This prospectus supplement is being filed to update
and supplement the information contained in the prospectus dated September 8, 2022 (as supplemented to date, the “Prospectus”),
which forms a part of a registration statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-264418), related to the offer and sale from
time to time by B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC of up to 98,573,233 Class A Ordinary Shares. Specifically, this prospectus supplement
is being filed to update and supplement the information included in the Prospectus with the information contained in our Reports of Foreign
Private Issuer on Form 6-K submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on: November 4, 2022;
November 14, 2022; November 25, 2022; December 6, 2022; December 14, 2022; December 30, 2022; January 10,
2023; January 17, 2023; and January 25, 2023.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.
This prospectus supplement is not complete without,
and may not be utilized except in connection with, the Prospectus, including any supplements and amendments thereto.
We may further amend or supplement the Prospectus
and this prospectus supplement from time to time by filing amendments or supplements as required. You should read the entire Prospectus,
this prospectus supplement and any amendments or supplements carefully before you make your investment decision.
Our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on
the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), under the trading symbol “SWVL”. On January 24, 2023, the closing
price for our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq was $0.17.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Indicate by check mark if
the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the
Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
On November 4, 2022, Swvl Holdings Corp issued a press
release announcing the receipt of a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Fees and Other Matters
The following table sets forth, for each of the
years indicated, the fees expensed by our independent registered public accounting firm:
| |
For the Year Ended
December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Audit fees(1) | |
$ | 1,038,512 | | |
$ | 874,650 | |
Audit related fees | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Tax fees | |
| - | | |
| - | |
(1) “Audit
fees” means the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for
the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of our comparative interim financial statements.
Pre-Approval Policy
Our Audit Committee pre-approves all auditing
services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for the Company by our independent auditor, including the fees and terms thereof
(subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in Section 10A(i)(1)(B) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our Audit Committee pre-approved all audit services provided
to us during the periods listed above.
Required Vote
Approval of Proposal 2 (Ratification of Appointment
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm) will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes present in person or by
proxy at the 2022 Annual Meeting and voting on the proposal. Pursuant to our memorandum and articles of association, holders of Ordinary
Shares who are present but do not vote, blanks and abstentions shall not be counted for purposes of determining if a majority has been
obtained.
Recommendation
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE RATIFICATION OF GRANT THORNTON AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING LIMITED (DUBAI BRANCH) AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2022
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
The Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F
filed with the SEC on April 15, 2022 is available for viewing and downloading on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov as
well as on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.investors.swvl.com.
The Company is subject to the information reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to foreign private issuers. The Company fulfills these requirements by filing reports with
the SEC. The Company’s filings with the SEC may be inspected without charge at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street,
N.E., Room 1580 Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. The Company’s SEC filings are also available to the public on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. As
a foreign private issuer, the Company is exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy
statements. The circulation of this Proxy Statement should not be taken as an admission that the Company is subject to those proxy rules.
OTHER MATTERS
We know of no other matters to be submitted at
the 2022 Annual Meeting. If any other matters properly come before the 2022 Annual Meeting, it is the intention of the proxy holders to
vote the shares they represent in accordance with their best judgment, unless you direct them otherwise in your proxy instructions.
Whether or not you intend to be present at the
2022 Annual Meeting, we urge you to submit your signed proxy promptly.
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FORAGAINSTABSTAIN1. Election of Directors (1) Esther Dyson (2) Ahmed Sabbah (3) Gbenga Oyebode 2 . Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch) as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
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| FOLD HERE • DO NOT SEPARATE • INSERT IN ENVELOPE PROVIDED PROXYTHIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSSWVL HOLDINGS CORP21274 SWVL Holdings Corp. Rev2 Back The undersigned appoints Mostafa Kandil and Youssef Salem, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse hereof, all of the Class A Ordinary Shares of Swvl Holdings Corp held of record by the undersigned at the close of business on November 9, 2022 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Swvl Holdings Corp to be held on December 13, 2022, or at any adjournment thereof.THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED. IF NO CONTRARY INDICATION IS MADE, THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ELECTING THE THREE NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL 2, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUDGMENT OF THE PERSONS NAMED AS PROXY HEREIN ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.(Continued and to be marked, dated and signed on the other side)Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of ShareholdersThe 2022 Proxy Statement and our 2021 Annual Report to Shareholders are available at: https://www.cstproxy.com/swvl/2022
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2022 (Report
No. 3)
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
CONTENTS
On November 25,
2022, Swvl Holdings Corp’s (“Swvl”) issued a press release titled:
“Swvl Reports Further Steps in its Portfolio Optimization Program.” A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as
Exhibit 99.1.
This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into Swvl’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a
part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed
or furnished.
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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Date: November 25, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef Salem |
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Name: |
Youssef Salem |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Swvl Reports Further
Steps in its Portfolio Optimization Program
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates – November 25, 2022 – Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl” or the “Company”)
(Nasdaq: SWVL), a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, today reported that it is implementing further
measures as part of its previously announced and ongoing portfolio optimization program to reduce costs.
These further measures
will include the following:
| · | Focus on the largest markets which contribute the majority of Swvl’s revenues, primarily in Egypt
and Mexico |
| · | Evaluation of strategic alternatives for smaller countries of operations which can include potential
sale, scale back or discontinuation of these operations |
| · | Reduction in headcount by over 50% |
| · | Reduction in operating expenses across central costs as well as all
markets. These include aggressive cost cutting in discretionary spending such as marketing expenses and other third-party services. |
Swvl is taking these measures amid the continuing uncertainty in the global economic environment and volatility in capital markets, which
potentially impact Swvl’s ability to generate sufficient cash from operating activities and external financings to fund working
capital and service its commitments.
About Swvl
Swvl is a global provider of transformative tech-enabled
mass transit solutions, offering intercity, intracity, B2B and B2G transportation. The Company’s platform provides complimentary
semi-private alternatives to public transportation for individuals who cannot access or afford private options. Every day, Swvl’s
parallel mass transit systems are empowering individuals to go where they want, when they want – making mobility safer, more efficient,
accessible, and environmentally friendly. Customers can book their rides on an easy-to-use proprietary app with varied payment
options and access to high-quality private buses and vans.
For
additional information about Swvl, please visit www.swvl.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” relating to future events. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,”
“may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,”
“seek,” “future,” “outlook” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends
or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
future events and other statements that are not historical facts.
These statements are based on the current
expectations of Swvl’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. For example, Swvl is using forward-looking
statement in this press release when it discusses certain measures it is taking with respect to its portfolio optimization program and the potential the continuing uncertainty in the global economic environment and volatility in capital markets may impact its ability
to generate sufficient cash from operating activities and external financings to fund working capital and service its commitments.
These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be
relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual
events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and
circumstances are beyond the control of Swvl. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding
Swvl’s business, and actual results may differ materially. In addition, forward-looking statements provide Swvl’s
expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Swvl anticipates that subsequent
events and developments could cause Swvl’s assessments and projections to change. However, while Swvl may elect to update
these forward-looking statements in the future, Swvl specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing Swvl’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this
communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon any forward-looking statements.
Contact
Youssef Salem
Swvl CFO
Investor.relations@swvl.com
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2022
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x
Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
CONTENTS
On November 29,
2022, Swvl Holdings Corp’s (“Swvl”) issued a total of 1,928,759 Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with a series
of acquisitions by Swvl , consisting of up to (a) 1,663,121 Class A Ordinary Shares issued to certain investors pursuant to
that certain Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated April 29, 2022, by and among Swvl Global FZE, Swvl, Volt Lines B.V. and the additional
parties listed therein, and that certain Deviation Agreement, dated November 21, 2022, by and among Swvl , Swvl Global FZE and Southeast
Europe Equity Fund II, LP; (b) 50,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued to certain investors pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated November 16, 2021, by and among Swvl Inc., Swvl Global FZE and Viapool Inc. and the additional parties listed therein;
(c) 115,638 Class A Ordinary Shares issued to certain investors pursuant to that certain Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated
March 24, 2022, by and between Swvl Inc., Swvl Germany GmbH and Door2Door GmbH and the additional parties listed therein; and (d) 100,000
Class A Ordinary Shares issued to certain investors pursuant to that certain Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated August 18, 2021,
by and between Swvl Global FZE, Swvl Inc. and Shotl Transportation, S.L. and the additional parties listed therein. The Class A Ordinary
Shares described in clauses (a) – (d) of the prior sentence were issued as equity consideration pursuant to Swvl’s
acquisitions of Volt Lines B.V. and Door2Door GmbH and acquisitions of controlling interests in Viapool Inc. and Shotl Transportation,
S.L. an equity consideration value of $10 per share.
The issuance of the Class A
Ordinary Shares did not involve a public offering and was exempt from the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, which exempts transactions by an issuer not
involving any public offering, and Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit |
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10.1 |
Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated April 29, 2022, by and between Mohamad Ali Al Halabi, Khaleej 1 Ltd, HEDEF ARAÇ KİRALAMA VE SERVİS A.Ş., March Holding Limited, Stichting DAI & Members, Stichting Turkish Investors, Stichting MEVP Investors, Lill CVC SAPI de CV, Wamda Seed Limited, Stichting Volt Lines ESOP, Commoditynet Holding B.V., WSH Ltd., Southeast Europe Equity Fund II, LP, Swvl Global FZE, Swvl Inc. and Volt Lines B.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Swvl’s Shell Company Report on Form 20-F (File No. 333-264418) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2022). |
10.2 |
Deviation Agreement, dated November 21, 2022, by and among Swvl Inc., Swvl Global FZE and Southeast Europe Equity Fund II, LP. |
10.3 |
Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated November 16, 2021, by and between Alejandro Taubas, Alejo Matías Miragaya, Lionel Fridman, Diego Nomberg, Clin Fondo de Inversión Privado, AVP Seed Fund I, Angel Ventures Pacific Alliance Fund II Limited Partnership, Banco Actinver, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Actinver, acting as trustee of Irrevocable Trust F/4862, designated AV Pacific Alliance Trust II, CMPL Angel Seed Fund LP and Swvl Inc., Swvl Global FZE, with Swl Inc. as an obliged delegee of the Buyer Viapool Inc. |
10.4 |
Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated March 24, 2022, by and between Rivertree Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Dr. Günther Lamperstorfer, KfW, Social Media Enterprises GmbH, Ariel Luedi, Dr. Tom Kirschbaum, Maxim Nohroudi, Blirz B22-203 GmbH and Swvl Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.23 to Swvl’s Shell Company Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41339) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022). |
10.5 |
Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Shares of Shotl Transportation, S.L., dated as of August 18, 2021, by and among Swvl Global FZE, Swvl, Marfina, S.L., Camina Lab, S.L., Mr. Osvald Martret Martinez and Mr. Gerard Martret Martinez (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 7 of Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2022). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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Date: December 6, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef Salem |
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Name: |
Youssef Salem |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 10.2
THIS DEVIATION AGREEMENT
IS DATED 21 November 2022 AND MADE BETWEEN:
| I. | SOUTHEAST EUROPE EQUITY FUND II, LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership, having its registered office
at the address of c/o Interest Trustees (Cayman) Ltd, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KYI-9005, and having
certificate of good standing of a partnership numbered OG 16589 issued by Registrar of Limited Partnerships Cayman Islands (“SEEF”); |
| II. | Swvl GLOBAL FZE, a Limited Liability Free Zone Establishment duly incorporated and validly existing under
the DTCA (as defined in the SPA) Company Rules and Regulations under Dubai law No 9 of 2015, registered with the Mercantile Registrar
of Companies of Dubai World Trade Center Authority under number 0361, having its registered office at Office No:02.08 the offices 4 at
One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre and without tax identification code since there is no corporate income tax in UAE (the “Swvl
Global”), [duly represented by Mr. Mostafa Essa Mohamed Mohamed Kandil, a citizen of The Arab Republic of Egypt, of legal
age, with professional domicile in Office No :02.08 the offices 4 at One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, and holder of valid Passport
of his nationality number A-18493071, who is duly authorized to sign and execute this Agreement in his capacity as CEO of the Buyer;]
and |
| III. | Swvl Holdings Corp, a company duly incorporated and existing
under the laws of the territory of the British Virgin Islands, registered with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs of the British Virgin
Islands under number 2070410, having its registered office at Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road
Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (“Swvl Holdings”), [duly represented by Mr. Mostafa Essa Mohamed Mohamed Kandil,
a citizen of The Arab Republic of Egypt, of legal age, with professional domicile in Office No :02.08 the offices 4 at One Central, Dubai
World Trade Centre, and holder of valid Passport of his nationality number A-18493071, who is duly authorized to sign and execute this
agreement in his capacity as CEO and a director of Swvl Holdings;], |
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties”,
and each individually a “Party”.
Recitals:
| A. | On 29 April 2022, the agreement for the sale and purchase (the “SPA”) of the entire
issued share capital of Volt Lines B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten
vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the Netherlands, having its
registered offices at Jan van Goyenkade 8, 1075 HP Amsterdam, the Netherlands registered with the Trade Register of the Dutch Chamber
of Commerce under number 74802992 (the “Company”) was entered into by, amongst others, SEEF as one of the sellers, Swvl
Global as the buyer, and Swvl Holdings (in comprehensive: the “Transaction”). |
| B. | After Closing, the Parties agreed on certain deviations from
the SPA which they wish to lay down in this Agreement. |
IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
| 1. | DEFINITIONS and interpretations |
| 1.1. | In this Agreement, save where explicitly provided otherwise, capitalised words and expressions have the
meaning attributed thereto in the SPA. |
| 1.2. | In this Agreement Parties agree to deviate from certain provisions in the SPA, which deviations shall
only relate to the relation between the Parties to this Agreement as of the date the Agreement has been duly executed by all Parties.
Except where this Agreement explicitly deviates from the SPA, the stipulations of the SPA and the rights and obligations of the Parties
under and in connection with the SPA remain unchanged and in full force and effect. |
| 2.1. | As part of the Fixed Consideration (Clause 3.2 of the SPA), Swvl Global has the obligation to issue to
SEEF 56,650 Svwl shares (Protected Swvl Shares as per Schedule 3 of the SPA). Also, Schedule 5 of the SPA introduces a collar protection
mechanism where Swvl Global has a contingent payment obligation towards SEEF in the form of additional Swvl shares to be calculated depending
on the share price of a Swvl share at any lock-up expiry date (set as the sixth, twelfth and eighteenth monthiversary of the Closing each
applicable to one-third of the total Protected Swvl Shares). Accordingly, the first determination of whether additional Swvl shares would
be issued to SEEF would be on 28 November 28 2022 (the sixth monthiversary of the Closing), and would be applicable to one-third
of the Protected Swvl Shares of SEEF (i.e. 18,883 shares). If, at that date, the price of a Swvl share were less than $7, such number
of Swvl shares would be issued to SEEF so as to bring the total value of 18,883 shares, calculated on the basis of the actual price of
a Swvl share as of 28 November 2022, to $132,181. |
| 2.2. | The Parties agree to implement a provisional mechanism to expedite the issuance of additional Swvl shares
ahead of the determination date of 28 November 2022. In this respect, the price of a Swvl share and floor protection are provisionally
set at $0.60 (as opposed to the actual on 28 November 2022) and $6 (as opposed to the $7 in Schedule 5). For clarification, the aforementioned
mechanism is provisional and is designed to allow expedite share issuance of the additional Swvl shares to SEEF. The actual determination
will be done on 28 November 2022 as per Schedule 5 (based on the actual price of a Swvl share, and the floor protection of $7 —
or the ceiling of $13 if applicable). Any difference will offset between the Parties. The issuance of Swvl shares pursuant to this Clause
2.2 does not prejudice the issuance of additional Swvl shares in connection with the valuation assessment pursuant to and in accordance
with Schedule 5 of the SPA at any later lockup expiry date (i.e. 28 May 2023 and 28 November 2023). |
| 2.3. | Swvl Global and Swvl Holdings (which assumes the payment obligation of Swvl Global for the additional
Swvl Shares towards SEEF pursuant to this Clause 2 and Schedule 5 of the SPA, and which payment obligations will be settled in accordance
with Clause 3.2.2 applying mutatis mutandis) undertake best efforts to pass a board resolution by Swvl Holding to authorise the issuance
of the additional Swvl shares to SEEF and actually issue the Swvl shares to SEEF by 25 November 2022. |
| 3. | CONTINGENT CONSIDERATION |
| 3.1. | Swvl Global has a payment obligation towards SEEF equal to 78,886 Contingent Swvl Shares pursuant to Clause
3 and Schedule 3 of the SPA. |
| 3.2. | All of those Swvl shares will be issued to SEEF
immediately and will no longer be subject to the Swvl Shares Restrictions. |
| 3.3. | Swvl Global and Swvl Holdings (which assumes the payment obligation of Swvl Global towards SEEF pursuant
to Clause 3.3 of the SPA and which payment obligations will be settled in accordance with Clause 3.3.2 of the SPA) undertake best efforts
to pass a board resolution by Swvl Holding to authorise the issuance of these 78,886 Swvl shares to SEEF and actually issue these Swvl
shares by 25 November 2022. |
The provisions set out in Clause 1 (Definitions
and Interpretation), Clause 15 (Confidentiality), Clause 16 (Further Assurances), 17 (Assignment of the Agreement),
18 (Taxes and Expenses), 19 (Entire Agreement), 20 (No Implied Waiver), 21 (Variations), 22 (No Recission),
23 (Invalidity), 25 (Notices and Communications) and 27 (Counterparts) of the SPA will apply to this Agreement, and
to the extent required are hereby incorporated by reference.
| 5. | Governing law and jurisdiction |
| 5.1. | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands. |
| 5.2. | Any and all disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement (and the SPA), or further contracts
resulting there from, shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. |
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, AGREED UPON AND EXECUTED:
/s/ David Mathewson |
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Southeast Europe Equity fund II, LP |
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By: Southeast Europe GC LLC |
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Function: general partner
By: David Mathewson
Function: Manging Director |
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/s/ Mostafa Kandil |
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/s/ Mostafa Kandil |
Swvl Global fze |
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SWVL holdings corp |
By: Mostafa Kandil |
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By: Mostafa Kandil |
Function: CEO |
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Function: CEO |
Exhibit 10.3
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
Mr. ALEJANDRO TAUBAS
Mr. ALEJO MATIAS MIRAGAYA
Mr. LIONEL FRIDMAN
Mr. DIEGO NOMBERG
CLIN FONDO DE INVERSIÓN PRIVADO
AVP SEED FUND
ANGEL VENTURES PACIFIC ALLIANCE FUND II LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN
DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO
ACTINVER, ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV
PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST
II
And
CMPL ANGEL SEED FUND LP
AS SELLERS
And
SWVL GLOBAL FZE
AS BUYER
And
with SWVL INC. as an obligated delegee of the
Buyer
And
VIAPOOL INC.
AS THE COMPANY
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is made and entered as of November 16, 2021 (the “Execution Date”):
BY AND AMONG
| (i) | Mr. ALEJANDRO TAUBAS (“Founder 1”), an Argentine citizen, of legal age,
married, with domicile at Juan Pedro Echeverría 1200, Talar del Lago 1 L215, General Pacheco, Buenos Aires and holder of Argentine
Passport number AAB983389. . |
| (ii) | Mr. ALEJO MATIAS MIRAGAYA (“Founder 2”), an Argentine citizen, of legal
age, married, with domicile at Las Palmas 3, Barrio La Alameda, Nordelta, Buenos Aires and holder of Argentine Passport number AAG731096. |
| (iii) | Mr. LIONEL FRIDMAN (“Founder 3”), an Argentine citizen, of legal age, married,
with domicile at Av. Santa Fe 4026 2nd floor “B”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and holder of Argentine
Passport number AAC127493. |
| (iv) | Mr. DIEGO NOMBERG (“Founder 4”), an Argentine citizen, of legal age, married,
with domicile at Armenia 2474 6th floor, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and holder of Argentine Passport number AAD198392. |
Founder 1, Founder
2, Founder 3 and Founder 4 shall be jointly referred to as the “Founders”.
| (v) | Clin Fondo de Inversión Privado (“Investor 1”), a Chilean private investment
fund identified by Registration Number 76.766.448-6 of the Registro Unico Tributario, duly represented by its administrator, the
Chilean corporation Inversiones Innovadoras S.A., identified by Registration Number 99.591.440-9 of the Registro Unico Tributario,
represented by Mr. Sebastián Andrés Acevedo García, Identification Number N° 14.600.489-k, and Mr. Lonnie
James Riggs, Identification Number Nº 21.664.927-3, , having its registered office at Parque Antonio Rabat Sur 6165, Comuna
de Vitacura, Santiago de Chile. |
| (vi) | AVP SEED FUND I (“Investor 2”), a company duly incorporated and existing
under the laws of Peru, registered with the Registro Unico de Contribuyente under number 20603084951, having its registered office at
Calle Jacinto Lara 328, Dept. 501 San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru, managed by Angel Ventures Perú S.A.C. |
| (vii) | ANGEL VENTURES PACIFIC ALLIANCE FUND II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (“Investor 3”),
a company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada, registered with the Ministry of Government Services under
number PBI1061115SC6, having its registered office at Montes Urales 620, Piso 1, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000, Ciudad de México. |
| (viii) | BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO ACTINVER,
ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST II (“Investor 4”), a
company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Mexico, registered with the Registro Federal de Contribuyentes under number 260933833,
having its registered office at Montes Urales 620, Piso 1, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000, Ciudad de México. |
| (ix) | CMPL ANGEL SEED FUND LP (“Investor 5”), a company duly incorporated and existing
under the laws of Canada, registered with the Ministry of Government Services under number 300216967 having its registered office at 1120
Finch Avenue West, Suite 701, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J3HT. |
Investor 1, Investor 2, Investor 3, Investor
4 and Investor 5 shall be jointly referred to as the “Investors”. Founders and Investors shall be jointly referred
to as the “Sellers”.
| (x) | SWVL GLOBAL FZE, a Limited Liability Free Zone Establishment incorporated under the Dubai World
Trade Centre Authority (“DWTCA”) Company Rules and Regulations under Dubai law Nr.9 of 2015, registered with the
Mercantile Registrar of Companies of Dubai World Trade Center Authority under number 0361, having its registered office at Office No :02.08
the offices 4 at One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre and without tax identification code since there is no corporate income tax in UAE
(the “Buyer”). |
| (xi) | SWVL INC., a company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the territory of the British
Virgin Islands, registered with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs of the British Virgin Islands under number 1945550, having its registered
office at Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (“SWVL
INC”). |
| (xii) | VIAPOOL INC., is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with registered
address at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, United States of America, identified by the Delaware
Secretary of State by File No. 3176603 and formed under a Certificate of Incorporation recorded by the Delaware Secretary of State
on July 2, 2020, which was amended on November 13, 2020 under Document No. SR 20208383561, and also identified by Federal
Employer Identification Number (EIN) 32-0632158 (the “Company”). |
The Sellers and the Buyer shall hereinafter be
individually referred to as a “Party” and jointly as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
| A. | VIAPOOL INC., is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with registered
address at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, United States of America, identified by the Delaware
Secretary of State by File No. 3176603 and formed under the Certificate of Incorporation recorded by the Delaware Secretary of State
on July 2, 2020, which was amended on November 13, 2020 under Document No. SR 20208383561, and also identified by Federal
Employer Identification Number (EIN) 32-0632158 (the “Company”). |
The Company’s corporate purpose is to engage in
any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
| B. | The Company currently owns and/or controls entirely: (i) VIAPOOL S.R.L., a sociedad de responsabilidad
limitada organized and existing under the laws of Argentina (“Viapool SRL”); (ii) MOVILIDAD DIGITAL S.A.S.,
a sociedad anónima simplificada organized and existing under the laws of Argentina (“MD Sas”, and together
with Viapool SRL, the “Argentine OpCos” and each, an “Argentine OpCo”); and (iii) VIAPOOL SpA,
a sociedad por acciones organized under the laws of Chile (the “Chilean OpCo”, and together with the Argentine Opcos,
the “OpCos”). |
The OpCos are engaged in the development, implementation
and commercialization of new mobility and transport systems, including different services and connecting travelers with buses and private
cars, and are the legal owners of the Apps detailed in Section 2.5.2 of SCHEDULE 9 (the “Business”).
| C. | The following is the total number of shares of all classes of stock the Company is authorized to issue:
(i) 10,765,247 shares of Common Stock, USD 0.00001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) and (ii) 3,166,247
shares of Preferred Stock, USD 0.00001 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). |
As of the Execution Date, the authorized Common
Stock and Preferred Stock, issued and un-issued, and the stockholders of the Company are:
Stockholder | |
Shares | | |
% | |
Common | |
| 7,599,000 | | |
| 70.59 | % |
Alejandro Taubas | |
| 2,380,000 | | |
| 22.11 | % |
Alejo Matías Miragaya | |
| 2,380,000 | | |
| 22.11 | % |
Lionel Fridman | |
| 857,000 | | |
| 7.96 | % |
Diego Nomberg | |
| 857,000 | | |
| 7.96 | % |
Stock Plan | |
| 1,125,000 | | |
| 10.45 | % |
Issued | |
| 0 | | |
| 0.00 | % |
Un-Issued (available) | |
| 1,125,000 | | |
| 10.45 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Preferred | |
| 3,166,247 | | |
| 29.41 | % |
Clin Fondo de Inversión Privado | |
| 1,163,859 | | |
| 10.81 | % |
AVP Seed Fund I | |
| 126,649 | | |
| 1.18 | % |
Angel Ventures Pacific Alliance Fund II Limited Partnership | |
| 490,347 | | |
| 4.55 | % |
BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO ACTINVER, ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST II | |
| 142,902 | | |
| 1.33 | % |
CMPL Angel Seed Fund LP | |
| 379,949 | | |
| 3.53 | % |
Non-purchased | |
| 862,541 | | |
| 8.01 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Totals | |
| 10,765,247 | | |
| 100.00 | % |
The Founders have full title ownership over 6,474,000
shares of Common Stock representing 60.14% of the Company’s authorized capital stock (the “Capital Stock”) immediately
prior to execution of this Agreement, pursuant to:
| i. | The Exchange Agreement executed on November 12, 2020,
by and among the Company, the Argentine OpCos and the Founders; |
| ii. | The Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements executed by each
of the Founders with the Company on November 12, 2020. |
The Investors have full title ownership over 2,303,706
shares of Preferred Stock representing 21.40% of the authorized Capital Stock at the Execution Date (unless the Preferred Stock is converted
to Common Stock prior to execution of this Agreement), pursuant to:
| i. | The Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement executed
on November 13, 2020, by and among the Company and CLIN Fondo de Inversión Privado, as amended on February 11, 2021, |
| ii. | The Second Amendment to the Series A Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement executed on June 18, 2020 by and among the Company and the Investors. |
| D. | Buyer’s current capital structure is described under SCHEDULE D. |
| E. | SWVL INC is engaged in a prospective de-SPAC transaction. Under the proposed transaction the shareholders
of SWVL INC will ultimately become shareholders of Pivotal Holdings Corp, a BVI Business Company registered in the Territory of the British
Virgin Islands under Registration / File No. 2070410 which the Buyer intends to be listed for trading on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange
(“Pivotal Holdings”) (the “de-SPAC Process”). According, to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, SWVL INC will assume certain obligations of the Buyer vis-à-vis the Sellers and, among others, will pay on account
of the Buyer the portion of the Purchase Price described under Section 3 below, by transferring to the Seller or causing Pivotal
Holdings to issue to the Sellers the Pivotal Holdings Shares as stated herein. |
| F. | The Buyer has conducted through its advisors, a limited due diligence exercise on the Company and the
Business (the “Due Diligence”) based on the information provided by the Sellers. |
| G. | The Parties wish to set out the terms and conditions under which the Buyer shall purchase and acquire,
and the Sellers shall sell and transfer a number of shares representing 51% of the Capital Stock and votes of the Company. Moreover, the
Parties acknowledge that their intention is to mutually agree on terms for the future sale and transfer of the entirety of the Company’s
Capital Stock. In this regard, the Sellers also acknowledge that during the period of time commencing on the Execution Date and ending
six months after Closing, none of the shares of the Company will be offered, sold or otherwise transferred by the Sellers to any third-party
or issued by the Company to any of the Sellers or to any third party. |
| H. | To facilitate the acquisition by the Buyer of 51% of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital
stock, the Sellers and the Company are willing to replace the existing capital stock structure consisting of Common Stocks and Preferred
Stocks for a structure consisting of a single class of shares. |
In consideration of the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
CLAUSES
| 1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
| 1.1 | In this Agreement and the Schedules unless the context shall otherwise require: |
| 1.1.1 | words and expressions shall be interpreted in accordance with and have the following meanings: |
“Affiliate” means, with respect
to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such
Person, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture
capital fund or registered investment company now or hereafter existing that is controlled by 1 or more general partners, managing members
or investment advisers of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person.
“Agreement” means the present
agreement;
“Argentine OpCos” has the meaning
set out in Recital B;
“ARRR” has the meaning set
out in Section 3.4.1;
“Basket” has the meaning set
out in Section 9.6.1.2
“Business” has the meaning
set out in Recital B;
“Business Day” means a day,
other than a Saturday or a Sunday, in which banks are generally open to the public for ordinary transactions in New York, United States
of America;
“Buyer” means SWVL GLOBAL FZE;
“Buyer Representations and Warranties”
has the meaning set out in Section 12;
“Capital Stock” has the meaning
set out in Recital C;
“Cash” has the meaning set
out in in Schedule 4.1.2;
“Chilean OpCo” has the meaning
set out in Recital B;
“Claim” has the meaning set
out in Section 10.1;
“Company” means VIAPOOL INC;
“Common Stock” has the meaning
set out in Recital C;
“Completion of the De-SPAC Process”
shall mean the achievement of both of the following two events: (a) the listing of Pivotal Holdings on the NASDAQ index with the
relevant ticker changed from Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital (GMBTU) to Swvl Holdings Corp (SWVL) and (b) the merger of Pivotal
Merger Sub Company II Limited (BVI Merger Sub) with and into SWVL INC.
“Completion Notice” has the
meaning set out in Section 5.3;
“Conditions
Precedent” has the meaning set out in Section 5.1;
“Closing Cash Consideration”
has the meaning set out in Section 3.2.1.1;
“Confidential Information” has
the meaning set out in Section 15.1;
“Closing” has the meaning set
out in Section 8.1;
“Closing Date” has the meaning
set out in Section 8.1;
“Connected Person to the Sellers”
means, in respect of any Seller:
| (i) | its Affiliates (excluding the
Company); and |
| (ii) | each of their respective directors
and, in case of a Person which is an individual, the persons within its first degree of consanguinity or affinity. |
“Contingent Consideration” has
the meaning set out in Section 3.3.1;
“Damage”
has the meaning set out in Section 9.5;
“de-SPAC Process” has the meaning
set out in Recital E;
“Debt, Cash and Working Capital Certificate”
has the meaning set out in Section 4.1;
“Deferred Payment” has the
meaning set out in Section 3.2.1.2;
“de Minimis Franchise” has the
meaning set out in Section 9.6.1.1;
“Due Diligence” has the meaning
set out in Recital F;
“Execution
Date” has the meaning set out in the preamble of this Agreement;
“Filing
Condition” means the Conditions Precedent set forth in Section 5.1(ix) and Section 5.1(x);
“Financial
statement” has the meaning set out in section 2.3.1 of the Sellers’ Representations and Warranties.
“Fixed Consideration” means the
consideration set forth in Section 3.2.1;
“Founder 1”
means Mr. Alejandro Taubas;
“Founder 2” means Mr. Alejo
Matías Miragaya;
“Founder 3”
means Mr. Lionel Fridman;
“Founder 4” means Mr. Diego
Nomberg;
“Founders” means jointly Mr. Alejandro
Taubas, Mr. Alejo Matías Miragaya; Mr. Lionel Fridman and Mr. Diego Nomberg;
“Fundamental Representations and Warranties”
has the meaning set out in Schedule 9;
“Gross Financial Debt” has
the meaning set out in in Schedule 4.1.2;
“Intellectual Property Rights”
means any trading names, registered and unregistered trademarks, trademark applications, patents, patents applications, registered and
unregistered service marks, service mark applications, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, mask works, information and proprietary
rights and processes, and other intellectual or industrial property, as well as intellectual property rights on the software and computer
programs;
“Interim Period” has the meaning
set out in Section 7.1;
“Investor 1” means Chile Global
Ventures;
“Investor 2” means AVP Seed
Fund I;
“Investor 3” means Angel Ventures
Pacific Alliance Fund II Limited Partnership
“Investor 4” means Banco Actinver,
S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Actinver, acting as trustee of Irrevocable Trust F/4862, designated
AV Pacific Alliance Trust II;
“Investor 5” means CMPL Angel
Seed Fund LP;
“Investors” means Investor
1 to Investor 5;
“Lien” means any lien, pledge,
security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, option, right of first refusal or offer, preemptive right, license or
other encumbrance;
“Long Stop Date” means March 31,
2022;
“MD Sas” has the meaning set
out in Recital A;
“Net Financial Debt” means
the financial debt of the Company on a consolidated basis with the OpCos, calculated as provided in Schedule 4.1.2;
“New Restated Certificate” has
the meaning set out in Section 5.1(ii);
“New Shareholders’ Agreement”
has the meaning set out in Section 8.3.1.2;
“Opcos” has the meaning set
out in Recital A;
“Opcos’
Transfer Documents” means with respect to:
| (a) | the transfer of shares of MD Sas the following documents dated November 6, 2020: (i) the sale
and purchase of shares offer Nr. 01/2020 sent by Founder 1 and Founder 2 to the Company; (ii) acceptance letter to such offer sent
by the Company to Founder 1 and Founder 2; (iii) the notices of transfer of shares in the terms of section 48, of Argentine Law 27,349
executed by the Founder 1 and Founder 2; (iv) the pledge proposal 1/2020 sent by Founder 1 and Founder 2 to the Company; (v) acceptance
letter to such proposal sent by the Company to Founder 1 and Founder 2; (vi) the notices of pledge creation in the terms of section
215 of Argentine Law 19,550 executed by the Founder 1 and Founder 2; (viii) the irrevocable power of attorney granted by Founder
1, Founder 2 and his spouse by means of public deed 232, at page 632 of notarial registry 1950; and (ix) receipts and related
documents. |
| (b) | the transfer of quotas of Viapool SRL the following documents dated November 6, 2020: (i) the
assignment of quotas offer Nr. 01/2020 sent by the Founders to the Company and MD Sas; (ii) acceptance letters to such offer sent
by each of the Company and MD Sas to the Founders; (iii) the notices of transfer of quotas in the terms of section 215 of Argentine
Law 19,550 executed by each of the Founders; (iv) the pledge proposal 1/2020 sent by the Founders to the Company and MD Sas; (v) acceptance
letters to such proposal sent by each of the Company and MD Sas to the Founders; (vi) the notices of pledge creation in the terms
of section 215 of Argentine Law 19,550 executed by the Founders; (viii) the irrevocable power of attorney granted by the Founders
and their spouses by means of public deed 231, at page 632 of notarial registry 1950; and (ix) receipts and related documents. |
“Payment at Closing” has the
meaning set out in Section 3.2.1.1;
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity;
“Pivotal Holdings” has the
meaning set out in Recital E;
“Pivotal Shares” has the meaning
set out in Section 3.2.1.2;
“Pre-Closing Certificate” has
the meaning set out in Section 8.2;
“Preferred Stock” has the meaning
set out in Recital C;
“Previous Transaction Agreements”
means: (i) the Investors’ Rights Agreement executed on November 13, 2020 among the Company and the Investors and the Founders,
(ii) the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement executed on November 13, 2020 among the Company and the Investors and
the Founders; (iii) the Voting Agreement executed on November 13, 2020 among the Company and the Investors and the Founders,
and any other agreement and/or ancillary document executed pursuant and/or in relation to any of those agreements; (iv) the Indemnification
Agreements executed between the Company and the directors of the Company designated by the Investors pursuant to the Voting Agreement
mentioned herein; and (v) any and all restrictions on the governance of the Company and/or any Lien, repurchase options or restriction
to the transfer of the Company’s Capital Stock agreed under that Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements dated November 12, 2020,
by and between Company and the Founders (and any other agreement and/or ancillary document executed pursuant and/or in relation thereto);
“Purchase Price” has the meaning
set out in Section 3.1;
“Registration Condition” means:
| (i) | obtaining the registration of the Company before the Dirección
Provincial de Personas Jurídicas of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina to act as a foreign shareholder or quotaholder
of a company in Argentina pursuant to Section 123 of the Argentine General Corporations Acts Nr. 19,550, as amended; |
| (ii) | obtaining the registration of change of domicile
of both the Argentine OpCos from the City of Buenos Aires to the Province of Buenos Aires before the Dirección Provincial
de Personas Jurídicas of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina and
before the Inspección General de Justicia of the City of Buenos Aires; |
| (iii) | the registration of the Company as sole shareholder of MD Sas in MD Sas’ digital shareholders ledger;
and |
| (iv) | the registration before the Dirección Provincial de Personas Jurídicas of the Province
of Buenos Aires, Argentina of the Company and MD Sas as quotaholders of Viapool SRL with a 95% and 5% participation interest, respectively,
including the registration of any quota transfers and bylaw amendments, as applicable; |
“Response” has the meaning set
out in Section 10.2;
“Roll Over” has the meaning
set out in Section 3.2.1.2;
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Sellers’ Bank Accounts“
has the meaning set out in Section 3.2.2;
“Sellers Representations and Warranties”
has the meaning set out in Section 9.1;
“Shares” means shares representing
51% of the Capital Stock and votes of the Company at the Closing Date, which amount shall be 4,476,630 shares of common stock;
“Sellers” means jointly the Founders
and the Investors;
“SWVL INC” means SWVL INC;
“Tax” or “Taxes”
means (i) all national, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other taxes including, without limitation, taxes, whether direct
or indirect, and whether levied by reference to income, profits, gains, net wealth, gross receipts, license, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, franchise, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, escheat, unclaimed property, asset
values, turnover, value added or other reference and local or municipal imposition, duties, contributions and levies (including employment
contributions, payroll taxes and social security contributions), whenever and wherever imposed (whether imposed by way of a withholding
or deduction for or on account of tax otherwise), in respect of the Company, and (ii) any related interest, fines or penalties relating
to the foregoing or resulting from a failure to comply with any provisions of any enactment relating to tax;
“Third Party Claim” has the meaning
set out in Section 10.3;
“Transaction” means the transfer
by the Sellers to the Buyer of the Shares, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
“Transaction Documents” means
this Agreement, the New Shareholders’ Agreement and the New Restated Certificate;
“USD” or “$”
means American dollars;
“Viapool SRL” has the meaning
set out in Recital A;
“Viapool Entities” means the
Company together with the OpCos; and each a “Viapool Entity”
“Working Capital” means the
difference between assets and liabilities of the Company, on a consolidated basis with the OpCos, at Closing, except to the extent that
Section 4 and the DCWC Certificate provide for a different or more detailed calculation of Working Capital in connection with those
provisions;
| 1.1.2 | the headings, titles and subtitles, are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
of this Agreement; |
| 1.1.3 | references to one gender include all genders; |
| 1.1.4 | the expressions “ordinary course of business” or “business in the ordinary course”
mean the ordinary and usual course of business of the Company (including the operational and commercial policies, practices and procedures)
as conducted by the Company in the twelve months preceding the date hereof and according to the standard practices of the Company; |
| 1.1.5 | reference to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; |
| 1.1.6 | where a word or expression is given a particular meaning, other grammatical forms or parts of speech of
such word or expression shall bear a corresponding meaning; |
| 1.1.7 | unless otherwise stated, reference to Recitals, Clauses, Schedules and Exhibits are to recitals, clauses,
schedules and exhibits of and to the Agreement. The Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof
and are an integral part of this Agreement; |
| 1.1.8 | when calculating the period of time, if the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period
in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless the specific provision expressly states otherwise; |
| 1.1.9 | the word “including” or any variation thereof means “including, without limitation”
and shall not be construed to limit any general statement that it follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately following
it; |
| 1.1.10 | references in this Agreement to a statute mean such statute as amended from time to time and includes
any successor legislation thereto and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; |
| 1.1.11 | the Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and the other
agreements contemplated hereby and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be
construed as jointly drafted by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue
of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. |
| 2. | PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT: SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE SHARES |
The purpose of this Agreement is the sale and
transfer of the Shares by the Sellers to the Buyer. Therefore, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, in particular,
the satisfaction or waiver of the Conditions Precedent on the terms set forth therein), at Closing, the Sellers shall sell and transfer
to the Buyer, who shall purchase and acquire full title ownership over the Shares free of any Liens, in consideration of the payment of
the Purchase Price, which shall be payable in an initial cash payment and by way of future payments, together with any and all rights
and benefits attached to them as from Closing Date, including, without limitation, any dividends which may accrue as from such date.
| 3. | PRICE AND METHOD OF PAYMENT OF THE PRICE |
| 3.1 | Purchase Price and Title to the Shares |
The total purchase price payable by the Buyer
and SWVL INC to the Sellers as consideration for the Shares received by the Buyer shall be equal to (i) the Fixed Consideration,
plus (ii) if and to the extent accrued, the Contingent Consideration set out in Section 3.3 below (the “Purchase Price”).
Notwithstanding, the sum of the Fixed Consideration together with the maximum Contingent Consideration payable (4 MM plus 0.5 MM), divided
by the quantity of Shares (4,476,630) shall be the “Deemed Price Per Share”, which amount equals $1.0052.
| 3.2.1 | The Buyer and SWVL INC shall pay to the Sellers a fixed amount for the Shares equal to $4,000,000 (the
“Fixed Consideration”) which shall be payable as follows: |
| 3.2.1.1 | $1,000,000 (hereinafter the “Payment at Closing”)
which shall be distributed between the Sellers (pro rata to the Shares that each Seller sells and transfers to the Buyer) as stated in
the Pre-Closing Certificate and shall be paid by the Buyer to the Sellers in cash on the Closing Date (the “Closing Cash Consideration”). |
| 3.2.1.2 | Additionally, after Closing, a total amount of $ 3,000,000
shall be disbursed by the Buyer or SWVL INC in favor of the Sellers (the “Deferred Payment”) in the following terms: |
| (i) | SWVL INC undertakes to pay the Sellers on account of the Buyer, an amount of 50,000 common shares of Pivotal
Holdings listed in the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, of $10 face value equivalent to $500,000 (the “Pivotal Shares”), through
the issuance by Pivotal Holdings of such Pivotal Shares to the Sellers (the “Roll Over”). The Roll Over shall be completed
immediately upon the earlier of (a) expiration of a thirty (30) day period following Completion of the De-SPAC Process, and (b) March 31,
2022. |
In relation thereto, the Buyer undertakes
to have the Sellers informed about the de-SPAC Process and to carry out as many acts as may be necessary or convenient in order to execute
the Roll Over as soon as possible after Closing Date.
In the event that the de-SPAC process
has been definitively terminated without success prior to March 31, 2022, for any reason, the Sellers shall be entitled to request
at their option and sole discretion, that this payment obligation be substituted by (a) payment in cash of $ 500,000 Roll-Over amount
to the Sellers, which shall be payable within thirty (30) days as from the date of request of the Sellers, or (b) common shares of
SWVL Inc. on the basis of a $350,000,000 (fully diluted) valuation.
| (ii) | Upon ten (10) business days counted as from the earlier of (a) March 31, 2022, or (b) the
Completion of the de-SPAC Process, an amount of $2,500,000 shall be paid by the Buyer to the Sellers in cash. |
For the avoidance
of doubt, it is understood that, for each installment (if paid in installments), each Seller shall receive the relevant portion of the
applicable payment on a pro rata basis, that is, in proportion to the percentage of Shares sold by each Seller on the Closing Date.
| (iii) | If the Buyer fails to make any of the Deferred Payments or to pay
any portion of the Contingent Consideration, the Sellers shall have the option in their sole discretion (by vote of the majority
of the Founders and the majority of the Investors)to take any of the following acts with respect to the entirety of the Shares or any
portion of them: |
| A. | Sue for damages or specific performance; |
| B. | Claim title to the not-paid-for Shares and exercise the Sellers
repurchase option granted by and consistent with this sub-section. If any portion of the Fixed Consideration is not paid by the final
day of the 180-day period following the Closing, then upon notice from the Sellers of their election to recover title to Shares that
have not been paid for, the Buyer shall automatically and immediately forfeit in favor of the Sellers, on a pro rata basis, its title
to a quantity of the Shares equal to the dollar amount of the unpaid Fixed Consideration divided by the Deemed Price Per Share. Additionally,
if the Contingent Consideration is not paid when due consistent with this Agreement, then upon notice from the Sellers of their election
to recover title to unpaid-for Shares, the Buyer shall automatically and immediately forfeit in favor of the Sellers, on a pro rata basis,
its title to a quantity of the Shares equal to the dollar amount of the unpaid Contingent Consideration divided by the Deemed Price Per
Share. Should Sellers elect to claim title to the not-paid-for Shares, Buyer shall cooperate in documenting the automatic forfeiture
and transfer of title to the Sellers by executing an acknowledgement of the transfer. Further, in the event of non-payment of the Fixed
Consideration within 180 days of the Closing or in the event of non-payment of the Contingent Consideration when due under this Agreement,
Sellers shall have the right to repurchase, on a pro rata basis (except any Investors choosing not to participate in this repurchase
option shall be excluded from the calculation of any pro rata amount), all paid-for Shares at 50% of the Deemed Purchase Price; or |
| C. | Require the Buyer to make payment, or to cause SWVL INC (to which payment SWVL INC agrees) to make payment
of this deferred payment in shares consistent with the following: |
| 1. | If SWVL INC has achieved Completion of the de-SPAC Process, then the Shares payable shall be common shares
of Pivotal Holdings listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange which shall be transferred free of any charge to the Sellers. In this instance,
the Shares shall value at the lowest average daily value over any 10, 15, 30 or 60-day period in the 60 days preceding the last date of
the sixth month following Closing. |
| 2. | If SWVL INC has not achieved Completion of the de-SPAC Process, the Shares payable shall be common shares
of SWVL INC, which shall be transferred free of any charge to the Sellers. In this instance, the Shares shall be valued based on the $350,000,000.00
valuation of SWVL INC (fully diluted). |
| 3.2.2 | Payments in cash of the Payment at Closing shall be made by means of a swift transfer in immediately available
funds to the bank accounts of the Sellers indicated to Buyer in writing in the Pre- Closing Certificate (the “Sellers’
Bank Accounts”), net of any charge or commission. |
At Closing, the Buyer shall make the relevant
bank transfer payment and the Sellers shall declare in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Buyer, that they have received the portion
of the Payment at Closing to their full satisfaction.
| 3.3 | Payments in cash of the Deferred Payment and the Contingent Consideration,
if any, shall be made by means of a swift transfer in immediately available funds to the bank accounts of the Sellers included in a certificate
to be provided by the Sellers to the Buyer before the payment, net of any charge or commission. |
| 3.4 | Contingent Consideration |
| 3.4.1 | In the event the Company (including all the OpCos) achieves during the year following the Closing, an
Annualized Run-Rate Revenue (“ARRR”), which shall mean the Company’s gross sales from any period of three consecutive
months multiplied by 4 in a range between $5,760,000 (the “Floor”) and $7,200,000 (the “Goal”, with
the difference between the Goal and the Floor defined as the “Desired Increase”), the Buyer shall pay to the Sellers,
on a date no later than thirteenth (13) months after the Closing and only if the Registration Condition was satisfied, contingent consideration
on a pro rata basis, the amount of which shall be determined as follows (which amount shall be known as the “Contingent Consideration”): |
| (i) | ARRR shall be determined based on the Company’s performance during any three-month period in the
year following the Closing; |
| (ii) | If reference to several periods would result in an ARRR above the Floor, the Parties shall determine Contingent
Consideration based on the period that would result in the highest ARRR; |
| (iii) | If an ARRR equal to the Floor is achieved, the contingent consideration shall be $20,000.00 and if an
ARRR equal to or greater than the Goal is achieved, the contingent consideration shall be $500,000.00; |
| (iv) | If the ARRR achieved is above the Floor but below the Goal, the Contingent Consideration payable shall
equal the amount of the difference between $500,000 and $20,000 (i.e., $480,000) that is proportional to the amount of the Desired Increase
determined by reference to the amount of the Company’s ARRR achieved above the Floor; |
| (v) | In no event the Contingent Consideration will be greater than $500,000.00. |
| 3.4.2 | In the event that the Contingent Consideration has been accrued but the Registration Condition has not
been satisfied before the expiration of thirteenth (13) months after the Closing, the payment of the Contingent Consideration shall be
postponed until the expiration of a two-week period as from the date in which the Registration Condition is satisfied and such is notified
to the Buyer in writing. |
| 3.4.3 | The Parties expressly agree that the Contingent Consideration shall be, if finally accrued and payable,
a single amount that forms part of the total Purchase Price payable for the transfer of Sellers’ Shares to the Buyer, but that shall
in no event constitute or be deemed as a recurrent or regular (annually or otherwise) payment, remuneration or consideration of any nature.
With respect to non-tax purposes, none of the Fixed Consideration shall be subject to offset and only any Contingent Consideration payable
shall be subject to offset for any Seller’s Liabilities. |
| 3.5 | Financial Statements through Closing Date as Condition to Certain Payments |
As a condition to payment of the Deferred Payment
and of the Contingent Consideration to Sellers, Sellers shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements encompassing all full months
of operations preceding the Closing Date.
| 3.6 | Acknowledgement of Sellers |
Each Seller acknowledges that the Pivotal Shares
have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state or other applicable securities laws. Each Seller (a) acknowledges
that it is acquiring the Pivotal Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with
no intention to distribute any of the foregoing to any Person, (b) will not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of the Pivotal
Shares except in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Pivotal Holdings’ organizational documents, as in effect
following Completion of the De-SPAC Process, and the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other
applicable securities laws, (c) is a sophisticated institutional investor with extensive knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Pivotal
Shares and of making an informed investment decision, (d) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501
of the Securities Act), and (e) (1) has been furnished with or has had full access to all the information that it considers
necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Pivotal Shares, (2) has had an opportunity to
discuss with Swvl, Pivotal Holdings and its representatives the intended business and financial affairs of Swvl and Pivotal Holdings and
to obtain information necessary to verify any information furnished to it or to which it had access and (3) can bear the economic
risk of (x) an investment in the Pivotal Shares and (y) a total loss in respect of such investment. Each Seller has knowledge
and experience in business and financial matters so as to enable it to understand and evaluate the risks of and form an investment decision
with respect to its investment in the Pivotal Shares, and to protect its own interest in connection with such investment, and its purchase/acquisition
of the Pivotal Shares is not the result of any general solicitation or any general advertising.
| 4. | DEBT, CASH AND WORKING CAPITAL CERTIFICATE |
| 4.1 | The Sellers will provide to the Buyer five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date a certificate
(the “Debt, Cash and Working Capital Certificate” or the “DCWC Certificate”) stating: |
| 4.1.1 | The amount of cash available (and free of disposal and not subject to any encumbrance or restriction)
on that date in (i) all of the Company’s and OpCos’ bank accounts, (ii) any bank deposits held by the Company and/or any
of the OpCos; and (iii) any other cash equivalent asset that may be included in any cash caption of the annual accounts; |
| 4.1.2 | the amount of the Net financial Debt on that date and calculated in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth under SCHEDULE 4.1.2; and |
| 4.1.3 | the amount of Working Capital on that date. |
| 4.2 | The Debt, Cash and Working Capital Certificate shall be included in the Pre-Closing Certificate set out
in Section 8.2. and shall be prepared and issued by the CFO of the Company, according to the terms set forth in this Agreement. |
| 4.3 | The net result (i.e., the sum) of the Company’s Debt, Cash and Working Capital positions expressed
in the DCWC Certificate shall be used to calculate adjustments to the Purchase Price to be paid to each Seller by the Buyer in accordance
with this Agreement. Any negative net balance on the DCWC Certificate shall be offset exclusively from the Contingent Consideration and
no adjustments shall be made to the fixed consideration. Any positive net balance on the DCWC Certificate shall be held by the Company
to be used as a reserve for payment of any Sellers’ Liabilities (the “Liability Reserve”) incurred in excess
of the Contingent Consideration. At the time of expiration of the Sellers’ Liabilities or at the time of Buyers’ future purchase
of the 49% position held by the Sellers after the Closing, at the option of the Sellers, any positive balance remaining in the Liability
Reserve shall be deemed Property of the Sellers and shall be transferred to the Sellers on a pro rata basis. |
| 5.1 | The obligations of the Buyer to complete the Transaction is subject to the satisfaction or waiver on the
terms set forth therein of each of the following conditions precedent (the “Conditions Precedent”) prior to the Long
Stop Date (upon which date the Buyer’s obligation shall cease): |
| (i) | The representations and warranties of the Sellers shall be
true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date. |
| (ii) | The Company shall have adopted and filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on or before the Closing Date the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation substantially in
the form of SCHEDULE 5.1(ii) (the “Form of Restated Certificate”). |
| (iii) | The authorized Capital Stock of the Company shall consist,
immediately prior to the Closing Date (assuming the filing of the New Restated Certificate in accordance with Section 5.1(i)), of
8,777,706 shares of common stock, of $ 0.00001 par value per share, issued, outstanding, duly authorized, fully paid, non-assessable
and issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. |
| (iv) | The holdings of each Seller in the authorized Capital Stock
of the Company shall be, immediately prior to the Closing Date (assuming the filing of the Restated Certificate in accordance with Section 5.1(i)),
as follows: |
Stockholder | |
Shares | | |
% | |
Alejandro Taubas | |
| 2,380,000 | | |
| 27.11 | % |
Alejo Matías Miragaya | |
| 2,380,000 | | |
| 27.11 | % |
Lionel Fridman | |
| 857,000 | | |
| 9.76 | % |
Diego Nomberg | |
| 857,000 | | |
| 9.76 | % |
Clin Fondo de Inversión Privado | |
| 1,163,859 | | |
| 13.26 | % |
AVP Seed Fund I | |
| 126,649 | | |
| 1.44 | % |
Angel Ventures Pacific Alliance Fund II Limited Partnership | |
| 490,347 | | |
| 5.59 | % |
BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO ACTINVER, ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST II | |
| 142,902 | | |
| 1.63 | % |
CMPL Angel Seed Fund LP | |
| 379,949 | | |
| 4.33 | % |
Totals | |
| 8,777,706 | | |
| 100.00 | % |
| (v) | The Sellers and the Company shall have terminated and left without effect the Previous Transaction Agreements
(and removed any restriction arising thereto), and any other document, agreement or side letter creating and/or imposing any restrictions
on the governance of the Company and/or any Lien or restriction to the transfer of the Company’s Capital Stock. |
| (vi) | Founder 1 and Founder 2 shall waive in writing any fees as managers of Viapool SRL since their appointment
until December 31, 2018. |
| (vii) | The managers and directors of the Argentine OpCos shall have obtained the mandatory guarantee to secure
the performance of their duties in such capacity in favor of the Argentine OpCos. |
| (viii) | The financial statements for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2020 of the Argentine OpCos shall
have been approved. |
| (ix) | The Company shall have filed before the Dirección Provincial de Personas Jurídicas
of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, all the documentation required for purposes of obtaining its registration to act as a foreign
shareholder of a company in Argentina pursuant to Section 123 of the Argentine General Corporations Acts Nr. 19,550, as amended. |
| (x) | The Argentine OpCos shall have (i) approved all corporate resolutions and actions required for purposes
of changing their domicile from the city of Buenos Aires to the Province of Buenos Aires; (ii) initiated all necessary filings and
procedures before the Dirección Provincial de Personas Jurídicas of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina for purposes
of obtaining the approval and registration of such of domicile; and (iii) be substantially in compliance with all requirements applicable
in accordance with regulations issued by the Inspección General de Justicia for purposes of filing the request for approval
of such change of domicile as soon as the registration is issued by the Dirección Provincial de Personas Jurídicas of
the Province of Buenos Aires. |
| (xi) | The Sellers and Buyers approve and agree to any schedule, plan, or supplementary agreement called for
by this Agreement but that remains incomplete at the time of Execution of this Agreement. |
| (xii) | The Sellers provide the Buyer a partial unaudited financial statement covering the period ending October 31
,2021. |
| 5.2 | The obligation of the Sellers to complete the Transaction is subject to the Buyer’s execution of
the Executive Employment Agreement, to be effective as of the Closing Date, attached hereto as Schedule 5.2. |
| 5.3 | The Sellers undertake to use all reasonable efforts so that the Conditions Precedent are satisfied as
soon as possible after the execution of this Agreement. The Sellers undertake to have the Buyer regularly informed about the satisfaction
of the Conditions Precedent. The Sellers shall promptly give notice to the Buyer of the Sellers’ satisfaction of the Conditions
Precedent (and in any event within 5 Business Days as from such moment) and provide evidence of such satisfaction (the “Completion
Notice”). |
| 5.4 | The Parties’ obligation to carry out the Closing actions in accordance with Section 8.3 shall
be effective from the date on which the Conditions Precedent have been satisfied or waived by the Buyer on the terms set forth herein.
If one or more Conditions Precedent have not been satisfied and are waived by the Buyer at its sole discretion, such Conditions Precedents
shall be satisfied after Closing and will constitute a condition for payment of the Deferred Payment and the Contingent Consideration. |
| 5.5 | This Agreement is effective by means of its execution by the Parties, being therefore binding and enforceable
upon them from the date hereof; provided, however, that the completion of the Transaction (meaning the effective transfer of the Shares
to the Buyer) is postponed until the Conditions Precedent are satisfied or waived by the Buyer and is subject to the occurrence of the
Closing. Upon the satisfaction or waiver by the Buyer of the Conditions Precedent, and the occurrence of the Closing, in each case on
the terms set forth herein, the effectiveness of the purchase and sale of the Shares shall be as of the Closing Date. |
| 5.6 | The Sellers may not rely on the failure of any Condition Precedent set forth hereto to be satisfied (or
to be able to be satisfied) to excuse them from their obligation to effect the Closing. |
| 5.7 | If upon satisfaction or waiver by the Buyer of the Conditions Precedent, any and/or all of the Sellers
fail to transfer the Shares to the Buyer, the Buyer shall have the option (at is sole discretion) to take any of the following acts: |
| A. | To require the any and/or all the remaining Sellers (in which case the remainder Sellers will be obliged,
pro-rata to their respective stake in the Company at the Closing Date) to sell to the Buyer the amount of shares as necessary to enable
Buyer to acquire an aggregate amount of Shares representing 51% of the Capital Stock and votes of the Company at the Closing Date, without
prejudice of the right of the Buyer to sue for damages and/or specific performance against the Seller/s that failed to transfer its/their
Shares. The Founders shall make their best efforts in order for the Sellers to transfer shares as necessary to enable Buyer to acquire
an aggregate amount of Shares representing 51% of the Capital Stock and votes of the Company at the Closing Date, and Founders specifically
commit to transfer shares owned by them at the Closing date, even in excess to their pro-rata stake in the Company in the event of failure
of any Seller to transfer its shares. The Sellers and the Company irrevocably waive as from the Execution Date any right of first refusal,
co-sale, drag along or similar right arising out from the Previous Transaction Documents or any other document that may prevent the Sellers
from entering into this Agreement and executing the transfer of shares in favor of the Buyer; and/or |
| B. | Sue for damages and/or specific performance; and/or |
| C. | Terminate the Agreement in accordance with Section 6. |
This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:
| (i) | by mutual written consent of
the Buyer and the Sellers; |
| (ii) | by Sellers acting jointly,
upon written notice to the Buyer, in the event of a breach by the Buyer of any material representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement
contained in this Agreement, provided however that that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.1(ii) shall
not be available to the Sellers if any of them is in material breach of its obligations, covenants and undertakings set out in this Agreement;
or |
| (iii) | by the Buyer, upon written
notice to the Sellers, in the event: (a) of a breach by any of the Sellers of any material representation, warranty, covenant or
other agreement contained in this Agreement, provided however that that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.1(iii)(a) shall
not be available to the Buyer if the Buyer is in material breach of its obligations, covenants and undertakings set out in this Agreement;
or (b) any of the Conditions Precedents set forth in Section 5.1 have not been satisfied by Sellers or waived by the Buyer
–at its sole discretion- by the Long Stop Date. |
| 6.2 | Effect of Termination. |
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 6.1,
this Agreement shall become void and of no effect without liability of any Party to the other Party; provided, however, that:
| (i) | in the event the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 6.1(ii), the termination of the Agreement
will not release the Buyer of any responsibility or obligation to compensate and indemnify the Sellers for any damages derived from its
breach incurred during the period between execution of this Agreement and the Closing Date, which in any case shall be limited to $50,000.00; |
| (ii) | in the event the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 6.1(iii), the termination of the Agreement
will not release the Sellers of any responsibility or obligation to compensate and indemnify the Buyer for any damages derived from their
breach incurred during the period between execution of this Agreement and the Closing Date or from the non-fulfilment of any of the Conditions
Precedent, which in any case shall be limited to $50,000.00. Provided, however, that (i) there shall be no liability for the Sellers
if, after the exercise of its best commercial diligence, cannot satisfy a Condition Precedent because satisfaction of such Condition is
not wholly within Sellers’ control. |
Upon termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1; Sections
6.2, and Sections 15 to 24 shall survive any termination hereof.
| 7.1 | From the Execution Date, the Sellers undertake to manage and operate the Company and the OpCos in the
ordinary course of business in accordance with past practices and in all material respects until the Closing Date (the “Interim
Period”) and in particular, during the Interim Period, they undertake that the Company does not: |
| (i) | make any substantial change to the nature or organization of its Business; |
| (ii) | discontinue or cease to operate all or a material part of the Business; |
| (iii) | acquire or agree to acquire any share or other interest in any company, entity, partnership or other venture; |
| (iv) | dispose of any part of its assets except in the ordinary course of trading; |
| (v) | enter into any agreement or incur any commitment involving any capital expenditure which, together with
all other capital commitments entered into between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, exceeds $ 50,000; |
| (vi) | terminate or adversely change the terms of any material contract; |
| (vii) | increase the salary of any officer, director or employee of the Company except for increases (i) carried
out in accordance with the terms of the employment contracts which are in force as of the date hereof; (ii) carried out in accordance
with the terms of collective bargaining agreements, collective agreements or other similar arrangements binding upon the Company, as may
be amended during the Interim Period following standard practices in the sector or of the Company; |
| (viii) | hire any employee with a fixed annual salary in excess of $ 75,000, except to the extent that any such
employee is hired to replace another whose fixed annual salary exceeded such amount; |
| (ix) | grant to, or otherwise enter in to, any loans for the benefit (whether direct or indirect) of any officer,
director or employee; or |
| (x) | pay any employment bonus or any other irregular or non-ordinary course benefit or payment to any officer,
director or employee; |
| (xi) | assign, license, charge or otherwise dispose of any Intellectual Property Rights other than software licenses
of use which may be granted in the ordinary course of business; |
| (xii) | incur any additional borrowings (other than as expressly provided for in this agreement or by bank overdraft
or similar facility in the ordinary course of business and within the limits subsisting at the date of this Agreement) or incur any other
financial indebtedness; |
| (xiii) | declare, make or pay any dividend or other kind of distribution (including the reimbursement of contributions)
to shareholders; |
| (xiv) | take part in any merger, spin-off or any other structural change or winding-up or file an application
for insolvency or liquidation; |
| (xv) | make any change in its business structure or organization; |
| (xvi) | increase or decrease its share capital, issue any new shares, options, warrants, bonds or any other securities
or rights granting the right to acquire or subscribe for shares in the Company; and |
| (xvii) | grant or create any charge over any asset or shares of the Company and/or any of the OpCos, other than
charges arising by operation of Law in the ordinary course of business. |
| 7.2 | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.1 above, the Sellers may request authorization from the
Buyer in order to carry out the actions provided for in such clause, by means of a written notice to the Buyer, in accordance with the
terms provided for in Section 22 below and which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by the Buyer. In the event that the
Buyer do not respond to the notification of the Sellers within five (5) days from the receipt of the same, the Sellers shall be entitled
to carry out such actions. |
On the terms and subject to the conditions set
out in this Agreement, completion of the Transaction (“Closing”) shall take place on any date after January 2,
2021 and no later than the 10th Business Day following the date on which the Conditions Precedent have been satisfied or waived
on the terms set forth in Section 5 above, or such other time as the Buyer and the Sellers may agree to in writing (the “Closing
Date”). The Closing shall be consummated by exchanging documents via e-mail and by making electronic wire transfers to the Sellers’
Bank Accounts as otherwise stated herein.
| 8.2 | Pre-Closing Certificate |
The Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer five (5) Business
Days prior to Closing Date a certificate (the “Pre-Closing Certificate”) with the following documents and information:
(i) the Debt, Cash and Working Capital Certificate; (iii) the distribution of the Payment at Closing between the Sellers; and
(iv) the Sellers’ Bank Accounts.
All of the actions indicated below shall be deemed
to have taken place simultaneously as a single act carried out at Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, Closing shall not take place until
and unless all of the following actions have been carried out:
| 8.3.1 | Actions to be carried out by all Parties: |
| 8.3.1.1 | Deed of Closing. The Parties shall execute a deed of transfer of shares pursuant to which, inter alia,
the Sellers shall transfer ownership and deliver the Shares to the Buyer and the Buyer, in turn, acquires and receives the Shares. |
In the Deed of Closing, specifically, amongst other matters, the Sellers
shall:
| (i) | Grant the Buyer acknowledgement of receipt of the Payment at Closing received pending due receipt of the
transfer of funds; |
| (ii) | transfer ownership of the Shares to the Buyer according to the relevant proportions; and |
| (iii) | ratify the Sellers Representations and Warranties; |
| (iv) | release the Buyer and its Affiliates, including the Company, from any claim the Sellers may have against
the Company (or the Buyer and its Affiliates as acquiror of the Company) based on events occurred prior to Closing or based on the Sellers’
prior ownership of the Shares; and |
| (v) | acknowledge the lack of satisfaction of Conditions Precedents, if any, in which event Section 5.3
shall apply. |
Likewise, in the Deed of Closing, amongst other matters, the Buyer
shall:
| (i) | declare that it has received from the Sellers the Pre-Closing Certificate prior to Closing in accordance
with Section 8.2 above; and |
| (ii) | ratify the Buyer Representations and Warranties. |
| 8.3.1.2 | The Parties and the Company shall execute a new shareholders’ agreement of the Company, a draft
of which is attached hereto as SCHEDULE 8.3.1.2 (the “New Shareholders’ Agreement”). The Sellers shall
provide to the Buyer a written proof of termination of the Previous Transaction Agreements and release of any and all Liens on the Company’s
Capital Stock, executed by the Sellers before or the same day as Closing Date. |
| 8.3.1.3 | Others. The Parties shall take any other steps and execute any other documents which it may be reasonably
necessary to carry out or execute on the Closing Date in order to give effect to this Agreement. |
| 8.3.2 | Actions to be carried out by the Sellers: |
| 8.3.2.1 | The Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer evidence of the record of the transfer of the Shares in the registries
of the Company. |
| 8.3.2.2 | Deliver or make available to the Buyer or their counsel the Company’s and the OpCos’ corporate
books (Company’s and OpCos’ books of minutes, shareholders registry book) as well as all the corporate documents, keys, passwords,
and any other documentation of the Company. |
| 8.3.2.3 | Deliver or make available to the Buyer or their counsel the original OpCos’ Transfer Documents. |
| 8.3.2.4 | Deliver a certificate issued by the governing body of each of the Sellers confirming that all the statutory
and legal requirements for the transfer of the Shares have been complied with. |
| 8.3.2.5 | Deliver a certificate of secretary of the board of directors of the Company attesting that any legal requirements
under the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws to transfer the Shares have been fulfilled. |
| 8.3.2.6 | Deliver a copy of the resolutions of the General Shareholders’ Meeting or the relevant corporate
body of each of the Sellers approving the Transaction, should it be applicable. |
| 8.3.2.7 | Deliver one or more tax certificates stating that the Company and the OpCos have timely complied with
the tax obligations during the last twelve (12) months. |
| 8.3.2.8 | Deliver the Buyer letters of resignation duly signed by the members of the board of directors of the Company
(but not the OpCos), sufficient to allow for the Buyer to occupy the quantity of seats on the board of directors for which Buyer (of the
Buyer’s delegee) is entitled to vote, pursuant to which the said persons resign from their positions as directors of the Company,
as applicable. |
| 8.3.2.9 | Deliver the Buyer all directors (and control persons through powers of attorney) shall deliver acknowledgement
duly signed by each and all directors and managers of the Company and the OpCos (and control persons through powers of attorney) stating
that they have no claims or waive all claims (including fees and any remuneration accrued until Closing) against the Company and the OpCos. |
| 8.3.2.10 | Provide the Buyer with a list of the powers of attorney granted by the Company and the OpCos which are
in force at Closing Date. |
| 8.3.3 | Actions to be carried out by the Buyer: |
| 8.3.3.1 | Deliver a copy of the minutes of the General Shareholders Meeting of the Company (with Buyer as shareholder),
or similar document such as resolutions approved by unanimous consent in lieu of a meeting, which shall acknowledge the resignation of
the former members of the Board of Directors (but only as necessary to carry out the board structure agreed in the New Shareholders Agreement),
approve their management and make the new appointments to fill each of the positions on the new Board of Directors to be structured in
accordance with the New Shareholders’ Agreement. |
| 8.3.3.2 | Pay to the Sellers the portion of the Payment at Closing as described under Section 3.2. to the bank
account of the Sellers. |
| 9. | SELLER’S LIABILITY REGIME |
| 9.1 | Sellers Representations and Warranties |
The Sellers warrant to the Buyer that
each of the representations and warranties included in SCHEDULE 9 (the “Sellers Representations and Warranties”)
are true, accurate and not misleading at the date of this Agreement, except where SCHEDULE 9 indicates that certain representations and
warranties shall be true and accurate as of the Completion Date (and not the date of this Agreement), and will be true, accurate and
not misleading at the Closing Date.
| 9.2 | Obligation of the Sellers to indemnify the Buyer |
The Sellers undertake to jointly, but not jointly
and severally, pro rata to their respective stake in the Company at the Closing Date, indemnify, subject to the limitations of liability
under this Section, the Buyer against any Damages resulting from:
| 9.2.1 | Any breach of the Fundamental Representations
and Warranties set forth in PART A of SCHEDULE 9 that proves to be inaccurate,
untrue, incomplete or misleading as of the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date. |
| 9.2.2 | Any breach of the Business Representations
and Warranties set forth in PART B of SCHEDULE 9 that proves to be inaccurate,
untrue, incomplete or misleading as of the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date. |
| 9.2.3 | The breach of any of the contractual obligations undertaken by the Sellers under this Agreement or under
any of the Transaction Documents. |
| 9.3 | Notwithstanding the above, in any case, each Seller makes only the Sellers’ Fundamental Warranties
for itself only, and no Seller shall be liable for the untruth or breach of the Sellers’ Fundamental Warranties of any other Seller. |
| 9.4 | For the avoidance of doubt, the Sellers shall in no case be liable for any claim for Damages arising as
a result of any breach of the Sellers Representations and Warranties contained in this Agreement to the extent circumstances giving rise
to the breach of the Sellers Representations and Warranties had been expressly and fairly disclosed, excepted or qualified in such Representations
and Warranties. |
| 9.5 | For the purposes of this Agreement, “Damage” include any loss, damage, harm, charge,
liability, depreciation, penalty, fine, or surcharge, interest or expense of any kind (including the fees or costs related to attorneys,
agents in court, notaries, auditors, accountants, experts or other professionals), but excluding any consequential, indirect or punitive
damages and loss of profit. |
| 9.6.1 | Monetary limit for Business Representation and Warranties |
| 9.6.1.1 | The Sellers shall not be liable for any Damages resulting from the breach of the Sellers Business Representations
and Warranties in an amount lower than TEN THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($ 10,000) (the “de Minimis Franchise”). |
| 9.6.1.2 | The Sellers shall not be liable for any Damages resulting from the breach of the Sellers Business Representations
and Warranties unless the amount recoverable, when aggregated with the amount of all Claims or Third Party Claims in respect of which
the Buyer are entitled to recover (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Claim or Third Party Claim for which the Buyer were not
entitled to recover by reason of Section 9.6.1.1) exceeds FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($ 50,000) (the “Basket”),
in which event the whole amount of all such Claims or Third Party Claims shall be recoverable and not merely the excess. |
| 9.6.1.3 | The maximum aggregate liability payable by Sellers in respect of all and any Claims or Third Party Claims
(the cap) resulting from the breach of Business Representations and Warranties, after giving effect to the exclusions provided for in
Clauses 9.6.1.1 and 9.6.1.2, shall be 50% of the Purchase Price received by the Sellers at any time. |
| 9.6.1.4 | The maximum overall aggregate liability of the Sellers resulting from any of the Sellers’ Fundamental
Representations and Warranties being untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading shall not exceed a total amount equivalent to one hundred
per cent (100%) of the Purchase Price received by the Sellers at any time. |
| 9.6.1.5 | Additionally, the Parties agree that any Leakages (as this term is define
under section 2.4 of the Business Representations and Warranties) shall be paid dollar for dollar and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall
not be subject to the exclusions provided for in Clauses 9.6.1.1 and 9.6.1.2 or any other cap on liability. |
| 9.7 | Time limitations to serve notice of claims for breach of Representations and Warranties |
| 9.7.1 | In order for the Sellers to be liable to the Buyer for Damages under this Agreement resulting from the
breach of Business Representations and Warranties, the relevant claim for liability against the Sellers shall be sent by the Buyer within
two (2) years from the date hereof. |
| 9.7.2 | Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer shall be entitled to claim liability from the Sellers for Damages
arising from tax, regulatory, environmental, social security or employment matters, or in relation to any criminal offence or compliance
matter (including under any anticorruption, an anti-bribery or anti money laundering laws or regulations), or for breach of any Fundamental
Representations and Warranties, for the entire period set out under the applicable statute of limitations, plus thirty (30) days thereafter. |
| 9.7.3 | The Sellers shall notify and/or cause the Company to notify Buyer promptly upon becoming aware of any
fact or circumstance that may entail a breach of the Sellers Representations and Warranties or give rise to a Damage under this Agreement,
providing all available details and information on the relevant fact or circumstance. |
| 9.8 | Recovery from a third party |
| 9.8.1 | If the Sellers have paid an amount in discharge of any Claim or Third-Party Claim, and the Buyer or the
Company recovers from a third party a sum which indemnifies or compensates the Buyer or the Company (in whole or in part) for the Damages
which are the subject matter of such Claim or Third-Party Claim, the Buyer or the Company shall pay to the Sellers as soon as practicable
after receipt of such sum an amount equal to the sum recovered from the third party less any costs and expenses incurred in obtaining
such recovery. |
| 9.9 | Other limitations of liability |
| 9.9.1 | Provisions and reserves. The Sellers shall not be liable in respect of any Damage or claim if and
to the extent it is based on a matter reflected in or provided for or reserved (up to the amount of such provision or reserve) in the
Financial Statements but only to the extent of such amount. |
| 9.9.2 | Actual nature of a loss. The Sellers will only be liable in respect of a Damage actually suffered
by the Buyer or the Company or the OpCos. In particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Damage shall arise by
reason of some liability which at the time that the claim is notified to the Sellers is contingent only, the Sellers shall not be under
any obligation to make any payment to the Buyer until such time as such contingent liability ceases to be so contingent and has become
an actual liability. |
| 9.9.3 | Insurance: The Sellers shall not be liable in respect of Damage to the extent that the Claim relates
to any Damage which is effectively recoverable (and recovered) by the Buyer (or any assignee or successor in title thereof) or the Company
or the OpCos from any of its insurers whether such insurance is taken out before or after the Closing Date. |
| 9.9.4 | No double recovery. The same Damage under this Agreement shall only give rise to one recovery by
the Buyer under this Agreement. |
| 9.9.5 | Change in Law. The Sellers shall not be liable in respect of a change in any applicable Law or
substantial change in the interpretation of any applicable Law by any applicable court or by any Governmental Authority, in either case
occurring after the date of this Agreement, whether or not that change, amendment or withdrawal purports to be effective retrospectively
in whole or in part after the Closing Date. |
| 9.9.6 | Mitigation. Nothing in this Agreement restricts or limits the general obligation at Law of the
Buyer to mitigate any Damage which it may suffer or incur as a consequence of any breach of any Sellers’ Warranties or any other
provision of this Agreement or in relation to any other matter, event or circumstance which gives rise to a Damage. Where the Sellers
are, or may become, under any obligation to make any payment to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement the Buyer shall take all reasonable
steps to mitigate the Damage in respect of which the payment is or may become due. |
The rights and remedies contemplated in this Section 9
in respect of a Claim or Third-Party Claim are the sole remedy of the Buyer with respect to a breach of this Agreement by the Sellers.
In relation thereto, the Sellers shall be sole
parties responsible for any breach of the Sellers Representations and Warranties and the Buyer waives any right it may legally have as
shareholder of the Company or otherwise to claim the directors of the Company for liability with respect to any breach of any of the Sellers’
Representations and Warranties or for any other aspect of their management prior to the date of this Agreement except in the cases of
fraud or willful misconduct.
The indemnity provisions set forth in this Agreement
to the benefit of Buyer shall extend to and comprise any obligated delegee of the Buyer, and their directors, managers, officers and employees,
but any claimed indemnitee must meet a strict burden of proof of having incurred specific damages.
The Buyer shall promptly
serve written notice on the Sellers of any facts or circumstances resulting (i) in any of the Sellers Representations and Warranties
being inaccurate, untrue, incomplete or misleading as of the date of this Agreement; (iii) in any other Damage, resulting from the
breach of any other contractual obligation under this Agreement, which may result in the Buyer seeking Damages from the Sellers (a “Claim”),
provided that the failure to promptly provide the notice of claim shall not release the Sellers from any of their obligations under
this Agreement except to the extent that the notice is not timely under Section 9.7 above or to the extent that the relevant Seller
has been prejudiced by such failure.
Each notice of a Claim
shall be sent in accordance with Section 22 and shall contain, with respect to each Claim, (i) a description of the facts and
the nature of the Claim, according to the information available at the moment the Notice of Claim is served, (ii) a description of
the grounds on which the Seller’s liability for Damages arises under this Agreement, and (iii) the amount claimed (or a reasonable
estimation thereof), if it is possible to quantify at that moment.
The Buyer shall promptly
provide to the Sellers the information (in its possession or control) reasonably required to enable the Seller to analyze any Claim brought
by the Buyer.
Within fifteen (15) Business
Days from receipt of a notice of Claim in accordance with Section 10.1 above, the Sellers shall send a written notice to the Buyer
in accordance with Section 22 (a “Response”) stating whether:
| (a) | The Sellers consider that the Claim is covered by the Sellers
Representations and Warranties or constitutes any other Damage under this Agreement. |
| i. | and accepts the amount of the Claim, in which case the Sellers
shall pay to the Buyer the amount of the Claim. |
| ii. | but does not agree with the amount of the Claim, in which
case any of the Parties may start the court proceedings contemplated in Section 23 below, but only in respect of the disputed amount. |
| (b) | The Sellers consider that the Claim is not covered by the
Sellers Representations and Warranties, or it does not constitute any breach under the Agreement and, therefore, they have no obligation
to indemnify the Buyer for any Damages. In this case, the Buyer and any Seller may start the court proceedings contemplated in Section 23
below. |
In the event that the Sellers fail to send a Response
to the Buyer within the required fifteen (15) Business Days period, the provisions in Section 10.2(a) above shall apply.
In the event that any third party announces or
serves notice of a claim (in Court or directly to the Buyer) in connection with the Sellers Representations and Warranties (a “Third-Party
Claim”), the Buyer shall give notice to the Sellers of such a Third Party Claim by serving notice of a Claim in accordance with
Clause 10.2 above, no later than ten (10) Business Days after the day when the Buyer was served with the Third Party Claim; provided
that the failure to provide the notice of claim shall not release the Sellers from any of their obligations under this Agreement except
to the extent that such Seller has been prejudiced by such failure.
A Third-Party Claim will cause an obligation on
the Sellers to indemnify the Buyer or the Company as soon as judgment is issued on the Third-Party Claim requesting a payment or a settlement
is reached with the third party.
The provisions in Section 10.2 above shall
also apply to notices of a Claim that are based on a Third-Party Claim. Additionally, the Sellers may state in the Response that they
will undertake the defense of the Buyer in the Third-Party Claim, in which case the Buyer shall:
| (a) | Promptly execute as many powers of attorney (including general
powers to conduct litigation) in favor of as many attorneys and solicitors as the Sellers may reasonably request. The Buyer may however
appoint its own co-counsel (at the Buyer’s expense), in which case the Buyers and Sellers shall consult regarding actions and strategies
to be taken. |
| (b) | Make available to the Sellers on a timely basis all documents,
records and other materials in the possession of the Buyer required by the Sellers for its use in defending the Third-Party Claim and
shall otherwise cooperate with the Sellers in the defense of such a claim. |
| (c) | not have the right to settle, adjust, accept or compromise
such Third-Party Claim without the consent of the Sellers; provided, however, that the Sellers shall not unreasonably withhold or delay
such consent. |
| (d) | be obliged to proceed with any recourse or appeal in the relevant
Third-Party Claim proceedings if so requested by the Sellers; |
| (e) | be under a duty of diligence when directing the defense of
a Third-Party Claim and shall make all reasonable efforts to mitigate the Damage that may result from any such Third-Party Claim. |
Except with the written consent of
the Buyer, the Sellers will not, in the defense of a Third Party Claim, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement
(i) which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving to the Buyer and all of its Affiliates by the third party
of a release from all liability with respect to such suit, claim, action, or proceeding; (ii) unless there is no finding or admission
of (A) any violation of Law by the Buyer (or any Affiliate thereof), (B) any liability on the part of the Buyer (or any Affiliate
thereof) or (C) any violation of the rights of any Person and no effect on any other claims of a similar nature that may be made
by the same third party against the Buyer (or any Affiliate thereof).
If the Sellers do not undertake the
defense of the Third-Party Claim (or after assuming such defense, fail to actively and diligently conduct the defense thereof) the Buyer
will be entitled to conduct the defense of the Third-Party Claim. In this case, the Buyer undertakes to inform the Sellers monthly about
the evolution of the Third-Party Claim or, earlier, if there were relevant actions to be taken or a court resolution were made in relation
to the same.
The Sellers will be bound by any judgment
or settlement issued on a Third-Party Claim by a Court of competent jurisdiction, even if the defense of the claim or settlement has been
undertaken by the Buyer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Section 10.3, the Sellers shall not be entitled to assume and control the defense of any Third Party Claim that (i) seeks
an injunction or other equitable relief against Buyer, the Company or the OpCos (or their assets), (ii) involves an allegation that
the Buyer, the Company or the OpCos (themselves and/or the management and representatives thereto) committed a criminal act or (iii) would
reasonably be expected to result in Damages which, taken with other then-existing Damages for which Sellers are obligated to provide indemnification
under Clause 9, would exceed the then remaining limit of liability under Section 9.6.1.3.
| 10.4 | The Sellers expressly agree that all notices and responses relating to Claims will be addressed to all
of them and replied jointly. |
| 11. | PAYMENT AND SET OFF OF CLAIMS |
Unless otherwise agreed amongst the Parties and
to the extent possible, the amounts to be paid by the Sellers to the Buyer as a result of a Claim under Section 9 and/or Section 10
will be paid (i) first, by operating a downward adjustment to any Contingent Consideration (only in the case that it has been triggered);
(ii) next, from the Liability Reserve; and (iii) thirdly, directly by each of the Sellers through a payment in cash.
| 12. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER AND SWVL INC |
The Buyer and
SWVL INC, on the Execution Date, provides to the Sellers the following representations and warranties (the “Buyer’s Representations
and Warranties”).
| 12.1 | The Buyer and SWVL INC represent and warrant to the Sellers that: |
| (a) | Each of the Buyer and SWVL INC. is a company duly incorporated,
validly in existence and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction, and it has full power to conduct its business as conducted
at the date of this Agreement. |
| (b) | The Buyer has full capacity to buy and acquire the Shares,
to enter into this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and execute the Transaction. No consent, approval or authorization which has
not been obtained at the date of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents is required by it for entering into the Agreement or the
Transaction Documents and executing the Transaction. |
| (c) | SWVL INC has full capacity to enter into this Agreement and
the Transaction Documents and fulfill the payment undertakings contained therein when due. No consent, approval or authorization which
has not been obtained at the date of this Agreement is required by it for entering into the Agreement, the Transaction Documents and
executing the Transaction. |
| (d) | This Agreement and the Transaction Documents create valid
and binding obligations over each of the Buyer and SWVL INC, which are fully enforceable against them in accordance with the terms and
conditions set out in the Agreement and the Transaction Documents. |
| (e) | The execution and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents does not entail a breach of |
| (i) | any law, regulation, judgement, order, norm or case-law applicable
to the Buyer or SWVL INC, including the applicable anti-money laundering laws and, in particular, that the origin of the funds paid by
the Buyer or SWVL INC to the Sellers is lawful and does not come from any activity contrary to the legislation to which it is subject; |
| (ii) | the Buyer or SWVL INC by-laws or deed of incorporation; or |
| (iii) | any contract, agreement or instrument to which the Buyer,
SWVL INC, or the shareholders of either the Buyer or SWL Inc., is a party. |
| (f) | Each of the Buyer and SWVL INC. is not insolvent or bankrupt
under the laws of its jurisdiction, nor unable to pay its debts as they fall due. |
| (g) | Each of the Buyer and SWVL INC. has available cash or available
financing facilities which will at the Closing Date and at the other payment dates in accordance with this Agreement provide the necessary
cash resources to meet its obligations under this Agreement. |
| 12.2 | No other representations and warranties. |
Except for the specific Buyer’s
Representations and Warranties contained in this Clause the Buyer make no other express or implied representations or warranties to the
Seller.
| 12.3 | The Buyer undertakes to indemnify and hold the Seller harmless from and against any effective Damages
directly and exclusively resulting from any of the Buyer’s Representations and Warranties that proves to be untrue as of the date
of this Agreement. Any Claim served by the Sellers in respect of the untruthfulness of any of the Buyer’s Representations &
Warranties, as well as the Buyer’s response to such a Claim, shall be made, mutatis mutandis, in accordance with -and subject
to the limitations established in Sections 10.1 and 10.2 above. |
| 13. | JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY BETWEEN BUYER AND SWVL INC |
| 13.1 | The Buyer and SWVL INC (shall be jointly and severally liable for any and all of the obligations assumed
by the Buyer and/or SWVL INC under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the Sellers shall be free to claim the fulfillment
of any obligation of the Buyer and/or and SWVL INC under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents (in particular the payment obligations
set forth in Clause 3 above) to any of them (the Buyer and/or SWVL INC) without limitation, regardless of whether the Buyer or SWVL INC
has individually assumed the relevant obligation herein. |
| 14. | NON-COMPETE UNDERTAKING |
| 14.1 | The Sellers acknowledge that the obligations established in this Section are essential for the Buyer
to enter into this Agreement under the conditions established therein, that said obligations are necessary to ensure the continuity of
the Company’s Business and that its breach may cause substantial damage to the Buyer and the Company and/or the OpCos. Therefore, the
Sellers acknowledge that there is a legitimate interest, both commercial and industrial, in regulating this non-competition agreement,
the non-use of names, brands and domains, and the non-solicitation, and they acknowledge that the resulting limitations of this Agreement
are adequate and reasonable. |
| 14.2 | The Sellers whether acting directly or indirectly through any related party, Affiliate, on his behalf
or on behalf of any third party, undertake from a period of three (3) years from the date hereof and in relation to the geographic
scope of Europe, Latam, MENA, Pakistan, South Asia, South East Asia, India and Turkey to refrain from, directly or indirectly: |
| (i) | carrying out any activities or operations that compete with the Company’s and/or OpCos’ Business,
or managing, controlling, or providing advice or services to any third party that carries out activities or operations that compete with
the Company’s and/or OpCos’ Business; |
| (ii) | promoting, sponsoring or acquiring or holding an interest in any third party, entity or business engaged
in activities or operations that compete with the Company’s and/or OpCos’ Business, except that this commitment shall apply
only to the Founders and shall not restrict the Company’s passive investors from any of the specified activities; |
| (iii) | entering into any employment, commercial or professional relationship with any third party, entity or
business engaged in activities or operations that compete with the Company’s and/or OpCos’ Business, except that this commitment
shall apply only to the Founders and shall not restrict the Company’s passive investors from any of the specified activities; |
| (iv) | approach or solicit any Person, firm or company who has within two years prior to the Closing been a regular
customer of the Company and/or OpCos’ in relation to the Business; |
| (v) | hiring, enticing away or attempting to hire any employee or member of the management team or persuading
them to resign from their position with the Company and/or the OpCos; |
| (vi) | interfering with, endangering or otherwise damaging the Company’s and/or the OpCos business, reputation
or commercial relationships with third parties, however, that the foregoing will not prevent a Seller from entering into any contract
with any person who responds to general advertising or a general solicitation not targeted to the employees of the Company and/or the
OpCos; |
| (vii) | using or applying for domain names, trade names, trademarks, logos or any other signs that are identical
or similar to those used by the Company or the OpCos, or using or applying for any Intellectual Property Rights in relation to any product,
process or service developed by or within the Company or the OpCos; or |
| (viii) | making any oral or written statements to third parties whether in public or private that might adversely
affect the Company and/or any of the OpCos, its reputation or its employees or business activities. |
| 14.3 | For the avoidance of doubt, holding securities of listed companies, to the extent they do not represent
a percentage equal to or greater than five percent (5%) of the share capital of a listed company shall not be considered a breach of this
Section 14. |
| 15.1 | The Parties shall, and also shall oblige their Affiliates, keep all information contained in this Agreement,
its Schedules and any additional agreements or ancillary documents that the Parties may execute under (or in connection with) this Agreement,
as well as any exchanged information relating to Sellers or the Business (jointly, the “Confidential Information”),
strictly confidential. |
| 15.2 | Each Party agrees to make the Confidential Information accessible to its directors, officers, employees,
agents or professional advisors (all of whom shall be informed of the confidentiality thereof and shall agree to keep it strictly confidential)
only as far as necessary for the completion of this Agreement. |
| 15.3 | This confidentiality undertaking will not apply to any Confidential Information which is or becomes (other
than as a result of any act or default by any of the Parties) part of the public domain, but solely from the date on which such Confidential
Information has become part of the public domain, as well as in case disclosure of Confidential Information is required to comply with
any applicable law or the de-SPAC Process or request issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority
(including any rules or regulations of any stock exchange to which a Party or the members of its group are subject) or to the extent
required to complete any actions, perform any obligations or enforce any rights set forth in this Agreement. |
| 15.4 | In the event that the Parties consider that it would be appropriate to issue a press release regarding
this Agreement, such a press release shall be agreed and jointly issued by the Parties. In no case, such press release shall include information
regarding the Purchase Price. |
| 16. | ASSIGNMENT OF THE AGREEMENT |
This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, cannot be assigned
by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or denied.
| 17.1 | Any and all taxes, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement will be borne by the
Parties in accordance with the provisions hereof and the law. Each of the Parties shall bear the fees of their own lawyers, accountants
and advisors. |
| 17.2 | If any action at law or in equity (including, arbitration) is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms
of any of the Transaction Documents, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements
in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled. |
Each Party represents that it neither is nor will
be obligated for any finder’s fee or commission in connection with this transaction. Each Party agrees to indemnify and to hold
harmless the other Parties from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s or broker’s fee
arising out of this transaction (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which such
Party or any of its officers, employees or representatives is responsible.
No delay or omission to exercise any right, power
or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other Party under this Agreement, shall impair
any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach
or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single
breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or
approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of
any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically
set forth in such writing. Except as otherwise may limited by this Agreement, all remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise
afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
This Agreement, along with the Transaction Documents,
constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, whether written or verbal, between the Parties prior to the date hereof.
If any provision of this Agreement would be declared
by any judicial or other competent authority to be null and void or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from the
Agreement, but the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
The Parties shall in good faith negotiate to replace
such a provision for a valid and enforceable one, in such reasonable manner so as to achieve as much as permitted by law the intention
of the Parties.
| 22. | NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS. REPRESENTATION OF THE SELLERS |
| 22.1 | Any notice and communication under this Agreement shall be made in writing (in English), and delivered
personally, with acknowledgement of receipt, or sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, email with delivery confirmation
or any other reliable means providing evidence of receipt. The Parties’ addresses for service shall be the ones indicated in SCHEDULE
22. |
| 22.2 | Notices shall be deemed to have been duly served on the date of the written confirmation of their receipt
by the recipient (if sent by email, on the date on which the sender receives a confirmation of “delivered” or “read”
from its own system; if sent by registered post, on the date of the acknowledgement of receipt -or rejection of receipt- of the notice
at the relevant address) and, if delivered personally, on the date of delivery; always provided that such notices are received/delivered
on a Business Day before 19:00 hours (recipient’s time). If they were received/delivered on a Business Day after 19:00 hours (recipient’s
time), they would be understood to be received/delivered on the following Business Day for the purposes of this Agreement. |
| 22.3 | The Parties shall notify each other any change of their addresses or contact details, which shall be effective
on the fifth Business Day after receipt of the notice, unless it specifies a different date from which the change of address or contact
details shall be effective. |
| 22.4 | The Sellers agree that, after execution, Founder 1 and Founder 2 shall represent the Sellers in connection
with any notice required or authorized under this Agreement. Founder 1 and Founder 2 shall be obligated to communicate to the Sellers
any notice sent by the Buyer to the Sellers and to correspond with the Buyer on behalf of the Sellers when required or called for under
the Agreement or when desired by the Sellers. The Sellers further agree that matters requiring an action or decision of the Sellers shall
be made, independently of any process involving the Buyer, by any group of Sellers holding more than 50% of the total quantity of the
Company’s shares owned by the various Sellers, which may be referred to herein as a “majority” of the Sellers. Buyer
shall not be responsible for verifying in any case if Founder 1 and Founder 2 comply with their obligation to communicate to the remaining
Sellers any notice or to verify if any action taken by the Sellers is taken in compliance by the majority of Sellers stated herein. |
| 22.5 | Each of the Sellers and Buyer consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice pursuant to the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), as amended or superseded from time to time, by electronic transmission pursuant
to Section 232 of the DGCL (or any successor thereto) at the e-mail address set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature
page or SCHEDULE 22, as updated from time to time by notice to the Company. To the extent that any notice given by means of
electronic transmission is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until
a new or corrected email address has been provided, and such attempted electronic notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been
given. Each of the Sellers and Buyer agrees to promptly notify the Company of any change in its e-mail address, and that failure to do
so shall not affect the foregoing. |
| 23. | GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
| 23.1 | Governing Law & Personal Jurisdiction. |
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws of any jurisdiction.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF ANY OF THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS
IN THE STATES OF DELAWARE, AND FURTHER WAIVES ANY CLAIM IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME AS TO FORUM NON CONVENIENS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH VENUE.
SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTED BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL AND BY WAY OF SECTION 22 OF THIS AGREEMENT.
| a. | The parties hereto agree that any dispute or controversy arising
out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Dispute”)
shall be arbitrated pursuant to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act, 10 Del. C. § 5801, et seq. (the “DRAA”).
The parties agree to take all steps necessary or advisable to submit any Dispute that cannot be resolved by the parties for arbitration
under the DRAA (the “Arbitration”) in accordance with this Section 9.5, and each party represents and warrants
that it is not a “consumer” as such term is defined in 6 Del. C. § 2731. By executing this Agreement, (i) each
party hereby waives, and acknowledges and agrees that it shall be deemed to have waived, any objection to the application of the procedures
set forth in the DRAA, (ii) consents to the procedures set forth in the DRAA, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that it has
chosen freely to waive the matters set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of Section 5803 of the DRAA. IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,
EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT IT SHALL RAISE NO OBJECTION TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE DISPUTE TO ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS SECTION 6(h) AND THAT IT WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO LAY CLAIM TO JURISDICTION IN ANY VENUE AND ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE THE
DISPUTE DECIDED BY A JURY. |
| b. | The Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the
Model Rules for Arbitration under the DRAA, as such Rules may be amended or changed from time to time; provided that the parties
to such Arbitration may agree to depart from the Model Rules by (i) adopting new or different rules to govern the Arbitration
or (ii) modifying or rejecting the application of certain of the Model Rules. |
| c. | The Arbitration shall take place in Wilmington, Delaware,
or any other location to which the parties and the Arbitrator may agree. All Parties shall have the right, if doing so can be reasonably
accommodated by the Arbitrator, to attend any preliminary or final hearings, and to present evidence, remotely. |
| d. | The Arbitration shall be presided over by one arbitrator (the
“Arbitrator”) who shall be mutually agreed to by the parties to such Arbitration. In the event that the parties are
unable to agree upon the identity of the Arbitrator within forty-five (45) days of the commencement of the Arbitration, then either party
may file a petition with the Court of Chancery pursuant to Section 5805 of the DRAA. |
| e. | The Arbitrator shall conduct the hearing, administer oaths,
and make such rulings as are appropriate to the conduct of the proceedings. The Arbitrator shall allow each of the parties an opportunity
to present evidence and witnesses and to cross examine witnesses presented by the opposing party. In no event, however, shall witnesses
other than employees or experts retained or employed by the parties, or former employees of the parties, be called to testify at the
Arbitration. |
| f. | The arbitral award (the “Award”) shall
(i) be rendered within 120 days after the Arbitrator’s acceptance of his or her appointment; (ii) be delivered in writing;
(iii) be the sole and exclusive remedy with respect to the Dispute between and among the parties; and (iv) be accompanied by
a form of judgment. The Award shall be deemed an award of the United States, the relationship between the parties shall be deemed commercial
in nature, and any Dispute arbitrated pursuant to this Section 6(h) shall be deemed commercial. The Arbitrator shall have the
authority to grant any equitable or legal remedies, including, without limitation, entering preliminary or permanent injunctive relief;
provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall not have the authority to award (and the parties waive the right to seek an award of) punitive
or exemplary damages. |
| g. | The parties hereto agree that, subject to any non-waivable
disclosure obligations under federal law, the Arbitration, and all matters relating thereto or arising thereunder, including, without
limitation, the existence of the Dispute, the Arbitration and all of its elements (including any pleadings, briefs or other documents
submitted or exchanged, any testimony or other oral submissions, and any decision of the Arbitrator or Award), shall be kept strictly
confidential, and each party hereby agrees that such information shall not be disclosed beyond: (i) the Arbitrator and necessary
support personnel; (ii) the participants in the Arbitration; (iii) those assisting the parties in the preparation or presentation
of the Arbitration; and (iv) other employees or agents of the parties with a need to know such information. In all events, the parties
participating in the Arbitration proceedings shall treat information pertaining to the Arbitration with the same care that they treat
their most valuable proprietary secrets. In the event that federal law imposes upon either party an obligation to disclose the fact of
the Arbitration or the nature of the claims or counterclaims asserted, such party(ies) shall disclose no more than the minimum information
required by law after first consulting with and attempting in good faith to reach agreement with the opposing party(ies) regarding the
scope and content of any such required disclosure. |
| h. | Each party hereto shall bear its own legal fees and costs
in connection with the Arbitration; provided, however, that each such party shall pay one-half of any filing fees, fees and expenses
of the Arbitrator or other similar costs incurred by the parties in connection with the prosecution of the Arbitration. |
| i. | Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement, or any statute
protecting the confidentiality of the Arbitration and proceedings taken in connection therewith, in the event that either party in the
Arbitration is required to defend himself, herself or itself in response to later proceedings instituted by the other in any court, relating
to matters decided in the Arbitration, such party shall be relieved of any obligation to hold confidential the Arbitration and its proceedings
in order to submit, confidentially if and to the extent possible, sufficient information to such court to allow it to determine whether
the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, bar by judgment, or other, similar doctrines apply to such subsequent proceedings. |
| j. | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section 6(h), if any amendment to the Act or the DRAA is enacted after the date of this Agreement, and such amendment would render
any provision of this Section 6(h) unenforceable thereunder, such provision shall be excluded and the remaining provisions
of this Section 6(h) shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law. |
| 23.3 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL: EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF.
THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE
TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH
OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS
REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the Parties on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall constitute an original, but
all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument deemed executed on the date indicated on the heading of
this Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with
the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed
to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this stock purchase agreement has been duly
executed by the Parties in the place and on the first date above written.
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The Buyer
SWVL GLOBAL FZE
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SWVL GLOBAL FZE |
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SWVL INC |
Signed: Mr. Mostafa Essa Mohamed
Mohamed Kandil |
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Signed: Mr. Mostafa Essa Mohamed
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Founder 1
/s/ Alejandro Taubas |
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Mrs. Deslie
Bernadette Buttons, spouse of Mr. Alejandro Taubas irrevocably gives her marital consent for the sale of the shares Company
owned by Mr. Alejandro Taubas, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of articles
470 and related ones of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Republic of Argentina. Likewise, Mrs. Deslie Bernadette Buttons
declares she has received adequate and sufficient legal advice, and that she is fully aware of the scope of the transaction contemplated
here and of the rights she derives from said transaction. |
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Deslie Bernadette Buttons |
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Matías Miragaya |
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Verónica Lapitz Staiff, spouse of Mr. Alejo Matías Miragaya irrevocably gives her marital consent for the sale of the shares
Company owned by Mr. Alejo Matías Miragaya, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, all in accordance with the terms
of articles 470 and related ones of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Republic of Argentina. Likewise, Ms. Verónica Lapitz
Staiff declares that she has received adequate and sufficient legal advice, and that she is fully aware of the scope of the transaction
contemplated here and of the rights she derives from said transaction. |
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Ana Beatriz Obschatko, spouse of Mr. Diego Javier Nomberg irrevocably gives her marital consent for the sale of the shares Company owned
by Mr. Diego Javier Nomberg, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of articles 470 and
related ones of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Republic of Argentina. Likewise, Ms. Ana Beatriz Obschatko declares that she has
received adequate and sufficient legal advice, and that she is fully aware of the scope of the transaction contemplated here and of the
rights that she derives from said transaction. |
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Romina Yael Epsztejn, spouse of Mr. Lionel Adrián Fridman irrevocably gives her marital consent for the sale of the shares Company
owned by Mr. Lionel Adrián Fridman, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of articles
470 and related ones of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Republic of Argentina. Likewise, Ms. Romina Yael Epsztejn declares that
she has received adequate and sufficient legal advice, and that she is fully aware of the scope of the transaction contemplated here
and of the rights she derives from said transaction.
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CLIN FONDO DE INVERSIÓN PRIVADO |
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BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO ACTINVER, ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST II |
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BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO ACTINVER, ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST II |
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SCHEDULE D
Current Structure Chart of the Buyer
In addition to the above, Pivotal Holdings
is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of SWVL INC.
Structure post de-SPAC Process
After the execution of de-SPAC Process,
Pivotal Holdings will be the ultimate holding company and a NASDAQ-listed company, and the Buyer will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Pivotal Holdings.
SCHEDULE 4.1.2 CALCULATION OF NET FINANTIAL
DEBT
For the purposes of this contract, the net financial
debt (the “Net Financial Debt”) will be the result of subtracting the Cash from the Gross Financial Debt.
| a) | The gross financial debt (the “Gross Financial Debt”) will be the sum of: |
| 1. | Long and short-term loans with banks, funds, or similar financial providers; |
| 2. | Loans with third parties outside the current course of the Business; |
| 3. | Debts with the shareholders, directors of the Company or any related party; |
| 5. | Balances disposed of in credit lines and in confirming lines; |
| 7. | Penalties for interest, commissions or reimbursement premiums; |
| 8. | Obligations, bonds, bills or convertible loans issued by the Company or its subsidiaries; |
| 9. | Liabilities for finance leases, operating leases or sales contracts |
| 10. | Liabilities with suppliers of fixed assets; |
| 11. | Factored commercial debts. Balances drawn from off-balance-sheet credit facilities (non-recourse factoring
or any other similar off-balance-sheet financing); |
| 12. | Dividends declared and not paid; |
| 13. | Overdue debts with any Public Administration including social security charges, taxes and levies; |
| 14. | Determined and unpaid corporate tax liabilities; |
| 15. | Deferred tax liabilities; |
| 16. | Derivative instruments in market conditions at the time of acquisition; |
| 17. | Trade accounts payable or other types of creditors with collection conditions greater than 120 days; |
| 18. | Withholdings and special bonuses; |
| 19. | Any obligation in relation to a guarantee, indemnity offer of credit; |
| 20. | Retirement benefits and other premiums; |
| 21. | Pension funds and other obligations; and |
| b) | The cash (the “Cash”) will be the sum of: |
| 1. | Cash in the Company and the OpCos; |
| 3. | Deposits less than one year old; and |
| 4. | Investments in funds, stocks, bonds, cash bills and other financial instruments that are liquid with a
duration of less than one year. |
CALCULATION OF WORKING CAPITAL
| • | accounts receivable, and |
| • | marketable securities, (resources that can be
used up or converted into cash within a year). |
| • | accrued expenses due for payment within a year. |
= Working
Capital
SCHEDULE 5.1(ii)
FORM OF RESTATED CERTIFICATE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
VIAPOOL INC.
(Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
VIAPOOL INC. a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation
Law”),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
1. That
the name of this corporation is VIAPOOL, INC., and that this corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the General Corporation
Law on July 2, 2020, under the name VIAPOOL INC;
2. That
a prior amended Certificate of Incorporation was filed on November 13, 2020 under Document No. SR 20208383561; and
3. That
the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) duly adopted resolutions proposing to amend and
restate the Certificate of Incorporation of Viapool, Inc., for a second time, declaring said amendment and restatement to be advisable
and in the best interests of this corporation and its stockholders, and authorizing the appropriate officers of this corporation to solicit
the consent of the stockholders for such purpose, which resolutions set forth the proposed amendment and restatement as follows:
RESOLVED, that the Certificate
of Incorporation of this corporation be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
FIRST: The name of this corporation is VIAPOOL INC.
(the “Corporation”).
SECOND: The address of
the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is [1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle,
Delaware 19801].
THIRD: The name of its
registered agent at such address is [National Registered Agents, Inc].
FOURTH: The nature of
the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized
under the General Corporation Law.
FIFTH: The total amount
of stock this Corporation is authorized to issue is 8,777,706 shares of Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share.
SIXTH: Meetings of stockholders
may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be
kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the
Bylaws of the Corporation.
SEVENTH: To the fullest
extent permitted by law, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the General Corporation Law or any other law of the State of Delaware is amended
after approval by the stockholders of this Article Seventh to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted
by the General Corporation Law as so amended.
Any repeal or modification of
the foregoing provisions of this Article Seventh by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection
of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of the Corporation with respect to
any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to, such repeal or modification.
EIGHTH: All “internal
corporate claims”, as that term is defined in Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (Title 8 of the Delaware
Code), shall be brought exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware, unless the Corporation and the party brining the cause of
action have entered into an alternative dispute resolution agreement governing the resolution of the claim, which agreement shall prevail
over this provision of this Certificate of Incorporation.
NINTH: To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) directors,
officers and agents of the Corporation (and any other persons to which General Corporation Law permits the Corporation to provide indemnification)
through Bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law. Any amendment,
repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article Tenth shall not (a) adversely affect any right or protection
of any director, officer or other agent of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification or (b) increase
the liability of any director of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director, officer or agent occurring prior
to, such amendment, repeal or modification.
TENTH: The Corporation
renounces, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered an opportunity
to participate in, any Excluded Opportunity. An “Excluded Opportunity” is any matter, transaction or interest that
is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or which otherwise comes into the possession of any director or chief executive
officer of the Corporation (collectively, the persons referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) are “Covered Persons”),
unless such matter, transaction or interest is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession
of, a Covered Person expressly and solely in such Covered Person’s capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation while such
Covered Person is performing services in such capacity. Any repeal or modification of this Article Tenth will only be prospective
and will not affect the rights under this Article Tenth in effect at the time of the occurrence of any actions or omissions to act
giving rise to liability.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of this corporation on [November ___, 2021].
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SCHEDULE 5.2
[The Parties will Revisit the Form of this
Agreement and Structure]
Form of
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
dated [DAY OF CLOSING] (the “Effective Date”), is by and between [THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER OF VIAPOOL INC.]
(the “Controlling Shareholder”), a [Delaware | BVI Company], with its principal office at [ADDRESS], and [ALEJANDRO
TAUBAS|ALEJO MIRAGAYA] (“Executive”), an individual (each a “party” and collectively,
the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Controlling Shareholder wishes to appoint the Executive to the role of Co-Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)
of Viapool, Inc. (the “Company“), along with [ALEJANDRO TAUBAS | ALEJO MIRAGAYA];
WHEREAS,
the Executive wishes to serve as Co-CEO; and
WHEREAS,
prior to this Agreement, the Executive entered into certain other agreements including a “Stock Purchase Agreement” and
a “Shareholder Agreement,” each dated [the CLOSING DATE] (referred to hereinbelow as the “Transaction Documents”),
with the Controlling Shareholder or its affiliates or predecessors-in-interest.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein and in certain other Transaction Documents, the Parties agree as
follows:
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I. Position.
Commencing as of the Effective Date, the Controlling Shareholder shall cause the Company to appoint the Executive as the Co-CEO of the
Company, and the Executive shall serve in that role, with all authority and corresponding responsibility of a CEO of a corporation under
Delaware law, subject to the overall authority of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board” and each
member thereof being a “Director”) and subject to the Company’s articles of incorporation, regulation,
bylaws, and any other relevant official and governing documents.
II. The
Services: Duties, Authority and Responsibility. Not in limitation of the authority and responsibility of the position as described
supra in Section I of this Agreement, Executive shall have overall authority and responsibility for the affairs of the Company, including
the rights to contract for goods and services on behalf of the Company, to hire and discharge employees and independent contractors, and
to determine the compensation and duties of employment of all personnel (which term does not include members of the Board in their capacity
as Directors). In addition, as CEO, Executive shall perform any special duties and services assigned or delegated to Executive by the
Board of the Company. Finally, unless otherwise directed by the Board, in execution of these duties and services (collectively, the “Services”),
the Executive shall:
A. Attend meetings of the Board and
report to the Board on all aspects of the Company’s affairs and operations, including the employment of personnel and the acquisition
and disposition of Company assets;
B. Be responsible for supervising and
implementing any operating programs, budgets, procedures, and directions established or changed from time to time (collectively, the “Policies
and Programs”) adopted by the Board; and
C. Direct the management and conduct
of the operations of the Company in the ordinary course of its business, provided that Executive shall not enter into any transaction,
agreement, or take any other action that is outside the ordinary course of the Company’s business or contrary to its Policies and
Programs.
III. Compensation &
Reimbursement. The Controlling Shareholder shall pay or shall cause the Company and/or its affiliates to pay the Executive compensation
as remuneration for the Services consistent with the below paragraphs.
(a) Fixed
Compensation Argentina. In exchange for the Services and as full compensation for the services to be provided by the Executive in
favor of Viapool S.R.L. and Movilidad Digital S.A.S. (collectively, the “Argentine Subsidiaries”) in the framework
of his employment relationship with the Argentine Subsidiaries, the Executive shall receive from the Argentine Subsidiaries, considered
together, an aggregate monthly gross compensation in Argentina of US$ 2,550.00. The Controlling Shareholder may allocate the portion of
such fixed compensation in Argentina between the Argentine Subsidiaries and determine the amount of such compensation to be paid by each
Argentine Subsidiary, at is sole discretion. The fixed compensation in Argentina shall be considered as including any amount of fees to
which the Executive may be entitled to in case the Executive is appointed as manager or director of any of the Argentine Subsidiaries.
(b) Fixed
Global Compensation. In exchange for the Services, the Executive shall receive monthly gross compensation outside of Argentina, either
in Chile or the United States, of US$ 5,950.00.
(c) Variable
Compensation. [To be agreed].
U.S. Dollar amounts shall be converted into local
currency on the last business date (either in Argentina, Chile or the United States, as applicable), prior to their payment. The conversion
of U.S. dollars into Argentine currency shall be at the average implicit price of the US dollar through the arbitration of securities
known as the “Dolar MEP Contado” published in the on-line version of “El Cronista Comercial” periodical
(https://www.cronista.com) on that date. The exchange rate for
defining the conversion of U.S. dollars into Chilean currency shall be whichever is higher between the official exchange rate of the
Banco Central de Chile or the spot rate published by Bloomberg.com https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CLP:CUR.
IV. Term
and Termination. The initial term of this Agreement shall continue for at least so long as the Executive owns more than five percent
(5%) of the Company (the “Initial Term”). After the Initial Term the Agreement shall be renewable thereafter
automatically on a month-to-month basis and may be terminated upon thirty (30) days’ written notice by either Party. Notwithstanding,
the Agreement may be terminated by the following methods, provided that Controlling Shareholder may only terminate this Agreement
by Discharge for Cause during the initial term:
A. Discharge. By the Company
giving written notice of discharge which is received by Executive at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of termination,
provided that the written notice of such discharge is authorized by and approved by a majority vote of the Board prior to its transmission;
and provided further that if such discharge is claimed by the Company for Cause (as defined herein), the notice of such discharge shall
state such Cause, and in such event the effective date of termination may, if stated in the notice, be immediate upon giving of the notice.
(i) Cause.
Cause shall exist if Executive:
(a) Is convicted of, or pleads
guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or any act amounting to embezzlement, fraud, or theft involving moral turpitude (whether or not
against the Company or another employee);
(b) Is convicted of, or pleads
guilty or nolo contendere to, in a court of competent jurisdiction, a felony or other act of moral turpitude resulting in death or substantial
bodily or psychological harm to any person;
(c) Willfully engages in conduct
demonstrably and materially injurious to the goodwill and reputation of the Company;
(d) Willfully causes the Company
other than pursuant to the advice of Company legal counsel to violate a law which, in the opinion of Company legal counsel, is reasonable
grounds for civil or criminal penalties against the Company or its Board.
(e) Willfully engages in conduct
which constitutes a violation of the established written Policies and Programs of the Company regarding the conduct of its employees,
including policies regarding sexual harassment of employees and use of illegal drugs or substances;
(f) Willfully engages in conduct
that is in bad faith and materially injurious to the Company, including but not limited to, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud or
embezzlement;
(g) Without due cause, fails within
thirty (30) days after receipt of notice to follow any lawful order given by or under direction of the Board or fails within thirty (30)
days after receipt of notice to cure any violations of Executive’s covenants under section V of this Agreement or under any other
agreement;
(h) Engages in material misfeasance
or malfeasance demonstrated by a continued pattern of material failure to perform the essential job duties associated with Executive’s
position, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice describing in detail such breach to Executive
from the Company; or
(i) Intentionally criticizes, ridicules,
or disparages the Company or the Board in any communications or with any customer or client, vendor, or supplier, or in any public statement.
B. Resignation. By Executive’s
giving written notice of resignation which is received by the Chairman or other person serving as a director of the Company at least one-hundred-twenty
(120) days before the effective date of termination; provided that if the resignation is claimed by the Executive to be for Good Reason
(as defined herein), the notice of such resignation shall state such Good Reason, and in such event the effective date of termination
may, if stated in the notice, be immediate upon giving of the notice.
(i) Good
Reason. Good Reason shall exist if:
(a) Executive ceases to hold position
and title of CEO as contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) Without Executive’s consent,
Executive is assigned, authority, or responsibility materially inconsistent with the authority and responsibility contemplated by this
Agreement, or there is any material diminution of Executive’s compensation or authority and responsibility for supervision of Company
affairs and personnel or any requirement that Executive report to anyone other than the Board or its duly authorized committees;
(c) Any requirement is imposed
by the Board that Executive reside or travel outside of Argentina other than for travel reasonably required to carry out Executive’s
obligations under this Agreement;
(d) Executive becomes disabled
(to the extent that Executive cannot, with reasonable accommodation, effectively perform the requirements of Executive’s position)
and is unable to effectively exercise Executive’s authority and perform Executive’s responsibilities under this Agreement;
(e) The Company breaches the obligations
of the Company under this Agreement; or
(f) The Company does not correct
within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice any act or omission giving rise to a cause of action by the Executive personally against
the Company to specifically enforce or restrain some action for purpose of avoiding some loss or damage, or to recover losses or damages,
for an amount in excess of ten-thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
V. Executive
Covenants. Without the prior written consent of the Company, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in or commit:
A. Unauthorized Competition.
Executive shall comply with the non-compete covenants set forth in Section 14 of the Share Purchase Agreement.
B. Disloyal Act(s). During the
term of Executive’s employment, Executive shall not take any action regarding the Company, its operations, or property, that in
good faith Executive knows or should reasonably know is opposed to the best interests of the Company.
C. Unauthorized Usurpation of Company’s
Opportunity. During the term of Executive’s employment, Executive shall not take advantage of a Company opportunity without
first offering the opportunity with full disclosure of material facts to the Company and receiving notice that the Company has declined
such opportunity. Executive is specifically authorized to take advantage of any opportunity declined by the Company’s Board which
does not violate another provision of this Agreement. For this purpose, “Company opportunity” means any opportunity to engage
in a business activity:
(i) of which
Executive becomes aware
1. by virtue of Executive’s relationship
with, or in connection with performing functions in the business of, or in using facilities or other resources of the Company, and
2. under circumstances that should reasonably
lead Executive to believe that the person offering the opportunity expects it to be offered to the Company; or
(ii) which involves a possible commercial
use for the Company’s existing technology
D. An Unauthorized Disclosure.
During the term of Executive’s employment and thereafter for a term of two (2) years, Executive shall not make or cause to
be made any unauthorized disclosure or other use of any confidential information regarding the Company or any of its activities and operations,
except to the extent reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by Executive of the Services or as may be
legally required; provided, however that nothing herein contained shall preclude the use or disclosure of any information known generally
to the public (other than as a result of disclosure by Executive in violation of this Section).
E. An Unauthorized Solicitation.
The Executive shall comply with the non-solicitation provisions set forth in Section 14 of the Share Purchase Agreement.
F. Failure to Return Property.
Executive must, upon any termination of Executive’s employment, surrender to the Company possession of all Company property in Executive’s
possession or control, including without limitation trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, and any intangible intellectual
property in any physical embodiment or form, including all copies and other reproductions and extracts thereof, and any personal memoranda
or notes prepared by Executive.
VI. Severance.
If prior to expiration of the Initial Term of this Agreement, Executive is fired for any reason other than for Cause, the Controlling
Shareholder shall pay or shall cause the Company or any of its affiliates to pay severance equal to one year’s salary (monthly compensation
* 12) under the terms of this Agreement. Such severance payment shall be deemed to include any legal severance or termination payment
that the Executive may be entitled to receive as consequence of the termination of the employment with the Company and/or its affiliates
(including the Argentine Subsidiaries and Viapool SpA).
VII. Choice
of Law & Forum. The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning
the construction, validity, and interpretation of this Agreement, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The dispute resolution
provisions of the Share Purchase Agreement shall apply to and govern any dispute under this Agreement.
VIII. Representations
as to Limitations. Each Party represents and warrants that it is not under any contractual or legal restraint that prevents or
prohibits it from entering into this Agreement or performing the duties and obligations described in this Agreement.
IX. Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Controlling Shareholder and its successors and assigns, all of whom shall
be deemed included in the term “Controlling Shareholder.” Further, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Company, its successors and assigns and shall be binding upon Executive, Executive’s administrators, executors, legatees,
heirs, and other legal representatives. The Controlling Shareholder shall cause any successor or assignee of the Company to expressly
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it
if no such succession or assignment had taken place. Except to the extent the context otherwise requires, the term “Company”
as used herein shall include any such successors and assigns to the Company’s operations or assets. Neither this Agreement nor any
right or interest hereunder shall be assignable or transferable by Executive, Executive’s administrators, executors, legatees, heirs,
and other legal representatives, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
X. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior written and oral agreements and understandings relating to this matter, and specifically any employment agreement in place between
the Executive and any of the Argentine Subsidiaries.
XI. Notices.
Any notice to be given to a party hereto shall be given by (i) United States certified mail or by personal delivery by private courier
and (ii) by email as indicated below:
Executive: |
To [ALEJANDRO TAUBAS | ALEJO MIRAGAYA] @ |
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Physical Address: |
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Email Address: |
The Controlling Shareholder
:
To [THE CONTROLLING
SHAREHOLDER] @
Physical Address:
Email Address(es):
Any notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after
transmission by email (unless an automated message was received in reply announcing that the email was undeliverable) and after delivery
by certified mail or private courier. Each Party may notify the other in writing of any change of address by transmitting an email notifying
the other of the change of address.
XII. Amendment/Waiver.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be implied by any failure of any party to enforce any remedy upon the
violation of such provision, even if such violation is continued or repeated subsequently, and in no event shall any amendment or waiver
of any provision of this Agreement be effective against any party hereto unless expressed in writing signed by that party. No express
waiver shall affect any provision other than the one specified in such waiver, and that only for the time and in the manner specifically
stated. Any amendment to this Agreement may be made only by a written amendment agreed to and signed by both Parties.
XIII. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction for any reason, such invalidity,
illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder of this Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall be construed
and enforced as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable portion were not contained herein.
XIV. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute
one and the same agreement. Facsimile copies of signed signature pages shall be binding originals.
[Signatures on Following Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Parties hereto, with full capacity and due authority, have executed this Agreement effective as of the Effective Date set forth
above.
[CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER] |
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SCHEDULE
8.3.1.2
NEW SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
Stockholders’ agreement
of
“VIAPOOL INC.”
By and among
Alejandro Taubas;
Alejo Matías Miragaya;
Lionel Fridman;
Diego Nomberg;
Clin Fondo de Inversión Privado;
AVP Seed Fund I;
Angel Ventures Pacific Alliance Fund II Limited
Partnership;
Banco Actinver, S.A., Institución
de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Actinver, acting as
Trustee of Irrevocable Trust F/4862, designated
AV Pacific Alliance Trust II;
CMPL Angel Seed Fund LP
Swvl Global FZE;
and
Viapool Inc.
[…] […] 2021
SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
THIS SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
of VIAPOOL INC. is made as of [__], 2021:
BY AND AMONG
| (1) | Mr. ALEJANDRO TAUBAS (“Founder 1”), an Argentine citizen, of legal age,
single, with domicile at [_______] and holder of Argentine Passport number [____]. The Founder 1 is acting hereto in his own name and
on his own behalf. |
| (2) | Mr. ALEJO MATIAS MIRAGAYA (“Founder 2”), an Argentine citizen, of legal
age, married, with domicile at [_______] and holder of Argentine Passport number [____]. The Founder 2 is acting hereto in his own name
and on his own behalf. |
| (3) | Mr. LIONEL FRIDMAN (“Founder 3”), an Argentine citizen, of legal age, married,
with domicile at [_______] and holder of Argentine Passport number [____]. The Founder 3 is acting hereto in his own name and on his own
behalf. |
| (4) | Mr. DIEGO NOMBERG (“Founder 4”), an Argentine citizen, of legal age, married,
with domicile at [_______] and holder of Argentine Passport number [____]. The Founder 4 is acting hereto in his own name and on his own
behalf. |
Founder 1, Founder
2, Founder 3, and Founder 4 shall be jointly referred to as the “Founders”.
| (5) | CLIN Fondo de Inversión Privado, IRS Registration N° 76.766.448-6, a Chilean private
investment fund duly represented by its administrator, the Chilean corporation Inversiones Innovadoras S.A., IRS Registration N°99.591.440-9,
represented by Mr. Sebastián Andrés Acevedo García, Identification Number N° 14.600.489-k, and Mr. Lonnie
James Riggs, Identification Number Nº 21.664.927-3, , having its registered office at Parque Antonio Rabat Sur 6165, Comuna
de Vitacura, Santiago de Chile (“Investor 1”). |
| (6) | AVP SEED FUND, a company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of [_______], registered
with the Registrar of [_____] under number [___], having its registered office at [______] (“Investor 2”) |
| (7) | ANGEL VENTURES PACIFIC ALLIANCE FUND II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a company duly incorporated and existing
under the laws of [_______], registered with the Registrar of [_____] under number [___], having its registered office at [______] (“Investor
3”). |
| (8) | BANCO ACTINVER, S.A., INSTITUCIÓN DE BANCA MÚLTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO ACTINVER,
ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF IRREVOCABLE TRUST F/4862, DESIGNATED AV PACIFIC ALLIANCE TRUST II, a company duly incorporated and existing under
the laws of [_______], registered with the Registrar of [_____] under number [___], having its registered office at [______] ( “Investor
4”) |
| (9) | CMPL ANGEL SEED FUND LP, a company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of [_______],
registered with the Registrar of [_____] under number [___], having its registered office at [______] (“Investor 5”) |
Investor 1, Investor 2, Investor
3, Investor 4 and Investor 5 shall be jointly referred to as the “Investors”.
| (10) | SWVL GLOBAL FZE, a Limited Liability Free Zone Establishment incorporated under the Dubai World
Trade Centre Authority (“DWTCA”) Company Rules and Regulations under Dubai law No 9 of 2015, with registered office at
at Office No :02.08 the offices 4 at One Central., Dubai World Trade Centre and without tax identification code since there is no corporate
income tax in UAE (“SWVL Global”). |
| (11) | VIAPOOL INC., a company incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with registered office [__________] holder of Tax Identification Number [______] (the “Company”). |
Hereinafter the Founders and the Investors
shall be jointly referred to as the “Pre-Closing Stockholders” and individually each of them as an “Pre-Closing
Stockholder”.
Hereinafter, the Pre-Closing Stockholders and SWVL Global shall be
jointly referred to as the “Stockholders” and individually each of them as a “Stockholder”, which
term shall also include any successors-in-interest of these parties for so long as this Shareholder Agreement is effective.
Hereinafter, the Stockholders and the Company shall be jointly referred
to as the “Parties” and each one of them as the “Party”.
The Parties state that they have sufficient legal capacity to enter
into this stockholders’ agreement (hereinafter, the “Shareholder Agreement”).
WHEREAS
| I. | The Company is dedicated to the exploitation, development, implementation, placing on the market and commercialization
of new transport and mobility systems. |
| II. | On the date hereof has occurred the Closing under the share purchase agreement executed among the Pre-Closing
Stockholders and SWVL Global on [EXECUTION DATE OF THE SPA TO BE INSERTED] (the “SPA”), by virtue of which the
SWVL Global has acquired from the Pre-Closing Stockholders 4,476,630 shares of the Company (the “SWVL Shares”). |
| III. | As a consequence of the execution of the SPA and the acquisition of the SWVL Shares by SWVL Global, the
total number of shares of all classes of stock of the Company is 8,777,706 shares, having each a par value of $0.00001, distributed among
the Stockholders as follows: |
Stockholders | |
Shares | | |
% | |
Alejandro Taubas | |
| 1,166,200 | | |
| 13.29 | % |
Alejo Matías Miragaya | |
| 1,166,200 | | |
| 13.29 | % |
Lionel Fridman | |
| 419,930 | | |
| 4.78 | % |
Diego Nomberg | |
| 419,930 | | |
| 4.78 | % |
Clin Fondo de Inversión Privado | |
| 570,291 | | |
| 6.50 | % |
AVP Seed Fund I | |
| 62,058 | | |
| 0.71 | % |
Angel Ventures Pacific Alliance Fund II Limited Partnership | |
| 240,270 | | |
| 2.74 | % |
Banco Actinver, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Actinver, acting as Trustee of Irrevocable Trust F/4862, designated AV Pacific Alliance Trust II | |
| 70,022 | | |
| 0.80 | % |
CMPL Angel Seed Fund LP | |
| 186,175 | | |
| 2.12 | % |
SWVL Global
FZE | |
| 4,476,630 | | |
| 51.00 | % |
TOTAL | |
| 8,777,706 | | |
| 100.00 | % |
| IV. | That the business plan of the Company for the financial year 2022, agreed between the Parties, is attached
hereto as Annex IV. |
| V. | In consideration thereof, the Parties have decided to enter into this Shareholder Agreement, with the
aim of regulating the Stockholders’ rights and obligations regarding the operation, governance and management of the Company and
to execute the transactions foreseen herein, and which shall be governed by the following clauses. |
SECTION I: PURPOSE OF THE SHAREHOLDER
AGREEMENT
| 1. | PURPOSE OF THE SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT |
| 1.1. | The purpose of this Shareholder Agreement is to regulate the terms and conditions that shall govern the
matters addressed herein, including the following: |
| a) | The operation, governance and management of the Company; |
| b) | The regime of transfer of the shares of the Company; and |
| c) | The relation between the Stockholders, as owners of 100% of the Company’s share capital, and between
the Stockholders and the Company. |
| 2. | OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES |
| 2.1. | The Parties acknowledge that any obligation of this Shareholder Agreement consisting in any Party having
to obtain or achieve a specific result will be understood, when the context so requires, as an obligation of the Party to make their best
efforts to achieve such result and fully comply with this Shareholder Agreement or, where applicable, with any other ancillary contract,
and/or as an obligation of the Parties to take any action or to refrain from taking any action which is reasonably necessary to effectively
permit the Parties to benefit from the right or privilege. The exercise of voting rights in the corresponding corporate bodies of the
Company, as well as the granting of as many public or private documents as necessary for the achievement of the relevant results, shall
be included within the best efforts to be made by the Parties. |
| 2.2. | Convening, celebrating and attending meetings of the corresponding corporate bodies of the Company, exercising
or causing appointees or representatives to exercise voting rights in said bodies, the waiver of legal and/or statutory rights, as well
as the granting of as many public or private documents as necessary for the achievement of the relevant result(s) or for effectively
permitting a Party to enjoy any rights or faculties granted in this Shareholder Agreement, shall be construed to be included within the
best efforts to be made by the Parties hereunder. Therefore, the Parties agree that they will comply with each of the provisions of this
Shareholder Agreement and, in particular, that they will exercise their voting rights and other rights as stockholders of the Company
in order to give full effect to the terms of this Shareholder Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties as set out herein. |
| 2.3. | Furthermore, each Party shall procure that, given the case, the directors appointed by it from time to
time shall (subject to their fiduciary duties and to the fullest extent permitted by law) exercise their voting rights and other powers
and authorities in order to give full effect to the terms of this Shareholder Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties
as set out herein. |
| 2.4. | Any right and/or obligation of the Parties deriving from this Shareholder Agreement will be understood
as an individual right and/or obligation of each one of them, unless otherwise stated. |
SECTION II: GOVERNING BODIES OF THE
COMPANY
| 3. | MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
| 3.1. | All matters concerning the Meetings of stockholders (place of meetings, annual meeting, special meeting,
notice of stockholders’ meeting, manner of giving notice, affidavit of notice, quorum, adjourned meeting, notice, organization,
conduct of business, voting, etc) shall be governed by the provisions of the Bylaws of the Company adopted on July 2, 2020 (the “Bylaws”),
except as otherwise provided in this Shareholder Agreement. |
| 3.2. | When entering into discussions, sharing sensible information around the Company and/or passing resolutions
in the Meeting of stockholders, each Stockholder shall not only observe the applicable regulations in terms of conflicts of interest applied
to them individually, but also consider any actual or potential conflict of interest in vis- à-vis any affiliate of such Stockholder. |
| 3.3. | Adoption of resolutions referring to any of the matters listed below in this Section 3.3 (such matters,
the “Reserved Matters”) shall require the favorable vote of the Pre-Closing Stockholders representing at least 24.51%
of the voting rights in the Company: |
| (i) | Any amendment of the Bylaws of the Company, including the adoption of resolutions regarding share capital
increase or decrease, but excluding reduction and increases of the share capital of the Company the purpose of which is the removal of
the cause of dissolution caused by the accumulation of losses that reduce the net equity of the Company to an amount below half of the
share capital, and only to the extent such reduction and increases are limited to bring the net equity of the Company to the minimum required
by law; |
| (ii) | Any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation. |
| (iii) | The issuance of any new shares and the grant of any present or future rights to acquire equity in the
Company. |
| (iv) | The granting of any pledge or other encumbrance on any Common Stock of the Company. |
| (v) | The approval of any structural corporate transactions, such as mergers, spin-offs, business segregations
or contributions, global assignment of assets and liabilities; |
| (vi) | The acquisition, disposition, or contribution to another person of material assets of the Company, including
but not limited to the transfer of any Intellectual and Industrial Property Right considered as a material asset; |
| (vii) | The approval of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, except in those cases in which, in accordance
with the law, the adoption of the resolution is mandatory; |
| (viii) | Liquidation (or revocation of the status of liquidation), dissolution or winding-up of the Company; |
| (ix) | The suppression or limitation of the pre-emptive right in capital increases; |
| (x) | The distribution of dividends and the distribution of results and reserves; |
| (xi) | The approval or modification of the remuneration of the directors of the Company; |
| (xii) | The authorization of directors to engage, on their own behalf or on behalf of others, in a business competing
with the business of the Company; |
| (xiii) | The acquisition, transfer and redemption of the Company’s own shares, which in any case shall be
subject to the provisions of any applicable law; |
| (xiv) | The issuance or granting by the Company of any present or future right to acquire equity in the Company
such as options on shares, rights or other instruments giving the right to acquire shares of the Company or the economic right associated
therewith; and |
| (xv) | The creation of shares that grant political and/or economic rights superior to the shares held by the
Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 4. | MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY |
| 4.1. | Size of the Board. Each Stockholder agrees to vote or caused to be voted all Shares (as defined
below) owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner
as shall be necessary to ensure that the size of the Board shall be set at five (5) directors. For purposes of this Shareholder Agreement,
the term “Shares” shall mean and include any securities of the Company that the holders of which are entitled to vote for
members of the Board, by whatever name called, now owned or subsequently acquired by a Stockholder, however acquired, whether through
stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations, similar events or otherwise. |
| 4.2. | Board Composition. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such
Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary
to ensure that at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which an election of directors is held or pursuant to any written
consent of the Stockholders, the following persons shall be elected to the Board: |
| (a) | For so long as SWVL Global or any of its affiliates, delegees, or their successors-in-interest (except
for any successors that are Pre-Closing Stockholders) hold no less than 51% of the Common Stock of the Company: |
| i. | Three (3) members appointed upon designation by the SWVL Global; and |
| ii. | Two (2) members appointed upon designation by the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
In addition, the majority of the Investors will have the right to appoint
an observer in the Board.
| (b) | If at any time any group of Pre-Closing Stockholders hold more than 49% of the Common Stock of the Company: |
| iii. | Three (3) members appointed upon designation by the Pre-Closing Stockholders (one of them must be
elected by the majority of the Investors); and |
| iv. | Two (2) members appointed upon designation by the SWVL Global. |
| 4.3. | Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation from the Stockholders with
the right to designate a director as specified above, the director previously designated by them and then serving shall be reelected if
still eligible and willing to serve as provided herein and otherwise, such Board seat shall remain vacant. |
| 4.4. | Removal of Board Members. Each Stockholder also agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares
owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as
shall be necessary to ensure that: |
| (a) | No director elected pursuant to Subsections 4.2 or 4.3 of this Shareholder Agreement may
be removed from office unless (i) such removal is directed or approved by the affirmative vote of the Stockholder(s) entitled
to designate such director or (ii) the Stockholder(s) originally entitled to designate or approve such director are no longer
so entitled to designate or approve such director; |
| (b) | Any vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to Subsections
4.2 or 4.3 shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4; and |
| (c) | Upon the request of the Stockholder(s) entitled to designate a director as provided in Subsection
4.2(a), and 4.2(b) to remove such director, such director shall be removed. |
All Stockholders agree to execute any written
consents required to perform the obligations of this Section 4, and the Company agrees at the request of any Stockholder entitled
to designate directors to call a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors.
| 4.5. | No “Bad Actor” Designees. Each Stockholder with the right to designate or participate
in the designation of a director as specified above hereby represents and warrants to the Company that, to such Person’s knowledge,
none of the “bad actor” disqualifying events described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”) (each, a “Disqualification Event”), is applicable to such Person’s
initial designee named above except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or
(d)(3) is applicable. Any director designee to whom any Disqualification Event is applicable, except for a Disqualification Event
to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable, is hereinafter referred to as a “Disqualified
Designee”. Each Stockholder with the right to designate or participate in the designation of a director as specified above hereby
covenants and agrees (A) not to designate or participate in the designation of any director designee who, to such Stockholder’s
knowledge, is a Disqualified Designee and (B) that in the event such Stockholder becomes aware that any individual previously designated
by any such Stockholder is or has become a Disqualified Designee, such Stockholder shall as promptly as practicable take such actions
as are necessary to remove such Disqualified Designee from the Board and designate a replacement designee who is not a Disqualified Designee. |
| 4.6. | Initial Directors. The Parties agree
that the initial directors appointed pursuant to Subsections 4.1 and 4.2. shall
be the following: |
| a) | Mr. Mostafa Kandil, Mr. Youssef Salem and Mr. Rachid Maalouli as the directors appointed
by SWVL Global; |
| b) | Mr. Alejo Miragaya and Mr. Alejandro Taubas as directors appointed by the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 4.7. | Chairman and Secretary. The Board of Directors shall designate a Chairman and a Secretary. The
role of Secretary may be assumed by individuals who are not members of the Board of Directors of the Company, in which case, they will
attend the meetings of the Board of Directors but shall have no voting rights. The Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Directors of
the Company shall be designated as follows: |
| a) | The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by SWVL Global; and |
| b) | The Secretary of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 4.8. | President and CEO. The President and Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by SWVL Global
and shall be Alejandro Taubas and/or Alejo Miragaya, who shall retain and exercise full operational and decisional control over the day-to-day
affairs of the Company and its OpCos, unless and until either of them are fired for “Cause” (as that term is defined in the
employment or services agreements attached to the SPA as Exhibits 10.9.8) or each is no longer a Stockholder of more than 5% of the Company’s
equity. |
| 4.9. | Attendance of other persons. The Board of Directors may agree to the attendance of its meetings
by any person whom it deems appropriate. Such attendees, who will be required to comply with the same confidentiality obligations as the
members of the Board, may participate in the discussions of the Board of Directors but shall have no voting rights. |
| 4.10. | Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at least four (4) times each financial year. Meetings
shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of the Bylaws with such changes introduced herein. |
| 4.11. | Quorum. The Board of Directors will be validly constituted when the meeting is attended or duly
represented by the majority of the Directors. |
| 4.12. | Advisors. The Directors may be accompanied to Board meetings by advisors or experts who they may
reasonably deem appropriate, provided that (i) they give two (2) calendar days prior notice before the meeting; and (ii) such
advisers or expert must comply with confidentiality obligations. |
| 4.13. | Conflict of Interests. When entering into discussions, sharing sensible information around the
Company and/or passing resolutions within the Board of Directors, each of the Directors shall not only observe the applicable regulations
in terms of conflicts of interest applied to them individually, but also consider any actual or potential conflict of interest vis-à-
vis the Stockholder that appointed the Director and any affiliate of such Stockholder. |
| 4.14. | Adoption of Resolutions. The Parties agree that the adoption of resolutions by the Board of Directors
shall require the affirmative vote of the majority of its members. In addition, the adoption of resolutions concerning the following matters
(the “Board Reserved Matters”) will require the affirmative vote of at least two (2) directors designated by the
Pre-Closing Stockholders (if at any time any group of Pre-Closing Stockholders hold more than 49% of the Common Stock of the Company,
the affirmative vote should include the vote of the director appointed by the majority of the Investors): |
| (i) | Any acquisition and/or disposal of shareholdings, quota holdings and/or other interests in companies or
other entities; |
| (ii) | Any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation. |
| (iii) | The issuance of any new shares and the grant of any present or future rights to acquire equity in the
Company. |
| (iv) | The granting of any pledge or other encumbrance on any Common Stock of the Company. |
| (v) | Any indebtedness of the Company except for trade credit in the ordinary course of business the Company
for amounts less than US$50,000.00; |
| (vi) | The issuance or granting (or the proposal to the stockholders’ meeting) of any present or future
right to acquire equity in the Company such as options on shares, rights or other instruments giving the right to the acquisition of shares
of the Company or economic rights associated therewith; |
| (vii) | The disposal and licensing of Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights, other than those carried out
in the normal and ordinary course of its business; |
| (viii) | The constitution of mortgages, charges or encumbrances on any class of assets and business of the Company
with the exception of the pledge of deposits in guarantee of guarantees and those required in the ordinary course of business which may
in no case exceed United States Dollars 25,000 per transaction; |
| (ix) | The adoption of any decisions relating to the creation, acquisition or disposal of subsidiaries; the disposal
or encumbrance of shares or holdings in subsidiaries and the adoption by any of them of resolutions relating to the foregoing matters;
and |
| (x) | Any related party transaction and the proposal to the stockholders’ meeting to approve such resolution. |
| 4.15. | Remuneration. Except for the remuneration which may be paid to those directors which form part
of the management team of the Company in accordance with their relevant employment or services agreements, where applicable, board members
shall not be entitled to any remuneration. |
| 4.16. | Subsidiaries. The Parties agree that any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company from time
to time shall be managed in the same way as the Company, unless the Board of Directors approved otherwise with the majorities required
to approve a Board Reserved Matter. Therefore, such subsidiaries shall be managed by a Board of Directors with the same Board members,
officers and general attorneys as of the Company. All the provisions applicable for the Board of Directors of the Company in this Section (including,
the majorities required for the approval of board resolutions and Board Reserved Matters) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the board
of directors of the subsidiaries |
In addition to the foregoing, for efficiency purposes,
any Reserved Matters which need to be adopted by the General Shareholders Meeting of a subsidiary shall be pre-approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company with the majorities required to approve a Board Reserved Matter.
SECTION III: TRANSFER OF SHARES OF THE
COMPANY
| 5. | TRANSFER OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY |
| 5.1. | The transfer of shares of the Company shall be subject to this Shareholder Agreement. For the purposes
of this Section 5, transfers of Company shares are understood to be not only transfers of shares by way of sales, swaps or donations,
but also by way of corporate transactions (e.g., mergers, divisions, non-cash consideration consisting of a line of business, share capital
reductions, payment of dividends in kind) or any other kind of transaction by virtue of which the ownership of the Company’s shares
changes. |
| 5.2. | In this regard, any voluntary transfers of shares shall be subject to the following regime: |
| a) | Transfer of Shares & Lock-up period: The Pre-Closing Stockholders hereby agree
that, during a period of six (6) months commencing the date after execution of this Shareholder Agreement (the “Lock-up
Period”), they shall not offer, sell, or otherwise transfer any shares of the Company to any third party. SWVL Global agrees
not to sell any shares of the Company to any third party without the consent of the Pre-Closing Stockholders for so long as they hold
shares in the Company if Swvl Global has not previously submitted an offer to buy these shares for a price at least equal to the one for
which Swvl Global is selling its shares. |
| b) | Right of First Refusal: After the Lock-up Period, the Stockholders, and subsequently, the
Company (should the Stockholders fail to exercise their right or waive it), shall hold a right of first refusal over the shares of the
rest of Stockholders who propose to transfer, total or partially, directly or indirectly, its shares in the Company to a third party other
than the previous assumptions of free transferability (the “Right of First Refusal”). |
For this purpose, said transfers will be subject to the following procedure:
| (i) | The Stockholder proposing to transfer (the “Selling Stockholder”) shall serve written
notice by means that confirm faithfully contents and receipt, to the Board of Directors of the Company, expressly stating the identity
of the prospective purchaser or purchasers and the conditions of the offer (number of shares, price, payment conditions and any other
that may be included in the offer) (the “Transfer Notice”). |
| (ii) | The Board of Directors of the Company shall serve written notice by means that confirm contents and receipt,
to the rest of Stockholders including the terms of the offer received and shall call a Meeting of stockholders that shall take place within
one (1) month as from the receipt by the Board of Directors of the Company of the Transfer Notice. |
| (iii) | All Stockholders will be able to exercise their pre-emptive right over the shares in the offer, at the
same price and conditions as those stated in the Transfer Notice, in the Meeting of stockholders called by the Board of Directors of the
Company for such purpose. Should the right be exercised by more than one Stockholder, the shares shall be distributed among them prorate
basis to their respective stakes in the Company’s share capital. |
| (iv) | If none of the Stockholders exercise their pre-emptive right or, doing so, such does not cover all the
shares subject to the purchase offer, the referred Meeting of stockholders may approve the acquisition of the remaining shares by the
Company, at the same price and at the same conditions as stated in the offer. |
| (v) | If neither the Stockholders nor the Company exercise, respectively, their Right of First Refusal over
all the shares subject to the purchase offer, the Selling Stockholder shall be free to transfer said shares, as long as the same are transferred
to the interested party in the conditions initially notified to the Board of Directors of the Company in the Transfer Notice. If said
transaction is not carried out within a period of two (2) months as from the end of the one (1) month period stated above or
since the holding of the Meeting of stockholders, the Stockholder shall start the process again from the beginning. |
| c) | Tag Along Right: If prior to expiration of the Lock-up Period, in the event that any Pre-Closing
Stockholder jointly or separately receives an offer from SWVL Global or another Stockholder for the purchase of any quantity of his or
her shares of Company stock (the “Tagged Stockholder”), consistent with subject to Section 5.2(a) above,
the rest of the Stockholders shall hold a tag along right (the “Tag Along Right”) over the shares the Tagged Stockholder(s) proposes
to transfer, which may be a portion or all of the shares held by the Tagged Stockholder. The Tag Along Right entitles a Stockholder to
sell up to the same percentage of his or her holdings (the “Eligible Shares”) as the percentage of the Tagged Stockholder’s
shares that is being sold. Each quantity of Eligible Shares to be sold by a Stockholder exercising the Tag Along Right shall reduce on
a one-for-one basis the quantity of shares to be sold by the Tagged Stockholder. |
For this purpose, SWVL Global or the Stockholder
intending to acquire shares from another Pre-Closing Stockholder shall deliver a Transfer Notice to all Pre-Closing Stockholders and the
Board of Directors of the Company. All Stockholders shall be entitled, as stated above, to sell their stock under the same terms and conditions
as agreed by the Tagged Stockholder. Should any Stockholder exercise its Tag Along Right, the Tagged Stockholder may not transfer his
or her shares unless the quantity transferred is reduced by all Eligible Shares for which other Stockholders have chosen to exercise their
Tag Along Right.
| 5.3. | Transmissions Mortis Causa: Concerning transmissions mortis causa, in case of the
death of a Stockholder who is a natural person (if any), the acquirer of shares through mortis causa transfers shall be compelled
to adhere to this Shareholder Agreement upon acquisition of the shares. |
| 5.4. | Prohibition of charges or liens: During the term of this Shareholder Agreement, the Parties may
not grant any Charge, Lien or Restriction (as defined below) over the Company’s shares they hold, except for the purposes of a financing
agreement entered into by the Company for its financing, unless approved at a Meeting of Stockholders of the Company consistent with the
bylaws and with the votes of the persons required by and set forth in Section 3.3. |
For the purposes of this Shareholder Agreement,
“Charges, Liens and Restrictions” means any legal or contractual charges, liens or restrictions over the absolute ownership
of the shares and/or any of the equity holding (financial) or corporate governance (non- financial) rights deriving from the same, including
but not limited to, any (i) pledge; (ii) assignment by way of charge; (iii) assignment by way of mortgage; (iv) assignment
subject to term or condition; (v) usufruct; (vi) options or acquisition rights of any kind in favor of any third party; and
(vii) assignment by way of charge, assignment by way of mortgage or assignment subject to term or condition of rights to any dividend,
in shares or in kind, or of any other financial or non-financial rights, expressly excluding the delegation of vote in favor of a Stockholder.
| 5.5. | Consequences of Breach: Any transfer of Company shares that does not comply with the provisions
of this Shareholder Agreement shall not be valid or enforceable against the Company and shall be null and void. |
Likewise, the granting of Charges, Liens and Restrictions
over the Company shares shall not be valid or enforceable against the Company, save where approved or executed in accordance with Section 5.4
above.
The Board of Directors shall refuse to record
in the register of shares (i) any transfers that do not comply with these provisions of this Shareholder Agreement; and/or (ii) the
granting of any Charges, Liens and Restrictions over the Company shares, save where approved or executed in accordance with Section 5.4
above.
| 6. | FUTURE SALE OF THE COMPANY |
| 6.1. | If by March 31, 2022 either of SWVL Global or the Company fails or declines to make a binding offer
(which offer shall commit to consummation of the purchase and to payment of the purchase price by the later of (i) the date that
is one (1) month after the date of the offer and (ii) the date of satisfaction of the Registration Condition (as that term is
defined in the SPA)) for the acquisition of the remaining shares of the Pre-Closing Stockholders at the Deemed Purchase Price Per Share
stated in the SPA, then, the Pre-Closing Stockholders shall be entitled to, on a pro rata basis, only if and provided that the Filing
Condition (as that terms is defined in the SPA) has been satisfied (excluding any waiver of such Filing Condition by SWVL Global), repurchase
up to two percent (2%) of the Company’s Common Stock from SWVL Global (or its successor(s)) at the Deemed Purchase Price Per Share
stated in the SPA; alternatively, subject to and consistent with the same conditions, the Company shall be entitled to redeem up to four
percent (4%) of the Company’s Common Shares held by SWVL Global (or its successor(s)). The Pre-Closing Stockholders shall be entitled
to reject any offer, even if the offer is based on a price greater than the Deemed Purchase Price Per Share, but in such case, they will
not have any right under this Section 6.1. For the avoidance of doubt, the right of the Pre-Closing Stockholders and of the Company
to repurchase or redeem shares under this Section 6.1 can only be exercised if the Filing Condition established in the SPA has been
satisfied (excluding any waiver of such Filing Condition by SWVL Global). Until such time, SWVL Global or the Company may make a binding
offer for the acquisition of the remaining shares of the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 6.2. | If following May 1, 2022, the Pre-Closing Stockholders collectively hold more than ten percent (10%)
of the Company’s Common Stock, the Pre-Closing Stockholders (by majority vote of the Founders and majority vote of the Investors)
shall be entitled to require that the Company initiate a sale process intended to result in the purchase of their entire shareholdings
in the Company (the “Exit Process”) by serving a notice to the Board of Directors of the Company and to SWVL Global.
Within one week of receiving such notice, the Board of Directors shall commence the Exit Process by immediately meeting to discuss the
hiring of an investment bank or M&A firm (an “Advisor”) to procure the purchase by a third-party of the Pre-Closing
Stockholders shares. SWVL Global and the Pre-Closing Stockholders (who shall be represented by the Founders) shall attempt to agree on
the identity of the Advisor at the meeting. However, if they cannot agree the Pre-Closing Stockholders shall select and engage the Advisor
on behalf of the Company and the Board of Directors shall approve the engagement proposed by the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 6.3. | The Exit Process shall proceed for an initial term of three (3) months (the “Initial Exit
Process Period”) after the Advisor’s engagement, during which term the Advisor shall request offers from various third
parties. The engagement for the Initial Exit Process Period shall be under the understanding that the Advisor will conduct a search for
potential purchasers willing to acquire all of the remaining shares of the Pre-Closing Stockholders, and none of the shares of SWVL Global
in the Company. The Pre-Closing Stockholders (by majority vote of the Founders and majority vote of the Investors) shall have the right
to accept or reject any offer received. The acceptance shall be preliminary as it shall be subject to the Right of First Refusal set forth
above. |
| 6.4. | Upon a preliminary acceptance, the Pre-Closing Stockholders shall serve a Transfer Notice to the Board
of Directors, at which point the Board shall immediately convene a ROFR Meeting. At the ROFR Meeting, SWVL Global shall be entitled to
exercise its Right of First Refusal but shall not be entitled to exercise Tag Along Rights. If both SWVL Global and the Company decline
to exercise its Right of First Refusal at the ROFR Meeting, then the Pre-Closing Stockholders shall be free to transfer their shares to
the third-party acquirer, and all Pre-Closing Stockholders shall be so obligated, upon on a majority vote of the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 6.5. | If within one week of the end of the Initial Exit Process Period the Pre-Closing Stockholders have not
agreed (by majority vote of the Founders and majority vote of the Investors) to accept any offer received, the Pre-Closing Stockholders
may extend the Exit Process for an additional term of 3 months (the “Drag-along Sale Period”), during which period
the Advisor will conduct a search for a third-party acquirer to purchase 100% of the Common Stock of the Company. The Pre-Closing Stockholders
(by majority vote of the Founders and majority vote of the Investors) shall have the right to accept the highest offer open at the end
of the Drag-along Sale Period. After accepting an offer for the purchase of 100% of the Shares of the Company from a third-party, arms-length
buyer, all the Stockholders shall be obligated to sell 100% of their shares of Common Stock to the buyer pursuant to the terms of a stock
purchase agreement to be negotiated by the Pre-Closing Stockholders. |
| 6.6. | All Stockholders and the Company shall take all necessary and desirable actions in connection with the
consummation of the any transfer of shares approved according to this Shareholder Agreement the terms agreed with the third party acquirer,
including the execution of such agreements and such instruments and other actions reasonably necessary to provide the representations,
warranties, indemnities, covenants, conditions, escrow agreements and other provisions and agreements relating to such transfer of shares
agreement (subject to the provisions of this Section). |
| 6.7. | The obligation of the Stockholders to participate in the sale and purchase of the shares pursuant to this
Section is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: |
| (i) | no Stockholder shall be obligated to pay more than its pro rata amount of expenses incurred (based on
the proportion of the aggregate transaction consideration received) in connection with a share transfer agreement to the extent such expenses
are incurred for the benefit of all Stockholders; and |
| (ii) | in the event that the Stockholders are required to provide any representations, warranties or indemnities
in connection with a share transfer agreement (other than representations, warranties and indemnities on a several basis concerning each
Stockholder’s valid ownership of his, her or its shares, free of all liens, burdens and encumbrances, enforceability of transaction
documents, non- contravention with laws, contracts or consents and each Stockholder’s authority, power and right to enter into and
consummate agreements relating to such share transfer agreement without violating applicable law or any other agreement), then each Stockholder
shall not be liable for more than its pro rata amount (based on the proportion of the aggregate transaction consideration) received of
any liability for misrepresentation or indemnity (except in respect of such several representations and warranties) and such liability
shall not exceed the total consideration received by such Stockholder (net of broker fees) from such acquiring party for its shares. This
notwithstanding SWVL Global will in no event provide, nor be liable for, any representation or warranty or indemnity covering a period
previous to the date in which SWVL Global became a shareholder of the Company. |
| 7.1. | If the Company authorized the issuances of new shares of Common Stock to raise equity capital, the Stockholders
shall have a pre-emptive right in any capital increase which shall be subject to Board Approval and approval of the percentage of the
Pre-Closing Stockholders specified for reserved matters in Section 3.3 above) and issuing of new shares, proportionally to
their relative ownership in the share capital of the Company. |
| 7.2. | Should any of the Stockholders waive this pre-emptive right in a capital increase, the Board of Directors
of the Company shall offer the unsubscribed shares to those Stockholders, on a pro rata basis to those who have exercised their pre-emptive
right. Stockholders interested in purchasing the unsubscribed shares shall have a term of fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the
initial subscription term lapses, to subscribe and pay for the shares. |
Should more than one (1) Stockholder be interested
in subscribing the unsubscribed shares, these will be allocated to the Stockholders proportionally based on their relative equity stakes
in the Company.
SECTION IV: FUNDING, IP RIGHTS,
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PREVALENCE OF THIS SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT
| 8.1. | Funding via external debt financing: In the event that funds must be contributed to the Company
in order to cover its cash needs for working capital requirements, to make investments or for any legal reasons, the Parties agree to
attempt to obtain the necessary funding via external debt financing in the following terms: |
| a) | on the most favorable terms available as to interest, repayment and security compatible with the Company’s
needs and market conditions; |
| b) | without recourse to the Stockholders and without any other guarantee and support from the same; and |
| c) | no prospective lender shall be allowed the right to participate in the share capital of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries as a condition or term of any loan or advance and with preference. |
| 8.2. | Additional funding from the Stockholders: In the event that the Company is unable to raise funds
in accordance with Section 9.1 above, the Stockholders may (but are not obligated to) contribute funds to the Company in order to
cover its cash needs for the working capital requirements, to make investments or for any legal reasons. In this case, the Parties agree
that the funds to be contributed by the Stockholders as of the date of this Shareholder Agreement shall comply with the terms and conditions
set forth in clause 9.1 above and, in addition, the funding shall be provided through a loan or credit facility. |
| 9. | KNOW-HOW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS |
| 9.1. | The Company, due to its activity, may develop (directly or through its subsidiaries) works subject to
copyright or patents and know-how, this being understood as knowledge, procedures, criteria and technological conditions, methodologies,
and any other information or process related with the corporate purpose, of which the Company (or its subsidiaries) shall be the sole
owner. |
| 9.2. | All Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights (as defined below) and those of any other nature derived
from the business developed by the Company (or its subsidiaries), as well as from the works and creations carried out by any of the Parties
in the performance of their functions and positions in the Company (or its subsidiaries), shall also be the complete and exclusive property
of the Company (or its subsidiaries). |
For the purposes of this Shareholder Agreement,
“Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights” means intellectual and industrial property rights, including, author
rights, trademarks, trademark applications and registrations, service marks, service mark applications and registrations, domain names,
domain name applications and registrations, trade dress, logos and designs, trade names, brands, product configurations, and the goodwill
connected with the foregoing, copyrights and copyright rights, copyright applications and registrations, mask works, know-how, business
methods, franchises, licenses, trade secrets, confidential information, proprietary processes and technology, trade secrets, data bases,
licenses, source codes, inventions, discoveries, technical advances, and any manual, formulae and/or documentation constituting, describing
or related to the foregoing.
| 9.3. | The Stockholders expressly waive the right to claim or ask for Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights
derived from actions, investigations or works developed by the same in the performance of their functions and positions in the Company
(or its subsidiaries) that in all cases shall be owned by the Company (or its subsidiaries) without any right to compensation for any
cause whatsoever. |
| 10.1. | Except for those actions necessary to carry out the ordinary activity of the Company and the de-SPAC Process
and except as otherwise permitted under any other written agreement between the Parties, the Parties undertake not to disclose and to
maintain strictly confidential and secret the information received, either oral or written, or of which they have known due to their relation
with the Company, with regards to any aspect of the activity carried out by the Company (or its subsidiaries) or related to any of the
Parties. |
| 10.2. | Furthermore, the Parties undertake not to disclose any aspect regarding the activity carried out by the
Company (or its subsidiaries), especially the investigations and inventions developed by the same. |
| 10.3. | The above obligations shall not apply in case that (i) the confidential information becomes part
of the public domain without fault of any Party or is registered with a public register that may generally be accessed by third-parties;
or (ii) disclosure of such information: (i) is required by virtue of law or compelled by a competent authority (e.g. to be made
to any securities market regulator having jurisdiction over such Stockholder) or by other requirements or provisions of applicable Law
or regulations (as long as the disclosure extends only to that which is strictly necessary for compliance with the Law or the compelling
order); (ii) if disclosure is necessary in the process of negotiations with third parties for their entry in the Company’s
share capital; (iii) when the confidential information is disclosed on a need to know basis to directors, managers, shareholders,
members, employees, consultants or advisers, amongst others, of a Party, of their parent company or of the Party’s group, provided
such directors, managers, stockholders, members, employees, consultants or advisers covenant to maintain the relevant information confidential. |
| 10.4. | The provisions in this Section 10 shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding for
the Parties as long as the disclosed information is secret and confidential. |
| 11. | BY-LAWS AND PREVALENCE OF THIS SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT |
| 11.1. | Any of the undertakings contained in this Shareholder Agreement shall prevail over the Bylaws of the Company
and its certificate of incorporation and shall have full effect and validity between the Parties. |
| 11.2. | In relation thereto, the Parties agree that the articles of the certificate of incorporation and of the
By-Laws of the Company shall be at all times construed in light of this Shareholder Agreement. |
SECTION V: MISCELLANEOUS
| 12. | ENTIRE SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT |
| 12.1. | Together with the Stock Purchase Agreement and other Transaction Documents entered into simultaneously
herewith, this Shareholder Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior written and oral agreements and understandings relating to this matter. |
| 12.2. | The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Shareholder Agreement is the only agreement entered into by
the Parties relating to this matter, and that there are no side agreements or additional agreements entered into by any of the Parties
in connection hereto which may conflict with, substitute or amend the provisions of this Shareholder Agreement and that they shall not
enter into any of such side agreements or additional agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties. |
| 13. | EPIGRAPHS, TITLES AND SEVERABILITY |
| 13.1. | Epigraphs and titles of this Shareholder Agreement have been included only in order to make its reading
easier and are not intended as binding descriptions of the content of the corresponding Sections. They are not intended to alter the meaning
of those sections or to represent undertakings, terms or conditions of this Agreement. |
| 13.2. | If any provision of this Shareholder Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or
in part, for any present or future reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the enforceability of any of the remaining
provisions hereof. This Shareholder Agreement shall be construed in such a way as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions had never
been contained herein. For those purposes, the Shareholder Agreement shall no longer be valid exclusively with respect to the null or
invalid provision, and none of the remaining parts or provisions of this Shareholder Agreement shall be null, invalid, prejudiced or affected
by such nullity or invalidity, except in the case that the nullity of the provision results in a total failure of the consideration supporting
this this Shareholder Agreement as a whole. |
| 14. | EPIGRAPHS, TITLES AND SEVERABILITY |
| 14.1. | Epigraphs and titles of this Shareholder Agreement have been included only in order to make its reading
easier and are by no means intended to describe the content of the corresponding Clauses nor represent undertakings, terms or conditions
of this Shareholder Agreement. |
| 14.2. | If any provision of this Shareholder Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or
in part, for any present or future reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the enforceability of any of the remaining
provisions hereof. This Shareholder Agreement shall be construed in such a way as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions had never
been contained herein. For those purposes, the Shareholder Agreement shall no longer be valid exclusively with respect to the null or
invalid provision, and none of the remaining parts or provisions of this Shareholder Agreement shall be null, invalid, prejudiced or affected
by such nullity or invalidity, except that due to resulting essential it had to affect this Shareholder Agreement as a whole. |
| 15.1. | Transfers. The Parties undertake to require any person or legal entity that acquires or assumes
all or part of the Company’s shares, to adhere to this Shareholder Agreement as a condition to be fulfilled simultaneously with
the assumption or acquisition of such shares. In the event that the acquirer of the shares does not adhere to this Shareholder Agreement
simultaneously with the assumption or acquisition of shares, such assumption or acquisition of shares shall not be valid or enforceable
against the Company and shall be null and void. The Company shall not permit the transfer of the Shares subject to this Shareholder Agreement
on its books or issue a new certificate representing any such Shares unless and until such transferee shall have complied with the terms
of this Subsection 15.1. Each certificate instrument, or book entry representing the Shares subject to this Shareholder Agreement if issued
on or after the date of this Shareholder Agreement shall be notated by the Company with the legend set forth in Subsection 15.2. |
| 15.2. | Share Certificate Legend. Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing any Shares issued
after the date hereof shall be notated by the Company with a legend reading substantially as follows: |
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES.
THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED
UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY
MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT,
A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER, AND CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE AND TRANSFER, INCLUDING
RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL AND REPURCHASE AND A LOCK UP RESTRICTION.
The Company, by its execution of this
Shareholder Agreement, agrees that it will cause the certificates instruments, or book entry evidencing the Shares issued after the date
hereof to be notated with the legend required by this Subsection 15.2 of this Shareholder Agreement, and it shall supply, free
of charge, a copy of this Shareholder Agreement to any holder of such Shares upon written request from such holder to the Company at its
principal office. The parties to this Shareholder Agreement do hereby agree that the failure to cause the certificates, instruments, or
book entry evidencing the Shares to be notated with the legend required by this Subsection 15.2 herein and/or the failure of the Company
to supply, free of charge, a copy of this Shareholder Agreement as provided hereunder shall not affect the validity or enforcement of
this Shareholder Agreement.
| 15.3. | Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, etc. In the event of any issuance of Shares or the voting securities
of the Company hereafter to any of the Stockholders (including, without limitation, in connection with any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, or the like), such Shares shall become subject to this Shareholder Agreement and shall be notated with
the legend set forth in Subsection 15.2. |
| 16.1. | Manner of Voting. The voting of Shares pursuant to this Shareholder Agreement may be effected in
person, by proxy, by written consent or in any other manner permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, voting of the Shares
pursuant to the Shareholder Agreement need not make explicit reference to the terms of this Shareholder Agreement. |
| 16.2. | Aggregation of Stock. All Shares held or acquired by a Stockholder and/or its Affiliates shall
be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Shareholder Agreement, and such Affiliated
persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate. |
| 17. | TERM OF THE SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT |
| 17.1. | This Shareholder Agreement will be in force the day of its signature and shall remain in full force and
effect for so long as; a) each of Founders 1 and Founders 2 each hold more than a five percent (5%) ownership stake in the Company’s
equity or b) the Investors jointly holds more than a five percent (5%) ownership stake in the Company’s equity. |
| 17.2. | Notwithstanding what is stated in prior paragraph, this Shareholder Agreement shall be terminated in any
of the following cases: |
| a) | When the Parties agree in writing to terminate this Shareholder Agreement; or |
| b) | Solely for any individual Stockholder, when such Stockholder ceases to be a Stockholder of the Company
without violating the provisions contained in this Shareholder Agreement. |
No amendment to this Shareholder Agreement shall be binding unless
made in writing and signed by all the Parties.
| 19.1. | No Party hereto may assign, in whole or in part, its rights, interests or obligations under this Shareholder
Agreement without the strict compliance of the formalities established in this Shareholder Agreement for the transfer of shares of the
Company. |
| 19.2. | Any transfer of shares, no matter by means of which title, including those regarding restructuring and
business acquisitions, will require the acquiring party to previously expressly accept the undertakings contained herein. |
| 20.1. | All notices, notifications, consents and other communications required or permitted under this Shareholder
Agreement must be made in writing and delivered in a recorded and registered way (providing evidence of its receipt and contents) to the
addresses or the email address set forth in ANNEX 20.1. |
| 20.2. | Notices shall be deemed validly delivered (a) on the date of delivery when delivered in person or
by reputable courier maintaining records of receipt, including Federal Express, and (b) on the date of transmission when sent by
e-mail with acknowledgment of receipt during normal business hours (at the location of receipt); provided, however, that any such communication
delivered by e-mail shall only be effective if such communication is also delivered by hand or deposited with a reputable courier maintaining
records of receipt within one Business Day after its delivery by e-mail or other electronic transmission. |
| 20.3. | The Parties shall notify each other any change of their addresses or contact details, which shall be effective
on the fifth Business Day after receipt of the notice, unless it specifies a different date from which the change of address or contact
details shall be effective. |
| 20.4. | For the purposes of this Shareholder Agreement, a “Business Day” shall mean a day, other than
a Saturday or a Sunday, in which banks are generally open to the public for ordinary transactions in New York, United States of America. |
| 20.5. | Each of the Stockholders consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice pursuant to the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), as amended or superseded from time to time, by electronic transmission pursuant to Section 232
of the DGCL (or any successor thereto) at the e-mail address set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page or
ANNEX 20.1, as updated from time to time by notice to the Company. To the extent that any notice given by means of electronic transmission
is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until a new or corrected email
address has been provided, and such attempted electronic notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been given. Each of the Stockholders
agrees to promptly notify the Company of any change in its e-mail address, and that failure to do so shall not affect the foregoing. |
| 21.1. | All taxes and expenses deriving from this Shareholder Agreement shall be borne by each of the Parties
according to the Law. |
| 21.2. | If any party to this Shareholder Agreement seeks to enforce its rights under this Shareholder Agreement
by legal proceedings, the non-prevailing party shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party, including, without limitation,
all reasonable attorneys’ fees |
| 22. | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROVISION |
| 22.1. | In accordance with the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where each of the Stockholders,
the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations
or guidelines, and/or any related or complementary regulations, regarding money laundering and terrorist financing (the “AML
Regulations”), the Company and the Stockholders explicitly declare that they comply with the AML Regulations and commit to comply
with them anytime while they hold a stake in the Company. |
| 22.2. | Likewise, the Company and each Stockholder respectively commits to disclose, as soon as reasonably practicable
upon being requested by any Stockholder that is subject to mandatory information requirements under the AML Regulations, such documents
and information in its possession that are reasonable required in order to allow the Company and/or such Stockholder to comply with AML
Regulations (the “AML Obligation”). |
| 22.3. | Parties agree that in case of full or partial transfer of shares to third parties, or in any other event
that may imply that the a third party may be considered as a Stockholder of the Company, it would be mandatory, essential and unavoidable
before the execution of the corresponding contract (a) that the documentation and information that may be required by the Company
and/or the other Stockholders as indicated in the paragraph above regarding the AML Obligation is disclosed and (b) that in the contract
to be executed, the third party expressly declares (i) that it acknowledges and accepts that compliance with the AML Regulations
is an essential condition in order to participate in the Company; (ii) that it complies with and commits to comply anytime while
it holds a participation in the Company with the AML Regulations and the AML Obligation. |
| 23.1. | Each undersigning individual that act on his (her) behalf or on behalf of a legal person, acknowledges
that his (her) personal data have been incorporated to, and are necessary for the execution of, this Shareholder Agreement. Such personal
data will be exclusively processed in connection with the execution and enforcement of this Shareholder Agreement. |
| 24. | APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION |
| 24.1. | This Shareholder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal law of the
State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of
the State of Delaware. |
| 24.2. | Governing Law & Personal Jurisdiction. |
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws of any jurisdiction.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF ANY OF THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS
IN THE STATES OF DELAWARE, AND FURTHER WAIVES ANY CLAIM IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME AS TO FORUM NON CONVENIENS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH VENUE.
SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTED BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL AND BY WAY OF SECTION 22 OF THIS AGREEMENT.
| k. | The parties hereto agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to, or in connection
with this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Dispute”) shall be arbitrated
pursuant to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act, 10 Del. C. § 5801, et seq. (the “DRAA”). The parties agree to
take all steps necessary or advisable to submit any Dispute that cannot be resolved by the parties for arbitration under the DRAA (the
“Arbitration”) in accordance with this Section 9.5, and each party represents and warrants that it is not a “consumer”
as such term is defined in 6 Del. C. § 2731. By executing this Agreement, (i) each party hereby waives, and acknowledges and
agrees that it shall be deemed to have waived, any objection to the application of the procedures set forth in the DRAA, (ii) consents
to the procedures set forth in the DRAA, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that it has chosen freely to waive the matters set forth
in subsections (b) and (c) of Section 5803 of the DRAA. IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT
IT SHALL RAISE NO OBJECTION TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE DISPUTE TO ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 6(h) AND THAT IT
WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO LAY CLAIM TO JURISDICTION IN ANY VENUE AND ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE THE DISPUTE DECIDED BY A JURY. |
| l. | The Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Model Rules for Arbitration under the DRAA,
as such Rules may be amended or changed from time to time; provided that the parties to such Arbitration may agree to depart from
the Model Rules by (i) adopting new or different rules to govern the Arbitration or (ii) modifying or rejecting the
application of certain of the Model Rules. |
| m. | The Arbitration shall take place in Wilmington, Delaware, or any other location to which the parties and
the Arbitrator may agree. All Parties shall have the right, if doing so can be reasonably accommodated by the Arbitrator, to attend any
preliminary or final hearings, and to present evidence, remotely. |
| n. | The Arbitration shall be presided over by one arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) who shall
be mutually agreed to by the parties to such Arbitration. In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon the identity of the Arbitrator
within forty-five (45) days of the commencement of the Arbitration, then either party may file a petition with the Court of Chancery pursuant
to Section 5805 of the DRAA. |
| o. | The Arbitrator shall conduct the hearing, administer oaths, and make such rulings as are appropriate to
the conduct of the proceedings. The Arbitrator shall allow each of the parties an opportunity to present evidence and witnesses and to
cross examine witnesses presented by the opposing party. In no event, however, shall witnesses other than employees or experts retained
or employed by the parties, or former employees of the parties, be called to testify at the Arbitration. |
| p. | The arbitral award (the “Award”) shall (i) be rendered within 120 days after the
Arbitrator’s acceptance of his or her appointment; (ii) be delivered in writing; (iii) be the sole and exclusive remedy
with respect to the Dispute between and among the parties; and (iv) be accompanied by a form of judgment. The Award shall be deemed
an award of the United States, the relationship between the parties shall be deemed commercial in nature, and any Dispute arbitrated pursuant
to this Section 6(h) shall be deemed commercial. The Arbitrator shall have the authority to grant any equitable or legal remedies,
including, without limitation, entering preliminary or permanent injunctive relief; provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall not have
the authority to award (and the parties waive the right to seek an award of) punitive or exemplary damages. |
| q. | The parties hereto agree that, subject to any non-waivable disclosure obligations under federal law, the
Arbitration, and all matters relating thereto or arising thereunder, including, without limitation, the existence of the Dispute, the
Arbitration and all of its elements (including any pleadings, briefs or other documents submitted or exchanged, any testimony or other
oral submissions, and any decision of the Arbitrator or Award), shall be kept strictly confidential, and each party hereby agrees that
such information shall not be disclosed beyond: (i) the Arbitrator and necessary support personnel; (ii) the participants in
the Arbitration; (iii) those assisting the parties in the preparation or presentation of the Arbitration; and (iv) other employees
or agents of the parties with a need to know such information. In all events, the parties participating in the Arbitration proceedings
shall treat information pertaining to the Arbitration with the same care that they treat their most valuable proprietary secrets. In the
event that federal law imposes upon either party an obligation to disclose the fact of the Arbitration or the nature of the claims or
counterclaims asserted, such party(ies) shall disclose no more than the minimum information required by law after first consulting with
and attempting in good faith to reach agreement with the opposing party(ies) regarding the scope and content of any such required disclosure. |
| r. | Each party hereto shall bear its own legal fees and costs in connection with the Arbitration; provided,
however, that each such party shall pay one-half of any filing fees, fees and expenses of the Arbitrator or other similar costs incurred
by the parties in connection with the prosecution of the Arbitration. |
| s. | Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement, or any statute protecting the confidentiality of the
Arbitration and proceedings taken in connection therewith, in the event that either party in the Arbitration is required to defend himself,
herself or itself in response to later proceedings instituted by the other in any court, relating to matters decided in the Arbitration,
such party shall be relieved of any obligation to hold confidential the Arbitration and its proceedings in order to submit, confidentially
if and to the extent possible, sufficient information to such court to allow it to determine whether the doctrines of res judicata, collateral
estoppel, bar by judgment, or other, similar doctrines apply to such subsequent proceedings. |
| t. | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 6(h), if any amendment to the
Act or the DRAA is enacted after the date of this Agreement, and such amendment would render any provision of this Section 6(h) unenforceable
thereunder, such provision shall be excluded, and the remaining provisions of this Section 6(h) shall be enforced to the extent
permitted by law. |
| 24.4. | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL: EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE
OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR
THEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT
RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE),
BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH
PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. |
No delay or omission to exercise any right, power
or remedy accruing to any party under this Shareholder Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other Party under this Shareholder
Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting Party nor shall it be construed to be
a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor
shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring.
Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Shareholder
Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Shareholder Agreement, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Shareholder Agreement or
by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
This Shareholder Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by the Parties on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall constitute an
original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument deemed executed on the date indicated on
the heading of this Shareholder Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic
signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart
so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties sign this
Shareholder Agreement as of the date set forth in the heading.
SCHEDULE 9
SELLERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of the Sellers represents and warrants to
the Buyer the following:
| 1. | PART A – FUNDAMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
| 1.1.1 | The Sellers have full legal capacity to execute this Agreement, comply with obligations arising out of
the same and carry out and complete the transactions provided for therein. |
| 1.1.2 | The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted. |
| 1.1.3 | This Agreement and the Transaction Documents, when executed, shall have been duly executed by the Sellers
and the Company and the obligations provided for therein shall constitute legal and valid obligations binding on the Sellers and the Company
and may be raised against them in accordance with their respective terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable
remedies. |
| 1.1.4 | The Sellers and the Company have obtained all approvals, permits, authorizations and licenses required
to enter into and to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. |
| 1.1.5 | All corporate action required to be taken by the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders in
order to authorize the Company to enter into the Transaction Documents, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. All action
on the part of the officers of the Company necessary for the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the performance of all
obligations of the Company under the Transaction Documents to be performed as of the Closing, has been taken or will be taken prior to
the Closing. |
| 1.1.6 | No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration
or filing with, any federal, state or local governmental authority is required on the part of the Company or the Sellers in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the New Restated Certificate, which
will have been filed as of the Closing Date. |
| 1.2.1 | Neither the Sellers nor the Viapool Entities been declared insolvent or bankrupt or have filed for insolvency
or bankruptcy nor are the Sellers aware of any person having filed an insolvency or bankruptcy request. |
| 1.2.2 | Neither the Sellers nor any of the Viapool Entities has, by reason of actual or anticipated financial
difficulties, commenced negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness, no creditor
of the Sellers nor any of the Viapool Entities has enforced any security over or has seized any assets of the Sellers or the Viapool Entities,
no unsatisfied judgment is outstanding against the Sellers or the Viapool Entities, and no Seller or Viapool Entity has suspended or ceased
to carry on all or a material part of its Business. |
| 1.3 | Capital Stock. Titles of ownership |
| 1.3.1 | The Capital Stock of the Company as of the Execution Date is the one indicated in Recital B of the Agreement. |
| 1.3.2 | As of Closing Date, the authorized capital of the Company will consist of 8,777,706 shares of common
stock, of $ 0.00001 par value per share, issued, outstanding, duly authorized, fully paid, non-assessable and issued in compliance with
all applicable federal and state securities laws. |
| 1.3.3 | As of Closing Date, the holdings of each Seller in the authorized capital of the Company will be such
as indicated in Section 5.1(iv) of the Agreement, and all the shares shall have been validly issued, subscribed for and paid
up in full. |
| 1.3.4 | At the Closing Date, the Sellers are the only owners of the Shares, which are free from any Liens and/or
encumbrances (including any right -whether exercisable now or in the future and whether contingent or otherwise) to call for the conversion,
issue, sale or transfer, redemption or repayment of any share or any other security giving rise to a right over or an interest in, the
share capital of the Company. |
| 1.3.5 | The Shares, at the Closing Date, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any
Liens other than the restrictions on transfer under the Transaction Documents, and applicable state and federal securities laws. |
| 1.3.6 | The Sellers are entitled to sell and transfer the full legal and beneficial ownership of the Shares, in
compliance with all applicable statutory requirements and any other corporate requirement in this regard. |
| 1.3.7 | As of Closing Date, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive
rights and rights of first refusal or similar rights) or agreements, orally or in writing, to purchase or acquire from the Company any
shares of any class, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company. |
| 1.4.1 | Other than the OpCos, the Viapool Entities do not currently own or control, directly or indirectly, any
interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, association, or other business entity.
The Viapool Entities are not a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement. |
| (i) | Viapool SRL is a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada duly incorporated, organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Argentina and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted. |
| (ii) | Viapool SRL was registered with the General Inspection of Corporations of the City of Buenos Aires (“GIC”)
on November 23, 2007, under number 10,868, of Book 127 of Sociedades de Responsabilidad Limitada. |
| (iii) | The current capital stock of Viapool SRL is of Pesos argentinos 87,600, represented in 8,760 quotas
of AR$ 10 of nominal value each and one vote per quota, fully subscribed and paid-in. |
| (i) | MD Sas is a sociedad por acciones simplificada duly incorporated, organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of Argentina and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted. |
| (ii) | MD Sas was registered before the GIC on October 1, 2018, under number RL-2018-49549708-APN-DA DA#IGJ. |
| (iii) | The current capital stock of MD Sas is of Pesos argentinos 21,400, represented in 21,400 shares
of AR$ 1 of nominal value each and one vote per quota, fully subscribed and paid-in. |
| (iv) | The Company pursuant to an offer letter dated February 3, 2021 and an offer letter dated May 28,
2021, has made irrevocable capital contributions to MD Sas for the aggregate amount of $300,000, which was entirely disbursed. The funds
of the irrevocable capital contributions were used by MD Sas to pay operating expenses]. |
| 1.4.2.3 | Transfer of Argentine OpCos |
| (i) | The Company and the Founders entered into an Exchange Agreement dated November 12, 2020 (and related
documents such as several Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements, offer of assignment of quotas and offer of sale of shares) pursuant to
which 100% of the equity interests and shares of the capital stock of MD Sas and 95% of the equity interests and quotas of the capital
stock of Viapool SRL were exchanged for a certain number of the Company’s Common Stock. The remainder 5% of the equity interests
and quotas of the capital stock of Viapool SRL were sold by the Founders to MD Sas for a cash consideration of Pesos argentinos
370,000. |
| (ii) | In anticipation of the Stock Purchase Agreement and in light of the lengthy process involved, the Company
has not begun the process to register itself as a foreign shareholder of a company in Argentina, which is required in accordance with
Section 123 of the Argentine General Corporations Acts Nr. 19,550, as amended. This delay is only the result of the lengthy bureaucratic
process required. In the interim prior to registration, the ownership units of each of the OpCos were transferred and pledged to the Company,
so as to allow the Company complete control of the OpCos and to act, in all circumstances, as the de facto shareholder of 100% of the
OpCos. |
| (iii) | The transfer of quotas of Viapool SRL in favor of the Company and MD Sas has not been notified to Viapool
SRL nor registered with the GIC (the Inspección General de Justicia or the “General Inspection of Corporations”).
The quotaholders of record of Viapool SRL are currently Founder 1 (35%), Founder 2 (35%), Founder 3 (15%) and Founder 4 (15%). |
| (iv) | The transfer of shares of MD Sas to the Company has not been notified to MD Sas. The shareholders of record
of MD Sas are currently Founder 1 (50%) and Founder 2 (50%). |
| (v) | The quotas of Viapool SRL are pledged in favor of the Company and MD Sas and the shares of MD Sas are
pledged in favor of the Company. Except for such pledges and the irrevocable capital contributions made by the Company to MD Sas, the
shares and quotas of the Argentine OpCos are free from any Liens and/or encumbrances (including any right -whether exercisable now or
in the future and whether contingent or otherwise) to call for the conversion, issue, sale or transfer, redemption or repayment of any
share or any other security giving rise to a right over or an interest in, the share capital of the Argentine OpCos. |
| (vi) | The transfer and pledge of the quotas and shares of the Argentine OpCos to the Company and MD Sas, as
applicable, are valid, binding and enforceable against the Founders, and since the transfer date of such quotas and shares the Founders
have been exercising their rights as shareholders of the Argentine OpCos only and to the extent instructed by the Company. They will continue
to act in that manner until the transfer of the quotas and shares is complete and duly notified to the Argentine OpCos and registered
with the GIC. |
| 1.4.3.1 | The Chilean OpCo is a sociedad por acciones duly incorporated, organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of Chile and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted. |
| 1.4.3.2 | The Chilean OpCo was incorporated through public deed dated April 1, 2014, before the Public Notary
Félix Jara Cadot under repertoire Nr 10,168/2014. An extract of such deed was registered before the Registry of Commerce of the
Real Estate Conservator of Santiago at pages 32,751, number 20,448 of year 2014 and published in the Official Gazette on May 8,
2014. Due to the late registration and publication of the Chilean OpCo incorporation, a remediation deed was granted on October 28,
2014 before the Public Notary Félix Jara Cadot under repertoire Nr 33,842/2014. An extract of this deed was registered before the
Registry of Commerce of the Real Estate Conservator of Santiago at pages 82,485, number 50,289 of year 2014 and published in the
Official Gazette on November 8, 2014. |
| 1.4.3.3 | The current capital stock of the Chilean OpCo is of Pesos chilenos 359,848,125, represented in
1,121 shares, ordinary, nominative, of a same class, without nominal value, fully subscribed and paid-in. |
| 1.4.3.4 | The shares of the Chilean OpCo are free from any Liens and/or encumbrances (including any right -whether
exercisable now or in the future and whether contingent or otherwise) to call for the conversion, issue, sale or transfer, redemption
or repayment of any share or any other security giving rise to a right over or an interest in, the share capital of the Chilean OpCo. |
| 1.4.3.5 | The Company owns 100% of the equity interests of the Chilean OpCo. |
| 1.4.3.6 | The Company has complied with all filings and registrations required under the laws of Chile to be a shareholder
of the Chilean OpCo. |
| 2. | PART B – BUSINESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
To the Sellers’ Knowledge, the information
contained in this SCHEDULE 9 to the Agreement, as well as all written and verbal information given to the Buyer and its professional advisers
in relation to the Shares, the Company and the Business including their assets, is true, complete, accurate and not misleading and no
material information has been omitted or hidden.
In each instance as relevant, the business representations
and warranties herein are limited by the information contained in the document titled “Disclosure Schedule” attached
to this SCHEDULE 9 and incorporated herein, including its exhibits which are referenced in the below Sections of this Schedule 9 . Each
representation and warranty, to the extent of any contrary information expressed in the Disclosure Schedule is qualified, modified, conditioned,
and limited as is consistent with the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule and the Exhibits referenced below and attached
to the Disclosure Schedule.
“Sellers’ Knowledge”
refers to the actual knowledge of the Founders or any Investors at the time in question or to the Founders’ constructive knowledge
at the time in question only to the extent that Founder 1 or Founder 2 should have known the information consistent with their legal duties
of reasonable care, good faith, and diligence in their actual roles as a director or officer Viapool Inc. or the OpCos.
| 2.2 | Articles of association, statutory books and other corporate matters |
| 2.2.1 | The statutory books, books of accounts and other records of any kind whatsoever of the Viapool Entities
required by the applicable laws: (1) are maintained in accordance with applicable laws on a proper and consistent basis; (2) contain
true, up-to-date and complete records of the matters required to be contained in such books and records; and (3) all the corporate
resolutions required to be registered at public registries and the documents required to be delivered by law have been properly registered
and delivered, except as is otherwise stated herein or the Disclosure Schedule. |
| 2.2.2 | The governing bodies of the Viapool Entities, as well as all their attorneys-in-fact, have managed the
Viapool Entities in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with applicable statutory and legal provisions, and have carried
out their duties and position with the diligence and loyalty required by the law. |
| 2.2.3 | The Viapool Entities are not a party to joint ventures, partnership or profit-sharing agreements, temporary
co-operative companies or associations of economic interests, any shareholders’ agreement or similar arrangement. |
| 2.2.4 | The Viapool Entities (i) do not own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other
corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, association, or other business entity (other than the OpCos)
and (ii) do not have the benefit of any option or agreement to acquire all or any part of the share or loan capital or other securities
of any other corporate body. |
| 2.2.5 | The current articles of incorporation, by-laws or constitutional documents of the Viapool Entities are
in the same form as those filed at the public registries of the relevant jurisdiction (to the extent such documents are required to be
registered publicly). No resolutions modifying the articles of incorporation of the Viapool Entities are pending to be registered. The
By-Laws of the Company are those adopted on July 2, 2020, and they have not been amended. |
| 2.3.1 | The Sellers have delivered to the Buyer the Viapool Entities’ consolidated unaudited balance sheet,
income statement and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended 2020 (the "Financial Statements"). |
| 2.3.2 | By the date of the Completion Notice, Sellers shall have provided to the Buyer and shall add to this Agreement
as Exhibit 2.3.2 a partial unaudited financial statement covering the period ending October 31 ,2021 (the “2021
Financial Statements”). |
| 2.3.3 | As of the date of the Completion Notice, the Financial Statements and the 2021 Financial Statements shall
have been prepared in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) show a true and fair view of the assets and financial situation of
the Viapool Entities, as well as profit and loss on operations carried out in the period to which the Financial Statements relate in accordance
with requirements of the applicable law and international financial reporting standards(“IFRS”). |
| 2.3.4 | The Viapool Entities’ liabilities or obligations (actual or contingent, accrued or un-accrued) to
third parties, debts, bonds, guarantees or securities are only those accounted for in the Financial Statements or disclosed in the Disclosure
Schedule. |
Since the date of the Financial Statements up
to the Closing Date, except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule:
| 2.4.1 | Each Viapool Entity has carried on its Business as a going concern in the ordinary course of business
in all material respects. They have not engaged in any conduct outside of the ordinary course of business to increase their liabilities
with third parties; |
| 2.4.2 | All transactions between each Viapool Entity and each of the Sellers have taken place substantially in
a manner and on terms substantially consistent with previous practice and, in any case, on an arm's length basis; |
| 2.4.3 | The Viapool Entities have not borrowed any money, except for any borrowing outstanding before the date
of the 2021 Financial Statements; |
Viapool Entities have not changed their
accounting procedures, principles or practices; have not amended its practices of managing their working capital including not seeking
to defer payments to creditors or seeking to accelerate collections from debtors other than in accordance with consistent past practice;
| 2.4.4 | The Viapool Entities have not settled any claims or litigation, arbitration or similar proceedings, except
for the settlement of the judiciary claim initiated by Obra Social Conductores de Remises Autos al Instante y Afines against Viapool
SRL; and |
| 2.4.5 | the Viapool Entities have not entered into any agreement, commitment with any third party or failed to
comply with, breached, amended, changed, rescinded or in any manner altered the material terms and conditions of any material contract
to which each Viapool Entity is a party, and there are no obligations to execute or approve new agreements or contracts, except as may
be expressly disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule. |
| 2.4.6 | In particular, except as expressly stated herein or in the Disclosure Schedule, no Leakage has occurred
from the date of the Financial Statements 2021. |
For the purposes of this Section, the
expression "Leakages" used in relation to the Company, means:
| • | payment of any amount (as dividend or other type
of distribution –whether in cash or in kind–, return of contributions or payment for services) by any Viapool Entity to the
Sellers or to any Connected Person to the Sellers. |
| • | any return of capital (whether by reduction of
capital or redemption or purchase of shares or otherwise) by any Viapool Entity or any amount payable on the repurchase, repayment, redemption,
reduction or cancellation of any share capital, loan capital or other securities of any of the Viapool Entities, |
| • | purchase or sale of any asset by the Viapool
Entities, on the one hand, and the Sellers or any Connected Person to the Sellers on the other, |
| • | assumption of liabilities or obligations by the
Viapool Entities relating to the Sellers or any Connected Person to the Sellers (including any management, service or other charges or
fees paid (or agreed to be paid) to the Sellers or any Connected Person to the Sellers). |
| • | waiver of any amount or right by the Viapool
Entities in favor of the Sellers, any Connected Person to the Sellers, |
| • | any payment of or promise to pay interest or
principal in respect of any indebtedness owed by the Viapool Entities in favor of the Sellers, or of any Connected Person to the Sellers, |
| • | any payment of any costs, bonuses or other sums
by the Viapool Entities in favor of the Sellers, or of any Connected Person to the Sellers. |
| • | any guarantee, indemnity or security provided
by any Viapool Entity in respect of the obligations or liabilities of the Sellers, or of any Connected Person to the Sellers, |
| • | any other liabilities incurred (whether in cash
or kind) or benefits conferred by any Viapool Entity in favor of the Sellers, or of any Connected Person to the Sellers, |
| • | any payments made, or liabilities incurred, by
any Viapool Entity with respect to any director or any third party in connection with or relating to this Agreement (including any transaction
or retention bonuses or management or advisers’ fees payable in connection with the transaction contemplated in this Agreement). |
| • | increase or reduce the Viapool Entities’
corporate capital, issue new shares, debentures or any other security or right which permits acquisition or subscription of shares in
any Viapool Entity; |
| • | sell, transfer, or create any encumbrance over the Shares of the Company,
or the shares / quotas of the OpCos; |
| • | undertake any item of capital expenditure or
acquisitions of any type out of the ordinary course of business; |
| • | make any payment or borrow any amount to the
Sellers or its Connected Persons or to any third person out of the ordinary course of business; |
| • | enter into any agreement to incur any borrowings
or incurring any debt in the nature of borrowings; |
| • | any payment, accrual and/or recognition of the
right to payment of any emoluments, fees, fees, bonuses, incentive plans, pensions, allowances, insurance, services or the assumption
of costs or expenses on behalf of any of the Sellers or their Connected Persons or by reason of this Agreement; |
| • | commence or settle any litigation, arbitration
or other proceedings by any Viapool Entity where the potential or actual amount of the dispute is greater than $10,000; or |
| • | any expenses as a consequence of any of the actions above referred. |
| • | In general, enter into any agreement or dispose the Viapool Entities’
assets or assume liabilities out of the ordinary course of business. |
The Term Leakages excludes Permitted
Leakages. For these purposes "Permitted Leakages" means:
| o | any ordinary payment, up to $ 10,000 per month; and |
| o | any Leakages previously approved in writing by the Buyer. |
| 2.5 | Assets, Property & Permits |
| 2.5.1 | Other than as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity possesses valid legal title over
the machinery, equipment, fittings, and other moveable assets used in its operations, and it maintains them in proper and safe working
order, ensuring that they are adequate for the purposes for which they are required in the terms established in the applicable legislation.
The physical and intangible assets (to the exclusion of financial assets) of the Company and the OpCos are set forth on Exhibit 2.5.1. |
| 2.5.2 | Viapool SRL is the legal owner of the following Apps (for iOS and Android): (i) the passenger App
named “Viapool Charters - Usuario” available in Argentina, (ii) the driver App named “Viapool Charters - Conductor”,
used for the provision of mobility services, available in Argentina, iii) the passenger App named “Viapool Charters - Usuario”
available in Chile; (iv) the driver App named “Viapool Charters - Conductor”, used for the provision of mobility services,
available in Chile; (v) the driver App named “Viapool Socios” available in Argentina; (vi) passenger App named “Viapool
Remises”, available in Argentina; and (vii) the App named “Viapool Tracker”, available in Argentina. Viapool SRL
is the legal owner of the web-based management module, as well as of the back-end, architecture, algorithms, simulator, data reports and
map data set. Those Apps are in good working order. |
| 2.5.3 | Permits: Each Viapool Entity has all the valid licenses, permits, records and administrative authorizations
or similar titles required in order to legally possess and operate the aforementioned machinery, equipment and other moveable assets. |
| 2.5.4 | The property and assets that each Viapool Entity owns are free and clear of all mortgages, deeds of trust,
liens, loans and encumbrances, except for statutory liens for the payment of current taxes that are not yet delinquent and encumbrances
and liens that arise in the ordinary course of business and do not materially impair the Company’s ownership or use of such property
or assets. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Viapool Entity is in compliance with such leases and holds a valid
leasehold interest free of any liens, claims or encumbrances other than those of the lessors of such property or assets. The Viapool Entities
do not own any real property. |
| 2.6.1 | Exhibit 2.6.1. contains a list all material agreements to which the Viapool Entities are a
party; |
| 2.6.2 | Each material agreement to which a Viapool Entity is a party is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and
is in full force and effect, and will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect under the same terms
after the consummation of the transaction hereunder; |
| 2.6.3 | The formalization of the Transaction, does not imply a breach or cause for termination of any material
agreement to which a Viapool Entity is a party; |
| 2.6.4 | Except as may be stated on the Disclosure Schedule, no material agreement to which a Viapool Entity is
a party contains a change of control clause, change of ownership structure or similar clause that could be triggered as a consequence
of the execution of the transaction, and to the extent such a clause exists, it has been waived by the date of the Completion Notice;
and |
| 2.6.5 | No Viapool Entity has breached any of the material agreements to which it is a party and, to the Sellers’
Knowledge, no counterparty to any such contract has performed a material breach. |
| 2.7.1 | There are no outstanding accounts: (1) loans made by the Viapool Entities to, or debt owing to the
Viapool Entities by, the Sellers or any director of the Viapool Entities or any Connected Person with them; nor (2) any agreement
or arrangement to which a Viapool Entity is a party and in which the Sellers or any director of the Viapool Entities appointed by the
Sellers or any Connected Person to the Seller has an interest. |
| 2.7.2 | There is no outstanding guarantee, indemnity, or security given by the Viapool Entities for the benefit
of the Sellers, any director of the Viapool Entities or any Connected Person to them. |
| 2.8.1 | Each of the Viapool Entities has complied with all applicable tax law and regulations in relation to all
tax periods open to inspection and are up-to-date with all required tax payments and filing of declarations, returns, withholdings, information
disclosures or any other obligations pursuant to any applicable tax law or regulation, as well as any other fees, duties or payments to
any governmental authority or agency or to any third party as may be required in connection with the Transaction. |
| 2.8.2 | No tax audits, inspections or verification procedures are being carried out in relation to periods prior
to Closing. |
| 2.8.3 | The income tax reporting and payment by the Company is fully in force and in compliance with law and each
Viapool Entity has in its possession all supporting documents to evidence this, including where such rights may arise from any periods
that are now time barred. |
| 2.8.4 | All transactions and agreements entered into by each Viapool Entity and any current or past associated
enterprises, local affiliates or any third party have been and are on fully arm's length terms, except in the limited circumstances stated
on the Disclosure Schedule. Other than as stated in the Disclosure Schedule, there are no circumstances which could cause any Tax Authority
to make any adjustment for Tax purposes, or require any such adjustment to be made, to the terms on which any such transaction is treated
as taking place. Each Viapool Entity has maintained the transfer pricing documentation and records in relation to any related party payments
as required under applicable laws and regulations |
| 2.8.5 | There are no encumbrances upon any properties or assets of the Viapool Entities arising from any failure
or alleged failure to pay any Tax. |
| 2.8.6 | Other than as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity has materially fulfilled the obligations
legally incumbent in relation to any subcontractors engaged during the years open to tax inspection, in full compliance with the applicable
law (including but not limited to grounds, verification of fulfilment of tax, salary and social security obligations by contractor and/or
subcontractor companies). |
| 2.8.7 | No Viapool Entity has any permanent establishments (“PEs”), including fixed place PEs,
service PEs, sales agent PEs, digital PEs and/ or any other forms of taxable presence outside the jurisdiction of incorporation. |
| 2.9 | Employment and social security aspects |
| 2.9.1 | The employees and non-driver independent service providers of each Viapool Entity, at the Execution Date,
are identified in Exhibit 2.9.1, which states their tenure with the Company, yearly gross earnings and remuneration, and whether
their employment contracts are fixed, part-time or of any other type. Between the date of the Completion Notice and the Closing, no negotiations
or change whatsoever has taken place or is under way regarding these conditions and there is no undertaking whatsoever to carry out any
changes, unless disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule. |
| 2.9.2 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity currently complies and has at all
times complied with the obligations relating to employment, Social Security, health and safety, and pensions undertakings set out in the
applicable legislation and/or relevant collective agreement, and in the individual contracts it has signed with its employees. |
| 2.9.3 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity complies with relevant regulations
relating to subcontracting and self- employees and, to the knowledge of the Seller, there is no reason why employees of their subcontractors
or the self-employees could claim the benefit of a contract of employment with any Viapool Entity. |
| 2.9.4 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity is up-to-date in the payment of all
amounts which are payable, to workers who currently offer their services to such Viapool Entity, or who have in the past offered their
services to the Viapool Entity, both directly and indirectly, either as employees or via third parties, as members of the board of directors,
agents, representatives, etc. |
| 2.9.5 | The only Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), covenant or collective agreement applicable or which,
by agreement, should be currently applied to the employees in Argentina is CCT No. 773/2019, but only to the extent mentioned
in the CBA and as agreed privately with the labor union as set forth in substance in the Disclosure Schedule. |
| 2.9.6 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity pays the employees' wages in the proper
manner and amount in accordance with the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement and applicable legislation. |
| 2.9.7 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity is up to date in its payment of the
necessary Social Security contributions and/or other similar charges, pursuant to the legislation in force and in the due amounts and
has submitted its contribution payment reports and all the other required documentation, in the manner and within the time periods established
to this end in the legislation in force. No failure to make payment, delay or deferral payments or deposited contributions for a lower
amount than is due has taken place, nor has any administrative debt claim for contributions, sanctions or settlements been filed regarding
non-compliance with Social Security obligations. Each Viapool Entity has withheld and paid to the appropriate governmental entity or is
holding for payment not yet due to such governmental entity all amounts required to be withheld from employees of the Company and/or any
other natural or judicial person and is not liable for any arrears of wages, taxes, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with
any of the foregoing. |
| 2.9.8 | Each Viapool Entity has drawn up and signed its employment contracts in full compliance with all legal
and regulatory requirements and in compliance with the end purpose inherent to the type of contract used in each case. The temporary status
clauses of the temporary employment contracts are correctly founded in accordance with the regulations applicable to each type of contract. |
| 2.9.9 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, no covenant or commitment exists by virtue of which a
Viapool Entity is bound to pay any severance or compensation whatsoever for contractual resolution in an amount greater than the corresponding
legal severance provided for laws in each particular case. |
| 2.9.10 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Viapool Entities have not agreed any special covenants
in the employment contracts, such as exclusivity, permanence and post contractual non-compete clause. |
| 2.9.11 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Viapool Entities have not agreed any compensation
with any individual linked to the Viapool Entities by a commercial or employment relationship in case the requirements described take
place or a transaction of this nature. |
| 2.9.12 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has complied and continues to comply with
all Employment Law rules regarding work time registration and overtime. |
| 2.9.13 | No employee is entitled to receive any benefit derived from the exercise of any right or option under
a stock option plan or share plan from any Viapool Entity. |
| 2.9.14 | No particular profit sharing and/or other performance related incentive schemes exist which are not state
or mandatory schemes. |
| 2.9.15 | No internal or external pension schemes have been entered into by any Viapool Entity for the benefit of
its employees and the Viapool Entity does not have (nor ever has had) any liability regarding any pension scheme (whether defined benefit
or otherwise). |
| 2.9.16 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, which details the latest inflation adjustment received
by the personnel and a recategorization received by a small number of employees that received a raise, there have been no increases in
any salaries in the six (6) months prior to the date of this Agreement, nor any Viapool Entity has made any commitment to any of
its employees regarding an increase in their salaries or other remuneration or compensatory arrangements (including any bonus). |
| 2.9.17 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, there is no former employee of any Viapool Entity who
has a statutory or contractual right to be considered as an employee of the Viapool Entities. |
| 2.9.18 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, all employees of the Viapool Entities have been duly registered
as employees of the relevant Viapool Entity, with the relevant social security authorities and the Viapool Entity has complied with all
its respective social security contribution obligations within the prosecutable periods as at the date hereof and are up to date with
such obligations and with all the legal obligations regarding social security and tax withholdings. |
| 2.9.19 | No Viapool Entity has received any written notification regarding any pending labor conflict, including
strikes, work stoppages or collective claims in relation to its employees, nor are they aware of the existence of any judicial or
administrative proceedings (including inspection or verification proceedings by the Social Security) in progress in relation to labor,
social security or occupational risk prevention matters initiated in which the Viapool Entity is subject. |
| 2.9.20 | No claims or actions being brought or pending on behalf of any employees or former employees against a
Viapool Entity or other employees of the Viapool Entity have been notified to the Viapool Entity or are expected to be notified at the
Execution Date. |
| 2.9.21 | Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Viapool Entity has always complied with all Laws
regarding employee representation by labor unions and in relation to any obligations to furnish information or to consult with employees
and/or employee representatives. |
| 2.9.22 | Each Viapool Entity complies with and has complied with any applicable Health and Safety Legislation regarding
workplace safety. |
| 2.9.23 | Each Viapool Entity has complied in all material respects with all applicable state and federal equal
employment opportunity laws and with other laws related to employment, including those related to wages, hours, worker classification
and collective bargaining. |
| 2.10 | Protection of personal data |
| 2.10.1 | Each Viapool Entity has complied and complies with all the legal obligations set out in the applicable
laws and regulations regarding protection of personal data and the collection and use of personal data. |
| 2.10.2 | All agreements executed by each Viapool Entity with customers and implying processing by the Viapool Entity
of data controlled by its customers include the necessary specifications and undertakings in application of the applicable privacy Laws
and regulations. |
| 2.10.3 | All agreements executed by a Viapool Entity with subcontractors implying access by the latter to data
controlled by the customers of the Company include the necessary specifications and undertakings in application of the applicable privacy
Laws and regulations and have been duly authorized by the corresponding customers. |
| 2.10.4 | All data subjects whose data are processed by the Viapool Entity as data controller (i) have been
provided by the Viapool Entity with the appropriate transparency notice and description of the processing of their data by the Viapool
Entity in accordance with applicable privacy Laws and regulations and (ii), when appropriate, have duly consented to such processing.
These data subjects who have been informed include customers of the Viapool Entity, potential customers, employees, applicants and subcontractors. |
| 2.10.5 | Each Viapool Entity has in place protocols (i) for auditing its own compliance with the applicable
privacy Laws and regulations, (ii) for dealing with security breaches and notifying them to the appropriate supervising authorities,
(iii) for complying with data subjects’ requests relating to their rights; and (iv) for complying with personal data retention
and erasure principles; all of it in accordance with the requirements with the applicable privacy Laws and regulations. |
| 2.10.6 | Each Viapool Entity has fully complied with all registration and documentation requirements under the
applicable data protection Laws and regulations and keep traceable proceedings regarding the handling of personal data. |
| 2.10.7 | Each Viapool Entity has, at all times, taken appropriate security measures against unauthorized access
to, or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of, personal data and against all other unlawful forms of processing and has
taken all reasonable steps to ensure that its employees, contractors and other relevant persons have been made aware of and comply with
such security measures. |
| 2.10.8 | Viapool Entity has not (a) received any enforcement notices, information notices or prohibition notices
from any data protection agency or regulatory or enforcement body in any jurisdiction, (b) received any written notice from any data
protection agency or regulatory or enforcement body in any jurisdiction alleging non-compliance by the Viapool Entity with applicable
data protection Laws and regulations or (c) received any written notice from the any data protection agency or regulatory or enforcement
body in any jurisdiction alleging a data subject has filed a complaint against it. |
| 2.10.9 | No claims or actions by third parties has been submitted against any Viapool Entity and no inspections
or audits have been initiated by the public authorities, for the breach of any obligations in relation to personal data protection by
the Viapool Entities. |
| 2.10.10 | The use by or on behalf of the Viapool Entities of any data, including any personal information, does
not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate the rights of any Person or otherwise violate any applicable Law. |
| 2.11 | Intellectual and Industrial Property |
| 2.11.1 | All the trading names, trademarks, patents and other intellectual or industrial property rights regularly
used by the Viapool Entities, as well as, intellectual property rights on the software and computer programs, (including without limitation
the backend that manages requests, the algorithm, the systems status of the dashboard and the driver and customer simulator, any other
programs, improvements and updates) and applications (including driver and customer applications), all of it the “Viapool Entities’
IP Rights”, belong to the Viapool Entities for the territory of the whole universe, on an unlimited and perpetual basis, royalty-free,
including any extensions and/or renewals, for the maximum extent permitted in Law, and have been duly registered in its name, and their
use has not been subject to license or permanent or temporary assignment to any third party. All the Viapool Entities’ IP Rights
are solely, legally and beneficially owned by the Viapool Entities free from any encumbrance. In addition, the Viapool Entities are in
a position to provide sufficient evidence of the existence, ownership, and chain of title of the Viapool Entities’s IP Rights so
as to be able to defeat any challenge t to the Viapool Entities’s IP Rights and/or ownership. |
| 2.11.2 | The Viapool Entities’ IP Rights are valid and maintained. |
| 2.11.3 | Each Viapool Entity complies with the legal requirements to maintain in force the ownership of the Viapool
Entities’ IP Rights as well as to continue using said Viapool Entities’ IP Rights and, in particular, is up-to-date in its
payment of all royalties and fees on the Viapool Entities’ IP Rights. In addition, each Viapool Entity has prudently pursued all
the necessary procedures in order to safeguard and protect any intellectual property not registered to the Viapool Entity. |
| 2.11.4 | The Viapool Entities’ IP Rights: (i) are being used in compliance with the laws, contracts
and agreements applicable to the Viapool Entities’ IP Rights; (ii) do not infringe or misappropriate any intellectual or industrial
property right owned by any third party; and (iii) to the best of the Sellers’ knowledge, no third party has infringed, misappropriated,
challenged the validity or enforceability, or carried out an unauthorized use of any Viapool Entities’ IP Rights. The Viapool Entities
do not use or incorporate any open-source software in any of the Viapool Entities' IP Rights and/or products made available to customers. |
| 2.11.5 | The terms of the licenses and agreements relating to the intellectual and industrial property and software
programs used by each Viapool Entity (the “Licensed-In IP Rights”) are valid, binding and currently in force. No Viapool
Entity has breached any terms of these licenses and/or agreements, no dispute has arisen in this regard, and is entitled to use all the
programs, trademarks, patents, utility models and intellectual and industrial property rights that it uses in the course of its business. |
| 2.11.6 | The owned Viapool Entities’s IP Rights and the Licensed-In IP Rights are the only IP Rights required
by the Viapool Entities to carry on their business. The Viapool Entities’ business further, does not depend on the maintenance of
any Licensed-In IP Rights which cannot be substituted for another license generally available in the market. |
| 2.11.7 | Where a Viapool Entity has assigned any IP Rights in a project developed by it to a customer, this does
not restrict its ability to carry on its business or provide the same or similar products and services for any other person, and its business
does not infringe the rights so assigned. |
| 2.11.8 | The Viapool Entities’ IP Rights have been created or developed by employees of the Viapool Entities
and contractors on written terms vesting ownership of those IP Rights in the Viapool Entities and full ownership in the IP Rights developed
by such employees and contractors has been transferred to the Viapool Entities without restrictions. No employee, contractor or former
employee or contractor of the Viapool Entities, or any third party or any of the Sellers, entitled to claim or has made a claim it has
any rights in relation to the Viapool Entities’ IP Rights. |
| 2.11.9 | As set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, aach Viapool Entity has at all times taken reasonable industry
standard measures to protect the confidentiality of its Trade Secrets and other IP Rights. |
| 2.11.10 | No Viapool Entity has infringed any third party intellectual or industrial property rights and there are
no claims outstanding in this regard. |
| 2.11.11 | No government funding, facilities of a university, college, other educational institution or research
center, or funding from third parties was used in the development of any Viapool Entities’ Intellectual Property. No Person who
was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Viapool Entities’ IP Rights, has performed services for
the government, university, college, or other educational institution or research center in a manner that would affect the Viapool Entities’
IP Rights. |
| 2.11.12 | Exhibit 2.11.12 lists all patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, service mark applications, tradenames, registered copyrights, and licenses to and under any of the foregoing, in each case
owned by each Viapool Entity. |
| 2.12.1 | Each Viapool Entity (i) has obtained (and remain in force) all the insurance policies necessary to
comply with its legal and contractual obligations and to cover their assets and day-to-day activities and (ii) has paid all corresponding
premiums on such insurance policies in accordance with their respective terms. |
| 2.12.2 | No Viapool Entity has made any claim under any such insurance policies which is still outstanding and
in respect of which any insurer has refused coverage. |
| 2.12.3 | Exhibit 2.11.3 lists insurance policies maintained by the Company. |
No Viapool Entity is indebted, directly or indirectly,
to any of its directors, officers or employees or to their respective spouses or children or to any Affiliate of any of the foregoing,
other than in connection with expenses or advances of expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business or employee relocation expenses
and for other customary employee benefits made generally available to all employees. None of the Viapool Entities’ directors, officers
or employees, or any members of their immediate families, or any Affiliate of the foregoing are, directly or indirectly, indebted to any
Viapool Entity or, have any (i) material commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting, charitable or familial relationship
with any of the Viapool Entities’ customers, suppliers, service providers, joint venture partners, licensees and competitors, (ii) direct
or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Viapool Entity is affiliated or with which the Viapool Entity has
a business relationship, or any firm or corporation which competes with the Viapool Entity except that directors, officers, employees
or stockholders of a Viapool Entity may own stock in (but not exceeding two percent (2%) of the outstanding capital stock of) publicly
traded companies that may compete with a Viapool Entity; or (iii) financial interest in any material contract with a Viapool Entity.
| 2.14.1 | Each Viapool Entity complies in all material respects with all applicable laws and any licence, permission,
registration, filing, permit, certificate, approval, consent or other authorisation (public or private). |
| 2.14.2 | No Viapool Entity has received a notice from a public administration claiming that it lacks a licence,
permission, registration, filing, permit, certificate, approval, consent or other authorization (public or private) required for carrying
on its Business in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. |
| 2.14.3 | Each Viapool Entity holds all material licenses, permissions, registrations, filings, permits, certificates,
approvals, consents or other authorizations (public or private), required for carrying on its Business effectively in the places and in
the manner in which it is carried on at the date of this Agreement in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. |
| 2.15.1 | No claims or proceedings have been notified to any Viapool Entity with respect to any breach of environmental
laws relating to the Viapool Entity. |
| 2.15.2 | No Viapool Entity is aware of the existence of any environmental matters related to their business, at
or around any property thereof, which could: (a) give rise under any environmental law of the applicable jurisdiction to any fines,
penalties, losses, damages, expenses or other liabilities; (b) require the carrying out of any works; or (c) otherwise directly
or indirectly result in any material costs, losses or expenses being incurred; and no such events, actions or circumstances are likely
to arise. |
Neither the Viapool Entities nor any officer,
attorney, representative or agent of the Viapool Entities have either in private business dealings or in dealings with the public or government
sector directly or indirectly given, made, offered or received or agreed (either themselves or in agreement with others) to give, make
offer, or receive any payment, gift or other advantage which a reasonable person would consider to be unethical, illegal or improper,
or committed or attempted to commit (either themselves or in agreement with others) any other corrupt act.
| 2.16 | Litigation and judicial proceedings |
| 2.16.1 | Except as stated in the Disclosure Schedule, no Viapool Entity is involved in any judicial or arbitration
proceedings or proceedings processed by any other authority. There is no claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, complaint, charge
or investigation pending or to the Sellers’ knowledge, currently threatened (i) against any Viapool Entity or any officer,
director of the Viapool Entity or arising out of their employment or board relationship with the Viapool Entity; or (ii) that questions
the validity of the Transaction Documents or the right of the Company to enter into them, or to consummate the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. Neither a Viapool Entity nor its respective officers, directors is a party or is named as subject to the
provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality (in the case of officers
or directors, such as would affect the Viapool Entity). There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by a Viapool Entity pending
or which a Viapool Entity intends to initiate. The foregoing includes, without limitation, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
pending or threatened in writing (or any basis therefor known to a Viapool Entity) involving the prior employment of any of Viapool Entities’
employees, their services provided in connection with the Viapool Entities’ business, any information or techniques allegedly proprietary
to any of their former employers or their obligations under any agreements with prior employers. |
| 2.16.2 | Exhibit 2.17.2. lists all the legal disputes in which a Viapool Entity is a party. |
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
This Disclosure Schedule is made and given pursuant
to Section 9 and Schedule 9 of the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2021 (the “Agreement”),
by, between and among SWVL GLOBAL FZE, several existing shareholders of VIAPOOL INC. (the “Company”),
and the Company. This Disclosure Schedule and its exhibits, which shall be deemed material parts of the Disclosure Schedule, define or
limit the representations and warranties made by the Sellers in Schedule 9 of the Agreement (“Schedule 9”). Its exhibits
are numbered to correspond to certain numbered sections of Schedule 9. Despite the intended implication that exhibits are conceptually
linked to the similar numbered sections of Schedule 9, any facts and matters referenced and disclosed in any exhibit shall be deemed disclosed
and shall be understood to limit the terms of Schedule 9 consistent with their literal texts irrespective of whether the matters disclosed
align with similarly numbered section of Schedule 9. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings defined
in the Agreement, unless otherwise provided.
Nothing in this Disclosure Schedule is intended
to broaden the scope of any representation or warranty contained in the Purchase Agreement or to create any covenant. Inclusion of any
item in this Disclosure Schedule does not constitute a determination that such item: (1) is material or establish a standard of materiality,
(2) did not arise in the ordinary course of business, (3) are intended to benefit or be an admission to any third party concerning
such item. This Disclosure Schedule includes brief descriptions or summaries of certain agreements and instruments, copies of which are
available upon reasonable request.
EXHIBIT 2.3.2
TO THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 10-MONTH PERIOD ENDING
OCTOBER 31, 2021
To be provided as a Condition Precedent
EXHIBIT 2.5.1
TO THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
PHYSICAL AND TANGIBLE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY
Other than financial assets, the physical and
tangible assets of the Company are the following:
Motor Vehicles:
| • | Geely Emgrand X7 Sport. License plate number AE129RW |
| • | Geely Emgrand GS-GC. License plate number AE129RT |
Computers:
Make |
model |
type |
Serial number |
Lenovo |
80XV |
Notebook |
PFOXADDN |
Samsung |
Galaxy A01 |
Celular |
R58R20E21QT |
HP |
250 G7 |
Notebook |
CND0330N1Q |
Samsung |
Galaxy A01 |
Celular |
R8MNC011Y0J |
BGH |
E902 |
Notebook |
|
LG |
K8 |
Celular |
|
Motorola |
e5 plus |
Celular |
IMEI: 355559092246293 |
Lenovo |
81BN |
Notebook |
81BN0070AR |
Samsun |
J7 Prime |
Celular |
R28K41RKRLL |
LG |
W2243S-PFV |
Monitor |
111NSXTOT234 |
HP |
HP240 G6 |
Notebook |
C0BC53D27E6C |
Motorola |
E5 Plus |
Celular |
Imei: 355559092246343 |
LG |
K9 |
Celular |
Imei: 35345209275725 |
SAMSUNG |
A10 |
Celular |
imei:354725111353722 |
HP |
|
Notebook |
|
LG |
K9 |
Celular |
|
Leven |
ax-704 |
PC Escritorio |
|
LG |
K9 |
Celular |
Imei:353452093731996 |
ViewSonic |
VS13239 |
PC Escritorio |
Serie: RWS103601368 |
LG |
K20 |
Celular |
Imei:35677107442398 |
Samsung |
A01 |
Celular |
Imei: 350824453461369 |
Samsung |
j7 |
celular |
Imei 359964081593240 |
nsx |
omicron |
notebook |
00330-80000-00000-AA784 |
LG |
K20 |
Celular |
IMEI: 356277107530879 |
NSX |
omicron |
Notebook |
2921 |
LG |
22EA53V-P |
Monitor |
301NDDMGR370 |
LG |
K10 |
Celular |
|
Motorola |
E6s |
Celular |
353601111002208 |
Acer |
Aspire R3-131T |
Notebook |
NXG0ZSA0035310FA676600 |
Samsung |
j7 - prime |
Celular |
IMEI: 355764089221644 |
LG |
K9 |
Celular |
imei: 353452092713839 |
LG |
22ea53v-p |
Monitor |
|
Lenovo |
ideapag 330-15ikb |
notebook |
|
Furniture:
Description |
Quantity |
Candy chairs |
21 |
Frida wood Chairs |
5 |
Milo wood chairs |
6 |
Tolix chairs |
4 |
Operations desk |
4 |
Operations desk |
2 |
Operations table |
1 |
Meeting room table |
1 |
Lounge table |
1 |
Rolling drawers |
6 |
Kitchen table |
2 |
Chill out table |
1 |
Reception table |
1 |
Chill out bar / stand up work station |
1 |
Chill out couch |
1 |
Reception couch |
4 |
EXHIBIT 2.6.1
TO THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
The current material agreements of the Company,
including regular and material business relationships that are not in writing, are the following:
List of material clients:
Client |
Document |
• Peugeot Citröen Argentina S. A |
PO |
• ESPN SUR SRL |
Contract |
• S.C. Johnson & Son de Argentina S.A.I.C. |
Contract |
• INC S.A. |
Contract |
• Fresenius Medical Care Argentina S.A. |
Contract |
• Bayer S.A. |
Contract |
• Mondelez Argentina S.A. |
PO |
• Monsanto Argentina S.R.L. |
Contract |
• ID SUPPLY CHAIN S.A. |
PO |
• KIMBERLY-CLARK ARGENTINA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA |
PO |
• GESTAM ARGENTINA S.A. |
PO |
• SIEMENS INDUSTRIAL S.A. |
Contract |
• PAMPA ENERGÍA S.A. |
Contract |
• Unilever de Argentina S.A. |
PO |
• POLKA PRODUCCIONES S.A. |
PO |
• SIEMENS S.A. |
Contract |
• SAINT GOBAIN ARGENTINA S.A. |
Contract |
• FAURECIA ARGENTINA S.A. |
PO |
• Banco Santander Rio SA |
PO |
• ROYAL CANIN ARGENTINA SA |
PO |
• ARGENMAR S. A. |
PO |
• PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL SA |
PO |
• SAP Argentina S.A. |
PO |
• Nestle Argentina S.A. |
PO |
• SIEMENS MOBILITY S.A. |
Contract |
Other Material Commercial Agreements
(available upon request):
| • | Written lease for Buenos Aires office |
| • | Contract / lease for coworking space in Santiago, Chile |
| • | Settlement Agreement with Private Drivers’ Union “OBRA SOCIAL
DE CONDUCTORES DE REMISES Y AUTOS AL INSTANTE Y AFINES (O.S.C.R.A.I.A.)” |
| • | Services Agreement with Argentine Attorney |
| • | Services Agreement with Chile Attorney |
| • | Services Agreement with Argentina Accountant |
| • | Services Agreement with Chile Accountant |
| • | Services Agreement with USA Accountant |
| • | Services Agreements with Drivers of Private Vans & Buses (70) |
| • | Services Agreements with Drivers of Private Cars (100) |
| • | Services Agreements with Companies that Employ Drivers (20) |
EXHIBIT 2.9.1
TO THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
EMPLOYEES AND NON-DRIVER
SERVICE PROVIDERS OF VIAPOOL ENTITIES
Each of
the following persons (each, an “Employee”) have entered a Contrato
de Trabajo (the “Employment Contract”)
with one of the OpCos:
| 7. | VAN DER WERTH, ALDANA CAROLINA |
| 11. | SANDBERG HAEDO, MARIA EUGENIA |
| 13. | HARMANN, CLAUDIA MELINA |
| 14. | RUTIGLIANO, PABLO NICOLAS |
| 17. | GARCIA, FERNANDO MIGUEL |
| 19. | ALOMAR, AGOSTINA BELEN |
| 20. | CAMPELO, LEANDRO EZEQUIEL |
| 21. | CERLES, MARIANO EMANUEL |
| 23. | BERNARDINI, VERONICA BEATRIZ |
| 25. | MAZZOTTA, FLAVIA GISELA |
| 26. | ALBORNOZ ,DANIELA LUCILA |
| 27. | MIRANDA, CAROLINA AILIN |
| 28. | PAGNIEZ VERONICA MARIA |
| 30. | MENDONCA MARIA DE LA PAZ |
| 31. | CARMONA RIVEROS DAVID HERNAN |
| 32. | DURAN MENESES NICOLAS GUILLERMO |
| 33. | GARCIA BRICEÑO AMANDA GABRIELA |
| 34. | GONZALEZ RIQUELME JOHN |
| 35. | LUENGO QUEZADA MANUEL ALEJANDRO |
| 36. | HERNANDEZ VILLA EDUARDO ANDRES |
Each of
the following persons (each, a “Service Provider”) have entered a services
agreement as an independent contractor with one of the OpCos:
| 1. | Agustín Gutierrez Scussel |
EXHIBIT 2.11.12
TO DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Lists all patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, service mark applications, tradenames, registered copyrights, and licenses to and under any of the foregoing,
in each case owned by the Company.
The Company has registered the following trademarks and trademark applications:
Trademark |
Resolution |
Class No. |
Date of Application |
Country |
File Number |
Status |
Owner |
Viapool |
2542503 |
9 |
12172010 |
Argentina |
3054563 |
Registered on 11.30.2012 |
Viapool SRL |
Viapool |
2518220 |
42 |
12.17.2010 |
Argentina |
3054565 |
Registered on 11.30.2012 |
Viapool SRL |
Viapool
|
|
39 |
8.05.2021 |
Chile |
20210805125733751
|
PENDING |
Viapool SPA |
The Company has embedded the following open-source
technologies into some or all of its products: Java; Spring-boot; Spring Security; Hibernate; Maven; Angular 6; Typescript; Css; MySQL;
Android; Gradle; Nodejs; React native; Redux; Serverless; Lambda; and Php.
EXHIBIT 2.12.3
TO DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
INSURANCE
In addition to the compulsory labor law insurance, namely the Seguro
de Riesgos del Trabajo, Viapool SRL maintains insurance policies for:
| • | Directors’ Car Insurance; |
| • | Life insurance of the managing partners: Alejandro Taubas and Alejo Miragaya
(ZURICH); |
| • | Rental surety insurance; and |
| • | Surety bond for directorial liability. |
EXHIBIT 2.17.2
TO THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
LEGAL DISPUTES
Viapool SRL is currently a party to the following legal disputes:
Legal case: “GONGORA c/ LOTO CONZI
s/ DESPIDO”
Court: San Isidro Labor Court Nº 1
File Number: 36238/2019
Start Date: 22/10/2019
Claim: Severance pay. Labor relationship not regular.
Total amount of the claim: AR$1,500,000 (Argentinean Pesos)
Description:
Góngora claims that he was a driver for
a remis (similar to a taxi) agency (Fénix) that worked with Viapool SRL. Upon termination of the employment relationship
between him and Fénix, the plaintiff claims compensation for unrecorded overtime from the agency and claims Viapool SRL is jointly
and severally liable. The claimant does not have any support to demonstrate any link with Viapool SRL and himself, but the Argentine labor
justice tends to be pro-employee.
Legal case: “MORALES DE LA JARA c/ VIAPOOL s/ DESPIDO”
Court: First Instance National Labor Court Nº 32
File Number: 39441/19
Start Date: 30/10/2019
Claim: Redundancy payment. Claim on seniority not recognized
in the settlement.
Total amount of the claim: AR$1,800,000
Description:
Morales de la Jara is a former Viapool SRL employee
that was incorporated in 2015 as part of the merger with Safertaxi. He belonged to the Safertaxi staff between 2012 and 2015, and he quit
at the time of making the payroll transfer.
In 2018 he claimed us to recognize his seniority
since 2012, we denied it and he quit with a judicial claim in between. Viapool SRL’s chances of prevailing in this dispute are low.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Viapool SRL will strive to settle this matter at the lowest possible cost.
SCHEDULE 22
NOTICES
Notices to each of Parties shall be sent to the addresses and emails
indicated below that parties name below:
Mr. ALEJANDRO TAUBAS
Physical |
Address: Juan Pedro Echeverría 1200, Talar del Lago 1 L215, General Pacheco |
|
|
Email: |
alejandro.taubas@gmail.com |
Mr. ALEJO MATIAS MIRAGAYA
Physical |
Address: Las Palmas 3, Barrio La Alameda, Nordelta. CP 1670 |
|
|
Email: |
miralejo@gmail.com |
CLIN FONDO DE INVERSIÓN PRIVADO
Mr.JAMIE RIGGS and Mr. MANUEL RODRIGUEZ
Physical |
Address: Av. Parque Antonio Rabat 6165, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile. |
|
|
Email |
Jamie.riggs@fch.cl |
|
|
|
Manuel.Rodriguez@fch.cl |
Sellers other than A. Taubas, A. Miragaya , Jamie Riggs and Manuel
Rodríguez.:
Shall be deemed notified upon notification of Mr. Taubas , Mr. Miragaya,
Mr, Riggs and Mr. Rodríguez.
VIAPOOL INC.
Shall be deemed notified upon notification of both Mr. Taubas
and Mr. Miragaya
SWVL GLOBAL FZE
Physical |
2nd floor, building 4, One Central, DWTC, Dubai, UAE |
|
|
Email: |
Youssef.salem@swvl.com |
SWVL INC.
Physical |
2nd floor, building 4, One Central, DWTC, Dubai, UAE |
|
|
Email: |
Youssef.salem@swvl.com |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2022 (Report
No. 2)
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F
x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
CONTENTS
Results of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
On
December 13, 2022, Swvl Holdings Corp’s (the “Swvl”) convened its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
(the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, a quorum was present, and the shareholders of Swvl approved all agenda items that were described
in Swvl’s notice of meeting and proxy statement for the Meeting, which were included in Exhibit 99.1 to Swvl’s Report
of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K that Swvl furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 14,
2022.
This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by
reference into Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464), filed with the SEC, to be a part
thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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|
|
Date: December 14, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef Salem |
|
Name: |
Youssef Salem |
|
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2022 (Report
No. 3)
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate by
check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
CONTENTS
On December 30, 2022,
Swvl Holdings Corp’s (“Swvl”) issued a press release titled: “Swvl
Announces Commencement of Strategic Review Process.” A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (“Report”)
is incorporated by reference into Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents
or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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Date: December 30, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef
Salem |
|
Name: |
Youssef Salem |
|
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Swvl Announces Commencement of Strategic
Review Process
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
– December 30, 2022 – Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SWVL),
a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, today announced the formation of a special committee (the "Strategic
Committee") comprised of independent directors of the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board") to explore and
evaluate potential strategic alternatives that may be available to the Company. As part of the process, the Strategic Committee will
consider a full range of strategic alternatives including corporate sale, merger or other business combination, a sale of all or a portion
of the company’s assets, strategic investment, new debt or equity financings or other significant transaction (collectively, "Potential
Strategic Transactions").
The Strategic Committee
will manage all expressions of interest relating to any proposed Potential Strategic Transactions that may be forthcoming, and will work
with professional advisors to assess the fairness of Potential Strategic Transactions to shareholders and other stakeholders and make
recommendations to the Company's Board in respect of all such matters.
The Company has not set
a timetable for completion of the process and does not intend to comment further with respect to the strategic review process unless
and until it determines that additional disclosure is appropriate in the circumstances and in accordance with applicable securities laws.
While the Company intends
to evaluate all options fairly to maximize value for shareholders and other stakeholders, there can be no assurance that the strategic
review process will result in any transaction, or if a transaction is undertaken, as to its terms or timing.
The Company is taking these
measures amid the continuing uncertainty in the global economic environment and volatility in capital markets, which potentially impact
Swvl’s ability to generate sufficient cash from operating activities and external financings to fund working capital and service
its commitments. If the Company is unable to execute on any of these Potential Strategic Transactions or generate cash flows necessary
to expand its operations and invest in continued innovation, it may not be able to compete successfully, and may need to scale back or
discontinue parts or all of its operations in order to further reduce costs or seek bankruptcy protection.
In parallel to this process,
the Company will continue with previously announced and ongoing cost reduction measures including discontinuation of certain operations.
The discontinuation can take the form of liquidation or insolvency of local entities.
About Swvl
Swvl is a global provider of transformative tech-enabled
mass transit solutions, offering intercity, intracity, B2B and B2G transportation. The Company’s platform provides complimentary
semi-private alternatives to public transportation for individuals who cannot access or afford private options. Every day, Swvl’s
parallel mass transit systems are empowering individuals to go where they want, when they want – making mobility safer, more efficient,
accessible, and environmentally friendly. Customers can book their rides on an easy-to-use proprietary app with varied payment
options and access to high-quality private buses and vans.
For additional information about Swvl, please
visit www.swvl.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” relating to future events. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,”
“may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,”
“seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook” and similar expressions that predict or indicate
future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, statements regarding future events and other statements that are not historical facts.
These statements are based on the current expectations
of Swvl’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. For example, Swvl is using forward-looking statement in this
press release when it discusses Potential Strategic Transactions, certain measures it is taking with respect to its portfolio optimization
program and the potential the continuing uncertainty in the global economic environment and volatility in capital markets may impact
its ability to generate sufficient cash from operating activities and external financings to fund working capital and service its commitments,
and that it may need to scale back or discontinue parts or all of its operations in order to further reduce costs or seek bankruptcy
protection. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not
be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events
and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond
the control of Swvl. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Swvl’s business, and actual
results may differ materially. In addition, forward-looking statements provide Swvl’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future
events and views as of the date of this communication. Swvl anticipates that subsequent events and developments could cause Swvl’s
assessments and projections to change. However, while Swvl may elect to update these forward-looking statements in the future, Swvl specifically
disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Swvl’s assessments
as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon any forward-looking
statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Swvl undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. More detailed
information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's
annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
which is available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov,
and in subsequent SEC filings.
Contact
Youssef Salem
Swvl CFO
Investor.relations@swvl.com
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2023
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
CONTENTS
On January 4, 2023,
Mrs. Lone Fønss Schrøder, notified Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl”) of her resignation from her position as
a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) and as an independent member of the audit committee of Swvl. Mrs. Fønss
Schrøder’s resignation was not related to any disagreement with Swvl on any matter relating to Swvl’s operations,
policies or practices.
This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (“Report”)
is incorporated by reference into Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded
by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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|
Date: January 10, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef Salem |
|
Name: |
Youssef Salem |
|
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2023 (Report No. 2)
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F
x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
CONTENTS
Volt Lines Disposition
Effective
January 6, 2023, Swvl Holdings Corp’s (“Swvl”), as well as its subsidiary Swvl Global FZE, entered into a definitive
agreement with certain former shareholders (the “Former Volt Lines Shareholders”) of Volt Lines B.V. (“Volt Lines”),
a private company with limited liability duly incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and a Turkey-based B2B and Transport as a
Service mobility business, to unwind its previous acquisition of Volt Lines. The Former Volt Lines Shareholders are not obligated to retransfer
or cancel the tranche of their Swvl shares already received from the prior acquisition agreement.
Nasdaq Non-Compliance
Notice
On January 16, 2023,
Swvl issued a press release titled: “Swvl Receives Nasdaq Non-Compliance Notice.” A copy of this press release is furnished
herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (“Report”)
is incorporated by reference into Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents
or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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Date: January 17, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef Salem |
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Name: |
Youssef Salem |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Swvl Receives Nasdaq
Non-Compliance Notice
Dubai, United Arab
Emirates – January 16, 2023 – Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SWVL),
a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, today announced that on January 11, 2023, it received written
notice (the “Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) advising the Company that it was not in compliance
with Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) requiring companies listed on the Nasdaq Global Market to maintain a minimum market value of listed securities
of $50,000,000 (the “MVLS Requirement”). Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) requiring companies listed on the Nasdaq Global Market
to maintain a minimum market value of listed securities of $50,000,000. The Notice has no effect at this time on the listing of the Company's
ordinary shares, which continues to trade on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “SWVL.”
In accordance with Nasdaq
Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days, or until July 10, 2023 (the “Compliance Date”),
to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement. To regain compliance, the Company's minimum market value of listed securities must close
at $50,000,000 or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days prior to the Compliance Date. In the event the Company does not regain
compliance with the MVLS Requirement prior to the Compliance Date, Nasdaq will notify the Company that its securities are subject to delisting,
at which point the Company may appeal the delisting determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel.
The Company intends to
actively monitor its minimum market value of listed securities and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options to regain
compliance with the MVLS Requirement. The Company may also choose to transfer the listing of its ordinary shares to The Nasdaq Capital
Market. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), or maintain
compliance with any other listing requirements, or satisfy the requirements necessary to transfer the listing of its ordinary shares to
The Nasdaq Capital Market.
About Swvl
Swvl is a global provider of transformative tech-enabled
mass transit solutions, offering intercity, intracity, B2B and B2G transportation. The Company’s platform provides complimentary
semi-private alternatives to public transportation for individuals who cannot access or afford private options. Every day, Swvl’s
parallel mass transit systems are empowering individuals to go where they want, when they want – making mobility safer, more efficient,
accessible, and environmentally friendly. Customers can book their rides on an easy-to-use proprietary app with varied payment
options and access to high-quality private buses and vans.
For additional information about Swvl, please
visit www.swvl.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” relating to future events. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,”
“may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,”
“seek,” “future,” “outlook” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends
or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
future events and other statements that are not historical facts.
These statements are based on the current expectations
of Swvl’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. For example, Swvl is using forward-looking statement in this
press release when it discusses its ability to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement, its intentions to actively monitor its minimum
market value of listed securities, its plans to consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement,
and its intent to consider transferring the listing of its ordinary shares to The Nasdaq Capital Market. These forward-looking statements
are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee,
an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible
to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Swvl. These statements are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Swvl’s business, and actual results may differ materially. In addition,
forward-looking statements provide Swvl’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication.
Swvl anticipates that subsequent events and developments could cause Swvl’s assessments and projections to change. However, while
Swvl may elect to update these forward-looking statements in the future, Swvl specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing Swvl’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication.
Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon any forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Swvl undertakes
no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the
Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which is available on the SEC's website,
www.sec.gov, and in subsequent SEC filings.
Contact
Youssef Salem
Swvl CFO
Investor.relations@swvl.com
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2023 (Report No. 3)
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F x Form 40-F ¨
CONTENTS
Reverse Share Split
On
January 4, 2023, the board of directors of Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl” or the “Company”) approved a reverse stock
split of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), at the ratio of one-for-25 such
that every 25 issued Ordinary Shares would be combined into one ordinary share, with a par value of $0.0025 each (the “Reverse Share
Split”). The Company’s board of directors also approved an amendment and restatement to the Company's Memorandum and Articles
of Association (the “Amended and Restated M&A”), which are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. No shareholder approval
is required for the Reverse Share Split pursuant to the BVI Business Companies Act (as revised).
The Reverse Share Split is expected to be effective on January 25, 2023, following which the trading
of the Company’s Ordinary Shares will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on a split-adjusted basis start of trade on January
26, 2023. All options and warrants of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Share Split will be appropriately adjusted
by dividing the number of shares of the Ordinary Shares into which the options and warrants are exercisable or convertible by 25 and multiplying
the exercise or conversion price thereof by 25, as a result of the Reverse Share Split.
Press Release
On January 25, 2023,
the Company issued a press release titled: “Swvl Announces Reverse Share Split.”
A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2.
This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (“Report”)
is incorporated by reference into Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents
or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SWVL HOLDINGS CORP |
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Date: January 25, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Youssef Salem |
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Name: |
Youssef Salem |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Company no. 2070410
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Swvl Holdings Corp
Incorporated this 23rd
day of July 2021
Amended and Restated
on 30th day of March 2022
Amended and Restated
on 31st day of March 2022
Amended and Restated on [●] day of January 2023
Maples Corporate Services
(BVI) Limited
Kingston Chambers
PO Box 173
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Swvl Holdings Corp
| 1 | The
name of the Company is Swvl Holdings Corp. |
| 2 | The
Company is a company limited by shares. |
| 3 | The
first Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services
(BVI) Limited, Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
The Directors or Members may from time to time change the Registered Office of the Company
by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members. |
| 4 | The
first Registered Agent of the Company will be Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of
Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The Directors
or Members may from time to time change the Registered Agent of the Company by Resolution
of Directors or Resolution of Members. |
| 5 | 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 British
Virgin Islands. |
| 6 | The
liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member's shares. |
| 7 | The
Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 75,000,000 shares divided into two classes as
follows: |
| 7.1 | 20,000,000
Class A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0025 each (the "Class A
Common Shares"); and |
| 7.2 | 55,000,000
preferred shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the "Preference Shares"), |
each Share having
the rights and restrictions set out in the Memorandum and Articles.
| 8 | For
the purposes of section 9 of the Statute, any rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions
attaching to any of the Shares as provided for in the Memorandum and Articles are deemed
to be set out and stated in full in this Memorandum. |
| 9 | Each
Class A Common Share confers on the holder: |
| (a) | the
right to one vote on any Resolution of Members; |
| (b) | the
right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company in accordance with the Statute;
and |
| (c) | the
right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company. |
| 10 | The
Preference Shares shall have such rights as specified by the board of Directors pursuant
to the Resolution of Directors approving the issue of such Preference Share(s), and in any
such Resolution of Directors the board of Directors shall agree to amend and restate the
Memorandum and Articles to fully set out such rights and instruct the registered agent of
the Company to file the amended Memorandum and Articles with the Registrar. For the avoidance
of doubt, the Directors shall not require any approval of the Members in respect of the issuance
of Preference Shares, any amendments to the terms of Preference Shares and the related amendments
to the Memorandum and Articles. |
| 11 | Shares
may only be issued as registered shares and the Company is not authorised to issue bearer
shares. Registered shares may not be exchanged for bearer shares or converted to bearer shares. |
| 12 | Capitalised
terms that are not defined in this Memorandum bear the respective meanings given to them
in the Articles of Association of the Company. |
| 13 | Subject
to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may from time to time amend this Memorandum
or the Articles of Association by a Resolution of Members passed by a supermajority or by
a Resolution of Directors. |
We, Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of
Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in our capacity as registered agent for the Company hereby
apply to the Registrar for the incorporation of the Company this 23rd day of July 2021.
Incorporator |
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(Signed: Denery Moses) |
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Denery Moses |
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Authorised Signatory |
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Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited |
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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Swvl Holdings Corp
| 1.1 | In
the Articles, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith: |
|
"Articles" |
means
these articles of association of the Company. |
|
"Auditor" |
means
the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any). |
|
"business
day" |
means
any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorised
or obligated by law to close in New York City. |
|
"Class A
Common Share" |
has
the meaning given to such term in the Memorandum. |
|
"Clearing
House" |
means
a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted
on a Recognised Exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction. |
|
"Company" |
means
the above named company. |
|
"Directors" |
means
the then current directors of the Company. |
|
"Distribution" |
means
any distribution (including an interim or final dividend). |
|
"Electronic
Record" |
has
the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act. |
|
"Electronic
Transactions Act" |
means
the Electronic Transactions Act, 2001 of the British Virgin Islands. |
|
"Exchange
Act" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8(c). |
|
"Material
Ownership Interests" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8(d). |
|
"Member" |
has
the same meaning as in the Statute. |
|
"Memorandum" |
means
the memorandum of association of the Company. |
|
"Other
Investments" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 45. |
|
"Preference
Share" |
has
the meaning given to such term in the Memorandum. |
|
"Proposing
Person" |
shall
mean the following persons: (i) the Member or Requisitioning Members of record providing the notice of Director Nomination(s) or
other business proposed to be brought before a general meeting, and (ii) the beneficial owner(s), if different, on whose behalf
the Director Nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought before a general meeting is made. |
|
"Recognised
Exchange" |
means
an exchange that is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges or an exchange that is recognised by the BVI Financial Services
Commission by notice published in the Government of the Virgin Islands Official Gazette including, but not limited to, the New York
Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. |
|
"Register
of Members" |
means
the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute. |
|
"Registered
Agent" |
means
the then current registered agent of the Company. |
|
"Registered
Office" |
means
the then current registered office of the Company. |
|
"Resolution
of Directors" |
means:
(a) a resolution passed by a majority
of votes of the Directors or a majority of votes of the members of a committee of the Directors as, being entitled to do so, vote
at a meeting of the Directors or a meeting of a committee of the Directors, unless a higher threshold is required pursuant to the
Memorandum or the Articles; or
(b) a resolution in writing signed by
all of the Directors or all of the members of a committee of the Directors. |
|
"Resolution
of Members" |
means a resolution passed by a majority of
votes of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of
the Members unless a higher threshold is required pursuant to the Memorandum or the Articles (it being understood that, unless otherwise
provided in the Memorandum or the Articles, absent Members, Members who are present but do not vote, blanks and abstentions shall
not be counted for purposes of determining if a majority has been obtained).
For the avoidance of doubt, a Resolution
of Members may not be consented to in writing and section 88 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company. |
|
"Seal" |
means
the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal. |
|
"SEC" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 3.1. |
|
"Share" |
means
a Common Share or a Preference Share in the Company and includes a fraction of such share in the Company. |
|
"Solicitation
Statement" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8(e). |
|
"Statute" |
means
the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 of the British Virgin Islands. |
|
"Specified
Party" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 45. |
|
"Synthetic
Equity Interest" |
shall
mean any transaction, agreement or arrangement (or series of transactions, agreements or arrangements), including, without limitation,
any derivative, swap, hedge, repurchase or so-called "stock borrowing" agreement or arrangement, the purpose or effect
of which is to, directly or indirectly: (a) give a person or entity economic benefit and/or risk similar to ownership of shares
of any class or series of the Company, in whole or in part, including due to the fact that such transaction, agreement or arrangement
provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any increase or decrease in the value of any shares
of any class or series of the Company, (b) mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk of or manage the risk of share price changes
for, any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of the Company, (c) otherwise provide in any manner
the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of the Company, or
(d) increase or decrease the voting power of any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of the Company. |
|
"Timely
Notice" |
has
the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8. |
|
"Treasury
Share" |
means
a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute. |
| (a) | words
importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; |
| (b) | words
importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender and words importing the feminine
gender include the masculine gender; |
| (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) | references
to provisions of any law shall be construed to include any rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder; |
| (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
Memorandum and Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature
as provided for in the Electronic Transactions Act; |
| (m) | section
8(2) of the Electronic Transactions Act 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; |
| (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; and |
| (p) | the
term "supermajority" in relation to a Resolution of Members means, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the definition of "Resolution of Members", a majority
of not less than seventy five (75) per cent. of the votes of all those entitled to vote on
the resolution regardless of how many actually vote or abstain, meaning that absent Members,
Members who are present but do not vote, blanks and abstentions shall be counted for the
purpose of determining if a supermajority has been obtained. |
| 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. |
| 2.2 | The
Directors may pay, out of any monies of the Company, all expenses incurred or sustained in
the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of incorporation. |
| 3.1 | Subject
to the Statute and 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 and regulations
of any applicable Recognised Exchange, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and/or any other competent regulatory authority 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 Distribution,
voting, return of investment or otherwise and to such persons, at such times, for such consideration,
and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the
Articles) vary such rights. A bonus share issued by the Company shall be deemed to have been
fully paid for on issue. |
| 3.2 | The
Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or instruments 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 may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised of whole or
fractional Shares, 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, upon such terms as the Directors
may from time to time determine. |
| 3.4 | Section 46
of the Statute does not apply to the Company. |
| 4.1 | The
Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with
the Statute. |
| 4.2 | Where
Shares are listed on a Recognised Exchange, the Directors may determine that the Company
shall maintain or cause to be maintained its Register of Members in such manner and form
as is customary for such Recognised Exchange. |
| 5 | Closing
Register of Members and Fixing Record Date |
| 5.1 | 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 Distribution, or
in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may provide
that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall
not in any case exceed forty (40) days. |
| 5.2 | 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 Distribution, or in order to
make a determination of Members for any other purpose. |
| 5.3 | 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 Distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or
the date on which the Resolution of Directors resolving to pay such 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 (unless otherwise provided by a
Resolution of Directors). |
| 6.1 | A
Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve by Resolution
of Directors 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 persons authorised by the Directors or shall be
given under Seal. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised
signature(s) or Seal 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. |
| 6.2 | 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. |
| 6.3 | 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
or sustained 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. |
| 6.4 | 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. |
| 7.1 | Subject
to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of his, her or its Shares
by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and
regulations of the applicable Recognised Exchange, the SEC 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 rights, options
or warrants. |
| 7.2 | The
instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf
of the transferor (and if registration as a holder of the Shares imposes a liability to the
Company on the transferee, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and contain the name
and address of the transferee. 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. |
| 7.3 | Where
Shares are listed on a Recognised Exchange, in accordance with section 54A of the Statute,
the Shares may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer if the
transfer is carried out in accordance with the law, rules, procedures and other requirements
applicable to shares listed on the Recognised Exchange and Articles 7.1 and 7.2 shall be
interpreted accordingly. |
| 8 | Redemption,
Repurchase and Surrender of Shares |
| 8.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Statute (save that sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Statute shall not
apply to the Company), the terms attached to Shares, as specified in the Memorandum and the
Articles, may provide for such Shares to be redeemed or to be liable to be redeemed at the
option of the Member or the Company on such terms as so specified. |
| 8.2 | Subject
to the provisions of the Statute (save that sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Statute shall not
apply to the Company), the Company may purchase or otherwise acquire its own Shares (including
any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree
with the relevant Member. |
| 8.3 | The
Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption, purchase or other acquisition of
its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute. |
| 8.4 | The
Company may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share including,
for the avoidance of doubt, a Treasury Share. Any such surrender shall be in writing and
signed by the Member holding the Share or Shares. |
Subject to the Statute, the Directors
may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, resolve by Resolution of Directors that such Share shall be held as
a Treasury Share.
| 10 | Commission
on Sale of Shares |
The Company may pay a commission to
any person in consideration of his, her or its 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, subject to the Statute, 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.
| 11 | 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.
| 12.1 | 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, her or its 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. |
| 12.2 | 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 due and payable, and
is not paid within fourteen (14) 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. |
| 12.3 | 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, her or its nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares
comprised in any such transfer, and he, she or it shall not be bound to see to the application
of the purchase money, nor shall his, her or its 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. |
| 12.4 | 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. |
| 13.1 | 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, and each Member shall (subject
to receiving at least fourteen (14) 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 or her notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares
in respect of which the call was made. |
| 13.2 | A
call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the Resolution of Directors authorising
such call was passed. |
| 13.3 | The
joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect
thereof. |
| 13.4 | 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 or sustained by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors
may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part. |
| 13.5 | An
amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date 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. |
| 13.6 | The
Company may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls,
or the interest to be paid. |
| 13.7 | The
Company may, by Resolution of Directors, if the Directors 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 or her, 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. |
| 13.8 | 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. |
| 14.1 | If
a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Company
may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days' notice
requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued
and any expenses incurred or sustained 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. |
| 14.2 | 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 Directors.
Such forfeiture shall include all Distributions or other monies payable in respect of the
forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. |
| 14.3 | 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. |
| 14.4 | 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. |
| 14.5 | 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, her or its 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. |
| 14.6 | 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 as if it had
been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
| 15.1 | If
a Member dies the survivor or survivors (where he, she or it was a joint holder) or his,
her or its legal personal representatives (where he, she or it was a sole holder), shall
be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his, her or its Shares.
The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of
any Share, for which he, she or it was a joint or sole holder. |
| 15.2 | 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 or her to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person
nominated by him or her registered as the holder of such Share. If he, she or it elects to
have another person registered as the holder of such Share he, she or it 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, her or its death or bankruptcy or liquidation
or dissolution, as the case may be. |
| 15.3 | 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 Distributions and other advantages to which he, she or it would be entitled if he, she
or it were the holder of such Share. However, he, she or it 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 or her 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, her or its 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 (90) days
of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles) the Directors
may thereafter withhold payment of all Distributions or other monies payable in respect of
the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. |
| 16 | Offices
and Places of Business |
Subject to the provisions of the Statute,
the Company may by Resolution of Directors change the location of its Registered Office and its Registered Agent, provided that the Company's
Registered Office shall at all times be the office of the Registered Agent. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain
such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.
| 17.1 | All
general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general
meetings. |
| 17.2 | The
Company may, but shall not be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual
general meeting, and, where called, 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
appoint. |
| 17.3 | The
Directors, by Resolution of Directors, or the chairman, if any, of the board of Directors,
acting alone, may, and the Directors shall upon receipt of a valid Members’ Requisition,
call general meetings. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the general meeting
or, solely with respect to an annual general meeting or an extraordinary general meeting
convened upon a Members’ Requisition, properly requested in accordance with Article 17.8,
may be considered or acted upon at a general meeting. In addition to the other requirements
set forth in the Articles, for any proposal of business to be considered at a general meeting,
it must be a proper subject for action by Members of the Company under the Statute. |
| 17.4 | A
Members' requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition
not less than thirty (30) per cent. of the voting power of the issued Shares which as at
that date carry the right to vote in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested. |
| 17.5 | The
Members' requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists
and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form
each signed by one or more requisitionists. |
| 17.6 | If
there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Members' requisition or if the
Directors do not within twenty-one (21) 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
(21) 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 (3) months
after the expiration of the said twenty-one (21) day period. |
| 17.7 | 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. |
| 17.8 | For
nominations of candidates for appointment as Director ("Director Nominations")
or other business to be properly brought (x) by a Member before an annual general meeting
or (y) by Requisitioning Members before an extraordinary general meeting convened upon
a Members’ Requisition, the Director Nomination or other business must be (i) specified
in the notice of the general meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction
of the Directors by Resolution of Directors, (ii) brought before the general meeting
by the person presiding over the meeting or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be
brought before the meeting by a Member of the Company or by the Requisitioning Members, as
applicable, in accordance with this Article 17.8. For Director Nomination or other business
to be properly requested to be brought (x) by a Member before an annual general meeting
or (y) by Requisitioning Members before an extraordinary general meeting convened upon
a Members’ Requisition, the Member or Requisitioning Members must (i) be Member(s) of
the Company of record at the time of the giving of the notice for such general meeting, (ii) be
entitled to vote at such general meeting, (iii) have given Timely Notice (as defined
below) thereof in writing to any Director addressed to the Registered Office, (iv) have
provided any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required
by the Articles and (v) together with the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf
the nomination or business proposal is made, have acted in accordance with the representations
set forth in the Solicitation Statement (as defined below) required by the Articles. To be
timely, a Member’s written notice in respect of an annual general meeting must be received
by any Director at the Registered Office not later than the close of business on the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred fiftieth
(150th) day prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual
general meeting; provided, however, that in the event the annual general meeting is first
convened more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary
date, or if no annual general meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the Member
to be timely must be received by any Director at the Registered Office not earlier than the
close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the date of such annual
general meeting and not later than the close of business on tenth (10th) day following the
day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made (such notice within
such time periods shall be referred to as "Timely Notice"). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary provided herein, (x) for the first annual general meeting,
a Member’s notice shall be timely (and be considered a Timely Notice) if received by
any Director at the Registered Office not later than the close of business on the later of
the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the scheduled date of such annual general meeting or the
tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual
general meeting is first made or sent by the Company and (y) for any extraordinary general
meeting convened upon a Members’ Requisition, the Requisitioning Members’ notice
shall be timely (and be considered a Timely Notice) if received by any Director at the Registered
Office on the date of delivery of the Members’ Requisition. Any such Timely Notice
must set forth, as to each matter the Member or Requisitioning Members propose to bring before
the general meeting: |
| (a) | as
to each person whom the Member or the Requisitioning Members propose to nominate for appointment
as a Director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee,
(ii) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (iii) the class and
number of Shares or any other securities of the Company that are held of record or are beneficially
owned by the nominee and of its affiliates and any derivative positions held or beneficially
held by the nominee and of its affiliates, (iv) whether and the extent to which any
hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf
of the nominee or any of its affiliates with respect to any securities of the Company, and
a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position
or any borrowing or lending of any securities), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate
loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease
the voting power of the nominee or any of its affiliates, (v) a description of all agreements,
arrangements or understandings between or among the Member or the Requisitioning Members,
as applicable, or any of its or their affiliates and each nominee or any of its affiliates
and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations
are to be made by the Member or the Requisitioning Members or concerning the nominee’s
potential service as a Director, (vi) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging
that as Director, the nominee will owe fiduciary duties under the Statute with respect to
the Company and its Members, and (vii) all information relating to such person that
is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for appointment of directors in an
appointment contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Statute or other
applicable law, rule or regulation (including such person’s written consent to
being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if appointed); |
| (b) | as
to any other business that the Member or the Requisitioning Members propose to bring before
the general meeting, a description in reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought
before the general meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the general meeting,
the text, if any, of any resolutions or Articles amendment proposed for adoption, and any
material interest in such business of each Proposing Person; |
| (c) | (i) the
name and address of the Member or Requisitioning Members giving the notice, as they appear
on the Company’s books, and the names and addresses of the other Proposing Persons
(if any) and (ii) as to each Proposing Person, such Proposing Peron’s written
consent to the public disclosure of information provided to the Company pursuant to this
Article 17.8 and the following information: (a) the class or series and number
of all Shares of the Company which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially or of
record by such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates, including any Shares
of the Company as to which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates has
a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future, (b) all Synthetic
Equity Interests in which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates, directly
or indirectly, holds an interest including a description of the material terms of each such
Synthetic Equity Interest, including, identification of the counterparty to each such Synthetic
Equity Interest and disclosure, for each such Synthetic Equity Interest, as to (x) whether
or not such Synthetic Equity Interest conveys any voting rights, directly or indirectly,
in such Shares to such Proposing Person, (y) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest
is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such Shares and (z) whether
or not such Proposing Person and/or, to the extent known, the counterparty to such Synthetic
Equity Interest has entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect
of such Synthetic Equity Interest, (c) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy given
in response to a public proxy solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the
Statute or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of the United States of America (the "Exchange
Act"), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such
Proposing Person has or shares a right to, directly or indirectly, vote any Shares of the
Company, (d) any rights to dividends or other distributions on the Shares of the Company,
directly or indirectly, owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or
separable from the underlying shares of the Company, (e) any performance-related fees
(other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person, directly or indirectly, is entitled
to based on any increase or decrease in the value of Shares of the Company or any Synthetic
Equity Interests (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) through
(e) are referred to, collectively, as "Material Ownership Interests")
and (iii) a description of the material terms of all agreements, arrangements or understandings
(whether or not in writing) entered into by any Proposing Person or any of its affiliates
or associates with any other person for the purpose of acquiring, holding, disposing or voting
of any Shares of the Company, (f) all information that would be required to be set forth
in a Schedule 13D filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) or an amendment pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a) if
such a statement were required to be filed under the Exchange Act by such Proposing Person
and/or any of its respective affiliates or associates, and (g) any other information
relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement
or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents
by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting
pursuant to the Statute, the Exchange Act or any other applicable laws, rules or regulations; |
| (d) | (i) a
description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings by and among any of the Proposing
Persons, or by and among any Proposing Persons and any other person (including with any proposed
nominee(s)), pertaining to the nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought
before the general meeting (which description shall identify the name of each other person
who is party to such an agreement, arrangement or understanding), and (ii) identification
of the names and addresses of other Members (including beneficial owners) known by any of
the Proposing Persons to support such nominations or other business proposal(s), and to the
extent known the class and number of Shares owned beneficially or of record by such other
Member(s) or other beneficial owner(s); and |
| (e) | a
statement whether or not the Member or Requisitioning Members giving the notice and/or the
other Proposing Person(s), if any, will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders
of, in the case of a business proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of all of
the Shares of the Company required under applicable law to approve the proposal or, in the
case of a Director Nomination, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the Shares
of the Company reasonably believed by such Proposing Person to be sufficient to appoint the
nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such Member or Requisitioning Members (such
statement, the "Solicitation Statement"). |
A Member or the Requisitioning Members
must also submit a supporting statement indicating the reasons for bringing such proposal.
| 17.9 | A
Member or Requisitioning Members providing Timely Notice of Director Nomination or other
business proposed to be brought before a general meeting shall further update and supplement
such notice, if necessary, so that the information (including the Material Ownership Interests
information) provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to the Articles
shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is
ten (10) business days prior to such general meeting, and such update and supplement
must be received by any Director at the Registered Office not later than the close of business
on the fifth (5th) business day after the record date for the general meeting (in the case
of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than
the close of business on the eighth (8th) business day prior to the date of the general meeting
(in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business
days prior to the meeting). If a Member or the Requisitioning Members do not comply with
this Article 17 in providing notice of Director Nomination or other business proposed
to be brought before a general meeting, such notice shall not be deemed to be Timely Notice. |
| 17.10 | Only
such persons who are nominated for appointment as a Director in accordance with the provisions
of the Articles shall be eligible for appointment and to serve as Directors once appointed
in accordance with the Articles and only such other business shall be conducted at an general
meeting as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of
the Articles. The Directors or a designated committee thereof, through a Resolution of Directors,
shall have the power to determine whether a Director Nomination or any other business proposed
to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the provisions of the Articles.
If neither the Directors nor such designated committee makes a determination as to whether
any Director Nomination or other proposal was made in accordance with the provisions of the
Articles, the presiding person of the general meeting shall have the power and duty to determine
whether the Director Nomination or other proposal was made in accordance with the provisions
of the Articles. If the Directors or a designated committee thereof or the presiding person,
as applicable, determines that any Director Nomination or other proposal was not made in
accordance with the provisions of the Articles, such proposal or nomination shall be disregarded
and shall not be presented for action at the general meeting. |
| 17.11 | Except
as otherwise required by applicable law, nothing in this Article 17 shall obligate the
Company or the Directors to include in any proxy statement or other Member communication
distributed on behalf of the Company or the Directors information with respect to any nominee
for appointment of a Director or any other business submitted or proposed by a Member. |
| 17.12 | Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Article 18, if the nominating or proposing Member or
the Requisitioning Members (or a qualified representative of the Member or the Requisitioning
Members) do not appear at the general meeting to present a Director Nomination or any other
business, such Director Nomination or other business shall be disregarded, notwithstanding
that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company. For purposes
of this Article 17, to be considered a qualified representative of the proposing Member
or Requisitioning Members, a person must be authorised by a written instrument executed by
such Member or Requisitioning Members or an electronic transmission delivered by such Member
or Requisitioning Members to act for such Member or Requisitioning Members as proxy at the
meeting of Members and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission,
or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, to the presiding
person at the general meeting. |
| 17.13 | For
purposes of the Articles, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in
a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable international
or national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant
to section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the rules of the Recognised Exchange. |
| 17.14 | Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of the Articles, a Member and the Requisitioning Members shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Statute and all applicable laws, rules and
regulations with respect to the matters set forth in the Articles. |
| 18 | Notice
of General Meetings |
| 18.1 | At
least seven (7) clear days' notice shall be given of any general meeting. 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 entitled to attend and vote
thereat; and |
| (b) | in
the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having
a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety five (95)
per cent. in par value (if all the issued Shares have a par value), or otherwise by number
of the Shares giving that right. |
| 18.2 | Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Articles, 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, or the accidental failure to refer in any notice or other document to
a meeting as an "annual general meeting" or "extraordinary general meeting",
as the case may be, shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting. |
| 19 | Proceedings
at General Meetings |
| 19.1 | No
business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. A majority
in voting power of the Shares entitled to vote at such meeting, 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 unless the Company has only one Member entitled to vote at such
general meeting in which case the quorum shall be that one Member present in person or by
proxy or (in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person) by its duly authorised
representative or proxy. |
| 19.2 | 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. |
| 19.3 | Any
action taken by the Members must be taken or effected at a general meeting and may not be
taken or effected by a written resolution or written consent of Members or otherwise in lieu
thereof. |
| 19.4 | 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
Members present shall be a quorum. |
| 19.5 | The
Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint
any person to act as chairman of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do
not make any such appointment, the chairman, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside
as chairman at such general meeting. If there is no such chairman, or if he, she or it shall
not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence,
or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall appoint one of their number to be chairman
of the meeting. |
| 19.6 | If
no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes
after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one
of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 19.7 | The
chairman 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. |
| 19.8 | When
a general meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) 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. |
| 19.9 | A
resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before,
or on the declaration of the result of, the show of hands, the Directors, by Resolution of
Directors, or the chairman demands a poll, or any other Member or Members collectively present
in person or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its
duly authorised representative or proxy) and holding at least ten (10) per cent. in
par value (if all the issued Shares have a par value), or otherwise by number of the Shares
giving a right to attend and vote at the meeting demand a poll. |
| 19.10 | Unless
a poll is duly demanded and the demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the chairman that
a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost
or not carried by a particular majority, and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the
proceedings of the meeting, shall be conclusive evidence of that fact without proof of the
number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution. |
| 19.11 | The
demand for a poll may be withdrawn. |
| 19.12 | Except
on a poll demanded on the appointment of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, a poll
shall be taken as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be
the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
| 19.13 | A
poll demanded on the appointment of a chairman 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 of the general meeting directs, 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. |
| 19.14 | In
the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall
not be entitled to a second or casting vote. |
| 20.1 | Subject
to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, on a show of hands every Member who
(being an individual) is present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural
person is present by its duly authorised representative or by proxy, shall have one vote
and on a poll every Member present in any such manner shall have one vote for every Share
of which he, she or it is the holder. |
| 20.2 | 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. |
| 20.3 | A
Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having
jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his, her or
its committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member's behalf appointed
by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by
proxy. |
| 20.4 | No
person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he, she or it is registered
as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then
due and payable by him or her in respect of Shares have been paid. |
| 20.5 | 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 whose decision shall be final and
conclusive. |
| 20.6 | On
a poll or on a show of hands 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 state which proxy is entitled to vote on a show of hands and shall specify
the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes. |
| 20.7 | On
a poll, a Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his, her
or its 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 or her,
a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares
in respect of which he, she or it 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, she or it
is appointed. |
| 21.1 | The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of
the appointor or of his, her or its 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. |
| 21.2 | 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 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. |
| 21.3 | The
chairman may in any event at his, her or its 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, shall be invalid. |
| 21.4 | 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. |
| 21.5 | 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 before the commencement of the general meeting,
or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy. |
| 22.1 | 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, she or it represents as
the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member. |
| 22.2 | 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)). |
| 23 | Shares
that May Not be Voted |
Shares in the Company that are beneficially
owned by the Company (including Treasury Shares) 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.
| 24.1 | There
shall be a board of Directors consisting of nine Directors, provided however that the Company
may, by a Resolution of Directors, increase or reduce the number of Directors. No increase
or reduction in the number of directors constituting the board of Directors shall shorten
the term of any incumbent director. |
| 24.2 | The
Directors shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III.
The number of Directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. The Class I
Directors shall stand appointed for a term expiring at the Company’s first annual general
meeting, the Class II Directors shall stand appointed for a term expiring at the Company’s
second annual general meeting and the Class III Directors shall stand appointed for
a term expiring at the Company’s third annual general meeting. |
| 24.3 | Commencing
at the Company’s first annual general meeting, and at each annual general meeting thereafter,
Directors appointed to succeed those Directors whose terms expire shall be appointed in accordance
with Article 26 for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual general
meeting after their appointment. |
| 24.4 | Except
as the Statute may otherwise require, in the interim between annual general meetings or extraordinary
general meetings called for the appointment of Directors and the filling of any vacancy in
that connection, additional Directors and any vacancies in the board of Directors, including
unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of Directors for cause, may be filled by the
vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, notwithstanding that such majority
may be less than a quorum required for a Resolution of Directors. For the avoidance of doubt,
any vacancies in the board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the
removal of Directors for cause and unfilled vacancies resulting from increases or reductions
in the number of Directors, may not be filled by a Resolution of Members. |
| 24.5 | 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, her or its successor shall have been appointed and
qualified. |
| 24.6 | No
Director shall be permitted to appoint an alternate director pursuant to section 130 of the
Statute. |
| 25 | Powers
and Duties of Directors |
| 25.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given
by Resolution of Members, 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. |
| 25.2 | 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. |
| 25.3 | 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, her or its 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. |
| 25.4 | 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 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. |
| 25.5 | A
Director, in exercising his, her or its powers or performing his, her or its duties, shall
act honestly and in good faith and in what the Director believes to be in the best interests
of the Company. |
| 25.6 | Section 175
of the Statute shall not apply to the Company. |
| 26 | Appointment
and Removal of Directors |
| 26.1 | The
Company may by Resolution of Members, and in accordance with Articles 17 and 24, appoint
any person properly nominated for election as a Director at any general meeting to appoint
Directors of the Company. |
| 26.2 | The
Company may, by Resolution of Directors, 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 the Articles as the maximum number of Directors. |
| 26.3 | The
Company may by Resolution of Directors passed by at least two-thirds of the Directors remove
any Director with cause. Members may not act to remove Directors. |
| 26.4 | Sections
114(2) and 114(3) of the Statute shall not apply to the Company. |
| 27 | 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, she or it resigns the office of
Director; or |
| (c) | a
court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final non-appealable order that such
Director is permanently and totally disabled and unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death within twelve (12) months, or which has lasted or can be expected
to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or |
| (d) | the
Director becomes disqualified to act as a Director under section 111 of the Statute. |
| 28 | Proceedings
of Directors |
| 28.1 | The
quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors,
and unless so fixed shall be a majority of the Directors then in office. |
| 28.2 | 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 Resolution of Directors. In the
case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote. |
| 28.3 | A
person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or a meeting of 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 is located at the start of the meeting. |
| 28.4 | A
Resolution of Directors in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all of the Directors
or all of 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. |
| 28.5 | A
Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director shall, call
a meeting of the Directors by at least two (2) days' notice in writing 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 (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting
is held. 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. |
| 28.6 | 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. |
| 28.7 | The
Directors may appoint a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he, she
or it is to hold office; but if no such chairman is appointed, or if at any meeting the chairman
is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence,
the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 28.8 | 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. |
A Director who is present at a meeting
of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless
his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file his or her written dissent from such
action with the person acting as the chairman or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent
by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director
who voted in favour of such action.
| 30.1 | A
Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office
of Auditor) in conjunction with his, her or its office of Director for such period and on
such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine. |
| 30.2 | A
Director may act by himself or herself or by, through or on behalf of his, her or its firm
in a professional capacity for the Company and he, she or it or his, her or its firm shall
be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he, she or it were not a Director. |
| 30.3 | A
Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company
promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting
party or otherwise, and no such Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration
or other benefits received by him or her as a director or officer of, or from his, her or
its interest in, such other company. |
| 30.4 | No
person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or prevented by such office from
contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such
contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which
any shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director
so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit
realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such
Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director
shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he, she or
it is interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director in any such contract
or transaction shall be disclosed by him or her at or prior to its consideration and any
vote thereon. |
| 30.5 | Any
notice that a Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm
or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company
shall be deemed a general notice of such interest for the purposes of the Statute and be
sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a Resolution of Directors in respect
of a contract or transaction in which he, she or it has an interest, and after such general
notice it shall not be necessary to give a general or special notice relating to any particular
transaction. |
The Directors shall cause minutes to
be made in books kept for the purpose of all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company
or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors
present at each meeting.
| 32 | Delegation
of Directors' Powers |
| 32.1 | Subject
to the Statute, the Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions,
including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors.
They may also, subject to the Statute, delegate to any managing director or any Director
holding any other executive office such of their powers, authorities and discretions as they
consider desirable to be exercised by him or her and the appointment of a managing director
shall be revoked forthwith if he, she or it ceases to be a Director. Any such delegation
may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose and either collaterally with
or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered
by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors
shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they
are capable of applying. |
| 32.2 | Subject
to the Statute, the Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint
any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint
any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment
may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with
or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered
by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee,
local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors,
so far as they are capable of applying. |
| 32.3 | The
Directors may adopt formal written charters for committees. Each of these committees shall
be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth
in the Articles and shall have such powers as the Directors may delegate pursuant to the
Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of any Recognised Exchange, the
Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise
under applicable law. |
| 32.4 | Each
of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of Directors as the Directors shall
from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time
by the rules and regulations of the Recognised Exchange (after giving effect to any
applicable exemptions and phase-in of the accommodations). |
| 32.5 | For
so long as any class of Shares is listed on a Recognised Exchange, the Audit Committee, the
Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made
up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and
regulations of the Recognised Exchange (after giving effect to any applicable exemptions
and phase-in of the accommodations). |
| 32.6 | Subject
to the Statute, the Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to
be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that
the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors
at any time. |
| 32.7 | Subject
to the Statute, the Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company,
firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors,
to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such
powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the
Directors under the Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they
may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions
for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised
signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised
signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him
or her. |
| 32.8 | The
Directors may appoint such officers of the Company (including any secretary) as they consider
necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to
such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless
otherwise specified in the terms of his, her or its appointment an officer of the Company
may be removed by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members. An officer of the Company
may vacate his, her or its office at any time if he, she or it gives notice in writing to
the Company that he, she or it resigns his, her or its office. |
| 33 | No
Minimum Shareholding |
The Company in general meeting may
fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director
is not required to hold Shares.
| 34 | Remuneration
of Directors |
| 34.1 | The
remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors
shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and
other expenses properly incurred or sustained by them in connection with their attendance
at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company,
or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company,
or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties
as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by
the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other. |
| 34.2 | The
Directors may by Resolution of Directors approve additional remuneration to any Director
for any services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond his, her or its ordinary
routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or
solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition
to his, her or its remuneration as a Director. |
| 35.1 | The
Company shall have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors
or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors. |
| 35.2 | The
Company may have for use in any place or places outside the British Virgin Islands a duplicate
Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the Seal of the Company and, if the Directors
so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be
used. |
| 35.3 | A
Director or officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority
of the Directors affix the Seal over his, her or its signature alone to any document of the
Company required to be authenticated by him or her under seal or to be filed wheresoever. |
| 36 | Dividends,
Distributions and Reserve |
| 36.1 | Subject
to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached
to any Shares, the Directors may resolve by Resolution of Directors to pay Distributions
on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Distributions out of the funds of the Company
lawfully available therefor. A dividend shall be deemed to be an interim dividend unless
the terms of the Resolution of Directors pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such
dividend specifically state that such dividend shall be a final dividend. No Distribution
shall be authorised if such Distribution would cause the Company or its Directors to be in
breach of the Statute. |
| 36.2 | The
Directors may deduct from any Distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any)
payable by him or her to the Company on account of calls or otherwise. |
| 36.3 | The
Directors may resolve by Resolution of Directors that any Distribution or redemption be paid
wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation)
by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one
or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the
Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional
Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof
and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value
so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets
in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Directors. |
| 36.4 | Except
as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Distributions may be paid in
any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions
that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met. |
| 36.5 | The
Directors may, before resolving to pay any Distribution, set aside such sums as they think
proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable
for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the
Directors, be employed in the business of the Company. |
| 36.6 | Any
Distribution, redemption payment, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of
Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the
post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to
the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to
such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every
such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent.
Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, other
Distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint
holders. |
| 36.7 | No
Distribution or redemption payment shall bear interest against the Company. |
| 36.8 | Any
Distribution or redemption payment which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains
unclaimed after six (6) months from the date on which such Distribution becomes payable
may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company's
name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that
account and the dividend or other Distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member.
Any Distribution or redemption payment which remains unclaimed after a period of six (6) years
from the date on which such Distribution or redemption payment becomes payable shall be forfeited
and shall revert to the Company. |
| 37.1 | The
Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, underlying documentation
including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and
expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes
place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of
the Company, in accordance with the Statute. |
| 37.2 | The
Directors shall determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under
what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall
be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director)
shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except
as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting. |
| 37.3 | The
Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit
and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts
as may be required by law. |
| 38.1 | The
Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the
Directors determine. |
| 38.2 | If
the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Recognised Exchange,
the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions as required
by the rules and regulations of any Recognised Exchange, the Securities and Exchange
Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under applicable
law and shall utilise the Audit Committee for the review, approval and ratification, as the
case may be, of potential conflicts of interest. |
| 38.3 | The
remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee (if one exists). |
| 38.4 | If
the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his, her
or its becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when
his, her or its services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine
the remuneration of such Auditor. |
| 38.5 | Every
Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts
and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers
of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of
the duties of the Auditor. |
| 39.1 | Notices
shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by
sending it by courier, post, cable, fax or email to him or her or to his, her or its address
as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by email by sending it
to the email address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to
another, is to be sent by airmail. Notice may also be served by Electronic Communication
in accordance with the rules of any Recognised Exchange or submitted to the SEC through
its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or by placing such notice on
the Company's website. |
| 39.2 | Where
a notice is sent by: |
| (a) | courier,
service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier
company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third (3rd) day (not including
Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered
to the courier; |
| (b) | post,
service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and
posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the
fifth (5th) day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the British Virgin
Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted; |
| (c) | cable,
fax or other similar electronic means service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected
by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received
on the same day that it was transmitted; |
| (d) | email
service shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the email to the email address provided
by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that
it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the email to be acknowledged
by the recipient; |
| (e) | submission
to the SEC through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system; service
of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document
was submitted; |
| (f) | placing
it on the Company’s website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected
one hour after the notice or document was placed on the Company’s website. |
| 39.3 | A
notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised
are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in
the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under the Articles and shall
be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee
of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the
persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice
in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not
occurred. |
| 39.4 | Notice
of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every
holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such
meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given
to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the
ownership of a Share devolves by reason of his, her or its being a legal personal representative
or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for his, her or its death or
bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall
be entitled to receive notices of general meetings. |
| 40.1 | If
the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction
of creditors' claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the
rights attaching to any Shares, each Share will rank pari passu with each other Share in
relation to the distribution of surplus assets on a winding up. |
| 40.2 | If
the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any
Shares and subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, divide amongst the Members
in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist
of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine
how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members.
The liquidator may, subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, vest the whole
or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as
the liquidator, subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, shall think fit,
but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability. |
| 41 | Indemnity
and Insurance |
| 41.1 | Subject
to the Statute, every Director and officer of the Company (which for the avoidance of doubt,
shall not include Auditors), together with every former Director and former officer of the
Company (each an "Indemnified Person") shall be indemnified out of the assets
of the Company to the fullest extent permissible under the Statue and the laws of the British
Virgin Islands against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or
expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result
of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if
any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. No Indemnified
Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a
result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability
arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall
be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless
or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect. |
| 41.2 | Subject
to the Statute, the Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys'
fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action,
suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will
or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified
Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall
be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person
was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by
a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled
to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall
not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall
be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person. |
| 41.3 | The
Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit
of any Director or other officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of
any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation
to the Company. |
Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe,
the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin
on 1st January in each year.
| 43 | Transfer
by Way of Continuation |
The Company shall, subject to the provisions
of the Statute, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the
British Virgin Islands and to be deregistered in the British Virgin Islands.
| 44 | Mergers
and Consolidations |
The Company shall, subject to the provisions
of the Statute, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Statute), upon such
terms as the Directors may determine.
The Directors of the Company who are
not employees of the Company (each a "Specified Party") have participated (directly or indirectly) in and may,
and shall have no duty not to, continue to (A) participate (directly or indirectly) in venture capital and other direct investments
in corporations, joint ventures, limited liability companies and other entities conducting business of any kind, nature or description
("Other Investments") and (B) have interests in, participate with and aid, and maintain seats on the boards of
directors or similar governing bodies of, Other Investments, in each case that may, are or will be competitive with the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries or in the same or similar lines of business as the Company and its subsidiaries, or that could be suitable
for the Company or its subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries,
renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any
such Other Investment or any business opportunities for such Other Investments that are from time to time presented to any Specified
Party or are business opportunities in which a Specified Party participates or desires to participate, even if the Other Investment or business
opportunity is one that the Company or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue
if granted the opportunity to do so, and each such Specified Party shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such Other Investment
or business opportunity to the Company and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any Member, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, by reason of the fact that such Specified
Party (i) participates in any such Other Investment or pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any
such business opportunity to another person or (iii) fails to present any such Other Investment or business opportunity, or information
regarding any such Other Investment or business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless such business opportunity is
expressly offered to such Specified Party in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company.
We, Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of
Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in our capacity as registered agent for the Company hereby
apply to the Registrar for the incorporation of the Company this 23rd day of July 2021.
Incorporator |
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|
|
(Signed: Denery Moses) |
|
Denery Moses |
|
Authorised Signatory |
|
Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited |
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Exhibit 99.2
Swvl Announces Reverse Share Split
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates – January 25, 2022 – Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl” or the “Company”)
(Nasdaq: SWVL), a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, today announced that on January 4,
2023, the Company's Board of Directors approved a reverse stock split of its Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share
(the “Ordinary Shares”), at the ratio of one-for-25 such that every 25 issued Ordinary Shares would be combined into one
Ordinary Share, with a par value of $0.0025 each (the “Reverse Share Split”). The Company’s Board of Directors also
approved an amendment and restatement to the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association to reflect the Reverse Share Split. No
shareholder approval is required for the Reverse Share Split pursuant to the BVI Business Companies Act (as revised).
The Reverse Share
Split is expected to be effective on January 25, 2023, following which the trading of the Company’s Ordinary Shares will begin
trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) on a split-adjusted basis at the start of trade on January 26, 2023. All
options and warrants of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Share Split will be appropriately adjusted by
dividing the number of shares of the Ordinary Shares into which the options and warrants are exercisable or convertible by 25 and
multiplying the exercise or conversion price thereof by 25, as a result of the Reverse Share Split.
The Company's Ordinary Shares will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under
the symbol "SWVL" but will trade under the new CUSIP G86302125. The Company expects that the Reverse Share Split will allow
the Company to regain compliance with the Nasdaq $1.00 minimum bid price requirement.
About Swvl
Swvl is a global provider of transformative tech-enabled
mass transit solutions, offering intercity, intracity, B2B and B2G transportation. The Company’s platform provides complimentary
semi-private alternatives to public transportation for individuals who cannot access or afford private options. Every day, Swvl’s
parallel mass transit systems are empowering individuals to go where they want, when they want – making mobility safer, more efficient,
accessible, and environmentally friendly. Customers can book their rides on an easy-to-use proprietary app with varied payment
options and access to high-quality private buses and vans.
For
additional information about Swvl, please visit www.swvl.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” relating to future events. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,”
“may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,”
“seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook” and similar expressions that predict or indicate
future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, statements regarding future events and other statements that are not historical facts.
These
statements are based on the current expectations of Swvl’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. For example,
Swvl is using forward-looking statement in this press release when it discusses the effective date for its Reverse Share Split, the date that trading in its Ordinary Shares will begin on a split-adjusted basis, the adjustment of all options and warrants that are
exercisable or convertible and the
Company’s expectation that the Reverse Share Split will allow the Company to regain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price
requirement. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must
not be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual
events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances
are beyond the control of Swvl. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Swvl’s business,
and actual results may differ materially. In addition, forward-looking statements provide Swvl’s expectations, plans or forecasts
of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Swvl anticipates that subsequent events and developments could cause
Swvl’s assessments and projections to change. However, while Swvl may elect to update these forward-looking statements in the future,
Swvl specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Swvl’s
assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon any forward-looking
statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Swvl undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. More detailed
information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's
annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), which is available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and in subsequent SEC filings.
Contact
Youssef Salem
Swvl CFO
Investor.relations@swvl.com