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6-K 1 dp201714_6k-2.htm FORM 6-K

 

 

 

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 October 2023

 

Commission File Number: 001-39519

 

Vitru Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Rodovia José Carlos Daux, 5500, Torre Jurerê A,
2nd floor, Saco Grande, Florianópolis, State of
Santa Catarina, 88032-005, Brazil
+55 (47) 3281-9500

(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):

 

Yes     No

X

 

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):

 

Yes     No

X

 

 

 

 


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.

 

    Vitru Limited
     
     
      By: /s/ Carlos Henrique Boquimpani de Freitas
        Name: Carlos Henrique Boquimpani de Freitas
        Title: Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

 

Date: October 25, 2023

 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Vitru Limited (adopted by Special Resolution passed on October 23, 2023).
99.2 Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 24, 2023.

 

 

 

EX-99.1 2 dp201714_ex9901.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

VITRU LIMITED

 

(adopted by Special Resolution passed on 23 ‎October 2023‎)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

VITRU LIMITED

 

(adopted by Special Resolution passed on ‎23 October 2023‎)

 

1 The name of the Company is Vitru Limited.

 

2 The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other place within the Cayman Islands as the Directors may decide.

 

3 Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.

 

4 Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 27(2) of the Companies Act.

 

5 Nothing in this Memorandum shall permit the Company to carry on a business for which a licence is required under the laws of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed.

 

6 The Company shall not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.

 

7 The liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Shareholder's shares.

 

8 The share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00005 each, of such class or classes (howsoever designated) and having the rights as the Board may determine from time to time in accordance with Article 4 of the Articles of Association of the Company, PROVIDED THAT, subject to the Act and the Articles of Association, the Company shall have the power to issue all or any part of its capital, whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced, with or without any preference, priority, special privilege or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any condition or restriction whatsoever and so that, unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide, every issue of shares, whether stated to be common, preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.

 

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9 The Company may exercise the power contained in the Act to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in another jurisdiction.

 

10 Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum of Association bear the meaning given in the Articles of Association of the Company.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

VITRU LIMITED

 

(adopted by Special Resolution passed on ‎23 October 2023‎)

 

1 Preliminary

 

1.1 The regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule of the Act shall not apply to the Company and the following regulations shall be the Articles of Association of the Company.

 

1.2 In these Articles:

 

(a) the following terms shall have the meanings set opposite if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

  “2024 AGM” means the annual general meeting of the Company for the year 2024, which shall not take place earlier than May 1, 2024;
  “23S Capital” means DBOAT I FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM PARTICIPAÇÕES MULTIESTRATÉGIA and any of its affiliates;
  “23S Capital Director” means a director appointed by 23S Capital in accordance with Article 21.1;
  “Act” the Companies Act (as revised);
  “Allotment” shares are taken to be allotted when a person acquires the unconditional right to be included in the Register of Shareholders in respect of those shares;
  “Articles” these articles of association of the Company as from time to time amended by Special Resolution;
  “Audit Committee” the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 24 hereof, or any successor of the audit committee;
  “Board or Board of Directors” the board of directors of the Company;
  “Carlyle SPX Director” means a director appointed by Carlyle SPX in accordance with Article 21.1;

 

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  “Carlyle SPX” means Mundi Holdings I, L.L.C. and Mundi Holdings II, L.L.C. and any of their affiliates;
  “Chairman” the chairman of the Board of Directors appointed in accordance with Article 20.2;
  “clear days” in relation to a period of notice means that period excluding both the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;
  “Clearing House” a clearing house recognized by the laws of the jurisdiction in which shares in the capital of the Company (or depository receipts thereof) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction;
  “Common Shares” Common Shares and shares of such other classes as may from time to time be designated by the Board pursuant to these Articles as being common shares;
  “Company” the above named company;
  “Company’s Website” the website of the Company and/or its web-address or domain name;
  “Crescera” means Crescera Growth Capital Master V Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia and Crescera Growth Capital V Coinvestimento III Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia and any of their affiliates;
  “Crescera Director” means a director appointed by Crescera in accordance with Article 21.1;
 

“Designated Stock

Exchange”

the Nasdaq Global Market and any other stock exchange or interdealer quotation system listed in Schedule 4 of the Act on which shares in the capital of the Company are listed or quoted;
  “Directors” the Directors for the time being of the Company or, as the case may be, those Directors assembled as a Board or as a committee of the Board;
  “Dividend” includes a distribution or interim dividend or interim distribution;
  “Electronic” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act (as revised);
  “Electronic Communication” a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the SEC’s website) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Board;
  “Electronic Record” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act (as revised);
  “Electronic Signature” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act (as revised);
  “Exchange Act” the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended of the United States of America;
  “Executed” includes any mode of execution;

 

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  “Holder” in relation to any share, the Shareholder whose name is entered in the Register of Shareholders as the holder of the share;
  “Indemnified Person” every Director, alternate Director, Secretary or other officer for the time being or from time to time of the Company;
  “Independent Director” a Director who is an independent director as defined in the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be;
  “Initial Public Offering” an initial underwritten public offering of Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed in accordance with the Securities Act;
  “Islands” the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands;
  “Memorandum” the memorandum of association of the Company as from time to time amended;
  “Month” a calendar month;
  “Neuberger Berman Group” means the funds and accounts, and other entities associated with, managing or controlling NB Verrocchio LP or any of its affiliates;
 

“Nominating and Corporate

Governance Committee”

the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 24 hereof, or any successor of the nominating and corporate governance committee;
  “Officer” includes a Director and any Secretary;
  “Ordinary Resolution” a resolution (i) of a duly constituted general meeting of the Company passed by a simple majority of the votes cast by, or on behalf of, the Shareholders entitled to vote present in person or by proxy and voting at the meeting, or (ii) approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed;
  “Other Indemnitors” persons or entities other than the Company that may provide indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance to the Indemnified Persons in connection with such Indemnified Persons’ involvement in the management of the Company;
  “Paid up” paid up as to the par value of the shares and includes credited as paid up;
  “Person” any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or any other entity or governmental entity;
  “Register of Shareholders” the register of Shareholders required to be kept pursuant to the Act;

 

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  “Seal” the common seal of the Company including every duplicate seal;
  “SEC” the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any other federal agency for the time being administering the Securities Act;
  “Secretary” any person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary;
  “Securities Act” the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time;
  “Share” a share in the share capital of the Company, and includes stock (except where a distinction between shares and stock is expressed or implied) and includes a fraction of a share;
  “Shareholder” has the same meaning as "member" in the Act;
  “Signed” includes an electronic signature or a representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means;
  “Special Resolution” has the same meaning as in the Act (thus requiring a two-thirds majority) and includes a unanimous written resolution of all Shareholders entitled to vote and expressed to be a special resolution;
  “Subsidiary” a company is a subsidiary of another company if that other company: (i) holds a majority of the voting rights in it; (ii) is a member of it and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of its board of directors; or (iii) is a member of it and controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other members, a majority of the voting rights in it; or if it is a subsidiary of a company which is itself a subsidiary of that other company. For the purpose of this definition the expression “company” includes any body corporate established in or outside of the Islands;
  “Treasury Share” a share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Act;
  “U.S. Person” a Person who is a citizen or resident of the United States of America;
  “Vinci Group” means Vinci Capital Partners II J Beta Fundo de Investimento Em Participações Multiestratégia, Agresti Investments LLC, Botticelli Investments LLC, Caravaggio Investments LLC and Raffaello Investments LLC and any of their affiliates;
  “Vinci Director” means a director appointed by Vinci in accordance with Article 21.1; and
  “Written and in Writing” includes all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form including in the form of an electronic record.

 

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(b) unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions defined in the Act shall have the same meanings herein but excluding any statutory modification thereof not in force when these Articles become binding on the Company;

 

(c) unless the context otherwise requires: (i) words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice-versa; (ii) words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender; and (iii) words importing persons only shall include companies or associations or bodies of person whether incorporated or not;

 

(d) the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall” shall be construed as imperative;

 

(e) the headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of these Articles;

 

(f) references to statutes are, unless otherwise specified, references to statutes of the Islands and, subject to paragraph (b) above, include any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force; and

 

(g) where an Ordinary Resolution is expressed to be required for any purpose, a Special Resolution is also effective for that purpose.

 

2 Formation Expenses

 

The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company including the expenses of registration.

 

3 Situation of offices of the Company

 

3.1 The registered office of the Company shall be at such address in the Islands as the Board shall from time to time determine.

 

3.2 The Company, in addition to its registered office, may establish and maintain such other offices, places of business and agencies in the Islands and elsewhere as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

4 Shares

 

4.1 (a) Subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange and to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum and these Articles, the Board has general and unconditional authority to allot, grant options over, offer or otherwise deal with or dispose of any unissued shares in the capital of the Company without the approval of Shareholders (whether forming part of the original or any increased share capital), either at a premium or at par, with or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, on such terms and conditions, and at such times as the Board may decide, but so that no share shall be issued at a discount, except in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

 

(b) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) above, the Board is hereby empowered to authorise by resolution or resolutions from time to time and without the approval of Shareholders;

 

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(i) the creation of one or more classes or series of preferred shares, to cause to be issued such preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative participating, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting rights and powers (including full or limited or no voting rights or powers) and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the number of shares comprising any such class or series (but not below the number of shares of any class or series of preferred shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares may, to the extent permitted by law, provide that such class or series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to the preferred shares of any other class or series;

 

(ii) to designate for issuance as Common Shares from time to time any or all of the authorised but unissued shares of the Company which have not at that time been designated by the Memorandum or by the Directors as being shares of a particular class; and

 

(iii) to create one or more further classes of shares which represent common shares for the purposes of Article 5.2.

 

(c) The Company shall not issue shares or warrants to bearer.

 

(d) Subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall have general and unconditional authority to issue options, warrants or convertible securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of shares or securities in the capital of the Company to such persons, on such terms and conditions and at such times as the Board may decide.

 

4.2 Notwithstanding Article 4.1: (i) no non voting Shares shall be issued without such issuance first being approved by an Ordinary Resolution; and (ii) the Company shall not issue participation certificates (partes beneficiárias) or any equivalent securities.

 

4.3 The Company may issue fractions of a share of any class and a fraction of a share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contribution, calls or otherwise howsoever), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights and other attributes of a whole share of that class of shares.

 

4.4 The Company may, in so far as the Act permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally, or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolute or conditional) for any shares in the capital of the Company. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of fully or partly paid up shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also, on any issue of shares, pay such brokerage fees as may be lawful.

 

4.5 Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share (except only as by these Articles or by law otherwise provided) or any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.

 

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4.6 (a) If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class of shares (unless otherwise provided by these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting, the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall mutatis mutandis apply, but so that the necessary quorum shall be any one or more persons holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third of the issued shares of the class and that any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll;

 

(b) For the purposes of Article 4.6, the Directors may treat all classes of shares or any two or more classes of shares as forming one class if they consider that all such classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration.

 

(c) The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by:

 

(i) the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith;

 

(ii) by the redemption or purchase of any shares of any class by the Company;

 

(iii) the cancellation of authorised but unissued shares of that class; or

 

(iv) the creation or issue of shares with preferred or other rights including, without limitation, the creation of any class or issue of shares with enhanced or weighted voting rights.

 

4.7 The Directors may accept contributions to the capital of the Company otherwise than in consideration of the issue of shares and the amount of any such contribution may, unless otherwise agreed at the time such contribution is made, be treated by the Company as a distributable reserve, subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles.

 

5 Common Shares

 

5.1 Holders of Common Shares have the right to receive notice of, attend, speak and vote at general meetings of the Company. Holders of Common Shares shall at all times vote together as one class on all resolutions submitted to a vote by the Shareholders in general meetings. Each Common Share shall entitle the holder to one (1) vote on all matters subject to a vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

5.2 Without prejudice to any special rights conferred thereby on the holders of any other shares or class of shares established pursuant to the Memorandum and/or these Articles from time to time, holders of Common Shares shall:

 

(a) Be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from time to time declare;

 

(b) In the event of a winding-up or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the purposes of a reorganization or otherwise or upon any distribution of capital, be entitled to the surplus assets of the Company; and

 

(c) Generally be entitled to enjoy all of the rights attaching to shares.

 

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6 Share Certificates

 

6.1 A Shareholder shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer or conversion shall be cancelled and subject to the Articles and, save as provided in Articles 6.3, 7 and 8 below, 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 Every share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the Securities Act.

 

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 payment of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence as the Directors may determine but otherwise free of charge, and (in the case of defacement or wearing-out) on delivery to the Company of the old certificate.

 

7 Lien

 

7.1 The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a share which is fully paid as to its par value and share premium) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that share (including any premium payable). The Directors may at any time declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to any amount in respect of it.

 

7.2 The Company may sell in such manner as the Directors determine any shares on which the Company has a lien if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable and is not paid within fourteen (14) clear days after notice has been given to the holder of the share 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.

 

7.3 To give effect to a sale, the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The title of the transferee to the shares shall not be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.

 

7.4 The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable, and any residue shall (upon surrender to the Company for cancellation of the certificate for the shares sold, if any, and subject to a like lien for any moneys 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.

 

8 Calls on Shares and Forfeiture

 

8.1 Subject to the terms of allotment, the Directors may make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether in respect of nominal value or premium) and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) clear days’ notice specifying when and where payment is to be made) pay to the Company as required by the notice the amount called on his shares. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A call may, before receipt by the

 

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Company of any sum due thereunder, be revoked in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

8.2 A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising the call was passed.

 

8.3 The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of the share.

 

8.4 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the share or in the notice of the call or, if no rate is fixed, at an annual rate of ten percent (10%), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.

 

8.5 An amount payable in respect of a share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of nominal value or premium or as an instalment of a call, shall be deemed to be a call, and if it is not paid when due, all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

8.6 Subject to the terms of allotment, the Directors may make arrangements on the issue of shares for a difference between the holders in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their shares.

 

8.7 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued. The notice shall name the place 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.

 

8.8 If the notice is not complied with, any share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors and the forfeiture shall include all dividends or other moneys payable in respect of the forfeited shares and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

8.9 Subject to the provisions of the Act, a forfeited share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors determine either to the person who was before the forfeiture the holder or to any other person, and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other 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 any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share to that person.

 

8.10 A person any of whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the shares forfeited, if any, but shall remain liable to the Company for all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of those shares with interest at the rate at which interest was payable on those moneys before the forfeiture or, if no interest was so payable, at an annual rate of ten percent (10%), from the date of forfeiture until payment but the Directors may waive payment wholly or in part or enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture or for any consideration received on their disposal.

 

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8.11 A statutory declaration by a Director or the Secretary 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 and the declaration shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer if necessary) constitute a good title to the share and the person to whom the share is disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration, if any, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture or disposal of the share.

 

9 Transfer of Shares

 

9.1 Subject to these Articles, any Shareholder may transfer all or any of his shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by any Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the Board and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House, by hand or by electronic signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, title to listed shares of the Company may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange on which such shares are listed.

 

9.2 The instrument of transfer shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and the transferee provided that the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer by the transferee in any case which it thinks fit in its discretion to do so. Without prejudice to Article 9.1, the Board may also resolve, either generally or in any particular case, upon request by either the transferor or transferee, to accept mechanically executed transfers including, where applicable, in accordance with the laws and rules applicable to the Designated Stock Exchange. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Shareholders in respect thereof. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognizing a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment of any share by the allottee in favour of some other person.

 

9.3 The Board may in its absolute discretion and without giving any reason therefor, refuse to register a transfer of any share:

 

(a) that is not fully paid up (as to both par value and any premium) to a person of whom it does not approve;

 

(b) issued under any share incentive scheme for employees upon which a restriction on transfer imposed thereby still subsists;

 

(c) to more than four joint holders; or

 

(d) on which the Company has a lien.

 

9.4 Without limiting the generality of Article 9.3, the Board may also decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:

 

(a) a fee of such maximum sum as any Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as the Board may from time to time require is paid to the Company in respect thereof;

 

(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of shares;

 

(c) the Shares are fully paid (as to both par value and any premium) and free of any lien;

 

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(d) the instrument of transfer is lodged at the registered office or such other place at which the Register of Shareholders is kept in accordance with the Act accompanied by any relevant share certificate(s), if any, and/or such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do); and

 

(e) if applicable, the instrument of transfer is duly and properly stamped.

 

9.5 If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of a share, they shall within two (2) months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company send to the transferee notice of the refusal.

 

9.6 The registration of transfers of shares or of any class of shares may, after compliance with any notice requirement of any Designated Stock Exchange, be suspended and the Register of Shareholders be closed at such times and for such periods (not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in any year) as the Board may determine.

 

9.7 The Company shall be entitled to retain any instrument of transfer which is registered, but any instrument of transfer which the Directors refuse to register shall be returned to the person lodging it when notice of the refusal is given.

 

10 Transmission of Shares

 

10.1 If a Shareholder dies, the survivor, or survivors where he was a joint holder, and his personal representatives where he was a sole holder or the only survivor of joint holders shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest; but nothing in these Articles shall release the estate of a deceased Shareholder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by him.

 

10.2 A person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder may, upon such evidence being produced as the Directors may properly require, elect either to become the holder of the share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee. If he elects to become the holder he shall give notice to the Company to that effect. If he elects to have another person registered he shall execute an instrument of transfer of the share to that person. All the Articles relating to the transfer of shares shall apply to the notice or instrument of transfer as if it were an instrument of transfer executed by the Shareholder and the death or bankruptcy of the Shareholder had not occurred.

 

10.3 A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall have the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share, except that he shall not, before being registered as the holder of the share, be entitled in respect of such share to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the Company.

 

11 Changes of Capital

 

11.1 (a) Subject to and in so far as permitted by the provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution alter or amend the Memorandum to:

 

(i) increase its share capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amount, as the resolution shall prescribe;

 

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(ii) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amounts than its existing shares;

 

(iii) convert all or any of its paid up shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up shares of any denomination;

 

(iv) sub-divide its existing shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amounts than is fixed by the Memorandum provided that in the subdivision, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; and

 

(v) cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.

 

(b) Except so far as otherwise provided by the conditions of issue, the new shares shall be subject to the same provisions with reference to the payment of calls, lien, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the shares in the original share capital.

 

11.2 Whenever as a result of a consolidation of shares any Shareholders would become entitled to fractions of a share, the Directors may, on behalf of those Shareholders, sell the shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person (including, subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company) and distribute the net proceeds of sale in due proportion among those Shareholders, and the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the sale.

 

11.3 The Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner and with and subject to any incident, consent, order or other matter required by law.

 

12 Redemption and Purchase of Own Shares

 

12.1 Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Company may:

 

(a) issue shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Shareholder on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may, before the issue of shares, determine;

 

(b) purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares) in such manner and on such terms as the Directors may determine and agree with the relevant Shareholder; and

 

(c) make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner authorised by the Act, including out of capital.

 

12.2 The Directors may, when making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of shares, if so authorised by the terms of issue of the shares (or otherwise by agreement with the holder of such shares) make such payment in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other).

 

12.3 Upon the date of redemption or purchase of a share, the holder shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect thereof (excepting always the right to receive (i) the price therefor and (ii) any

 

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dividend which had been declared in respect thereof prior to such redemption or purchase being effected) and accordingly his name shall be removed from the Register of Shareholders with respect thereto and the share shall be cancelled.

 

13 Treasury Shares

 

13.1 The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

13.2 The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration).

 

14 Register of Shareholders

 

14.1 The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained an overseas or local Register of Shareholders in accordance with the Act.

 

14.2 The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Shareholders in accordance with the Act. The Directors may also determine which Register of Shareholders shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

15 Closing Register of Shareholders or Fixing Record Date

 

15.1 For the purpose of determining Shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or Shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Shareholders for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register of Shareholders shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed thirty (30) days. If the Register shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders, the Register shall be so closed for at least ten (10) clear days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register.

 

15.2 In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Shareholders, the Directors may fix, in advance or in arrears, a date as the record date for any such determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Shareholders for any other purpose, provided that such a record date shall not exceed forty (40) clear days prior to the date where the determination will be made.

 

15.3 If the Register of Shareholders is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Shareholders or Shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders. When a determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

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16 General Meetings

 

16.1 An annual general meeting of the Company may at the discretion of the Board be held in the year in which these Articles were adopted and shall be held in each year thereafter at such time as determined by the Board and the Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Act) be obliged to, in each year hold any other general meeting.

 

16.2 The agenda of the annual general meeting shall be set by the Board and shall include the presentation of the Company’s annual accounts and the report of the Directors (if any).

 

16.3 Annual general meetings may be held in any place as the Directors may determine.

 

16.4 All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings and the Company shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it.

 

16.5 The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company, and they shall on a Shareholders’ requisition in accordance with these Articles forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company.

 

16.6 A Shareholders’ requisition is a requisition of one or more Shareholders holding at the date of deposit of the requisition shares representing in the aggregate not less than one-third of the votes entitled to be cast at general meetings of the Company.

 

16.7 The Shareholders’ 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.

 

16.8 If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Shareholders’ requisition or if the Directors do not within fourteen (14) days from the date of the deposit of the Shareholders’ requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further fourteen (14) 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 first said fourteen (14) day period.

 

16.9 A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in as close to the same manner as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors.

 

16.10 Save as set out in Articles 16.1 to 16.9, the Shareholders have no right to propose resolutions to be considered or voted upon at annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings of the Company.

 

17 Notice of General Meetings

 

17.1 At least ten (10) clear days’ notice specifying the place, the day and the hour of each general meeting and the general nature of such business to be transacted thereat shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided, including, but not limited to, as described in Article 36, or in such other manner (if any) as may be prescribed by Ordinary Resolution, to such persons as are entitled to vote or may otherwise be entitled under these Articles to receive such notices from 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:

 

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(a) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

(b) in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Shareholders having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than 95%, in par value of the Shares giving that right.

 

17.2 The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that general meeting.

 

18 Proceedings at General Meetings

 

18.1 No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. One or more Shareholders holding not less than one-third in aggregate of the voting power of all Shares in issue and entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative, shall represent a quorum.

 

18.2 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 Shareholders’ requisition, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned and shall reconvene on 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 reconvened meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Shareholders present shall be a quorum.

 

18.3 A person may participate in 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 at the same time. Participation by a Shareholder in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting and is counted in a quorum and entitled to vote.

 

18.4 The Chairman or in his absence the vice-chairman of the Board (if any) shall preside as chairman of the meeting, but if neither the Chairman nor such vice-chairman (if any) is present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting and willing to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman and, if there is only one Director present and willing to act, he shall be chairman. If no Director is willing to act as chairman, or if no Director is present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chairman.

 

18.5 The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Company, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof, and the opening and closing of the polls. The chairman of the meeting shall announce at each such meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the Shareholders will vote at such meeting.

 

18.6 A Director shall, notwithstanding that he is not a Shareholder, be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the Company.

 

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18.7 The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent of any 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 business which might properly have been transacted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place. When a meeting is adjourned for fourteen (14) days or more, at least seven (7) clear days’ notice shall be given in the manner herein provided, including, but not limited to, as described in Article 36, specifying the time and place of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice.

 

18.8 At each meeting of the Shareholders, all corporate actions, including the election of Directors, to be taken by vote of the Shareholders (except as otherwise required by applicable law and except as otherwise provided in these Articles) shall be authorised by Ordinary Resolution. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, save as provided in Article 4.6, the affirmative vote of the majority of Shares of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and voting shall be the act of such class or series (unless provided otherwise in the resolutions providing for the issuance of such class or series).

 

18.9 At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.

 

18.10 A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs and he may appoint scrutineers (who need not be Shareholders) and fix a place and time for declaring the result of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was taken.

 

18.11 In the case of equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

 

18.12 If for so long as the Company has only one Shareholder:

 

(a) in relation to a general meeting, the sole Shareholder or a proxy for that Shareholder or (if the Shareholder is a corporation) a duly authorised representative of that Shareholder is a quorum and Article 18.1 is modified accordingly;

 

(b) the sole Shareholder may agree that any general meeting be called by shorter notice than that provided for by the Articles; and

 

(c) all other provisions of the Articles apply with any necessary modification (unless the provision expressly provides otherwise).

 

19 Votes of Shareholders

 

19.1 Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares, every Shareholder who (being an individual) is present in person or by proxy or (being a corporation) is present by a duly authorised representative (not being himself a Shareholder entitled to vote) or by proxy, shall on a poll have one vote for every share of which he is the holder.

 

19.2 In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior joint holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by 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 Shareholders.

 

19.3 A Shareholder in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether in the Islands or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, by his receiver, curator bonis or other person authorised in that behalf appointed by that court, and any such receiver,

 

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curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy. Evidence to the satisfaction of the Directors of the authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote shall be received at the registered office of the Company, or at such other place as is specified in accordance with these Articles for the deposit or delivery of forms of appointment of a proxy, or in any other manner specified in these Articles for the appointment of a proxy, not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the right to vote is to be exercised and in default the right to vote shall not be exercisable.

 

19.4 No Shareholder shall, unless the Directors otherwise determine, be entitled to vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the Company, either in person or by proxy or by a corporate representative, in respect of any share held by him unless all moneys presently payable by him in respect of that share have been paid.

 

19.5 No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is tendered, and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

19.6 Votes may be given either personally or by proxy. Deposit or delivery of a form of appointment of a proxy does not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment of it, save that only the Shareholder or his proxy may cast a vote.

 

19.7 A Shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast all votes he uses the same way.

 

19.8 Subject as set out herein, an instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in any usual form or in any other form which the Directors may approve and shall be executed by or on behalf of the appointor save that, subject to the Act, the Directors may accept the appointment of a proxy received in an electronic communication at an address specified for such purpose, on such terms and subject to such conditions as they consider fit. The Directors may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary to determine the validity of any appointment pursuant to this Article.

 

19.9 Subject to Article 19.10 below, the form of appointment of a proxy and any authority under which it is executed or a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the Directors may:

 

(a) in the case of an instrument in writing, be left at or sent by post to the registered office of the Company or such other place within the Islands or elsewhere as is specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any form of appointment of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting at any time before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the form of appointment of proxy proposes to vote;

 

(b) in the case of an appointment of a proxy contained in an electronic communication, where an address has been specified by or on behalf of the Company for the purpose of receiving electronic communications:

 

(i) in the notice convening the meeting; or

 

(ii) in any form of appointment of a proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or

 

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(iii) in any invitation contained in an electronic communication to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting;

 

be received at such address at any time before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the form of appointment of proxy proposes to vote;

 

(c) in the case of a poll taken more than forty-eight (48) hours after it is demanded, be deposited or delivered as required by paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Article after the poll has been demanded and at any time before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; or

 

(d) where the poll is taken immediately but is taken not more than forty-eight (48) hours after it was demanded, be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman of the meeting or to the secretary or to any Director;

 

and a form of appointment of proxy which is not deposited or delivered in accordance with this Article or Article 19.10 is invalid.

 

19.10 Notwithstanding Article 19.9 above, the Directors may by way of note to or in any document accompanying the notice of a general meeting (or adjourned meeting) fix the latest time by which the appointment of a proxy must be communicated to or received by the Company (being not more than 48 hours before the relevant meeting).

 

19.11 A vote or poll demanded by proxy or by the duly authorised representative of a corporation shall be valid notwithstanding the previous determination of the authority of the person voting or demanding a poll unless notice of the determination was received by the Company at the registered office of the Company or, in the case of a proxy, any other place specified for delivery or receipt of the form of appointment of proxy or, where the appointment of a proxy was contained in an electronic communication, at the address at which the form of appointment was received, before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote is given or the poll demanded or (in the case of a poll taken otherwise than on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting) the time appointed for taking the poll.

 

19.12 Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Shareholder of the Company 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 Shareholders, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder.

 

19.13 If a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)) is a Shareholder of the Company, it may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body or by power or attorney, authorise such Person(s) as it thinks fit to act as its representative(s) at any general meeting of the Company or of any class of shareholders of the Company, provided that, if more than one Person is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which such Person is so authorised. A Person so authorised pursuant to this Article shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the recognized clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)) which he represents as that recognized clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)) could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder holding the number and class of shares specified in such authorisation.

 

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20 Number of Directors and Chairman

 

20.1 Subject to Article 21.4, the Board shall consist of such number of Directors as a majority of the Directors then in office may, with the consent of: (i) Carlyle SPX, and (ii) the Vinci Group, in each case for so long as it enjoys director appointment rights under Article 21.1, determine from time to time provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Shareholders acting by Special Resolution, the Board shall consist of not less than four (4) Directors and not more than eleven (11) Directors; provided, further, that notwithstanding any resolution adopted by the Board or the Shareholders which determines the number of Directors constituting the whole Board, the size of the Board shall not be increased above eleven (11) Directors without the consent of each of Carlyle SPX and the Vinci Group so long as Carlyle SPX or the Vinci Group, as applicable, has the right to designate at least one Director pursuant to Article 21.1.

 

20.2 The Board of Directors shall have a chairman of the Board of Directors elected and appointed by the Directors. The Directors may also elect a vice-chairman of the Board of Directors. The period for which the Chairman and the vice-chairman shall hold office shall also be determined by the Directors. The Chairman shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board of Directors at which he is present. Where the Chairman is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors (if any) shall act as chairman, or in his absence, the attending Directors may choose one Director to be the chairman of the meeting.

 

21 Appointment, Disqualification and Removal of Directors

 

21.1 (a) Each of Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera and 23S Capital, for so long as it holds not less than 15 per cent of the voting Shares in issue, shall be entitled to appoint up to two persons to act as Directors by notice in writing addressed to the Company from time to time and the other holders of Shares shall not vote their Shares so as to remove those Directors from office. Each of Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera and 23S Capital, for so long as it holds not less than 5 per cent and not more than 15 per cent of the voting Shares in issue, shall be entitled to appoint one person to act as a Director by notice in writing addressed to the Company from time to time and the other holders of Shares shall not vote their Shares so as to remove those Directors from office; (b) Notwithstanding (a) above, Crescera shall be entitled to appoint up to two persons to act as Directors by notice in writing addressed to the Company from time to time until the 2024 AGM, provided that Crescera holds not less than 5 per cent and not more than 15 per cent of the voting Shares in issue and; provided further that if Crescera transfers one or more voting Shares between November 20, 2023 and the date of the 2024 AGM, Crescera Director nomination rights in this paragraph (b) shall cease to apply. Each of Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera and 23S Capital shall be entitled to remove any of the Directors so appointed at any time by notice in writing addressed to the Company.

 

21.2 Each Director shall be appointed for a two-year term, unless they resign, are removed or their office is vacated earlier, provided, however, that such term shall be extended beyond two years in the event that no successor has been appointed (in which case such term shall be extended to the date on which such successor has been appointed). Directors are eligible for re-election.

 

21.3 Any vacancies on the Board arising other than upon the removal of a Director by resolution passed at a general meeting can be filled by the remaining Director(s) (notwithstanding that the remaining Director(s) may constitute fewer than the number of Directors required by Article 20.1 or fewer than is required for a quorum pursuant to Article 28.1). Any such appointment shall be as an interim Director to fill such vacancy until the next annual general meeting of Shareholders (and such appointment shall terminate at the commencement of the annual general meeting).

 

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21.4 Additions to the existing Board (subject to the maximum provided for in Article 20.1 and to Article 21.1 above) may be made by Ordinary Resolution.

 

21.5 For so long as the Neuberger Berman Group holds not less than 5 per cent of the voting Shares in issue, the Neuberger Berman Group shall be entitled to appoint an observer to the Board and any committee of the Board established from time to time. In each case, the observer shall be entitled to attend and speak at all such meetings and receive copies of all board papers as if they were a Director but shall not be entitled to vote on any resolutions proposed at a board meeting.

 

21.6 There is no age limit for Directors of the Company.

 

21.7 No shareholding qualification shall be required for a Director. A Director who is not a Shareholder shall nevertheless be entitled to receive notice of and to attend and speak at general meetings of the Company.

 

21.8 While any shares of the Company are admitted to trading on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Board must at all times comply with the residency and citizenship requirements of securities laws of the United States applicable to foreign private issuers and shall at no time have a majority of Directors who are U.S. Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Articles, no appointment or election of a U.S. Person as a Director shall be permitted if such appointment or election would have the effect of creating a majority of Directors who are U.S. Persons, and any such appointment or election shall be disregarded for all purposes.

 

21.9 Subject to Article 21.1, Directors may be removed (with or without cause) by Ordinary Resolution of Shareholders. The notice of general meeting must contain a statement of the intention to remove the Director and must be served on the Director not less than ten (10) calendar days before the meeting. The director is entitled to attend the meeting and be heard on the motion for his removal.

 

21.10 The office of a Director shall be vacated automatically if:

 

(a) he or she becomes prohibited by law from being a Director in any jurisdiction;

 

(b) he or she becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally;

 

(c) he or she dies or is, in the opinion of all his co-Directors, incapable by reason of mental disorder of discharging his duties as Director;

 

(d) he or she wilfully performs (or fails to perform) any actions that, in the opinion of all his co-Directors, are considered to be a breach of the performance of his or her duties and/or obligations, including: (i) the uninterrupted or repeated omission or refusal to perform the duties and/or obligations established in these Articles or by applicable law; and/or (ii) he or she is unable to comply with such duties and/or obligations as a result of an alcohol or drug addiction;

 

(e) he or she wilfully performs (or fails to perform) any actions that, in the opinion of all his co-Directors, cause material damages to or adversely affects the financial situation or commercial reputation of the Company;

 

(f) he or she resigns his or her office by notice to the Company; or

 

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(g) he or she has for more than six (6) months been absent without permission of the Directors from meetings of Directors held during that period and the remaining Directors resolve that his or her office be vacated.

 

22 Alternate Directors

 

22.1 Any Director (but not an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by him.

 

22.2 An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his appointor is a member, to attend and vote at every such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present, to sign any written resolution of the Directors (in place of his appointor) and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director in his absence.

 

22.3 An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases to be a Director.

 

22.4 Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by written notice to the Company at its registered office, signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment, or in any other manner approved by the Directors.

 

22.5 Subject to the provisions of these Articles, an alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for his own acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him.

 

23 Powers of Directors

 

23.1 Subject to the provisions of the Act, to the Memorandum and the Articles, to any directions given by Ordinary Resolution and to the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, 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. The powers given by this Article shall not be limited by any special power given to the Directors by the Articles and a meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

23.2 The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to raise capital or borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and, subject to the Act, to issue debentures, bonds and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

24 Delegation of Directors' Powers

 

24.1 Subject to these Articles, the Directors may from time to time appoint any Person, whether or not a director of the Company, to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the offices of chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, one or more vice presidents, managers or controllers, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another) and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit.

 

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24.2 Without limiting the generality of Article 24.1, the Directors may appoint one or more of their body to the office of managing Director or to any other executive office under the Company, and the Company may enter into an agreement or arrangement with any Director for his/her employment, subject to applicable law and any listing rules of the SEC or any Designated Stock Exchange, or for the provision by him of any services outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a Director. Any such appointment, agreement or arrangement may be made upon such terms as the Directors determine and they may remunerate any such Director for his services as they think fit. Any appointment of a Director to an executive office shall terminate automatically if he ceases to be a Director but without prejudice to any claim to damages for breach of the contract of service between the Director and the Company.

 

24.3 The Directors may, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person to be the agent of the Company for such purposes and on such conditions as they determine, including authority for the agent to delegate all or any of his powers.

 

24.4 Subject to applicable law and the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. They may also delegate to any executive officer or committee of executive officers such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him or them. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of its own powers and may be revoked or altered. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be governed by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors so far as they are capable of applying. Where a provision of the Articles refers to the exercise of a power, authority or discretion by the Directors and that power, authority or discretion has been delegated by the Directors to a committee, the provision shall be construed as permitting the exercise of the power, authority or discretion by the committee.

 

24.5 Without limiting the generality of Article 24.4, the Board shall establish a permanent Audit Committee. Where any committees are established, the Board may adopt formal written charters for such committees and, if so, shall review and assess the adequacy of such formal written charters on an annual basis. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in these Articles and shall have such powers as the Board may delegate pursuant to Article 24.4 and as required by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange or applicable law. Each of these committees, if established, shall consist of such number of directors as the Board shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by any Designated Stock Exchange). For so long as any class of Shares is listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange or otherwise required by applicable law.

 

24.6 At least one (1) member of the Audit Committee will be an audit committee financial expert as determined by the rules adopted by the Designated Stock Exchange. Such financial expert shall have a special past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication

 

25 Remuneration and Expenses of Directors

 

25.1 The Directors shall be entitled to such remuneration as the Board may determine and, unless otherwise determined, the remuneration shall be deemed to accrue from day to day.

 

25.2 Members of the Audit Committee may be paid annual compensation in the form of a fixed salary in such amount as the Board may determine.

 

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25.3 A Director who at the request of the Directors goes or resides outside of the Islands, makes a special journey or performs a special service on behalf of the Company may be paid such reasonable additional remuneration (whether by way of salary, percentage of profits or otherwise) and expenses as the Directors may decide.

 

25.4 The Directors may be paid all traveling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors or general meetings or separate meetings of the holders of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of their duties.

 

26 Directors' Gratuities and Pensions

 

The Directors may cause the Company to provide benefits, whether by the payment of gratuities or pensions or by insurance or otherwise, for any existing Director or any Director who has held but no longer holds any executive office or employment with the Company or with any body corporate which is or has been a subsidiary of the Company or a predecessor in business of the Company or of any such subsidiary, and for any member of his family (including a spouse and a former spouse) or any person who is or was dependent on him, and may (as well before as after he ceases to hold such office or employment) contribute to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such benefit.

 

27 Directors' Interests

 

27.1 Subject to the Act and listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, if a Director has disclosed to the other Directors the nature and extent of any direct or indirect interest which the Director has in any transaction or arrangement with the Company, a Director notwithstanding his office:

 

(a) may be a party to or otherwise interested in any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested;

 

(b) may be a Director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested; and

 

(c) shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from any such office or employment or from any such transaction or arrangement or from any interest in any such body corporate and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit.

 

27.2 For the purposes of Article 27.1:

 

(a) a general notice given to the Directors to the effect that (1) a Director is a member or officer of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as having an interest in any transaction or arrangement which may after the date of the notice be made with that company or firm; or (2) a Director is to be regarded as interested in any transaction or arrangement which may after the date of the notice be made with a specified person who is connected with him or her shall be deemed to be a sufficient disclosure that the Director has an interest of the nature and extent so specified; and

 

(b) an interest of which a Director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him to have knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of his.

 

27.3 A Director must disclose any direct or indirect interest in any transaction or arrangement with the Company, and following a declaration being made pursuant to the Articles, subject to any separate

 

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requirement for Audit Committee approval under applicable law or the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, and unless disqualified by the chairman of the relevant meeting, a Director may vote in respect of any such transaction or arrangement in which such Director is interested and may be counted in the quorum at such meeting.

 

27.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Independent Director” (as defined herein) and with respect of whom the Board has determined constitutes an “Independent Director” for purposes of compliance with applicable law or the Company’s listing requirements, shall without the consent of the Audit Committee take any of the foregoing actions or any other action that would reasonably be likely to affect such Director’s status as an “Independent Director” of the Company.

 

28 Proceedings of Directors

 

28.1 The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a simple majority of the Directors then in office (subject to there being a minimum of two (2) Directors present), provided that, for so long as Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera or 23S Capital, as applicable, has the right to designate Directors pursuant to Article 21.1, such a majority must include at least one Carlyle SPX Director, one Vinci Director, one Crescera Director and one 23S Capital Director. If such a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, or if during a meeting such quorum ceases to be present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or at such time and place as determined by the Directors present at such meeting. If a quorum is not present at any such adjourned meeting within half an hour from the time appointed, then the meeting shall proceed. A person who holds office as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. A Director who also acts as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, count twice towards the quorum, but one such Director shall not constitute a quorum on his own.

 

28.2 Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they determine is appropriate. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote.

 

28.3 A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting and is counted in a quorum and entitled to vote.

 

28.4 A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Directors (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointor and if such alternate Director is also a Director, being entitled to sign such resolution both on behalf of his appointor and in his capacity as a Director) shall be as valid and effective 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. Unless otherwise provided by its terms, such a resolution shall be effective from the date and time of the last signature.

 

28.5 A Director or alternate Director may, and another officer of the Company on the direction of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least five (5) clear days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate 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

 

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Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Shareholders shall apply mutatis mutandis.

 

28.6 Notwithstanding Article 28.5, if all Directors so agree to the meeting, a Director or alternate Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director or alternate Director may, call a meeting of the Directors on shorter notice than is provided for in Article 28.5 by notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director, which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered.

 

28.7 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.

 

28.8 All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate 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 or alternate Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be.

 

28.9 A Director who is present at a meeting of the Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Company immediately after the conclusion of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of such action.

 

29 Secretary and Other Officers

 

The Directors may by resolution appoint a Secretary and may by resolution also appoint such other officers as may from time to time be required upon such terms as to the duration of office, remuneration and otherwise as they may think fit PROVIDED THAT, the Directors may only appoint persons as directors of the Company in accordance with Article 21.3. Such Secretary or other officers need not be Directors and in the case of the other officers may be ascribed such titles as the Directors may decide. The Directors may by resolution remove from that position any Secretary or other officer appointed pursuant to this Article.

 

30 Minutes

 

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purposes of recording:

 

(a) all appointments of officers made by the Directors; and

 

(b) all resolutions and proceedings of meetings of the Company, of the holders of any class of shares in the Company and of the Directors and of committees of Directors, including the names of the Directors present at each such meeting.

 

31 Seal

 

31.1 The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of Directors authorised by the Directors. The Directors

 

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may determine who shall sign any instrument to which the Seal is affixed, and unless otherwise so determined every such instrument shall be signed by a Director or by such other person as the Directors may authorise.

 

31.2 The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals, each of which shall be a reproduction of the Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, shall have added on its face the name of every place where it is to be used.

 

31.3 The Directors may by resolution determine (i) that any signature required by this Article need not be manual but may be affixed by some other method or system of reproduction or mechanical or electronic signature and/or (ii) that any document may bear a printed reproduction of the Seal in lieu of affixing the Seal thereto.

 

31.4 No document or deed otherwise duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company shall be regarded as invalid merely because at the date of the delivery of the deed or document, the Director, Secretary or other officer or person who shall have executed the same or affixed the Seal thereto, as the case may be, for and on behalf of the Company shall have ceased to hold such office and authority on behalf of the Company.

 

32 Dividends

 

32.1 Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution declare dividends (including interim dividends) in accordance with the respective rights of the Shareholders, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors.

 

32.2 Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Directors may declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the Shareholders and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the Directors may pay dividends on shares which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on shares which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends, but no dividend shall be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrears. The Directors may also pay at intervals settled by them any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears that there are sufficient funds of the Company lawfully available for distribution to justify the payment. Provided the Directors act in good faith they shall not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss they may suffer by the lawful payment of a dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

 

32.3 The Directors may, before recommending or declaring any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may, at the like discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments (other than shares in the capital of the Company) as the Directors may from time to time think fit.

 

32.4 Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to shares and subject to Article 15, all dividends shall be paid in proportion to the number of shares a Shareholder holds as of the date the dividend is declared; save that (a) if any share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that share shall rank for dividend accordingly; and (b) where the Company has shares in issue which are not fully paid up (as to par value) the Company may pay dividends in proportion to the amount paid up on each share.

 

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32.5 The Directors may deduct from a dividend or other amounts payable to a person in respect of a share any amounts due from him to the Company on account of a call or otherwise in relation to a share.

 

32.6 Any Ordinary Resolution or Directors’ resolution declaring a dividend may direct that it shall be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets and, where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same and in particular may issue fractional certificates and fix the value for distribution of any assets and may determine that cash shall be paid to any Shareholder upon the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Shareholders and may vest any assets in trustees.

 

32.7 Any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of a share may be paid by cheque sent by post to the registered address of the person entitled or, if two or more persons are the holders of the share or are jointly entitled to it by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, to the registered address of that one of those persons who is first named in the Register of Shareholders or to such person and to such address as the person or persons entitled may in writing direct. Subject to any applicable law or regulations, every cheque shall be made payable to the order of the person or persons entitled or to such other person as the person or persons entitled may in writing direct and payment of the cheque shall be a good discharge to the Company. Any joint holder or other person jointly entitled to a share as aforesaid may give receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable in respect of the share.

 

32.8 No dividend or other moneys payable in respect of a share shall bear interest against the Company unless otherwise provided by the rights attached to the share.

 

32.9 Any dividend which has remained unclaimed for six years from the date when it became due for payment shall, if the Directors so resolve, be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company.

 

33 Financial Year, Accounting Records and Audit

 

33.1 Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31 December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1 January each year.

 

33.2 The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors. The books of account shall be kept at the registered office or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.

 

33.3 No Shareholder shall be entitled to require discovery of or any information with respect to any detail of the Company’s trading or any matter which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Directors it will be inexpedient in the interests of the Shareholders of the Company to communicate to the public.

 

33.4 The Directors may from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books and corporate records of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by applicable law, the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange or authorised by the Directors.

 

33.5 Subject to Articles 33.4, and 33.6 a printed copy of the Directors’ report, if any, accompanied by the consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, comprehensive income (loss), cash

 

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flows and changes in shareholders’ equity, including every document required by the Act to be annexed thereto, made up to the end of the applicable financial year, shall be sent to the Shareholders before the date of the general meeting and laid before the Company at the annual general meeting held in accordance with Article 16.2, provided that this Article 33.5 shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent to any person whose address the Company is not aware of or to more than one of the joint holders of any shares.

 

33.6 The requirement to send to a person referred to in Article 33.5 the documents referred to in that Article shall be deemed satisfied where, in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Company publishes copies of the documents referred to in Article 33.5 on the Company’s Website, transmits it to SEC’s website or in any other permitted manner (including by sending any other form of electronic communication), and that person has agreed or is deemed by the Company to have agreed to treat the publication or receipt of such documents in such manner as discharging the Company’s obligation to send to him a copy of such documents.

 

33.7 Subject to applicable law and to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall be audited in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.

 

33.8 The Directors, having considered the recommendations of the Audit Committee, shall appoint an auditor of the Company who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Board, and shall fix his or their remuneration.

 

34 Capitalisation of Profits

 

34.1 The Directors may:

 

(a) subject as provided in this Article, resolve to capitalize any undivided profits of the Company not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not they are available for distribution) or any sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or capital redemption reserve;

 

(b) appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions and apply such sum on their behalf either in or towards paying up the amounts, if any, for the time being unpaid on any shares held by them respectively, or in paying up in full unissued shares or debentures of the Company of a nominal amount equal to such sum, and allot the shares or debentures credited as fully paid to those Shareholders, or as they may direct, in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other;

 

(c) resolve that any shares so allotted to any Shareholder in respect of a holding by him of any partly-paid shares rank for dividend, so long as such shares remain partly paid, only to the extent that such partly paid shares rank for dividend;

 

(d) make such provision by the issue of fractional certificates or by payment in cash or otherwise as they determine in the case of shares or debentures becoming distributable under this Article in fractions; and

 

(e) authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to them respectively, credited as fully paid, of any shares or debentures to which they may be entitled upon such

 

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capitalization, any agreement made under such authority being binding on all such Shareholders.

 

35 Share Premium Account

 

35.1 The Directors shall in accordance with Section 34 of the Act establish a share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share or capital contributed as described in Article 4.6.

 

35.2 There shall be debited to any share premium account:

 

(a) on the redemption or purchase of a share the difference between the nominal value of such share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the discretion of the Directors such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by Section 37 of the Act, out of capital; and

 

(b) any other amounts paid out of any share premium account as permitted by Section 34 of the Act.

 

36 Notices

 

36.1 Except as otherwise provided in these Articles and subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally or by posting it airmail or by air courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register of Shareholders, or by electronic mail to any electronic mail address such Shareholder may have specified in writing for the purpose of such service of notices, or by advertisement in appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of any Designated Stock Exchange, or by facsimile or by placing it on the Company’s Website. In the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register of Shareholders in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.

 

36.2 Notices posted to addresses outside the Cayman Islands shall be forwarded by prepaid airmail.

 

36.3 Any notice or other document, if served by:

 

(a) post, shall be deemed to have been served five days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted;

 

(b) facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient;

 

(c) recognized courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service;

 

(d) electronic mail, shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail; or

 

(e) placing it on the Company’s Website, shall be deemed to have been served one (1) hour after the notice or document is placed on the Company’s Website.

 

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In proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service.

 

36.4 A Shareholder present, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company or of the holders of any class of shares in the Company shall be deemed to have received notice of the meeting, and, where requisite, of the purpose for which it was called.

 

36.5 Any notice or document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Shareholder in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register of Shareholders as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the Share.

 

36.6 Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to:

 

(a) all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address, facsimile number or email address for the giving of notices to them; and

 

(b) every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.

 

No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings

 

37 Winding Up

 

37.1 The Board shall have the power in the name and on behalf of the Company to present a petition to the court for the Company to be wound up.

 

37.2 If the Company is wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Act, divide among the Shareholders in specie the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and may, for that purpose, value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different classes of Shareholders. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as he with the like sanction determines, but no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any assets upon which there is a liability.

 

37.3 If the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid up capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Shareholders in proportion to the capital paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, at the commencement of the winding up, on the shares held by them respectively. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed pari passu amongst the Shareholders in proportion to the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up on the shares held by them respectively. This Article is to be without prejudice to the rights of the holders of shares issued upon special terms and conditions.

 

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38 Indemnity

 

38.1 Every Indemnified Person for the time being and from time to time of the Company and the personal representatives of the same shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and amounts paid in settlement and costs of investigation (collectively “Losses”) incurred or sustained by him otherwise than by reason of his own dishonesty, willful default or fraud in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any Losses incurred by him in defending or investigating (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, investigative and administrative proceedings concerning or in any way related to the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Islands or elsewhere. Such Losses incurred in defending or investigating any such proceeding shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred upon receipt, in each case, of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined by a non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect thereto.

 

38.2 No such Indemnified Person of the Company and the personal representatives of the same shall be liable (i) for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or officer or agent of the Company or (ii) by reason of his having joined in any receipt for money not received by him personally or in any other act to which he was not a direct party for conformity or (iii) for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company or (iv) on account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested or (v) for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other agent or any other party with whom any of the Company’s property may be deposited or (vi) for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities or discretions of his office or in relation thereto or (vii) for any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on such Person’s part, unless he has acted dishonestly, with willful default or through fraud.

 

38.3 The Company hereby acknowledges that certain Indemnified Persons may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance from or against (other than directors’ and officers’ or similar insurance obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including any such insurance obtained or maintained pursuant to Article 38.4 hereof) Other Indemnitors. The Company hereby agrees that: (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to an Indemnified Person are primary and any obligation of any Other Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person are secondary); (ii) it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an Indemnified Person and shall be liable for the full amount of all Losses to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of these Articles (or any other agreement between the Company and an Indemnified Person) without regard to any rights an Indemnified Person may have against any Other Indemnitors; and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any Other Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by any Other Indemnitors on behalf of an Indemnified Person with respect to any claim for which such Indemnified Person has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing, and without prejudice to Article 39 below, Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Indemnified Person against the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, no Person or entity providing Directors’ or officers’ or similar insurance obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,

 

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including any Person providing such insurance obtained or maintained pursuant to Article 38.4 hereof, shall be an Other Indemnitor.

 

38.4 The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of a Person who is or was (whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Article 38 or under applicable law): (a) a Director, alternate Director, Secretary or auditor of the Company or of a company which is or was a subsidiary of the Company or in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); or (b) the trustee of a retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which a person referred to in Article 38.1 is or has been interested, indemnifying him against any liability which may lawfully be insured against by the Company.

 

39 Claims Against the Company

 

Notwithstanding Article 38.3, unless otherwise determined by a majority of the Board, in the event that (i) any Shareholder (the “Claiming Party”) initiates or asserts any claim or counterclaim (“Claim”) or joins, offers substantial assistance to or has a direct financial interest in any Claim against the Company and (ii) the Claiming Party (or the third party that received substantial assistance from the Claiming Party or in whose Claim the Claiming Party had a direct financial interest) does not obtain a judgment on the merits in which the Claiming Party prevails, then each Claiming Party shall, to the fullest extent permissible by law, be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Company for all fees, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses) that the Company may incur in connection with such Claim.

 

40 Untraceable Shareholders

 

40.1 Without prejudice to the rights of the Company under Article 40.2, the Company may cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants by post if such cheques or warrants have been left uncashed on two (2) consecutive occasions. However, the Company may exercise the power to cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants after the first occasion on which such a cheque or warrant is returned undelivered.

 

40.2 The Company shall have the power to sell, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, any shares of a Shareholder who is untraceable, but no such sale shall be made unless:

 

(a) all cheques or warrants in respect of dividends of the shares in question, being not less than three (3) in total number, for any sum payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect of them sent during the relevant period in the manner authorised by the Articles of the Company have remained uncashed;

 

(b) so far as it is aware at the end of the relevant period, the Company has not at any time during the relevant period received any indication of the existence of the Shareholder who is the holder of such shares or of a person entitled to such shares by death, bankruptcy or operation of law; and

 

(c) the Company, if so required by the rules governing the listing of shares on the Designated Stock Exchange, has given notice to, and caused advertisement in newspapers to be made in accordance with the requirements of, the Designated Stock Exchange of its intention to sell such shares in the manner required by the Designated Stock Exchange, and a period of three (3) months or such shorter period as may be allowed by the Designated Stock Exchange has elapsed since the date of such advertisement.

 

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For the purposes of the foregoing, the “relevant period” means the period commencing twelve (12) years before the date of publication of the advertisement referred to in this Article 40.2 and ending at the expiry of the period referred to in that paragraph.

 

40.3 To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the said shares and an instrument of transfer signed or otherwise executed by or on behalf of such persons shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled by transmission to such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. The net proceeds of the sale will belong to the Company and upon receipt by the Company of such net proceeds it shall become indebted to the former Shareholder for an amount equal to such net proceeds. No trust shall be created in respect of such debt and no interest shall be payable in respect of it and the Company shall not be required to account for any money earned from the net proceeds which may be employed in the business of the Company or as it thinks fit. Any sale under this Article shall be valid and effective notwithstanding that the Shareholder holding the shares sold is dead, bankruptcy or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity.

 

41 Amendment of Memorandum of Articles

 

41.1 Subject to the Act, the Company may by Special Resolution change its name or change the provisions of the Memorandum with respect to its objects, powers or any other matter specified therein.

 

41.2 Subject to the Act and as provided in these Articles, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution, alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part.

 

42 Transfer by Way of Continuation

 

The Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.

 

43 Disclosure of Information

 

The Company may provide Shareholders that are incorporated under Brazilian laws and subject to Brazilian Exchange Commission regulations '"Brazilian Shareholders" or otherwise copies of any and all: (i) agreements entered into by the Company with its related parties; (ii) shareholders’ agreements entered into by the Company; (iii) stock option or other securities-based remuneration programs of the Company; and (iv) any other information required by Brazilian law or the Brazilian Exchange Commission, provided that, in the case of item (iv), it is duly demonstrated by the Brazilian Shareholder in its written request.

 

44 Business Opportunities

 

 

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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and except as may be otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the Company, on the one hand, and Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera, 23S Capital or the Neuberger Berman Group, on the other hand, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces and waives any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, directly or indirectly, any potential transactions, matters or business opportunities (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any dealings with customers or clients of the Company or any of its subsidiaries) that are from time to time presented to Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera, 23S Capital or the Neuberger Berman Group or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, stockholders, members, partners, affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), even if the transaction, matter or 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. None of Carlyle SPX, the Vinci Group, Crescera, 23S Capital nor the Neuberger Berman Group, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, stockholders, members, partners, affiliates or subsidiaries shall be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person pursues, acquires or participates in such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of any such person who is a Director or officer of the Company, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such Director or officer in writing solely in his or her capacity as a Director or officer of the Company.

 

Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and have consented to the provisions of this Article 44. Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Article 44, nor the adoption of any provision of this Memorandum inconsistent with this Article 44, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article 44 in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article 44, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal, adoption or modification. If any provision or provisions of this Article 44 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article 44 (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article 44 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article 44 (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article 44 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Company to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law. This Article 44 shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Company under this Memorandum, applicable law, any agreement or otherwise.

 

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EX-99.2 3 dp201714_ex9902.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

VITRU LIMITED

 

dated as of October 24, 2023

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS. 12. INCIDENTAL REGISTRATIONS. 53. REGISTRATION ON REQUEST 64. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 115. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS 166. INDEMNIFICATION. 167. REGISTRATION EXPENSES 188. RULE 144 199. CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 1910. MISCELLANEOUS. 19
(a) Definitions 1
(b) Interpretations 5
(a) Right to Include Registrable Securities 5
(b) Priority in Incidental Registrations 5
(a) Request by the Demand Party 6
(b) Priority on Demand Registration 7
(c) Cancellation of a Demand Registration 8
(d) Limitations on Demand Registrations 8
(e) Postponements in Requested Registrations 8
(f) Short-Form Registrations 9
(g) Shelf Take-Downs 10
(h) Registration Statement Form 10
(i) Selection of Underwriters 10
(a) Indemnification by the Issuer 16
(b) Indemnification by Holder of Registrable Securities 16
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings 17
(d) Contribution 17
(e) Deemed Underwriter 18
(f) Other Indemnification 18
(g) Non-Exclusivity 18
(h) Primacy of Indemnification 18
(a) Termination 19
(b) Holdback Agreement 19
(c) Opt-Out Notice 20

 

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(d) Amendments and Waivers 20
(e) Successors, Assigns and Transferees 20
(f) Notices 21
(g) Further Assurances 23
(h) Preservation of Rights 24
(i) Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries 24
(j) Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Forum; Waiver of Jury Trial 24
(k) Severability 24
(l) Enforcement 24
(m) Titles and Subtitles 25
(n) No Recourse 25
(o) Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures 25

 

 

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Exhibit A - Joinder Agreement

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 24, 2023 by and among Vitru Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”), Mundi Holdings I, L.L.C., Mundi Holdings II, L.L.C. (collectively, “Carlyle SPX”), Vinci Capital Partners II, J Beta Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia, Agresti Investments LLC, Botticelli Investments LLC, Caravaggio Investments LLC and Raffaello Investments LLC (collectively, “Vinci”), Crescera Growth Capital Master V Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia and Crescera Growth Capital V Coinvestimento III Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia (collectively, “Crescera”), DBOAT I Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia (“23S Capital” and, together with Carlyle SPX, Vinci and Crescera the “Principal Investors” and each, a “Principal Investor”) and NB Verrocchio LP (“Neuberger” and, together with Carlyle SPX, Vinci, Crescera and 23S Capital, each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”), and any Person who becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section ‎10(e). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the text of this Agreement or in Section ‎1.

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer, Carlyle SPX, Vinci, Crescera and Neuberger are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2020, as amended and restated on November 10, 2022 (the “Original RRA”);

 

WHEREAS, Vinci and 23S Capital entered into that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2023 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Share Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Vinci has agreed to sell, and 23S Capital has agreed to buy, certain common shares of the Issuer held by Vinci (the “23S Capital Investment”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the 23S Capital Investment, the Issuer, Carlyle SPX, Vinci, Crescera and Neuberger wish to amend the Original RRA to include 23S Capital as party, in its capacity as Principal Investor, as well as to grant certain rights to 23S Capital.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the mutual promises hereafter set forth, the parties hereby agree that the Original RRA is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, as of and contingent upon the closing of the 23S Capital Investment, as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. Definitions and Interpretations.

 

(a) Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such person as of the date on which, or at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made (including any investment fund the primary investment advisor to which is such Person or an Affiliate thereof); provided, that for purposes of this Agreement, no Holder shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(f)(iii).

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Issuer.

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in New York City.

 

“Common Shares” means any and all common shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, of the Issuer.

 

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“control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Covered Person” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎6(a).

 

“Demand Follow-Up Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(a).

 

“Demand Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(a).

 

“Demand Registration” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(a).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

“Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎4‎(a).

 

“Holdback Period” means, except as otherwise set forth in Section ‎10(b), in connection with a registered offering covered by this Agreement, ninety (90) days after and during the seven (7) days before, the effective date of the related Registration Statement or, in the case of a takedown from a Shelf Registration Statement that is a Shelf Underwritten Offering, ninety (90) days after the date of the Prospectus supplement filed with the SEC in connection with such takedown and during such prior period (not to exceed seven (7) days) as the Issuer has given reasonable written notice to the holder of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that references in this definition to “ninety (90) days” shall be replaced with (i) “forty-five (45) days” for the second offering covered by this Agreement and (ii) “thirty (30) days” for the third and subsequent offerings covered by this Agreement; provided further, that notwithstanding this definition, a shorter period of time may be negotiated in the lock-up agreement for the Underwritten Offering if all Holders are subject to the same reduced lock-up period.

 

“Holder” means (i) any of the Investors, (ii) any other Person entitled to incidental or piggyback registration rights hereunder upon entering into a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or (iii) any direct or indirect transferee of a Holder who has acquired Registrable Securities from a Holder and who has entered into a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

“Indemnified Party” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎6(c).

 

“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎6(c).

 

“Indemnitors” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎6(h).

 

“Inspector” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎4‎(p).

 

“Investor” and “Investors” have the meaning given to such terms in the Preamble.

 

“Issuer” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.

 

“Losses” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎6(a).

 

“Opt-Out Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎10(c).

 

“Parties” means the parties to this Agreement.

 

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“Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any Holder, (x) an Affiliate (other than any “portfolio company” described below) of such Holder, and (y) in the case of a Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company or any foreign equivalent thereof, any partner, member or foreign equivalent thereof of such Holder (provided that such Transfer is made in a pro rata distribution in accordance with the applicable partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or foreign equivalent thereof, as the case may be); provided, however, that any such transferee shall agree in a writing in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto to be bound by and to comply with all applicable provisions of this Agreement; provided, further, however, that in no event shall (A) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any “portfolio company” (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) of any Holder or any entity controlled by a portfolio company of any Holder constitute a “Permitted Transferee”.

 

“Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any department or agency thereof or any other entity.

 

“Principal Investor” and “Principal Investors” have the meaning given to such terms in the Preamble.

 

“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, relating to Registrable Securities, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

“Records” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎4‎(p).

 

“Registrable Securities” means any Common Shares held by a Holder and any Common Shares issued or issuable, directly or indirectly, with respect to the Common Shares held by a Holder by way of exchange thereof or stock dividends, stock splits or in connection with a combination of shares, reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) they are disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, (ii) they are sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act), (iii) they shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (iv) they have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities.

 

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Issuer filed with the SEC under the Securities Act which covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including any Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 158” means Rule 158 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 163B” means Rule 163B under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 405” means Rule 405 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

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“Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 424” means Rule 424 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 430A” means Rule 430A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 430B” means Rule 430B under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“Rule 433” means Rule 433 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(f)(i).

 

“Shelf Underwritten Offering” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(g).

 

“Short-Form Registration” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(f)(i).

 

“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation of which a majority of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors thereof, at the time as of which any determination is being made, are owned by another entity, either directly or indirectly and (ii) any joint venture, general or limited partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity in which an entity is the record or beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the voting interests or the general partner.

 

“Suspension Event” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(e).

 

“Take-Down Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(g).

 

“Testing-the-Waters Communication” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎6(a).

 

“Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any Common Shares beneficially owned by a Person or any interest in any Common Shares beneficially owned by a Person. In the event that any Holder that is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity (other than an individual, trust or estate) ceases to be, directly or indirectly, controlled by the Person controlling such Holder as of the date hereof or a Permitted Transferee thereof, such event shall be deemed to constitute a “Transfer” subject to the restrictions on Transfer contained or referenced herein; provided, however that, with respect to any Investor or any Affiliate thereof that is an investment fund, a change of control of the direct or indirect general partner or investment advisor of such investment fund shall not constitute a Transfer.

 

“Underwritten Offering” means an offering registered under the Securities Act in which Common Shares are sold to one or more underwriters for reoffering to the public.

 

“WKSI” has the meaning given to such term in Section ‎3(f)(iii).

 

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(b) Interpretations. For purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise noted:

 

(i) All references to laws, rules, regulations and forms in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to such laws, rules, regulations and forms, as amended from time to time or, to the extent replaced, the comparable successor laws, rules, regulations and forms thereto in effect at the time.

 

(ii) All references to agencies, self-regulatory organizations or governmental entities in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the comparable successor thereto.

 

(iii) All references to agreements and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to be references to such agreements or other instruments as they may be amended, waived, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

(iv) All references to any amount of securities (including Registrable Securities) shall be deemed to be a reference to such amount measured on an as-converted or as-exercised basis.

 

2. Incidental Registrations.

 

(a) Right to Include Registrable Securities. If the Issuer determines to register its Common Shares under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to a Registration Statement filed by the Issuer on Form F-4 or S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated for similar purposes or filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), whether or not for sale for its own account, in a manner which would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, it will, at each such time, give prompt written notice to all Holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to do so and of such Holders’ rights under this Section ‎2. Upon the written request of any such Holder made within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of any such notice (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder and the intended method or methods of disposition thereof), the Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Issuer has been so requested to register by the Holders thereof; provided that (i) if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Issuer shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration of the securities to be sold by it, the Issuer may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Holder of Registrable Securities and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the expenses in connection therewith) without prejudice to the rights of the Holders to request that such registration be effected as a registration under Section 3, and (ii) if such registration involves an Underwritten Offering, all Holders of Registrable Securities requesting to be included in the Issuer’s registration must sell their Registrable Securities to the underwriters selected by the Issuer on the same terms and conditions as apply to the Issuer and the other Holders selling Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering, with such differences, including any with respect to indemnification, as may be customary or appropriate in combined primary and secondary offerings, provided, further that (x) no Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties other than those related to title and ownership of, and power and authority to transfer, shares and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to the Issuer or the managing underwriter(s) by such Person pertaining exclusively to such Holder and (y) no Holder shall be required to agree to any indemnification obligations on the part of such Holder that are greater than its obligations pursuant to Section ‎6 hereof. The Issuer shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a registration requested pursuant to this Section ‎2(a) beyond the earlier to occur of (i) 180 days after the effective date thereof and (ii) consummation of the distribution by the Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. Any Holder of Registrable Securities who has elected to sell Registrable Securities in an offering pursuant to this Section ‎2 shall be permitted to withdraw from such registration by written notice to the Issuer at least two (2) business days prior to the anticipated pricing date.

 

(b) Priority in Incidental Registrations. The Issuer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit Holders of Registrable Securities who have requested to include Registrable Securities in such offering to include in such offering all Registrable Securities so requested to be included on the same terms and conditions as any other shares of capital stock, if any, of the Issuer included in the offering.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering have informed the Issuer in writing that in its good faith opinion the total number or dollar amount of securities that such Holders and the Issuer intend to include in such offering is such as to likely have a material adverse effect on the timing, price or distribution of such offering, then there shall be included in such Underwritten Offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities that in the good faith opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated as follows: (A) if such Underwritten Offering occurs prior to and including December 31, 2024, (i) first, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by the Issuer in such registration; (ii) second, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by each of Carlyle SPX, Vinci and Neuberger and their respective Affiliates, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders; (iii) third, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by each of Crescera and 23S Capital and their respective Affiliates, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders; and (iv) fourth, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by the Holders of Registrable Securities (other than any Investor and its Affiliates) requesting such registration, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders; (B) if such Underwritten Offering occurs after December 31, 2024, (i) first, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by the Issuer in such registration; (ii) second, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by each of Carlyle SPX, Vinci, Crescera, 23S Capital and Neuberger and their respective Affiliates, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders; and (iii) third, all securities of the Issuer requested to be included by the Holders of Registrable Securities (other than any Investor and its Affiliates) requesting such registration, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders.

 

3. Registration on Request.

 

(a) Request by the Demand Party. Subject to Section ‎3(d), each of the Principal Investors and its Affiliates that is a Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to require the Issuer to register, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the number of Registrable Securities of such Holder and its Affiliates requested to be so registered pursuant to this Agreement, in each case by delivering written notice to the Issuer (any such written notice, a “Demand Notice” and any such registration, a “Demand Registration”). Subject to Section ‎3(d), following receipt of a Demand Notice for a Demand Registration in accordance with this Section ‎3(a), the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to file a Registration Statement as promptly as practicable, but no later than within forty-five (45) days, and to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof.

 

No Demand Registration shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph if (i) the Registration Statement relating thereto (x) does not become effective, (y) is not maintained effective for the period required pursuant to this Section ‎3, or (z) the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is subject to a stop order, injunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such period, (ii) more than 90% of the Registrable Securities requested by the demanding Holder to be included in such registration are not so included pursuant to Section ‎3(b) or (iii) the conditions to closing specified in any underwriting agreement, purchase agreement or similar agreement entered into in connection with the registration relating to such request are not satisfied (other than as a result of a material default or breach thereunder by such demanding Holder or its Affiliates) or otherwise waived by such demanding Holder.

 

Within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Issuer of a Demand Notice in accordance with this Section ‎3(a), the Issuer shall give written notice (the “Demand Follow-Up Notice”) of such Demand Notice to all other Holders of Registrable Securities and shall, subject to the provisions of Section ‎3(b) hereof, include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Issuer received written requests for inclusion therein within five (5) Business Days after such Demand Follow-Up Notice is given by the Issuer to such Holders.

 

All requests made pursuant to this Section ‎3 will specify the number of Registrable Securities to be registered and the intended method or methods of disposition thereof.

 

 

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The Issuer shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to any Demand Registration for a period of at least 180 days after the effective date thereof or such shorter period during which all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have actually been sold; provided, however, that such period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder of Registrable Securities refrains from selling any securities included in such Registration Statement at the request of the Issuer or an underwriter of the Issuer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(b) Priority on Demand Registration. If any of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to a Demand Registration are to be sold in an Underwritten Offering, and the managing underwriter(s), after consultation with external legal counsel and the Issuer, advise the Holders of such securities that in its good faith opinion the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such offering (including, without limitation, securities proposed to be included by other Holders of securities entitled to include securities in such Registration Statement pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights) is such as to adversely affect the success of such offering, then there shall be included in such Underwritten Offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities that in the good faith opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated as follows:

 

(A) if such Underwritten Offering occurs prior to and including December 31, 2024:

 

(i) first, to each of Carlyle SPX, Vinci and Neuberger and their respective Affiliates requesting such registration (whether pursuant to a Demand Notice or pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights) pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders, until with respect to each such Holder, all Registrable Securities requested for registration by such Holders have been included in such registration;

 

(ii) second, to each of Crescera and 23S Capital and their Affiliates requesting such registration (whether pursuant to a Demand Notice or pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights) pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders, until with respect to each such Holder, all Registrable Securities requested for registration by such Holders have been included in such registration;

 

(iii) third, among the Holders of Registrable Securities (other than any Investor and its Affiliates) requesting such registration pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights, pro rata on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such Holders, until, with respect to each such Holder, all Registrable Securities requested for registration by such Holders have been included in such registration; and

 

(iv) fourth, the securities for which inclusion in such Demand Registration was requested by the Issuer.

 

(B) if such Underwritten Offering occurs after December 31, 2024:

 

(i) first, to each of Carlyle SPX, Vinci, Crescera, 23S Capital and Neuberger and their respective Affiliates requesting such registration (whether pursuant to a Demand Notice or pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights) pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by such Holders, until with respect to each such Holder, all Registrable Securities requested for registration by such Holders have been included in such registration;

 

(ii) second, among the Holders of Registrable Securities (other than any Investor and its Affiliates) requesting such registration pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights, pro rata on the basis of the percentage of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such Holders, until, with respect to each such Holder, all Registrable Securities requested for registration by such Holders have been included in such registration; and

 

(iii) third, the securities for which inclusion in such Demand Registration was requested by the Issuer.

 

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(c) Cancellation of a Demand Registration. Each Holder that submitted a Demand Notice pursuant to a particular offering and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities that are to be registered in a particular offering pursuant to this Section ‎3 shall have the right, prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to notify the Issuer that it or they, as the case may be, have determined that the Registration Statement be abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Issuer shall abandon or withdraw such Registration Statement. Any Holder of Registrable Securities who has elected to sell Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Section ‎3 (including the Holder who delivered the Demand Notice of such registration) shall be permitted to withdraw from such registration by written notice to the Issuer at least two (2) Business Days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, at least two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated pricing date.

 

(d) Limitations on Demand Registrations. The Principal Investors and their Affiliates shall, collectively, be entitled to initiate no more than four (4) Demand Registrations (other than Short-Form Registrations and shelf take-downs to effect a Shelf Underwritten Offering), provided that neither (1) Carlyle SPX or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities, on the one hand, nor (2) Vinci or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities, on the other hand, nor (3) Crescera or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities, on the other hand, nor (4) 23S Capital or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities, on the other hand, may request more than two (2) of such four (4) Demand Registrations, unless otherwise agreed to by Carlyle SPX, Vinci, Crescera and 23S Capital. With respect to each Demand Registration, the Registrable Securities requested to be registered pursuant to Section ‎3(a) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Registrable Securities requested to be registered in addition to the Registrable Securities of the demanding Holder) must represent the lesser of (i) an aggregate offering price of Registrable Securities that is reasonably expected to equal at least US$25,000,000 or (ii) all of the remaining Registrable Securities owned by the demanding Principal Investor and its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities.

 

(e) Postponements in Requested Registrations. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement, including a Shelf Registration Statement, with respect to a Demand Registration would require the Issuer to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the Issuer (after consultation with external legal counsel) (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement so that such Registration Statement would not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement and (iii) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Issuer or its business or on the Issuer’s ability to effect a bona fide material proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction (collectively, “Suspension Events”), and the Issuer furnishes to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or any other senior executive officer of the Issuer stating such, then the Issuer may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders participating in such registration, delay the filing or initial effectiveness (but not the preparation) of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement; provided that (i) the Issuer shall be permitted to do so on only two (2) occasions in any 6-month period for a period not to exceed the earlier of (A) the termination of any such Suspension Event and (B) forty-five (45) days following notice of any such Suspension Event and (ii) the Issuer may not postpone or suspend for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, sixty (60) days during any 12-month period. In the event that the Issuer exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, such Holders agree to suspend, promptly upon receipt of the notice referred to above, the use of any Prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. Issuer covenants and agrees that it shall not deliver a suspension notice with respect to a suspension period unless all of Issuer’s employees, officers and directors who are subject to Issuer’s insider trading policy, and who are prohibited by the terms thereof from effecting any public sales of securities of Issuer beneficially owned by them, are so prohibited for the duration of such suspension period. If the Issuer so postpones the filing of a Prospectus or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, the demanding Holder shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such registration request shall not count for the purposes of the limitations set forth in Section ‎3(d). The Issuer shall promptly give the Holders requesting registration thereof pursuant to this Section ‎3 written notice of any postponement made in accordance with the preceding sentence.

 

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(f) Short-Form Registrations.

 

(i) The Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to qualify for registration on Form F-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms or any similar short-form registration (a “Short-Form Registration”), and, if requested by any Investor or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities and available to the Issuer, such Short-Form Registration shall be a “shelf” registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis of, the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or otherwise (a “Shelf Registration Statement”). Each Principal Investor and its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to request an unlimited number of Short-Form Registrations, if available to the Issuer, with respect to the Registrable Securities held by such requesting Holder and its Affiliates in addition to the other registration rights provided in Section ‎2 and this Section ‎3; provided, however, that the Principal Investors and their Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities may not require the Issuer to effect more than three (3) Short-Form Registrations collectively in any 12-month period, if at least (A) one (1) such Short-Form Registration in such 12-month period was initiated by Carlyle SPX or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities; (B) at least one (1) such Short-Form Registration in such 12-month period was initiated by Vinci or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities; (C) at least one (1) such Short-Form Registration in such 12-month period was initiated by Crescera or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities; or (D) at least one (1) such Short-Form Registration in such 12-month period was initiated by 23S Capital or its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities. In addition, Neuberger shall be entitled to request one (1) Short-Form Registration by means of a Shelf Registration Statement, if available to the Issuer, with respect to the Registrable Securities held by Neuberger and its Affiliates. If any Demand Registration is proposed by the demanding Holder to be a Short-Form Registration and an Underwritten Offering, and if the managing underwriter(s) shall advise the Issuer and the Holders that, in its good faith opinion, it is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering to file a registration statement on Form F-1 (or any successor or similar registration statement) or to include in such registration statement information not required to be included in a Short-Form Registration, then the Issuer shall file a registration statement on Form F-1 or supplement the Short-Form Registration as reasonably requested by such managing underwriter(s). No such registration nor any other Short-Form Registration shall count as a Demand Registration for purposes of calculating how many Demand Registrations the Principal Investors and their Affiliates have initiated pursuant to the provisions of Section ‎3.

 

(ii) Upon filing any Short-Form Registration, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Short-Form Registration effective with the SEC at all times and to re-file such Short-Form Registration upon its expiration, and to cooperate in any shelf take-down, whether or not underwritten, by amending or supplementing any Prospectus related to such Short-Form Registration as may be reasonably requested by any Investor or any of its Affiliates that is a Holder of Registrable Securities or as otherwise required, until such time as all Registrable Securities that could be sold in such Short-Form Registration have been sold or are no longer outstanding. To the extent that the Issuer becomes ineligible to use Form F-3, the Issuer shall file a “shelf” registration statement on Form F-1 not later than forty-five (45) days after the date of such ineligibility and use its reasonable best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as promptly as practicable.

 

(iii) To the extent the Issuer is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405) (a “WKSI”) at the time any Demand Notice for a Short-Form Registration is submitted to the Issuer and such Demand Notice requests that the Issuer file a Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuer shall file an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405) on Form F-3 (an “Automatic Shelf Registration Statement”) in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, which covers the number or class of Registrable Securities which are requested to be registered. If registering a number of Registrable Securities, the Issuer shall pay the registration fee for all Registrable Securities to be registered pursuant to an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement at the time of filing of the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement and shall not elect to pay any portion of the registration fee on a deferred basis. The Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to remain a WKSI (and not to become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405)) during the period during which any Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is effective. If at any time following the filing of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement when the Issuer is required to re-evaluate its WKSI status the Issuer determines that it is not a WKSI, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to post-effectively amend the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to a Shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 or file a new Shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 or, if such form is not available, Form F-1, have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC and keep such Registration Statement effective during the period during which such Short-Form Registration is required to be kept effective in accordance with Section ‎3(f)(ii).

 

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To the extent that the Issuer is eligible to file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement and a Principal Investor or any of its Affiliates that is a Holder of Registrable Securities notifies the Issuer that it wishes to engage in a block sale off of such an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement and the Issuer does not have an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities, the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement within five (5) days of such notification by such Holder or such other period of time as agreed between such Holder and the Issuer to the extent that the five-day filing is impracticable.

 

(g) Shelf Take-Downs. At any time that a Shelf Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities is effective, if any Principal Investor or its Affiliates delivers a notice to the Issuer (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to effect an Underwritten Offering of all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on the shelf registration statement (a “Shelf Underwritten Offering”), then the Issuer shall amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Underwritten Offering (taking into account the inclusion of Registrable Securities by any other Holders pursuant to Section ‎3(g)(i)). Any Principal Investor and its Affiliates that are Holders of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to request an unlimited number of shelf take-downs to effect a Shelf Underwritten Offering, if available to the Issuer, with respect to the Registrable Securities held by such requesting Holder and its Affiliates in addition to the other registration rights provided in Section ‎2 and this Section ‎3. In connection with any Shelf Underwritten Offering:

 

(i) the Issuer shall also deliver the Take-Down Notice to all other Holders with securities included on such shelf registration statement (which Take-Down Notice shall be held in confidence by such Holders until the offering is publicly disclosed) and permit each such Holder to include its Registrable Securities included on the shelf registration statement in the Shelf Underwritten Offering if such Holder notifies the proposing Holder and the Issuer within (x) three (3) Business Days after distribution or dissemination (including via e-mail, if available) of the Take-Down Notice to such Holder or (y) in the event that such Take-Down Notice is for a block sale (including a block sale off of a Shelf Registration Statement or an effective Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, or in connection with the registration of a Holder’s Registrable Securities under an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of effectuating a block sale), two (2) Business Days after distribution or dissemination (including via e-mail, if available) of the Take-Down Notice to such Holder;

 

(ii) in the event that the underwriter advises such requesting Holder and the Issuer in its good faith opinion that the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such offering is such as to adversely affect the success of such offering (including, without limitation, adversely affect the per share offering price), then the underwriter may limit the number of shares which would otherwise be included in such take-down offering in the same manner as described in Section ‎3(b) with respect to a limitation of shares to be included in a registration; and

 

(iii) If at any time or from time to time, a Principal Investor desires to sell Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Underwritten Offering, the underwriters, including the managing underwriter, shall be selected by such Principal Investor.

 

(h) Registration Statement Form. If any registration requested pursuant to this Section ‎3 which is proposed by the Issuer to be effected by the filing of a Registration Statement on Form F-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration statement) shall be in connection with an underwritten public offering, and if the managing underwriter(s) shall advise the Issuer that, in its good faith opinion, the use of another form of Registration Statement is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering or is otherwise required by applicable law, then such registration shall be effected on such other form.

 

(i) Selection of Underwriters. If any Principal Investor or its Affiliates intends that the Registrable Securities requested to be covered by a Demand Registration requested by such Holder shall be distributed by means of an Underwritten Offering, such demanding Holder shall so advise the Issuer as a part of the Demand Notice, and the Issuer shall include such information in the Notice sent by the Issuer to the other Holders with respect to such Demand Registration.

 

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In such event, the lead underwriter to administer the offering shall be chosen by the demanding Holder following consultation with the Issuer. If the offering is underwritten, the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section ‎3 will be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise agreed by the demanding Holder) and each such Holder will (together with the Issuer and the other Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting (including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the managing underwriter(s)), provided that (A) no Holder shall be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder has requested the Issuer to include in any registration and (B) if any Holder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Issuer, the managing underwriter(s) and, in connection with an underwritten registration pursuant to this Section ‎3, the demanding Holder, provided further that no such Person (other than the Issuer) shall be required to make any representations or warranties other than those related to title and ownership of, and power and authority to transfer, shares and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to the Issuer or the managing underwriter(s) by such Person pertaining exclusively to such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Holder shall be required to agree to any indemnification obligations on the part of such Holder that are greater than its obligations pursuant to Section ‎6.

 

4. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Issuer is required to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Section ‎2 and Section ‎3, the Issuer shall effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Issuer shall cooperate in the sale of such Registrable Securities and shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

 

(a)   prepare and file, in each case as promptly as practicable, with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on such form as shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof or by the Issuer in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, make all required filings with FINRA, and, if such Registration Statement is not automatically effective upon filing, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable and to remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including free writing prospectuses under Rule 433 (each a “Free Writing Prospectus”)) and, to the extent reasonably practicable, documents that would be incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in a Registration Statement filed pursuant to a Demand Notice (other than a Shelf Registration Statement), the Issuer shall furnish or otherwise make available to the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits thereto), which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such counsel, and such other documents reasonably requested by such counsel, including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested by such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each Prospectus included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Issuer’s books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors. The Issuer will include comments to any Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto from Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, as reasonably requested on a timely basis. The Issuer shall not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto (including such documents that, upon filing, would be incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein and including Free Writing Prospectuses) with respect to a Demand Registration to which the demanding Holder or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (or their counsel) or the managing underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the opinion of the Issuer, such filing is necessary to comply with applicable law;

 

 

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(b) except in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith and such Free Writing Prospectuses and Exchange Act reports as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective during the period provided herein and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement; and cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act in each case, until such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

 

(c)   in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith and such Free Writing Prospectuses and Exchange Act reports as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply in all material respects with the provision of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the Registrable Securities subject thereto for the maximum period permitted by the rules of the SEC, and shall replace any Shelf Registration Statement at or before expiration.

 

(d)   notify each selling Holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, promptly after the Issuer receives notice thereof (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if at any time the Issuer has reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section ‎4‎(o) below cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of such Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (vi) of the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, as then in effect, untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (which notice shall notify the selling Holders only of the occurrence of such an event and shall provide no additional information regarding such event to the extent such information would constitute material non-public information);

 

(e)   use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest date reasonably practical;

 

(f)   if requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any, a Holder making a Demand Notice with respect to such offering or the Holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an Underwritten Offering, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter(s), if any, or such Holder or Holders, as the case may be, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of such securities set forth in the Registration Statement and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuer has received such request; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to take any actions under this Section ‎4‎(f) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Issuer, in compliance with applicable law;

 

 

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(g) deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel, and the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of Prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto (including any Free Writing Prospectus) as such Persons may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof; and the Issuer, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 4, hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any such amendment or supplement thereto;

 

(h)   prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any seller or underwriter reasonably requests in writing and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and to take any other action that may be necessary or advisable to enable such Holders of Registrable Securities to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof; provided, however, that the Issuer will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section ‎4‎(h), (ii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction wherein it is not so subject or (iii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject (other than service of process in connection with such registration or qualification or any sale of Registrable Securities in connection therewith);

 

(i)   cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends unless required under applicable law) representing Registrable Securities to be sold, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter(s), if any, or Holders may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities in a firm commitment public offering, but in any other such sale, within ten (10) Business Days prior to having to issue the securities;

 

(j)   use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities within the United States as may be necessary in light of the business or operations of the Issuer to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the managing underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, in accordance with the intended method or methods thereof, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Issuer will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals, as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods thereof;

 

(k)   upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section ‎4‎(d)‎(vi) above, promptly prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(l)   prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities;

 

(m) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities from and after the effective date of such Registration Statement. In connection therewith, if required by the Issuer’s transfer agent, the Issuer will promptly after the effective date of the Registration Statement, cause an opinion of counsel as to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be delivered to and maintained with such transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without any such legend upon sale by the Holder or the underwriter or managing underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement;

 

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(n)   use its reasonable best efforts to cause all shares of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on a national securities exchange if shares of the particular class of Registrable Securities are at that time listed on such exchange, prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement;

 

(o)   enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in Underwritten Offerings) and take all such other customary actions reasonably requested by a Holder submitting a Demand Notice with respect to such offering or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any) to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten registration, (i) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in Underwritten Offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when reasonably requested, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the selling Holders of such Registrable Securities opinions of outside counsel (and/or internal counsel if acceptable to the managing underwriter(s)) to the Issuer and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter(s), if any, and counsels to the selling Holders of the Registrable Securities), addressed to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities and each of the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in Underwritten Offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such counsel and underwriters, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Issuer (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any Subsidiary of the Issuer or of any business acquired by the Issuer for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements included in such Registration Statement, addressed to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities (unless such accountants shall be prohibited from so addressing such letters by applicable standards of the accounting profession) and each of the underwriters, if any, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with Underwritten Offerings, (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures that are customary for underwriting agreements in connection with Underwritten Offerings except as otherwise agreed by the parties thereto and (v) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by a Holder making a Demand Notice with respect to such offering, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement, its or their counsel, as the case may be, or the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section ‎4(o)(i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuer. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder;

 

(p) upon reasonable notice, make available for inspection by a representative of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities, the underwriters participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such selling Holders or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”) at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement; provided, however, that any information and Records that are not generally publicly available at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Inspectors unless (i) disclosure of such information or Records is required by court or administrative order, (ii) disclosure of such information or Records, in the opinion of counsel to such Inspector, is required by law or applicable legal process, (iii) such information or Records become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard by such Inspector, (iv) such information or Records becomes available to such Inspector on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Issuer or (v) such information or Records is independently developed by such Inspector.

 

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In the case of a proposed disclosure pursuant to ‎(i) or ‎(ii) above, such Inspector shall be required to give the Issuer written notice of the proposed disclosure prior to such disclosure and, if requested by the Issuer, assist the Issuer in seeking to prevent or limit the proposed disclosure;

 

(q)   cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including, without limitation, participation in such number of “road shows” as the underwriter(s) reasonably request);

 

(r)   cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA;

 

(s)   otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months beginning with the first day of the Issuer’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder; and

 

(t)   take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act; provided, that, to the extent that any prohibition is applicable to the Issuer, the Issuer will take all reasonable action to make such prohibition inapplicable.

 

The Issuer may require each Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuer in writing such information required in connection with such registration regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Issuer may, from time to time, reasonably request and the Issuer may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

The Issuer agrees not to file or make any amendment to any Registration Statement with respect to any Registrable Securities, or any amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus used in connection therewith, that refers to any Holder covered thereby by name, or otherwise identifies such Holder as the holder of any securities of the Issuer, without the consent of such Holder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless and to the extent such disclosure is required by law, rule or regulation, in which case the Issuer shall provide prompt written notice to such Holders prior to the filing of such amendment to any Registration Statement or amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus.

 

If the Issuer files any Shelf Registration Statement for the benefit of the holders of any of its securities other than the Holders, the Issuer agrees that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to include in such registration statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (referring to the unnamed selling security holders in a generic manner by identifying the initial offering of the securities to the Holders) in order to ensure that the Holders may be added to such Shelf Registration Statement at a later time through the filing of a Prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment.

 

Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees if such Holder has Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section ‎4‎(d)‎(ii), ‎4‎(d)‎(iii), ‎4‎(d)‎(iv), ‎4‎(d)‎(v) and ‎4‎(d)‎(vi) hereof, such Holder will promptly discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section ‎4‎(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Issuer that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus; provided, however, that the time periods under Section ‎3 with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a Registration Statement must be maintained shall automatically be extended by the amount of time the Holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.

 

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5. Hedging Transactions. The Parties agree that the provisions of this Agreement relating to the registration, offer and sale of Registrable Securities apply also to (i) any transaction which Transfers some or all of the economic risk of ownership of Registrable Securities, including any forward contract, equity swap, put or call, put or call equivalent position, collar, margin loan, sale of exchangeable security or similar transaction (including the registration, offer and sale under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities pledged to the counterparty to such transaction or of securities of the same class as the underlying Registrable Securities by the counterparty to such transaction in connection therewith), and that the counterparty to such transaction shall be selected in the sole discretion of the Holders and (ii) any derivative transactions in which a broker-dealer, other financial institution or unaffiliated Person may sell Registrable Securities covered by any Prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement including short sale transactions using Registrable Securities pledged by a Holder or borrowed from the Holder or others and Registrable Securities loaned, pledged or hypothecated to any such party. The Prospectus shall permit, in connection with derivative transactions, a broker-dealer, other financial institution or third party to sell shares of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions.

 

6. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Issuer. The Issuer shall, without limitation as to time, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement or Prospectus, the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each of them, each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) each such Holder and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each such controlling person, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter (each such person being referred to herein as a “Covered Person”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding), expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, offering circular, or other document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like, any Free Writing Prospectus, any “roadshow” as defined in Rule 433(h) or any oral or written communication with potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act or Rule 163B (a “Testing-the-Waters Communication”) or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing or any document incorporated by reference therein) incident to any such registration, qualification, or compliance, or based on any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Issuer of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Issuer and relating to any action or inaction in connection with the related offering of Registrable Securities, and will reimburse each such Covered Person for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such Loss, provided that the Issuer will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission by such Covered Person relating to such Covered Person or its Affiliates (other than the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus, roadshow, Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by such Covered Person with respect to such Covered Person for use therein. It is agreed that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section ‎6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Loss or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Issuer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

(b) Indemnification by Holder of Registrable Securities.

 

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As a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement filed in accordance with Section ‎4 hereof, the Issuer shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the prospective seller of such Registrable Securities to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, severally and not jointly with any other Holders of Registrable Securities, the Issuer, its directors and officers and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Issuer and all other prospective sellers, from and against all Losses arising out of or based on any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement, Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, offering circular, or other document, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Issuer, such directors, controlling persons and prospective sellers for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by such Holder with respect to such Holder for inclusion in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular or other document; provided, however, that the obligations of such Holder hereunder shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); and provided, further, that the liability of such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be limited to the net proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts (but before any taxes and expenses which may be payable by such Holder) received by such selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.

 

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Person shall be entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall give prompt notice to the party from which such indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any claim or of the commencement of any proceeding with respect to which such Indemnified Party seeks indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the delay or failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation or liability except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has been materially prejudiced by such delay or failure. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt of written notice from such Indemnified Party of such claim or proceeding, to, unless in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, assume, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, the defense of any such claim or proceeding, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such claim or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees to pay such fees and expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails promptly to assume, or in the event of a conflict of interest cannot assume, the defense of such claim or proceeding or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; in which case the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ counsel and to assume the defense of such claim or proceeding at the Indemnifying Party’s expense; provided, further, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one (1) such claim or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related claims or proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one (1) firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all of the Indemnified Parties, or for fees and expenses that are not reasonable. Whether or not such defense is assumed by the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnifying Party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Indemnifying Party shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that (x) does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder or (y) involves the imposition of equitable remedies or the imposition of any obligations on the Indemnified Party or adversely affects such Indemnified Party other than as a result of financial obligations for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section ‎6 is unavailable to an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses (other than in accordance with its terms), then each applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made (or omitted) by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action, statement or omission.

 

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The Parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section ‎6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section ‎6(d), an Indemnifying Party that is a selling Holder of Registrable Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount that such Indemnifying Party has otherwise been, or would otherwise be, required to pay pursuant to Section 6(b) by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are more favorable to the Holders than the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

(e) Deemed Underwriter. To the extent that any of the Holders is, or would be expected to be, deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities pursuant to any SEC comments or policies or any court of law or otherwise, the Issuer agrees that (i) the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in this Section ‎6 shall be applicable to the benefit of such Holder in its role as deemed underwriter in addition to its capacity as a Holder (so long as the amount for which any other Holder is or becomes responsible does not exceed the amount for which such Holder would be responsible if the Holder were not deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities) and (ii) such Holder and its representatives shall be entitled to conduct the due diligence which would normally be conducted in connection with an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act, including receipt of customary opinions and comfort letters.

 

(f) Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified in the preceding provisions of this Section ‎6 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Issuer and each seller of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority other than the Securities Act.

 

(g) Non-Exclusivity. The obligations of the Parties under this Section ‎6 shall be in addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any other party.

 

(h) Primacy of Indemnification. The Issuer hereby acknowledges that certain of the Investors have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by certain of their affiliates (collectively, the “Indemnitors”). The Issuer hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the Investors are primary and any obligation of the Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same Losses incurred by any of the Investors are secondary to any such obligation of the Issuer), (ii) that it shall be liable for the full amount of all Losses to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the articles and other organizational documents of the Issuer (or any other agreement between the Issuer and the relevant Investor), without regard to any rights any Investor may have against the Indemnitors, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitors from any and all claims (x) against the Indemnitors for contribution, indemnification, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof and (y) that any Investor must seek indemnification from any Indemnitor before the Issuer must perform its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. No advancement or payment by the Indemnitors on behalf of any Investor with respect to any claim for which such Investor has sought indemnification from the Issuer hereunder shall affect the foregoing. The Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery which any Investor would have had against the Issuer if the Indemnitors had not advanced or paid any amount to or on behalf of such Investor. The Issuer and the Investors agree that the Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of this Section ‎6.

 

7. Registration Expenses.

 

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All reasonable fees and expenses incurred in the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Issuer including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses with respect to (A) filings required to be made with the SEC, all applicable securities exchanges and/or FINRA and (B) compliance with securities or blue sky laws, including, without limitation, any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section ‎4‎(h)), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any, or by a Holder making a Demand Notice with respect to such offering or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Issuer, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer, (v) expenses of the Issuer incurred in connection with any road show, (vi) fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accounting firms referred to in Section ‎4‎(o) hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by this Agreement) and any other persons, including special experts retained by the Issuer and (vii) fees and disbursements of separate counsel (including any required local counsel) for each Investor and its Affiliates if any of them is participating in the offering (which counsel shall be selected by such Investor) shall be borne by the Issuer whether or not any Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective. In addition, the Issuer shall pay its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Issuer are then listed and rating agency fees and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Issuer.

 

The Issuer shall not be required to pay (i) fees and disbursements of any counsel retained by any Holder of Registrable Securities or by any underwriter (except as set forth above in this Section ‎7), (ii) any underwriter’s fees (including discounts, commissions or fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals) relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities (other than with respect to Registrable Securities sold by the Issuer), or (iii) any other expenses of the Holders of Registrable Securities not specifically required to be paid by the Issuer pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section ‎7.

 

8. Rule 144. The Issuer covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Issuer is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available such information so long as necessary to permit sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144), and it will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities (or, if the Issuer is not required to file reports as provided above, any Holder) may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Issuer will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.

 

9. Certain Additional Agreements. If any Registration Statement or comparable statement under state blue sky laws refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the Holder of any securities of the Issuer, then such Holder shall have the right to require (a) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such Holder and the Issuer, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the Issuer’s securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Issuer, or (b) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not in the judgment of the Issuer required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute or any state blue sky or securities law then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Termination. The provisions of this Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) its termination by the written agreement of all Parties or their respective successors in interest, (ii) with respect to a Holder, the date on which all Common Shares held by such Holder have ceased to be Registrable Securities (except to the extent certain provisions are terminated earlier by delivery of an Opt-Out Notice in accordance with Section ‎10(c)), (iii) with respect to the Issuer, the date on which all Common Shares have ceased to be Registrable Securities and (iv) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Issuer. Nothing herein shall relieve any party from any liability for the breach of any of the agreements set forth in this Agreement. The provisions of Sections ‎6 and ‎7 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

(b) Holdback Agreement.

 

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In consideration for the Issuer agreeing to its obligations under this Agreement, each Holder agrees in connection with any registration of the Issuer’s securities (whether or not such Holder is participating in such registration) upon the request of the underwriter(s) managing any Underwritten Offering of the Issuer’s securities, not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144, or make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another Person any of the economic consequences of ownership of, any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Issuer or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Issuer without the prior written consent of such underwriters during the Holdback Period. If, during the applicable Holdback Period, any Holder is released from a lock-up obligation by such underwriters, then all other Holders shall be released from their lock-up obligations on a pro rata basis.

 

If any registration pursuant to Section ‎3 of this Agreement shall be in connection with any underwritten public offering, the Issuer will not effect any public sale or distribution of any common equity (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for common equity) (other than a registration statement (i) on Form F-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms promulgated for similar purposes, (ii) filed in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan) for its own account, during the Holdback Period.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section ‎10(b), in connection with an Underwritten Offering that is a block sale, (i) no Holder shall be subject to a lock-up agreement, other than, if requested by the managing underwriter for such offering, a Holder that is (A) participating in such block sale or (B) a Holder of five percent (5%) or more of the equity securities of the Issuer then outstanding, and (ii) such Holdback Period shall not exceed sixty (60) days in connection with any block sale. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section ‎10(b), no Holder shall be required to be subject to a lock-up agreement in connection with an Underwritten Offering that is a block sale in which such Holder does not participate (a “Skipped Block Sale”), if during the preceding twelve (12) month period, such Holder has twice been subject to a lock-up agreement in connection with Skipped Block Sales.

 

(c) Opt-Out Notice. Any Holder may, at any time, deliver to the Issuer a notice terminating certain of its rights and obligations set forth herein (an “Opt-Out Notice”). Following the delivery of the Opt-Out Notice to the Issuer, all of such Holder’s rights and obligations under Sections ‎2, ‎3, ‎4, ‎5 and ‎10(b) of this Agreement shall terminate automatically, and without further action by the Issuer or any other Person; provided, however, that any applicable lock-up restrictions then currently in effect at the time of delivery of the Opt-Out Notice to the Issuer shall remain in effect until the expiration of the applicable Holdback Period. For the avoidance of doubt, no transferee in a transfer of shares from a Holder that has delivered a valid Opt-Out Notice shall be required to become a party to this Agreement.

 

(d) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended and the Issuer may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if any such amendment, action or omission to act, has received the written consent of the Issuer, and each of the Investors and its Affiliates that is a Holder of Registrable Securities, or if no such Holders remain, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided that this Agreement may not be amended in a manner that would, by its terms, adversely affect the rights or obligations of any of the Investors or its Affiliates that is a Holder of Registrable Securities without the consent of such Holders. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. Any Holder may waive (in writing) the benefit of any provision of this Agreement with respect to itself for any purpose. Any such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with respect to the specific matter described in such writing and shall in no way impair the rights of the Holder granting such waiver in any other respect or at any other time.

 

(e) Successors, Assigns and Transferees. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns who agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, and whether or not any express assignment shall have been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of Holders shall also be for the benefit of and enforceable by any subsequent Holder of any Registrable Securities, subject to the provisions contained herein. The rights of a Holder hereunder may be assigned (but only with all related obligations set forth below) in connection with a Transfer of Registrable Securities effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to a Permitted Transferee of that Holder. Without prejudice to any other or similar conditions imposed hereunder with respect to such Transfer, no assignment permitted under the terms of this Section ‎10(e) will be effective unless and until the Permitted Transferee to which the assignment is being made, if not a Holder, has delivered to the Issuer the executed Joinder Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto agreeing to be bound by, and be party to, this Agreement.

 

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A Permitted Transferee to whom rights are transferred pursuant to this Section ‎10(e) may not again Transfer those rights to any other Permitted Transferee, other than as provided in this Section ‎10(e).

 

(f) Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission) and e-mail transmission if confirmed by telephone or return e-mail (including automated return receipt) and shall be given:

 

If to the Issuer, to:

 

Rodovia José Carlos Daux,
5500, Torre Jurerê A,
2nd floor, Saco Grande, Florianópolis,
State of Santa Catarina, 88032-005, Brazil
Attention: Pedro Jorge Guterres Quintans Graça
(pedro.graca@uniasselvi.com.br)

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
United States of America
Attention: Manuel Garciadiaz (manuel.garciadiaz@davispolk.com)
Fax: +55-11-4871-8501

 

if to Carlyle SPX, to:

 

in the case of Mundi Holdings I, L.L.C, to:

 

Robert Rosen
c/o The Carlyle Group
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004-2505
+1 (202) 729-5626
Robert.Rosen@carlyle.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Paul M. Rodel (pmrodel@debevoise.com)
Fax: (212) 909-6836

 

in the case of Mundi Holdings II, L.L.C, to:

 

SPX Private Equity Gestão de Recursos Ltda.

Rua Professor Atílio Innocenti, 165, 11º andar, 1101-parte, Itaim Bibi 

São Paulo, SP

CEP 04538-000 

Attn: Fernando Borges (fernando.borges@spxcapital.com) and Edson Peli (edson.peli@spxcapital.com)

 

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With copy to: legal.br@spxcapital.com

 

if to Vinci, to:

 

Bruno Zaremba, Director
T. +55 21 2159 6000
Av. Bartolomeu Mitre, 336, 5º andar - Leblon
bzaremba@vincipartners.com

 

Marco Antonio Franklin, Principal
T. +55 21 2159 6000
Av. Bartolomeu Mitre, 336, 5º andar - Leblon
mafranklin@vincipartners.com

 

and

 

juridico@vincipartners.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Mayer Brown LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
10020-1001
New York, NY, United States of America
Attention: John P. Berkery (jberkery@mayerbrown.com)
T: +1 (212) 506-2552

 

Tauil & Chequer Advogados associado a Mayer Brown
Av. Juscelino Kubitschek, 1455 - 5º, 6º e 7º andares
Vila Nova Conceição - 04543-011
São Paulo - SP, Brazil
Attention: Carlos Motta (cmotta@mayerbrown.com)
T: +55 11 2504-4204

 

if to Crescera to:

 

BRL Trust Investimentos Ltda.

Rua Iguatemi, No. 151 

São Paulo, SP 01451-011
Brazil

Attention: Felipe Argalji, Daniel Borghi,
Email: felipe.argalji@crescera.com, daniel.borghi@crescera.com, legal@crescera.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 

Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1455

12th Floor, Suite 121 

São Paulo, SP 04543-011

Brazil 

Attention: Grenfel S. Calheiros/Paulo F. Cardoso NB Verrocchio LP 325 N. Saint Paul Street, Suite 4900 Dallas, TX 75201 Attention: NB Alternatives Legal Email: NB.Alts.Legal@nb.com

Email: gcalheiros@stblaw.com/paulo.cardoso@stblaw.com

 

if to Neuberger, to

 

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Haynes and Boone LLP
2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75219
Attention: Matthew Fry
Email: matt.fry@haynesboone.com

 

if to 23S Capital, to:

 

Vinicius Mazzola, Vice President
T. +55 11 3704-3551 C. + 55 11 98271-4097
Rua Iguatemi, 151, 18 andar – Itaim Bibi, São Paulo – SP
vinicius.mazzola@23scapital.com

 

Nicholas Tavares de Almeida, Vice President
T. +55 11 3704-3551 C. + 55 11 97644-0641
Rua Iguatemi, 151, 18 andar – Itaim Bibi, São Paulo – SP
nicholas.tavares@23scapital.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Mayer Brown LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
10020-1001
New York, NY, United States of America
Attention: David S. Bakst (dbakst@mayerbrown.com)
T: +1 (212) 506-2551

 

or such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other Parties.

 

If to any other Holder of Registrable Securities, to the e-mail or physical address of such other Holder as shown in the stock record book of the Issuer. Each Holder shall provide the Issuer with an updated e-mail address or physical address if such address changes by notice to the Issuer pursuant to this Section ‎10(f). The e-mail address or physical address shown on the stock record books of the Issuer shall be presumed to be current for purposes of giving any notice under this Agreement.

 

All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:30 p.m. on a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.

 

(g) Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the Parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the Parties hereunder.

 

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(h) Preservation of Rights. The Issuer will not enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Issuer giving such holder or prospective holder any registration rights the terms of which are more favorable than or inconsistent with the registration rights granted to the Investors under this Agreement, or which would reduce the amount of Registrable Securities any of the Investors or its Affiliates can include in any Registration Statement.

 

(i) Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement (i) constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede any prior discussions, correspondence, negotiation, proposed term sheet, agreement, understanding or agreement and there are no agreements, understandings, representations or warranties between the Parties other than those set forth or referred to in this Agreement and (ii) except as provided in Section ‎6 with respect to an Indemnified Party, is not intended to confer in or on behalf of any Person not a party to this Agreement (and their successors and assigns) any rights, benefits, causes of action or remedies with respect to the subject matter or any provision hereof.

 

(j) Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Forum; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(i) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed and to be performed wholly within such State and without reference to the choice-of-law principles that would result in the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction.

 

(ii) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any court of the State of New York located in such district any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit, action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court. Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or other proceeding. The Parties further agree, to the extent permitted by law, that final and unappealable judgment against any of them in any suit, action or other proceeding contemplated above shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction within or outside the United States by suit on the judgment, a certified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such judgment.

 

(iii) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(k) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party hereto. Upon such a determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

(l) Enforcement. Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof.

 

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(m) Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(n) No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, the Issuer and each Holder (other than the Investors) covenant, agree and acknowledge that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, shareholder, general or limited partner or member of any of the Investors or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future director, officer, employee, shareholder, general or limited partner or member of any of the Investors or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such for any obligation of any of the Investors under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

 

(o) Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including via facsimile and electronic transmission), each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature(s).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement or caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the date first written above.

 

VITRU LIMITED  
   
   
By: /s/ William Victor Kendrick de Matos Silva  
  Name: William Victor Kendrick de Matos Silva  
  Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer  

 

By: /s/ Carlos Henrique Boquimpani de Freitas  
  Name: Carlos Henrique Boquimpani de Freitas  
  Title: Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer  

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

MUNDI HOLDINGS I, L.L.C.  
   
   
By: /s/ Robert Rosen  
  Name: Robert Rosen  
  Title: Director  

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

MUNDI HOLDINGS II, L.L.C.  
   
   
By: /s/ Edson Peli  
  Name: Edson Peli  
  Title: Director  
     
  /s/ Fernando Borges  
 

Name: Fernando Borges

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

VINCI CAPITAL PARTNERS II J BETA FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM PARTICIPAÇÕES MULTIESTRATÉGIA  
   
   
By: /s/ Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Name: Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Title: Director  
     
By: /s/ Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Name: Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Title: Director  
     
AGRESTI INVESTMENTS LLC  
   
   
By: /s/ Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Name: Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Title: Director  
     
By: /s/ Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Name: Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Title: Director  

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

  

BOTTICELLI INVESTMENTS LLC  
   
   
By: /s/ Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Name: Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Title: Director  
     
     
By: /s/ Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Name: Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Title: Director  
     

CARAVAGGIO INVESTMENTS LLC  
   
   
By: /s/ Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Name: Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Title: Director  
     
By: /s/ Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Name: Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Title: Director  
     
RAFFAELLO INVESTMENTS LLC  
   
   
By: /s/ Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Name: Carlos Eduardo Martins  
  Title: Director  
     
By: /s/ Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Name: Gabriel Felzenszwalb  
  Title: Director  

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

NB VERROCCHIO LP  
   
   
By: /s/ Jose Luis Gonzalez Pastor  
  Name: Jose Luis Gonzalez Pastor  
  Title: Authorized Signatory  

  

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

CRESCERA GROWTH CAPITAL MASTER V FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM PARTICIPAÇÕES MULTIESTRATÉGIA  
   
   
By: /s/ Daniel Borghi  
  Name: Daniel Borghi  
  Title: Officer  
     
By: /s/ Felipe Argalji  
  Name: Felipe Argalji  
  Title: Officer  
     
CRESCERA GROWTH CAPITAL V COINVESTIMENTO III FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM PARTICIPAÇÕES MULTIESTRATÉGIA  
   
   
By: /s/ Daniel Borghi  
  Name: Daniel Borghi  
  Title: Officer  
     

By:

/s/ Felipe Argalji

 
  Name: Felipe Argalji  
  Title: Officer  
     

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

DBOAT I FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM PARTICIPAÇÕES MULTIESTRATÉGIA  
   
   
By: /s/ Carlos Bernardo de Sá Kessler  
  Name: Carlos Bernardo de Sá Kessler  
  Title: Attorney-in-fact  
     
By: /s/ Camile Meirelles Lavinas Savi Ferreira  
  Name: Camile Meirelles Lavinas Savi Ferreira  
  Title: Attorney-in-fact  

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

Exhibit A

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

Reference is made to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2020 (as amended and restated on November 10, 2022, October 24, 2023 and from time to time, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among Vitru Limited and the other parties thereto, if any. The undersigned agrees, by execution hereof, to become a party to, and to be subject to the rights and obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

[NAME]  
   
   
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

Date:

 

Address:

 

Acknowledged by:

 

VITRU LIMITED  
   
   
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

A-1