or certificates or scripts representing such fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of Company Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(c), and any such fractional shares or interests therein shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a holder of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, each Person who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a PubCo Ordinary Share (after aggregating all fractional shares of PubCo Ordinary Shares that otherwise would be received by such Person) shall have the number of PubCo Ordinary Shares issued to such Person rounded up in the aggregate to the nearest whole number of shares of PubCo Ordinary Shares.
3.08 Payment of Expenses.
(a) No sooner than five or later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall provide to Acquiror a written report setting forth a list of the following fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or the Company Shareholders in connection with the conduct of the Company’s sale process (including the evaluation and negotiation of business combinations with other third parties) and preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof), solely to the extent such fees and expenses are incurred and expected to remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date: (i) the fees and disbursements of outside counsel to the Company or the Company Shareholders incurred in connection with the Transactions and (ii) the fees and expenses of any other agents, advisors, consultants, experts and financial advisors employed by the Company in connection with the Transactions (collectively, the “Outstanding Company Expenses”). On the Closing Date, Acquiror shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds all such Outstanding Company Expenses.
(b) No sooner than five or later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Acquiror shall provide to the Company a written report setting forth a list of all unpaid fees and disbursements of Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or the Sponsor for outside counsel and fees and expenses of Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or the Sponsor or for any other agents, advisors, consultants, experts and financial advisors employed by or on behalf of Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or the Sponsor in connection with Acquiror’s initial public offering (including any deferred underwriter fees), the Transactions (including repayment of the outstanding balance of any and all promissory notes issued by Acquiror to Sponsor in respect of amounts (approximately $2,000,000 as of the Closing Date) actually paid by Sponsor into the Trust Account for the purpose of extending the period in which Acquiror may consummate a business combination pursuant to Article 49.7 of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Acquiror) or other proposed business combination with other third parties (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof) (collectively, the “Outstanding Acquiror Expenses”). On the Closing Date, Acquiror shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds all such Outstanding Acquiror Expenses.
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Article IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the Company Schedules to this Agreement (each of which qualifies (a) the correspondingly numbered representation, warranty or covenant, and (b) such other representations, warranties or covenants where its relevance as an exception to (or disclosure for purposes of) such other representation, warranty or covenant is reasonably apparent), the Company represents and warrants to Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub as follows:
4.01 Corporate Organization of the Company.
(a) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The Governing Documents of the Company previously made available by the Company to Acquiror are true, correct and complete and are in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
(b) The Company is licensed or duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign or extra-provincial company (or other entity, if applicable) in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.02 Subsidiaries. A complete list of each Company Subsidiary and its jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization, outstanding equity securities, and holders of equity securities (including respective numbers and percentages), as applicable, is set forth on Schedule 4.02. The Subsidiaries of the Company have been duly formed or organized and are validly existing under the Laws of their jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and have the requisite power and authority to own, lease or operate all of their respective properties and assets and to conduct their respective businesses as they are now being conducted. True, correct and complete copies of the Governing Documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case, as amended to the date of this Agreement, have been previously made available to Acquiror by or on behalf of the Company. Each Company Subsidiary is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation or extra-provincial company (or other entity, if applicable) in each jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing, as applicable, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.03 Due Authorization.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has obtained the Company Advance Shareholder Approval. Other than the Company Requisite Approval, the Company has all requisite company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to this Agreement to which it is a party and (subject to the approvals described in Section 4.05 and the Company Requisite Approval) to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by the Company Board and upon receipt of the Company Requisite Approval, no other company proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreements or the Company’s performance hereunder or thereunder. This Agreement has been, and each such Ancillary Agreement will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization and execution by each other party hereto and thereto, constitutes, or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity. The Company Advance Shareholder Approval and the Company Requisite Approval are the only votes of the holders of any class or series of shares in the capital of the Company required to approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions.
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4.04 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.05 or on Schedule 4.05, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to this Agreement to which it is a party by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, the Governing Documents of the Company, (b) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of any Law, Permit or Governmental Order applicable to the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or a right of termination, cancellation, modification, acceleration or amendment under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the acceleration or trigger of any payment, posting of collateral (or right to require the posting of collateral), time of payment, vesting or increase in the amount of any compensation or benefit payable pursuant to, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract of the type required to be disclosed in Section 4.12(a), or any Leased Real Property document to which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective assets or properties may be bound or affected or (d) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, equity interests or assets of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, except (in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) above) for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.05 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Acquiror contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or notice, approval, consent waiver or authorization from any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) the filing of the Amalgamation Documents with ACRA and the issuance of the notice of the amalgamation by ACRA in respect of the Amalgamation, each in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act, (b) any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions, and (c) as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.05.
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4.06 Capitalization.
(a) As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company consists of: (i) 11,230 ordinary shares (the “Company Ordinary Shares”) and (ii) 1,404 series A preferred shares (the “Company Preferred Shares”).
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(b), the Company owns of record and beneficially all the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
(c) All of the issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares and Company Preferred Shares and all of the equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and allotted and are fully paid, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, including the Singapore Companies Act and all applicable Securities Laws, and including any filings and returns required under any applicable Law to be delivered or made by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as applicable, in respect of such offer, sale, transfer or issuance, and all requirements set forth in (A) the Governing Documents of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, and (B) any other applicable Contracts governing the issuance or allotment of such securities, (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract, and (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(c), are fully vested. Set forth on Schedule 4.06(c) is a true, correct and complete list of each holder of Company Ordinary Shares, Company Preferred Shares or other equity interests of the Company (other than Company Options) and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, and the number of Company Ordinary Shares, Company Preferred Shares or other equity interests held by each such holder as of the date hereof. Except as set forth in this Section 4.06 or on Schedule 4.06(c) or pursuant to the Company Share Plan, as of the date hereof, there are no other Company Ordinary Shares, Company Preferred Shares or other equity interests of the Company authorized, reserved, issued or outstanding.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(d) for (i) Company Options granted pursuant to the Company Share Plan, and (ii) the Company Preferred Shares as of the date hereof there are (x) no subscriptions, calls, options, warrants, rights or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Company Ordinary Shares or the equity interests of the Company, or any other Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound obligating the Company to issue or sell any shares in the capital of, other equity interests in or debt securities of, the Company and (y) no equity equivalents, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock ownership interests or similar rights in the Company. As of the date hereof, except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(d) there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities or equity interests of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(d), there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which the Company’s shareholders may vote. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(d), as of the date hereof the Company is not party to any shareholders’ agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to its equity interests. With respect to each Company Option, Schedule 4.06(d) sets forth, as of the date hereof, the name of the holder of such Company Option, the number of vested and unvested shares or equity equivalent covered by such Company Option, the date of grant and the cash exercise price, strike price or offset amount per share/unit of such Company Option. The Company has made available to Acquiror true and complete copy of the form of agreement evidencing each Company Option, and has also delivered any other option agreements to the extent there are variations from the form of agreement, specifically identifying the Person(s) to whom such variant forms apply. The Company has made available to Acquiror a true and complete copy of the Company Share Plan and form of agreement evidencing each Company Option, and has also delivered any other option agreements and to the extent there are variations from the form of agreement, specifically identifying the Person(s) to whom such variant forms apply. Each Company Option (A) was granted, in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and conditions of the Company Share Plan pursuant to which it was issued, (B) has an exercise price per Share equal to or greater than the fair market value of a Share at the close of business on the date of such grant, (C) has a grant date identical to the date on which the Company’s Board or compensation committee actually awarded such Company Option, (D) qualifies for the tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Company Option in the Company’s tax returns and the Company’s financial statements, respectively, and (E) does not trigger any liability for the holder thereof under Section 409A of the Code.
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4.07 Financial Statements.
(a) Attached as Schedule 4.07(a) are:
(i) the consolidated audited balance sheets of the PT DAB and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021 and the audited statements of operations and statements of cash flows of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, together with the auditor’s reports thereon;
(ii) the audited balance sheets of the PT SOLUSI PASTI INDONESIA as of December 31, 2021 and the audited statements of operations and statements of cash flows of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, together with the auditor’s reports thereon;
(iii) the audited balance sheets of the PT TRI DIGI FIN as of December 31, 2021 and the audited statements of operations and statements of cash flows of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, together with the auditor’s reports thereon;
(iv) the audited balance sheets of the PT XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX as of December 31, 2021 and the audited statements of operations and statements of cash flows of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, together with the auditor’s reports thereon;
clause (i) – (iv) collectively, the “Indonesian Audited Financial Statements”; and
(v) the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and the unaudited statements of cash flows of the Company as of December 31, 2021 (the “DAB Balance Sheet” and collectively with the Indonesian Financial Statements, the “Provisional Financial Statements”).
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(b) The Provisional Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company Group as of the dates and for the periods indicated in such Provisional Financial Statements in conformity with (1) IFAS, with respect to the Indonesian Audited Financial Statements, and (2) SFRS, with respect to the DAB Balance Sheet (except, in the case of the DAB Balance Sheet, for the absence of footnotes and other presentation items and normal year-end adjustments) and were derived from the books and records of the Company.
(c) The Company Board would, as of the date hereof and assuming all Company Preferred Shares had been converted to Company Ordinary Shares prior to the date hereof, be able to give a solvency statement in relation to each of the Company and the Amalgamated Company in accordance with Section 215I and Section 215J of the Singapore Companies Act, respectively, to effect the Amalgamation, and the Company is not aware of any fact, matter or circumstance that has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur which would render the Company Board unable to give such solvency statement when required to do so in connection with the Amalgamation.
4.08 Undisclosed Liabilities. There is no liability, debt or obligation against the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that would be required to be set forth or reserved for on a balance sheet of the Company (and the notes thereto) prepared in accordance with SFRS or IFRS, as applicable, consistently applied and in accordance with past practice, except for liabilities or obligations (a) reflected or reserved for on the Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto, (b) that have arisen since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements in the ordinary course of business, (c) disclosed in the Company Schedules, (d) arising under or related to this Agreement and/or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Outstanding Company Expenses), or (e) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.09 Litigation and Proceedings. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.09, there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, Actions and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no pending or threatened investigations against the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or otherwise affecting the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, or their respective assets, including any condemnation or similar proceedings, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective property, assets or businesses is subject to any Governmental Order, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority, in each case that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no unsatisfied judgment or any open injunction binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions.
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4.10 Compliance with Laws.
(a) Except (i) with respect to compliance with Environmental Laws (as to which certain representations and warranties are made solely pursuant to Section 4.19) and compliance with Tax Laws (which are being made solely pursuant to Sections 4.13 and 4.15), and (ii) where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are, and since December 31, 2019 have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority of a violation of any applicable Law by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries at any time since December 31, 2019, which violation would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Since December 31, 2019, and except where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there has been no action taken by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Company, any officer, director, manager, employee, agent or representative of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as applicable, in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Law, (ii) neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has been convicted of violating any Anti-Corruption Laws or subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Authority for violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (iii) none of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries have conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Authority regarding any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any Anti-Corruption Law, and (iv) none of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has received any written notice or citation from a Governmental Authority for any actual or potential noncompliance with any applicable Anti-Corruption Law.
(c) Since December 31, 2019, and except where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there has been no action taken by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, director, manager, employee, agent or representative of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as applicable, in violation of any applicable International Trade Laws, (ii) neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has been convicted of violating any International Trade Laws or subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Authority for violation of any applicable International Trade Laws, (iii) none of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Authority regarding any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any International Trade Laws, and (iv) none of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has received any written notice or citation from a Governmental Authority for any actual or potential noncompliance with any applicable International Trade Law.
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4.11 Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 4.11(a) sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true and complete list, including owner, jurisdiction, and serial and application numbers, of all Patents, all registered copyrights, all registered trademarks, all domain name registrations and all pending registration applications for any of the foregoing, in each case, that are owned by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (the “Registered Intellectual Property”), all of which, to the knowledge of the Company, are valid, enforceable and subsisting. Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.11(a) or (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to all Registered Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 4.11(a) and all other Owned Intellectual Property free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
(b) Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.11(b) or (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, no Actions are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing (including unsolicited offers to license Patents) against the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries by any third party claiming infringement, misappropriation or other violation of Intellectual Property owned by such third party or by the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or in the conduct of the Company’s or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries’ business. Except (x) as set forth on Schedule 4.11(b) or (y) except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party to any pending Actions, as of the date of this Agreement, claiming infringement, misappropriation or other violation by any third party of any Owned Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(b), within the five (5) years preceding the date of this Agreement, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, their products and services and the conduct of their respective businesses have, to the knowledge of the Company, not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property of any third party, except for such infringements, misappropriations, dilutions and other violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Owned Intellectual Property except for such infringements, misappropriations, dilutions and other violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries either owns, has a valid license to use or otherwise has the lawful right to use, all of the Company Intellectual Property and Company Software and IT Systems used in or necessary to conduct its business, except for such Company Intellectual Property and Company Software and IT Systems with respect to which the lack of such ownership, license or right to use would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the foregoing will be materially adversely impacted by (nor will require the payment or grant of additional material amounts or material consideration as a result of) the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have undertaken commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of any Trade Secrets included in the Owned Intellectual Property.
(d) No director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has any ownership interest in any of the Owned Intellectual Property, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries have implemented policies whereby employees and contractors of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries who create or develop any Intellectual Property in the course of their employment or provision of services for the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as applicable, are required to assign to the Company all of such employee’s or contractor’s rights therein, and all such employees and contractors have executed valid written agreements pursuant to which such Persons have assigned (or are obligated to assign) to the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries all of such employee’s or contractor’s rights in and to such Intellectual Property that did not vest automatically in the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries by operation of law (and, in the case of contractors, to the extent such Intellectual Property was intended to be proprietary to the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries), except in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(e), or otherwise as would not materially adversely affect the Owned Intellectual Property, no government funding and no facilities or other resources of any university, college, other educational institution or research center were used in the development of any Owned Intellectual Property.
(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is in material compliance with the terms and conditions (other than attribution or notice requirements) of all material licenses for “free software,” “open source software” or under a similar licensing or distribution term (including the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Affero General Public License (AGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) and the Apache License) (“Open Source Materials”) used by the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries in any way.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has (i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, any Owned Intellectual Property or Owned Company Software, (ii) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any Owned Intellectual Property or Owned Company Software or (iii) used Open Source Materials in or with any Owned Intellectual Property or Owned Company Software (including any Open Source Materials that require, as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of such Open Source Materials that other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such Open Source Materials be (A) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (B) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works or (C) redistributable at no charge), in each case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in such a way that grants or otherwise requires the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to (x) disclose, distribute, license, grant rights or otherwise provide to any third party any material Owned Intellectual Property, including the source code for any Owned Company Software, or (y) otherwise imposes any limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of the Company to use, distribute or enforce any Owner Intellectual Property or Owned Company Software (collectively, “Copyleft Terms”).
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(h) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(h) or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) with respect to all material Owned Company Software, the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is in actual possession or control of the applicable material source code, object code, documentation, and know-how to the extent required for use, distribution, development, enhancement, maintenance and support of such Owned Company Software, (ii) neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries have disclosed source code for Owned Company Software to a third party other than to employees or contractors pursuant to a written agreement that protects the Company’s or the applicable Company Subsidiary’s rights in such source code and obligates the employee or contractor to maintain the confidentiality of the source code, (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, no Person other than the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is in possession of, or has rights to possess, any source code for Owned Company Software (other than contractors engaged to develop or maintain Owned Company Software), and (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(h) or under non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries to contractors engaged to perform services for the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries or to customers in the ordinary course of business, no Person other than the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries has any rights to use any Owned Company Software.
(i) In connection with its collection, storage, transfer (including without limitation, any transfer across national borders) and/or use of any information or Protected Data, the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is and has been, in compliance in all material respects with all Privacy and Security Requirements. The Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries have commercially reasonable physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures and policies in place to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all systems, information and Protected Data maintained and collected by it or on its behalf. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.11(i), neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries have experienced any security incident that has compromised the integrity or availability of the Company’s or any Company’s Subsidiaries’ network, systems, data or information. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is and has been, to the Company’s knowledge, in compliance in all material respects with all Privacy and Security Requirements relating to data loss, theft and breach of security notification obligations. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received, nor provided, any notice of any claims, actions, investigations, inquiries or alleged violations of Privacy and Security Requirements or any other security incidents.
(j) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the IT Systems are operational and adequate and sufficient for the current and reasonably anticipated future needs of the business of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the security, or material failures of the IT Systems currently used to provide material products to customers in the conduct of their business as it is currently conducted during the two-year period preceding the date hereof, (iii) the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has in place adequate and commercially reasonable security controls and backup and disaster recovery plans and procedures in place, (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the IT Systems in the two-year period preceding the date hereof that, pursuant to any legal requirement, would require the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to notify customers or employees of such breach or intrusion.
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4.12 Contracts; No Defaults.
(a) Schedule 4.12(a) contains a listing of all Contracts (other than purchase orders) described in clauses (i) through (ix) below to which, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which their respective assets are bound (together with all material amendments, waivers or other changes thereto) (collectively, the “Material Contracts”). True, correct and complete copies of the Material Contracts have been delivered to or made available to Acquiror or its agents or representatives.
(i) each employee collective bargaining Contract;
(ii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (A) licenses or is granted rights from a third party under Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries excluding click-wrap, shrink-wrap, off-the-shelf software licenses and any other software licenses that are commercially available on reasonable terms to the public generally with license, maintenance, support and other fees less than $500,000 per year or (B) licenses or grants to a third party to any rights in or to use Owned Intellectual Property or Owned Company Software (excluding non-exclusive licenses granted to customers, contractors, suppliers or service providers in the ordinary course of business);
(iii) any Contract which restricts in any material respect or contains any material limitations on the ability of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or in any geographic territory, in each case excluding customary confidentiality agreements (or clauses) or non-solicitation agreements (or clauses);
(iv) any Contract under which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed Indebtedness, has the right to draw upon credit that has been extended for Indebtedness, or has granted a Lien on its assets, whether tangible or intangible, to secure any Indebtedness, in each case, in an amount in excess of $5,000,000;
(v) any Contract that is a definitive purchase and sale or similar agreement entered into in connection with an acquisition or disposition by the Company since June 30, 2022 involving consideration in excess of $5,000,000 of any Person or of any business entity or division or business of any Person (including through merger or consolidation or the purchase of a controlling equity interest in or substantially all of the assets of such Person or by any other manner), but excluding any Contracts in which the applicable acquisition or disposition has been consummated and there are no material obligations ongoing;
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(vi) any Contract with outstanding obligations for the sale or purchase of personal property, fixed assets or real estate having a value individually, with respect to all sales or purchases thereunder, in excess of $5,000,000 in any calendar year, in each case, other than sales or purchases in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) any Contract not made in the ordinary course of business and not disclosed pursuant to any other clause under this Section 4.12 and expected to result in revenue or require expenditures in excess of $5,000,000 in the calendar year ending December 31, 2022; and
(viii) any joint venture Contract, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or similar Contract that is material to the business of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
(b) Except for any Material Contract that has terminated or will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date and except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) such Material Contracts are in full force and effect and represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company or the Company Subsidiary party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, and, to the knowledge of the Company, are enforceable by the Company or the Company Subsidiary to the extent a party thereto in accordance with their terms, subject in all respects to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (ii) none of the Company or the Company Subsidiary party thereto is in material breach of or material default (or would be in material breach, violation or default but for the existence of a cure period) under any Material Contract, (iii) since June 30, 2022, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any Material Contract, (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which, individually or together with other events, would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any Material Contract by the Company or the Company Subsidiary party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and (v) since June 30, 2022 through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice from any customer or supplier that is a party to any Material Contract that such party intends to terminate or not renew any Material Contract.
4.13 Company Benefit Plans.
(a) Schedule 4.13(a) sets forth an accurate and complete list of each material Company Benefit Plan. “Company Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and each equity-based, retirement, profit sharing, bonus, incentive, severance, separation, change in control, retention, deferred compensation, vacation, paid time off, medical, dental, life or disability plan, program, policy or Contract, and each other material employee compensation or benefit plan, program, policy or Contract that is maintained, sponsored or contributed to (or required to be contributed to) by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries has or may have any material liabilities.
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(b) The Company has made available or made available to Acquiror accurate summaries of each material Company Benefit Plan.
(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Company Benefit Plan and each Contract with any consultant and independent contractor has been administered in compliance with its terms and all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code and (ii) all contributions required to be made under the terms of any Company Benefit Plan and any Contract with any consultant and independent contractor as of the date this representation is made have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected in the Company’s financial statements or the financial statements of the applicable Company Subsidiary.
(d) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code (i) has received a favorable determination or opinion letter as to its qualification or (ii) has been established under a standardized master and prototype or volume submitter plan for which a current favorable Internal Revenue Service advisory letter or opinion letter has been obtained by the plan sponsor and is valid as to the adopting employer. To the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in the loss of the tax-qualified status of such plans.
(e) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates sponsored, maintained, contributed to or was required to contribute to, at any point during the six (6) year period prior to the date hereof, a multiemployer pension plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”) or other defined pension plans, in each case, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. At any point during the six (6) year period prior to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has had any liability under Title IV of ERISA on account of being considered a single employer under Section 414 of the Code with any other Person. No circumstance or condition exists that would reasonably be expected to result in an actual obligation of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to pay money to any Multiemployer Plan or other pension plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and that is maintained by an ERISA Affiliate of the Company. No Company Benefit Plan or Contract with any consultant and independent contractor provides post-employment health insurance benefits other than as required under Section 4980B of the Code. For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” means any entity (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, is considered under common control and treated as one employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to the Company Benefit Plans and Contracts with consultants and independent contractors, no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or other Governmental Authorities is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(g) There have been no “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA that are not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA and no breaches of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA) with respect to any Company Benefit Plan. There is no proceeding (other than routine and uncontested claims for benefits) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to any Company Benefit Plan, Contract with any consultant and independent contractor or against the assets of any Company Benefit Plan or such Contract.
(h) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.13(h), the consummation of the Transactions, alone or together with any other event, will not (i) result in a payment or benefit becoming due or payable, to any current or former employee, director, independent contractor or consultant, (ii) increase the amount or value of any benefit or compensation otherwise payable or required to be provided to any current or former employee, director, independent contractor or consultant, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any such benefit or compensation, (iv) result in the forgiveness in whole or in part of any outstanding loans made by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to any current or former employee, director, independent contractor or consultant or (v) limit the ability of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to terminate any Company Benefit Plan or Contract with any consultant or independent contractor.
(i) No amount or benefit that could be, or has been, received by any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries who is a “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code could reasonably be expected to be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code) as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has agreed to pay, gross up or otherwise indemnify any employee, director or contractor for any tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, 409A of the Code or otherwise.
4.14 Labor Matters.
(a) (i) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement, or any other labor-related agreements or arrangements with any labor union, labor organization or works council and no such agreements or arrangements are currently being negotiated by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (ii) no labor union or organization, works council or group of employees of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has made a pending written demand for recognition or certification and (iii) there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing to be brought or filed with the Ministry of Manpower or National Labor Relations Board or any other applicable labor relations authority.
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(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries (i) is, and since January 1, 2022 has been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws regarding employment and employment practices, including, without limitation, all laws respecting terms and conditions of employment, health and safety, employee classification, non-discrimination, wages and hours, immigration, disability rights or benefits, equal opportunity, plant closures and layoffs, affirmative action, workers’ compensation, labor relations, pay equity, overtime pay, employee leave issues, the proper classification of employees and independent contractors, the proper classification of exempt and non-exempt employees, and unemployment insurance, (ii) has not been adjudged to have committed any unfair labor practice as defined by the Ministry of Manpower or National Labor Relations Board or received written notice of any unfair labor practice complaint against it pending before the Ministry of Manpower or National Labor Relations Board that remains unresolved and (iii) since January 1, 2022, has not experienced any actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened arbitrations, grievances, labor disputes, strikes, lockouts, picketing, hand-billing, slowdowns or work stoppages against or affecting the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not delinquent in payments to any employees or former employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or otherwise paid.
(d) To the knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company at the level of head of business line or above is in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation: (i) to the Company or (ii) to a former employer of any such employee relating (A) to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company or (B) to the knowledge or use of Trade Secrets or proprietary information.
(e) To the knowledge of the Company, all employees of the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are legally permitted to be employed by the Company in the jurisdiction in which such employees are employed in their current job capacities.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar state or local Law that remains unsatisfied.
4.15 Taxes. With respect to the following representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.15 (other than Section 4.15(j)), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) All Tax Returns required by Law to be filed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly and timely filed (after giving effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such filings).
(b) All amounts of Taxes shown due on any Tax Returns of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries and all other amounts of Taxes owed by the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries have been timely paid.
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(c) The Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has (i) withheld all amounts of Taxes required to have been withheld by it in connection with amounts paid to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or any other third party, and (ii) remitted such amounts required to have been remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is currently engaged in any audit, administrative or judicial proceeding with a taxing authority with respect to Taxes. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has received any written notice from a taxing authority of a proposed deficiency of an amount of Taxes, other than any such deficiencies that have since been resolved. No written claim has been made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries does not file a Tax Return that such entity is or may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction in respect of Taxes that would be the subject of such Tax Return, which claim has not been resolved. There are no outstanding agreements extending or waiving the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment or reassessment of, Taxes of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, and no written request for any such waiver or extension is currently pending.
(e) Neither the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, nor any predecessor thereof has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (or so much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code) in the prior two years.
(f) Except with respect to deferred revenue or prepaid subscription revenues collected by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and made prior to the Closing; (B) ruling by, or written agreement with, a Governmental Authority (including any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of Tax Law) issued or executed prior to the Closing; (C) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (D) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing; (E) intercompany transaction or excess loss accounts described in the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) that existed prior to the Closing; or (F) Section 965 of the Code.
(g) There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Liens.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has any liability for the Taxes of any other Person (other than the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries) (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or (ii) as a transferee or successor.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by, nor does it have any obligation to, any Governmental Authority or other Person (other than the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries) under any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnification agreements (except, in each case, for any such agreements that are commercial contracts not primarily relating to Taxes).
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(j) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has made an election under Section 1362(a) of the Code to be treated as an “S corporation” for U.S. federal, state or local income tax purposes.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is, and none of them has been at any time during the five (5) year period ending on the Closing Date, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
(l) The Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is in compliance with applicable United States and foreign transfer pricing Laws and regulations in all material respects, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practices and methodology of the Company.
(m) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.
(n) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has elected to be classified for U.S. federal income Tax purposes as a partnership.
(o) Other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.13, this Section 4.15 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to Tax matters. Nothing in this Section 4.15 shall be construed as providing a representation or warranty with respect to (i) other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.15(f), any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning following the Closing Date or (ii) the existence, amount, expiration date or limitations on (or availability of) any Tax attribute.
4.16 Brokers’ Fees. Except as described on Schedule 4.16, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries for which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has any obligation.
4.17 Insurance. Schedule 4.17 contains a list of all material policies or programs of self-insurance of property, fire and casualty, product liability, workers’ compensation and other forms of insurance held by, or for the benefit of, the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement. True, correct and complete copies or comprehensive summaries of such insurance policies have been made available to Acquiror. With respect to each such insurance policy required to be listed on Schedule 4.17, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all premiums due have been paid (other than retroactive or retrospective premium adjustments and adjustments in the respect of self-funded general liability and automobile liability fronting programs, self-funded health programs and self-funded general liability and automobile liability front programs, self-funded health programs and self-funded workers’ compensation programs that are not yet, but may be, required to be paid with respect to any period end prior to the Closing Date), (ii) the policy is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and, except for policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect, (iii) neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is in breach or default (including any such breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notice), and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification, under the policy, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such action has been threatened and (iv) as of the date hereof, no written notice of cancellation, non-renewal, disallowance or reduction in coverage or claim or termination has been received other than in connection with ordinary renewals.
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4.18 Real Property; Assets.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries owns any real property. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property or material interest therein.
(b) Schedule 4.18(b) contains a true, correct and complete list of all Leased Real Property. The Company has made available to Acquiror true, correct and complete copies of the leases, subleases, licenses and occupancy agreements (including all modifications, amendments, supplements, guaranties, extensions, renewals, waivers, side letters and other agreements relating thereto) for the Leased Real Property to which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party (the “Real Estate Lease Documents”), and such deliverables comprise all Real Estate Lease Documents relating to the Leased Real Property.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.18(c), each Real Estate Lease Document (i) is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto, as applicable, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, and each such Real Estate Lease Document is in full force and effect, (ii) has not been amended or modified except as reflected in the Real Estate Lease Documents made available to Acquiror and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, covers the entire estate it purports to cover and, subject to securing the consents or approvals, if any, required under the Real Estate Lease Documents to be obtained from any landlord, or lender to landlord (as applicable), in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby by the Company, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will entitle Acquiror or its Subsidiaries to the exclusive use (subject to the terms of the respective Real Estate Lease Documents in effect with respect to the Leased Real Property), occupancy and possession of the premises specified in the Real Estate Lease Documents for the purpose specified in the Real Estate Lease Documents.
(d) No material default or breach by (i) the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries or (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, any other parties thereto, as applicable, presently exists under any Real Estate Lease Documents. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has received written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral notice of default or breach under any Real Estate Lease Document which has not been cured. To the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, and no condition exists which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or breach under any Real Estate Lease Document by the Company, one of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or by the other parties thereto. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has subleased or otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy any Leased Real Property or portion thereof which is still in effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries have collaterally assigned or granted any other security interest in the Leased Real Property or any interest therein which is still in effect. The Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries has a good and valid leasehold title to each Leased Real Property subject only to Permitted Liens.
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(e) Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has received any written notice that remains outstanding as of the date of this Agreement that the current use and occupancy of the Leased Real Property and the improvements thereon (i) are prohibited by any Lien or law other than Permitted Liens or (ii) are in material violation of any of the recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements or agreements applicable to such Leased Real Property.
4.19 Environmental Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is and, during the last three (3) years, has been in material compliance with all Environmental Laws;
(b) there has been no release of any Hazardous Materials at, in, on or under any Leased Real Property or in connection with the Company’s or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries' operations off-site of the Leased Real Property or, to the knowledge of the Company, at, in, on or under any formerly owned or leased real property during the time that the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries owned or leased such property;
(c) neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is subject to and neither has received any Governmental Order relating to any non-compliance with Environmental Laws by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal or cleanup of Hazardous Materials;
(d) no Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened and no investigation is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to the Company’s or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries’ compliance with or liability under Environmental Law;
(e) the Company has made available to Acquiror all material environmental reports (including any Phase One or Phase Two environmental site assessments), audits, correspondence or other documents relating to the Leased Real Property or any formerly owned or operated real property or any other location for which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may be liable in its possession, custody or control.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV, this Section 4.19 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to environmental matters.
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4.20 Absence of Changes. Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.20 and (ii) in connection with the Transactions, from June 30, 2022 through and including the date of this Agreement, the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries (1) has, in all material respects, conducted its business and operated its properties in the ordinary course of business (including, for the avoidance of doubt, recent past practice in light of COVID-19), and (2) has not taken any action that is both material to the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries and would require the consent of Acquiror pursuant to Section 6.01 if such action had been taken after the date hereof.
4.21 Affiliate Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21 and except for, in the case of any employee, officer or director, any employment or indemnification Contract or Contract with respect to the issuance of equity in the Company, neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding with any (i) present or former executive officer or director of any of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (ii) beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the capital shares or equity interests of any of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or (iii) Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 under the Exchange Act) of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing, a “Company Affiliate Agreement”).
4.22 Internal Controls. The Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that: (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with SFRS or IFRS, as applicable, and to maintain asset accountability; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
4.23 Permits. The Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has obtained and holds all material Permits (the “Material Permits”) that are required to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as currently conducted, except where the failure to obtain the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each Material Permit is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (b) no outstanding written notice of revocation, cancellation or termination of any Material Permit has been received by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (c) to the knowledge of the Company, none of such Permits upon its termination or expiration in the ordinary due course will not be renewed or reissued in the ordinary course of business upon terms and conditions substantially similar to its existing terms and conditions, (d) there are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, that seek the revocation, cancellation, limitation, restriction or termination of any Material Permit and (e) the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all Material Permits applicable thereto.
4.24 Registration Statement. None of the information relating to the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries supplied by the Company, or by any other Person acting on behalf of the Company, in writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement will, as of the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.24, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to information or statements made or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement that were not supplied by or on behalf of the Company for use therein.
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4.25 Operation of the Business during COVID-19. None of the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ actions and inactions prior to the date of this Agreement in response to COVID-19: (i) has resulted in the Company experiencing any material business interruption or material losses, or (ii) if taken following the date of this Agreement would constitute a Material Adverse Effect or a material breach of the covenants set forth in Section 6.01.
4.26 No Additional Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article IV (as modified by the Company Schedules), the Company expressly disclaims any representations or warranties of any kind or nature, express or implied, including as to the condition, value or quality of the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, or their respective assets, and the Company specifically disclaims any representation or warranty with respect to merchantability, usage, suitability or fitness for any particular purpose with respect to the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries' assets, or as to the workmanship thereof, or the absence of any defects therein, whether latent or patent, it being understood that such subject assets are being acquired “as is, where is” on the Closing Date, and in their present condition, and Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub shall rely on their own examination and investigation thereof. None of the Company’s Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, stockholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to Acquiror or its Affiliates, and no such party shall be liable in respect of the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to Acquiror or its Affiliates.
4.27 Company Shareholder Support Agreement. Company has delivered to Acquiror true, correct and complete copies of Company Shareholder Support Agreements duly executed by Company Shareholders who hold, in the aggregate, at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the fully-diluted outstanding share capital of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company Shareholder Support Agreements are in full force and effect and have not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended or modified, in any respect, and no withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated by any Company Shareholder. The Company Shareholder Support Agreements are a legal, valid and binding obligations, to the knowledge of Company, of each party thereto. To the Company’s Knowledge, neither the execution or delivery by any party thereto of, nor the performance of any party’s obligations under the Company Shareholder Support Agreement violates any provision of, or results in the breach of or default under, or requires any filing, registration or qualification under, any applicable Law. To the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of any Company Shareholder under any term or condition of the Company Shareholder Support Agreement.
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Article V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF ACQUIROR AND AMALGAMATION SUB
Except as set forth in the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Schedules to this Agreement (each of which qualifies (a) the correspondingly numbered representation, warranty or covenant if specified therein and (b) such other representations, warranties or covenants where its relevance as an exception to (or disclosure for purposes of) such other representation, warranty or covenant is reasonably apparent), each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
5.01 Corporate Organization.
(a) Acquiror is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The copies of the Acquiror Organizational Documents previously delivered by Acquiror to the Company are true, correct and complete and are in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Acquiror is, and at all times has been, in compliance with all restrictions, covenants, terms and provisions set forth in its Governing Documents. Acquiror is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a foreign company in all jurisdictions in which its ownership of property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed or qualified has not and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.
(b) Amalgamation Sub is duly incorporated, is validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate entity power and authority enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder. Other than Amalgamation Sub, Acquiror has no other Subsidiaries or any equity or other interests in any other Person.
5.02 Due Authorization.
(a) Each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub has all requisite corporate or entity power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party and (subject to the approvals described in Section 5.07) (in the case of Acquiror), upon receipt of the Acquiror Shareholder Approval and effectiveness of the PubCo Charter, to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements by each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly, validly and unanimously authorized by all requisite action and (in the case of Acquiror), except for the Acquiror Shareholder Approval, no other corporate or equivalent proceeding on the part of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub is necessary to authorize this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreements or Acquiror’s or Amalgamation Sub’s performance hereunder or thereunder. This Agreement has been, and each such Ancillary Agreement will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub and, assuming due authorization and execution by each other party hereto and thereto, this Agreement constitutes, and each such Ancillary Agreement will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub, enforceable against each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.
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(b) The approval by (A) an ordinary resolution in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Acquiror requiring the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast at the Extraordinary General Meeting, with the holders of (x) the Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares voting separately as a single class and (y) the Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares and the Acquiror B Ordinary Shares voting together as a single class, in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, is required to approve: (i) the Transaction Proposal, (ii) the Share Issuance Proposal, and (iii) the Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal, in each case, assuming a quorum is present; and (B) a special resolution in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Acquiror requiring the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds majority of the votes cast at the Extraordinary General meeting, with the holders (x) the Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares voting separately as a single class and (y) the Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares and (z) the Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares voting together as a single class, in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, is required to approve the Amendment Proposal, in each case assuming a quorum is present (the approval by Acquiror Shareholders of all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Acquiror Shareholder Approval”). The Acquiror Shareholder Approval are the only votes of any of Acquiror’s capital shares necessary in connection with the entry into this Agreement by Acquiror, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Closing).
(c) The Acquiror Board has duly adopted resolutions: (i) determining that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the approval of the PubCo Charter) are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Acquiror and its shareholders; (ii) determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80% of the amount held in the Trust Account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) as of the date hereof; (iii) approved the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as a Business Combination; (iv) approved this Agreement, the Transaction Financing and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the PubCo Charter), the execution and delivery by Acquiror of this Agreement, and Acquiror’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (v) resolved to recommend to the shareholders of Acquiror approval of each of the matters requiring Acquiror Shareholder Approval. The Board of Directors of Amalgamation Sub has duly adopted resolutions (i) approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the execution and delivery by Amalgamation Sub of this Agreement and Amalgamation Sub’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) declared this Agreement and the merger to be advisable and in the best interests of Amalgamation Sub and its sole shareholder and (iii) recommended that Acquiror approve and adopt this Agreement and the Amalgamation in its capacity as the sole shareholder of Amalgamation Sub.
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5.03 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub and (in the case of Acquiror), upon receipt of the Acquiror Shareholder Approval and the effectiveness of the PubCo Charter, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, any Governing Documents Amalgamation Sub, (b) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of any Law or Governmental Order applicable to each of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub or any of their respective properties or assets, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or a right of termination, cancellation, modification, acceleration or amendment under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the acceleration or trigger of any payment, posting of collateral (or right to require the posting of collateral), time of payment, vesting or increase in the amount of any compensation or benefit payable pursuant to, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which each of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub or any their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets or properties may be bound or affected or (d) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub, except (in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) above) for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into, perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.
5.04 Litigation and Proceedings. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, threatened, Actions and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, there are no pending or threatened investigations, in each case, against Acquiror, or otherwise affecting Acquiror or its assets, including any condemnation or similar proceedings, which, if determined adversely, could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into, perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions. There is no unsatisfied judgment or any open injunction binding upon Acquiror which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into, perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.
5.05 Compliance with Laws.
(a) Except where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into, perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions, Acquiror and its Subsidiaries are, and since the date of incorporation of Acquiror have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. Neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority of a violation of any applicable Law by Acquiror or its Subsidiaries at any time since the date of incorporation of Acquiror, which violation would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into, perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.
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(b) Since the date of incorporation of Acquiror, (i) there has been no action taken by Acquiror, its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, any officer, director, manager, employee, agent or representative of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Law, (ii) neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has been convicted of violating any Anti-Corruption Laws or subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Authority for violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (iii) neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Authority regarding any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any Anti-Corruption Law and (iv) neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or citation from a Governmental Authority for any actual or potential noncompliance with any applicable Anti-Corruption Law.
(c) Since the date of incorporation of Acquiror, and except where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions, (i) there has been no action taken by Acquiror, its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, any officer, director, manager, employee, agent or representative of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in violation of any applicable International Trade Laws, (ii) neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has been convicted of violating any International Trade Laws or subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Authority for violation of any applicable International Trade Laws, (iii) neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Authority regarding any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any International Trade Laws and (iv) neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or citation from a Governmental Authority for any actual or potential noncompliance with any applicable International Trade Law.
5.06 Employee Benefit Plans. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.06, or as may be contemplated by the Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal, neither Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or has any obligation or liability, or could reasonably be expected to have any obligation or liability, under, any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA or any other material, written plan, policy, program, arrangement or agreement (other than standard employment agreements that can be terminated at any time without severance or termination pay and upon notice of not more than 60 days or such longer period as may be required by applicable Law) providing compensation or benefits to any current or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor or other service provider, including, without limitation, all incentive, bonus, deferred compensation, vacation, holiday, cafeteria, medical, disability, stock purchase, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom stock, restricted stock or other stock-based compensation plans, policies, programs, practices or arrangements, but not including any plan, policy, program, arrangement or agreement that covers only former directors, officers, employees, independent contractors and service providers and with respect to which Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries have no remaining obligations or liabilities (collectively, the “Acquiror Benefit Plans”) and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in combination with another event) will (i) result in any material compensatory payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any shareholder, director, officer or employee of Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (ii) result in the acceleration, vesting or creation of any rights of any shareholder, director, officer or employee of Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries to payments or benefits or increases in any existing payments or benefits or any loan forgiveness.
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5.07 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub with respect to Acquiror’s or Amalgamation Sub’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for any applicable Antitrust Law, Securities Laws, Nasdaq and the filing and effectiveness of the Amalgamation Documents and the PubCo Charter.
5.08 Financial Ability; Trust Account.
(a) Set forth on Schedule 5.08 is a true and accurate record, as of the date identified on Schedule 5.08, of the balance invested in a trust account at Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the “Trust Account”), maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, acting as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated July 15, 2021, by and between Acquiror and the Trustee (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Acquiror and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity. The Trust Agreement has not been terminated, repudiated, rescinded, amended or supplemented or modified, in any respect, and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, no such termination, repudiation, rescission, amendment, supplement or modification is contemplated. There are no side letters and there are no agreements, Contracts, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, with the Trustee or any other Person that would (i) cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Acquiror SEC Reports to be inaccurate or (ii) entitle any Person (other than any Acquiror Shareholder who is a Redeeming Shareholder) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except in accordance with the Trust Agreement, Acquiror Organizational Documents and Acquiror’s final prospectus dated July 16, 2021. Amounts in the Trust Account are invested in U.S. Government securities or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Acquiror has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in material default, breach or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with, the Trust Agreement, and no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach thereunder. There are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, threatened with respect to the Trust Account. Acquiror has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the principal held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement). As of the Effective Time, the obligations of Acquiror to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents shall terminate, and, as of the Effective Time, Acquiror shall have no obligation whatsoever pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents to dissolve and liquidate the assets of Acquiror by reason of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Following the Effective Time, no Acquiror Shareholder shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account except to the extent such Acquiror Shareholder is a Redeeming Shareholder.
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(b) As of the date hereof, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein and the compliance by the Company with its respective obligations hereunder, Acquiror has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Account will not be satisfied or funds available in the Trust Account will not be available to Acquiror on the Closing Date.
(c) As of the date hereof, Acquiror does not have, or have any present intention, agreement, arrangement or understanding to enter into or incur, any obligations with respect to or under any Indebtedness.
5.09 Taxes.
(a) All income Tax and other material Tax Returns required by Law to be filed by Acquiror have been duly and timely filed (after giving effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such filings).
(b) All material amounts of Taxes shown due on any Tax Returns of Acquiror and all other material amounts of Taxes owed by Acquiror have been timely paid.
(c) Acquiror has (i) withheld all material amounts of Taxes required to have been withheld by it in connection with amounts paid to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or any other third party, and (ii) remitted such amounts required to have been remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority.
(d) Acquiror is not currently engaged in any material audit, administrative or judicial proceeding with a taxing authority with respect to Taxes. Acquiror has not received any written notice from a taxing authority of a proposed deficiency of a material amount of Taxes, other than any such deficiencies that have since been resolved. No written claim has been made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where Acquiror does not file a Tax Return that such entity is or may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction in respect of Taxes that would be the subject of such Tax Return, which claim has not been resolved. There are no outstanding agreements extending or waiving the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment or reassessment of, material Taxes of Acquiror, and no written request for any such waiver or extension is currently pending.
(e) To the knowledge of Acquiror, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.
(f) Acquiror has not constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (or so much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code) in the prior two years.
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(g) Acquiror will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and made prior to the Closing; (B) ruling by, or written agreement with, a Governmental Authority (including any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of Tax Law) issued or executed prior to the Closing; (C) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (D) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing; (E) intercompany transaction or excess loss accounts described in the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) that existed prior to the Closing; or (F) Section 965 of the Code.
(h) There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of Acquiror, other than Permitted Liens.
(i) Acquiror has no liability for the Taxes of any other Person (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or (ii) as a transferee or successor.
(j) Acquiror is not a party to or bound by, nor does it have any obligation to, any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnification agreements (except, in each case, for any such agreements that are commercial contracts not primarily relating to Taxes).
(k) Acquiror is and has since formation been treated as a corporation for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income Tax purposes.
(l) Other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.06, this Section 5.09 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of Acquiror with respect to Tax matters. Nothing in this Section 5.09 shall be construed as providing a representation or warranty with respect to (i) other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.09(g), any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning following the Closing Date or (ii) the existence, amount, expiration date or limitations on (or availability of) any Tax attribute.
5.10 Brokers’ Fees. Except for fees described on Schedule 5.10 (including the amounts owed with respect thereto), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission (including any deferred underwriting commission) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Transaction Financing) or as a result of the Closing, in each case, including based upon arrangements made by Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, including the Sponsor.
5.11 Acquiror SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11,
(a) Acquiror has filed in a timely manner all required registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC since the date of incorporation of the Acquiror (collectively, as they have been amended since the time of their filing and including all exhibits thereto, the “Acquiror SEC Reports”). None of the Acquiror SEC Reports, as of their respective dates (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date, then on the date of such filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The audited financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements (including, in each case, the notes and schedules thereto) included in the Acquiror SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto and except with respect to unaudited statements as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC), and fairly present (subject, in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements included therein, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of complete footnotes) in all material respects the financial position of Acquiror as of the respective dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended.
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(b) Acquiror has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to Acquiror and other material information required to be disclosed by Acquiror in the reports and other documents that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to Acquiror’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(c) Acquiror has established and maintains a system of internal controls. Such internal controls are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Acquiror’s financial reporting and the preparation of Acquiror’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
(d) Marcum LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(e) Acquiror maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that (i) complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) has been designed by Acquiror’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (iii) is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and, except as disclosed on Schedule 5.11, Acquiror’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and Acquiror is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.
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(f) Since the date of Acquiror’s latest audited financial statements filed with the SEC, there has been no change in Acquiror’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Acquiror’s internal control over financial reporting.
(g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Acquiror to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of Acquiror. Acquiror has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(h) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.11(h), neither Acquiror (including any employee thereof) nor Acquiror’s independent auditors has identified or been made aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by Acquiror, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Acquiror’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by Acquiror or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
(i) As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding SEC comments from the SEC with respect to any Acquiror SEC Reports. None of the Acquiror SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof.
5.12 Business Activities; Absence of Changes.
(a) Since its incorporation, Acquiror has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a Business Combination. Except as set forth in the Acquiror Organizational Documents, there is no agreement, commitment or Governmental Order binding upon Acquiror or to which Acquiror is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Acquiror or any acquisition of property by Acquiror or the conduct of business by Acquiror as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.
(b) Acquiror does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, Acquiror has no interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, and is not party to, bound by or has its assets or property subject to, in each case whether directly or indirectly, any Contract or transaction which is, or could reasonably be interpreted as constituting, a Business Combination.
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(c) Except for (i) this Agreement and the agreements expressly contemplated hereby (including any agreements permitted by Section 7.01) and (ii) with respect to fees and expenses of Acquiror’s legal, financial and other advisors, Acquiror is not, and at no time has been, party to any Contract with any other Person that would require payments by Acquiror in excess of $150,000 monthly, $250,000 in the aggregate annually with respect to any individual Contract or more than $500,000 in the aggregate annually when taken together with all other Contracts (other than this Agreement and the agreements expressly contemplated hereby (including any agreements permitted by Section 7.01)).
(d) There is no liability, debt or obligation against Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, except for liabilities and obligations (i) reflected or reserved for on Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022 or disclosed in the notes thereto (other than any such liabilities not reflected, reserved or disclosed as are not and would not be, in the aggregate, material to Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or (ii) that have arisen since the date of Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet for the quarterly period September 30, 2022 in the ordinary course of the operation of business of Acquiror and its Subsidiaries (other than any such liabilities as are not and would not be, in the aggregate, material to Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole).
(e) Since its organization, Amalgamation Sub has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of the Amalgamation. Except as set forth in Amalgamation Sub’s Governing Documents, there is no agreement, commitment, or Governmental Order binding upon Amalgamation Sub or to which Amalgamation Sub is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Amalgamation Sub or any acquisition of property by Amalgamation Sub or the conduct of business by Amalgamation Sub as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Amalgamation Sub to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Amalgamation Sub does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity.
(g) Amalgamation Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Amalgamation and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the Amalgamation and has no, and at all times prior to the Effective Time except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to this Agreement, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation.
(h) Since the date of Acquiror’s formation through and including the date of this Agreement, (i) there has not been any change, development, condition, occurrence, event or effect relating to the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions and (ii) Acquiror and its Subsidiaries have not taken any action that would require the consent of the Company pursuant to Section 7.01 if such action had been taken after the date of this Agreement.
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5.13 Registration Statement. As of the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, the Registration Statement (together with any amendments or supplements thereto) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that Acquiror makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to Acquiror by or on behalf of the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
5.14 No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article V or any other provision hereof, Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub and its other Affiliates and any of its and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, stockholders, partners, members or Representatives, acknowledge and agree that Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub have made their own investigation of the Company and that they are relying only on that investigation and the specific representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and not on any other representation or statement made by the Company nor any of its Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, stockholders, partners, members, agents or Representatives, and that none of such persons is making or has made any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, other than those expressly given by the Company in Article IV, including without limitation any other implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any cost estimates, financial or other projections or other predictions that may be contained or referred to in the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Schedules or elsewhere, as well as any information, documents or other materials (including any such materials contained in any “data room” (whether or not accessed by Acquiror or its representatives) or reviewed by Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to Acquiror or any of its Affiliates, agents or representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the Company, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing except as may be expressly set forth in Article IV of this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Acquiror understands and agrees that any assets, properties and business of the Company are furnished “as is”, “where is” and subject to and except as otherwise provided in the representations and warranties of the Company expressly set forth in Article IV or any certificate delivered in accordance with Section 9.02(c), with all faults and without any other representation or warranty of any nature whatsoever.
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5.15 Capitalization.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.15, as of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of Acquiror consists of (i) 1,000,000 shares of preference shares, with a par value of $0.0001 per share, (ii) 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share, and (iii) 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Each whole Acquiror Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Acquiror Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share on the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Acquiror Warrant agreements. As of the date hereof, (a) no preference shares of Acquiror are issued and outstanding; (b) 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares are issued and outstanding; (c) 5,000,000 Class B ordinary shares are issued and outstanding; (d) Acquiror has, after giving effect to the Unit Separation, issued 18,000,000 Acquiror Warrants, consisting of 10,000,000 Acquiror Public Warrants (including 10,000,000 Acquiror Warrants that have not been separated from the outstanding Acquiror Units) and 8,000,000 Acquiror Private Placement Warrants, of which 7,000,000 Acquiror Private Placement Warrants are held by the Sponsor; and (e) 20,000,000 Acquiror Units remain outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding Acquiror Ordinary Shares and Acquiror Warrants (including the Acquiror Ordinary Shares underlying the Acquiror Warrants) (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract and (iv) are fully vested and not otherwise subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture within the meaning of Code Section 83.
(b) Except for this Agreement and the Acquiror Warrants there are (i) no subscriptions, calls, options, warrants, rights or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Acquiror Ordinary Shares or any other equity interests of Acquiror, or any other Contracts to which Acquiror is a party or by which Acquiror is bound obligating (or in lieu of a cash payment, allowing) Acquiror to issue or sell any capital shares of, other equity interests in or debt securities of, Acquiror, and (ii) no equity equivalents, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock ownership interests or similar rights in Acquiror. Except as otherwise required by Xxxxxxxx’s Organizational Documents in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Acquiror to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities or equity interests of Acquiror. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Acquiror having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which Acquiror’s shareholders may vote. Acquiror is not a party to any shareholders’ agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to Acquiror Ordinary Shares or any other equity interests of Acquiror. Acquiror does not own any capital stock or any other equity interests in any other Person or has any right, option, warrant, conversion right, stock appreciation right, redemption right, repurchase right, agreement, arrangement or commitment of any character under which a Person is or may become obligated to issue or sell, or give any right to subscribe for or acquire, or in any way dispose of, any of the capital shares or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any of the capital shares or other equity interests, of such Person. There are no securities or instruments issued by or to which Acquiror is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the consummation of the Transactions, in each case, that have not been, or will not be, waived on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) As of the date hereof, the issued and paid up capital of Amalgamation Sub is $1.00 and consists of 1 ordinary share beneficially held (and held of record) solely by Xxxxxxxx as of the date of this Agreement.
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5.16 Nasdaq Stock Market Quotation. The Acquiror Units, the Acquiror Public Warrants and the issued and outstanding Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “APACU” (with respect to the Acquiror Units), “APAC” (with respect to the Acquiror Ordinary Shares), and “APACW” (with respect to the Acquiror Public Warrants). Acquiror is in compliance with the rules of Nasdaq and there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, threatened against Acquiror by Nasdaq, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Acquiror Units, the Acquiror Ordinary Shares or the Acquiror Public Warrants or terminate the listing of such on Nasdaq. None of Acquiror or its Affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the Acquiror Units, the Acquiror Ordinary Shares or the Acquiror Public Warrants under the Exchange Act.
5.17 Contracts; No Defaults.
(a) Schedule 5.17 contains a listing of all Contracts including every “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) (other than confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements and this Agreement) to which, as of the date of this Agreement, Acquiror or one or more of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets are bound. True, correct and complete copies of the Contracts listed on Schedule 5.17 have been delivered to or made available to the Company or its agents or representatives.
(b) Each Contract of a type required to be listed on Schedule 5.17, whether or not set forth on Schedule 5.17, was entered into at arm’s length and in the ordinary course of business. Except for any Contract that has terminated or will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date, with respect to any Contract of the type described in Section 5.17(a), whether or not set forth on Schedule 5.17, (i) such Contracts are in full force and effect and represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, are enforceable by Acquiror or its Subsidiaries to the extent a party thereto in accordance with their terms, subject in all respects to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (ii) none of Acquiror, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, any other party thereto is in material breach of or material default (or would be in material breach, violation or default but for the existence of a cure period) under any such Contract, (iii) since the dates of their respective incorporations, neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries have received any written or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, oral claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any such Contract, (iv) to the knowledge of Acquiror, no event has occurred which, individually or together with other events, would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any such Contract by Acquiror or its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, any other party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and (v) since the dates of their respective incorporations, through the date hereof, neither Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries have received written notice from any other party to any such Contract that such party intends to terminate or not renew any such Contract.
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5.18 Title to Property. Neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) owns or leases any real or personal property or (b) is a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property, personal property or other material interest therein.
5.19 Investment Company Act. Neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.20 Affiliate Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.20, none of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding with any (i) present or former executive officer or director of any of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, (ii) beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of Acquiror Ordinary Shares or equity interests of any of the Company or (iii) Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 under the Exchange Act) of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing, an “Acquiror Affiliate Agreement”).
5.21 Sponsor Support Agreement. Acquiror has delivered to the Company a true, correct and complete copy of the Sponsor Support Agreement. The Sponsor Support Agreement is in full force and effect and has not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended or modified, in any respect, and no withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated by Acquiror. The Sponsor Support Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Acquiror and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, each other party thereto and neither the execution or delivery by any party thereto of, nor the performance of any party’s obligations under, the Sponsor Support Agreement violates any provision of, or results in the breach of or default under, or requires any filing, registration or qualification under, any applicable Law. No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of Acquiror under any term or condition of the Sponsor Support Agreement.
Article VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
6.01 Conduct of Business. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Interim Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause the Company’s Subsidiaries to, except as set forth on Schedule 6.01, as expressly contemplated by this Agreement (including any actions required to be taken by the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries to complete the Restructuring and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions) or as consented to by Acquiror in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), or as may be required by Law, (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct and operate its business in the ordinary course, and to preserve intact the current business organization and ongoing businesses of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, and maintain the existing relations and goodwill of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, joint venture partners, distributors and creditors of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain all insurance policies of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries or substitutes therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth on Schedule 6.01, as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to by Acquiror in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), or as may be required by Law, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause the Company’s Subsidiaries not to, during the Interim Period, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(a) change or amend the Governing Documents of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries;
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(b) (i) make, declare or pay any dividend or distribution (whether in cash, shares or property) to the shareholders of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries in their capacities as shareholders, (ii) effect any recapitalization, reclassification, split or other change in its capitalization, or (iii) except pursuant to the Company Share Plan repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any of its capital shares or other equity interests;
(c) Enter into, or amend or modify any material term of (in a manner adverse to the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries), terminate (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms), or waive or release any material rights, claims or benefits under, any Material Contract (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have been a Material Contract), any Real Estate Lease Document related to the Leased Real Property or any collective bargaining or similar agreement (including agreements with works councils and trade unions and side letters) to which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which one of them is bound, other than entry into, amendments of, modifications of, terminations of, or waivers or releases under, such agreements in the ordinary course of business;
(d) sell, transfer, license, sublicense, covenant not to assert, lease, pledge or otherwise encumber or subject to any Lien, abandon, cancel, let lapse or convey or dispose of any assets, properties or business of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries (including Owned Intellectual Property and Owned Company Software), except for (i) dispositions of obsolete or worthless assets, (ii) sales of tangible inventory in the ordinary course of business and (iii) sales, abandonment, lapses of tangible assets or tangible items or tangible materials in an amount not in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate, other than (1) Permitted Liens or (2) pledges and encumbrances on property and assets in the ordinary course of business and that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(e) or otherwise required pursuant to Company Benefit Plans, in effect on the date of this Agreement, applicable Law, or policies or Contracts of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries in effect on the date of this Agreement, (i) grant any material increase in compensation, benefits or severance to any employee, director or service provider of the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries other than any such individual with an annual base salary of less than $250,000, (ii) adopt, enter into or materially amend any Company Benefit Plan, or any collective bargaining or similar agreement (including agreements with works councils and trade unions and side letters) to which the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound, (iii) grant or provide any severance, termination payments, bonus, change of control, retention, or benefits to any employee of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, except in connection with the promotion or hiring (to the extent permitted by clause (iv) of this paragraph) or separation of any employee in the ordinary course of business or the firing of any employee, (iv) hire any employee of the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any other individual who is providing or will provide services to the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries other than any employee with an annual base salary of less than $250,000 (except to replace terminated employees) in the ordinary course of business, (v) adopt, enter into or materially amend Contracts with any consultants or independent contractors that involve consideration of more than $5,000,000 in the aggregate or (vi) take any action to accelerate the vesting, payment or funding of any cash compensation, payment or benefit;
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(f) (i) fail to maintain its existence or acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase a material portion of the assets or equity of, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof; or (ii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement);
(g) make any capital expenditures (or commitment to make any capital expenditures) that in the aggregate exceed $10,000,000, other than any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) consistent in all material respects with the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ annual capital expenditure budget for periods following the date hereof, made available to Acquiror or any capitalized Contract costs associated with new or existing customers;
(h) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants), make any material change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any other Person, except advances to directors, employees or officers of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or as required under any provisions of the Governing Documents of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement to which the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party, in each case as in effect as of the date hereof;
(i) make, revoke or change any material Tax election, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method or period, file any amendment to a material Tax Return, enter into any agreement with a Governmental Authority with respect to a material amount of Taxes, settle or compromise any examination, audit or other Action with a Governmental Authority of or relating to any material Taxes or settle or compromise any claim or assessment by a Governmental Authority in respect of material Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (excluding any commercial contract not primarily related to Taxes);
(j) take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;
(k) acquire any fee interest in real property;
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(l) enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any Company Affiliate Agreement;
(m) waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened material claim (which shall include, but not be limited to, any pending or threatened Action) or compromise or settle any liability, other than in the ordinary course of business or that otherwise do not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate;
(n) incur, create, assume, refinance, guarantee or otherwise become liable for (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any Indebtedness in excess of $10,000,000, other than in connection with borrowings, extensions of credit and other financial accommodations under the Company’s existing credit facilities, notes and other existing Indebtedness and, in each case, any refinancings thereof, provided, that, in no event shall any such borrowing, extension of credit or other financial accommodation be subject to any prepayment fee or penalty or similar arrangement or amend, restate or modify in a manner materially adverse to the Company any terms of or any agreement with respect to any such outstanding Indebtedness (when taken as a whole); provided, further, that any action permitted under this Section 6.01(n) shall be deemed not to violate Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(c);
(o) enter into any material new line of business outside of the business currently conducted by the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement (it being understood that this Section 6.01(o) shall not restrict the Company from extending its business into new geographies);
(p) make any material change in financial accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may have been required by a change in SFRS or IFRS (including pursuant to standards, guidelines and interpretations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar organization) or applicable Law;
(q) (i) disclose any source code for any Owned Company Software or any other material Trade Secrets to any Person (other than pursuant to a written agreement sufficient to protect the confidentiality thereof) or (ii) subject any Owned Intellectual Property or Owned Company Software to Copyleft Terms; and
(r) enter into any agreement to do any action prohibited under this Section 6.01.
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6.02 Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company by third parties that may be in the Company’s possession from time to time, and except for any information which (x) relates to interactions with prospective buyers of the Company or the negotiation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or (y) in the judgment of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure or would conflict with any applicable Law or confidentiality obligations to which the is bound, the Company shall afford to Acquiror and its Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice, in such manner as to not interfere with the normal operation of the Company, to all of its and the Company’s Subsidiaries’ properties, books, projections, plans, systems, Contracts, commitments, Tax Returns, records, commitments and analyses and, as reasonably requested by Acquiror or its Representatives, appropriate officers and employees of the Company, and shall furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries that are in the possession of the Company as such Representatives may reasonably request, in each case, as necessary to facilitate consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) such access may be limited to the extent the Company reasonably determines, in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures, that such access would jeopardize the health and safety of any employee of the Company and (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to provide Acquiror and its Representatives with the right to have access to any of the offices or information of any of the equityholders of the Company, that is not otherwise related to the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. Acquiror hereby agrees that, during the Interim Period, (x) it shall not contact any employee (excluding executive officers), customer, supplier, distributor or other material business relation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (y) conduct or perform any invasive or subsurface investigations of the properties or facilities of the Company or its Affiliates, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Company. The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. All information obtained by Acquiror and its Representatives under this Agreement shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement prior to the Effective Time.
6.03 No Acquiror Ordinary Share Transactions. From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall not engage in any transactions involving the securities of Acquiror without the prior consent of Acquiror if the Company possesses material nonpublic information of the Acquiror.
6.04 No Claim Against the Trust Account. The Company acknowledges that Acquiror is a special purpose acquisition company with the power and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses or assets, and the Company has read Acquiror’s final prospectus, dated July 16, 2021, and other Acquiror SEC Reports, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, and the Trust Agreement and understands that Acquiror has established the Trust Account described therein for the benefit of Acquiror’s public shareholders and that disbursements from the Trust Account are available only in the limited circumstances set forth therein. The Company further acknowledges and agrees that Xxxxxxxx’s sole assets consist of the cash proceeds of Acquiror’s initial public offering and private placements of its securities, and that substantially all of these proceeds have been deposited in the Trust Account for the benefit of its public shareholders. The Company further acknowledges that, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated by January 20, 2023 (or April 20, 2023, upon Sponsor’s or its Affiliates or designees exercise of its option to extend the period of time to consummate a business combination, which the Sponsor has undertaken to do in the Sponsor Support Agreement), or such later date as approved by the shareholders of Acquiror to complete a Business Combination, Acquiror will be obligated to return to its shareholders the amounts being held in the Trust Account. Accordingly, the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) hereby waives any past, present or future claim of any kind against, and any right to access, the Trust Account, any trustee of the Trust Account and Acquiror to collect from the Trust Account any monies that may be owed to them by Acquiror or any of its Affiliates for any reason whatsoever, and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account at any time for any reason whatsoever. This Section 6.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.
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6.05 Proxy Solicitation; Other Actions.
(a) The Company will provide to Acquiror, for inclusion in the Registration Statement, to be filed by Acquiror hereunder, Company Group consolidated audited financial statements, including balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of redeemable preferred stock and shareholders’ deficit and statements of cash flows as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (or such other periods as are required by the SEC for the purposes of the Registration Statement), together with the auditor’s reports thereon (the “Audited Financial Statements”), and the unaudited financial statements including balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of redeemable preferred stock and shareholders’ deficit and statements of cash flows as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 (or such other periods as are required by the SEC for the purposes of the Registration Statement) (the “Unaudited Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Consolidated Financial Statements”), in each case, prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (except (x) as otherwise noted therein to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and (y) in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments and the absence of notes thereto) and audited in accordance with the auditing standards of the PCAOB. The Company shall be available to, and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make its officers and employees available to, in each case, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advanced notice, Acquiror and its counsel in connection with responding in a timely manner to comments on the Registration Statement from the SEC.
(b) From and after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, the Company will give Acquiror prompt written notice of any action taken or not taken by the Company or of any development regarding the Company, in any such case which, to the knowledge of the Company, would cause the Registration Statement to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, if any such action shall be taken or fail to be taken or such development shall otherwise occur, Acquiror and the Company shall cooperate fully to cause an amendment or supplement to be made promptly to the Registration Statement, such that the Registration Statement no longer contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided further, however, that no information received by Acquiror pursuant to this Section 6.05 shall operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by the party who disclosed such information, and no such information shall be deemed to change, supplement or amend the Company Schedules.
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6.06 Non-Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals.
(a) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.06, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, the Company shall not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or requests for information with respect to, or the making of, any inquiry regarding, or any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide access to its properties, books and records or any confidential information or data to, any Person relating to any proposal, offer, inquiry or request for information that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) execute or enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, exchange agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement for or relating to any Acquisition Proposal or (v) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. The Company also agrees that immediately following the execution of this Agreement it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Representatives to, cease any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than the Parties and their respective Representatives) conducted heretofore in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or request for information that could reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, an Acquisition Proposal. The Company also agrees that within three (3) Business Days of the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall request each Person (other than the Parties and their respective Representatives) that has prior to the date hereof executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of acquiring the Company (and with whom the Company has had contact in the three (3) months prior to the date of this Agreement regarding the acquisition of the Company) to return or destroy all confidential information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of it or any of its subsidiaries prior to the date hereof and terminate access to any physical or electronic data room maintained by or on behalf of the Company. The Company shall promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) notify, in writing, Acquiror of the receipt of any inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information received after the date hereof that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall promptly (and in any event within two Business Days) keep Acquiror reasonably informed of any material developments with respect to any such inquiry, proposal, offer, request for information or Acquisition Proposal (including any material changes thereto). Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions contained in this Section 6.06 by any of the Company’s Representatives acting on the Company’s behalf shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 6.06 by the Company.
(b) For purposes of this Section 6.06, “Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal or offer from any Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) (other than Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or their respective Affiliates) relating to, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (A) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of a business that constitutes 20% or more of the net revenues, net income or assets of the Company, (B) any direct or indirect acquisition of 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company (based on the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company Board), including through the acquisition of one or more subsidiaries of the Company owning such assets, (C) acquisition of beneficial ownership, or the right to acquire beneficial ownership, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company, any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person beneficially owning 20% or more of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company, or any merger, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company (or any Company Subsidiary whose business constitutes 20% or more of the net revenues, net income or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or (D) any issuance or sale or other disposition (including by way of merger, reorganization, division, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) of 20% or more of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company.
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6.07 Company Preferred Shares Conversion. If and to the extent that any Company Preferred Shares remain outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall ensure that all Company Preferred Shares, and any other preferred shares in the capital of the Company, are duly converted into Company Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Company’s Governing Documents.
6.08 Amalgamation.
(a) Prior to the Closing, each of the Company and Amalgamation Sub shall take all such actions as are reasonably necessary so that the Amalgamation shall be consummated in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) as soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, the Company and Amalgamation Sub shall begin drafting (or cause its auditors to begin drafting) directors’ declarations, statements of material interests of directors, solvency statements, accompanying auditors’ reports and such other information relating to the Amalgamation as is or may be required under the Singapore Companies Act, in each case with respect to the Amalgamation (the “Other Amalgamation Documents”);
(ii) as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective, each of the Company and Amalgamation Sub shall:
(1) so far as they are lawfully able, exercise their powers to cause the boards of directors of each of Amalgamation Sub and the Company, respectively, to approve the Amalgamation and make solvency statements and/or declarations in respect of Amalgamation Sub and/or the Company (as the case may be);
(2) dispatch the Amalgamation Documents to its shareholders in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act;
(3) dispatch the notice of Amalgamation Proposal to its secured creditors (if any) in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act and such other creditors of the Company and/or Amalgamation Sub as may be agreed between Acquiror and the Company; and
(4) cause the notice of Amalgamation Proposal to be published in one daily English-language newspaper of general circulation in Singapore in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act;
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(iii) as soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, each of the Company and Amalgamation Sub shall take all steps reasonably necessary to secure the pre-clearance of the Amalgamation by ACRA;
(iv) each of the Company and Amalgamation Sub shall provide to Acquiror evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror that ACRA has no further comments on the relevant Amalgamation Documents following ACRA’s review, that the Amalgamation Documents may be filed pursuant to Section 215E of the Singapore Companies Act and that promptly following such filing ACRA will confirm the Amalgamation has become effective; and
(v) the Company shall pay the fee prescribed by ACRA to effect the Amalgamation and lodge with ACRA the prescribed form relating to the Amalgamation, the Amalgamation Proposal, the required directors’ declarations, the required solvency statements, the required declaration of the directors of each of the Company and Amalgamation Sub that the Amalgamation has been approved by the shareholders of the Company and Amalgamation Sub, respectively, the required declarations regarding no prejudice to creditors, and the constitution of the amalgamated entity, in each case relating to the Amalgamation and in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act by no later than 10:00 AM Singapore Standard Time on the Closing Date.
(b) The Company and Amalgamation Sub shall, and the Company shall cause each of the Company’s Subsidiaries to, (i) cause the Amalgamation Documents when delivered to shareholders, secured creditors or such other creditors as may be agreed between Acquiror and the Company or lodged with ACRA, to comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable thereto (including the Singapore Companies Act) and rules and regulations promulgated by ACRA, (ii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the ACRA concerning the Amalgamation Documents, and (iii) cause the Amalgamation to be declared effective under the Singapore Companies Act by no later than 10:00 AM Singapore Standard Time on the Closing Date.
(c) Any filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Amalgamation Documents will be mutually prepared and agreed upon by the Company, Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub. Each of the Company and Amalgamation Sub will advise the Company, PubCo and Acquiror, promptly after receiving notice thereof, of the time when the Amalgamation has become effective under the Singapore Companies Act or of any request by the ACRA for amendment of the Amalgamation Documents or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by ACRA for additional information and responses thereto, and shall provide the Company, PubCo and Acquiror a reasonable opportunity to provide comments and amendments to any such filing. Acquiror, PubCo, Amalgamation Sub and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) any response to comments of ACRA or its staff with respect to the Amalgamation Documents and any amendment to the Amalgamation Documents filed in response thereto.
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(d) Each of the Acquiror, PubCo, Amalgamation Sub and the Company shall ensure that all of the information supplied by it or on its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Amalgamation Documents will, at the time the Amalgamation Documents are (i) sent to shareholders, secured creditors and such other creditors as may be agreed between Acquiror and the Company, in each case, of the Company or Amalgamation Sub, as applicable or (ii) lodged with ACRA, be true, accurate and not misleading.
(e) If at any time prior to the Effective Time the Company, PubCo, Amalgamation Sub or Acquiror becomes aware that any information relating to the Company, PubCo, Amalgamation Sub, Acquiror or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors or officers set forth in the Amalgamation Documents is required to be amended, so that the Amalgamation Documents would not fail to be true, accurate or not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing and/or correcting such information shall be promptly lodged with ACRA and, to the extent required by the Singapore Companies Act, disseminated to the shareholders and secured creditors of the Company and Amalgamation Sub.
(f) If at any time prior to the Effective Time the Company, PubCo, Amalgamation Sub or Acquiror becomes aware that any member or creditor of the Company or Amalgamation Sub or any other person to whom the Company or Amalgamation Sub is under an obligation, intends to object or has objected to the Amalgamation Proposal (or the notification of publication thereof) (each, an “Amalgamation Objection”), Acquiror, the Company, PubCo and Amalgamation Sub shall discuss in good faith how to address any such Amalgamation Objection and the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use their respective reasonable efforts to deal with such Amalgamation Objection (whether by paying or discharging obligations to the applicable creditors or otherwise) so that no member or creditor of the Company or Amalgamation Sub, or other person to whom the Company or Amalgamation Sub is under an obligation, is able to delay the Amalgamation or cause the Amalgamation not to be consummated.
Article VII
COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR
7.01 Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period.
(a) During the Interim Period, except as set forth on Schedule 7.01 or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to by the Company in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), Acquiror shall not and each shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(i) change, modify or amend the Trust Agreement, the Acquiror Organizational Documents or the Governing Documents of Amalgamation Sub;
(ii) (A) make, declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its outstanding capital stock or other equity interests; (B) split, combine, reclassify, subdivide or otherwise change any of its capital stock or other equity interests; or (C) other than the redemption of any Acquiror Ordinary Shares required by the Offer, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any capital shares of, or other equity interests in, Acquiror;
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(iii) make, revoke or change any material Tax election, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method or period, file any amendment to a material Tax Return, enter into any agreement with a Governmental Authority with respect to a material amount of Taxes, settle or compromise any examination, audit or other Action with a Governmental Authority of or relating to any material Taxes or settle or compromise any claim or assessment by a Governmental Authority in respect of material Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (excluding any commercial contract not primarily related to Taxes);
(iv) take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;
(v) enter into, renew or amend in any material respect, any Acquiror Affiliate Agreement (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have constituted an Acquiror Affiliate Agreement);
(vi) enter into, or amend or modify any material term of (in a manner adverse to Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company), terminate excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms, or waive or release any material rights, claims or benefits under, any Contract of a type required to be listed on Schedule 5.17 (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have been required to be listed on Schedule 5.17) or any collective bargaining or similar agreement (including agreements with works councils and trade unions and side letters) to which Acquiror or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound;
(vii) waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened claim (which shall include, but not be limited to, any pending or threatened Action) or compromise or settle any liability;
(viii) incur, create, assume, refinance, guarantee or otherwise become liable for (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any Indebtedness except in connection with the Transaction Financing;
(ix) (A) other than in connection with the Transaction Financing, offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, or authorize or propose to offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, any capital stock of, or other equity interests in, Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such capital stock or equity interests, other than in connection with the exercise of any Acquiror Warrants outstanding on the date hereof, or (B) other than pursuant to the Sponsor Support Agreement, amend, modify or waive any of the terms or rights set forth in, any warrant agreement with respect to Acquiror Warrants, including any amendment, modification or reduction of the warrant price set forth therein;
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(x) except as contemplated by the Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal, (i) adopt or amend any Acquiror Benefit Plan, or enter into any employment contract or collective bargaining agreement or (ii) hire any employee of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries or any other individual who is providing or will provide services to Acquiror or its Subsidiaries;
(xi) (i) fail to maintain its existence or acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase the assets or equity of, any corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof; or (ii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement);
(xii) make any capital expenditures;
(xiii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants), make any change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any other Person;
(xiv) enter into any new line of business outside of the business currently conducted by Acquiror and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement;
(xv) make any change in financial accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may have been required by a change in U.S. GAAP including pursuant to standards, guidelines and interpretations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar organization, or applicable Law;
(xvi) voluntarily fail to maintain, cancel or materially change coverage under any insurance policy in form and amount equivalent in all material respects to the insurance coverage currently maintained with respect to Acquiror and its Subsidiaries and their assets and properties; or
(xvii) except in connection with the Transaction Financing, enter into any agreement to do any action prohibited under this Section 7.01.
(b) During the Interim Period, Acquiror shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with, and continue performing under, as applicable, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, the Trust Agreement and all other agreements or Contracts to which Acquiror or its Subsidiaries may be a party.
7.02 Trust Account. Prior to or at the Closing (subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX), Acquiror shall make appropriate arrangements to cause the funds in the Trust Account to be disbursed in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and the funds received in the Transaction Financing to be disbursed, for the following uses: (a) the redemption of any Acquiror Ordinary Shares in connection with the Offer; (b) the payment of the Outstanding Company Expenses and Outstanding Acquiror Expenses pursuant to Section 3.08; and (c) the balance after payment and disbursement of the amounts required under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) to be disbursed to PubCo.
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7.03 Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to Acquiror or its Subsidiaries by third parties that may be in Acquiror’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession from time to time, and except for any information which in the opinion of legal counsel of Acquiror would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure or would conflict with any applicable Law or confidentiality obligations to which Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, Acquiror shall afford to the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice, to all of their respective properties, books, projections, plans, systems, Contracts, commitments, Tax Returns, records, commitments, analyses and appropriate officers and employees of Acquiror, and shall furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of Acquiror that are in the possession of Acquiror as such Representatives may reasonably request. The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. All information obtained by the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives under this Agreement shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement prior to the Effective Time.
7.04 Acquiror Nasdaq Listing.
(a) From the date hereof through the Closing, Acquiror shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure Acquiror remains listed as a public company on, and for Acquiror Ordinary Shares to be listed on, Nasdaq.
(b) Acquiror shall use reasonable best efforts to cause PubCo’s Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Transactions (including the Earnout Shares) to be approved for listing on Nasdaq as promptly as practicable following the issuance thereof, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if requested by the Company (acting reasonably), the Parties shall instead use their reasonable best efforts to have such listing instead be on the NYSE.
7.05 Acquiror Public Filings. From the date hereof through the Closing, Acquiror will use reasonable best efforts to keep current and timely file all reports required to be filed or furnished with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under applicable Securities Laws.
7.06 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Closing, the Acquiror Board, or an appropriate committee of “non-employee directors” (as defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act) thereof, shall adopt a resolution consistent with the interpretive guidance of the SEC so that the acquisition of Acquiror Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) and the other agreements contemplated hereby, by any person owning securities of the Company who is expected to become a director or officer (as defined under Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) of Acquiror following the Closing shall be an exempt transaction for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder.
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7.07 Exclusivity. During the Interim Period, each Party shall not take, nor shall it permit any of its Affiliates or Representatives to take, whether directly or indirectly, any action to solicit, initiate, continue or engage in discussions or negotiations with, or enter into any agreement with, or encourage, respond, provide information to or commence due diligence with respect to, any Person (other than the Company (for the Acquiror) and the Acquiror (for the Company), its shareholders and/or any of their Affiliates or Representatives), concerning, relating to or which is intended or is reasonably likely to give rise to or result in, any offer, inquiry, proposal or indication of interest, written or oral relating to any Business Combination (a “Business Combination Proposal”) other than among the Company and the Acquiror, and their respective shareholders and their respective Affiliates and Representatives. Each Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to, or which is reasonably likely to give rise to or result in, a Business Combination Proposal other than between the Company and the Acquiror.
7.08 Certain Transaction Agreements. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Acquiror shall not permit any amendment or modification to be made to, or any waiver (in whole or in part) of, or provide consent to (including consent to termination) any provision or remedy under, or any replacement of the Sponsor Support Agreement. Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to satisfy in all material respects on a timely basis all conditions and covenants applicable to Acquiror in the Sponsor Support Agreement and otherwise comply with its obligations thereunder and to enforce its rights under each such agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Acquiror shall give the Company prompt written notice of: (A) any breach or default (or any event or circumstance that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, could give rise to any breach or default) by any party to the Sponsor Support Agreement; and (B) the receipt of any written notice or other written communication from any other party to the Sponsor Support Agreement with respect to any actual, potential, threatened or claimed expiration, lapse, withdrawal, breach, default, termination or repudiation by any party under any such agreement or any provisions of any such agreement.
7.09 Shareholder Action. Acquiror shall notify the Company promptly in connection with a written threat to file, or filing by, an Action related to this Agreement or the Transaction by any of its shareholders or holders of any Acquiror Warrants against Acquiror or its Subsidiaries or against any of their respective directors or officers (any such action, a “Shareholder Action”). Acquiror shall keep the Company reasonably apprised of the defense, settlement, prosecution or other developments with respect to any such Shareholder Action. Acquiror shall give the Company the opportunity to participate in, subject to a customary joint defense agreement, but not control the defense of any such litigation, to give due consideration to the Company’s advice with respect to such litigation and to not settle any such litigation without the prior written consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Acquiror shall bear all of its costs of investigation and all of its defense and attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees related to such Shareholder Action.
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7.10 Written Consent of Amalgamation Sub. Acquiror shall promptly after the execution of this Agreement, and in any event no later than the end of the day following the date of this Agreement, deliver its written consent, as the sole shareholder of Amalgamation Sub, approving and adopting this Agreement and the Amalgamation Documents in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act and any other applicable Law and the Governing Documents of Amalgamation Sub, and Acquiror shall promptly deliver to the Company evidence of such action taken by written consent.
7.11 Incentive Equity Plan. Prior to the Closing Date, Acquiror shall approve, and subject to approval of the shareholders of Acquiror, adopt, the Acquiror Incentive Plan.
7.12 Obligations as an Emerging Growth Company and a Controlled Company. Acquiror shall, at all times during the period from the date hereof until the Closing: (a) take all actions necessary to continue to qualify as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act and to qualify, at the Effective Time, as a “controlled” company under the rules of Nasdaq; and (b) not take any action that would cause Acquiror to not qualify as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act or, at the Effective Time, as a “controlled” company under the rules of Nasdaq.
Article VIII
JOINT COVENANTS
8.01 Support of Transaction. Without limiting any covenant contained in Article VI or Article VII, including the obligations of the Company and Acquiror with respect to the notifications, filings, reaffirmations and applications described in Section 8.07, which obligations shall control to the extent of any conflict with the succeeding provisions of this Section 8.01, Acquiror and the Company shall each, and shall each cause their respective Subsidiaries to: (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to assemble, prepare and file any information (and, as needed, to supplement such information) as may be reasonably necessary to obtain as promptly as practicable all governmental and regulatory consents required to be obtained in connection with the Transactions, (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all material consents and approvals of third parties that any of Acquiror, the Company, or their respective Affiliates are required to obtain in order to consummate the Transactions, including any required approvals of parties to material Contracts with the Company, and (c) take such other action as may reasonably be necessary or as another party may reasonably request to satisfy the conditions of Article IX or otherwise to comply with this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub or the Company be obligated to bear any expense or pay any fee or grant any concession in connection with obtaining any consents, authorizations or approvals pursuant to the terms of any Contract to which the Company is a party or otherwise in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.
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8.02 Preparation of Registration Statement; Extraordinary General Meeting; Solicitation of Company Requisite Approval.
(a) Promptly following the date hereof, Acquiror shall cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, and including the Proxy Statement contained therein, the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares to be issued under this Agreement (including the Earnout Shares), which Registration Statement will also contain the Proxy Statement. Each of Acquiror and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Amalgamation. Acquiror acknowledges that the Company has furnished all information concerning the Company as may reasonably be requested by Acquiror in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement. Promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, Acquiror will cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to shareholders of Acquiror.
(b) Each of Acquiror and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed in response thereto. If Acquiror or the Company becomes aware that any information contained in the Registration Statement shall have become false or misleading in any material respect or that the Registration Statement is required to be amended in order to comply with applicable Law, then (i) such party shall promptly inform the other parties and (ii) Acquiror, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement. Acquiror and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement, as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares, as applicable, in each case pursuant to applicable Law and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Acquiror Organizational Documents. Acquiror shall provide the other parties with copies of any written comments, and shall inform such other parties of any oral comments, that Acquiror receives from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give the other parties a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any proposed written or oral responses to such comments prior to responding to the SEC or its staff.
(c) Acquiror agrees to include provisions in the Proxy Statement and to take reasonable action related thereto with respect to (i) approval of the Amalgamation (the “Transaction Proposal”), (ii) approval of the PubCo Charter (the “Amendment Proposal”), (iii) approval of the issuance of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares in connection with the Transactions (including pursuant to the consummation of the Transaction Financing) in accordance with this Agreement, in each case to the extent required by Nasdaq listing rules (the “Share Issuance Proposal”), (iv) the adoption of the Acquiror Incentive Plan (the “Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal”), (v) the nomination of the director nominees specified in the Director Nomination Agreements for the Company’s Board of Director, and (vi) the adoption and approval of each other proposal that either the SEC or Nasdaq (or the respective staff members thereof) indicates is necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement or in correspondence related thereto, and any other proposals reasonably necessary or appropriate to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby (the “Additional Proposals” and together with the Agreement Proposal, Amalgamation Proposal, Amendment Proposal, Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal and the Share Issuance Proposal, the “Proposals”). The Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal shall provide that an aggregate number of PubCo’s Ordinary Shares equal to 5% of the fully diluted outstanding PubCo’s Ordinary Shares immediately after the Closing shall be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Acquiror Incentive Plan, subject to annual increases as provided therein. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Proposals shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which Acquiror shall propose to be acted on by Xxxxxxxx’s shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
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(d) Acquiror shall use reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, and in compliance with applicable Law and its respective Governing Documents (i) establish the record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Extraordinary General Meeting in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, (ii) cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to Acquiror’s shareholders and (iii) solicit proxies from the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares to vote in favor of each of the Proposals. Acquiror shall, through the Acquiror Board, recommend to its shareholders that they approve each of the Proposals (the “Acquiror Board Recommendation”) and shall include the unqualified Acquiror Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement. The Acquiror Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, the Acquiror Board Recommendation. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.02(d), if on a date for which the Extraordinary General Meeting is scheduled, Acquiror has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of Acquiror Ordinary Shares to obtain the Acquiror Shareholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Acquiror shall have the right to make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Extraordinary General Meeting.
(e) The Company shall solicit and obtain the Company Requisite Approval by way of passing a resolution of the Company Shareholders by written means in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act ("Company Shareholders' Written Resolution") as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective. In the event the Company is not able to obtain the Company Shareholders’ Written Resolution, the Company shall duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the Company Shareholders (including any adjournment thereof, the “Company Shareholders’ Meeting”) as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective, for the purpose of obtaining the Company Requisite Approval (including any adjournment of such meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of this Agreement) and such other matter(s) as may be mutually agreed by Xxxxxxxx and the Company. In connection therewith, Acquiror and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, (i) cause the Information Memorandum to be disseminated to the Company Shareholders in compliance with applicable Law, (ii) solicit written consents from the Company Shareholders to give the Company Requisite Approval and (iii) obtain the Company Requisite Approval in compliance with all applicable Law and the Company’s Governing Documents (including if necessary any adjournment or postponement of such meeting for the purpose of establishing a quorum). The Company shall, through the Company Board, prior to the holding of the Company Shareholders' Meeting resolve that the Amalgamation is in the best interest of the Company (the “Company Board Recommendation”) and shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Information Memorandum. The Company Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, the Company Board Recommendation. The Company will provide Acquiror with copies of all shareholder consents it receives within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the Company Requisite Approval. Unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the Company’s obligation to solicit written consents from the Company Shareholders to give the Company Requisite Approval in accordance with this Section 8.02(e) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the making, commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal.
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8.03 Tax Matters.
(a) Transfer Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall pay all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added or other similar Taxes incurred in connection with the Transactions (“Transfer Taxes”). The Company shall, at its own expense, file all necessary Tax Returns with respect to all such Taxes, and, if required by applicable Law, Acquiror will join in the execution of any such Tax Returns. The Parties shall reasonably cooperate to establish any available exemption from (or reduction in) any Transfer Taxes.
(b) Tax Treatment. Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub and the Company intend that the Transactions shall qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. None of the parties or their respective Affiliates shall knowingly take or cause to be taken, or knowingly fail to take or knowingly cause to be failed to be taken, any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent qualification for such Intended Tax Treatment. Each party shall, unless otherwise required by a final determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar state, local or non-U.S. final determination) or a change in applicable Law, or based on a change in the facts and circumstances underlying the Transactions from the terms described in this Agreement, cause all Tax Returns to be filed on a basis of treating the Amalgamation as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and, if applicable, the Transactions as a transaction that qualifies under Section 351 of the Code. Each of the parties agrees to use reasonable best efforts to promptly notify all other parties of any challenge to the Intended Tax Treatment by any Governmental Authority.
(c) The Company, Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).
(d) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror a certification from the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c) dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date and signed by a responsible corporate officer of the Company.
8.04 Confidentiality; Publicity.
(a) Acquiror acknowledges that the information being provided to it in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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(b) None of Acquiror, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall make any public announcement or issue any public communication regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or any matter related to the foregoing, without first obtaining the prior consent of the Company or Acquiror, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except if such announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law or legal process (including pursuant to the Securities Law or the rules of any national securities exchange), in which case Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate such announcement or communication with the other party, prior to announcement or issuance and allow the other party a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon (which shall be considered by Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, in good faith); provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each party and its Affiliates may make announcements and may provide information regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to its and their Affiliates, and its and their respective investors, directors, officers, employees, managers and advisors without the consent of any other party hereto; and provided further that, subject to Section 6.02 and this Section 8.04, the foregoing shall not prohibit any party hereto from communicating with third parties to the extent necessary for the purpose of seeking any third party consent.
8.05 Post-Closing Cooperation; Further Assurances. Following the Closing, each party shall, on the request of any other party, execute such further documents, and perform such further acts, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to give full effect to the allocation of rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
8.06 Additional Insurance and Indemnity Matters.
(a) Prior to the Closing, Acquiror and the Company shall reasonably cooperate in order to obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for PubCo and the Company that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover (i) those Persons who were directors and officers of the Company prior to the Closing and (ii) those Persons who will be the directors and officers of PubCo and its Subsidiaries (including the directors and officers of the Company) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on Nasdaq which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as PubCo and its Subsidiaries (including the Amalgamated Company).
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(b) From and after the Effective Time, PubCo and the Amalgamated Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director or officer of the Company, or any other person that may be a director or officer of the Company prior to the Effective Time, against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any actual or threatened Action or other action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time or relating to the enforcement by any such Person of his or her rights under this Section 8.06, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the Company, would have been permitted under applicable Law and its Governing Documents in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify such Person, and shall advance expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of any such Person as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (including, without limitation, in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by any such Person to enforce his or her rights under this Section 8.06). Without limiting the foregoing, PubCo shall, and shall cause the Amalgamated Company and its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain for a period of not less than six years from the Effective Time provisions in its Governing Documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of officers and directors that are no less favorable to those Persons than the provisions of such Governing Documents as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) not amend, repeal or otherwise modify such provisions in any respect that would adversely affect the rights of those Persons thereunder, in each case, except as required by Law. PubCo shall assume, and be liable for, and shall cause the Amalgamated Company and their respective Subsidiaries to honor, each of the covenants in this Section 8.06.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 8.06 shall survive the consummation of the Amalgamation indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on PubCo and the Amalgamated Company and all successors and assigns of PubCo and the Amalgamated Company. In the event that PubCo, the Amalgamated Company or any of their respective successors or assigns consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or effects any division transaction, then, and in each such case, PubCo and the Amalgamated Company shall ensure that proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of PubCo or the Amalgamated Company, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 8.06. The obligations of PubCo and the Amalgamated Company under this Section 8.06 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to materially and adversely affect any present and former director or officer of the Company, or other person that may be a director or officer of the Company prior to the Effective Time, to whom this Section 8.06 applies without the consent of the affected Person. The rights of each person entitled to indemnification or advancement hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Company Governing Documents, any other indemnification arrangement, any applicable law, rule or regulation or otherwise. The provisions of this Section 8.06 are expressly intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each Person entitled to indemnification or advancement hereunder and their respective successors, heirs and representatives, each of whom is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 8.06.
8.07 Antitrust Regulatory Approvals.
(a) Each of Acquiror and the Company shall furnish to the other as promptly as reasonably practicable all information required for any application or other filing to be made by such other party pursuant to any Antitrust Law, if applicable. Each of Acquiror and the Company shall substantially comply with any Information or Document Requests.
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(b) Each of Acquiror and the Company shall exercise its reasonable best efforts to (i) prevent the entry in any Action brought by a Regulatory Consent Authority or any other Person of any Governmental Order which would prohibit, make unlawful or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) if any such Governmental Order is issued in any such Action, cause such Governmental Order to be lifted.
(c) Each of Acquiror and the Company shall cooperate in good faith with the Regulatory Consent Authorities and exercise its reasonable best efforts to undertake promptly any and all action required to complete lawfully the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable (but in any event prior to the Termination Date) and any and all action necessary or advisable to avoid, prevent, eliminate or remove any impediment under Antitrust Law or the actual or threatened commencement of any proceeding in any forum by or on behalf of any Regulatory Consent Authority or the issuance of any Governmental Order that would delay, enjoin, prevent, restrain or otherwise prohibit the consummation of the Amalgamation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Acquiror and the Company shall, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries (as applicable) to, (i) propose, negotiate, commit to and effect, by consent decree, hold separate orders or otherwise, the sale, divesture, disposition, or license of any investments, assets, properties, products, rights, services or businesses of such party or any interest therein, and (ii) otherwise take or commit to take any actions that would limit such party’s freedom of action with respect to, or its or their ability to retain any assets, properties, products, rights, services or businesses of such party, or any interest or interests therein; provided, that any such action contemplated by this Section 8.07(c) is conditioned upon the consummation of the Amalgamation. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Section 8.07 or any other provision of this Agreement shall require or obligate the Company’s Affiliates and investors, the Acquiror’s Affiliates and investors, including the Sponsor, their respective Affiliates and any investment funds or investment vehicles affiliated with, or managed or advised by, Acquiror’s Affiliates and investors, including the Sponsor, or any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) or investment of Acquiror’s Affiliates and investors including, the Sponsor, or of any such investment fund or investment vehicle to take any action in connection with avoiding, preventing, eliminating or removing any impediment under Antitrust Law with respect to the Transactions, including selling, divesting, or otherwise disposing of, licensing, holding separate, or taking or committing to take any action that limits in any respect such Person’s or entity’s freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, any business, products, rights, services, licenses, assets or properties of such Person or entity or any of such entity’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any interest therein.
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(d) Each of the Acquiror and the Company shall promptly notify the other of any substantive communication with, and furnish to such other party copies of any notices or written communications received by, Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, or any of its respective Affiliates and any third party or Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each of the Acquiror and the Company shall permit counsel to such other party an opportunity to review in advance, and each of Acquiror and the Company shall consider in good faith the views of such other party’s counsel in connection with, any proposed communications by Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, and/or its respective Affiliates to any Governmental Authority concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that neither Acquiror nor the Company shall enter into any agreement with any Governmental Authority without the written consent of such other party. Each of the Acquiror and the Company agrees to provide, to the extent permitted by the applicable Governmental Authority, such other party and its counsel the opportunity, on reasonable advance notice, to participate in any substantive meetings or discussions, either in person or by telephone, between such party and/or any of its Affiliates, agents or advisors, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, concerning or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Any materials exchanged in connection with this Section 8.07 may be redacted or withheld as necessary to address reasonable privilege or confidentiality concerns, and to remove references concerning the valuation of the Company or the Acquiror, as applicable, or other competitively sensitive material; provided, that each of Acquiror and the Company may, as it deems advisable and necessary, designate any materials provided to such other party under this Section 8.07 as “outside counsel only.” Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Section 8.07 or any other provision of this Agreement shall require or obligate the Company or any of its investors or Affiliates to, and Acquiror shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, agree or otherwise be required to, take any action with respect to the Company, or such investors or Affiliates, including selling, divesting, or otherwise disposing of, licensing, holding separate, or taking or committing to take any action that limits in any respect its freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, any business, products, rights, services, licenses, assets or properties of the Company or such investors or Affiliates, or any interest therein.
(e) Acquiror shall be responsible for all filing fees payable to the Regulatory Consent Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Each of Acquiror and the Company shall not, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries (as applicable) not to, acquire or agree to acquire, by merging with or into or consolidating with, or by purchasing a portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, or take any other action, if the entering into of a definitive agreement relating to, or the consummation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, or the taking of any other action, would reasonably be expected to: (i) impose any delay in the obtaining of, or increase the risk of not obtaining, any authorizations, consents, orders or declarations of any Regulatory Consent Authorities or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period; (ii) increase the risk of any Governmental Authority entering an order prohibiting the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby; (iii) increase the risk of not being able to remove any such order on appeal or otherwise; or (iv) delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the restrictions and obligations set forth in this Section 8.07(f) shall not apply to or be binding upon Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsor, their respective Affiliates or any investment funds or investment vehicles affiliated with, or managed or advised by, Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsor, or any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) or investment of Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsor, or any such investment fund or investment vehicle.
8.08 Employee Matters. The Company and the Acquiror shall cooperate in good faith to identify those employees of the Company who shall enter into new employment agreements in a form to be reasonably agreed upon between the Company and the Acquiror to be effective on the Closing Date.
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8.09 Transaction Financing.
(a) Acquiror shall obtain, to the Company’s satisfaction, transaction financing (the “Transaction Financing”), in the form of a firm written commitment to provide equity, convertible debt or equity-linked financing to PubCo, from Transaction Investors, to be agreed by the Acquiror and the Company, in the amount of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000). This shall be made up of a combination of non-redeemed funds in the Trust Account, equity financing in the form of a private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) by institutions and family offices, convertible debt and a pre-paid advance on convertible debt (borrowed money). At least Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) of such amount shall be funded at Closing, and the remaining Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) shall be funded within three (3) months after Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, Acquiror hereby agrees and acknowledges that Acquiror is solely responsible and is committed to arranging Transaction Financing of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), with at least Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) of such amount to be arranged at Closing, and the remaining Ten Million ($10,000,000) to be funded within three (3) months after Closing.
(b) Further, Acquiror shall obtain, to the Company’s satisfaction, a further equity line of credit (“ELOC”) in the amount of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000), which can be drawn down over a period of twenty-four (24) months from Closing, at the Company’s option, subject to the terms and conditions of such ELOC.
(c) Schedule 8.09(c) sets forth a complete list of term sheets (“Term Sheets”) that Acquiror has received and accepted from the Transaction Investors as of the date hereof pursuant to which the Transaction Investors have given written commitment to provide equity, convertible debt or equity-linked financing to PubCo. Except as set forth in the Term Sheets (and the definitive agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Term Sheets), there are no conditions precedent to the obligations of the Transaction Investors to provide the Transaction Financing or any contingencies that would permit the Transaction Investors to reduce the total amount of the Transaction Financing.
(d) Acquiror does not have any reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy on a timely basis all conditions to be satisfied by it in the Term Sheets (and the definitive agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Term Sheets) at the time it is required to consummate the Closing hereunder. Except as set forth in the definitive agreements to be entered into pursuant to the Term Sheets, none of the Term Sheets have been modified, altered or amended, nor, to the knowledge of Acquiror, is any such amendment, modification, withdrawal, termination or rescission currently contemplated or the subject of current discussions. None of the commitments under the Term Sheets have been withdrawn, terminated or rescinded prior to the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees and acknowledges that the Term Sheets are non-binding and indicative in nature, do not constitute agreements, solicitations of offers, or any commitment for capital. The Company further agrees and acknowledges that the Term Sheets are subject to contract in form and substance satisfactory to the applicable Transaction Investor, following completion of such Transaction Investor’s due diligence, compliance, internal approval processes and other conditions set forth in the applicable definitive agreements.
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(e) Each party shall keep the other party fully informed of their respective efforts (including the full disclosure and prior notification of the actual or potential sources of financing with which each party discusses the Transaction Financing), and neither party shall enter into a binding agreement with respect to any Transaction Financing except with the written approval of the other Party.
(f) In order to induce certain to be identified counterparties to provide the Transaction Financing, the Sponsor will agree to assign for the benefit of such potential counterparties 50% of the Acquiror Private Placement Warrants held by the Sponsor on the date hereof. In the event of such Acquiror Private Placement Warrants not being awarded to any identified counterparty, the PubCo Board shall have the discretion to allot them to any Party identified by them.
Article IX
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS
9.01 Conditions to Obligations of All Parties. The obligations of the parties hereto to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Amalgamation are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if legally permitted) in a joint writing duly executed by all of such parties:
(a) No Prohibition. There shall not have been enacted or promulgated any Governmental Order, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions.
(b) Offer Completion. The Offer shall have been completed in accordance with the terms hereof, the Acquiror Organizational Documents and the Proxy Statement.
(c) Net Tangible Assets. The Acquiror shall not have redeemed Acquiror Ordinary Shares in the Offer in an amount that would cause Acquiror to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act).
(d) Acquiror Shareholder Approval. The Acquiror Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(e) Listing. PubCo’s Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Transactions (including the Earnout Shares) shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq subject only to official notice of issuance thereof.
(f) No Amalgamation Objection. No Amalgamation Objection shall have been raised, or any such Amalgamation Objection which has been raised shall have been addressed such that no member or creditor of the Company or Amalgamation Sub, or other person to whom the Company or Amalgamation Sub is under an obligation, shall have the ability to delay the Amalgamation or cause the Amalgamation not to be consummated.
(g) Company Requisite Approval. The Company Requisite Approval shall have been obtained.
(h) Regulatory Approvals. All Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained.
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9.02 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror. The obligations of Acquiror to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Amalgamation are subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing by Acquiror:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the first sentence of Section 4.01(a) (Corporate Organization of the Company), Section 4.03 (Due Authorization), Section 4.06 (Capitalization) and Section 4.16 (Brokers’ Fees) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date).
(ii) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties of the Company described in Section 9.02(a)(i)) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in either case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Each of the covenants of the Company to be performed or complied with as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Acquiror a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying on behalf of the Company that:
(i) to the knowledge and belief of such officer, the conditions specified in Section 9.02(a) and Section 9.02(b) have been fulfilled; and
(ii) the Consolidated Financial Statements, which shall be attached to such certificate as Schedule 1 thereto, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company Group as of the dates and for the periods indicated in such Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and the auditing standards of the PCAOB.
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(d) Earnout Escrow Agreement. The Management Representative shall deliver to the Company a duly executed counterpart of the Earnout Escrow Agreement.
(e) Company Shareholder Support Agreement. The transactions contemplated by the Company Shareholder Support Agreement to occur at or prior to the Closing shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Company Shareholder Support Agreement.
(f) Director Nomination Agreement. The Company shall deliver to Acquiror a counterpart of the Director Nomination Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Director Nomination Agreement”) duly executed by Company, which shall be effective immediately following the Effective Time.
(g) Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements. Company shall deliver to Acquiror duly executed counterparts of the Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements”).
9.03 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Amalgamation is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing by the Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub contained in this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub contained in Section 5.15 (Capitalization)) (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as if made anew at and as of that time, except with respect to representations and warranties which speak as to an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of such date.
(ii) The representations and warranties of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub contained in Section 5.15 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (immediately prior to the effectiveness of the PubCo Charter), as if made anew at and as of that time.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Each of the covenants of Acquiror to be performed or complied with as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub shall have delivered to the Company a certificate signed by an officer of Acquiror, dated the Closing Date, certifying that, to the knowledge and belief of such officer, the conditions specified in Section 9.03(a) and Section 9.03(b) have been fulfilled.
(d) PubCo Charter. The Acquiror Organizational Documents shall be amended and restated in the form of the PubCo Charter.
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(e) Sponsor Support Agreement. The transactions contemplated by the Sponsor Support Agreement to occur at or prior to the Closing shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Sponsor Support Agreement.
(f) Earnout Escrow Agreement. Acquiror shall deliver to the Company a duly executed counterpart of the Earnout Escrow Agreement, including the deposit of the Earnout Shares.
(g) Director Nomination Agreement. Acquiror shall deliver to the Company a duly executed counterpart of the Director Nomination Agreement.
(h) Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements. Acquiror shall deliver to the Company a duly executed counterpart of each Company Shareholder Lock-Up Agreement.
(i) Minimum Cash Condition. The aggregate cash available to Acquiror at the Closing from the Trust Account and the Transaction Financing (after giving effect to the redemption of any Acquiror Ordinary Shares in connection with the Offer but prior to the payment of the Outstanding Acquiror Expenses and the Outstanding Company Expenses) shall equal or exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000).
Article X
TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS
10.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned:
(a) by written consent of the Company and Acquiror;
(b) prior to the Closing, by written notice to the Company from Acquiror if (i) there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, such that the conditions specified in Section 9.02(a) or Section 9.02(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing (a “Terminating Company Breach”), except that, if such Terminating Company Breach is curable by the Company through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then, for a period of up to 30 days (or any shorter period of the time that remains between the date Acquiror provides written notice of such violation or breach and the Termination Date) after receipt by the Company of notice from Acquiror of such breach (the “Company Cure Period”), such termination shall not be effective, and such termination shall become effective only if the Terminating Company Breach is not cured within the Company Cure Period, (ii) the Closing has not occurred on or before June 30, 2023 (such applicable date, the “Termination Date”), or (iii) the consummation of the Amalgamation is permanently enjoined or prohibited by the terms of a final, non-appealable Governmental Order or a statute, rule or regulation; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 10.01(b)(ii) shall not be available if the failure of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the primary cause of, or primarily resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date; provided further that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 10.01(b)(ii) shall not be available if Acquiror has materially breached its obligations under Section 7.04;
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(c) prior to the Closing, by written notice to Acquiror from the Company if (i) there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub set forth in this Agreement, such that the conditions specified in Section 9.03(a) or Section 9.03(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing (a “Terminating Acquiror Breach”), except that, if any such Terminating Acquiror Breach is curable by Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub, as applicable, through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then, for a period of up to 30 days (or any shorter period of the time that remains between the date the Company provides written notice of such violation or breach and the Termination Date) after receipt by Acquiror of notice from the Company of such breach (the “Acquiror Cure Period”), such termination shall not be effective, and such termination shall become effective only if the Terminating Acquiror Breach is not cured within the Acquiror Cure Period, (ii) the Closing has not occurred on or before the Termination Date, (iii) the consummation of the Amalgamation is permanently enjoined or prohibited by the terms of a final, non-appealable Governmental Order or a statute, rule or regulation; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 10.01(c)(ii) shall not be available if the Company’s material failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the primary cause of, or primarily resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date; or
(d) by written notice from either the Company or Acquiror to the other if the Acquiror Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the Extraordinary General Meeting (subject to any adjournment or recess of the meeting).
10.02 Effect of Termination. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10.02, in the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any party hereto or its respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, shareholders or stockholders, other than liability of any party hereto for any Willful Breach of this Agreement by such party occurring prior to such termination subject to Section 6.05. The provisions of Sections 6.05, 8.04, 10.02 and Article XI (collectively, the “Surviving Provisions”) and the Confidentiality Agreement, and any other Section or Article of this Agreement referenced in the Surviving Provisions, which are required to survive in order to give appropriate effect to the Surviving Provisions, shall in each case survive any termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a failure by Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub to close in accordance with this Agreement when they are obligated to do so shall be deemed to be a Willful Breach of this Agreement.
Article XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 Waiver. Any party to this Agreement may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law at any time prior to the Closing and before or after shareholder adoption of this Agreement, by action taken by its board of directors, or officers thereunto duly authorized, waive any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, or by action taken by its board of directors and without further action on the part of its shareholders to the extent permitted by applicable law, agree to an amendment or modification to this Agreement in the manner contemplated by Section 11.10 and by an agreement in writing executed in the same manner (but not necessarily by the same Persons) as this Agreement.
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11.02 Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx (or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service) or (iv) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows:
(a) If to Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub, to:
Stonebridge Acquisition Corporation
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Winston & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx; Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
(b) If to the Company to:
DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd.
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx #00-00, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (048616)
Attn. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
PT Digi Asia Bios
Prudential Centre 5th Floor Unit F-G, Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxx. 00, Xxxxxxx Dalam, Kec. Tebet, Daerah Khusus Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
or to such other address or addresses as the parties may from time to time designate in writing.
11.03 Assignment. No party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of the terms of this Section 11.03 shall be null and void, ab initio.
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11.04 Rights of Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the parties hereto, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing (a) in the event the Closing occurs, the present and former officers and directors of the Company and Acquiror (and their successors, heirs and representatives) are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 8.06 and (b) the past, present and future directors, officers, employees, incorporators, members, partners, shareholders, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, attorneys, advisors and representatives of the parties, and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing (and their successors, heirs and representatives), are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Sections 11.14 and 11.16.
11.05 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein (including Section 3.08, Section 8.07(e)) and Section 8.03(a)), each party hereto shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions herein contemplated whether or not such transactions shall be consummated, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisers and accountants.
11.06 Governing Law. This Agreement, the Transactions and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, without reference or regards to its principles or rules of conflict of laws, except Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law.
11.07 Captions; Counterparts. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
11.08 Schedules and Exhibits. The Schedules and Exhibits referenced herein are a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. All references herein to Schedules and Exhibits shall be deemed references to such parts of this Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require. Any disclosure made by a party in the Schedules with reference to any section or schedule of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a disclosure with respect to all other sections or schedules to which such disclosure may apply solely to the extent the relevance of such disclosure is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure in such Schedule. Certain information set forth in the Schedules is included solely for informational purposes.
11.09 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement) and that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated July 14, 2022 between Acquiror and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersede any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the parties hereto or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. No representations, warranties, covenants, understandings, agreements, oral or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement exist between the parties except as expressly set forth or referenced in this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement.
11.10 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by a duly authorized agreement in writing executed in the same manner as this Agreement and which makes reference to this Agreement. The approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of any of the parties shall not restrict the ability of the board of directors of any of the parties to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01 or to cause such party to enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.10.
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11.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The parties further agree that if any provision contained herein is, to any extent, held invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the Laws governing this Agreement, they shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any provision contained herein that is held invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision giving effect to the intent of the parties.
11.12 Dispute Resolution.
(a) WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(b) Any unresolved controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, shall be submitted to arbitration by one arbitrator mutually agreed upon by the parties, and if no agreement can be reached within thirty (30) days after names of potential arbitrators have been proposed by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”), then by one arbitrator having reasonable experience in de-SPAC merger transactions of the type provided for in this Agreement and who is chosen by the AAA. The arbitration shall take place in New York City, in accordance with the AAA rules then in effect, and judgment upon any award rendered in such arbitration will be binding and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. There shall be limited discovery prior to the arbitration hearing as follows: (a) exchange of witness lists and copies of documentary evidence and documents relating to or arising out of the issues to be arbitrated, (b) depositions of all party witnesses, and (c) such other depositions as may be allowed by the arbitrators upon a showing of good cause. Depositions shall be conducted in accordance with the New York State Code of Civil Procedure, the arbitrator shall be required to provide in writing to the parties the basis for the award or order of such arbitrator, and a court reporter shall record all hearings, with such record constituting the official transcript of such proceedings. The language of the arbitration shall be English.
Each party will bear its own costs in respect of any disputes arising under this Agreement.
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11.13 Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the parties do not perform their obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate this Agreement) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions. The parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without posting a bond or other security or proof of damages, prior to the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement, and (b) the right of specific enforcement is an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without that right, none of the parties would have entered into this Agreement. Each party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at Law or that an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or equity. The parties acknowledge and agree that any party seeking an injunction to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 11.13(a) shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction. Each of the parties to this Agreement consents to personal jurisdiction for any equitable action sought in the U.S. District Court for the District of the Southern District of New York or any court of the State of New York having subject matter jurisdiction.
11.14 Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may only be brought against, the Named Parties, and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein or in an Ancillary Agreement with respect to such Named Party. Except to the extent a Named Party to this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such Named Party in this Agreement or in the applicable Ancillary Agreement, (a) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, shareholder, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any named party to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and (b) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, shareholder, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of any one or more of the Company, Acquiror or Amalgamation Sub under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
11.15 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. None of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any certificate, statement or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing and shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Effective Time (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein or in any Ancillary Agreement that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing and then only with respect to any breaches occurring after the Closing, and (b) this Article XI.
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11.16 Management Representative.
(a) Each party of the Management Earnout Group shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the Management Representative as its representative and attorney-in-fact to serve as the Management Representative for and on behalf of the Management Earnout Group with respect to matters relating to the Earnout Shares, including (i) sending or receiving notices or communications, (ii) entering into amendments or providing waivers of this Agreement or other Ancillary Agreements, (iii) making decisions with respect to the distribution and allocation of the Earnout Shares, (iv) retaining counsel, experts and other agents (any representatives so retained, the “Retained Agents”), and (v) entering into any settlement or submitting any dispute relating to the Earnout Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Management Representative shall have no obligation to act. The Management Representative shall have no liability to any party of the Management Earnout Group (or any other Person) with respect to actions taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as the Management Representative. In the absence of bad faith by the Management Representative, the Management Representative shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the opinions and advice of any Retained Agents; and the fact that any act was taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the advice of counsel will be conclusive evidence of good faith. The Management Representative may resign at any time after giving 30 days’ notice to the Company and the Management Earnout Group; provided, however, in the event of the resignation or removal of the Management Representative, a successor management representative shall be appointed by the Management Representative.
(b) The Management Representative shall be reimbursed by PubCo for any and all reasonable and documented expenses, disbursements, costs and advances (including fees and disbursements of Retained Agents) incurred by the Management Representative in his capacity as such.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, PubCo shall indemnify the Management Representative and hold the Management Representative harmless against any actions, suits, proceedings, claims, costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities, losses, damages, and other expenses arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Management Representative’s duties hereunder.
(d) A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Management Representative shall constitute a decision of the Management Earnout Group and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each party of the Management Earnout Group. Acquiror is hereby entitled to rely on all statements, representations and decisions of the Management Representative and shall have no liability to the Management Earnout Group and the Management Representative in connection with any actions taken or not taken in reliance on such statements, representations and decisions of the Management Representative.
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11.17 Acknowledgments. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of its respective Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives) that: (i) it has conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition, results of operations, assets, liabilities, properties and projected operations of the other parties (and their respective Subsidiaries) and has been afforded satisfactory access to the books and records, facilities and personnel of the other parties (and their respective Subsidiaries) for purposes of conducting such investigation; (ii) the Company Representations constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Representations constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub; (iv) except for the Company Representations by the Company, the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Representations by Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub, none of the parties hereto or any other Person makes, or has made, any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to any party hereto (or any party’s Affiliates) or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other representations and warranties of any kind or nature expressed or implied (including (x) regarding the completeness or accuracy of, or any omission to state or to disclose, any information, including in the estimates, projections or forecasts or any other information, document or material provided to or made available to any party hereto or their respective Affiliates or Representatives in certain “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, including meetings, calls or correspondence with management of any party hereto (or any party’s Subsidiaries), and (y) any relating to the future or historical business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, prospects, assets or liabilities of any party hereto (or its Subsidiaries), or the quality, quantity or condition of any party’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets) are specifically disclaimed by all parties hereto and their respective Subsidiaries and all other Persons (including the Representatives and Affiliates of any party hereto or its Subsidiaries); and (v) each party hereto and its respective Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives are not relying on and have not relied on, any representations or warranties in connection with the Transactions or otherwise except the Company Representations by the Company, the Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub Representations by Acquiror and Amalgamation Sub (each of which is being made solely by the Person expressly making such representation in the applicable Ancillary Agreement and not by any other Person).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Amalgamation Sub, the Company and the Management Representative have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
STONEBRIDGE ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
STONEBRIDGE ACQUISITION PTE. LTD. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
DIGIASIA BIOS PTE. LTD. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE | ||
Name: |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL
AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL
(in compliance with Section 215B of the Companies Act 1967)
PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF DIGIASIA BIOS pte. ltd.
AND STONEBRIDGE ACQUISITION Pte. Ltd.
TO BE EFFECTED ON TERMS SET OUT IN THIS AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 215A OF THE
COMPANIES ACT 1967
1. | PRELIMINARY |
1.1 | Definitions. In this Amalgamation Proposal, except to the extent that the context otherwise requires: |
1.1.1 | the following expressions shall bear the following respective meanings, namely: |
"Amalgamated Company"
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: | DAB, following SAPL and DAB amalgamating and continuing as one company, under the existing name of DAB, following the Amalgamation taking effect on the Amalgamation Date;
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"Amalgamation" | : | The amalgamation of SAPL and DAB, as described in this Amalgamation Proposal;
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"Amalgamation Date"
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: | [●] or such other date as may be notified to the Registrar of Companies appointed under the Companies Act (and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies);
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"Amalgamation Objection"
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: | An objection by any member or creditor of DAB or SAPL or any other person to whom DAB or SAPL is under an obligation, to this Amalgamation Proposal;
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"Amalgamation Proposal"
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: | This proposal made in accordance with Section 215B of the Companies Act;
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"Business Combination Agreement" | : | The business combination agreement dated [●] entered into between DAB, SAC, SAPL and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (as the Management Representative) in connection with the business combination transaction to be undertaken upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time;
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"Closing Share Price"
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: | US$10.00 per share;
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"Companies Act"
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: | Companies Xxx 0000 of Singapore;
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"Company Option" | : | Each option to purchase DAB Shares granted under DAB’s employee share ownership plan;
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"Company Preferred Shares Conversion" | : | Each preferred share in the capital of DAB issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time being converted into a number of ordinary shares in the capital of DAB in accordance with the constitution of DAB and the Shareholders' Agreement;
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"Company Requisite Approval"
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: | The approval of the Amalgamation, this Amalgamation Proposal and the transactions contemplated hereby, by a special resolution passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy present at a general meeting of the holders of the DAB Shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the constitution of DAB and applicable Law;
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"DAB"
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: | DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd. (Company Registration No. 201730295C), a private company limited by shares incorporated in Singapore;
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"DAB Shareholders" | : | Collectively, the holders of any shares in the capital of DAB immediately prior to the Amalgamation taking effect, and each a "DAB Shareholder". The names of the DAB Shareholders as at the date of this Amalgamation Proposal are set out in Schedule 2;
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"DAB Shares"
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: | Ordinary shares in the capital of DAB;
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"Earnout Shares" | : | The SAC Shares that have been placed into escrow and are subject to forfeiture in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement;
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"Effective Time" | : | Has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;
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"Equity Value" | : | Five Hundred Million (US$500,000,000);
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"Exchange Act" | : | U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
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"Governmental Authority"
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: | Any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality;
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"Governmental Order" | : | Any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, issued or entered by or with any Governmental Authority;
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"Law" | : | Any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority;
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"Management Representative" | : | Has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;
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"Offer" | : | Has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;
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"Per Share Amalgamation Consideration" | : | With respect to any DAB Share held by a DAB Shareholder issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time including those issued in connection with the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, a number of ordinary shares in SAC equal to (a) the Per Share Amalgamation Consideration Value divided by (b) the Closing Share Price;
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"Per Share Amalgamation Consideration Value"
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: | (a) The Equity Value divided by (b) the total number of DAB Shares issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, including (i) DAB Shares issued upon the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, and (ii) any DAB Shares issued, issuable or vested upon accelerating vesting of any Company Options;
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"Proxy Statement"
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: | The proxy statement filed by SAC as part of the registration statement on Form F-4 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time) with the SEC pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement;
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"Regulatory Approvals" | : | Any approvals required from any Governmental Authority and/or under any applicable Laws relating to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement;
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"SAC"
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: | StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 2 February 2021, and the sole shareholder of SAPL;
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"SAC Governing Documents" | : | The memorandum and articles of association (as amended and/or restated), register of members, register of officers and directors, register of mortgages and charges, and certificate of incorporation of SAC;
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"SAC Organisational Documents" | : | SAC's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, in each case as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands;
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"SAC Shareholder Approval" | : | Approval by (a) an ordinary resolution in accordance with the SAC Governing Documents requiring the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of SAC Shares, with the holders of (i) SAC's Class A ordinary shares voting separately as a single class and (ii) SAC's Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares voting together as a single class, in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, is required to approve: (A) the Amalgamation, (B) the issuance of SAC Shares in connection with the Transactions, and (C) the adoption of the equity incentive plan, in each case, assuming a quorum is present; and (b) a special resolution in accordance with the SAC Governing Documents requiring the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds majority of the votes cast at the meeting of the holders of SAC Shares, with the holders (i) SAC's Class B ordinary shares voting separately as a single class and (ii) SAC's Class A ordinary shares and (iii) SAC's Class B ordinary shares voting together as a single class, in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, is required to approve the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of SAC, in each case assuming a quorum is present;
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"SAC Shares" | : | SAC's Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, and SAC's Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share;
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"SAPL"
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: | StoneBridge Acquisition Pte. Ltd. (Company Registration No. 202239721R), a private company limited by shares incorporated in Singapore;
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"SAPL Shares"
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: | Ordinary shares in the capital of SAPL;
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"SEC"
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: | The United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
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"Shareholders' Agreement" | The shareholders' agreement relating to DAB dated on 2 March 2020 entered into between DAB and the DAB Shareholders;
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"Transactions" | : | Collectively, the Amalgamation and each of the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement;
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"S$" | : | The lawful currency for the time being of Singapore;
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"US$" | : | The lawful currency for the time being of the United States; and
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"%" or "per cent." | : | Per centum or percentage; |
1.1.2 | words importing the singular shall, where applicable, include the plural and vice versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall, where applicable, include the feminine and neuter genders. Words importing persons shall include corporations; |
1.1.3 | any reference to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted. Any word defined under the Companies Act or any statutory modification thereof and used herein shall, where applicable, have the meaning assigned to it under the Companies Act or any modification thereof, as the case may be; and |
1.1.4 | any reference in this Amalgamation Proposal to a time of day shall be a reference to Singapore time unless otherwise stated. |
1.2 | SAPL is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Singapore on 8 November 2022 with Company Registration No. 202239721R. As at the date of this Amalgamation Proposal, SAPL has one (1) ordinary share in issue. |
DAB is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Singapore on 23 October 2017 with Company Registration No. 201730295C. As at the date of this Amalgamation Proposal, DAB has [● ordinary shares] in issue. |
1.3 | Reasons for the Amalgamation. The Amalgamation is being undertaken in connection with and pursuant to the business combination transaction to be undertaken upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement. |
1.4 | Section 215B Companies Act. This Amalgamation Proposal contains all the details required under Section 215B of the Companies Act. Subject to the conditions in paragraph 6.1 being fulfilled, the Amalgamation shall become effective on the Amalgamation Date. |
2. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AMALGAMATION |
Terms. With effect from the Amalgamation Date: |
2.1 | SAPL and DAB will amalgamate and DAB, as the Amalgamated Company following such Amalgamation, will continue as the surviving legal entity with the same name, in particular, but without limitation: |
2.1.1 | all the property, rights and privileges of SAPL shall be transferred to and vest in, and all property, rights and privileges of DAB shall continue with, the Amalgamated Company; |
2.1.2 | all the liabilities and obligations of SAPL shall be transferred to and become the liabilities and obligations of, and all liabilities and obligations of DAB shall continue with, the Amalgamated Company; |
2.1.3 | all proceedings pending by or against SAPL may be continued by or against, and all proceedings pending by or against DAB shall continue to be continuable by or against, the Amalgamated Company; |
2.1.4 | any conviction, ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against SAPL may be enforced by or against, and any conviction, ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against DAB shall continue to be enforceable by or against, the Amalgamated Company; and |
2.1.5 | the shares and rights of the members in each of SAPL and DAB shall be converted into the shares and rights provided for in this Amalgamation Proposal. |
2.2 | SAPL will cease to exist as a separate legal entity; |
2.3 | all of the SAPL Shares which are in issue will be converted into ordinary shares in the capital of the Amalgamated Company in the manner set out in paragraph 3.5.1 below; |
2.4 | all of the DAB Shares held by the DAB Shareholders will be cancelled and the DAB Shareholders will receive consideration in the form of SAC Shares in the manner set out in paragraph 3.5.2 below; and |
2.5 | except as set out in this Amalgamation Proposal, the Amalgamation does not involve: |
2.5.1 | the making of any payment to any shareholder or director of SAPL or DAB; |
2.5.2 | the sale or cancellation of any of DAB's assets (including any shares in its subsidiaries); |
2.5.3 | consideration for the issuance of the SAC Shares other than the cancellation of the DAB Shares held by the DAB Shareholders pursuant to paragraph 3.5.2 below; or |
2.5.4 | any change in the share capital, net asset position, balance sheet and profit and loss account of DAB resulting directly from the Amalgamation. |
3. | AMALGAMATED COMPANY DETAILS |
3.1 | Name. The name of the Amalgamated Company as at the Amalgamation Date will be the same as the name of DAB as at the date immediately preceding the Amalgamation Date, i.e. DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd. |
3.2 | Registered Office. The registered office of the Amalgamated Company as at the Amalgamation Date will be the same as the registered office of DAB as at the date immediately preceding the Amalgamation Date, i.e. 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, #00-00, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 000000. |
3.3 | Directors. The proposed board of directors of the Amalgamated Company will be as follows: |
Full Name | Residential or Alternate Address
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxx IV/7A RT 007/004, Cilandak Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 00000, Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, #00-00, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 000000
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Xxxxxxxxxx | Xx. Sumenep Xx. 0, XX 000 XX 000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Xxxxxxxxx
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3.4 | Share Structure. |
3.4.1 | The number of shares in the capital of the Amalgamated Company (after the conversion of the SAPL Shares held by SAC into shares in the capital of the Amalgamated Company pursuant to paragraph 3.5.1 below and the cancellation of all the DAB Shares held by the DAB Shareholders pursuant to paragraph 3.5.2 below) will be one (1) ordinary share, all of which will be held by SAC. |
3.4.2 | The rights, privileges, limitations and conditions that will be attached to each ordinary share in the capital of the Amalgamated Company as at the Amalgamation Date are set out in the constitution of the Amalgamated Company (the "Constitution"). |
3.4.3 | All of the shares in the capital of the Amalgamated Company are transferable in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution i.e. regulations 20 to 24 as set out below: |
20. | Subject to the restrictions of this Constitution, any Member may transfer all or any of his shares, but every transfer must be in writing and in the usual common form, or in any other form which the Directors may approve. The instrument of transfer of a share shall be signed both by the transferor and by the transferee, and by the witness or witnesses thereto and the transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members in respect thereof. Shares of different classes shall not be comprised in the same instrument of transfer. |
Form of Transfer. | |||
21. | (1) |
To enable the Company to lodge a notice of transfer of shares with the Registrar under Section 128(1)(a) of the Act, the following items in relation to the transfer of shares must be delivered by the transferor to the Office of the Company: |
Documents to be delivered by the transferor to the | ||
(a) | the instrument of transfer; | Company. | |||
(b) | a fee not exceeding S$1 as the Directors from time to time may require; | ||||
(c) | the certificate of the shares to which the instrument of transfer relates; and | ||||
(d) | any other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. | ||||
(2) | Upon receipt of the items referred to in paragraph (1), the Company must, subject to regulation 23, lodge with the Registrar a notice of transfer of shares in accordance with Section 128 of the Act and retain the instrument of transfer referred to in regulation 20. All instruments of transfer which shall be registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer which the Directors may refuse to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the party presenting the same. |
Retention of Transfers. |
22. | No share shall in any circumstances be transferred to any infant or bankrupt or person who is mentally disordered and incapable of managing himself or his affairs, but nothing herein contained shall be construed as imposing on the Company any liability in respect of the registration of such transfer if the Company has no actual knowledge of the same. |
Infant, bankrupt or mentally disordered. | ||
23. | The Directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to lodge a notice of transfer of shares with the Registrar if: |
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(a) | the shares are not fully paid shares; | to decline to | ||
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(b) | the Directors do not approve of the transferee; or | of transfer. | ||
(c) | the Company has a lien on the shares, | |||
but shall in such event, within thirty (30) days after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company send to the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal. | ||||
24. | The lodging of any notice of transfer of shares with the Registrar for the purpose of updating the Register of Members may be suspended at any time and for any period as the Directors may from time to time determine, but not for more than a total of thirty (30) days in any Year. |
Suspension of lodgement of notice of transfer. |
3.4.4 | Constitution. A copy of the proposed Constitution is attached as Schedule 1 to this Amalgamation Proposal. |
3.5 | Conversion of SAPL Shares and Cancellation of DAB Shares. Subject to the Amalgamation becoming effective: |
3.5.1 | all of the SAPL Shares held by SAC immediately prior to the Amalgamation Date, will be automatically converted into one (1) ordinary share in the capital of the Amalgamated Company; and |
3.5.2 | all of the DAB Shares held by each DAB Shareholder immediately prior to the Amalgamation Date will be automatically cancelled (such cancellation of DAB Shares of which shall not be deemed to be a reduction of share capital within the meaning of the Companies Act) converted into, and shall thereafter represent the right of each DAB Shareholder to receive, as consideration for such DAB Shares, the applicable Per Share Amalgamation Consideration and in consideration thereof, SAC shall issue the Per Share Amalgamation Consideration to the respective DAB Shareholder, |
the result of which will be that SAC will hold one (1) ordinary shares in the capital of the Amalgamated Company, being all the ordinary shares in the capital of the Amalgamated Company. | ||
4. | PAYMENT TO BE MADE TO ANY SHAREHOLDER OR DIRECTOR OF SAPL |
4.1 | There will not be any payment made to any shareholder of SAPL. |
4.2 | There will not be any payment made to any director of SAPL. |
5. | PAYMENT TO BE MADE TO ANY SHAREHOLDER OR DIRECTOR OF DAB |
5.1 | Save as provided in paragraph 3.5 above, there will not be any payment made to any shareholder of DAB in relation to the Amalgamation. |
5.2 | The following shareholders of DAB are wholly-owned and controlled by directors of DAB: |
5.2.1 | Vamberry Assets Limited, which is wholly-owned and controlled by Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx; and |
5.2.2 | Grand Mavericks Limited, which is wholly-owned and controlled by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, |
and accordingly, save as provided in paragraph 3.5 above, there will not be any payment made to any director of DAB or any entity owned or controlled by a director of DAB in relation to the Amalgamation. |
6. | ARRANGEMENTS TO COMPLETE AMALGAMATION |
6.1 | The arrangements necessary to complete the Amalgamation and to provide for the subsequent management and operation of the Amalgamated Company are: |
6.1.1 | the approval of SAC, as the sole shareholder of SAPL, of the Amalgamation and this Amalgamation Proposal in accordance with Section 215C of the Companies Act; |
6.1.2 | the approval by the DAB Shareholders of the Amalgamation and this Amalgamation Proposal in accordance with Section 215C of the Companies Act; and |
6.1.3 | the completion of the other procedures referred to in Sections 215A to 215J of the Companies Act, including: |
(a) | the board of directors of each of SAPL and DAB having, prior to obtaining the approval of their respective shareholders: |
(i) | resolved that the Amalgamation is in the best interest of SAPL and DAB (as the case may be); and |
(ii) | made a solvency statement in relation to SAPL or DAB (as the case may be) in accordance with Section 215I of the Companies Act; and having made a solvency statement in relation to the Amalgamated Company in accordance with Section 215J of the Companies Act (collectively, the "Solvency Statements"); |
(b) | every director who voted in favour of the resolution and the making of the statements referred to in paragraph 6.1.3(a) above signing a declaration (a "Declaration" and collectively, the "Declarations") stating: |
(i) | that, in his opinion, the conditions specified in paragraph 6.1.3(a)(i) above, Section 215I(1)(a) and (b) of the Companies Act (in relation to each of SAPL and DAB, as the case may be) and Section 215J(1)(a) and (b) of the Companies Act (in relation to the Amalgamated Company) are satisfied; and |
(ii) | the grounds for that opinion; |
(c) | the board of directors of each of SAPL and DAB sending to every shareholder of SAPL and DAB, not less than 21 days prior to obtaining the approval of their respective shareholders: |
(i) | a copy of this Amalgamation Proposal; |
(ii) | a copy of the Declarations given by the directors; |
(iii) | a statement of any material interests of the directors, whether in that capacity or otherwise (if any); and |
(iv) | such further information and explanation as may be necessary to enable a reasonable member of SAPL and DAB to understand the nature and implications, for SAPL and DAB and their respective members, of the Amalgamation; |
(d) | the directors of each of SAPL and DAB having, not less than 21 days prior to obtaining the approval of their respective shareholders: |
(i) | sent a copy of this Amalgamation Proposal to every secured creditor of each of SAPL and DAB (if any); and |
(ii) | caused to be published in the Straits Times a notice of the Amalgamation, including a statement that: |
(A) | copies of this Amalgamation Proposal are available for inspection by any member or creditor of SAPL and DAB at their respective registered offices during ordinary business hours; and |
(B) | a member or creditor of SAPL and DAB is entitled to be supplied free of charge with a copy of this Amalgamation Proposal upon request to SAPL or DAB (as the case may be); and |
(e) | for the purpose of effecting the Amalgamation, the following documents have to be filed with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore, together with payment of the prescribed filing fee of S$[400]: |
(i) | this Amalgamation Proposal; |
(ii) | the Solvency Statements; |
(iii) | the Declarations; |
(iv) | a declaration signed by the directors of each of SAPL and DAB stating that the Amalgamation has been approved in accordance with the Companies Act and the constitution of each of SAPL and DAB (as the case may be); and |
(v) | a declaration signed by the proposed directors of the Amalgamated Company stating that, where the proportion of the claims of the creditors of the Amalgamated Company in relation to the value of the assets of the Amalgamated Company is greater than the proportion of the claims of the creditors of SAPL and DAB (as the case may be) in relation to the value of the assets of SAPL and DAB (as the case may be), no creditor will be prejudiced by that fact. |
6.2 | In addition, the following conditions must be satisfied by or on the Amalgamation Date: |
6.2.1 | no court order being made under Section 215H of the Companies Act; |
6.2.2 | all Series A preferred shares in the capital of DAB having been converted into DAB Shares; |
6.2.3 | no Governmental Order, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions being enacted or promulgated; |
6.2.4 | the Offer having been completed in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, SAC Organisational Documents and the Proxy Statement; |
6.2.5 | SAC not having redeemed SAC Shares in the Offer in an amount that would cause SAC to have less than US$5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act); |
6.2.6 | the SAC Shareholder Approval having been obtained; |
6.2.7 | SAC Shares to be issued in connection with the Transactions (including the Earnout Shares) shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq Capital Market subject only to official notice of issuance thereof; |
6.2.8 | no Amalgamation Objection having been raised, or any such Amalgamation Objection which has been raised having been addressed such that no shareholder or creditor of DAB or SAPL, or other person to whom DAB or SAPL is under an obligation, shall have the ability to delay the Amalgamation or cause the Amalgamation not to be consummated pursuant to this Amalgamation Proposal; |
6.2.9 | the Company Requisite Approval having been obtained; and |
6.2.10 | all Regulatory Approvals having been obtained. |
7. | COUNTERPARTS |
This Amalgamation Proposal may be signed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Amalgamation Proposal. Each of the persons named below may sign this Amalgamation Proposal on behalf of the board of directors of SAPL and the board of directors of DAB respectively by executing any such counterpart.
Dated this [●] day of [●] [2023]
This proposal has been approved pursuant to the Meeting of the Board of Directors of SAPL held on the [●] day of [●] [2023].
Name: [●]
Director
on behalf of the board of directors of SAPL
This proposal has been approved pursuant to the Directors' Resolutions in Writing pursuant to Regulation 104 of the constitution of DAB dated the [●] day of [●] [2023].
Name: [●]
Director
on behalf of the board of directors of DAB
Signature page to Amalgamation Proposal
Schedule 1
Constitution
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Schedule 2
DAB Shareholders
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF PUBCO CHARTER
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS RevisED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
DigiAsia CORP.
(adopted by special resolution dated [ ])
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS Revised)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
DigiAsia CORP.
(adopted by special resolution dated [ ])
1 | The name of the Company is DigiAsia Corp. |
2 | The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Xxxxxxx Trust Company (Cayman) Limited at SIX, 2nd Floor, Cricket Square, XX Xxx 0000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx XX0-0000, or at such other place within the Cayman Islands as the Directors may decide. |
3 | The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
4 | The liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member's shares. |
5 | The share capital of the Company is US$ [ • ] divided into [ • ] ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and [ • ] preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each. |
6 | The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands. |
7 | Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Second Amended Memorandum of Association bear the respective meanings given to them in the Second Amended Articles of Association of the Company. |
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS Revised)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
DigiAsia CORP.
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [ ], 2023)
1 | Interpretation |
1.1 | In the Articles Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith: |
"Affiliate" | has the same meaning as in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act. | |
"Applicable Law" | means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person. | |
"Articles" | means these second amended and restated articles of association of the Company. | |
"Audit Committee" | means the audit committee of the Company formed pursuant to the Articles, or any successor audit committee. | |
"Auditor" | means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any). | |
"clearing house" | a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction. | |
"Company" | means the above named company. | |
“Compensation Committee” | means the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee. |
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"Designated Stock Exchange" | means any national securities exchange in the United States on which the securities are listed for trading, including the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Capital Market), the NYSE MKT LLC, the New York Stock Exchange LLC or any OTC market. | |
"Directors" | means the directors for the time being of the Company. | |
"Dividend" | means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on Shares pursuant to the Articles. | |
"Electronic Record" | has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law. | |
"Electronic Transactions Law" | means the Electronic Transactions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands. | |
"Exchange Act" | means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar U.S. federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. | |
“Investor Group” | Means Sponsor and its Affiliates, [______],1 and the respective successors and assigns of the foregoing. | |
"Member" | has the same meaning as in the Statute. | |
"Memorandum" | means the second amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company. | |
"Ordinary Resolution" | means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and includes a unanimous written resolution. In computing the majority when a poll is demanded regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled by the Articles. | |
"Ordinary Share" | means an ordinary share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company, designated as an Ordinary Share and having the rights provided for in these Articles. |
1 NTD: Relevant Company investors to be included.
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"Preference Share" | means a preference share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company, designated as a Preference Share, and having the rights provided for in these Articles. | |
"Register of Members" | means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members. | |
"Registered Office" | means the registered office for the time being of the Company. | |
"Seal" | means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal. | |
"SEC" | means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. | |
"Share" | means any share in the capital of the Company, including an Ordinary Share, a Preference Share and shares of other classes and includes a fraction of a share in the Company. | |
“signed” | means a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means or an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic communication and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic communication. | |
"Special Resolution" | has the same meaning as in the Statute, and includes a unanimous written resolution. | |
“Sponsor” | means StoneBridge Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. | |
"Statute" | means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands. | |
"Treasury Share" | means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute. |
1.2 | In the Articles: |
(a) | words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; |
(b) | words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender; |
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(c) | words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person; |
(d) | "written" and "in writing" include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record; |
(e) | "shall" shall be construed as imperative and "may" shall be construed as permissive; |
(f) | references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced; |
(g) | all references to money refer to the lawful currency of the United States, unless otherwise specified; |
(h) | any phrase introduced by the terms "including", "include", "in particular" or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms; |
(i) | the term "and/or" is used herein to mean both "and" as well as "or." The use of "and/or" in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms "and" or "or" in others. The term "or" shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term "and" shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires); |
(j) | headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles; |
(k) | any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record; |
(l) | any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Law; |
(m) | sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Law shall not apply; |
(n) | the term "clear days" in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and |
(o) | the term "holder" in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share. |
2 | Commencement of Business |
2.1 | The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit. |
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2.2 | The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration. |
3 | Issue of Shares and other Securities |
3.1 | Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend or other distribution, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights. |
3.2 | The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
3.3 | The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer form and shall only issue shares as fully paid. |
4 | Ordinary Shares |
4.1 | The holders of the Ordinary Shares shall be: |
(a) | entitled to dividends in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Articles; |
(b) | entitled to and are subject to the provisions in relation to winding up of the Company provided for in these Articles; |
(c) | entitled to attend general meetings of the Company and shall be entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share registered in his or her name in the Register of Members, both in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Articles. |
4.2 | All Ordinary Shares shall rank pari passu with each other in all respects. |
5 | Register of Members |
5.1 | The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute, provided that for so long as the securities of the Company are listed for trading on the Designated Stock Exchange, title to such securities may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange. |
5.2 | The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute. The Directors may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time. |
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6 | Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date |
6.1 | For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty days. |
6.2 | In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose. |
6.3 | If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. |
7 | Certificates for Shares |
7.1 | A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and, subject to the Articles, no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. |
7.2 | The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them. |
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7.3 | If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate. |
7.4 | Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery. |
7.5 | Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Statute, if applicable, or as the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent authority or otherwise under Applicable Law may from time to time determine, whichever is shorter, after the allotment or, except in the case of a Share transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgement of a Share transfer with the Company. |
8 | Transfer of Shares |
8.1 | Subject to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of his Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with applicable rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC, federal and state securities laws of the United States and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant. |
8.2 | The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the Directors and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a clearing house or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members. |
8.3 | The Directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of Shares, subject to any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange. |
9 | Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares |
9.1 | Subject to the provisions, if any, in these Articles, the Memorandum, applicable law, including the Statute, and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares shall be effected in such manner and upon such other terms as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issue of the Shares. |
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9.2 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member, provided that the manner of purchase is in accordance with any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under applicable Law. |
9.3 | The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital. |
9.4 | The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share. |
10 | Treasury Shares |
10.1 | The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share. |
10.2 | The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration). |
11 | Variation of Rights of Shares |
11.1 | Subject to Article 3.1, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that class where such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two thirds of the issued Shares of that class, or with the approval of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one-third of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll. |
11.2 | For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes of Shares as forming one class of Shares if the Directors consider that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes of Shares. |
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11.3 | The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith. |
12 | Commission on Sale of Shares |
The Company may, in so far as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.
13 | Non Recognition of Trusts |
The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.
14 | Lien on Shares |
14.1 | The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company's lien thereon. The Company's lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share. |
14.2 | The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen clear days after notice has been received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold. |
14.3 | To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company's power of sale under the Articles. |
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14.4 | The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale. |
15 | Call on Shares |
15.1 | Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen clear days' notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. |
15.2 | A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed. |
15.3 | The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof. |
15.4 | If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part. |
15.5 | An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call. |
15.6 | The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid. |
15.7 | The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance. |
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15.8 | No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable. |
16 | Forfeiture of Shares |
16.1 | If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen clear days' notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. |
16.2 | If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. |
16.3 | A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person. |
16.4 | A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the Directors may determine, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by him in respect of those Shares. |
16.5 | A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or officer of the Company that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share. |
16.6 | The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
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17 | Transmission of Shares |
17.1 | If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors (where he was a joint holder), or his legal personal representatives (where he was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his Shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which he was a joint or sole holder. |
17.2 | Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by him to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the holder of such Share. If he elects to have another person registered as the holder of such Share he shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be. |
17.3 | A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of such Share. However, he shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to have some person nominated by him be registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles), the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. |
18 | Amendments of Memorandum and Articles and Alteration of Capital |
18.1 | Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
(a) | increase its share capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such classes and amount, as the Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine; |
(b) | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares, provided that any fractions of a share that result from such a consolidation or division of its share capital shall be automatically repurchased by the Company at (i) the market price on the date of such consolidation or division, in the case of any shares listed on a Designated Stock Exchange and (ii) a price to be agreed between the Company and the applicable Member in the case of any shares not listed on a Designated Stock Exchange; |
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(c) | convert all or any of its paid-up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid-up Shares of any denomination; |
(d) | by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and |
(e) | cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the Ordinary Resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled. |
18.2 | All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall be subject to the same provisions of the Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital. |
18.3 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the provisions of the Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the Company may by Special Resolution: |
(a) | change its name; |
(b) | alter or add to the Articles; |
(c) | alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and |
(d) | reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund. |
19 | Offices and Places of Business |
Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.
20 | General Meetings |
20.1 | All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings. |
20.2 | The Company shall, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall approve. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented. |
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20.3 | The Directors, the chief executive officer or the chairman or a co-chairman of the board of Directors may call general meetings, and they shall on a Members' requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company. |
20.4 | Business transacted at any extraordinary general meeting shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting. |
20.5 | A Members' requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than ten per cent in par value of the issued Shares which as at that date carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company. |
20.6 | The Members' requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the principal executive offices of the Company (with a copy forwarded to the Registered Office),and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists. |
20.7 | If the Directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit of the Members' requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further twenty-one days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of the requisitionists, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall be held no later than the day which falls three months after the expiration of the said twenty-one day period. |
20.8 | A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors. |
20.9 | Subject to these Articles, Members seeking to bring business before the annual general meeting or to nominate candidates for appointment as Directors at the annual general meeting must deliver notice to the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the scheduled date of the annual general meeting. At an annual general meeting of the Company, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual general meeting, business must be (a) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the board of Directors, (b) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the board of Directors or the chairman or co-chairmen or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Member present in person who (1) (x) was a record owner of shares of the Company both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Article 21 and at the time of the meeting, (y) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (z) has complied with this Article 20.9 in all applicable respects or (2) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. The foregoing provision (z) shall be the exclusive means for a Member to propose business to be brought before an annual general meeting. The only matters that may be brought before an extraordinary general meeting are the matters specified in the notice of such meeting, and Members shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before an extraordinary general meeting. For purposes of this Article 20.9, “present in person” shall mean that the Member proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Company, or a qualified representative of such proposing Member, appear at such annual general meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing Member shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such Member or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such Member or an electronic transmission delivered by such Member to act for such Member as proxy at the meeting of Members and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of Members. Members seeking to nominate persons for election to the board of Directors must comply with this Article 20.9. |
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21 | Notice of General Meetings |
21.1 | At least five clear days' notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed: |
(a) | in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members (or their proxies) entitled to attend and vote thereat; and |
(b) | in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members (or their proxies) having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety-five per cent in par value of the Shares giving that right. |
21.2 | The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such, and the notice convening a meeting to pass a Special Resolution shall specify the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution. Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all Members other than such as, under the provisions hereof or the terms of issue of the Shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notice from the Company. |
21.3 | In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with a notice of general meeting, the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of any such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding at any such meeting. |
21.4 | The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting. |
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22 | Proceedings at General Meetings |
22.1 | No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. The holders of a simple majority of the issued Shares being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy shall be a quorum. |
22.2 | A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. |
22.3 | A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of all of the Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations or other non-natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. |
22.4 | If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence or if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened upon a Members' requisition, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the meeting shall be dissolved. |
22.5 | The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairman or as a co-chairman of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairman or co-chairmen, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairman or as a co-chairman at such general meeting. If there are no such chairman or co-chairmen, or if they shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or are unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect two of their number to be chairman or co-chairmen of the meeting. |
22.6 | If no Director or Directors are willing to act as chairman or as co-chairmen or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose any of their number to be chairman or co-chairmen of the meeting. |
22.7 | The chairman or co-chairmen may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. |
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22.8 | When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting. |
22.9 | A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. |
22.10 | A poll shall be taken as the chairman or co-chairmen direct, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
22.11 | A poll demanded on the election of the co-chairmen or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairman or co-chairmen of the general meeting direct, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll. |
22.12 | In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman or each co-chairmen shall be entitled to a second or casting vote. |
23 | Votes of Members |
23.1 | Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, every Member present in person and every person representing a Member by proxy at a general meeting of the Company, shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder, registered in such Member’s name in the Register of Members. No cumulative voting shall be allowed. |
23.2 | In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members. |
23.3 | A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote on a poll, by his committee, receiver, curator xxxxx, or other person on such Member's behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator xxxxx or other person may on a poll, vote by proxy. |
23.4 | No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he or she is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by him in respect of Shares have been paid. |
23.5 | No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time in accordance with this Article shall be referred to the chairman or co-chairmen whose decision shall be final and conclusive. |
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23.6 | Votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes. |
23.7 | A Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed. |
24 | Proxies |
24.1 | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non-natural person, under the hand of its duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member. |
24.2 | The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office, or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote. |
24.3 | The chairman or co-chairmen may in any event at their discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairman or co-chairmen, shall be invalid. |
24.4 | The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll. |
24.5 | Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office, or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy. |
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25 | Corporate Members |
25.1 | Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member. |
25.2 | If a clearing house (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of such Shares held by the clearing house (or its nominee(s)). |
26 | Clearing Houses |
If a clearing house or depository (or its nominee) is a Member it may, by resolution of its directors, other governing body or authorised individual(s) or by power of attorney, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or representatives at any general meeting of the Company or at any general meeting of any class of Members; provided that, if more than one person is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such person is so authorised. A person so authorised pursuant to this provision shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee) which he or she represents as that clearing house (or its nominee) could exercise if it were an individual Member of the Company holding the number and class of Shares specified in such authorisation.
27 | Shares that May Not be Voted |
Shares and Treasury Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.
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28 | Directors |
There shall be a board of Directors consisting of such number of Directors as fixed by the Directors from time to time (not less than one Director) provided however that the Company may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors.
29 | Powers of Directors |
29.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors. |
29.2 | All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution. |
29.3 | The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance. |
29.4 | The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party. |
29.5 | The Directors may, from time to time, and except as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives, which shall be intended to set forth the policies of the Company and the Directors on various corporate governance related matters, as the Directors shall determine by resolution from time to time. |
30 | Appointment and Removal of Directors |
30.1 | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director. |
30.2 | Subject to these Articles, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Directors may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles as the maximum number of Directors. |
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30.3 | Subject to these Articles, the persons to be nominated for appointment as a Director shall be selected at the sole discretion of the Directors. In the exercise of such discretion, the Directors shall have regard to the terms of any agreements or other contractual arrangements that the Company is a party to from time to time. |
30.4 | Commencing at the Company’s first annual general meeting following the adoption of the Articles, and at each annual general meeting thereafter, Directors elected to succeed those Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the next succeeding annual general meeting after their election. All Directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. |
30.5 | A Director shall not be required to hold any Shares in the Company by way of qualification. A Director who is not a Member of the Company shall nevertheless be entitled to receive notice of and to attend and speak at general meetings of the Company. |
31 | Vacation of Office of Director |
The office of a Director shall be vacated if:
(a) | the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns the office of Director; or |
(b) | the Director absents himself (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy) from three consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution that he has by reason of such absence vacated office; or |
(c) | the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
(d) | the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or |
(e) | all of the other Directors (being not less than two in number) determine that he should be removed as a Director, either by a resolution passed by all of the other Directors at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held in accordance with the Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by all of the other Directors. |
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32 | Proceedings of Directors |
32.1 | The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a majority of the authorized number of Directors. Meetings of Directors may be held at any place within or outside the Cayman Islands that has been designated by the Directors. In the absence of such a designation, meetings of the Directors shall be held at the principal executive office of the Company. Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman or each co-chairmen shall have a second or casting vote. |
32.2 | A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman or co-chairmen are located at the start of the meeting (or to the extent that the co-chairmen are in more than one location as decided by the co-chairmen). |
32.3 | A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held. |
32.1 | A Director may, chairman or co-chairmen of the Board (if appointed) or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two days' notice in writing, in person, by telephone, electronic email, or in such other manner as the Directors may from time to time determine to every Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors either at, before or after the meeting is held. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis. |
32.2 | The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose. |
32.3 | The Directors may elect, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, a chairman or co-chairmen of their board and determine the period for which they are to hold office; but if no such chairman or co-chairmen are elected, or if at any meeting the chairman or co-chairmen are not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose two of their number to be chairman or co-chairmen of the meeting. The chairman or each co-chairmen of the Board may be a director or an officer of the Company. Subject to the provisions of these Articles and the direction of the Directors, the chairman or each co-chairmen of the Board shall perform all duties and have all powers which are commonly incident to the position of chairman or co-chairmen of a board or which are delegated to him or her by the Directors, preside at all general meetings and meetings of the Directors at which he or she is present and have such powers and perform such duties as the Directors may from time to time prescribe. |
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32.4 | All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director, and/or that they or any of them were disqualified, and/or had vacated their office and/or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and/or not disqualified to be a Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be. |
32.5 | A Director may be represented at any meetings of the board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by him or her. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director. |