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Form 8-K COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, For: Aug 06

August 12, 2015 6:07 AM EDT

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2015 (August 6, 2015)

 

 

 

LOGO

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34874   27-2197395

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2500 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(678) 260-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 6, 2015, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Spark Orange Limited, a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Orange”), Orange U.S. Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company wholly-owned by Orange (“US HoldCo”) and Orange MergeCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company wholly-owned by US HoldCo (“MergeCo”) entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides that the Company will merge with and into MergeCo (the “Merger”), with MergeCo continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orange. Each share of common stock of the Company, other than certain excluded shares, treasury shares and shares of dissenting shareowners, will be converted into the right to receive one (1) validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable share of Orange Stock (as defined in the Master Agreement) (the “Stock Consideration”) and cash consideration of $14.50 for each share of Orange Stock (the “Cash Consideration” and, together with the Stock Consideration, the “Merger Consideration”). Each option, performance unit and restricted stock unit of White will be converted into a similar right in respect of Orange based on a formula set forth in the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement is governed by Delaware law.

Also, on August 6, 2015, the Company, European Refreshments, with its corporate seat in Drogheda, County Meath, Ireland, registered in the Companies Registration Office Dublin under no. 403110 (“Red 1”), Coca-Cola Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 88247 B (“Red 2”) and Vivaqa Beteiligungs GMBH & Co. KG, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRA 39236 B (“Red 3” and, together with Red 1 and Red 2, “Red”), Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A., a Spanish company with registered office at Paseo de la Castellana, 259-C (Torre de Cristal), Floor 9, 28046, Madrid and Spanish tax identification number A-86,561,412 (“Olive”), Orange, MergeCo, and US HoldCo entered into a Transaction Master Agreement (the “Master Agreement”). The Master Agreement provides for the combination of the Company, Olive and Red’s wholly-owned subsidiary owning the operations of Red’s German bottling business, Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke Aktiengesellschaft, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 62845 B (“Black”). Immediately prior to the Merger, (i) Olive will be contributed to Orange in exchange for Orange Shares representing 34% of the Diluted Orange Share Count (as defined in the Master Agreement) (the “Olive Contribution”) and (ii) Black will be contributed to Orange for Orange Shares representing 18% of the Diluted Orange Share Count (the “Black Contribution”). The Olive Contribution and the Black Contribution will be effected through the Olive Contribution Agreement and the Black Contribution Agreement, respectively, in the agreed forms attached hereto as Exhibit 2.5 and Exhibit 2.6, respectively. The share allocations may be adjusted to reflect any continuing minority share ownership in Olive at the time of the Olive Contribution, any dissenting shares and certain shortfalls in meeting specified financial position metric targets prior to the consummation of the combination (the “Completion”). The Master Agreement is governed by English law.

The Master Agreement contains customary warranties of the parties regarding their respective businesses. The warranties of the Company, Red, Olive and an entity to be established for the purposes of holding Olive (“Olive HoldCo”) shall survive until the date that is three (3)

 

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months after the date that Orange files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission its annual report on Form 20-F in respect of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. In the event of certain breaches of the warranties resulting in agreed claims or awards against a particular party above a basket of $400 million, the relative equity ownership percentages of Red, Olive’s shareholders and the Company’s shareholders, respectively, will be adjusted by issuing additional shares of Orange to increase the ownership of the non-breaching parties to reflect the indemnification claim amount, capped at $450 million and subject to reduction in the event each of the Company, Red and Olive do not receive certain tax opinions.

The consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Master Agreement (the “Transactions”) are subject to various conditions, including (i) obtaining the approval of at least a majority of the Company’s stockholders, (ii) the availability of cash in an amount sufficient to pay the Cash Consideration, (iii) the NYSE approving the listing of the Orange Stock, (iv) the Orange Shares (as defined in the Master Agreement) being admitted to listing and trading on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, (v) the approval by the UK Financial Conduct Authority of an Orange prospectus complying with the European prospectus directive, (vi) the filing and effectiveness of an Orange registration statement on Form F-4, (vii) the absence of legal prohibitions and the receipt of requisite regulatory approvals, (viii) the receipt of tax opinions by the Company, Red and Olive, (ix) the absence of pending actions by any governmental entity that would prevent the consummation of the Transactions and (x) Red having executed new bottling agreements for the Orange Group Companies (as defined in the Master Agreement) having an initial 10-year term with a 10 year renewal term and, except as otherwise agreed, containing other terms materially similar to those currently in effect at the Company, Olive and Black. Each of the parties’ obligation to close is further subject to there being no MAE Breach (as defined in the Master Agreement) by the other parties and the Company’s and Red’s obligation to close is further conditioned on the completion of the capital restructuring of Olive into a holding company structure below Olive HoldCo, with Olive HoldCo becoming party to the Master Agreement and other relevant documents and that Olive HoldCo and Olive shareholders holding at least 80% of the voting power of shares in such entities having approved the Transactions (as of July 30, 2015 Olive shareholders holding 95.6% of such voting power have agreed to approve the Transactions). Each of the parties has generally agreed to use all reasonable endeavors to take such steps to satisfy the conditions. If the conditions to Completion are not satisfied by August 6, 2016 or any conditions become impossible to be satisfied by such date (or any breach of other covenants or warranties occurs which would result in an MAE Breach in respect of the breaching party and which is not capable of cure or is not cured by such date or within 30 days’ notice), the Master Agreement may be terminated.

The Merger Agreement automatically terminates upon the valid termination of the Master Agreement or can be terminated if the parties fail to perform their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the Merger Agreement, if any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental authority issues an order, decree or ruling or takes any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions or if there is a Change in White Recommendation (as defined in the Merger Agreement). Upon termination under specified circumstances, including upon a termination resulting from a Change in White Recommendation, the Company will be required to pay Orange a termination fee of $450 million. The Master Agreement shall terminate simultaneously with a termination of the Merger Agreement.

 

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The Master Agreement sets out certain covenants the parties must comply with prior to Completion, including carrying out the agreed transaction steps, the consummation of the Olive capital restructuring, and the removal of certain assets and liabilities from Olive that are not being transferred to Orange. The parties have agreed to cooperate in making employee notifications, competition approvals, securities laws filings and listing applications, in obtaining financing and on reaching an agreement on the Chart of Authority of the Orange Board of Directors and Terms of Reference for specified committees of the Orange Board of Directors (each term as defined in the Shareholders Agreement). The Master Agreement provides for the initial composition of the Orange Board of Directors to include two nominees of Red, five nominees of Olive HoldCo and nine independent directors, including seven nominees of the Company from the current Board of Directors. The parties have agreed to use their reasonable endeavors to negotiate and agree on definitive Orange Bottling Agreements and an Initial Business Plan and Long Range Business Plan (each term as defined in the Shareholders Agreement). The parties have also agreed to cause Olive and another Orange Group Company to enter into a share purchase agreement, on terms satisfactory to the parties, with Cobega S.A. and Solinbar, S.L.U. in respect of the sale of Vifilfell hf. (the entity that owns the Coca-Cola bottling business in Iceland) to Olive and such other Orange Group Company for aggregate consideration of no more than €35 million.

The Master Agreement contains customary limitations on the conduct of each party’s business prior to Completion. In addition, the Master Agreement provides that the parties will test working capital as of the year ending December 31, 2015 against average quarterly working capital for the four quarters ended September 30, 2015 for their respective businesses. Any shortfall in working capital for Black or Olive will be subtracted from their respective specified financial position metric (the “Red NFP” or the “Olive NFP”, as defined in the Master Agreement) and compared against their respective target financial position metric. Any shortfall in the financial position metric against the target will result in, at Red’s and Olive’s choice, either (i) additional cash contributions by Red and Olive HoldCo, respectively, or (ii) debt forgiveness by Red and Olive HoldCo, respectively, or (iii) an adjustment to their share allocation at Completion relative to the amount of the shortfall. Any shortfall in working capital for the Company will be added to the specified financial position metric and compared against the Company’s target financial position metric. Any excess in the Company’s financial position metric will result in an adjustment to increase the share allocations of Red and Olive at Completion relative to the amount of the excess. In addition, Olive may declare and pay a dividend prior to Completion in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) € 100 million or (ii) the excess of the Olive NFP over the Olive financial position metric target. The Master Agreement does not prohibit the Company from paying its regularly scheduled dividends in the ordinary course.

In connection with the execution of the Master Agreement, on August 6, 2015, the directors of the Company, The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware corporation, Olive and Orange entered into an agreement (the “White Director Undertaking”) whereby each director of the Company agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose or permit the sale of his or her shares prior to Completion, subject to certain exceptions.

Upon Completion, Red, Olive HoldCo and Orange will enter into a Shareholders’ Agreement in respect of Orange (the “Shareholders Agreement”). The Shareholders Agreement provides amongst other things, for a board composed of up to 17 members, the majority of

 

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which will be independent and that certain Board decisions will require the vote of a Red and/or Olive director nominee. For so long as they maintain certain ownership thresholds, Olive will have the right to nominate 5 directors to the Orange Board of Directors and Red will have the right to nominate 2 directors to the Orange Board of Directors. The Shareholders Agreement is governed by English law.

Orange will enter into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with Red and Olive to grant certain registration rights to those shareholders, the agreed form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.7.

The Merger Agreement and the Master Agreement (the “Agreements”) were entered into following review and unanimous approval of the Transactions by the Company’s Franchise Relationship Committee, comprised solely of independent directors and represented by independent financial advisors and legal counsel, recommendation of the Transactions and Agreements by the Company’s Franchise Relationship Committee to the Board of Directors of the Company and review and unanimous approval of the Transactions and Agreements by the Board of Directors of the Company.

The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the agreements attached as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 2.2, Exhibit 2.3, Exhibit 2.4, Exhibit 2.5, Exhibit 2.6 and Exhibit 2.7 and incorporated herein by reference.

The agreements attached hereto and incorporated herein have been included to provide security holders with information regarding their terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Orange, US HoldCo, Olive, Olive HoldCo, MergeCo, Red or Black. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in each such agreement were made solely for purposes of that agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement; may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to such agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts; and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to security holders. Security holders are not third-party beneficiaries under such agreements and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company, Orange, US HoldCo, MergeCo, Olive, Olive HoldCo, Red or Black or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of such agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval.

In connection with the proposed transaction, Orange will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form F-4 that will include a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction. After the registration statement has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. You may obtain a copy of the proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and other related documents filed by the Coca-Cola Company, the Company or Olive with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the proposed transaction as well as other filings containing information, free of charge, through the website maintained by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, by directing a request to the Coca-Cola Company’s Investor Relations department at (404) 676-2121, or to the Company’s Investor Relations department at (678) 260-3110, Attn: Thor Erickson – Investor Relations. Copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and the filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that will be incorporated by reference in the proxy statement/prospectus can also be obtained, when available, without charge, from the Coca-Cola Company’s website at www.coca-colacompany.com under the heading “Investors” and the Company’s website at www.cokecce.com under the heading “Investors.”

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

2.1   

Merger Agreement dated as of August 6, 2015, among the Company, Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo, including:

 

Exhibit A         Transaction Master Agreement (filed as Exhibit 2.2 hereto)

Exhibit B         Orange Shareholders Agreement (filed as Exhibit 2.3 hereto)

2.2    Transaction Master Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2015, among the Company, Red, Olive, Orange, MergeCo, and US HoldCo*
2.3    Form of Shareholders’ Agreement among Orange, Olive Holdco and Red*
2.4    Agreement by and among certain White Director Shareholders, the Coca-Cola Company, Olive and Orange
2.5    Form of Olive Contribution Agreement between Olive HoldCo and Orange
2.6    Form of Black Contribution Agreement between Red and Orange
2.7    Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Orange, Olive Holdco and Red*

 

* Certain annexes and/or schedules have been omitted and the Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the Commission a copy of any omitted annexes and/or schedules upon request.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.
             (Registrant)
Date: August 12, 2015   By:  

/s/ Suzanne N. Forlidas

    Name:   Suzanne N. Forlidas
    Title:   Vice President, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

2.1   

Merger Agreement dated as of August 6, 2015, among the Company, Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo, including:

 

Exhibit A          Transaction Master Agreement (filed as Exhibit 2.2 hereto)

Exhibit B          Orange Shareholders Agreement (filed as Exhibit 2.3 hereto)

2.2    Transaction Master Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2015, among the Company, Red, Olive, Orange, MergeCo, and US HoldCo *
2.3    Form of Shareholders’ Agreement among Orange, Olive Holdco and Red*
2.4    Agreement by and among certain White Director Shareholders, the Coca-Cola Company, Olive and Orange
2.5    Form of Olive Contribution Agreement between Olive HoldCo and Orange
2.6    Form of Black Contribution Agreement between Red and Orange
2.7    Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Orange, Olive Holdco and Red*

 

* Certain annexes and/or schedules have been omitted and the Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the Commission a copy of any omitted annexes and/or schedules upon request.

 

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Exhibit 2.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

MERGER AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.,

SPARK ORANGE LIMITED,

ORANGE U.S. HOLDCO, LLC,

AND

ORANGE MERGECO, LLC

 

 

DATED AS OF AUGUST 6, 2015

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
   ARTICLE I   
   CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS   
1.1    Certain Definitions      2   
1.2    Terms Defined in Other Sections      3   
1.3    Interpretation      4   
1.4   

No Contra proferentem

     4   
   ARTICLE II   
   THE MERGER; CLOSING   
2.1    The Merger      5   
2.2    The Closing      5   
2.3    Effective Time      5   
2.4    Effects of the Merger      5   
2.5    Exchange Procedures      7   
2.6    Transfer of Shares of Lux Finco; Issuance of Shares of US HoldCo to Orange      9   
   ARTICLE III   
   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF WHITE   
3.1    Authority; Recommendation      9   
3.2    Opinion of Financial Advisors      10   
   ARTICLE IV   
  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF

ORANGE, US HOLDCO AND MERGECO

  
4.1    Authority      10   
4.2    Orange Stock      11   
   ARTICLE V   
   COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES   
5.1    White Stockholders Meeting      11   
5.2    No Solicitation; Other Offers      11   
5.3    State Anti-Takeover Statutes      14   
5.4    Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance      14   

 

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          Page  
   ARTICLE VI   
   CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES   
6.1    Mutual Conditions      16   
6.2    Conditions to the Obligations of White      16   
6.3    Conditions to the Obligations of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo      16   
   ARTICLE VII   
   TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER   
7.1    Termination      16   
7.2    Procedure and Effect of Termination      17   
   ARTICLE VIII   
   MISCELLANEOUS   
8.1    Survival After Closing      18   
8.2    Fees and Expenses      18   
8.3    Interest      19   
8.4    Notices      19   
8.5    Entire Agreement; Modification      20   
8.6    Waiver      20   
8.7    Assignment; Binding Effect; Severability      20   
8.8    Specific Performance      21   
8.9    Governing Law      21   
8.10    Consent to Jurisdiction      21   
8.11    Waiver of Jury Trial      22   
8.12    Third Party Beneficiaries      22   
8.13    Counterparts      22   

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A    Transaction Master Agreement
Exhibit B    Orange Shareholders Agreement

 

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MERGER AGREEMENT

MERGER AGREEMENT, dated as of August 6, 2015 (this “Agreement”), by and among COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“White”), SPARK ORANGE LIMITED, a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Orange”), ORANGE U.S. HOLDCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“US HoldCo”), and ORANGE MERGECO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MergeCo” and, together with Orange and US HoldCo, the “Orange Parties” and, together with White, each a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into that certain Transaction Master Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among White, Olive, European Refreshments, Coca-Cola Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung, Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Master Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Closing (as defined herein) will occur during the Completion (as defined in the Master Agreement) at which time the parties will effect the Combination Transactions (as defined in in the Master Agreement);

WHEREAS, MergeCo is a wholly owned subsidiary of US HoldCo and US HoldCo is a wholly owned subsidiary of Orange;

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of each of Orange, US HoldCo, White, and MergeCo, have (i) approved the merger of White with and into MergeCo (the “Merger”), with MergeCo surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of US HoldCo (MergeCo, as the surviving company in the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Company”) pursuant to which each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of White (the “White Common Stock”), other than the Excluded Shares, will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (as defined herein), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement;

WHEREAS, (i) each of the White Board and the Franchise Relationship Committee has unanimously approved this Agreement, has determined that it is in the best interests of White for White to consummate the Merger, with MergeCo surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Orange, and has unanimously approved the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Master Agreement to be performed or consummated by White and (ii) the White Board has unanimously resolved to recommend that White’s stockholders approve the Agreement and submit the Agreement to the stockholders of White for their approval, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

WHEREAS, Orange’s, MergeCo’s and US HoldCo’s board of directors have each unanimously approved this Agreement, the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Master Agreement and determined that it is in the best interests of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo, respectively, to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Master Agreement to be performed or consummated by it; and

WHEREAS, each of White, Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo desires to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the Merger, and to prescribe certain conditions with respect to the consummation of the Merger.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of White, Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS

1.1 Certain Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, capitalized words and expressions used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such words and expressions in the Master Agreement and the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

Cancelled Shares” shall mean all shares of White Common Stock (i) owned by Red, Olive Holdco, Olive, Orange or any of their Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Time or (ii) held by White as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

DGCL” shall mean the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

DLLCA” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware.

Equity Securities” of any Person shall mean, as applicable (i) any and all of its shares of capital stock, membership interests or other equity interests or share capital, (ii) any warrants, Contracts or other rights or options directly or indirectly to subscribe for or to purchase any capital stock, membership interests or other equity interests or share capital of such Person, (iii) all securities or instruments, directly or indirectly, exchangeable for or convertible or exercisable into, any of the foregoing or with any profit participation features with respect to such Person, or (iv) any share appreciation rights, phantom share rights or other similar rights with respect to such Person or its business.

Franchise Relationship Committee” shall mean the “Franchise Relationship Committee” of the White Board formed pursuant to Article IV, Section 1 of the by-laws of White.

Lux Finco” shall mean an entity to be formed in accordance with the Step Plan.

Required White Vote” shall mean (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of all shares of White Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the White Stockholders Meeting, and (ii) the White Stockholders having approved the provisions of the New Orange Articles, if any, required to be approved by the White Stockholders under Applicable Law.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the “Shareholders Agreement” as defined in the Master Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

White Board” shall mean the board of directors of White.

White Deferred Stock Plan” shall mean the White Deferred Compensation Plan for Nonemployee Directors.

 

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1.2 Terms Defined in Other Sections. The following terms are defined elsewhere in this Agreement in the following Sections:

 

Term

  

Section

Acquisition Proposal    5.2(e)
Agreement    Preamble
Book-Entry Shares    2.5(a)
Cash Consideration    2.4(b)
Certificates    2.5(a)
Certificate of Merger    2.3
Change in White Recommendation    5.1(b)
Closing    2.2
Closing Date    2.2
D&O Insurance    5.4(c)
Dissenting Stockholders    2.4(b)
Effective Time    2.3
Exchange Agent    2.5(a)
Exchange Fund    2.5(a)
Excluded Shares    2.4(b)
FRC Approval    3.1(b)
Orange    Preamble
Orange Option    2.4(f)(i)
Orange Parties    Preamble
Orange Stock Price    2.4(f)(i)
Orange Stock Unit    2.4(f)(ii)
Indemnified Persons    5.4(a)
Indemnity Agreements    5.4(a)
Master Agreement    Recitals
Merger    Recitals
Merger Consideration    2.4(b)
MergeCo    Preamble
Party/Parties    Preamble
Stock Consideration    2.4(b)
Superior Proposal    5.2(f)
Surviving Company    Recitals
Takeover Statute    5.3
Termination Fee    7.2(b)
US HoldCo    Preamble
White    Preamble
White Common Stock    Recitals
White Equity Awards    2.4(g)
White Option    2.4(f)(i)
White Recommendation    3.1(b)
White Stock Price    2.4(f)(i)
White Stock Unit    2.4(f)(ii)
White Stockholders Meeting    5.1(a)

 

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1.3 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified:

(a) references to Schedules, clauses and paragraphs are to the Schedules to and clauses of this Agreement and to paragraphs of the relevant Schedule. The Schedules form part of this Agreement. Headings are for convenience only and shall be given no substantive or interpretative effect whatsoever;

(b) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Article, Section, schedule and paragraph references are to the Articles, Sections, schedules and paragraphs of this Agreement unless otherwise specified;

(c) references to any statute shall be construed as references to the same as has been or may from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted and to any subordinate legislation from time to time made under the relevant statute (as so amended, modified or re-enacted);

(d) references to this Agreement or to another document include a reference to this Agreement or such other document as varied, amended, modified, novated or supplemented from time to time;

(e) references to any gender shall include all other genders and references to the singular include the plural and vice versa;

(f) references to the words “include” and “including” are illustrative, do not limit the sense of the words preceding them and shall be deemed to include the expression “without limitation”;

(g) the ejusdem generis principle of interpretation shall not apply;

(h) references to “writing” or “written” include any non-transient means of representing or copying words legibly, and shall include facsimiles and electronic mail;

(i) EUR or € is a reference to the lawful currency from time to time of the member states of the European Union that have adopted a common currency in accordance with Applicable Law. USD or $ is a reference to the lawful currency from time to time of the United States of America;

(j) references to a document “in the agreed terms” means in the form agreed between the Parties and initialed or signed by or on behalf of each of them for the purposes of identification;

(k) references to times of the day are to New York times; and

(l) references to Olive, for purposes of the definition of Change in White Recommendation, the receipt of the warranties in Article III, Section 7.2(d) and Section 8.12, shall be deemed to include Olive Holdco following the formation of Olive Holdco and its adherence to the Master Agreement pursuant to Section 18.3 of the Master Agreement.

1.4 No Contra proferentem. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Person by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE MERGER; CLOSING

2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth herein, and in accordance with the DGCL and the DLLCA, White shall be merged with and into MergeCo at the Effective Time of the Merger, with MergeCo continuing as the Surviving Company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Orange, and the separate existence of White shall thereupon cease. As the Surviving Company in the Merger, MergeCo shall succeed to and assume all the rights and obligations of MergeCo and White in accordance with Section 264 of the DGCL and Section 18-209 of the DLLCA.

2.2 The Closing. Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at the office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, One Liberty Plaza, New York, N.Y. at 9:30 A.M., New York time, on the date on which the Completion occurs under the Master Agreement, or at such other date, time and place as the Parties may agree (the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”).

2.3 Effective Time. On the Closing Date, MergeCo shall file a certificate of merger evidencing the Merger (the “Certificate of Merger”), executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and the DLLCA, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. When used in this Agreement, the term “Effective Time” shall mean the date and time at which the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or such later date and time as mutually agreed in writing by White and Orange and set forth in the Certificate of Merger. The filing of the Certificate of Merger shall be made no later than the Closing Date.

2.4 Effects of the Merger.

(a) Conversion of MergeCo Common Stock. The limited liability company interests in MergeCo shall be converted into equivalent limited liability company interests in the Surviving Company.

(b) Effect of Merger on White Common Stock. At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of White Common Stock, other than any (i) Cancelled Shares and (ii) shares of White Common Stock that are owned by stockholders who have made and not withdrawn, or otherwise lost their rights to, a demand for appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL (“Dissenting Stockholders,” and such shares of White Common Stock (the “Dissenting Shares”), together with the Cancelled Shares, the “Excluded Shares”), shall be converted into the right to receive (A) one (1) validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable share of Orange Stock (such number of shares, the “Stock Consideration”), and (B) $14.50 in cash, without interest (the “Cash Consideration” and, together with the Stock Consideration, the “Merger Consideration”). Upon such conversion, each such share of White Common Stock shall be cancelled, and each holder of shares of White Common Stock, other than holders of Excluded Shares, immediately prior to the Effective Time shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such White Common Stock except the right to receive the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of any fractional shares payable pursuant to this Section 2.4(b). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all fractional shares that a holder of shares of White Common Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive as a result of the Merger shall be aggregated and if a fractional share of Orange Stock results from such aggregation, such holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu thereof, an amount in cash without interest determined by multiplying the closing price of one (1) share of Orange Stock on the NYSE on the trading day immediately following the day on which the Effective Time occurs by the fraction of one (1) share of Orange Stock to which such holder would otherwise have been entitled.

 

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(c) Cancellation of Excluded Shares. Each Excluded Share shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of the Excluded Share, cease to be outstanding, be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist as of the Effective Time, no Merger Consideration or any other consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor or in respect thereof, and holders of Excluded Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time shall thereafter cease to have any rights respect to such Excluded Shares, except, in the case of Dissenting Stockholders, for any rights of such Dissenting Stockholders set forth in Section 2.5(h) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Excluded Shares that are Cancelled Shares shall not be entitled to the Merger Consideration or any other consideration.

(d) Certificate of Formation of the Surviving Company. The certificate of formation of MergeCo immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company, until it may thereafter be amended in accordance with Applicable Law and the Shareholders Agreement.

(e) Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of the Surviving Company. The limited liability company operating agreement of MergeCo immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the limited liability company operating agreement of the Surviving Company, until it may thereafter be amended in accordance with Applicable Law and the Shareholders Agreement.

(f) Effect on White Equity Awards.

(i) Each option to purchase White Common Stock granted under a White shareholder-approved equity compensation plan (a “White Option”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assumed by Orange and converted as of the Effective Time into an option to purchase Orange Stock (an “Orange Option”). The per share exercise price of each such Orange Option shall be equal to the product (which shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent) of (A) the exercise price of such White Option immediately before the Effective Time and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Orange Stock Price and the denominator of which shall be the White Stock Price. The number of shares of Orange Stock subject to each Orange Option shall be equal to the product of (A) the number of shares subject to the White Option as of the Effective Time (which shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share) and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the White Stock Price and the denominator of which shall be the Orange Stock Price. All such assumed Orange Options shall be subject to terms, vesting conditions, and other conditions that are substantially the same as were applicable to the White Options immediately prior to the Effective Time. The “Orange Stock Price” shall mean the volume weighted average price of a share of Orange Stock on the NYSE on the first full trading day occurring after the Completion. The “White Stock Price” shall mean the volume weighted average price of White Common Stock on the NYSE on the last full trading day occurring before the Completion.

(ii) Each White restricted or performance stock unit granted under a White shareholder-approved equity compensation plan (including each deferred stock unit under the White Deferred Stock Plan) (a “White Stock Unit”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be replaced upon the Effective Time with one restricted or performance stock unit (or deemed investment) with respect to Orange Stock (a “Orange Stock Unit”), and a credit of $14.50 for each such unit shall be credited to the account of the holders of the respective units. All such Orange Stock Units including the applicable cash credit shall be subject to terms, vesting conditions, and other conditions that are the same as were applicable to the White Stock Units immediately prior to the Effective Time, including, with respect to the underlying Orange Stock, an entitlement to the same value of cash dividend equivalents, whether accrued prior to or after the Effective Time.

 

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(iii) White shall provide Orange with appropriate information necessary to administer the awards referred to in this Section 2.4(f), including information required for vesting and forfeiture of awards, Tax withholding, remittance, and reporting, compliance with trading windows, and compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act and other Applicable Law. The parties mutually agree that (A) White will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain effective registration statements with the SEC with respect to the awards described in this Section 2.4(f), to the extent any such registration statement is required by Applicable Law prior to Closing and (B) Orange will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain effective registration statements with the SEC with respect to the awards described in this Section 2.4(f), to the extent such registration statement is required by Applicable Law, after the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the conversion of a White Option in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Section 2.4(f) would cause the related Orange Option to be treated as the grant of a new stock right for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, such White Option shall not be converted in accordance with the preceding provisions but shall instead be converted in a manner that would not cause the related Orange Option to be treated as the grant of a new stock right for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4(g), to the extent any of the provisions hereof do not conform with Applicable Law, such provisions shall be modified to the extent necessary to conform with such Applicable Law, in such manner as is equitable and to preserve the intent hereof, as determined by the parties in good faith.

(g) Prior to the Effective Time, White shall adopt such resolutions as are necessary to effect the treatment of the White Options and White Stock Units (collectively, the “White Equity Awards”) as contemplated by this Section 2.4.

2.5 Exchange Procedures.

(a) Exchange Agent. Substantially concurrently with the Effective Time, Orange shall deposit or cause to be deposited (as applicable), with a bank or trust company mutually acceptable to Orange and White (the “Exchange Agent”), pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Orange and White, (i) Orange Stock sufficient to pay the Stock Consideration and (ii) cash in an amount sufficient to pay the Cash Consideration in exchange for all of the shares of White Common Stock (other than the Excluded Shares) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Exchange Fund”), payable upon due surrender of the certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of White Common Stock (“Certificates”) (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or non-certificated shares of White Common Stock represented by book-entry (“Book-Entry Shares”) pursuant to this Article II. Following the Effective Time, Orange shall make available to the Exchange Agent, as needed, (A) cash in amounts that are sufficient to pay cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.4(b), (B) additional shares of Orange Stock as are necessary to pay the Stock Consideration, and (C) additional cash as may be necessary to pay the Cash Consideration.

(b) Exchange Procedures.

(i) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, Orange shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of shares of White Common Stock whose shares of White Common Stock were converted into the applicable Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.4(b), (x) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of Certificates and/or Book-Entry Shares shall be effected, and risk of loss and title thereto shall pass, only upon delivery of Certificates (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and have such other provisions as agreed to by White and Orange) and (y) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Certificates (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration.

 

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(ii) Subject to Section 2.4(c), upon surrender of Certificates (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may customarily be required thereby or by the Exchange Agent, the Exchange Agent shall deliver to the holder of such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, the applicable Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of White Common Stock held prior to the Effective Time represented by such holder’s Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable upon due surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate that is not registered in the transfer records of White, the applicable Merger Consideration may be paid to the transferee thereof if the Certificate formerly representing such shares of White Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable share transfer taxes have been paid or are not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.5, each Certificate and Book-Entry Share shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.4, be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon surrender the applicable Merger Consideration (without interest) as contemplated by this Article II.

(iii) The Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable under this Agreement to any former holder of shares of White Common Stock such amounts as are required to be withheld or deducted under the Code, or any provision of United States state or local Applicable Law related to Tax with respect to the making of such payment. Amounts so withheld or deducted and paid over to the applicable Governmental Authority will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of White Common Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding were made.

(iv) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Orange Stock constituting part of the Merger Consideration shall be paid to any holder of Certificates not surrendered or Book-Entry Shares not transferred until such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are delivered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.5(b)(ii). Following such delivery there shall be paid, without interest, to the Person in whose name shares of Orange Stock are registered, the amount of all dividends and distributions with a record date after the Effective Time previously paid with respect to such securities.

(c) Closing of Share Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of White will be closed, and there will be no further registration of transfers on the share transfer books of the Surviving Company of the shares of White Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Company or Orange for transfer, they will be cancelled and exchanged for the applicable Merger Consideration in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Article II.

(d) No Further Ownership Rights in White Common Stock. The Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of White Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.

(e) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains undistributed to the former holders of shares of White Common Stock on the first (1st) anniversary of the Effective Time will be delivered to Orange upon demand and as directed, and any former holder of shares of White Common Stock who has not surrendered

 

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or transferred its Certificates in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Article II shall thereafter look only to Orange for payment of any claim for the Merger Consideration upon due surrender or transfer of such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.

(f) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of White, Orange, US Holdco, MergeCo, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other Person will be liable to any former holder of shares of White Common Stock for any amount properly delivered to a Governmental Authority pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

(g) Lost Certificates. Upon the making of an affidavit that any Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate.

(h) Appraisal Rights. Notwithstanding Section 2.4(b) hereof, no Person who has made and not withdrawn, or otherwise lost their rights to, a demand for appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL shall be entitled to receive any portion of the Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of White Common Stock owned by such Person unless and until such Person shall have effectively withdrawn or lost such Person’s right to appraisal under the DGCL. Each Dissenting Stockholder shall be entitled to receive only the payment provided by Section 262 of the DGCL, net of any amount required to be withheld or deducted under any Applicable Law related to Tax, with respect to the shares of White Common Stock owned by such Dissenting Stockholder as to which such Dissenting Stockholder has perfected such appraisal rights. White shall give Orange prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal, attempted withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to Applicable Law that are received by White relating to stockholders’ rights of appraisal. Prior to the Effective Time, White shall not, except with the prior written consent of Orange, voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal, offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands.

2.6 Transfer of Shares of Lux Finco; Issuance of Shares of US HoldCo to Orange. At the Effective Time, US HoldCo shall (i) transfer all outstanding shares of Lux Finco to Orange and (ii) issue additional shares of US HoldCo to Orange, in consideration for the payment by Orange of the Merger Consideration to the Exchange Agent.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF WHITE

White hereby represents and warrants to each Orange Party, Red and Olive as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case, as of such earlier date), as follows:

3.1 Authority; Recommendation.

(a) White has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject only to the Required White Vote, to consummate the Merger. The execution, delivery and performance by White of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, subject to (in the case of consummation of the Merger) obtaining the Required White Vote. This Agreement has been

 

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duly executed and delivered by White and constitutes, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of White, enforceable against White in accordance with its respective terms, except to the extent that such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Law, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles.

(b) Each of the White Board and the Franchise Relationship Committee has unanimously approved this Agreement, determined that this Agreement, the Master Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Master Agreement are fair to and in the best interests of White and its stockholders and approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Master Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Master Agreement to be performed or consummated by White. The approval of the Franchise Relationship Committee is referred to herein as the “FRC Approval.” As of the date hereof, the White Board (i) has unanimously resolved to recommend adoption of this Agreement to the holders of shares of White Common Stock (the “White Recommendation”), and (ii) unanimously directed that this Agreement be submitted to the holders of shares of White Common Stock for their adoption.

3.2 Opinion of Financial Advisors. White Board has received the opinion of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, and the Franchise Relationship Committee has received the opinion of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in each case, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based on, and subject to the matters stated therein, the Merger Consideration to be received by holders of White Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement is fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders and a copy of each such opinion will be provided to Orange solely for informational purposes after receipt thereof by White.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF

ORANGE, US HOLDCO AND MERGECO

Each of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo hereby represents and warrants to White as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case, as of such earlier date), as follows:

4.1 Authority. As of the date hereof, Orange is a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales and U.S. Holdco is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Orange is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of England and Wales, US HoldCo is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and MergeCo is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or other power and corporate or limited liability company authority, as applicable, to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and (if applicable) to consummate the Merger. The execution, delivery and performance by each of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo of this Agreement, and the consummation of the Merger, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, on the part of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo and constitutes, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo enforceable against each of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo in accordance with its terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Law, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles.

 

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4.2 Orange Stock. Prior to the Effective Time, Orange will have, and will have procured, to the extent applicable, that its Affiliates will have, taken all necessary action to permit the issuance of the Orange Stock required to be issued pursuant to Article II. The Orange Ordinary Shares in respect of the aggregate Stock Consideration to be paid pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and no such issued Orange Ordinary Shares will have been issued in violation of any preemptive right of subscription or purchase in respect thereof. Orange Stock, when issued to holders of White Common Stock in connection with the Merger, will be registered under the Securities Act and Exchange Act and registered or exempt from registration under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES

5.1 White Stockholders Meeting.

(a) White shall take all action necessary to call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable for the purpose of obtaining the Required White Vote (the “White Stockholders Meeting”), and in any event within 45 days following the date upon which the Form F-4 becomes effective. White shall (i) use customary reasonable best efforts to solicit votes in favor of obtaining the Required White Vote at the White Stockholders Meeting in accordance with applicable legal requirements unless the White Board has then made a Change in White Recommendation permitted to be made under the terms of this Agreement; (ii) subject to Section 5.2, cause the White Recommendation (and the FRC Approval) to be included in the Proxy Statement; (iii) subject to Section 5.2, not withdraw, modify or qualify the White Recommendation (or the FRC Approval) in any manner adverse to Orange, (iv) subject to Section 5.2, not recommend an Acquisition Proposal, and (v) otherwise comply with all legal requirements applicable to such meeting.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in White Recommendation” shall mean any of: (i) the withdrawal, modification or qualification of the White Recommendation in any manner adverse to Red and Olive, (ii) the recommendation of an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) the failure to cause the White Recommendation (and the FRC Approval) to be included in the Proxy Statement, (iv) the failure to publicly reject any Acquisition Proposal and expressly reaffirm the White Recommendation within ten (10) Business Days following the date on which such Acquisition Proposal became publicly known, (v) any publicly disclosed intention of the White Board or recommendation to the White Board (or any other Person) by the Franchise Relationship Committee of any of the foregoing or (vi) the withdrawal of the FRC Approval.

(c) All filings and other actions required to be taken by White and Orange under this Section 5.1 to achieve the clearance and effectiveness of the Proxy Statement and the Form F-4 shall be made in compliance with clause 6.1 of the Master Agreement.

5.2 No Solicitation; Other Offers.

(a) Except as expressly permitted under Section 5.2(b), neither White nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall the Representatives of White or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or otherwise facilitate the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any information relating to White

 

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or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties or records of White or any of its Subsidiaries to, otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by any Person that is seeking to make, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) modify in a manner that makes less restrictive, grant any waiver or release under, or fail to enforce, any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of Equity Securities of White or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) approve any transaction under, or any Person becoming an “interested stockholder” under, Section 203 of the DGCL or (v) enter into, approve or recommend any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar Contract or instrument relating to an Acquisition Proposal. It is agreed that any violation of the restrictions on White set forth in this Section 5.2(a) by any of its Subsidiaries or any Representative of White or any of its Subsidiaries shall constitute a breach hereof by White.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.2(a), at any time prior to obtaining the Required White Vote:

(i) White, directly or indirectly through advisors, agents or other intermediaries, may (A) engage or participate in negotiations or discussions with any Person and its Representatives that, subject to White’s compliance with Section 5.2(a) has made after the date of this Agreement an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that the White Board believes in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal by the Person making such Acquisition Proposal; and (B) furnish to such Person or its Representatives nonpublic information relating to White or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (a copy of which shall be provided for informational purposes only to Orange) with such Person with terms no less restrictive than those contained in the confidentiality agreement dated October 7, 2014, between The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. and Coca-Cola Iberian Partners S.A. relating to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that all such information (to the extent that such information has not been previously provided or made available to Orange) is provided or made available to Orange, as the case may be, prior to or substantially concurrently with the time it is provided or made available to such Person; and

(ii) subject to compliance with Section 5.2(c) and Section 5.2(d), if applicable, the White Board may make a Change in White Recommendation;

in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) only if the White Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Applicable Law.

In addition, nothing contained herein shall prevent the White Board from (i) complying with Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act with regard to an Acquisition Proposal that is in the form of a tender offer or exchange offer, so long as any position taken or statement made to so comply is consistent with this Section 5.2; provided that any such position taken or statement made that addresses or relates to the approval, recommendation or declaration of advisability by the White Board with respect to this Agreement or an Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be a Change in White Recommendation unless the White Board expressly reaffirms the White Recommendation in such statement or in connection with such action, or (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” disclosure or similar communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act in response to a tender offer or exchange offer; provided that the White Board expressly reaffirms the White Recommendation in such disclosure or communication.

 

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(c) None of White, the White Board, the Franchise Relationship Committee nor any of their Representatives shall take any of the actions referred to in Section 5.2(b) unless White shall have delivered to Orange a written notice at least 24 hours prior to taking such action advising Orange that it intends to take such action. In addition, White shall notify Orange promptly (but in no event later than 24 hours) after receipt by White (or any of its Representatives) of any Acquisition Proposal, any indication by a Person that it is considering making an Acquisition Proposal or any request for information relating to White or any of its Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets or records of White or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person that has indicated that it may be considering making, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal. White shall provide such notice orally and in writing and shall identify the Person making, and the material terms and conditions of, any such Acquisition Proposal, indication or request. White shall keep Orange informed, on a reasonably current basis, of the status and details of any such Acquisition Proposal, indication or request (whether communicated orally or in writing), and shall promptly (but in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours after receipt) provide to Orange copies of all correspondence and written materials sent or provided to White or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives that describes any terms or conditions of any Acquisition Proposal. Any material amendment to the material financial terms of any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of White’s compliance with this Section 5.2(c).

(d) Neither the White Board nor the Franchise Relationship Committee shall make a Change in White Recommendation in response to an Acquisition Proposal, unless (i) White has received an Acquisition Proposal after the date hereof and prior to the White Stockholders Meeting that constitutes a Superior Proposal, (ii) White promptly notifies Orange, in writing at least five (5) Business Days before taking that action, of its intention to do so, attaching (A) the most current version of the proposed agreement under which the Superior Proposal is proposed to be consummated and (B) the identity of the Person making the Acquisition Proposal, and (iii) Orange does not make, within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of that written notification, an offer that is at least as favorable to the stockholders of White as determined by the White Board as such Superior Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the financial terms or other material terms of such Superior Proposal shall require a new written notification from White and a new five (5) Business Day period under clause (ii) of this Section 5.2(d).

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any proposal or offer made by Orange or any of its Affiliates, any offer, proposal or inquiry relating to any transaction to effect, or any indication of interest by any third Person in, (i) any amalgamation, merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, spin-off, split off or similar transaction involving White or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of White, (ii) any purchase or sale of 25% or more of the consolidated assets (including stock of White’s Subsidiaries) of White and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (iii) any purchase or sale of, or tender or exchange offer (including a self-tender offer) for, voting securities of White or any of its Subsidiaries that, if consummated, would result in any Person (or the stockholders of such Person) beneficially owning securities representing 25% or more of White’s total voting power (or of the surviving entity in such transaction) or the voting power of any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of White.

(f) For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior Proposal” means a bona fide, unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal (that did not result from a breach of this Agreement any other Transaction Document) for at least a majority of the total number of outstanding shares of White Common Stock or all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of White and its Subsidiaries on terms that the White Board determines in good faith by a majority vote, after consultation with a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel and taking into account all the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal, including the expected timing, any break-up fees, expense reimbursement provisions,

 

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conditions to consummation (including any conditions relating to financing, stockholder approvals, regulatory approvals or other events or conditions beyond the control of the party invoking the condition) and availability of any necessary financing, is (x) superior from a financial point of view to, and provides greater value to, White’s stockholders than the Merger and the Contemplated Transactions and (y) reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms and on the contemplated timeframe, in each case, taking into account any offer by Orange to amend the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document pursuant to Section 5.2(d).

(g) White shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their Representatives to, cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations, if any, with any Person and its Representatives and its financing sources conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to any Acquisition Proposal.

(h) Any determination made or action taken by the White Board pursuant to Section 5.2(b) and Section 5.2(d) shall be made or taken only after the Franchise Relationship Committee has approved such determination or action.

5.3 State Anti-Takeover Statutes. Without limiting anything contained in this Agreement, each of White and Orange shall (i) take all action within its power to ensure that no “business combination,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (including Section 203 of the DGCL) or any similar anti-takeover provision in White’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws (each, a “Takeover Statute”) is or becomes applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the Combination Transactions, and (ii) if any Takeover Statute becomes applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the Combination Transactions, take all action within its power to ensure that the Merger and the Combination Transactions may be consummated as promptly as reasonably practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the Combination Transactions.

5.4 Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance.

(a) From and after the Closing, the Surviving Company shall, and Orange shall cause the Surviving Company to, honor and fulfill in all material respects the obligations of White under any and all indemnification agreements between White and any of its current or former directors and officers and any Person who becomes a director or officer of White or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time (such agreements, the “Indemnity Agreements” and such Persons, “Indemnified Persons”). In addition, during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall (and Orange shall cause the Surviving Company to) cause the limited liability company operating agreement (and other similar organizational documents) of the Surviving Company to contain provisions with respect to indemnification, exculpation and the advancement of expenses that are at least as favorable as the indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses provisions set forth in the charters and bylaws (or other similar organizational documents) of White as of the date hereof, and during such six-year period such provisions shall not be repealed, amended or otherwise modified in any manner adverse to any Indemnified Person except as required by Applicable Law.

(b) Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 5.4(a), during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall (and Orange shall cause the Surviving Company to) indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any losses in connection with any Proceeding to the fullest extent that White would have been permitted to do so under Applicable Law, to the extent such Proceeding arises directly

 

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or indirectly out of or pertains directly or indirectly to (i) any action or omission or alleged action or omission in such Indemnified Person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of White or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates for such action or omission, or alleged action or omission, that occurred prior to or at the Effective Time; provided, however, that if, at any time prior to the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time, any Indemnified Person delivers to White in good faith a written notice asserting a claim for indemnification under this Section 5.4(b), then such claim asserted in such notice shall survive the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. In the event of any such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry, (i) Orange or the Surviving Company shall have the right to control the defense thereof after the Effective Time, and (ii) each Indemnified Person shall be entitled at his or her sole cost and expense to retain his or her own counsel, whether or not Orange or the Surviving Company shall elect to control the defense of any such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 5.4(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, none of Orange, the Surviving Company nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall settle or otherwise compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry for which indemnification may be sought by an Indemnified Person under this Agreement unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes a full release of all Indemnified Persons from all liability arising out of such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry.

(c) Orange shall, or shall cause the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time to, obtain and fully pay the premium (in each case, at Orange’s expense) for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of White’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies and (ii) White’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, “D&O Insurance”), in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time with respect to any claim involving any Indemnified Person in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time and with a carrier and upon terms that are reasonably acceptable to White and that are, with respect to coverage and amount, no less favorable than those of White’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ existing D&O Insurance; provided that the aggregate cost of such policy shall not exceed 300% of White’s annual premium for D&O Insurance for the year December 31, 2014.

(d) If the Surviving Company (or Orange) or any of its successors or assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Orange or the Surviving Company shall assume all of the obligations of the Surviving Company (or Orange) set forth in this Section 5.4.

(e) The obligations set forth in this Section 5.4 shall not be terminated, amended or otherwise modified in any manner that adversely affects any Indemnified Person (or any other Person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 5.4(c) (and their heirs and representatives)) without the prior written consent of such affected Indemnified Person or other Person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 5.4(c) (and their heirs and representatives). Each of the Indemnified Persons or other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 5.4(c) (and their heirs and representatives) are intended to be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.4, with full rights of enforcement as if a party thereto. The rights of the Indemnified Persons (and other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 5.4(c) (and their heirs and representatives)) under this Section 5.4 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights that such Persons may have under the charters, bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents, any and all indemnification agreements of or entered into by White or any of its Subsidiaries, or Applicable Law (whether at law or in equity).

 

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(f) The obligations and liability of the Surviving Company, Orange and their respective Subsidiaries under this Section 5.4 shall be joint and several. Nothing in this Section 5.4 is intended to entitle any party to recover any amounts in connection with this Section 5.4 (i) to the extent that such party or any of its Affiliates has already recovered such amount pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) to the extent that White would have been prohibited from paying such amounts under the DGCL.

(g) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to White or any of its Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.4 is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under such policies.

ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES

6.1 Mutual Conditions. The respective obligations of White, Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, waiver, in each case in accordance with the Master Agreement, of the conditions set forth in clause 3.1 of the Master Agreement.

6.2 Conditions to the Obligations of White. The obligations of White to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, waiver, in each case in accordance with the Master Agreement, of the conditions set forth in clause 3.4 of the Master Agreement.

6.3 Conditions to the Obligations of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo. The obligations of Orange and MergeCo to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, waiver, in each case in accordance with the Master Agreement, of the conditions set forth in clause 3 of the Master Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

7.1 Termination. This Agreement shall be terminated and the Merger shall be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of the Required White Vote:

(a) automatically upon the valid termination of the Master Agreement pursuant to clause 13 of the Master Agreement;

(b) by White, if Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or the Master Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2 of this Agreement and (ii) is incapable of being cured (or is not cured) by Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo by 5 p.m. New York time on the Long Stop Date; provided that the failure of any such condition to be capable of satisfaction is not the result of a material breach of this Agreement by White;

 

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(c) by Orange, if White shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3 of this Agreement, and (ii) is incapable of being cured (or is not cured) by White by 5 p.m. New York time on the Long Stop Date; provided that the failure of any such condition to be capable of satisfaction is not the result of a material breach of this Agreement by Orange, US Holdco or MergeCo;

(d) by Orange or White, if any court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Authority shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and non-appealable;

(e) by Orange, if there occurs (i) a Change in White Recommendation (including by amending or supplementing the Proxy Statement to effect a Change in White Recommendation), or (ii) a material breach by White of its obligations under Section 5.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) or Section 5.2; or

(f) by either Orange or White, if the Required White Vote shall not have been obtained upon a vote taken thereon at the duly convened White Stockholders Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof at which the applicable vote was taken.

7.2 Procedure and Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, written notice thereof shall be given by the party so terminating to the other party to this Agreement, and this Agreement shall terminate and the Merger shall be abandoned without further action by White or Orange; provided, however, that:

(a) If this Agreement is terminated and the Merger is abandoned as described in this Section 7.2, this Agreement shall become null and void and of no further force or effect, except for the obligations provided for in this Section 7.2 and Article VIII hereof, each of which shall survive any such termination of this Agreement without limitation.

(b) If Orange terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(e), then White shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within three (3) Business Days following such termination), pay to Orange, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Orange, an amount equal to $450 million (the “Termination Fee”).

(c) In the event that (A) following the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the termination of this Agreement at the Long Stop Date or pursuant to Section 7.1(c) or Section 7.1(f), an Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced, publicly proposed, or any Person has publicly indicated its intention to make an Acquisition Proposal, (B) this Agreement is validly terminated at the Long Stop Date or pursuant to Section 7.1(c) or Section 7.1(f) or pursuant to Section 7.1(a) as a result of a termination of the Master Agreement pursuant to clause 13.1(a), 13.1(b) or 13.2(b) thereof, (C) at the time of the termination of this Agreement at the Long Stop Date or pursuant to Section 7.1(c) or Section 7.1(f) or pursuant to Section 7.1(a) as a result of a termination of the Master Agreement pursuant to clause 13.1(a), 13.1(b) or 13.2(b) thereof, neither Orange nor MergeCo is in breach of any of its material obligations under or in connection with this Agreement in any material respect and none of the Parties other than White is in breach of any of their material obligations under or in connection with the Master Agreement,

 

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and (D) within eighteen (18) months following the termination of this Agreement at the Long Stop Date or pursuant to Section 7.1(c) or Section 7.1(f) or pursuant to Section 7.1(a) as a result of a termination of the Master Agreement pursuant to clause 13.1(a), 13.1(b) or 13.2(b) thereof, an Acquisition Proposal is consummated or a definitive agreement is entered into with respect to an Acquisition Proposal that is subsequently consummated, then White shall pay to Orange the Termination Fee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Orange, not later than concurrently with the consummation of the transaction contemplated by such Acquisition Proposal. For purposes of this provision, each reference to “25%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be a reference to “50%.”

(d) White acknowledges that the agreements contained in Section 7.2(b) and Section 7.2(c) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that, without these agreements, Orange and MergeCo would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if White fails promptly to pay any amount due to Orange pursuant to Section 7.2(b) or Section 7.2(c), then White shall also pay any costs and expenses incurred by Orange, Red or Olive in connection with a legal action to enforce this Agreement that results in a final judgment against White for such amount.

(e) In the event that Orange shall receive the Termination Fee in accordance with Section 7.2(b) or Section 7.2(c), the receipt of such fee shall be deemed to be liquidated damages for any and all losses or damages suffered or incurred by Orange, US HoldCo, MergeCo, any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person in connection with this Agreement (and the termination hereof), the transactions contemplated hereby (and the abandonment thereof) or any matter forming the basis for such termination, and none of Orange, MergeCo, any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person shall be entitled to bring or maintain any other claim, action or proceeding against White or any of its Affiliates arising out of this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any matters forming the basis for such termination.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any termination of this Agreement shall not be deemed to release and shall not relieve any party hereto from any liability for any fraud occurring on or prior to such termination.

(g) It is understood and agreed any Termination Fee payable to Orange by White shall be paid to Orange’s designees as set forth in the Master Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Survival After Closing. The covenants contained in Section 5.4 and this Article VIII shall survive the Closing until the time period set forth therein. Without prejudice to the terms of any other Transaction Document, all of the other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall not survive beyond the Effective Time and there shall be no liability in respect thereof, whether such liability has accrued prior to or after the Effective Time, on the part of any Party, its Affiliates or any of their respective partners, members, officers, directors, agents or Representatives, except for those covenants and agreements that by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time.

8.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Master Agreement, whether or not the Merger is consummated, Orange shall pay (or cause to be paid) all fees and expenses

 

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incurred by it or on its behalf or by or on behalf of any of its Subsidiaries, and White shall pay (or cause to be paid) all fees and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf or by or on behalf of any of its Subsidiaries; provided that from and after the Effective Time such obligations of White shall become an obligation of MergeCo.

8.3 Interest. Any payment required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement that is not paid by the 30th day after such payment is due shall accrue interest from and including such 30th day after the due date to and including the date of payment at the rate of one-month LIBOR plus 25 basis points per annum.

8.4 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder required to be delivered in writing shall be deemed given if delivered personally, telecopied (receipt confirmed) or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

If to White (before the Effective Time), to:

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

2500 Windy Ridge Parkway

Atlanta, GA 30339

Fax: (770) 989-3784

Attention: John Parker

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

 

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005
Fax: (212) 269-5420
Attention:    Helene Banks
   John Schuster

If to Orange, US HoldCo, MergeCo or the Surviving Company, to:

Spark Orange Limited

20-22 Bedford Row

London, WC1R 4JS

United Kingdom

and with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Fax: (212) 610-6399
Attention:    Eric S. Shube
   Edward Barnett

 

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Fax: (212) 225-3999
Attention:    Matthew P. Salerno
   Simon Jay

8.5 Entire Agreement; Modification.

(a) The agreement of the parties, which consists of this Agreement and the exhibits schedules and other documents referred to herein which form a part hereof, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding, written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

(b) Subject to compliance with Applicable Law, this Agreement may be modified and/or amended with respect to any provision contained herein at any time by written action of White and Orange at any time before or after receipt of the Required White Vote; provided, however, that after the receipt of the Required White Vote there may not be, without further approval of the White Stockholders, any amendment of this Agreement or other material terms of the transactions that changes the amount or form of Merger Consideration or that, by Applicable Law, requires the further approval of the White Stockholders.

8.6 Waiver.

(a) No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing, expressed to be a variation of this Agreement and signed by or on behalf of all of the Parties, except that following receipt of the Required White Vote, there shall be no variations of this Agreement that, under Applicable Law, would require further approval by the White Stockholders without such further approval.

(b) No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by Applicable Law or under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that right, power or remedy or of some other right, power or remedy nor shall any partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise of the same or of some other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies provided under this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by Applicable Law or otherwise.

(c) Any waiver of any right, power or remedy under this Agreement shall be in writing executed by the relevant Party and may be given subject to such conditions as the grantor may in its absolute discretion decide. Any such waiver (unless otherwise specified) shall only be a waiver in the particular instance and for the particular purpose for which it was given.

8.7 Assignment; Binding Effect; Severability.

(a) No Party shall (nor shall it purport to) assign, transfer, charge, put in trust or otherwise deal with the benefit of all or any of its rights or interests under this Agreement, nor subcontract or otherwise deal with all or any of its obligations under this Agreement, provided that Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo may assign its rights hereunder to one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, provided further that no such assignment shall relieve Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(b) If any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, but would be valid and enforceable if deleted in part or reduced in application, such provision shall apply with such deletion or modification as may be necessary to make it valid and enforceable as long as the fundamental relations between the Parties and the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Master Agreement are not materially altered in a manner adverse to any Party.

(c) Each of the provisions of this Agreement is severable. Without prejudice to the foregoing or Section 8.7(b), if any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement, but the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired as long as the fundamental relations between the Parties and the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Master Agreement are not materially altered in a manner adverse to any Party.

8.8 Specific Performance. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the failure of any party to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder, will cause irreparable injury to the other parties, for which damages, even if available, will not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each party hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction as provided in Section 8.10 to compel performance of such party’s obligations and to the granting by any such court of the remedy of specific performance of its obligations hereunder without proof of actual damages and without any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for a party’s breach of its obligations but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity.

8.9 Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

8.10 Consent to Jurisdiction

(a) The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Delaware Court of Chancery, and (b) any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware), for the purposes of any Proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the Merger (and each agrees that no such Proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Merger shall be brought by it except in such courts). The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive (and agree not to plead or claim) any objection to the laying of venue of any Proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the Merger in (i) the Delaware Court of Chancery, or (ii) any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware) or that any such Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto also agrees that any final and non-appealable judgment against a party hereto in connection with any Proceeding shall be conclusive and binding on such party and that such award or judgment may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction, either within or outside of the United States. A certified or exemplified copy of such award or judgment shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such award or judgment.

(b) EACH ORANGE PARTY SHALL, WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATE CT CORPORATION SYSTEM (IN SUCH CAPACITY, THE “PROCESS AGENT”), WITH AN OFFICE AT CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, 1209 N. ORANGE STREET, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, FOR AND ON THEIR BEHALF SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN ANY PROCEEDING

 

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WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE UPON DELIVERY THEREOF TO THE PROCESS AGENT; PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF ANY SUCH SERVICE UPON THE PROCESS AGENT, THE PARTY EFFECTING SUCH SERVICE SHALL ALSO DELIVER A COPY THEREOF TO EACH OTHER SUCH PARTY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 8.4 OF THIS AGREEMENT. EACH ORANGE PARTY SHALL TAKE ALL SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SAID APPOINTMENT IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OR TO APPOINT ANOTHER AGENT SO THAT SUCH PARTY WILL AT ALL TIMES HAVE AN AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

8.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby waives, and agrees to cause each of its Affiliates to waive, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the Merger. Each party (a) certifies that no Representative of the other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of an Proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other party hereto have been induced to enter into this agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 8.11.

8.12 Third Party Beneficiaries. No Person other than the parties hereto shall be entitled to any benefits, rights or remedies hereunder, except that Red, Olive and their respective Subsidiaries are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement entitled to enforce directly the rights, remedies and benefits conferred upon them by this Agreement and that the directors and officers of White are intended third party beneficiaries of Section 5.4, entitled to enforce directly the rights, remedies and benefits conferred upon them by such Section 5.4.

8.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (in original, facsimile or other electronic means) in any number of counterparts and by the Parties on different counterparts but shall not be effective until all Parties have executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall be deemed an original and all counterparts shall together constitute a single agreement.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:  

/s/ John R. Parker

  Name:   John R. Parker
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel
SPARK ORANGE LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

  Name:   Isabela Pérez Nivela
  Title:   Director
ORANGE U.S. HOLDCO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

  Name:   Isabela Pérez Nivela
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
ORANGE MERGECO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

  Name:   Isabela Pérez Nivela
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]

Exhibit 2.2

EXECUTION VERSION

EUROPEAN REFRESHMENTS

COCA-COLA GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG

VIVAQA BETEILIGUNGS GMBH & CO. KG

and

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.

and

COCA-COLA IBERIAN PARTNERS, S.A.

and

SPARK ORANGE LIMITED

and

ORANGE U.S. HOLDCO, LLC

and

ORANGE MERGECO, LLC

 

 

TRANSACTION MASTER AGREEMENT

relating to the combination of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Coca-Cola

Erfrischungsgetränke Aktiengesellschaft and Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     7   

2.

 

CONTRIBUTIONS AND MERGER

     34   

3.

 

CONDITIONS

     35   

4.

 

WAIVER OF CONDITIONS

     40   

5.

 

GENERAL COVENANTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CONDITIONS AND INTENDED PRE-COMPLETION ACTIONS

     40   

6.

 

COMPETITION APPROVALS, WHITE PROXY STATEMENT AND LISTINGS

     49   

7.

 

PRE-COMPLETION CONDUCT OF BUSINESS COVENANTS

     57   

8.

 

NET FINANCIAL POSITION

     60   

9.

 

COMPLETION

     62   

10.

 

WARRANTIES

     63   

11.

 

CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

     63   

12.

 

PROTECTIVE COVENANTS

     65   

13.

 

TERMINATION

     67   

14.

 

POST-COMPLETION LIABILITY AND COVENANTS

     69   

15.

 

COSTS AND TRANSACTION FEE

     73   

16.

 

FURTHER ASSURANCE

     73   

17.

 

ASSIGNMENT

     73   

18.

 

THIRD PARTY RIGHTS; OLIVE HOLDCO ADHERENCE

     74   

19.

 

VARIATION AND WAIVER

     74   

20.

 

INVALIDITY

     75   

21.

 

INTEREST AND CONVERSION

     75   

22.

 

NOTICES

     76   

23.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

     78   

24.

 

GOVERNING LAW

     78   

SCHEDULE 1 ORANGE SHARE ALLOCATION

     88   

SCHEDULE 2 COMPLETION OBLIGATIONS

     90   
 

PART 1 RED’S OBLIGATIONS

     90   
 

PART 2 WHITE’S OBLIGATIONS

     92   
 

PART 3 OLIVE HOLDCO’S OBLIGATIONS

     92   
 

PART 4 ORANGE’S OBLIGATIONS

     93   

SCHEDULE 3 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING COMPLETION

     95   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

PART 1 POSITIVE COVENANTS

     95   
  PART 2 NEGATIVE COVENANTS      95   
  PART 3 ORANGE GROUP COMPANY COVENANTS      99   
    1.   POSITIVE COVENANTS      99   
    2.   NEGATIVE COVENANTS      99   
SCHEDULE 4 RED WARRANTIES      101   
    1.   ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION      101   
    2.   AUTHORITY; NO BREACH      102   
    3.   CAPITAL      103   
    4.   BLACK GROUP      104   
    5.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS      104   
    6.   INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES      105   
    7.   ASSETS      106   
    8.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY      108   
    9.   LITIGATION      108   
    10.   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS      109   
    11.   TAX      110   
    12.   MATERIAL CONTRACTS      112   
    13.   PRODUCT LIABILITY      114   
    14.   MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS      114   
    15.   COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; PERMITS; ANTI-CORRUPTION      114   
    16.   LABOUR MATTERS      115   
    17.   ENVIRONMENTAL      117   
    18.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS      118   
    19.   INSURANCE      119   
    20.   GUARANTEES AND FINANCINGS      119   
    21.   NO SECURITY      120   
    22.   CASH POOLING      120   
    23.   NO BONUSES, COMMISSIONS OR FINDERS’ FEES      120   
    24.   APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS      120   
SCHEDULE 5 WHITE WARRANTIES      122   
    1.   ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION      122   

 

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(continued)

 

    2.   AUTHORITY; NO BREACH      122   
    3.   CAPITAL      124   
    4.   WHITE GROUP      125   
    5.   SEC REPORTS      126   
    6.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS      127   
    7.   INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES      128   
    8.   ASSETS      129   
    9.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY      130   
    10.   LITIGATION      131   
    11.   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS      132   
    12.   TAX      135   
    13.   MATERIAL CONTRACTS      136   
    14.   PRODUCT LIABILITY      138   
    15.   MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS      139   
    16.   COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; PERMITS; ANTI-CORRUPTION      139   
    17.   LABOUR MATTERS      140   
    18.   ENVIRONMENTAL      141   
    19.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS      142   
    20.   INSURANCE      143   
    21.   GUARANTEES      143   
    22.   APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS      143   
SCHEDULE 6 OLIVE WARRANTIES      145   
    1.   ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION      145   
    2.   AUTHORITY; NO BREACH      145   
    3.   CAPITAL      147   
    4.   OLIVE GROUP      148   
    5.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS      148   
    6.   INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES      149   
    7.   ASSETS      150   
    8.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY      152   
    9.   LITIGATION      153   
    10.   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS      153   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

    11.   TAX      154   
    12.   MATERIAL CONTRACTS      156   
    13.   PRODUCT LIABILITY      158   
    14.   MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS      158   
    15.   COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; PERMITS; ANTI-CORRUPTION      158   
    16.   LABOUR MATTERS      160   
    17.   ENVIRONMENTAL      161   
    18.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS      162   
    19.   INSURANCE      163   
    20.   GUARANTEES AND FINANCINGS      163   
    21.   NO SECURITY      164   
    22.   NO BONUSES, COMMISSIONS OR FINDERS’ FEES      164   
    23.   APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS      164   
SCHEDULE 7 ORANGE WARRANTIES      165   
    1.   ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION      165   
    2.   AUTHORITY; NO BREACH      165   
    3.   ORANGE GROUP; CAPITAL      166   
    4.   LIABILITIES      167   
    5.   LITIGATION      167   
    6.   TAX      167   
    7.   APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS      167   
SCHEDULE 8 WARRANTY LIABILITY      168   
SCHEDULE 9 EXPERT DETERMINATION      179   

Annexes:

 

A.    Black Contribution Agreement
B.    Working capital calculations
C.    Employee Notification Processes
D.    Knowledge persons
E.    New Orange Articles
F.    Olive Carve-Out
G.    Olive Contribution Agreement
H.    Olive Framework Agreement
I.    Olive Tax Receivables
J.    Olive Shareholder Undertaking
K.    Orange Bottling Agreements term sheets

 

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(continued)

 

L.    Registration Rights Agreement
M.    Shareholders Agreement
N.    Step Plan
O.    White Director/Shareholder Undertaking
P.    White Merger Agreement
Q.    Permitted pre-Completion actions
R.    Olive shareholder communication
S.    Spark agreed announcement
T.    Costs and expenses

 

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THIS TRANSACTION MASTER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made by way of deed on 6 August 2015

BETWEEN:

 

(1) EUROPEAN REFRESHMENTS, with its corporate seat in Drogheda, County Meath, Ireland, registered in the Companies Registration Office Dublin under no. 403110 (“Red 1”), COCA-COLA GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 88247 B and VIVAQA BETEILIGUNGS GMBH & CO. KG, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRA 39236 B (together, “Red”, each individually a “Red Seller”);

 

(2) COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation with its principal office at 2500 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta GA 30339, United States of America (“White”);

 

(3) COCA-COLA IBERIAN PARTNERS, S.A., is a Spanish company with registered office at Paseo de la Castellana, 259-C (Torre de Cristal), Floor 9, 28046, Madrid and Spanish tax identification number A-86,561,412 (“Olive”);

 

(4) SPARK ORANGE LIMITED a private limited company organized under the laws of England (“Orange”);

 

(5) ORANGE U.S. HOLDCO, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (“US HoldCo”);

 

(6) ORANGE MERGECO, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (“MergeCo”),

(collectively, the “Parties”, each individually a “Party”).

WHEREAS:

(A) Red, White, Olive and their Affiliates are engaged, directly or indirectly, in the business of manufacturing, distributing, marketing and selling non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink (NARTD) beverages in western Europe among other things;

(B) Red, White and Olive desire to combine the respective wholly owned NARTD beverage bottling businesses in western Europe as described and provided in this Agreement by combining White, Black and Olive through the contribution of Black and Olive to Orange, and the merger of White with and into MergeCo, in exchange for the issuance to an entity to be established for the purposes of holding Olive (“Olive HoldCo”), Red (or their designee) and the stockholders of White of Orange Shares (and, in the case of stockholders of White, the White Cash Consideration);

(C) pursuant to the Olive Framework Agreement, Olive HoldCo will become the owner of at least 95.6% of the share capital of Olive. Red is collectively the owner of the entire share capital

 

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of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke Aktiengesellschaft, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 62845 B (“Black”). Orange is the sole owner of the entire share capital of US HoldCo, which in turn is the sole owner of the entire share capital of MergeCo;

(D) the Orange Shares are intended to be admitted to trading on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext London, the Spanish Stock Exchanges and officially listed in Amsterdam and Spanish SIBE and the Orange Stock are to be registered with the SEC and listed on the New York Stock Exchange; and

(D) this Agreement sets forth the overarching terms and conditions of such transactions, and certain related matters,

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above and the respective warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the words and expressions defined in the preamble, the following words and expressions have the following meanings:

Acquisition Proposal” means, in respect of a Party and other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any proposal or offer made by the Orange Group pursuant to Section 5.2(d)(iii) of the White Merger Agreement, any offer, proposal or inquiry relating to any transaction to effect, or any indication of interest by any third Person in, (i) any amalgamation, merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, spin-off, split off or similar transaction involving that Party’s Transferred or Merged Entities whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of that Party’s Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities, (ii) any purchase or sale of 25% or more of the consolidated assets (including stock) of that Party’s Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities, taken as a whole, or (iii) any purchase or sale of, or tender or exchange offer (including a self-tender offer) for, voting securities in that Party’s Transferred or Merged Entities that, if consummated, would result in any Person (or the stockholders of such Person) beneficially owning securities representing 25% or more of such Transferred or Merged Entities’ total voting power or the voting power of any of such Transferred or Merged Entities whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of the relevant Transferred Business;

Affiliate” means, in respect of a Person, a Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, provided that prior to Completion the respective Parties and their Affiliates shall not be Affiliates of each other (except for Olive with Olive HoldCo, Red with Black, and Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo with one another);

AFM” means the Dutch stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten;

 

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Amsterdam Listing” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(c);

Amsterdam Listing Application” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(b);

Amsterdam Stock Exchange” means the regulated market operated by Euronext Amsterdam, N.V.;

Applicable Date” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

Applicable Law” means any binding law, statute, treaty, order, code, ordinance, temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, judgment, decree, decision, directive, licence, permit, consent, approval, rules, administrative pronouncement (including any item published in the United States Internal Revenue Bulletin) or regulation of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter or Person in question, or other binding legislative or administrative action of a Governmental Authority, or a final, binding, or executive decree, injunction, judgment or order of a court that affects and has the authority to affect the matter or Person in question;

Application and Disclosure Documents” means all documents or filings in connection with the Amsterdam Listing, the Spanish Listing, the London Listing, the NYSE Listing and the White Stockholder Approval, including the EU Prospectus, each EU Supplement, the Passporting Request, the Amsterdam Listing Application, the White Proxy Statement, the NYSE Listing Application and the Registration Statement;

Audited White 2014 Balance Sheet” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

Audited White 2014 Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

Averaged Working Capital” means, in respect of the Black Group, the Olive Group or the White Group, as applicable, the average of the Black Working Capital, Olive Working Capital or White Working Capital (respectively) as at the end of the financial quarters for the Black Group, Olive Group or White Group (as applicable) ending on or around 31 December 2014, 31 March 2015, 30 June 2015 and 30 September 2015;

Barcelona Stock Exchange” means the Bolsa de Barcelona;

Benefit Plan” means, in respect of a Transferred or Merged Entity (deemed to be each Black Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 4, each White Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 5, and each Olive Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 6), each employee benefit plan, programme, agreement, policy, or arrangement (including bonus plans, employment, consulting or other compensation agreements, pension premiums (compromisos por pensiones), pension, retirement, collective bargaining Contracts, incentive and other equity or equity-based compensation plans or agreements, deferred compensation arrangements, change in control, termination, severance or retention plans or arrangements, stock purchase, severance pay, sick leave, vacation pay, salary continuation for disability, hospitalization, medical insurance, life insurance and scholarship plans and programmes maintained by the relevant Transferred

 

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or Merged Entity or to which the relevant Transferred or Merged Entity has contributed or is obliged to contribute, in each case, for current or former directors, employees, leased employees or officers of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entity (or other Transferred or Merged Entities in respect of the relevant Transferred Business) or in respect of which a Transferred or Merged Entity otherwise has any liability or obligation to contribute;

Black Business” means the business, operations, rights, assets and liabilities of the Black Group;

Black Business Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning specified in paragraph 8.1 of Schedule 4;

Black Contribution” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(a);

Black Contribution Agreement” means the agreement between Red and Orange regarding the Black Contribution to be delivered at Completion in the form attached hereto as Annex A (or as amended or modified by agreement of the Principal Parties);

Black Group” means Black together with all its Subsidiaries together, each being a “Black Group Company” individually;

Black NFP” means an amount (which may be positive or negative) equal to the Cash/Cash Equivalents of the Black Group, plus the Black NOLs, minus the Indebtedness of the Black Group (in each case at the Testing Date), minus the Black Working Capital Adjustment;

Black NFP Target” means €190 million;

Black NOLs” means an amount equal to €190 million;

Black Ordinary Shares” has the meaning specified in paragraph 3.1 of Schedule 4;

Black Shares” means Black Ordinary Shares together comprising 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Black;

Black Working Capital” means, with respect to the Black Group, on a consolidated basis and as of a particular date, the amount equal to the (i) current assets of the Black Group less (ii) the current liabilities of the Black Group, in each case as of the relevant date and determined in accordance with the accounting principles applicable to the quarterly accounts produced by the Black Group for the financial quarter ending 31 December 2014 consistently applied, but including and/or excluding the items specified as “Included Items” and “Excluded Items” respectively in Annex B;

Black Working Capital Adjustment” means an amount equal to the Black Working Capital Target minus the Black Working Capital (Actual), subject to a minimum of zero;

Black Working Capital (Actual)” means the Working Capital of the Black Group at the Testing Date;

 

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Black Working Capital Target” means 50% of the Averaged Working Capital for the Black Group;

Bribery Act” means the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010;

Bribery Legislation” means, in respect of a Transferred or Merged Entity or Transferred Business, all and any of the following: the FCPA; the Organization For Economic Co-operation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related implementing legislation; the relevant common law or legislation in England and Wales relating to bribery and/or corruption, including the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889, the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 as supplemented by the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 and the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; the Bribery Act; the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and any anti-bribery or anti-corruption related provisions in criminal and anti-competition laws and/or anti-bribery, anti-corruption and/or anti-money laundering laws of any jurisdiction in which that Transferred or Merged Entity or Transferred Business (as applicable) operates or to which that Transferred or Merged Entity (or its assets) or Transferred Business are otherwise subject;

Business Day” means any day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general commercial business in New York, Delaware, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Madrid;

Burdensome Condition (Orange)” means any obligation of any Orange Group Company (including for these purposes White and each other Transferred or Merged Entity) arising in connection with (whether as a condition to, a commitment required to be offered in respect of, or otherwise in respect of the obtaining of) any Competition Approval to take any action requiring, or enter into any settlement, undertaking, condition, consent decree, stipulation or other agreement with any Governmental Authority that requires it to:

(a) hold separate (in trust or otherwise), divest itself of or otherwise rearrange the composition of any of its assets, businesses or interests or which imposes any non-immaterial limitations on its freedom of action with respect to future acquisitions of assets or with respect to any existing or future business or activities or on the enjoyment of the full rights of ownership, possession and use of any asset now owned or hereafter (including upon Completion) acquired by it that are adverse or burdensome or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect it or its investors or stockholders;

(b) agree to any other conditions or requirements or to take any other actions, except for the provision of information to any Governmental Authority subject to the Confidentiality Proviso, that are adverse or burdensome or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect it or its investors or stockholders; or

(c) incur any material financial obligation, or assume any other material obligation, imposed by any Governmental Authority, in each case where it would reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact on a Transferred Business in one or more of the jurisdictions in which it is conducted or adversely affect it or its investors or stockholders;

 

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Burdensome Condition (Olive)” and “Burdensome Condition (Red)” means any obligation of Olive HoldCo or a Red Seller (respectively, and together with their respective Affiliates) arising in connection with (whether as a condition to, a commitment required to be offered in respect of, or otherwise in respect of the obtaining of) any Competition Approval to take any action requiring, or enter into any settlement, undertaking, condition, consent decree, stipulation or other agreement with any Governmental Authority that requires, it to:

(a) hold separate (in trust or otherwise), divest itself of or otherwise rearrange the composition of any of its assets, businesses or interests or which imposes any non-immaterial limitations on its freedom of action with respect to future acquisitions of assets or with respect to any existing or future business or activities or on the enjoyment of the full rights of ownership, possession and use of any asset now owned (including its Transferred Business) or hereafter acquired by it that are adverse or burdensome or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect it or its investors or stockholders,

(b) agree to any other conditions or requirements or to take any other actions (including the provision of sensitive information, to the extent that the provision thereof could reasonably be deemed to be onerous and unusual in the context of transactions of this nature) that are adverse or burdensome or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect it or its investors or stockholders; or

(c) incur any material financial obligation, or assume any other material obligation, imposed by any Governmental Authority, in each case where it would reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact on its Transferred Business in one or more of the jurisdictions in which it is conducted or adversely affect it or its investors or stockholders;

Capitalisation Date” has the meaning specified in paragraph 3.1 of Schedule 4;

Cash/Cash Equivalents” means cash in hand, cash at bank, highly liquid securities that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and deposits in transit;

Change in White Recommendation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b) of the White Merger Agreement;

Cobega Side Letter” means the letter attached as an annex to the Shareholders Agreement;

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

Combination Transactions” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(c);

 

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Competition Approvals” means:

(i) insofar as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitute (or are deemed to constitute) a concentration falling within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (the “Merger Regulation”) or are examined by the European Commission as a result of a decision under Article 22(3) of the Merger Regulation:

(A) the European Commission having taken a decision under Article 6(1)(b) or 6(2), or under Article 8(1) or 8(2) of the Merger Regulation if the European Commission has initiated proceedings pursuant to Article 6(1)(c), declaring the transactions contemplated by this Agreement compatible with the common market; or

(B) if the European Commission refers the whole or part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to the competent authority/ies of any EU Member State(s) (being the relevant competent national authority under Article 4(4) or 9(3) of the Merger Regulation):

a. those competent authorities having issued all necessary clearances, or the relevant time periods for investigation having expired, for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to complete; and

b. if the review of any part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is retained by the European Commission, the European Commission having taken a decision with respect to that part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement declaring it compatible with the common market;

(ii) insofar as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement require (or are deemed to require) the filing of a premerger notification and report form under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), and any waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, as applicable, and any waivers, consents, approvals or agreements required under the HSR Act shall have been received; and

(iii) insofar as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitute (or are deemed to constitute) a concentration that the Principal Parties agree requires pre-closing notification to, and approval by, one or more antitrust authorities in jurisdictions other than those identified in (i) and (ii) above, those competent authorities having issued all necessary clearances, or the relevant time periods for investigation having expired;

Competition Authorities” means the competent authorities for the purpose of the Competition Approvals, including (but not limited to) the European Commission;

Competition Filing” means each notification (including Form CO), application, written submission and each other filing to be made to the Competition Authorities in connection with the Competition Approvals;

Completion” means the completion of the Combination Transactions pursuant to clause 9;

 

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Completion Date” means the date on which Completion occurs as determined in accordance with clause 9.1;

Completion Reference Month” means the calendar month in which the CP Satisfaction Date falls or, where the CP Satisfaction Date falls after the third Business Day prior to the end of a calendar month, the “Completion Reference Month” shall be the next calendar month (unless otherwise agreed by the Principal Parties, it being acknowledged that the Parties’ current intention is to ensure that Completion occurs as soon as practicable after the CP Satisfaction Date, and that the CP Satisfaction Date occurs as close as practicable to the end of a calendar month);

Conditions” means the conditions precedent in clauses 3.1 to 3.4 (inclusive);

Confidential Information” means Know-How, trade secrets and all proprietary technical, industrial and commercial information and techniques (in whatever form (including computer disks or tapes) that information may be recorded or stored);

Confidentiality Proviso” means, in respect of a Party’s obligation to make available or provide information or documentation hereunder, that where the relevant information or documentation is, in the reasonable opinion of that Party:

(a) competitively sensitive as regards the assets, business or plans of that Party or its Affiliates;

(b) protected by legal professional privilege or litigation privilege;

(c) subject to any third-party confidentiality undertakings; or

(d) personal data (or equivalent concept under Applicable Law) protected by data protection, privacy or equivalent Applicable Law,

(i) the sensitive, privileged, restricted or protected information may be redacted from the information made available or provided, provided that an unredacted version shall be promptly made available or provided by the relevant Party either (x) to counsel to the other Parties on a confidential counsel only basis, or (y) where the obligation to make available or provide information or documentation relates to a requirement or request of a Review Authority or a Competition Authority, either (A) directly to the Review Authority or the Competition Authority (as applicable) in accordance with the requirements of the same, or (B) if required by the relevant Review Authority or the relevant Competition Authority (as applicable) to be provided via Orange, to the counsel of the Party primarily responsible for assisting Orange with the relevant filings for forwarding to the relevant Review Authority or the relevant Competition Authority (as applicable) on behalf of Orange (on a confidential counsel only basis), in each case, with appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect such information from accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access, and which provide a level of security appropriate to the risk represented by the disclosure and the nature of the information to be protected; and

(ii) each other Party (and its non-counsel representatives) may be asked to leave any discussion of such confidential, privileged or restricted information, provided that the counsel of the other Parties are able to remain present for such discussion (on a confidential counsel only basis),

 

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provided that this Confidentiality Proviso shall only apply in respect of information regarding the Transferred or Merged Entities where such information or documentation is (X) not ordinarily provided in the context of the purposes of such information or documentation provision obligations and/or (Y) in respect of the bottling agreements between the Parties other than Red and Red or their Affiliates;

Constitutional Documents” means the articles of association, charter, by-laws, memorandum or certificate of incorporation, certificate of registration, certificate of formation or organisation or similar documents necessary for the creation and/or maintenance of legal existence of a legal entity, as amended (unless otherwise specified), and shall include any shareholders or similar agreement between such legal entity and any of its shareholders;

Continuing Rights and Obligations” means the provisions in clauses 1, 11.1 to 11.4 (inclusive), 12.2, 13.4, 15 and 17 to 24 (inclusive);

Contract” means any contract, commitment or undertaking that is (or is intended to be) legally binding;

Control” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person (whether through ownership of voting securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); (b) the ability, whether exercised or held directly or indirectly, to exercise more than fifty per cent. (50%) of the votes at any general meeting (or equivalent) of such Person; or (c) the ability to appoint more than fifty per cent. (50%) of the members to the board of directors (or the closest equivalent governing body) of such Person; and the terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” have correlative meanings;

CNMV” means the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores;

CP Satisfaction Date” means the date on which fulfilment or waiver by the appropriate Party(ies) of all of the Conditions (other than those Conditions that by their terms are intended to or may be fulfilled only at Completion, being the Conditions at clauses 3.1(b), 3.1(j), 3.2(e), 3.3(c) and 3.4(d), provided that the Conditions at clause 3.1(j), 3.2(e), 3.3(c) and 3.4(d) would be satisfied or (as applicable) not be impossible to satisfy if obliged to be satisfied as at such date) occurs;

D&O Insurance” has the meaning specified in clause 14.5(d);

 

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Data Room” means the Project Spark electronic data rooms (1, 2 and 3) together, as hosted by Intralinks and recorded on USB keys certified by Intralinks as containing all documentation in such data room (except those private folders access to which is restricted so as to exclude the access of any Party) as at 5.30pm (London time) on 4 August 2015;

Debt” means, with respect to any Person, at a particular time, without duplication, (i) any obligations of such Person under any indebtedness for borrowed money whether secured or unsecured, (ii) any indebtedness of such Person evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other similar debt instruments, (iii) any written commitment by which such Person assures a creditor against loss (including contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit), (iv) any indebtedness of such Person pursuant to a guarantee of indebtedness or payables or other obligations with the same effect to a creditor of another Person, (v) any borrowing of money secured by an Encumbrance on such Person’s assets, (vi) any obligation outstanding for interest, premiums, penalties, fees, make-whole payments, expenses, indemnities, breakage costs and bank overdrafts with respect to items described in (i) to (v) above, (vii) all obligations of such Person for the deferred and unpaid purchase price associated with acquisitions or divestments (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (viii) capitalized or finance leases (in accordance with GAAP or IFRS, as consistently applied by such Person) and (ix) all indebtedness of others referred to above which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which it has otherwise assured a creditor against loss including through the grant of a security interest upon any assets of such Person;

DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware;

Disclosed” means fully and fairly disclosed in the applicable Party’s Disclosure Letter;

Disclosure Letter” means, in respect of White, Red or Olive and Olive HoldCo, the disclosure letter provided to the other Parties on the date hereof but prior to execution hereof;

Disclosure Required” means, other than as validly waived by the relevant Review Authorities, required, practically necessary, customary or appropriate in connection with the Application and Disclosure Documents, the Listings or registration with the SEC including under Applicable Law (including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Regulation S-X and the Prospectus Directive), IFRS or the relevant or applicable GAAP (as applicable and where relevant) and the requirements of the relevant Review Authorities;

DLLCA” means the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware;

Employee Notification Process” means, in respect of a Party, each information and/or notification process required by Applicable Law or Contract to be made by that Party (or by its Transferred or Merged Entities) to any works councils, staff delegations, unions or

 

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other employee representation bodies or any employee representatives in relation to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including the notifications set out in Annex C);

Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge, option, equity, power of sale, hypothecation, usufruct, retention of title, right of pre-emption, right of first refusal or other third party rights or security interest or other encumbrance of any kind or an agreement to create any of the foregoing, in each case restricting the transferability of an asset or securing any obligation of any Person, and the terms Encumber, Encumbered and Unencumbered shall be construed accordingly;

Environment” means any and all organisms (including man), ecosystems, property and the following media (alone or in combination): (a) air (including the air within buildings and the air within other natural or man-made structures, whether above or below ground); (b) water (including water under or within land or in drains or sewers and coastal and in-land waters); and (c) soil and land (including land under water);

Environmental Claim” means, in respect of a Person, any claim, action, cause of action or written notice by any other Person alleging potential liability (including potential liability for investigatory costs, clean-up costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, or penalties) based on or resulting from (a) the presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials at any location, whether or not owned or operated by that Person, or (b) any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law by that Person;

Environmental Laws” means any and all Applicable Law, whether civil, criminal or administrative, applicable to a Transferred Business and which have as a purpose or effect the protection of the Environment and/or the prevention of harm and/or the provision of remedies in respect of harm, or to regulate emissions, discharges, or releases of Hazardous Materials into the Environment, or to regulate the use, treatment, storage, burial, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, including regulations, directives, decisions and recommendations, statutes and subordinate legislation, regulations, orders and ordinances, permits, codes of practice, circulars, guidance notes and the like, common-law, local laws and by-laws and judgments, notices, orders, directions, instructions or awards of any Governmental Authority;

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

ERISA Affiliate” means each entity (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any other Person, is or has been considered in the past six (6) years to be under common control and treated as a single employer for purposes of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA;

EU Prospectus” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(d);

EU Supplement” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(e);

Exchange Act” means the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

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Expert Determination” means the determination of a matter in dispute in accordance with Schedule 9;

Financing” has the meaning specified in clause 5.7(a);

FCPA” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended;

Fundamental Warranties” means the warranties set forth in:

(i) in respect of Red, the following paragraphs of Schedule 4: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2(a), 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5 and 4.1;

(ii) in respect of White, the following paragraphs of Schedule 5: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2(a), 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 4.1;

(iii) in respect of Olive or Olive HoldCo, the following paragraphs of Schedule 6: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2(a), 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5 and 4.1; and

(iv) in respect of Orange, the following paragraphs of Schedule 7: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2(a), 3.2, 3.3and 3.5;

Government Official” means (i) any official, officer, employee, or representative of, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority, (ii) any party official or candidate for political office or (iii) any company, business, enterprise or other entity owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by any Person described in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) of this definition;

Governmental Authority” means any executive, judicial, legislative, administrative or other federal, national, supra-national, state, municipal or local governmental authority, ministry, court or other governmental entity (including any body exercising any regulatory, taxing or quasi-governmental authority), any and all and all officials, agents, representatives and sub-divisions of each of the foregoing, other than a commercial entity acting in a commercial capacity;

Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Schedule 4;

Hazardous Materials” means chemical substances, pollutants, or toxic, hazardous or deleterious materials, wastes or agents, including petroleum or any fraction, by-products or derivatives thereof, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, chlorofluorocarbon, hydrochloroflourocarbon, radon, toxic mould, and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or any substances defined as such by, or regulated as such under, any Environmental Law;

HBR Real Property” means, in respect of the Black Business and a Black Group Company, all land, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, and all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto to which that Transferred or Merged Entity holds a Hereditary Building Right or which is primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the relevant Transferred Business (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Owned Real Property and Leased Real Property);

 

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Hereditary Building Right” or “HBR” means the transferable and heritable right to build on land which is owned by a third party, above or below the surface;

Iceland SPA” means the share purchase agreement to be entered into between Cobega S.A., Solinbar, S.L.U., Olive and another Orange Group Company in respect of the sale to Olive and such other Orange Group Company for aggregate consideration of no more than €35 million (to be paid in cash by Olive and/or another Orange Group Company) of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of Vífilfell hf. (such share capital to be, without prejudice to clause 5.5(d), purchased by Olive and the relevant other Orange Group Company, and accordingly such aggregate consideration paid, in such proportions as the Principal Parties may agree, including in light of Tax considerations);

IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (which includes standards and interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards issued under previous constitutions), together with its pronouncements thereon from time to time, as adopted by the European Union;

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, at a particular time, the aggregate principal amount of, and accrued interest obligations in respect of, without duplication, (i) any indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money whether secured or unsecured, (ii) any indebtedness of such Person evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other similar debt instruments, (iii) any obligations in respect of finance or capital leases, (iv) obligations (whether or not contingent) in respect of out of the money derivatives and (v) any commitments of a member of the Olive Group in respect of bonuses and other cash incentive payments to directors, officers or employees in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

Indemnification Agreement” means the indemnification agreement dated on or around the date of this Agreement between the Principal Parties and the sole director (as at the date of this Agreement) of Orange;

Indemnified Person” and, collectively, the “Indemnified Persons” has the meaning specified in clause 14.5(b);

Indemnity Agreements” has the meaning specified in clause 14.5(b);

Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property and industrial property rights of any kind or nature, whether registered, unregistered or applied for registration, including all rights of a Person in and in relation to: (i) patents, patent applications and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues and extensions thereof (“Patents”), (ii) inventions (whether patentable or not in any country), invention disclosures, improvements, technology and technical data, know-how, proprietary processes, formulae, models, and methodologies, (iii) trade secrets and all other confidential information, (iv) copyrights and copyrightable subject matter and

 

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registrations and applications therefor in any country, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, (v) moral rights, mask works, database rights and rights of attribution and integrity, (vi) trademarks, service marks, brand names, trade dress, domain names and other similar designations of source or origin, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing (“Trademarks”), (v) rights in computer programs (whether in source code, object code, or other form), algorithms, databases, compilations and data, and all documentation, including user manuals and training materials, related to any of the foregoing; and all rights or forms of protection having an equivalent or similar nature or effect anywhere in the world, whether enforceable, registered, unregistered or registrable (including, where applicable, all applications for registration) and the right to sue for damages for past and current infringement (including passing off and unfair competition) in respect of any of the same, and including any licence, use or access rights in, to or under any of the foregoing;

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service;

ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, as amended;

Key Employee” means: (i) in the case of Black, a member of the management board (Vorstandsmitglieder) and/or a managing director (Geschäftsführer); in the case of White, an officer or employee whose position is included in White’s executive band of officers and employees; in the case of Olive, directores funcionales and directores corporativos; and (ii) an officer or employee who at the relevant time is otherwise material to the performance of the business of his employer;

Know-How” means all unpatented, secret, substantial and identified know-how, expertise, technical or other information including all related ideas, concepts, methods, inventions, discoveries, data, formulae, processes, methods, techniques and specifications.

Knowledge of Olive” means the actual knowledge of the persons specified for such purpose in Annex D in their capacities as officers of the entities specified for such persons in Annex D;

Knowledge of Red” means the actual knowledge of the persons specified for such purpose in Annex D in their capacities as officers of the entities specified for such persons in Annex D;

Knowledge of White” means the actual knowledge of the persons specified for such purpose in Annex D in their capacities as officers of the entities specified for such persons in Annex D;

Leased Real Property” means, in respect of a Transferred Business or a Transferred or Merged Entity (deemed to be the Black Business and a Black Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 4, the White Business and a White Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 5, and the Olive Business and an Olive Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 6), any real property leased or subleased, or any other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures or other interest in real

 

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property held by that Transferred or Merged Entity or primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the relevant Transferred Business (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Owned Real Property and HBR Real Property);

Liability” means any liability or obligation of any nature (whether actual or contingent, present or future, ascertained or ascertainable, known or unknown, accrued or fixed), including Debt, liabilities arising by Applicable Law (including equity) or Contract and any fines, Losses or equitable relief which may be imposed in connection with any of the foregoing and including all costs and expenses related thereto;

Listings” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(d);

Listing Regulations” means Applicable Law (including, as applicable, the Prospectus Directive as implemented in, as applicable, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Regulation S-X and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), all applicable listing rules and prospectus rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and the competent authorities in Spain and the Netherlands, including the AFM and CNMV, all requests and requirements of the Review Authorities, and all other applicable rules (including of the NYSE, NYSE Euronext London, the Spanish Stock Exchanges and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange) in the US, UK, Spain and the Netherlands, in each case in connection with the Listings;

London Listing” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(d);

Long Stop Date” means the later of (a) the first anniversary hereof; or (b) such later time and date as may be agreed in specific and express writing by all the Parties;

Loss” means any and all direct losses, liabilities, costs, penalties, fines and expenses (including expenses reasonably incurred for attorneys, accountants, consultants and experts), damages, obligations to third parties, expenditures, judgments, awards, settlements, excluding any indirect or consequential losses or loss of profit;

Madrid Stock Exchange” means the Bolsa de Madrid;

MAE Breach” means, in respect of a Party, that:

(i) any of the Fundamental Warranties given by such Party herein are inaccurate, in any respect (except for the Fundamental Warranty at paragraph 3.1 of Schedule 5 in respect of the issuance, or grant of any right to issuance, between the Capitalisation Date and Completion pursuant to Annex Q of, or an inaccuracy relating to, a de minimis number of White Common Stock), as at the date they are given or the date of Completion (except that Warranties that by their terms speak only as of a specific date or time need only be accurate as of such date or time);

(ii) any of the Warranties given by such Party herein (other than the Fundamental Warranties) are not true and correct in any respect (without giving effect to any limitation as to “in all material respects”, “in any material respect”, “material”, “materiality” or “Material Adverse Change/Effect” set forth herein) as of the date

 

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hereof or the date of Completion with the same force and effect as if made at and as of the date of Completion (except that Warranties that by their terms address matters only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specific period of time, which need only be true and correct as of such date or with respect to such period), except where the failure of such Warranties to be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to “in all material respects”, “in any material respect”, “material”, “materiality” or “Material Adverse Change/Effect” set forth herein) would not, and would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, (A) result in a Material Adverse Change/Effect on that Party’s Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities or (b) prevent or materially delay such Party from consummating the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents on the terms set out therein; or

(iii) such Party has breached or failed to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements required by this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by such Party;

MAE/MAC Exclusions” has the meaning specified in the definition of Material Adverse Change/Effect;

Material Adverse Change/Effect” means, with respect to a Transferred Business or a Transferred or Merged Entity or Orange and its Subsidiaries, any change, effect, event, occurrence, development, condition, state of facts or circumstance, other (save in respect of (y) below) than any change, effect, event, occurrence, development, condition, state of facts or circumstance to the extent resulting from the following (collectively “MAE/MAC Exclusions”):

(i) changes after the date hereof in the economy or financial markets generally in the jurisdictions in which the relevant Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities operate;

(ii) changes after the date hereof in the industry in which the relevant Transferred Business or the Transferred or Merged Entities operate in general;

(iii) the execution or announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby;

(iv) changes after the date hereof in Applicable Law (including, without prejudice to the Tax Conditions, as to Taxation);

(v) changes after the date hereof in GAAP, IFRS or other applicable accounting standards or the interpretations thereof after the date of this Agreement;

(vi) acts of God or other calamities, changes after the date hereof in national or international political or social conditions in or affecting the jurisdiction(s) in which the relevant Transferred Business or the Transferred or Merged Entities operate, including the engagement by any such country in hostilities, whether commenced before or after the date hereof, and whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack; and/or

 

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(vii) any failure to meet internal projections or plans, public estimates or expectations relating to that Transferred Business or the Transferred or Merged Entities (it being understood that the underlying causes of, or factors contributing to, the failure to meet such projections or plans, estimates or projections may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Change/Effect has occurred),

except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) or (vi), to the extent such change, effect, event, occurrence, development, condition or circumstance is by its terms, application or effect specific to, targeted at or of practical application or effect only on that Transferred Business or the relevant Transferred or Merged Entity (or the relevant Transferred or Merged Entity and some of all of the Persons affiliated with or connected to it),

that, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, effects, events, occurrences, developments, conditions, state of facts or circumstances, has, or would reasonably be expected to have, an adverse effect on:

(x) the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, Liabilities, business or results of operations of that Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entity, that is material to:

(A) the relevant Transferred Business, taken as a whole; or

(B) the ability of the relevant Party to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents in a manner which is material in the context of the Transaction Documents, or

(y) the relevant Party’s title to that Transferred or Merged Entity (excluding, in the case of White, White itself) in any material way;

Material Contract” has the meaning specified in Schedule 4 (for the purposes of such Schedule), Schedule 5 (for the purposes of such Schedule) and Schedule 6 (for the purposes of such Schedule);

New Orange Articles” means the articles of association to be adopted by Orange with effect on and from Completion, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex E (or as amended by agreement of the Principal Parties);

New Orange Articles Resolution” means the shareholders resolution in respect of Orange approving and implementing the adoption of the New Orange Articles, in the form to be agreed between the Principal Parties (acting reasonably);

NFP Adjustment Amount” means, in respect of a Principal Party, the amounts elected, or deemed to be elected, as such in respect of such Principal Party pursuant to clause 8.5;

NFP Certificate” has the meaning specified in clause 8.3;

 

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Non-Merger Contributing Parties” means Red and Olive HoldCo;

North American Benefit Plan” means Benefit Plans maintained primarily for the benefit of employees located in the United States;

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange;

NYSE Listing” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(c);

NYSE Listing Application” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(a);

Olive Board Recommendation” means the recommendation by the board of directors of Olive to the shareholders in Olive that they grant the Olive Shareholder Approval;

Olive Business” means the business, operations, rights, assets and liabilities of the Olive Group;

Olive Business Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning specified in Schedule 6;

Olive Carve-Out” means the transfer out of the Olive Group of (save to the extent already so transferred prior to the date hereof) the assets listed in Annex F, and of all of the obligations and liabilities in respect of such assets, on terms (i) such that no Olive Group Company retains any liability in respect of the same (or in respect of the transfer of the same) at Completion, (ii) reflecting an “as-is” transfer without warranty, or recourse against any Olive Group Company, and (iii) otherwise specified in Annex F (the “Olive Carve-Out Terms”);

Olive Consideration Shares” means the Orange Shares to be issued to Olive HoldCo in consideration for the Olive Contribution, the number of which is to be calculated in accordance with Schedule 1;

Olive Contribution” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(b);

Olive Contribution Agreement” means the agreement to be entered into between Olive HoldCo and Orange regarding the Olive Contribution as it relates to the Olive Sale Shares on or before the Completion Date substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex G (or as amended by agreement of the Principal Parties);

Olive Framework Agreement” means the framework agreement dated 30 July 2015 (and attached as Annex H);

Olive Group” means Olive and its Subsidiaries together, each being an “Olive Group Company” individually;

Olive HoldCo” means an entity to be established by (and to which shall be transferred the shares in Olive of), inter alia, the Olive Shareholders party to the Olive Framework Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

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Olive HoldCo Change of Control” has the meaning specified in the form of Shareholders Agreement attached hereto as Annex M (as amended or modified by agreement of the Principal Parties);

Olive HoldCo Shareholders Agreement” means the shareholders agreement governing the relationship of the shareholders in Olive HoldCo with one another and Olive HoldCo, to be entered into between Olive HoldCo and all the shareholders in Olive HoldCo from time to time and to be in the terms scheduled to the Olive Framework Agreement at its execution;

Olive HoldCo Side Letter” means the letter attached as an annex to the Shareholders Agreement;

Olive HoldOut Retention” means such cash amount in € Olive may elect to retain to Completion in light of Olive Holdout Shareholders (to be notified to the other Principal Parties at the same time as notification of the Olive NFP under clause 8);

Olive Holdout Shareholders” means any Olive Shareholders at Completion other than Olive HoldCo;

Olive MAE Breach” means an MAE Breach in respect of Olive HoldCo or the Olive Group;

Olive NFP” means the Cash/Cash Equivalents of the Olive Group, plus the Olive Tax Credits/Receivables, minus the Indebtedness of the Olive Group (in each case at the Testing Date) minus the Olive Working Capital Adjustment;

Olive NFP Target” means €276 million plus the Olive HoldOut Retention;

Olive Ordinary Shares” has the meaning specified in Schedule 6;

Olive Sale Shares” means all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Olive held by Olive HoldCo at Completion;

Olive Shareholder Approval (HoldCo)” means the affirmative vote of Olive HoldCo Shareholders holding at least 80% of the voting power of all outstanding Olive HoldCo Shares entitled to vote at the relevant shareholders’ meeting, in respect of the approval of the transactions contemplated hereby, the execution and performance of this Agreement, the Olive Contribution Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Olive HoldCo is to be a party;

Olive Shareholder Approval (Olive)” means the affirmative vote of Olive Shareholders holding at least 80% of the voting power of all outstanding Olive Shares entitled to vote at the relevant shareholders’ meeting (including the affirmative vote of the Olive Shareholders party to the Olive Framework Agreement), in respect of the approval of the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Olive is to be a party;

 

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Olive Shareholder Approvals” means the Olive Shareholder Approval (HoldCo) and the Olive Shareholder Approval (Olive);

Olive Shareholder Undertaking” means the undertaking entered into on or prior to the date hereof by Cobega, S.A., with and in favour of Red, White and Orange in the form attached hereto as Annex J;

Olive Shareholders” means the holders of Olive Shares from time to time;

Olive Shares” means 1,517,000,000 ordinary Series B registered shares in Olive, together comprising 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Olive;

Olive Tax Advisor” means Allen & Overy LLP or other nationally recognized United States federal Tax advisor;

Olive Tax Opinion” has the meaning specified in clause 3.3(c);

Olive Tax Credits/Receivables” means EUR 275.5 million composed of cash, no more than EUR 62.2 million Basque Country Tax Credits, and no more than 114.7 million VAT receivables for years 2013 and 2014, plus no more than EUR 78 million VAT receivables for year 2015, as described Annex I;

Olive Warranties” has the meaning specified in clause 10.1(c);

Olive Working Capital” means, with respect to the Olive Group, on a consolidated basis and as of a particular date, the amount equal to the (i) current assets of the Olive Group less (ii) the current liabilities of the Olive Group, in each case as of the relevant date and determined in accordance with the accounting principles applicable to the quarterly accounts produced by the Olive Group for the financial quarter ending 31 December 2014 consistently applied, but including and/or excluding the items specified as “Included Items” and “Excluded Items” respectively in Annex B;

Olive Working Capital Adjustment” means an amount equal to the Olive Working Capital Target minus the Olive Working Capital (Actual), subject to a minimum of zero;

Olive Working Capital (Actual)” means the Working Capital of the Olive Group at the Testing Date;

Olive Working Capital Target” means 50% of the Averaged Working Capital for the Olive Group;

Orange ADRs” means American depository receipts, each representing an interest in one Orange Ordinary Share;

Orange Audit Comfort” has the meaning specified in clause 6.10(a)(ii);

Orange Bottling Agreements” means the bottling agreements to be entered into between one or more Orange Group Companies and an Affiliate of Red and all documentation (including pricing protocols and side letters thereto) ancillary thereto, such to be on the terms set forth in Annex K and otherwise on terms agreed between the Principal Parties;

 

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Orange Group” means Orange and its Subsidiaries (including, at and from Completion, the Transferred or Merged Entities, White being replaced by Surviving White) together, each being individually an “Orange Group Company”;

Orange MAE Breach” means an MAE Breach in respect of the Orange Group;

Orange Stock” means one (1) validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable Orange Ordinary Share; provided that if the parties reach the agreement specified in clause 5.15 then it shall mean one (1) Orange ADR, each representing an interest in one Orange Ordinary Share;

Orange Ordinary Shares” has the meaning specified in Schedule 7;

Orange Pro Forma Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in clause 6.10(a)(i);

Orange Shares” means the Orange Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Non-Merger Contributing Parties and the stockholders in White in accordance with the terms hereof and of the relevant Transaction Documents, credited as fully paid;

Orange Warranties” has the meaning specified in clause 10.1(d);

Ordinary Course” means the ordinary course of business of the relevant Transferred Business and relevant Transferred or Merged Entity (consistent with past business and practices, from, in the case of Olive, the completion of, and excluding actions in respect of, the restructuring and integration of the businesses consolidated into Olive in the summer of 2013) as a going concern and in accordance with Applicable Law;

Owned Real Property” means, in respect of a Transferred Business or a Transferred or Merged Entity (deemed to be the Black Business and a Black Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 4, the White Business and a White Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 5, and the Olive Business and an Olive Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 6), all land, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, and all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto owned by that Transferred or Merged Entity or primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the relevant Transferred Business (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Leased Real Property and HBR Real Property);

Parties” has the meaning specified in the preamble;

Passporting Request” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(f);

Permitted Encumbrances” means (i) Encumbrances imposed by Applicable Law such as mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, contractors, warehousemen, carriers or similar liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to

 

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liabilities that are not yet due; (ii) Encumbrances for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges which are not due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding, in either case, and for which adequate reserves have been made in the relevant financial statements in accordance with the relevant accounting principles, consistently applied; (iii) Encumbrances to secure the payment of all or any part of the price of acquisition, construction or improvement of property by the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities, or to secure any secured debt incurred by the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities, for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction of improvements thereon and (iv) any Encumbrances (other than a Encumbrances to secure borrowed money) that do not (A) materially interfere with the use or ownership of the property to which they relate in the operation of the relevant Transferred Business as operated on the date hereof or (B) detract materially from the value of such assets;

Permits” has the meaning specified in Schedule 4;

Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental entity or any entity with legal capacity recognised by any Applicable Law;

Principal Parties” means Red, Olive (until Olive HoldCo assumes the obligations of Olive hereunder pursuant to clause 18.3(b)), Olive HoldCo (upon and from assuming the obligations of Olive hereunder pursuant to clause 18.3(b)) and White;

Proceedings” means any actions, suits, litigation, proceedings, prosecutions, audits, demands, claims, enforcement, hearings or investigations, prosecutions, arbitrations or other alternative dispute resolution proceeding or investigation;

Prospectus Directive” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(d);

Real Property” means, in respect of a Transferred Business or a Transferred or Merged Entity (deemed to be the Black Business and a Black Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 4, the White Business and a White Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 5, and the Olive Business and an Olive Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 6), all Leased Real Property, Owned Real Property and HBR Real Property in respect of such Transferred Business;

Real Property Leases” means, in respect of a Transferred Business or a Transferred or Merged Entity (deemed to be the Black Business and a Black Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 4, the White Business and a White Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 5, and the Olive Business and an Olive Group Company in respect of usage in Schedule 6), all leases, subleases, licences, sublicences, concessions and other Contracts in respect of such Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entity pursuant to which any of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities holds, uses or occupies, or has the right to hold, use or occupy its Leased Real Property, including the right to all security deposits and other amounts and instruments deposited by or on behalf of any of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities thereunder;

 

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Red Consideration Shares” means the Orange Shares to be issued to Red (or their designee) in consideration for the Black Contribution, the number of which is to be calculated in accordance with Schedule 1;

Red MAE Breach” means an MAE Breach in respect of Red or the Black Group;

Red Tax Advisor” means Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or other nationally recognized United States federal Tax advisor;

Red Tax Opinion” has the meaning specified in clause 3.2(e);

Red Warranties” has the meaning specified in clause 10.1(a);

Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement to be entered into between Orange, Red and Olive HoldCo in the form attached hereto as Annex L (or as amended or modified by agreement of the Principal Parties);

Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in clause 6.1(a);

Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, dispersal or leaching into the environment (including ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater and surface or subsurface strata) of any Hazardous Materials;

Representatives” means, in respect of a Person, that Person’s directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, agents or representatives;

Restricted Party” means a person that is:

(a) listed on, or owned or controlled (directly or indirectly) by a person listed on, a Sanctions List;

(b) located in or organised under the laws of any country or territory as may, from time to time, be the target of comprehensive country- or territory-wide Sanctions (which, at the date of this Agreement, are Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and the territory of Crimea);

(c) acting at the direction, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a person referred to in subparagraphs (a) or (b) above; or

(d) otherwise the target of Sanctions;

Reverse Transitional Services Agreements” has the meaning specified in clause 14.3;

Review Authorities” means the SEC, NYSE, UKLA, AFM and CNMV, together with any other competent authorities in respect of the NYSE Listing, the Spanish Listing, the London Listing or the Amsterdam Listing, or the registration of Orange and/or the Orange Shares and/or the Application and Disclosure Documents in connection therewith or under Applicable Law;

 

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Sanctions” means any law or regulations concerning trade, economic or financial sanctions or embargoes (in each case having the force of law) administered, enacted or enforced by the United Nations Security Council, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury, the European Union, or any Member State of the European Union;

Sanctions List” means the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury, the Consolidated List of Persons, Groups and Entities subject to EU Financial Sanctions maintained by the European Union, or any similar list maintained and made publically available by the United Nations Security Council or the governments and official institutions or agencies of any Member State of the European Union, in each case as amended and updated from time to time;

Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

Shareholders Agreement” means the agreement to be entered into at Completion between Orange, Red and Olive HoldCo as regards their relationship with one another and as regards their shareholdings in, and their governance rights in respect of, Orange, in the form attached hereto as Annex M (or as amended or modified by agreement of the Principal Parties);

Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, that: (a) such Person is not insolvent nor subject to any insolvency, reorganisation or dissolution procedure under any Applicable Law; (b) such Person and its Subsidiaries shall not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital for the operation of the businesses in which it is engaged following such date; and (c) such Person and its Subsidiaries shall be able to pay its liabilities, including contingent and other liabilities, as they mature;

Spanish Listing” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(d);

Spanish SIBE” means the Spanish Stock Exchange Interconnection System, which is the technical trading platform of the Spanish Stock Exchanges, managed by Sociedad de Bolsas, S.A.;

Spanish Stock Exchanges” means jointly the Madrid Stock Exchange and the Barcelona Stock Exchange, together with the Bolsa de Bilbao and the Bolsa de Valencia;

Spanish Summary” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(e);

 

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Standalone Business Plan” means (in respect of the Transferred or Merged Entities of a Principal Party) the business plan of such Transferred or Merged Entities included in the Data Room;

Step Plan” means the step plan attached hereto as Annex N, as such may be modified or updated by mutual agreement between the Principal Parties from time to time;

Subsidiary” means, in respect of a Person, each other Person which is Controlled by that first Person;

Surviving White” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(c);

Taxation” or “Tax” means all forms of taxation, duties, levies, imposts and social security charges, whether direct or indirect including corporate income tax, wage withholding tax, social security contributions and benefit payments, value added tax, customs and excise duties, dividend withholding tax, land taxes, environmental taxes and duties and any other type of taxes or duties payable by virtue of any applicable national, regional or local law or regulation; together with any interest, penalties, surcharges or fines relating to them, due, payable, levied, imposed upon or claimed to be owed in any relevant jurisdiction;

Taxation Authority” means any Governmental Authority which seeks to impose any Taxation;

Tax Advisors” means the Red Tax Advisor, Olive Tax Advisor and White Tax Advisor;

Tax Opinions” has the meaning specified in clause 3.4(d);

Tax Return” means any return, report or similar statement (including the attached schedules) required to be filed with respect to any Tax, including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Tax;

Testing Date” has the meaning specified in clause 8.3;

Title IV Plan” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement together with the White Merger Agreement, the Black Contribution Agreement, the Olive Contribution Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Orange Bottling Agreements, the Transitional Services Agreements and the Olive Framework Agreement;

Transferred Business” means the business, operations, rights, assets and liabilities of the White Group, the Black Group and the Olive Group (being the Transferred Businesses of White, Red and Olive and Olive HoldCo respectively, and the “White Business”, “Black Business” and “Olive Business” respectively);

Transferred Business Auditor” has the meaning specified in clause 6.10(b)(ii)(A);

 

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Transferred or Merged Entities” means the White Group Companies, the Black Group Companies, the Olive Group Companies (being the Transferred or Merged Entities of White, Red and Olive and Olive HoldCo respectively);

Transitional Services Agreements” has the meaning specified in clause 14.2;

UK Benefit Plan” means a Benefit Plan established under and governed by the laws of England and Wales to provide pension or retirement benefits (including on ill health) for employees of each White Group Company;

UKLA” has the meaning specified in clause 6.3(d);

US GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles;

WARN Act” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

Warranties” means the warranties given by each Party pursuant to clauses 10.1, 5.6(b)(i) and 8.3;

White Business” means the business, operations, rights, assets and liabilities of the White Group;

White Business Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

White Cash Consideration” means the aggregate “Cash Consideration” as defined in the White Merger Agreement;

White Common Stock” means the common stock, par value US$ 1.00 per share in White issued and outstanding from time to time;

White Constant Currency Rates” means the following exchange rates to be employed in the conversion of one currency into another: EUR = 1.12 USD, GBP = 1.57 USD, NOK = USD 0.14, and SEK = USD 0.12;

White Director/Stockholder Undertaking” means the undertaking in favour of the Parties other than White entered into on or before the date hereof by each director of White in the form annexed hereto as Annex O;

White Equity Award” has the meaning specified in the White Merger Agreement;

White Group” means White and its Subsidiaries together, each being individually a “White Group Company”;

White MAE Breach” means an MAE Breach in respect of the White Group;

White Merger” has the meaning specified in clause 2.1(c);

 

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White Merger Agreement” means the merger agreement between White, US HoldCo, MergeCo and Orange dated on or around the date hereof (as annexed hereto as Annex P);

White NFP” means an amount equal to the Indebtedness of the White Group minus the Cash/Cash Equivalents of the White Group (in each case at the Testing Date, and on the basis of the White Constant Currency Rates), plus the White Working Capital Adjustment;

White NFP Target” means $3,900 million;

White Preferred Stock” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

White Proxy Statement” has the meaning specified in clause 6.1(a);

White Recommendation” has the meaning specified in the White Merger Agreement;

White Reports” has the meaning specified in Schedule 5;

White Stockholder Appraisal Payments” means the aggregate consideration payable as a result of the exercise of any appraisal rights by White Stockholders;

White Stockholder Approval” means the “Required White Vote” as defined in the White Merger Agreement;

White Stockholders Meeting” has the meaning specified in the White Merger Agreement;

White Stockholders” means the holders of White Common Stock as at the record date for the White Stockholders Meeting;

White Stockholder Payments” means, collectively, the White Cash Consideration and the White Stockholder Appraisal Payments;

White Tax Advisor” means such nationally recognized United States federal Tax advisor as White may advise the other Principal Parties;

White Tax Opinion” has the meaning specified in clause 3.4(d);

White Warranties” has the meaning specified in clause 10.1(b);

White Working Capital” means, with respect to the White Group, on a consolidated basis and as of a particular date, the amount equal to the (i) current assets of the White Group less (ii) the current liabilities of the White Group, in each case as of the relevant date, on the basis of the White Constant Currency Rates, and determined in accordance with the accounting principles applicable to the quarterly accounts produced by the White Group for the financial quarter ending 31 December 2014 consistently applied, but including and/or excluding the items specified as “Included Items” and “Excluded Items” respectively in Annex B;

 

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White Working Capital Adjustment” means an amount equal to the White Working Capital Target minus the White Working Capital (Actual), subject to a minimum of zero;

White Working Capital (Actual)” means the Working Capital of the White Group at the Testing Date; and

White Working Capital Target” means 50% of the Averaged Working Capital for the White Group.

 

1.2 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified:

 

  (a) references to Schedules, clauses and paragraphs are to the Schedules to and clauses of this Agreement and to paragraphs of the relevant Schedule. The Schedules form part of this Agreement. Headings are for convenience only and shall be given no substantive or interpretative effect whatsoever;

 

  (b) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and article, section, schedule and paragraph references are to the articles, sections, schedules and paragraphs of this Agreement unless otherwise specified;

 

  (c) references to any statute shall be construed as references to the same as has been or may from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted and to any subordinate legislation from time to time made under the relevant statute (as so amended, modified or re-enacted);

 

  (d) references to this Agreement or to another document include a reference to this Agreement or such other document as varied, amended, modified, novated or supplemented from time to time;

 

  (e) references to any gender shall include all other genders and references to the singular include the plural and vice versa;

 

  (f) references to the words “include” and “including” are illustrative, do not limit the sense of the words preceding them and shall be deemed to include the expression “without limitation”;

 

  (g) the ejusdem generis principle of interpretation shall not apply;

 

  (h) references to “writing” or “written” include any non-transient means of representing or copying words legibly, and shall include facsimiles and electronic mail;

 

  (i) EUR or € is a reference to the lawful currency from time to time of the member states of the European Union that have adopted a common currency in accordance with Applicable Law. USD or $ is a reference to the lawful currency from time to time of the United States of America;

 

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  (j) references to any English legal term or concept shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than England and Wales, be construed as references to the nearest equivalent term or concept in such jurisdiction;

 

  (k) references to a document “in the agreed terms” means in the form agreed between the Parties and initialled or signed by or on behalf of each of them for the purposes of identification (or annexed hereto); and

 

  (l) references to times of the day are to New York times.

 

1.3 Contra proferentem. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favouring or disfavouring any Person by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

2. CONTRIBUTIONS AND MERGER

 

2.1 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and (as applicable) the Black Contribution Agreement, the Olive Contribution Agreement and the White Merger Agreement, at Completion (in the order required by the Step Plan, provided that each step shall be coordinated and shall occur on the same date):

 

  (a) Red shall (in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Black Contribution Agreement) procure the transfer of full legal and beneficial title to (and all Red’s right, title and interest in and to) the Black Shares to Orange, and Orange shall (in consideration therefor) issue to Red (or their designee) the Red Consideration Shares credited as fully paid, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under Applicable Law and the Constitutional Documents of Orange or Black (as applicable) and together with all rights attached or accruing to them on and after Completion (the “Black Contribution”);

 

  (b) Olive HoldCo shall (in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Olive Contribution Agreement) transfer full legal and beneficial title to (and all Olive HoldCo’s right, title and interest in and to) the Olive Sale Shares to Orange, and Orange shall (in consideration therefor) issue to Olive HoldCo the Olive Consideration Shares credited as fully paid, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under Applicable Law and the Constitutional Documents of Olive (provided that appropriate steps shall have been taken to secure that no pre-emption right or right of first refusal will apply to the Olive Contribution) or Orange (as applicable) and together with all rights attached or accruing to them on and after Completion (the “Olive Contribution”);

 

  (c) under the terms of the White Merger Agreement:

 

  (i)

White shall be merged with and into MergeCo in accordance with the DGCL and the DLLCA and the terms of the White Merger Agreement, whereupon the separate existence of White shall cease, and MergeCo

 

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  shall continue in existence under its current name as the surviving company (as “Surviving White”) and shall succeed to and assume all the rights and obligations of MergeCo and White in accordance with Section 264 of the DGCL and Sections 18-209 of the DLLCA (the “White Merger”); and

 

  (ii) the White Merger shall have the effect on the White Common Stock, the White Share Awards and limited liability company interests of MergeCo specified in the White Merger Agreement,

(the White Merger, together with the Black Contribution and the Olive Contribution and the issuance of Orange Shares and payment of the White Stockholder Payments in consideration therefor, the “Combination Transactions”);

 

  (d) Orange shall procure (i) the admission to listing and trading of the Orange Shares on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (the “Amsterdam Listing”, to be effected so far as practicable such that the Orange Shares shall, assuming suitable trading volumes (velocity), be eligible for inclusion in the AEX-Index©), (ii) (to the extent practicable) the admission to listing and trading of the Orange Shares on the Spanish Stock Exchanges (the “Spanish Listing”), (iii) the admission to trading of the Orange Ordinary Securities on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext London (the “London Listing”); and (iv) the registration with the SEC of the Orange Stock and the listing of such Orange Stock on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance (the “NYSE Listing”, together, the “Listings”); and

 

  (e) the Parties shall take the further steps, and deliver the further documents and assets, expressed in this Agreement to be taken or delivered on Completion (including as set forth in Schedule 2).

 

2.2 Without prejudice to the sequencing described above, no Party shall be obliged to complete a Combination Transaction unless each other Combination Transaction (except the payment of White Stockholder Appraisal Payments) is completed substantially simultaneously.

 

3. CONDITIONS

 

3.1 Mutual conditions. The obligation of each Party to complete the Combination Transactions pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Transaction Documents (except the Olive Framework Agreement) is conditional on each of the following conditions having been fulfilled (or waived in accordance with this Agreement by all the Principal Parties):

 

  (a) each of the Competition Approvals having been obtained and remaining in effect without any Burdensome Condition (Orange) being imposed by any Governmental Authority, save where such Burdensome Condition (Orange) is substantially equivalent to an obligation which already applies to the relevant Transferred Businesses;

 

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  (b) cash in an amount no less than the White Cash Consideration being available to Orange for payment to the White Stockholders in accordance with the White Merger Agreement, whether by obtaining Financing or otherwise as reasonably satisfactory to the Principal Parties, at or immediately prior to Completion;

 

  (c) the White Stockholder Approval having been obtained;

 

  (d) the UKLA having approved the EU Prospectus and the EU Prospectus having being published in accordance with the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom;

 

  (e) the EU Prospectus, having been approved by the UKLA, having been notified to the AFM in accordance with Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and all necessary approvals and certifications from the UKLA (including the Certificate of Approval in relation to the EU Prospectus), the competent authorities of the Netherlands having been obtained in connection therewith;

 

  (f) the Orange Shares having been admitted to:

 

  (i) listing and trading on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange; and

 

  (ii) trading on NYSE Euronext London,

in each case subject to issuance;

 

  (g) the Registration Statement having been declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement having been issued by the SEC (and not withdrawn), and no proceedings for that purpose having been initiated or, to the knowledge of any Party, threatened (and not withdrawn) by the SEC;

 

  (h) the NYSE having approved the listing of the Orange Stock, subject to official notice of issuance;

 

  (i) Red shall have executed and delivered to Orange new bottling agreements for Orange Group Companies having an initial 10-year term with a 10 year renewal term and, except as otherwise agreed, containing other terms materially similar to those in effect at Black, Olive, White and their respective Subsidiaries; and

 

  (j) no Proceedings having been instituted (and not withdrawn) or threatened by any Governmental Authority that seek to, and no Governmental Authority having enacted, issued, promulgated or entered (whether proposed before, on or after the date hereof) any Applicable Law that is in effect and would (i) restrain, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise make the completion of any Combination Transactions illegal or (ii) otherwise prohibit or enjoin consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

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3.2 Red conditions. The obligation of Red to complete the Black Contribution pursuant to this Agreement and the Black Contribution Agreement is further conditional on the following conditions having been fulfilled (or waived by Red in accordance with this Agreement):

 

  (a) there being no Orange MAE Breach (except as a result of a Red MAE Breach), Olive MAE Breach or White MAE Breach at the Completion Date;

 

  (b) the:

 

  (i) Olive Framework Agreement being in full force and effect and (or the Olive Framework Agreement having been discharged in accordance with its terms because of) the transactions contemplated by the Olive Framework Agreement having been fully consummated in accordance with the terms of the Olive Framework Agreement (and accordingly no less than 95.6% of the Olive Shares having been transferred to Olive HoldCo and thereby exchanged for shares in Olive HoldCo, in each case under the terms of the Olive Framework Agreement);

 

  (ii) Olive Shareholder Approvals having been obtained;

 

  (iii) Olive HoldCo having adhered to this Agreement in accordance with clause 18.3; and

 

  (iv) Olive Contribution Agreement having been executed by Olive HoldCo;

 

  (c) no Olive HoldCo Change of Control, and no breach of the Cobega Side Letter, having occurred;

 

  (d) each of the Competition Approvals having been obtained and remaining in effect without any Burdensome Condition (Red) being imposed by any Governmental Authority, save where such Burdensome Condition (Red) is substantially equivalent to an obligation which already applies to the relevant Red Seller; and

 

  (e) Red having received an opinion from the Red Tax Advisor (the “Red Tax Opinion”), on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, dated the Completion Date, to the effect that:

 

  (i) Orange should not be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

 

  (ii) Orange should not be treated as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (or any successor term thereto) within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or otherwise be subject to any other analogous or more onerous Applicable Law not in effect on the date hereof addressing considerations similar to those addressed by Section 7874 of the Code as formulated as of the date hereof,

 

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in the case of each of (i) and (ii) assuming Completion occurs as contemplated hereby and taking into account the effect of any bill that would implement a change in Applicable Law (whether or not yet effective) that has been passed in identical (or substantially identical) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed; it being understood that, in rendering the Red Tax Opinion, the Red Tax Advisor shall be entitled to receive and rely upon representations of officers of Red, Black, Olive, Olive HoldCo, White, Orange, and MergeCo as to such matters as the Red Tax Advisor may reasonably request.

 

3.3 Olive conditions. The obligation of Olive and Olive HoldCo to complete the Olive Contribution pursuant to this Agreement and the Olive Contribution Agreement is further conditional on the following conditions having been fulfilled (or waived by Olive or Olive HoldCo in accordance with this Agreement):

 

  (a) there being no Orange MAE Breach (except as a result of an Olive MAE Breach), Red MAE Breach or White MAE Breach at the Completion Date;

 

  (b) each of the Competition Approvals having been obtained and remaining in effect without any Burdensome Condition (Olive) being imposed by any Governmental Authority, save where such Burdensome Condition (Olive) is substantially equivalent to an obligation which already applies to Olive; and

 

  (c) Olive having received an opinion from the Olive Tax Advisor (the “Olive Tax Opinion”), on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, dated the Completion Date, to the effect that:

 

  (i) Orange should not be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

 

  (ii) Orange should not be treated as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (or any successor term thereto) within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or otherwise be subject to any other analogous or more onerous Applicable Law not in effect on the date hereof addressing considerations similar to those addressed by Section 7874 of the Code as formulated as of the date hereof,

in the case of each of (i) and (ii) assuming Completion occurs as contemplated hereby and taking into account the effect of any bill that would implement a change in Applicable Law (whether or not yet effective) that has been passed in identical (or substantially identical) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed; it being understood that, in rendering the Olive Tax Opinion, the Olive Tax Advisor shall be entitled to receive and rely upon representations of officers of Red, Black, Olive, Olive HoldCo, White, Orange, and MergeCo as to such matters as the Olive Tax Advisor may reasonably request.

 

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3.4 White conditions. The obligation of White to complete the White Merger pursuant to this Agreement and the White Merger Agreement is further conditional on the following conditions having been fulfilled (or waived by White in accordance with this Agreement):

 

  (a) there being no Orange MAE Breach (except as a result of a White MAE Breach), Red MAE Breach or Olive MAE Breach at the Completion Date;

 

  (b) the:

 

  (i) Olive Framework Agreement being in full force and effect and (or the Olive Framework Agreement having been discharged in accordance with its terms because of) the transactions contemplated by the Olive Framework Agreement having been fully consummated in accordance with the terms of the Olive Framework Agreement (and accordingly no less than 95.6% of the Olive Shares having been transferred to Olive HoldCo and thereby exchanged for shares in Olive HoldCo, in each case under the terms of the Olive Framework Agreement);

 

  (ii) Olive Shareholder Approvals having been obtained;

 

  (iii) Olive HoldCo having adhered to this Agreement in accordance with clause 18.3; and

 

  (iv) Olive Contribution Agreement having been executed by Olive HoldCo;

 

  (c) no Olive HoldCo Change of Control, and no breach of the Cobega Side Letter, having occurred; and

 

  (d) White having received an opinion from the White Tax Advisor (the “White Tax Opinion” and, together with the Olive Tax Opinion and the Red Tax Opinion, the “Tax Opinions”), on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, dated the Completion Date, to the effect that:

 

  (i) Orange should not be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

 

  (ii) Orange should not be treated as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (or any successor term thereto) within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or otherwise be subject to any other analogous or more onerous Applicable Law not in effect on the date hereof addressing considerations similar to those addressed by Section 7874 of the Code as formulated as of the date hereof,

 

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in the case of each of (i) and (ii) assuming Completion occurs as contemplated hereby and taking into account the effect of any bill that would implement a change in Applicable Law (whether or not yet effective) that has been passed in identical (or substantially identical) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed; it being understood that, in rendering the White Tax Opinion, the White Tax Advisor shall be entitled to receive and rely upon representations of officers of Red, Black, Olive, Olive HoldCo, White, Orange, and MergeCo as to such matters as the White Tax Advisor may reasonably request.

 

4. WAIVER OF CONDITIONS

 

4.1 Waiver. The Principal Parties may by agreement between all of them jointly waive in whole or in part any of the Conditions in clause 3.1. The following Parties may at any time unilaterally waive in whole or in part the Conditions set out against their names by notice to the other Parties (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no such waiver by that Party shall affect any other Condition or any other Party’s rights in respect of that or any other Condition):

 

  (a) Red: the Conditions in clause 3.2;

 

  (b) Olive or Olive HoldCo: the Conditions in clause 3.3; and

 

  (c) White: the Conditions in clause 3.4.

 

5. GENERAL COVENANTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CONDITIONS AND INTENDED PRE-COMPLETION ACTIONS

 

5.1 General obligations in respect of Conditions: Subject to clauses 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.12 and 6:

 

  (a) Orange obligations. Orange shall use all reasonable endeavours (and each Principal Party shall use its reasonable endeavours to cooperate with Orange in so doing) to fulfil or procure the fulfilment of the Conditions in clauses 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.1(d), 3.1(e), 3.1(f), 3.1(g), 3.1(h), 3.1(i) and 3.1(j) (save in relation to any binding law or statute, or unappealable judgment or order), clauses 3.2(a), 3.3(a) and 3.4(a) in relation to the Orange Group and clauses 3.2(d) and 3.3(b) either (as applicable) as soon as reasonably possible and in any event prior to the Long Stop Date or at all times until the Long Stop Date.

 

  (b) Red obligations. Red shall use all reasonable endeavours to fulfil or procure the fulfilment of the Conditions in clauses 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.1(d), 3.1(e), 3.1(f), 3.1(g), 3.1(h), 3.1(i) and 3.1(j) (save in relation to any binding law or statute, or unappealable judgment or order), clause 3.2(d), and clauses 3.3(a) and 3.4(a) in relation to the Black Group, either (as applicable) as soon as reasonably possible and in any event prior to the Long Stop Date or at all times until the Long Stop Date.

 

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  (c) White obligations. White shall use all reasonable endeavours to fulfil or procure the fulfilment of the Conditions in clauses 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.1(c), 3.1(d), 3.1(e), 3.1(f), 3.1(g), 3.1(h), 3.1(i) and 3.1(j) (save in relation to any binding law or statute, or unappealable judgment or order) and clauses 3.2(a) (in relation to the White Group) and 3.2(d) and 3.3(a) (in relation to the White Group) and 3.3(b), either (as applicable) as soon as reasonably possible and in any event prior to the Long Stop Date or at all times until the Long Stop Date.

 

  (d) Olive and Olive HoldCo obligations. Olive and Olive HoldCo shall use all reasonable endeavours to fulfil or procure the fulfilment of the Conditions in clauses 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.1(d), 3.1(e), 3.1(f), 3.1(g), 3.1(h), 3.1(i) and 3.1(j) (save in relation to any binding law or statute, or unappealable judgment or order), clause 3.3(b), and clauses 3.2 and 3.4 (in the case of sub-clause (a) of each of the same, as such relates to the Olive Group, and except for sub-clauses 3.2(e) and 3.4(d)), either (as applicable) as soon as reasonably possible and in any event prior to the Long Stop Date or at all times until the Long Stop Date.

 

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5.3 Notifications. If, at any time, a Party becomes aware:

 

  (a) that a Condition in respect of which it is obliged to take steps pursuant to Clause 5.1 has been satisfied; or

 

  (b) of an occurrence, fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to prevent any Condition from being satisfied by the time set out in clause 13.1,

it shall promptly provide written notice of this to the other Parties (unless another Party has already given such notice).

 

5.4 Step plan. The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the pre-Completion steps described in the Step Plan to have been undertaken in the manner described in the Step Plan prior to Completion and the Completion steps described in the Step Plan to have been undertaken in the manner described in the Step Plan at Completion.

 

5.5 Olive steps. Without prejudice to the undertakings of Olive HoldCo and the other parties thereto in the Olive Framework Agreement, and the terms of the Olive Shareholder Undertaking:

 

  (a) Conditions to Olive Framework Agreement. Olive and Olive HoldCo shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure the satisfaction of all conditions precedent described in the Olive Framework Agreement (whether to the “Iberian Reorganisation” or as “Spark Conditions” thereunder) as soon as practicable following the date hereof (and in any case before the Long Stop Date), and shall notify the other Parties promptly upon such satisfaction.

 

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  (b) Olive Shareholder Approvals. Olive, Olive HoldCo and the boards of directors of Olive and Olive HoldCo (as applicable) shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure the Olive Shareholder Approvals and the entry by all Olive Shareholders into the Olive Framework Agreement and Olive HoldCo Shareholders Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, and in connection therewith shall:

 

  (i) keep the other Parties promptly updated on the progress of the approval and adherence process;

 

  (ii) procure that no materials in respect of the Combination Transactions, the Listings or Orange are circulated to the shareholders in Olive or Olive HoldCo without the prior review, comment and approval of the other Parties (such not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except the pre-agreed shareholder communication (and enclosed materials) attached as Annex R;

 

  (iii)     

 

  (A) cause the Olive Board Recommendation to be included in any materials in respect of the Combination Transactions, the Listings or Orange which are circulated to the Olive Shareholders; and

 

  (B) not withdraw, modify or qualify, or publicly propose to withdraw, modify or qualify, the Olive Board Recommendation in any manner adverse to the other Parties or approve, recommend or propose publicly to approve or recommend an Acquisition Proposal, in each case (without prejudice to clause 11 or the obligation to put to the Olive Shareholders the resolution in respect of which the Olive Shareholder Approval is requested) except where the fiduciary duties of the directors of Olive under Applicable Law otherwise requires; and

 

  (iv) comply with Applicable Law in respect of the Olive Shareholder Approvals (including the convening, conduct, and counting of votes at any meetings of the Olive Shareholders or shareholders in Olive HoldCo).

 

  (c) Olive Carve-Out. Olive and Olive HoldCo shall procure that the Olive Carve-Out occurs as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event prior to Completion, and in connection therewith shall:

 

  (i) procure that such Olive Carve-Out is carried out in accordance with the Olive Carve-Out Terms in relation to each step in the Olive Carve-Out;

 

  (ii) keep the other Parties promptly updated on the progress of the Olive Carve-Out;

 

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  (iii) provide to the other Parties promptly upon the same becoming available:

 

  (A) the executed documentation implementing each step in the Olive Carve-Out; and

 

  (B) evidence of the completion of each such step in accordance with the Olive Carve-Out Terms.

 

  (d) Iceland SPA:

 

  (i) Olive and Olive HoldCo shall use all reasonable endeavours to negotiate and agree with Cobega, S.A., and Solinbar, S.L.U. a form of Iceland SPA which each other Principal Party confirms is (in each such other Principal Party’s sole and absolute discretion) satisfactory to it, and in connection therewith shall:

 

  (A) circulate, and afford to the other Principal Parties a reasonable opportunity to comment on, drafts of the Iceland SPA;

 

  (B) provide to the other Principal Parties access to any due diligence materials made available (and permit representatives of the other Principal Parties to attend any diligence meetings, Q&A sessions or the like arranged) in connection with the Iceland SPA; and

 

  (C) promptly update the other Principal Parties as to the progress of their negotiations regarding the Iceland SPA.

 

  (ii) Upon the Iceland SPA being agreed with the other Principal Parties in accordance with the above, Olive shall enter into, and shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that Cobega, S.A., and Solinbar, S.L.U. enters into, the Iceland SPA as soon as practicable after the date hereof (and Orange shall, promptly upon the Iceland SPA being entered into by Olive, procure that such Orange Group Company as the Principal Parties may agree enters into the Iceland SPA).

 

  (iii) Olive shall comply with the terms of the Iceland SPA, and Olive shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure:

 

  (A) the satisfaction of the conditions to completion thereunder (save the occurrence of Completion) as soon as practicable after the date hereof; and

 

  (B) that completion of the transactions contemplated by the Iceland SPA occurs as soon as practicable after Completion (with a view to procuring such completion on the Completion Date).

 

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  (iv) Olive shall keep the other Parties promptly updated as regards the steps taken to satisfy the conditions to completion under the Iceland SPA, and promptly notify the Parties upon each such condition being satisfied.

 

  (v) Upon Olive HoldCo acceding to this Agreement it shall procure compliance by Olive with the terms of this clause 5.5(d).

 

  (e) Olive Framework Agreement. Olive shall comply, and shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each other party thereto complies, with the terms of the Olive Framework Agreement.

 

  (f) Olive HoldCo Change of Control. Olive and Olive HoldCo shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that no Olive HoldCo Change of Control occurs prior to Completion (without prejudice to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement).

 

  (g) Cobega Side Letter. Olive and Olive HoldCo undertakes to procure the execution by Cobega Invest, S.L. of the Cobega Side Letter in favour of Red as soon as reasonably practicable following confirmation of the Iberian Reorganisation (as defined in the Olive Framework Agreement).

 

5.6 Employee Notification Processes.

 

  (a) Each Principal Party shall procure that each of the Employee Notification Processes required to be carried out in respect of its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities between the date of this Agreement and Completion is duly and timely carried out, and in connection therewith shall:

 

  (i) promptly upon becoming aware of the need for the same, notify each other Principal Party of any Employee Notification Processes required of it in respect of its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities additional to those requirements described in Annex C;

 

  (ii) use its reasonable endeavours, so far as reasonably practicable and permitted by Applicable Law, to coordinate with each other Principal Party regarding (and use their reasonable endeavours to align) the timing, manner, form, content and disclosure extent of its Employee Notification Processes;

 

  (iii) without prejudice to the above, at least one week in advance of undertaking an Employee Notification Process (save in respect of those Employee Notification Processes described in Annex C to be carried out after the execution of this Agreement but prior to the announcement of such execution, the documents for which the Principal Parties acknowledge have been shared prior to the date hereof), provide the draft documentation in respect of the same (including any correspondence, notices, talking points, website disclosure, filing or presentation) to the other Principal Parties, to enable their review and comment on the same, and shall take due regard of comments received; and

 

  (iv) keep the other Principal Parties promptly updated on the progress of their respective Employee Notification Processes, and promptly provide the other Principal Parties with copies of any associated correspondence sent or received, notices given or published and/or website disclosures made.

 

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  (b) If a Principal Party was required by Applicable Law or Contract or otherwise elected to undertake an Employee Notification Process in respect of its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities prior to the date of this Agreement, that Principal Party:

 

  (i) warrants and confirms to each other Principal Party that (save as Disclosed) it has duly and timely carried out each Employee Notification Process that is or was required by Applicable Law or Contract; and

 

  (ii) shall within 5 Business Days of the date of this Agreement provide to the other Principal Parties short particulars of the timing, manner, form, content and disclosure extent of that Employee Notification Process.

 

  (c) Each Principal Party shall:

 

  (i) promptly notify the other Principal Parties of any actual or threatened material labour dispute arising in connection with the carrying out or failure to carry out (whether before or after the date hereof) any Employee Notification Processes in respect of its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities (provided that any such dispute shall be subject to clause 12.5); and

 

  (ii) cooperate with the other Principal Parties (so far as reasonably practicable and permitted by Applicable Law) to consider and discuss a mutually agreed strategy should any material challenges or delays occur as a result of the (or acts or omissions in respect of) Employee Notification Processes.

 

5.7 Financing. Each of the Principal Parties shall cooperate and use all reasonable endeavours to cooperate with each other to cause the Orange Group to use all reasonable endeavours to:

 

  (a) obtain debt financing, available for funding on Completion, on terms and in a structure reasonably acceptable to the Principal Parties and in such amount as the Principal Parties may agree, such amount to be available for drawdown by such members of the Orange Group and in such proportions as the Parties may agree (the “Financing”);

 

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  (b) enter into definitive documentation regarding such Financing reflecting such terms and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Principal Parties (acting reasonably) (the “Financing Documentation”);

 

  (c) upon and following the Financing Documentation being entered into, satisfy on a timely basis the conditions to the funding of the Financing that are within its control;

 

  (d) provide the Principal Parties, upon reasonable request, with such information and documentation available to Orange as may be reasonably necessary to allow the other Principal Parties to monitor the progress of the financing activities; and

 

  (e) upon satisfaction or waiver of all conditions applicable to the Financing Documentation, cause the drawdown in full and funding of the Financing on or by Completion.

Such cooperation and assistance shall, in the case of Red and Olive HoldCo, exclude any obligation to provide any credit support or otherwise give any commitments in respect of the Financing (including any equity contribution to, or other contribution to the capital of, the Orange Group), but may include:

 

  (i) the provision of financial statements, other financial information and other data in each case in respect of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities and Transferred Business as is customarily included in offering documents for a financing of the same nature as the Financing or is required to obtain such comfort letters (including “negative assurance” comfort letters) as are customary in respect of such a financing;

 

  (ii) using all reasonable endeavours to assist in obtaining customary accountants’ comfort letters including customary “negative assurance” comfort letters in relation to the financial statements and other financial information referred to in paragraph (i) above, including by issuing any customary management representation letters to the relevant accountants;

 

  (iii) using all reasonable endeavours to procure such participation by its management as is reasonably required, on reasonable notice (and without undue disruption to its operations or business), in order to complete the Financing, including participation in presentations to prospective providers of the financing, road shows, due diligence, verification and drafting sessions and sessions with rating agencies;

 

  (iv) reasonable assistance with the preparation and verification of customary offering memoranda, offering circulars, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda, rating agency presentations and other documents customarily provided in connection with a financing of the same nature as the Financing;

 

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  (v) reasonable assistance in providing information customarily required for the listing of any securities forming part of the Financing; and

 

  (vi) subject to the Confidentiality Proviso and reasonably satisfactory arrangements and commitments as to confidentiality being implemented by the proposed financiers, permitting access to such due diligence materials contained within the Data Room as are reasonably required by the providers of the Financing or their legal counsel to the extent such due diligence materials are customary for a financing of the same nature as the Financing.

 

5.8 Competition Approvals. Clause 6 shall apply in respect of the Competition Approvals and the filings, applications and interactions with the Competition Authorities regarding the same.

 

5.9 Application and Disclosure Documents. Clause 6 shall apply in respect of the Application and Disclosure Documents and other filings, applications and interactions with the Review Authorities regarding the same and/or the Listings.

 

5.10 Orange Bottling Agreements. The Parties shall use their respective reasonable endeavours to negotiate and agree the definitive Orange Bottling Agreements prior to Completion.

 

5.11 Initial Business Plan and Long Range Business Plan. The Parties shall use their respective reasonable endeavours to negotiate and agree the form of initial Business Plan and initial Long Range Business Plan (as defined in the form of Shareholders Agreement annexed hereto) prior to Completion.

 

5.12 Tax Conditions. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parties shall, and shall procure that their respective Transferred and Merged Entities, cooperate with one another and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are reasonably necessary to permit the Tax Advisors to deliver the Tax Opinions, but:

 

  (a) only to the extent such cooperation and use of commercially reasonable efforts is reasonably necessary to permit the Tax Advisors to deliver the Tax Opinions;

 

  (b) such shall not include a reduction of the Cash Consideration (as defined in White Merger Agreement); and

 

  (c) it being understood that, in determining and agreeing what actions are commercially reasonable, the Parties shall jointly consult and take into account the consequences of such actions on each of the Parties and their direct and indirect shareholders,

it being further understood that any costs incurred in connection with undertaking any action pursuant to this clause 5.12 shall be subject to clause 15.

 

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5.13 Distributable reserves. The Parties shall adopt such resolutions, make such applications and filings to the courts and other Governmental Authorities and use their reasonable efforts to take (and procure the taking by their shareholders and/or other third parties of) such other actions as may be necessary to enable the creation of distributable reserves for Orange at or as soon as practicable following Completion (including by means of a capital reduction process pursuant to Chapter 10 of Part 17 of the Companies Act 2006).

 

5.14 Preparation for Orange governance post-Completion. In anticipation of, and prior to, Completion:

 

  (a) White shall nominate seven (7) of its current directors to serve as Initial INEDs (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement);

 

  (b) Red shall nominate two persons to serve as Red Nominated Directors on the initial Board (in each case as defined in the Shareholders Agreement);

 

  (c) Olive HoldCo shall nominate five persons to serve as Olive HoldCo Nominated Directors on the initial Board (in each case as defined in the Shareholders Agreement);

 

  (d) the Principal Parties shall, as soon as practicable after the date hereof, form an ad hoc committee which shall be composed of a majority of independent directors of the White Board and a representative of Red and a representative of Olive. Such ad hoc committee shall use its reasonable endeavours to select, by a majority vote (with the support of such executive headhunting firm as they may elect to engage) two further Initial INEDs, taking into account the criteria set forth in the form of nominations committee terms of reference annexed to (and as defined in) the Shareholders Agreement;

 

  (e) each Principal Party shall, to the extent a shareholder in Orange, adopt such resolutions (and use their reasonable endeavours to take such other steps, including filings with Companies House) as may be necessary to procure the adoption of the New Orange Articles effective at Completion;

 

  (f) the Principal Parties undertake to use all reasonable endeavours to work together in good faith to agree the Chart of Authority (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) and the Principal Parties agree to use the form of the chart of authority in use by White as at the date of this Agreement as the basis for agreeing the Chart of Authority; and

 

  (g) the Principal Parties undertake to use all reasonable endeavours to work together in good faith to agree the Terms of Reference for each of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (each term as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) and the Principal Parties agree to have regard to the current charters of the relevant committees of White and market practice of Corporate Governance Code (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) compliant companies with a premium listing in the UK,

 

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and the Parties agree that John F Brock shall be the initial Chief Executive Officer of Orange, that Manik Jhangiani shall be the initial Chief Financial Officer, and that Damian Gammell shall be the initial Chief Operating Officer (reporting to the Chief Executive Officer) of Orange.

 

5.15 Orange Stock. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to pursue a listing of Orange Ordinary Shares on both the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and the NYSE. If the Principal Parties, acting reasonably, agree that the listing of Orange Ordinary Shares on both the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and NYSE (assuming no other listing) (i) makes it impossible to create a cross border trading market of fungible equity, or (ii) requires an initial cost payable by Orange of in excess of $10.0 million (not including counsel fees of the Parties) more than the cost to set up a level 3 sponsored ADR or (iii) requires an ongoing annual cost payable by Orange of in excess of $5.0 million more than the cost to maintain a level 3 sponsored ADR (including, if transfers between clearing agencies (or their respective nominees or agents) between jurisdictions and trading platforms will be subject to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax that would be payable by Orange (by Applicable Law or by contract) the amount of such stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax that is reasonably expected to be incurred by Orange on an annual basis), then the Parties shall have no obligation to continue pursuing a listing of Orange Ordinary Shares on the NYSE and will instead pursue an alternative that they reasonably agree is best suited for the investors of Orange as of Completion.

 

6. COMPETITION APPROVALS, WHITE PROXY STATEMENT AND LISTINGS

 

6.1 White Proxy Statement and Registration Statements.

 

  (a) Orange shall use all reasonable endeavours, in coordination and cooperation with each other Party (each which other Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to support Orange), to, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F -4 with respect to the registration and issuance of Orange Stock, which shall include in the White Proxy Statement (such Registration Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Registration Statement”).

 

  (b) White shall use all reasonable endeavours, in coordination and cooperation with each other Party (each which other Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to support White), to, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, prepare and file with the SEC a proxy statement/prospectus relating to the matters to be submitted to the White Stockholders at the White Stockholders Meeting and the issuance of the Orange Stock (such proxy statement/prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “White Proxy Statement”).

 

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  (c) Orange (in the case of the Registration Statement) and White (in the case of the White Proxy Statement) shall use all reasonable endeavours, in coordination and cooperation with each other Party (each which other Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to support them in doing so), to:

 

  (i) cause:

 

  (A) the White Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement to be cleared by the SEC;

 

  (B) the Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act; and

 

  (C) the Registration Statement to be kept effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Combination Transactions; and

 

  (ii) ensure that each of the White Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement, complies in all material respects with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and (to the extent applicable) with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

  (d) White shall:

 

  (i) use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the White Proxy Statement is mailed to the White Stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective; and

 

  (ii) comply with its obligations under Section 5.1 of the White Merger Agreement.

 

6.2 Other US filings. Each Party shall make all filings and take such other actions required to made or taken by it under Applicable Law (and shall use all reasonable endeavours to support the other Parties in connection therewith) or to achieve the clearance or effectiveness of the White Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement or otherwise with respect to the Combination Transactions under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and applicable state “blue sky” laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

6.3 Listings. Orange shall use all reasonable endeavours, in coordination and cooperation with each other Party (each which Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to support Orange), to, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof:

 

  (a) prepare and file with the NYSE a listing application (the “NYSE Listing Application”) for the listing of the Orange Stock to be issued in respect of the Combination Transactions on the NYSE;

 

  (b) prepare and file an application for the Orange Shares to be admitted to trading and (in the case of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and the Spanish Stock Exchanges) listed on:

 

  (i) the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (the “Amsterdam Listing Application”);

 

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  (ii) the Spanish Stock Exchanges; and

 

  (iii) NYSE Euronext London,

in each case together with such supporting documentation as may be Disclosure Required;

 

  (c) file or cause to be filed (including, in respect of the Spanish Listing, by the foreign custodian, liaison entity and paying agent (entidad custodia extranjera, de enlace y agente de pagos)) such documentation (including legal opinions) as may be required to render the Orange Shares eligible for clearing and settlement in the relevant settlement systems, including the book-entry registry managed by Sociedad de Gestión de los Sistemas de Registro, Compensación y Liquidación de Valores, S.A. (Iberclear) and its participant entities;

 

  (d) prepare and file with the UK Financial Conduct Authority, acting as the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the “UKLA”) a prospectus complying with the European Directive 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (as amended from time to time, the “Prospectus Directive”) as implemented in the United Kingdom (the “EU Prospectus”) and publish such EU Prospectus in accordance with the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom;

 

  (e) and by the relevant deadline under Applicable Law (including the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom), prepare and file with the UKLA any supplement to the EU Prospectus or (after filing of the same) the Spanish Summary as and when required under the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom (or, in respect of a Spanish translation of the summary section of the EU Prospectus (the “Spanish Summary”), in Spain) and publish any such supplement in accordance therewith (each such supplement, an “EU Supplement”);

 

  (f) prepare and file with the UKLA a notification request letter regarding the notification of the EU Prospectus in accordance with Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands to the competent authority in each of Spain and the Netherlands, in the form (and enclosing the supporting documents, including the Spanish Summary unless the requirement to file the Spanish Summary has been waived by the CNMV) in accordance with Article 19 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom and (in respect of the Spanish Summary) Spain (the “Passporting Request”);

 

  (g)

promptly after approval of any EU Supplement, file with the UKLA a notification request letter regarding the notification of such EU Supplement in accordance with Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands to the competent authority in each of Spain and the Netherlands, in the form (and enclosing the supporting

 

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  documents, including any Spanish translation of any amended summary section of the EU Prospectus, as supplemented, unless the requirement to file the Spanish translation has been waived by the CNMV) in accordance with Article 19 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom and (in respect of the Spanish language summary) Spain;

 

  (h) (and with the intention to accomplish the same promptly after the above notification request being filed) provide or procure the provision to the competent authorities of Spain and the Netherlands, and procure that the competent authorities of Spain and the Netherlands shall have confirmed receipt of, all documents as may be required by them, in the form that they require, and the taking of all actions as may be required by them, in each case for the purpose of effecting the Spanish Listing and Amsterdam Listing, respectively; and

 

  (i) procure that each of the NYSE Listing, the Spanish Listing and the Amsterdam Listing are effected, approved and maintained to (and including) the Completion Date in accordance with the relevant Listing Regulations (in the case of the NYSE Listing, subject to official notice of issuance),

in each case in accordance with, and without prejudice to the specific obligations above at all times in procuring the Listings complying with, the Listing Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree that they will use commercially reasonable endeavours to pursue a Spanish Listing (to the extent the Principal Parties determine such listing is practical for the Company) but are not obligated to obtain such listing.

Review and approval process amongst the Parties

 

6.4 Allocation of coordination roles. Without prejudice to the further cooperation obligations imposed by this Agreement, the Parties agree that:

 

  (a) White shall coordinate work in respect of the White Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement and the NYSE Listing and all interactions with the SEC and the NYSE in respect thereof, and accordingly White’s legal counsel shall be primary drafting counsel for the relevant documentation (including the NYSE Listing Application, the Registration Statement, any amendments or supplements to the foregoing and all other relevant documents and filings);

 

  (b) Olive shall coordinate work in respect of effecting the Amsterdam Listing, the Spanish Listing and the London Listing, and accordingly Olive’s legal counsel shall be primary drafting counsel for the relevant documentation (including the EU Prospectus, any EU Supplements, the Passporting Request and all other relevant documents and filings); and

 

  (c) Red shall coordinate work in respect of the applications for Competition Approvals, but

 

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  (d) such allocation of coordination and primary drafting roles shall not indicate any acceptance of responsibility or liability in connection with the matters allocated to or to be coordinated by the Principal Parties herein, the costs and expenses of which shall (save as otherwise agreed by the Principal Parties) be apportioned in accordance with clause 15; and

 

  (e) no Party shall act as the agent of the other Parties or shall have any power to, and none of the same shall hold itself out as being able or authorised to, contract on behalf of the other Parties.

 

6.5 Process. White or Orange as applicable (and Red, White or Olive, as applicable, in its primary coordination and drafting role) otherwise shall:

 

  (a) keep the other Parties promptly updated on the progress of its applications, filings, submissions and/or responses to:

 

  (i) the Review Authorities in relation to the Listings, the Application and Disclosure Documents or the White Merger, as applicable; and/or

 

  (ii) the Competition Authorities in relation to the applications for Competition Approvals;

 

  (b) provide each Principal Party with an opportunity to review and comment within a reasonable period prior to its filing on each Application and Disclosure Document and each Competition Filing and any amendment or supplement thereto, subject to the Confidentiality Proviso (where applicable); no filing of, or amendment or supplement to, an Application and Disclosure Document or a Competition Filing shall be made:

 

  (i) where such filing, amendment or supplement is required by Applicable Law within a specified time period, unless (A) each (other) Principal Party has consented or (B) no written objection has been received from a Principal Party by immediately prior to the expiry of such time period (provided that each (other) Principal Party shall to the fullest extent practicable be given advance notice of the filings, amendment or supplement required and afforded the opportunity to object and comment within a reasonable period), or where an objection is received within such time period and such objection has (as time allows) been addressed in such Application and Disclosure Document or Competition Filing to the reasonable satisfaction of the Principal Party which raised the objection; or

 

  (ii) otherwise, without the prior consent of each (other) Principal Party (which may be given by email from such Party’s legal counsel);

 

  (c)

subject to clause 6.5(b), which shall apply in respect of each Application and Disclosure Document and each Competition Filing and any amendment or supplement thereto, provide the (other) Principal Parties with drafts of each other

 

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  notification, submission, response or other communication (excluding communication of an administrative nature) which it proposes to submit to the Review Authorities or the Competition Authorities in due time to enable the (other) Principal Parties to review and comment on the same (and shall send each (other) Principal Party copies of the same as sent to the relevant Review Authority or Competition Authority), provided that any information in respect of a Party or its Affiliates may be subject to the Confidentiality Proviso;

 

  (d) not offer, agree to or give any commitments with or to any Review Authority or any Competition Authority regarding amendments to the structure, terms or timing of the Combination Transactions without the prior written consent of the (other) Principal Parties;

 

  (e) promptly inform the (other) Principal Parties if it becomes aware of anything that could result in the Listings, the clearance of the White Proxy Statement, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the obtaining of the Competition Approvals, being delayed or denied; and

 

  (f) subject to the requests of the Review Authorities or Competition Authorities (as applicable), to promptly inform the (other) Principal Parties (and/or their professional advisors) of, and to the extent practicable permit the same to attend, any meetings or conference calls with:

 

  (i) the Review Authorities in relation to the Listings or the White Proxy Statement or applications therefor; and

 

  (ii) the Competition Authorities in relation to the applications for the Competition Approvals.

 

6.6 Correspondence. Subject to clauses 6.5(b) and 6.5(f) which shall apply in respect of each Application and Disclosure Document and each Competition Filing and any amendment or supplement thereto, each Party which receives any written comments or correspondence or oral comments or feedback from a Review Authority with respect to an Application and Disclosure Document or from a Competition Authority with respect to a Competition Filing shall promptly provide (in the case of written comments or correspondence) copies and/or (in the case of oral comments or feedback) a summary of the same to the other Parties, and the Party responsible for such Application and Disclosure Document or Competition Filing (or for coordinating and drafting the same) shall consult with each (other) Principal Party and shall prepare and (subject to the approval of each (other) Principal Party to which the same is relevant or to which the same relates) send written responses to such comments or correspondence, to be copied to the other Parties upon being sent.

 

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6.7 Notifications. Without prejudice to clauses 5.3(a) or 6.6, each Party (save in respect of notification from other Parties) will advise each other Party, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of:

 

  (a) the time when an Application and Disclosure Document has become effective, been approved or published or any supplement or amendment has been filed;

 

  (b) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC;

 

  (c) the suspension of the qualification of the Orange Stock issuable in connection with the Combination Transactions for offering or sale in any jurisdiction; and/or

 

  (d) any:

 

  (i) request by a Competition Authority for amendment of a Competition Filing or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by a Competition Authority for additional information; or

 

  (ii) request by a Review Authority for amendment of an Application and Disclosure Document or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by a Review Authority for additional information.

 

6.8 Corrections. If, at any time prior to the Completion Date, a Party identifies any information relating to such Party or its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities, or any of its or their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to an Application and Disclosure Document or a Competition Filing:

 

  (a) so that such Application and Disclosure Document or Competition Filing would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and/or

 

  (b) required by (in the case of an Application and Disclosure Document) the Listing Regulations or (in the case of a Competition Filing) Applicable Law,

the identifying Party shall promptly notify the other Parties and Orange or White as applicable shall (subject to clause 6.5(b) above, mutatis mutandis) procure that an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the relevant Review Authorities or Competition Authorities (as applicable) and White shall procure that any correction to the White Proxy Statement (or any other Application and Disclosure Document contained or referred to therein) is, to the extent required by Applicable Law, disseminated to the White Stockholders.

 

6.9 Information. Each Party shall:

 

  (a) use all reasonable endeavours to cooperate in the preparation of the Application and Disclosure Documents and the Competition Filings;

 

  (b)

(except Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo) on reasonable notice during normal business hours, promptly furnish all information concerning its Transferred Business and its Transferred or Merged Entities, and their respective affiliates

 

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  and shareholders, and such access to the documents and management of its Transferred Business and its Transferred or Merged Entities, that is reasonably requested, necessary or appropriate in connection with the preparation, filing, approval and distribution of such Application and Disclosure Documents and/or Competition Filing (subject to the Confidentiality Proviso); and

 

  (c) take all due care, and make such enquiries, that a reasonable and prudent person would take or make with a view to ensuring the accuracy of the information provided by it (provided that no Party shall have any liability to any other Party in respect of this provision).

 

6.10 Financial information. Without prejudice to the generality of clause 6.9, each Party:

 

  (a) shall use all reasonable endeavours in cooperation with each other Party to procure that:

 

  (i) consolidated pro forma financial statements for Orange in the form, under the accounting standards, and for the periods, Disclosure Required (the “Orange Pro Forma Financial Statements”); and

 

  (ii) such reports certificates, comfort letters and other comfort (the “Orange Audit Comfort”) on the Orange Pro Forma Financial Statements (together with such publication and usage consents) as may be Disclosure Required,

are prepared by Orange or by such professional firm(s) as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Principal Parties for or on behalf of Orange; and

 

  (iii) such financial information regarding the Transferred Businesses and Transferred or Merged Entities as may be, and in such form and under such accounting standards as may be, Disclosure Required is collated for inclusion in the Application and Disclosure Documents,

in each case in accordance with Applicable Law, the Listing Regulations and the accounting standard(s) which are Disclosure Required;

 

  (b) except the Orange Group shall, in respect of the preparation of the Orange Pro Forma Financial Statements and the collation of financial information for the Application and Disclosure Documents:

 

  (i) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof (or, in respect of periods ending after the date hereof, as promptly as practicable after the end of the relevant period), provide to Orange (and its advisors) such financial information and financial statements regarding the Transferred Businesses and Transferred or Merged Entities, in respect of such periods, in such form, under such accounting standards, with such reconciliations (including as between accounting standards) and otherwise as may be Disclosure Required (such financial statements, the “Standalone Financial Statements”); and

 

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  (ii) use all reasonable endeavours to procure that Orange (and each of its relevant advisors) is supplied with such audit and other reports, certificates, comfort and bringdown and other comfort from:

 

  (A) the auditors of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities in respect of the relevant period(s) (each, a “Transferred Business Auditor”); and/or

 

  (B) the officers and/or directors of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities,

as may be, and in such form and addressed to such Persons as may be, Disclosure Required, together with the written consent of such Transferred Business Auditor to the inclusion (where Disclosure Required) of such reports, certificates, comfort letters and comfort in the relevant Application and Disclosure Documents.

 

6.11 Interactions. Each Party shall:

 

  (a) not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition any consent or approval to be given under this clause 6;

 

  (b) act reasonably in giving comments and feedback on draft documentation;

 

  (c) seek to revert with such consent, approval, comments or feedback as soon as reasonably practicable; and

 

  (d) shall not, where it is not the coordinating party or the party responsible for the relevant filings, pro-actively interact with the Review Authorities or Competition Authorities or otherwise interfere with White, Olive or Red’s (as applicable) coordination of the relevant process.

 

7. PRE-COMPLETION CONDUCT OF BUSINESS COVENANTS

 

7.1 Principal Party positive covenants. Between the date of this Agreement and Completion each Principal Party shall procure the performance and observance in respect of its Transferred or Merged Entities and Transferred Business of those matters listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3.

 

7.2 Principal Party negative covenants. Further, but without limitation, between the date of this Agreement and Completion the acts and matters listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3 shall, subject to Annex Q and clauses 7.4 and 7.5, require the prior consent in writing of the Principal Parties other than the Principal Party to whose Transferred or Merged Entities or Transferred Business such acts or matters relate except to the extent that this would be contrary to Applicable Law.

 

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7.3 Orange covenants. Between the date of this Agreement and Completion the Parties shall procure that each Orange Group Company shall:

 

  (a) comply with paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3; and

 

  (b) not, subject to clauses 7.4 and 7.5, take any of the actions listed in paragraph 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 without the prior consent in writing of each of the Principal Parties.

 

7.4 Exceptions.

 

  (a) Any matter or thing done between the date of this Agreement and Completion:

 

  (i) as required by any Applicable Law; and/or

 

  (ii) explicitly required or permitted by this Agreement (including the Step Plan, clause 8 and Annexes N and/or Q) or any of the other Transaction Documents (except any part of the Olive Framework Agreement to the extent comprising an amendment made after the execution thereof not approved by Red, White and Orange),

shall not be subject to the foregoing obligation or consent requirement.

 

  (b) Any:

 

  (i) decisions in respect of an offer contemplated by Section 5.2(d)(iii) of the White Merger Agreement shall not require the consent of White (and White shall not be entitled, save as set forth in the White Merger Agreement, to access to information regarding deliberations regarding the same or related matters); and/or

 

  (ii) commencement by an Orange Group Company of, or any steps preparatory to, any action against any other Party (save another Orange Group Company), including in respect of the enforcement of (or a claim regarding) obligations under the Transaction Documents shall not require the consent of the Party against whom that action is contemplated (and such Party shall not be entitled to access to information regarding deliberations regarding the same or related matters).

 

7.5 Consent.

 

  (a) A written consent given by a Principal Party in relation to one such act or matter under a particular paragraph in Schedule 3 shall constitute consent pursuant to all other paragraphs of Schedule 3 in respect of such act or matter.

 

  (b)

Each Principal Party shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay any consent required from it for actions and transactions under clause 7.2 listed in

 

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  Part 2 of Schedule 3 (other than consent in respect of action which would (i) cause a Material Adverse Change/Effect in the relevant Transferred Business, (ii) prevent or materially delay the relevant Principal Party from consummating the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents on the terms set out therein, or (iii) have a material adverse reputational impact on that Principal Party, in each which case the grant, conditioning and timing of any response shall be at the sole and absolute discretion of that Principal Party).

 

7.6 Intra-group debt. On or prior to the Completion Date, each Principal Party shall procure:

 

  (a) the repayment in full of all amounts owing:

 

  (i) from its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities to any Affiliate of that Party which is not a Transferred or Merged Entity; and

 

  (ii) from each Affiliate of that Party which is not a Transferred or Merged Entity to its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities,

under any loan, financing or other non-trading debt arrangement (and shall notify the other Parties of the fact and amount of such repayment); and

 

  (b) the release of all outstanding guarantor obligations, indemnities or assurances for loss of its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities entered into in favour of (or in respect of the obligations of) any Affiliate of that Principal Party which is not a Transferred or Merged Entity,

provided that it is agreed and acknowledged that Red may procure the capitalisation of any amount owing from its Transferred Business or Transferred or Merged Entities to any Affiliate of Red which is not a Transferred or Merged Entity, whether as a contribution to capital or in exchange for further Black Ordinary Shares (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, upon and from issuance be Black Shares).

 

7.7 Access to information. From the date of this Agreement, and subject to the Confidentiality Proviso, each Party shall, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates to:

 

  (a) provide to each other and their respective representatives reasonable access during normal business hours in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the operation of any business conducted by it, upon prior written notice, to its officers, employees, properties, offices, other facilities and books and records, including personnel files; and

 

  (b) furnish promptly such information,

as another Party may reasonably request to (and that other Party shall solely use such access and information to) verify the accuracy of the first Party’s warranties and compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Parties shall cooperate to adopt such protocols as are reasonably necessary to comply with Applicable Law in order to provide for the protection of any competitively sensitive information that may be shared by the Parties pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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8. NET FINANCIAL POSITION

 

8.1 Accounts.

 

  (a) White, Red and Olive (or, upon adherence to this Agreement, Olive HoldCo) shall within two (2) months of the date hereof provide the other Parties with copies of the consolidated quarterly management accounts of its Transferred or Merged Entities for each of the financial quarters ending on or around 31 December 2014, 31 March 2015 and 30 June 2015, together with such reconciliations and adjustments as may be necessary to enable the presentation of such management accounts in accordance with IFRS.

 

  (b) White, Red and Olive (or, upon adherence to this Agreement, Olive HoldCo) shall provide the other Parties with copies of the following promptly upon the same becoming available:

 

  (i) (and in any case within 10 Business Days of the end of the relevant month) the monthly management accounts of its Transferred or Merged Entities; and

 

  (ii)     

 

  (A) (and in any event within one month of the end of the relevant financial quarter) the quarterly consolidated management accounts; and

 

  (B) (and in any event within three months of the end of the relevant year) the annual audited consolidated financial statements,

relating to its Transferred or Merged Entities, either in accordance with IFRS or together with such reconciliations and adjustments as may be necessary to present such management accounts in accordance with IFRS (except for White), and prepared (in the case of the quarterly consolidated management accounts for the financial quarter ending 30 September 2015) on a consistent basis with the management accounts delivered pursuant to clause (a).

 

8.2 Averaged Working Capital. The Principal Parties shall send one another their written calculations of the Averaged Working Capital of the Black Group, the Olive Group and the White Group, as applicable, and shall meet to discuss the calculation of the same, as soon as practicable after the quarterly management accounts for each of the same are available (and in any case no later than 31 December 2015), and shall use their reasonable endeavours, acting in good faith, to agree the Averaged Working Capital for each of the same. In the event that the Principal Parties are unable to reach agreement on an Averaged Working Capital in respect of any of the Black Group, the Olive Group and/or the White Group by the later of (i) one month after convening for such discussions and (ii) 31 January 2016, they shall refer the calculation of the non-agreed Averaged Working Capital for Expert Determination.

 

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8.3 Testing Date. By no later than 1 April 2016, and as soon as practicable after the issuance of the audited consolidated financial statements for the financial year ending 31 December 2015 (the “Testing Date”) in respect of each of the Black Group, the Olive Group and the White Group, the Principal Parties shall send one another their written calculations of the Black NFP, the Olive NFP and the White NFP (as applicable), shall meet to discuss the calculation of the same, and shall use their reasonable endeavours, acting in good faith, to agree the Black NFP, the Olive NFP and the White NFP. In the event that the Principal Parties are unable to reach agreement on the Black NFP, the Olive NFP and/or the White NFP by the later of (i) a month after convening for such discussions and (ii) 15 April 2016, they shall refer the calculation of the non-agreed amount for Expert Determination.

 

8.4 Olive dividends. To the extent that the Olive NFP is more than the Olive NFP Target, Olive may declare and pay a dividend before Completion in an amount no more than the lower of:

 

  (a) €100 million;

 

  (b) the excess of Olive NFP over the Olive NFP Target; and

 

  (c) the amount permitted by Applicable Law.

 

8.5 NFP shortfall. To the extent that:

 

  (a) the Black NFP is less than the Black NFP Target, Red shall:

 

  (i) contribute cash funds to the capital of Black;

 

  (ii) forgive (or procure the forgiveness) of Debt owed by the Black Group to Red or its Affiliates (other than the Black Group); and/or

 

  (iii) capitalise Debt owed by the Black Group to Red or its Affiliates (other than the Black Group);

in an aggregate amount equal to the shortfall of Black NFP from the Black NFP Target; and/or

 

  (iv) elect that an amount of such shortfall is treated as an NFP Adjustment Amount (provided that to the extent the aggregate of the amounts contributed, forgiven or capitalised pursuant to the above by 31 March 2016 is less than the shortfall of Black NFP from the Black NFP Target, Red shall be deemed to have elected to treat the balance as an NFP Adjustment Amount for Red);

 

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  (b) the Olive NFP is less than the Olive NFP Target, as shown by the relevant NFP Certificate, Olive HoldCo shall:

 

  (i) contribute cash funds to the capital of Olive;

 

  (ii) forgive (or procure the forgiveness) of Debt owed by the Olive Group to Olive HoldCo or its Affiliates (other than the Olive Group); and/or

 

  (iii) capitalise Debt owed by the Olive Group to Olive HoldCo or its Affiliates (other than the Olive Group);

in an aggregate amount equal to the shortfall of Olive NFP from the Olive NFP Target; and/or

 

  (iv) elect that an amount of such shortfall is treated as an NFP Adjustment Amount (provided that to the extent the aggregate of the amounts contributed, forgiven or capitalised pursuant to the above by 31 March 2016 is less than the shortfall of Olive NFP from the Olive NFP Target, Olive HoldCo shall be deemed to have elected to treat the balance as an NFP Adjustment Amount);

 

  (c) the White NFP is more than the White NFP Target, the amount of such excess shall be treated as an NFP Adjustment Amount.

 

9. COMPLETION

 

9.1 Subject to clause 3, Completion shall take place at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York, USA:

 

  (a) at 9.30 a.m. (local time) on the first Business Day after the end of the Completion Reference Month; or

 

  (b) at such other location, date and time as may be mutually agreed by the Parties in writing.

 

9.2 Red, White and Olive HoldCo shall procure that Orange:

 

  (a) is, no more than 30 calendar days prior to Completion, re-registered as a public limited company under the Companies Act 2006 (and that, to the extent such re-registration occurs prior to the Completion Date and therefore not substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of the adoption of the Articles as at Completion, the articles of association of Orange are amended to the extent required in light of such re-registration and change the name to Coca-Cola European Partners plc); and

 

  (b) obtains and provides to the other Parties, no more than six months prior to Completion, such valuations and reports as may be necessary under the Companies Act 2006 in respect of the Combination Transactions.

 

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9.3 At Completion, each Party shall comply with their respective obligations set out in Schedule 2.

 

9.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Completion shall not be deemed to have taken place until all actions to be performed at Completion have been performed.

 

9.5 The covenants and other agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement which by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or part following Completion shall survive the Completion and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby until so performed or terminated.

 

10. WARRANTIES

 

10.1 Each Party warrants to each other Party, in each case as at the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to Completion by reference to the facts and circumstances then subsisting (except that Warranties that by their terms address matters only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specific period of time are given as at such date or the end of such period by reference to the facts and circumstances then subsisting), and in each case except as Disclosed:

 

  (a) in the case of each Red Seller, in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 4 (Red Warranties) (the “Red Warranties”);

 

  (b) in the case of White, in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 5 (White Warranties) (the “White Warranties”);

 

  (c) in the case of Olive and Olive HoldCo, in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 6 (Olive Warranties) (the “Olive Warranties”); and

 

  (d) in the case of Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo, in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 7 (Orange Warranties) (the “Orange Warranties”).

 

10.2 Each of the Warranties is separate and independent and shall not be limited by reference to any other Warranty or any warranty or provision of any other Transaction Document.

 

10.3 Each Party acknowledges and agrees that each other Party has not made and does not make any express or implied warranty in connection with the Combination Transactions other than the Warranties and, as applicable, the warranties stated in the other Transaction Documents.

 

11. CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

11.1

Subject to clauses 11.4 and 11.5, each Party undertakes to each other Party that it shall not, during the three (3) year period commencing on the Completion Date, disclose to any Person, or use for any purpose other than the evaluation, negotiation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or the assertion of its rights (or the defence of claims) under the Transaction Documents, any information

 

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  regarding the business or affairs of any other Party or its Affiliates, or the negotiations of any Transaction Document. The terms of this Agreement shall govern the matters set forth herein and shall, from and after the Completion Date, supersede and replace the terms of the non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties in relation to the transactions contemplated hereunder prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

11.2 If Completion does not take place each Party shall forthwith (without prejudice to the terms of any other non-disclosure arrangements between some or all of the Parties) (i) return, or procure the return of, all documents and information (and any copies thereof) which shall have been made available to such Party, its directors, officers, employees, agents or advisers in the course of negotiations of this Agreement and of the transactions and documents contemplated herein to the disclosing Party and (ii) shall delete, or procure the deletion of, any such documents and information from any computer or other electronic device under the control of that Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or adviser as aforesaid, save as required for the assertion of its rights or the defence of claims under the Transaction Documents.

 

11.3 Subject to clauses 5.5(b)(ii), 5.6, 6, 11.4 and 11.5, no announcement or disclosure shall be made or issued by or on behalf of any Party at any time before or after Completion relating to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the terms hereof or thereof or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents without the written consent of the other Parties.

 

11.4 Clauses 11.1 and 11.3 shall not apply in respect of any disclosure or announcement:

 

  (a) which is in the terms, made in the manner and made at the time agreed between the Parties (including the announcement in the form attached hereto as Annex S (or as amended by agreement of the Principal Parties) and any announcements approved pursuant to clauses 5.5(b)(ii), 5.6 and 6);

 

  (b) which consists of information which:

 

  (i) became available to the disclosing Party on a non-confidential basis other than pursuant to or in connection with a Transaction Document (to the extent such can be demonstrated from the disclosing Party’s written records) and the source of such disclosure was not known by the disclosing Party to be bound by an obligation of confidentiality to any other Party; or

 

  (ii) has become public knowledge other than as a result of a breach of any confidentiality agreement (including this Agreement); or

 

  (c) to the extent required to establish, protect or defend a Party’s rights and interests under this Agreement including in dispute Proceedings pursuant to clause 24 or under other Transaction Documents;

 

  (d)

which is required to be made under any Applicable Law and in particular by any Governmental Authority, provided in respect of announcements or disclosure

 

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  that such announcement or disclosure is made by the Party concerned to the extent required by any Applicable Law and after consultation with the other Parties to the extent reasonably practicable.

 

11.5 Nothing in clauses 11.1 or 11.3 shall prevent any Orange Group Company from using or disclosing any information solely regarding the business or affairs of any Transferred or Merged Entity or Transferred Business after Completion in the manner it sees fit, subject to Applicable Law.

 

12. PROTECTIVE COVENANTS

 

12.1 Waiver of pre-Completion claims. Each of Red and Olive HoldCo hereby covenants that it shall not bring any claims after Completion against its Transferred or Merged Entities which it may have in connection with any misrepresentation, inaccuracy or omission in or from information or advice given by its Transferred or Merged Entities for the purpose of assisting it in connection with the Warranties, and to the extent that any such claim or right of action exists or will exist, waives such claim and releases and forever discharges the relevant Transferred or Merger Entities from all and any liability in respect of it.

 

12.2 Non-solicitation and no-hire of staff. Each Party shall not, and shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of their Subsidiaries shall not, directly or indirectly whether on their own account or on behalf of any entity, from the date of this Agreement until the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement (or, where Completion occurs, Completion) solicit or endeavour to entice away from another Party or its Subsidiaries any Key Employee or hire or enter into a contract for employment or a contract for the services of any Key Employee (provided that the above restriction shall not prohibit (i) solicitation by general advertisements for employment (including any recruitment endeavours conducted by any recruitment agency, provided that they are not directed at a Key Employee), (ii) solicitation, hire or entry into contracts following the cessation of such Key Employee’s employment with the relevant Person without any solicitation or encouragement by the relevant Party or its affiliates, or (iii) the solicitation, hire, or entry into contracts with, or secondment of, any Key Employee by Red, White, Olive and Olive HoldCo or their respective Subsidiaries to the extent mutually agreed among the relevant Parties).

 

12.3 Exclusivity.

 

  (a) Except as expressly permitted under this clause 12.3 from and after the date of this Agreement until Completion, each of Olive, Olive HoldCo and Red (White being subject to corresponding obligations under Section 5.2 of the White Merger Agreement, with which obligations it undertakes to comply) shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries (and in the case of Olive and Olive HoldCo, the Olive Shareholders party to the Olive Framework Agreement), and its and its Subsidiaries’ (and in the case of Olive and Olive HoldCo, the Olive Shareholder party to the Olive Framework Agreement’s) respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly:

 

  (i) solicit, initiate, facilitate or encourage or otherwise facilitate the submission of any Acquisition Proposal;

 

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  (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any information relating to that Party or its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties or records of that Party or its Subsidiaries to, otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by any Person that is seeking to make, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal;

 

  (iii) modify in a manner that makes less restrictive, grant any waiver or release under, or fail to enforce, any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of that Party or its Subsidiaries; or

 

  (iv) enter into, approve or recommend any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar Contract or instrument relating to an Acquisition Proposal.

 

12.4 Certain Exchange Act matters. Prior to Completion, each of Orange and White shall take all such steps as may be required to cause (a) any disposition of Orange Shares or White Common Stock (including derivative securities with respect to Orange Shares or White Common Stock) resulting from the White Merger or the Combination Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by each individual who will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to White immediately prior to Completion to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) any acquisitions of Orange Shares or White Common Stock (including derivative securities with respect Orange Shares or White Common Stock) resulting from the White Merger, the Combination Transactions or any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, by each individual who may become or is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Orange to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

12.5 Coordination regarding disputes. If there is any:

 

  (a) shareholder litigation against any Party or its directors or executive officers relating to the Combination Transactions or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement; and/or

 

  (b) exercise of any appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL in respect of the White Merger,

the relevant Party shall consult and cooperate with the other Parties in the defence or settlement of such shareholder litigation or appraisal rights (other than any litigation or settlement where the interests of such Party or its Affiliates are adverse to those of the

 

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other Parties or their respective Affiliates), and each Party agrees that it will not settle or compromise any such litigation without the prior written consent of all Principal Parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

12.6 Employee Benefits.

 

  (a) Orange shall cause its Subsidiaries to provide each officer and employee with aggregate compensation and remuneration (which may comprise some or all of base salary or wages, cash bonuses, other incentive opportunities and other benefits), the overall effect of which is substantially comparable when considered in the aggregate to the total levels of his or her compensation and remuneration in effect immediately before Completion from the Completion Date through and including December 31, 2017, or for such shorter period as such officer or employee remains employed by Orange or its Subsidiaries, unless otherwise required by Applicable Law or Contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this clause 12.6 is intended to confer upon any officer or employee of Orange or any of its Subsidiaries or any other person, any right to employment, continued employment for any period or continued receipt, of any specific compensation or benefits, rights to enforce the provisions of this clause 12.6 as a third-party beneficiary or shall otherwise constitute an amendment to or any other modification of any plan, program, agreement, arrangement or policy, including without limitation, any Benefit Plan.

 

  (b) The Principal Parties shall cooperate to agree the manner in and terms on which Orange shall: (i) on and from the Completion Date, assume (so far as reasonably practicable and permitted by Applicable Law) the White Equity Awards or instead establish Orange equity award plans to accept the rollover and replacement of White Equity Awards pursuant to the White Merger Agreement; and (ii) after the Completion Date, establish new equity award plans, on terms to be agreed among the Principal Parties, pursuant to which Orange may grant equity awards to eligible employees of the Orange Group from time to time.

 

13. TERMINATION

 

13.1 Termination in relation to Conditions. If:

 

  (a) Completion has not occurred on or before 5 p.m. New York time on the Long Stop Date; or

 

  (b) a Condition at any time becomes impossible to fulfil on or before 5 p.m. New York time on the Long Stop Date and the Parties capable of waiving the same under clause 4.1 confirm in writing that they do not intend to waive the same,

then this Agreement may be terminated by any Principal Party (provided that Party has complied with its obligations under clause 3 and clause 6 in respect of such Condition(s)) by notice given to the other Parties at any time after such date.

 

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13.2 Termination in relation to breach.

 

  (a) If Red shall have breached or failed to perform in any material respect any of their covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or if any of their warranties set forth in this Agreement are inaccurate, which breach, failure to perform or inaccuracy (1) would result in a Red MAE Breach and (2) is not reasonably capable of being cured (or is not cured) by 5 p.m. on the Long Stop Date, or if curable, White or Olive HoldCo shall have given Red notice (with a copy to the other Parties), delivered at least 30 days prior to termination, stating White’s or Olive HoldCo’s, as applicable, intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause and the basis for such termination and such breach, failure to perform or inaccuracy shall not have been cured within 30 days following the delivery of such written notice, then White or Olive HoldCo may terminate this Agreement by written notice given to the other Parties at any time after such date.

 

  (b) If White shall have breached or failed to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or if any of its warranties set forth in this Agreement are inaccurate, which breach, failure to perform or inaccuracy (1) would result in a White MAE Breach and (2) is not reasonably capable of being cured (or is not cured) by 5 p.m. on the Long Stop Date, or if curable, Red or Olive HoldCo shall have given White notice (with a copy to the other Parties), delivered at least 30 days prior to termination, stating Red’s or Olive HoldCo’s, as applicable, intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause and the basis for such termination and such breach, failure to perform or inaccuracy shall not have been cured within 30 days following the delivery of such written notice, then either Red or Olive HoldCo may terminate this Agreement by written notice given to the other Parties at any time after such date.

 

  (c) If Olive HoldCo or Olive shall have breached or failed to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or if any of its warranties set forth in this Agreement are inaccurate, which breach, failure to perform or inaccuracy (1) would result in an Olive MAE Breach and (2) is not reasonably capable of being cured (or is not cured) by 5 p.m. on the Long Stop Date, or if curable, White or Red shall have given Olive HoldCo or Olive notice (with a copy to the other Parties), delivered at least 30 days prior to termination, stating White’s or Red’s, as applicable, intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause and the basis for such termination and such breach, failure to perform or inaccuracy shall not have been cured within 30 days following the delivery of such written notice, then either White or Red may terminate this Agreement by written notice given to the other Parties at any time after such date.

 

13.3 Termination in relation to White Merger Agreement matters. This Agreement shall terminate automatically, without the need for any further action by the Parties, if the White Merger Agreement is terminated by any party thereto or terminates by its terms.

 

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13.4 Effect of termination. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this clause 13 all of the provisions of this Agreement shall cease to have effect except that:

 

  (a) the Continuing Rights and Obligations shall continue to apply following such termination;

 

  (b) all rights and obligations of the Parties that have accrued prior to such termination shall continue to exist; and

 

  (c) to the extent Orange is entitled to the Termination Fee (as defined in the White Merger Agreement) such Termination Fee under the terms of the White Merger Agreement, any amounts to be paid to Orange by White pursuant to Section 7.2 of the White Merger Agreement shall be paid directly to each of Red and Olive as follows: 65.38% to Olive and 34.62% to Red (and Section 7.2(e) of the White Merger Agreement shall apply, including as to such Termination Fee being liquidated damages).

 

14. POST-COMPLETION LIABILITY AND COVENANTS

 

14.1 Liability. Schedule 8 shall apply in respect of the Warranties and the liabilities of the Parties’ in respect thereof (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the sole remedy of any Party in respect of the Warranties shall be as set forth in Schedule 8). Each covenant or agreement of the Parties in this Agreement shall not survive beyond, and no Party shall have any liability in respect thereof after, Completion, other than any covenant or agreement that by its terms contemplates performance after Completion (including this clause 14) which shall survive until fully performed, and other than the agreements of the Parties pursuant to clauses 16 to 24 (inclusive).

 

14.2 Transitional services. The Parties shall work together in good faith and use their reasonable endeavours to agree the terms of, and execute, transitional services agreements pursuant to which the Non-Merger Contributing Parties shall provide the Orange Group with certain of the services provided to the Transferred Businesses as of the date hereof (Orange, with the assistance at Orange’s cost of the Non-Merger Contributing Party in respect of the relevant Transferred Business, having used its reasonable endeavours to procure the replacement of such transitional service by a third party provider or by its own staff) for a transitional period post-Completion (such, the “Transitional Services Agreements”).

 

14.3 Reverse transitional services. The Parties shall work together in good faith and use their reasonable endeavours to agree the terms of, and execute, transitional services agreements pursuant to which the Orange Group shall provide the Non-Merger Contributing Parties or their Affiliates with certain of the services provided by the Transferred Businesses to such Person(s) as at the date hereof (such Non-Merger Contributing Party at its own costs having used its reasonable endeavours to procure the replacement of such transitional service by a third party provider or by its own staff) for a transitional period post-Completion (such, the “Reverse Transitional Services Agreements”).

 

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14.4 Books and records.

 

  (a) At Completion, each Non-Merger Contributing Party shall transfer to Orange:

 

  (i) all books and records (whether stored electronically or otherwise) relating exclusively to the Transferred or Merged Entities owned by it; and

 

  (ii) subject to the Confidentiality Proviso, copies of such portions of any material books and records (whether stored electronically or otherwise) which contain material information regarding the Transferred or Merged Entities owned by it which would reasonably be expected to be held by such Transferred or Merged Entity,

prior to Completion duly written up to immediately before Completion and which are not in the possession of the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities. Each Non-Merger Contributing Party may (provided they deliver to Orange and the relevant Transferred or Merged Entities original certified copies of such of the same they would otherwise be required to deliver to Orange hereunder) retain such of such books, records or other supporting documentation required to substantiate that Non-Merger Contributing Party’s position in relation to Taxation as they are required to retain under Applicable Law (which retained books, records or other supporting documentation shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to clauses 14.4(b)).

 

  (b) For a period of five (5) years after the Completion Date, each Non-Merger Contributing Party shall maintain and upon the reasonable request of Orange provide copies to Orange of any books or records which relate (but not exclusively) to its Transferred Business and which are retained by such Non-Merger Contributing Party.

 

14.5 Directors’ and officers’ indemnification and insurance.

 

  (a) Orange agrees to comply with its obligations under Section 5.4 of the White Merger Agreement with respect to White. The remaining provisions of this clause apply only in respect of the Transferred or Merged Entities of Red or Olive HoldCo and the present and former directors, officers and employees thereof.

 

  (b)

From and after the Closing, Orange shall cause each Transferred or Merged Entity of Red or Olive HoldCo to, honour and fulfil in all material respects its obligations under any and all indemnification agreements between the same and any of its current or former directors and officers and any Person who becomes a director or officer of the same or any of its Subsidiaries prior to Completion (such agreements, the “Indemnity Agreements” and such Persons, “Indemnified Persons”). In addition, during the period commencing at Completion and ending on the sixth (6th) anniversary of Completion, Orange shall cause each Transferred or Merged Entity of Red or Olive HoldCo to cause

 

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  the Constitutional Documents of the same to contain provisions with respect to indemnification, exculpation and the advancement of expenses that are at least as favourable as the indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses provisions set forth in the Constitutional Documents of the same as of the date hereof, and during such six-year period such provisions shall not be repealed, amended or otherwise modified in any manner adverse to any Indemnified Person except as required by Applicable Law.

 

  (c) Without limiting the generality of the provisions of clause 14.5(b), during the period commencing at Completion and ending on the sixth (6th) anniversary of Completion, Orange shall cause each Transferred or Merged Entity of Red or Olive HoldCo to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any losses in connection with any Proceeding to the fullest extent that such Transferred or Merged Entity of Red or Olive HoldCo would have been permitted to do so under Applicable Law, to the extent such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry arises directly or indirectly out of or pertains directly or indirectly to (i) any action or omission or alleged action or omission in such Indemnified Person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of a Transferred or Merged Entity of Red or Olive HoldCo or any of its Affiliates for such action or omission, or alleged action or omission, that occurred prior to or at Completion; provided, however, that if, at any time prior to the sixth (6th) anniversary of Completion, any Indemnified Person delivers to a Transferred or Merged Entity of Red or Olive HoldCo in good faith a written notice asserting a bona fide claim for indemnification under this clause 14.5(c), then such claim asserted in such notice shall survive the sixth (6th) anniversary of Completion until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. In the event of any such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry, (i) the Orange Group shall have the right to control the defence thereof after Completion, and (ii) each Indemnified Person shall be entitled at his or her sole cost and expense to retain his or her own counsel, whether or not the Orange Group shall elect to control the defence of any such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this clause 14.5 (c) or elsewhere in this Agreement, no member of the Orange Group shall settle or otherwise compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry for which indemnification may be sought by an Indemnified Person under this Agreement unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes a full release of all Indemnified Persons from all liability arising out of such claim, proceeding, investigation or inquiry.

 

  (d)

Prior to Completion, Red and Olive HoldCo shall (or shall procure that their Transferred or Merged Entities shall) obtain and fully pay the premium (in each case, at Orange’s expense) for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of their respective Transferred or Merged Entities existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies and (ii) their respective their Transferred or Merged Entities’ existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case, as described in the relevant Disclosure Letter (collectively, “D&O

 

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  Insurance”), in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after Completion with respect to any claim involving any Indemnified Person in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to Completion and with a carrier and upon terms that are reasonably acceptable to Red and Olive HoldCo and that are, with respect to coverage and amount, no less favourable than those of their Transferred or Merged Entities’ existing D&O Insurance; provided that the aggregate cost of such policy shall not exceed 300% of such Transferred or Merged Entity’s annual premium for D&O Insurance for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

  (e) Orange shall procure that if the Transferred or Merged Entities of Red or Olive HoldCo (or Orange) or any of their respective successors or assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that their successors and assigns shall assume all of the obligations of the Transferred or Merged Entities of Red or Olive HoldCo (or Orange) set forth in this clause 14.5.

 

  (f) The obligations set forth in this clause 14.5 shall not be terminated, amended or otherwise modified in any manner that adversely affects any Indemnified Person (or any other Person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in clause 14.5(d) (and their heirs and representatives)) without the prior written consent of such affected Indemnified Person or other Person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in clause 14.5(d) (and their heirs and representatives). Each of the Indemnified Persons or other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in clause 14.5(d) (and their heirs and representatives) are intended to be third party beneficiaries of this clause 14.5, with full rights of enforcement as if a party thereto. The rights of the Indemnified Persons (and other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the “tail” policy referred to in clause 14.5(d) (and their heirs and representatives)) under this clause 14.5 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights that such Persons may have under the Constitutional Documents of, and/or any and all indemnification agreements of or entered into by, the Transferred or Merged Entities of Red or Olive, or Applicable Law.

 

  (g) Nothing in this clause 14.5 is intended to entitle any party to recover any amounts in connection with this clause 14.5 to the extent that such party or any of its Affiliates has already recovered such amount pursuant to this Agreement.

 

  (h) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Transferred or Merged Entities of Red or Olive for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this clause 14.5 is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under such policies.

 

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15. COSTS AND TRANSACTION FEE

 

15.1 In the event that this Agreement is terminated prior to Completion, then within 15 Business Days of the termination of this Agreement, the Principal Parties shall make such payments to one another and the Orange Group Companies as are necessary to ensure that the costs and expenses set forth on Annex T have economically been borne by such Principal Parties in the following proportions: Red 18%, White 48% and Olive and Olive HoldCo 34%; provided that, notwithstanding anything in Annex T to the contrary, each Principal Party shall bear all other costs and expenses incurred by such Principal Party and its Transferred or Merged Entities in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including the costs of such Principal Party or its Transferred or Merged Entities’ advisors incurred in connection with the matters set forth on Annex T. If Completion occurs, Orange shall be responsible for fees and expenses incurred by the Principal Parties and the Orange Group and its Subsidiaries (including Transferred or Merged Entities) or on their behalf in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents including fees and expenses of their respective advisors.

 

16. FURTHER ASSURANCE

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at all times after the date of this Agreement, each Party shall, promptly upon being required to do so by any other Party, do or procure the doing of such acts and things and execute or procure the execution of all such documents in a form reasonably satisfactory to the requesting Party as it may from time to time reasonably require in order to give full effect to this Agreement and to any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and to secure to all other Parties the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred on such Parties in this Agreement and the relevant Transaction Document (as applicable). Further to the above, the Principal Parties shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event no later than 45 calendar days) following the date hereof establish a working group to identify and oversee the workstreams necessary to implement the Combination Transactions.

 

17. ASSIGNMENT

No Party shall (nor shall it purport to) assign, transfer, charge, put in trust or otherwise deal with the benefit of all or any of its rights or interests under this Agreement, nor subcontract or otherwise deal with all or any of its obligations under this Agreement, provided that Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo may assign its rights hereunder to one or more of the wholly owned Subsidiaries or Orange, provided further that no such assignment shall relieve Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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18. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS; OLIVE HOLDCO ADHERENCE

 

18.1 Subject to clause 18.2, the Parties do not intend that any term of this Agreement should be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any Person who is not a Party to this Agreement.

 

18.2 The Parties acknowledge that:

 

  (a) clause 12.1 confers a benefit on the Orange Group and the Parties intend that clause 12.1 should be enforceable by the Orange Group Companies, notwithstanding such (save Orange) not being a party to this Agreement; and

 

  (b) clause 14.5 confers a benefit on the Indemnified Persons and the Parties intend that clause 14.5 should be enforceable by the Indemnified Persons, notwithstanding such not being a party to this Agreement,

provided that (except to the extent expressly set out in clause 14.5) this Agreement may be terminated and any term may be amended or waived without the consent of any Person not party hereto.

 

18.3 Without prejudice to the Olive Framework Agreement, Olive shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that Olive HoldCo adheres to this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Olive Framework Agreement. Upon such adherence:

 

  (a) Olive HoldCo shall become a party hereto for all intents and purposes as if a party thereto from the date hereof, and shall be subject to the obligations specified in respect of it and Olive herein; and

 

  (b) where no less than 80% of the Olive Shares have been transferred to Olive HoldCo in accordance with the Olive Framework Agreement, Olive’s obligations hereunder (including with respect to any accrued liabilities and obligations) shall be assumed in their entirety by Olive HoldCo and upon such assumption shall cease to bind or benefit Olive.

 

18.4 Pending such adherence, Olive shall be bound by (and liable for any breach of) any and all obligations and provisions stated to apply in respect of Olive HoldCo (and shall, where Olive HoldCo is required to comply an act or omission by, or fact in respect of, Olive, itself procure such act, omission or fact), in addition to those obligations and provisions stated to apply in respect of it.

 

19. VARIATION AND WAIVER

 

19.1 No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing, expressed to be a variation of this Agreement and signed by or on behalf of all of the Parties, except that following receipt of the White Stockholder Approval, there shall be no variations of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents which under Applicable Law would require further approval by the White Stockholders without such further approval.

 

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19.2 No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by Applicable Law or under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that right, power or remedy or of some other right, power or remedy nor shall any partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise of the same or of some other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies provided under this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by Applicable Law or otherwise.

 

19.3 Any waiver of any right, power or remedy under this Agreement shall be in writing executed by the relevant grantor and may be given subject to such conditions as the grantor may in its absolute discretion decide. Any such waiver (unless otherwise specified) shall only be a waiver in the particular instance and for the particular purpose for which it was given.

 

20. INVALIDITY

 

20.1 If any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, but would be valid and enforceable if deleted in part or reduced in application, such provision shall apply with such deletion or modification as may be necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

20.2 Each of the provisions of this Agreement is severable. Without prejudice to the foregoing or Clause 20.1, if any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable:

 

  (a) such provision shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement, but the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired as long as the fundamental relations between the Parties are not materially altered; and

 

  (b) the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace any invalid or unenforceable provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable in the relevant jurisdiction and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable provision in such jurisdiction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties intend the remedies and limitations contained in Clauses 6.4(d), 12.1, 14 and 15 of this Agreement should be construed as an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be severable.

 

21. INTEREST AND CONVERSION

If a Party defaults in the payment when due of any sum payable under this Agreement and such amount is not paid by the 10th day after such payment is due such sum shall bear interest at the rate of one-month LIBOR plus 25 basis points per annum, for the period from but excluding the due date up to and including the date of actual payment (after as well as before judgment). Such interest shall accrue from day to day and shall be compounded monthly.

 

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22. NOTICES

 

22.1 All notices, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and in the English language and shall have been duly given and shall be deemed to have been served on the Party for whom such communication is intended when: (a) delivered by hand or by courier, at the address of such Party set forth below (or to such other Person or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice); or (b) delivered by fax at the time that a transmission report is generated by the sender’s fax machine confirming that all pages were successfully transmitted to the number set forth below in respect of such Party (or to such other Person or at such other number as shall be specified by like notice); or (c) if an email address is set forth below in respect of such Party, received (as evidenced by a delivery receipt) by email at such email address (or to such other Person or at such other email address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice) with a copy delivered by hand or sent by courier or fax in accordance with the above:

 

if to Red (for the avoidance of doubt, including any Red Seller):

Southgate,

  

Dublin Road,

  

Drogheda,

  

County Meath,

  

Ireland

  

Attention:

   Miriam Doyle

Fax:

   to be notified

Email:

   [email protected]
with a copy to their counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP at:

One Liberty Plaza, New York NY 10006, United States of America (marked for the attention of Matthew P. Salerno), fax +1 212 225 3999, email [email protected]

 

City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5EH, England (marked for the attention of Simon Jay), fax +44 20 7600 1698, email [email protected]

if to White:

2500 Windy Ridge Parkway

Atlanta, GA 30339

United States of America

Attention: John Parker

Fax: +1(770) 989-3784

Email: [email protected]

 

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with a copy to their counsel

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP at 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005, United States of America (marked for the attention of Helene Banks and John Schuster), fax +1(212) 269-5420, email [email protected] and [email protected]

Slaughter and May at One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY, UK (marked for the attention of William Underhill), fax +44207090 5000, email William.underhill@slaughterandmay

if to Olive or Olive HoldCo:

 

Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.
Paseo de la Castellana, 259-C (Torre de Cristal),
Planta 9, 28046,
Madrid   
Attention:    Ms. Isabela Pérez Nivela, General Counsel
Fax:    +34 913075807
E-mail:    [email protected]

with a copy to their counsel:

Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD, United Kingdom (marked for the attention of Edward Barnett) fax +44203 088 0088, email [email protected]

Uría Menéndez Abogados, S.L.P., Avenida Diagonal 514, 08006, Barcelona, Spain (marked for the attention of Antonio Herrera and Eduardo Bagaría), fax +34 93 416 51 11, e-mail [email protected]; [email protected]

if to Orange, US HoldCo or MergeCo:

each other Party

 

22.2 If under the provisions of this clause 22 any notice, consent or other communication is duly given on a day that is not a business day in the territory of the recipient or is duly given after 17:00 hours local time on a business day in the territory of the recipient, it shall be deemed to be given on the next following business day in the territory of the recipient.

 

22.3 The provisions of this clause 22 shall (without prejudice to clause 24.3) also apply to the service of any Proceedings or judgment arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

 

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23. MISCELLANEOUS

 

23.1 This Agreement may be executed (in original, facsimile or other electronic means) in any number of counterparts and by the Parties on different counterparts but shall not be effective until all Parties have executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall be deemed an original and all counterparts shall together constitute a single agreement.

 

23.2 The Parties’ liability under and in relation to this Agreement shall be several, not joint and several.

 

23.3 Nothing in this Agreement shall create a partnership or establish a relationship of principal and agent or any other fiduciary relationship between or among any of the Parties, save that:

 

  (a) each other Red Seller appoints Red 1 as its agent and representative for the purposes of this Agreement, and accordingly Red 1 may act, correspond, give notices, requests and directions, and otherwise exercise rights under this Agreement in the name of the other Red Sellers and accordingly as Red; and

 

  (b) each of MergeCo and US HoldCo appoints Orange as its agent and representative for the purposes of this Agreement, and accordingly Orange may act, correspond, give notices, requests and directions, and otherwise exercise rights under this Agreement in the name of MergeCo and US HoldCo.

 

23.4 This Agreement (including the documents and the instruments referred to herein) and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties and arrangements of whatever nature whatsoever, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

23.5 Save as otherwise stipulated herein, in the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern as among the Parties.

 

23.6 Each Party agrees that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that in the event of their breach, damages would not be an adequate remedy, and each Party shall be entitled to specific performance; and each Party further agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such specific performance relief.

 

24. GOVERNING LAW

 

24.1

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, provided, however, that (a) the White Merger and the interpretation of the duties of directors and officers of White shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) the interpretation of the duties of directors and officers of Olive and Olive

 

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  HoldCo shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, Spanish law and (c) the interpretation of the duties of directors and officers of Black shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, German law.

 

24.2 Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including any dispute regarding its validity or termination, or the performance or breach thereof, as well as any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with it, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts to which the Parties hereby submit and each of the Parties hereby waives any objection to any proceedings in such courts on the grounds of venue or on the grounds that the proceedings have been brought in an inappropriate forum.

 

24.3

 

  (a) Each Red Seller shall at all times maintain an agent for service of process in England in relation to any matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Such agent shall be Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd. (FAO Sarah Doherty, Legal Counsel) of 1/A Wimpole Street, London W1G 0EA, UK and service of any claim form, judgment or other notice of legal process shall be sufficiently served on such Party if served upon such agent. Each Red Seller shall inform the other Parties in writing of any change in its process agent or the address of its process agent within seven days of such change. Each Red Seller shall appoint a new process agent if its original process agent ceases to have an address in England and shall give notice in writing to the other Parties of such new process agent within seven days of its appointment.

 

  (b) White shall at all times maintain an agent for service of process in England in relation to any matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Such agent shall be Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. of Bankers Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1EZ, United Kingdom and service of any claim form, judgment or other notice of legal process shall be sufficiently served on such Party if served upon such agent. White shall inform the other Parties in writing of any change in its process agent or the address of its process agent within seven days of such change. White shall appoint a new process agent if its original process agent ceases to have an address in England and shall give notice in writing to the other Parties of such new process agent within seven days of its appointment.

 

  (c) Olive and Olive HoldCo shall at all times maintain an agent for service of process in England in relation to any matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Such agent shall be Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom and service of any claim form, judgment or other notice of legal process shall be sufficiently served on such Party if served upon such agent. Olive and Olive HoldCo shall inform the other Parties in writing of any change in its process agent or the address of its process agent within seven days of such change. Olive and Olive HoldCo shall appoint a new process agent if its original process agent ceases to have an address in England and shall give notice in writing to the other Parties of such new process agent within seven days of its appointment

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed and delivered as a deed, as of the date first written above.

 

Executed and delivered as a deed by    
European Refreshments   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Todd Grice

    (authorised signatory /attorney in fact)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Manoj Nair

   
(witness signature)    

Manoj Nair

   
(witness’ name)    

50 North 1st St

   

Brooklyn, NY 11245

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Coca-Cola Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung   )  

/s/ Barbara Körner

by:   )   (authorised signatory / General Manager)
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Nadine Huismann

    (authorised signatory / Procurist)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Katja Tornow

   
(witness signature)    

Katja Tornow

   
(witness’ name)    

Stralauer Allee

   

10245 Berlin, Germany

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Vivaqa Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Barbara Körner

    (authorised signatory / General Manager)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Katja Tornow

   
(witness signature)    

Katja Tornow

   
(witness’ name)    

Stralauer Allee

   

10245 Berlin, Germany

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ John R. Parker

    (authorised signatory / attorney)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Bryan Joggerst

   
(witness signature)    

Bryan Joggerst

   
(witness’ name)    

235 West End Avenue

   

NY, NY 10023

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Sol Daurella Domadran

    (authorised signatory / attorney)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Michele Lamassonne

   
(witness signature)    

Michelle Lamassonne

   
(witness’ name)    

3324 Cranmore Chase

   

Marietta GA 30066

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Spark Orange Limited   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

    (authorised signatory / attorney)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Eimear Coady

   
(witness signature)    

Eimear Coady

   
(witness’ name)    

Allen & Overy LLP

   

One Bishops Square London E16AD

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Orange U.S. HoldCo, LLC   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

    (authorised signatory / attorney)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Eimear Coady

   
(witness signature)    

Eimear Coady

   
(witness’ name)    

Allen & Overy LLP

   

One Bishops Square London E16AD

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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Executed and delivered as a deed by   )  
Orange MergeCo, LLC   )  
by:   )  
  )  
  )  
  )  
  )  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

    (authorised signatory / attorney)
in the presence of:    

/s/ Eimear Coady

   
(witness signature)    

Eimear Coady

   
(witness’ name)    

Allen & Overy LLP

   

One Bishops Square London E16AD

   
(witness’ address)    

 

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SCHEDULE 1

ORANGE SHARE ALLOCATION

Base numbers

White Dilution Shares” means a number of shares of White Common Stock in an amount equal to (i) the number of shares of White Common Stock subject to, underlying or issuable in connection with the vesting, settlement or exercise of all White Equity Awards as of immediately prior to Completion minus (ii) the number of shares of White Common Stock that could be purchased with the aggregate exercise price in respect of any outstanding in the money White Equity Options, assuming a price per share of White Common Stock equal to the closing price of White Common Stock at close of trading on the trading day immediately prior to Completion.

Diluted Orange Share Count” means the quotient of (i) the sum of (A) the White Diluted Share Count and (B) the White NFP Shares divided (ii) by 48%.

Base Olive Shares” means the Diluted Orange Share Count multiplied by 34%.

Base Red Shares” means the Diluted Orange Share Count multiplied by 18%.

White Outstanding Shares” means the White Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to Completion (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Dissenting Shares as defined in the Merger Agreement).

White Diluted Share Count” means the sum of (i) the White Outstanding Shares and (ii) the White Dilution Shares.

Olive hold out

Olive HoldCo Holdout Shares” means the Base Olive Shares multiplied by the Olive HoldOut Percentage.

Olive Holdout Adjusted Share Count” means the excess, if any, of (i) the number of Olive Shares held by the Olive Holdout Shareholders over (ii) the quotient of (x) the Olive HoldOut Retention divided (y) the Olive Per Share Price.

Olive HoldOut Percentage” means a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the Olive Holdout Adjusted Share Count and (ii) the denominator of which is the total number of issued and outstanding Olive Shares.

Olive Per Share Price” means the quotient of (i) the Implied Olive Price divided by (ii) the number of issued and outstanding Olive Shares.

Implied Olive Price” means the product of (i) the Olive Base Shares and (ii) the Further Adjusted NFP Share Price.

 

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NFP adjustments

Base Share Price” means (i) the volume weighted average trading price of White Common Stock over the ten (10) trading days prior to the Testing Date minus (ii) $14.50.

Red NFP Deduction Shares” means the NFP Adjustment Amount for Red divided by the Further Adjusted NFP Share Price.

Olive NFP Deduction Shares” means the NFP Adjustment Amount for Olive HoldCo divided by the Further Adjusted NFP Share Price.

White NFP Shares” means the NFP Adjustment Amount for White divided by the Adjusted NFP Share Price.

Adjusted NFP Share Price” means the quotient of (i) the NFP Adjusted Implied Equity Value divided by (ii) the White Diluted Share Count.

Further Adjusted NFP Share Price” means the quotient of (i) the NFP Adjusted Implied Equity Value divided by (ii) the White Outstanding Shares.

NFP Implied Equity Value” means the product of (i) the Base Share Price and (ii) the White Outstanding Shares.

NFP Adjusted Implied Equity Value” means the excess of (i) the NFP Implied Equity Value over (ii) the NFP Adjustment Amount for White.

Consideration shares

Olive Consideration Shares” means the Base Olive Shares minus the Olive HoldCo Holdout Shares, minus the Olive NFP Deduction Shares.

Red Consideration Shares” means the Base Red Shares minus the Red NFP Deduction Shares.

 

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SCHEDULE 2

COMPLETION OBLIGATIONS

At Completion, the following steps shall be taken in compliance with the Step Plan, and the Parties shall otherwise take such further steps and execute such further documents as they may agree to be necessary in order to comply with the Step Plan.

PART 1

RED’s OBLIGATIONS

 

1.1 At Completion, each Red Seller shall comply with its obligations under the Black Contribution Agreement, and Red shall deliver to Orange (except that where the corporate form of Black has been changed prior to Completion the following list shall be modified as the Principal Parties may in good faith and acting reasonably agree):

 

  (a) their corporate approvals in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and any power of attorney under which any Transaction Documents are, or are to be, executed by the Red Sellers or Black or other evidence of the authority of any Person signing the same on the Red Sellers’ or Black’s behalf;

 

  (b) duly endorsed (indossierten) share certificates representing all Black Shares;

 

  (c) letters of resignation in the agreed terms of each of those members of the management board (Vorstandsmitglieder), those members of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsratsmitglieder) and/or those managing directors (Geschäftsführer) of each Black Group Company nominated for appointment by Red (for the avoidance of doubt, in relation to Black’s supervisory board such obligation shall only extend to such supervisory board members which are representatives of the shareholders) that have been requested to resign by the Principal Parties no later than 15 Business Days prior to Completion, from his office as a member of the management board (Vorstandsmitglied), member of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsratsmitglied) and/or managing director (Geschäftsführer) and, if applicable, as an employee, including a waiver of all claims against the Black Group;

 

  (d) the books and records referred to in clause 14.4(a), together with originals of the Constitutional Documents, certificates of incorporation, registration of amendments relating to the Constitutional Documents and tax registration of Black, to the extent not held by a Black Group Company;

 

  (e) the Shareholders Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement signed by them;

 

  (f) the Black Contribution Agreement signed by them (including delivery of a copy of the waiver which is referred to in Preamble (E) of the Black Contribution Agreement regarding the special dividend right duly executed by Red 1 and Black);

 

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  (g) to the extent a shareholder in Orange, the New Orange Articles Resolution signed by them;

 

  (h) the Orange Bottling Agreements to which Red or an Affiliate of Red (other than the Orange Group) is to be party, signed by Red or such Affiliate (as applicable); and

 

  (i) such other documents as the Principal Parties may agree.

 

1.2 On or prior to Completion, Red shall procure the passing, and deliver to Orange duly certified copies, of the following (save to the extent the corporate form of Black has been changed prior to Completion, in which case the following list shall be replaced by such items as the Principal Parties may in good faith and acting reasonably agree to be necessary under Applicable Law to consummate the Black Contribution):

 

  (a) resolutions of the Red Sellers in their capacity as shareholders of Black:

 

  (i) changing the accounting reference date of Black to the reference date agreed by the Parties to be applicable to Orange; and

 

  (ii) appointing the members of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsratsmitglieder) that have been requested to be appointed by the Principal Parties prior to Completion; and

 

  (b) resolutions of the supervisory board of Black:

 

  (i) accepting the resignations referred to in paragraph 1.1(c) and appointing such persons as the Principal Parties may nominate to replace the members of the management board (Vorstandsmitglieder); and

 

  (ii) approving (to the extent not previously approved) the transfer of the Black Shares held by each Red Seller to Orange in accordance with the articles of association of Black; and

 

  (c) a resolution of the directors of Black, approving the registration in Black’s share register of Orange as the holder of all Black Shares; and

 

  (d) a written notification of Black’s management board (Vorstand) granting Black’s consent to the transfer of the Black Shares held by each Red Seller to Orange based on a resolution of Black’s supervisory board approving the registration of the transfers of the Black Shares.

 

2. At Completion, each Red Seller shall comply with its obligations under the Black Contribution Agreement expressed to be performed at Completion, in including the delivery to Black by Red 1 of a duly executed waiver letter which is referred to in Preamble (E) of the Black Contribution Agreement regarding the special dividend right, and the delivery to Red 1 by Black of a duly countersigned copy of such waiver letter.

 

3. At Completion, the Red Seller shall deliver, or procure the delivery by an Affiliate of the Red Sellers, to Black the notifications required pursuant to Section 20 para. 5 of the German Stock Corporation Act.

 

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PART 2

WHITE’S OBLIGATIONS

 

1.1 At Completion, White shall comply with its obligations under the White Merger Agreement.

 

1.2 At Completion White shall deliver:

 

  (a) its other corporate approvals in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and any power of attorney under which any Transaction Documents are, or are to be, executed by it or other evidence of the authority of any Person signing the same on its behalf;

 

  (b) letters of resignation in the agreed terms of each of the directors and officers of White, from his office as a director or officer; and

 

  (c) such other documents as the Principal Parties may agree.

PART 3

OLIVE HOLDCO’S OBLIGATIONS

 

1.1 At Completion, Olive HoldCo shall comply with its obligations under the Olive Contribution Agreement and shall deliver to Orange:

 

  (a) its and Olive’s corporate approvals in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and any power of attorney under which any Transaction Documents are, or are to be, executed by it or other evidence of the authority of any Person signing the same on its behalf;

 

  (b) the transfer documentation in respect of the Olive Sale Shares required by the Olive Contribution Agreement;

 

  (c) letters of resignation in the agreed terms of each of the directors and secretaries of Olive, from his office as a director or secretary and (if applicable) as an employee, including a waiver of all claims against the Olive Group;

 

  (d) a letter of resignation of the auditors of Olive in the statutory form and otherwise in the agreed terms;

 

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  (e) the books and records referred to in clause 14.4(a), together with originals of the Constitutional Documents, certificates of incorporation, registration of amendments relating to the Constitutional Documents and tax registration of Olive, to the extent not held by an Olive Group Company;

 

  (f) the Shareholders Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement signed by it;

 

  (g) the New Orange Articles Resolution signed by it;

 

  (h) (and Red) a signed copy of the Olive HoldCo Side Letter and the Cobega Side Letter; and

 

  (i) such other documents as the Principal Parties may agree.

 

1.2 At Completion, Olive shall procure the passing, and deliver to Orange duly certified copies, of resolutions of the directors of Olive:

 

  (a) approving the transfers of the Olive Sale Shares; and

 

  (b) changing the accounting reference date of Olive to the reference date agreed by the Parties to be applicable to Orange.

 

1.3 At Completion, Olive shall procure the passing, and deliver to Orange duly certified copies, of resolutions of the shareholders of Olive accepting the resignations referred to in paragraphs 1.1(c) and 1.1(d) and appointing such persons as Orange may nominate as directors and secretary and as auditors.

 

1.4 At Completion, Olive HoldCo shall comply with its obligations under the Olive Contribution Agreement expressed to be performed at Completion.

PART 4

ORANGE’S OBLIGATIONS

 

1.1 At Completion, Orange shall:

 

  (a) comply with its obligations under the Olive Contribution Agreement, Black Contribution Agreement and White Merger Agreement expressed to be performed at Completion; and

 

  (b) issue and allot:

 

  (i) the Red Consideration Shares to Red (or its designee);

 

  (ii) the Olive Consideration Shares to Olive HoldCo; and

 

  (iii) comply with its obligations under Article II of the White Merger Agreement, and shall update its share register accordingly and circulate the same to the other Parties.

 

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1.2 At Completion, Orange shall deliver to the other Parties:

 

  (a) the Shareholders Agreement signed by it;

 

  (b) the Orange Bottling Agreements signed by it (or by the relevant Orange Group Company);

 

  (c) the Registration Rights Agreement signed by it; and

 

  (d) such other documents as the Principal Parties may agree.

 

1.3 At Completion, Orange shall procure the passing, and deliver to the other Parties duly certified copies, of resolutions of the directors of Orange:

 

  (a) approving the issuances and allotments, and other transactions, contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents; and

 

  (b) such other matters as the Principal Parties may agree.

 

1.4 At Completion, Orange shall deliver to Black the notifications required pursuant to Section 20 para. 1 and 4 of the German Stock Corporation Act.

 

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SCHEDULE 3

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING COMPLETION

PART 1

Positive covenants

The acts and matters referred to in clause 7.1 which each Principal Party is required to procure the performance of are as follows:

 

1. Its Transferred Business shall be operated, and each of its Transferred or Merged Entities shall carry on its business, in the Ordinary Course.

 

2. Its Transferred Business and each of its Transferred or Merged Entities shall use its reasonable endeavours to preserve intact the material operations and facilities of the Transferred Business and the material relationships with its customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, employees and contractors.

 

3. Its Transferred Business and each of its Transferred or Merged Entities shall maintain its current levels of insurance, procure payment of all premiums due on such insurance and administer its insurance claims in the Ordinary Course.

 

4. Its Transferred or Merged Entities shall perform and comply, in all material respects, with all agreements to which they are party relating to its Transferred Business (including any such relating to bottling).

 

5. Its Transferred or Merged Entities (taken as a whole) shall act in compliance, in all material respects, with the relevant Standalone Business Plan (including as such relates to the timing, application and amount of capital expenditure) and shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that to the extent reasonably practicable such Business Plan is adhered to.

 

6. Its Transferred or Merged Entities shall fund their Benefit Plans in accordance with past practice, subject always to Applicable Law, Contract and the rules of the relevant Benefit Plan and to any action required by or agreed with any Governmental Authority.

PART 2

Negative covenants

The acts and matters referred to in clause 7.2 which require a Principal Party to obtain the prior written consent in writing of the other Principal Parties are as follows:

 

1. the adopting, proposing, approving or making any change in or amendment to, or waiver under, the Constitutional Documents of any of that Party’s Transferred or Merged Entities save for in respect of the articles of association of Olive which will be amended as provided for in the Olive Framework Agreement;

 

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2. any transfer, allotment or issue of, or any grant of any option over or other right (including convertibles and warrants) to subscribe for or purchase, or any creation of any Encumbrance over, any of the capital stock or equity interests or other securities in any of that Party’s Transferred or Merged Entities or any right to subscribe for or purchase the same (except in accordance with the terms of options and equity compensation grants that on the date of this Agreement are outstanding or to be issued in accordance with and subject to the terms set forth in paragraph 2 of Annex Q);

 

3. any split, combination, reduction, redemption, reclassification, acquisition or repayment of any of the capital stock or equity interests or other securities in any of that Party’s Transferred or Merged Entities or any right to subscribe for or purchase the same, including by an exchange of other securities therefor (except pursuant to and in accordance with the mechanism set forth in the Olive Framework Agreement);

 

4. any issuance, allotment or sale of any new debt securities, entry into any new credit facility (other than roll-overs under existing facilities on substantially the same terms) or other incurrence of (including by guarantee of or grant of any Encumbrance in support of) any Debt where such would be a liability of any Transferred or Merged Entity or of the Transferred Business of that Party, save the Financing and trade payables arising in the Ordinary Course or drawdowns under the existing credit facilities listed in the applicable Disclosure Letter;

 

5. any disposal, lease, licence, permission to lapse or Encumbrance (or permission of an Encumbrance to be imposed) of any assets which are individually or taken together material to the Transferred Business of that Party (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any disposal, lease, licence or Encumbrance of inventory, supplies, materials and products in the Ordinary Course of trading), other than pursuant to Contracts in effect on the date hereof and listed in the applicable Disclosure Letter;

 

6. any grant, transfer, disposal, permission to lapse or Encumbrance of any of the Transferred Business of that Party’s Intellectual Property Rights, or any disclosure to any Person of any of the Transferred Business’s trade secrets, in each case except in the Ordinary Course;

 

7. any complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, demerger, merger, spin-off, or other restructuring or reorganisation of a Transferred or Merged Entity or the Transferred Business of that Party except (x) as provided for in the relevant Standalone Business Plan and (y) the merger of the Olive Group distribution companies in Madeira and Azores with the Olive Group distribution companies in Refrige;

 

8. any acquisition by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party of any securities (or right to subscribe for or purchaser any securities) or of the whole or any part of the undertaking or business or assets of any other Person, or entry by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party into (or termination or material amendment of the terms of) any joint venture, partnership, merger or consolidation with any other Person, or any steps having an equivalent effect;

 

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9. the declaration of, or the making or payment of, or the setting aside of amounts for, a dividend or other distribution (including by way of capital reduction, and whether in cash or in kind) by a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party to any shareholders which are not also Transferred or Merged Entities;

 

10. the entry into, or material modification or termination of, or waiver of any material rights under, any Contract between a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party and any Non-Merger Contributing Party or its Affiliates, except on an arm’s length basis and in the Ordinary Course;

 

11. the entry into, or material modification or termination of, or waiver of any material rights under, any Material Contract to which a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party is party, except on an arm’s length basis and in the Ordinary Course;

 

12. the making or offering of, cancellation, waiver or compromise of, or waiver of any rights in respect of, any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other than any other Transferred or Merged Entity) by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party, except (i) on an arm’s length basis and in the Ordinary Course or (ii) (A) in respect of which the Transferred or Merged Entities incur liabilities of (or forego rights or assets having a value of) $10 million in the aggregate or less and (B) where the relevant loans, advances, capital contributions or investments do not by their terms extend beyond the Long Stop Date;

 

13. any incurrence by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party of any new obligation to make, or making, any capital expenditure other than in the Ordinary Course or as provided for in the relevant Standalone Business Plan;

 

14. no action, such as receivables factoring or unusual stock management, which is out of the Ordinary Course and/or effected with a view to artificially influence the calculations to be carried out pursuant to clause 8;

 

15. any material change by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party in accounting policies or procedures in effect as of 31 December 2014, save as required by a change in applicable GAAP, IFRS or other applicable accounting standards;

 

16. any steps other than in the Ordinary Course by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party to (i) make, change or rescind any material Tax election, (ii) make, change or rescind any material method of accounting for Taxes, (iii) consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any material Taxes, (iv) make a request for a Tax ruling or enter into a closing agreement, or settle or compromise any material audit, assessment, Tax claim or other controversy relating to Taxes, (v) file any material amended Tax Return, (vi) surrender any right to claim a refund or offset of any Taxes, (vii) alter the structure of its holdings of, or the manner or terms (including as to transfer pricing) of its dealings with, the other Transferred or Merged Entities of that Party where such alterations, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have material adverse Tax consequences;

 

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17. any initiation or settlement by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party of any litigation, arbitration, prosecution or other legal proceedings where the amount claimed is USD 10 million or more or where such litigation, arbitration, prosecution or other legal proceedings are otherwise material to the Transferred Business;

 

18. any change by a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party in its internal audit, compliance and anti-corruption controls, policies or procedures, except as required by Applicable Law or where such change results in greater conformity with best practice;

 

19. a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party cancelling or permitting to lapse any material insurance arrangement relating to the Transferred Business or of which a Transferred or Merged Entity is a beneficiary or loss-payable payee without replacement on like or better terms, or any amendment or modification thereto which would materially adversely affect a Transferred or Merged Entity’s rights with respect thereto existing on the date of this Agreement;

 

20. the (a) employment of any new (whether as a result of an external hire or an internal promotion) Key Employee by a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party other than as set out in paragraph 2 of Annex Q, (b) dismissal of any Key Employee by a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party, other than for cause, (c) transfer of any Key Employee by a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party to any entity that is not a Transferred or Merged Entity, or (d) dismissal of a significant number of the employees of any Transferred or Merged Entity;

 

21. without prejudice to the exception in paragraph 2 and 22, any increase of the remuneration or benefits (‘benefits’ including, for the avoidance of doubt, equity grants, bonus and other incentive arrangements or entitlements, pensions contributions subject to compliance with Applicable Law, severance or sign on packages and non-cash benefits such as company cars, holiday entitlement, flights, and insurance) of:

 

  (a) (or any grant or extension of any loan to) any of the directors, officers or Key Employees of a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party;

 

  (b) any class of employees of a Transferred or Merged Entity of that Party, where such increase would be (in aggregate across such class) material to the relevant Transferred or Merged Entity,

in each case other than in the Ordinary Course;

 

22. without prejudice to the exception in paragraph 21, any introduction of or the making of any commitments or material variation regarding any profit sharing, bonus, share option, pension, share incentive, change-in-control or other scheme for the benefit of any of the officers or employees of a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party or any material amendment to any Benefit Plan in existence as of the date hereof or the creation of any material new arrangement that would be a Benefit Plan were it in existence as of the date hereof, in each case other than as set out in paragraph 2 of Annex Q;

 

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23. the:

 

  (a) entry into any agreement between a Transferred or Merged Entity and any trade union or any other employee representation body or any agreement that relates to any works council applicable to a Transferred or Merged Entity or a Transferred Business of that Party; or

 

  (b) modification of any such agreement in existence on the date of this Agreement except where such modification is required as a result of:

 

  (i) an Applicable Law being enacted, brought into force, amended, modified or re-enacted after the date of this Agreement; or

 

  (ii) a renegotiation of collective bargaining Contract terms scheduled prior to the date of this Agreement to take place between the date of this Agreement and Completion, as set forth on Annex Q, provided that this exception shall not apply to any terms relating to restructuring measures, including restructuring constraints, the modification of which shall require the prior written consent in writing of the Principal Parties;

 

24. any material change to the types, scope or geographical location of the business activities undertaken by a Transferred or Merged Entity; or

 

25. the authorisation, agreement or (legally or practically) commitment to do or take any of the foregoing acts or matters.

PART 3

Orange Group Company covenants

 

1. POSITIVE COVENANTS

Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo shall and shall procure that each other Orange Group Company shall:

 

  (a) act in accordance with, and consistent with the aims and intentions of, the Transaction Documents and the Step Plan; and

 

  (b) do all things necessary to effect the Combination Transactions (including in connection with the organization and incorporation of other Orange Group Companies and in contemplation of the operation of the Orange Group from and after Completion) in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

2. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

The acts and matters referred to in clause 7.3 which require an Orange Group Company to obtain the prior written consent in writing of the Principal Parties are as follows:

 

  (a) any action which would adversely affect the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by (and on the terms set out in) this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;

 

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  (b) any action, omission or commitment inconsistent with the establishment of the Orange Group Companies for the sole purposes of (i) the funding and consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and (ii) preparation for the post-Completion operation of the combined Transferred Businesses in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and the Initial Business Plan as defined therein;

 

  (c) the:

 

  (i) conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in, commitment to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or holding itself out as conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in, any operations other than as a passive holding company of; and/or

 

  (ii) acquisition or ownership of any property or asset other than cash or,

the equity interests now owned by it or which the Transaction Documents and/or Step Plan contemplate it owning prior to Completion;

 

  (d) the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance to exist any Debt or other obligation or liability (whether contingent or otherwise) other than (A) at or immediately prior to Completion, the Financing, and (B) administrative expenses incurred in the ordinary course of its acting as a passive holding company;

 

  (e) the declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution (including any redemption or purchase of equity interests);

 

  (f) the issuance of new equity or new capital, including shares or participation rights, and rights, options or warrants to purchase shares (or other convertible or quasi-equity securities);

 

  (g) any change to the Constitutional Documents of any Orange Group Company; or

 

  (h) the commencement or settlement of any legal proceedings or arbitration procedure, or the waiver or release of a claim, or the entry into of a settlement for claims.

 

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SCHEDULE 4

RED WARRANTIES

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION

 

1.1 Each Red Seller and each Black Group Company is duly organized, validly existing and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

 

1.2 Each Black Group Company has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate the properties it owns, leases or operates and collectively to conduct the Black Business as conducted on the date hereof.

 

1.3 Each Black Group Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize that concept) in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by the Black Business as currently conducted is located or where the nature of the Black Business makes such qualification reasonably necessary, except in each case in those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

1.4 True and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other comparable governing documents) of each of the Black Group Companies as in effect on the date of this Agreement are contained in the Data Room. Other than the articles of association of the Black Group Companies, there are no agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Red Sellers or any of them and any other direct or indirect shareholder of a Black Group Company in relation to the exercise of shareholders’ or similar rights in a Black Group Company or the shares in a Black Group Company that affect the relevant Black Group Company following Completion.

 

1.5 Except for the existing profit and loss transfer agreements referenced in the Red Disclosure Letter, no Black Group Company is party to:

 

  (a) an enterprise agreement (Unternehmensvertrag) within the meaning of Sections 291 et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG);

 

  (b) any silent partnership agreement; or

 

  (c) any similar agreement resulting in the transfer of, or giving any Red Seller or any other person any right in, the profits of a Black Group Company.

 

1.6 As of the Completion Date, neither a Red Seller nor any other third party has any rights to participate in the profits of a Black Group Company nor are there any profit participation rights or similar voting rights of a Red Seller or any other third party with respect to a Black Group Company.

 

1.7

No bankruptcy, insolvency or judicial composition proceedings have been commenced or, to the Knowledge of Red, applied for under any Applicable Law, against a Red Seller or a Black Group Company, nor are any enforcement measures pending or, to the Knowledge of Red, applied for, with respect to any property or other assets of the Red Sellers or any Black Group Company. To the Knowledge of Red, there are no circumstances which justify or require the institution of such


  proceedings or any actions seeking to void or challenge this Agreement under insolvency law. Neither any of the Red Sellers nor any Black Group Company are over-indebted, illiquid nor is illiquidity pending with respect to any of them.

 

2. AUTHORITY; NO BREACH

 

2.1 Each of the Red Sellers and each of the Black Group Companies has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Black Contribution.

 

2.2 The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Red Sellers and the Black Group Companies of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which they are respectively a party and the consummation of the Black Contribution:

 

  (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of that person and (if applicable) its shareholders;

 

  (b) do not, assuming each of the Conditions is satisfied and the filings referred to in this Agreement are made in accordance with the terms hereof, require any consent or approval from, or the giving of any notice or making of any filings to, any Governmental Authority by Red, a Red Seller or a Black Group Company that have not already been obtained or made, other than in all cases where failure to obtain such consent or to give or make such notice or filing would not result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions; and

 

  (c) do not:

 

  (i) assuming all authorizations, consents and approvals to be obtained or made as Conditions have been obtained or made, violate any Applicable Law to which such persons are subject;

 

  (ii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, vary or cancel, any Contract to which any of such persons is a party;

 

  (iii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, vary or cancel, any Contract to which any of such persons is a party which governs or relates to the Indebtedness of the Black Business;

 

  (iv) create any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) upon any of the properties or assets used or held for use in the Black Business; or

 

  (v) violate the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such person,

except with respect to all of the foregoing as referenced in the Red Disclosure Letter and except with respect to the foregoing sub-paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) as has not had or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

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2.3 This Agreement has been (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will be) duly executed and delivered by each of the Red Sellers and the Black Group Companies party thereto and constitutes (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will constitute), assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto and thereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Red Sellers and the Black Group Companies party hereto or thereto, as applicable, enforceable against the same in accordance with its and their respective terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

3. CAPITAL

 

3.1 The issued and authorized capital stock of Black amounts to EUR 196,534,547.74 and is divided into 76,585,192 registered no-par value shares (auf den Inhaber lautende Stückaktien) each representing a portion of the capital stock of EUR 2.57 (rounded) documented by fourteen share certificates (the “Black Ordinary Shares”). As of the close of business in Frankfurt on 31 July 2015 (the “Capitalisation Date”), all Black Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. Since the Capitalisation Date, no Black Ordinary Shares or other equity securities in Black have been issued, or any right to such issuance been granted. All of the issued and outstanding Black Ordinary Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, not repaid and non-assessable and free of any pre-emptive rights or Encumbrances and issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws. There exists no authorized and contingent capital.

 

3.2 The Red Sellers together hold good, valid and marketable legal and beneficial title to the Black Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances (save those arising under the Constitutional Documents of Black and Applicable Law).

 

3.3 There are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, Black, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, Black, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, Black, or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, to which Black is party or by which Black is bound.

 

3.4

The Red Disclosure Letter refers to each Black Group Company, its jurisdiction of organization, the amount of its authorized and outstanding capital stock (or other equity interests in it) and the record and beneficial owner of such outstanding capital stock (or other equity interests). All the issued and outstanding capital stock (or other equity interests) of each of the Black Group Companies are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, not repaid and non-assessable and free of any pre-emptive rights or Encumbrances (save those arising under the Constitutional Documents of Black and Applicable Law). There are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the Black Group Companies, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the Black Group Companies, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase,

 

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  redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the Black Group Companies, or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, to which a Black Group Company is party or by which a Black Group Company is bound.

 

3.5 There is no Person (other than another Black Group Company or Orange pursuant to the Transaction Documents) who is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of any of the Black Group Companies.

 

3.6 The Red Disclosure Letter sets forth a list, or refers to a list in the Data Room, as of the date of this Agreement of all outstanding equity awards held by any employee, former employee, director, former director or independent contractor of Red or any Black Group Company that are settled in, or relate to, Black Ordinary Shares.

 

4. BLACK GROUP

 

4.1 As of Completion, Black will hold, directly or indirectly, all right, title and interest to the equity interests of the Black Group Companies referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter (save Black itself), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under the terms of the applicable Constitutional Documents and Applicable Law.

 

4.2 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, none of the Black Group Companies has any Subsidiaries or owns or has an obligation under Contract to acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity interests, equity investments or debt securities in any Person (other than other Black Group Companies and equity or debt securities held as investments in the Ordinary Course of business which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Black Group).

 

4.3 As of Completion, except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Debt securities of the Black Group Companies.

 

4.4 Black does not, and prior to the Completion will not, own any White Shares.

 

4.5 As at the date hereof, Red does not own any White Shares.

 

5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

5.1 Each of the audited consolidated financial statements relating to the Black Group for the three (3) financial years prior to Completion were, except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, audited and provided with an auditors’ report and were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with German GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss (as applicable) of Black and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.

 

5.2 Each of the quarterly unaudited consolidated balance sheets and interim consolidated statements of income and cash flow information included by it in the Data Room or provided by it prior to the Completion Date were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with German GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except for the absence of normal year end closing procedures and adjustments, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and operations of the Black Business as of the date thereof.

 

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5.3 Except for Liabilities (a) disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements relating to the Black Group for the financial year ending December 31, 2014, or any notes thereto, (b) incurred in the Ordinary Course or pursuant to the Transaction Documents since December 31, 2014, (c) referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, or (d) that are not reasonably likely to be material to the Black Business or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions, none of the Black Group Companies has, or since December 31, 2014, has incurred, any Liabilities.

 

5.4 Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from December 31, 2014 to the date of this Agreement:

 

  (a) the Black Group operated the Black Business in the Ordinary Course; and

 

  (b) there has not been a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

6. INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

6.1 Black has established and maintains, adheres to and enforces adequate and appropriate internal compliance functions, financial controls and procedures and disclosure and reporting controls and procedures, each which comply with Applicable Law and are effective in providing reasonable assurance:

 

  (a) that all material information required to be disclosed by the Black Group under Applicable Law is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by Applicable Law, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to Black’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and

 

  (b) regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with Applicable Law and with German GAAP, including policies and procedures that:

 

  (i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Black Group Companies;

 

  (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with Applicable Law and with German GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Black Group Companies are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and, if required, the board of directors of Black; and

 

  (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Black Group Companies.

 

6.2

Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, in the last three years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither Black, nor to the Knowledge of Red, Black’s independent auditors have identified or been made aware of (A) any significant deficiency or material weakness, in each case which has not been subsequently remedied, in the system of internal control over financial reporting utilized by the

 

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  Black Group taken as a whole, or (B) any fraud that involves the Black Group’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements with financial reporting oversight or the internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Black Group.

 

7. ASSETS

 

7.1 The Black Group Companies have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable right to use, all assets (whether tangible or intangible) primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the Black Business consistent with past practice (except, when this Warranty is repeated on Completion, such assets as have been sold or otherwise disposed of after the date hereof in compliance with this Agreement), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, except where the failure to have such title or right to use would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. There are no other entries or uncompleted applications for entries of Encumbrances in the land register. To the Knowledge of Red, there are no subserviencies, real estate obligations and restrictions under the law protecting the respective rights of the neighbours or other third-party rights with respect to the Owned Real Property and the HBR Real Property which are not entered in the land register. Apart from the rights registered in the land register, to the Knowledge of Red, neither the Owned Real Property nor the HBR Real Property is used by third parties (e.g., use of paths and supply lines) which use must be tolerated due to the owner’s or the HBR holder’s rights of defence having passed their statute of limitations. The Owned Real Property is not encroached upon by third parties and is not erected on the property of third parties. The HBR Real Property is not encroached upon by third parties either and it is not erected on the property of third parties, except for the property encumbered with the respective HBR.

 

7.2 As of the date hereof, the Red Disclosure Letter references, accurately in all material respects, (i) a true, correct and complete list of all the Black Group’s Owned Real Property as well as the HBR Real Property (including the address of each parcel of Owned Real Property and each parcel of HBR Real Property), and (ii) a true, correct and complete list of all the Black Group’s Real Property Leases and the address of each parcel of Leased Real Property.

 

7.3 A Black Group Company has fee simple absolute title (“ist Eigentümer”) to each Owned Real Property as well as to each HBR Real Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances and except in any case as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

7.4 Except as referred to the Red Disclosure Letter, no Black Group Company has leased, subleased, licensed, granted a concession or other right or interest to any Person to use or occupy its Owned Real Property, its HBR Real Property or any portion thereof.

 

7.5 There are no outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first refusal to purchase the Owned Real Property or the HBR Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein other than the statutory pre-emption rights of the relevant municipalities.

 

7.6 To the Knowledge of Red, there are no outstanding costs for development or other costs for development systems pursuant to the German Town and Country Planning Code, law on municipal Taxes and/or municipal by-laws, which systems have been installed completely or for which the duty to pay costs already exists, irrespective of whether they have already been specified by an official notice to pay the costs.

 

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7.7 To the Knowledge of Red, neither the Owned Real Property nor the HBR Real Property is located in a redevelopment area. Neither the Owned Real Property nor the HBR Real Property lie in a mining area, in particular it does not lie above a mine or salt deposits.

 

7.8 There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Red, threatened claims, arbitration procedures or any other important conflict regarding the Owned Real Property or the HBR Real Property.

 

7.9 A Black Group Company holds its Leased Real Property on terms and conditions in all material respects the same as those set forth in the Real Property Leases as of the date hereof, except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. As of the date hereof, neither Red nor (to the Knowledge of Red) any of the Black Group Companies have received written notice of any pending, and to the Knowledge of Red, there is no threatened, condemnation proceeding with respect to any Owned Real Property.

 

7.10 Except as referred to the Red Disclosure Letter, with respect to each Real Property Lease:

 

  (a) such Real Property Lease is valid, binding and in full force and effect;

 

  (b) all rents were paid in full, there are no rent arrears;

 

  (c) the Combination Transactions do not require the consent of any other party to such Real Property Lease and will not result in a material breach of or default under such Real Property Lease;

 

  (d) no Black Group Company nor, to the Knowledge of Red, any other party to the Real Property Leases, is in material breach or default under such lease, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default thereunder or would result in the premature termination of such lease;

 

  (e) no Black Group Company is currently subleasing, licensing or otherwise granting any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof; and

 

  (f) as of the date hereof, neither Red nor, to the Knowledge of Red, any Black Group Company has received written notice of any pending, and to the Knowledge of Red, there is no threatened, condemnation proceeding with respect to any Leased Real Property,

except in each case as has not or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

7.11 The assets which are the subject of the Warranties given by Red in this Schedule 4 constitute (when taken together with the rights under the Transitional Services Agreements) in all material respects all the assets necessary for the Black Group Companies to conduct the Black Business in the manner conducted during the three (3) months prior to the date hereof.

 

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8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

8.1 The Black Group owns all right, title and interest in and to, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), or possesses valid and enforceable and adequate licenses or other legal rights to use, all material Intellectual Property Rights and Know-How that have been primarily used or held primarily for use in the past two (2) full calendar years prior to the date of this Agreement or, that are being used or held for use as of the date of this Agreement, in the operation of the Black Business (collectively, the “Black Business Intellectual Property Rights”). The Black Business Intellectual Property Rights, in each case, have a term of or are valid for at least six (6) months upon the date of this Agreement and will remain unaffected by the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.2 The Red Disclosure Letter sets forth a list, or refers to a list in the Data Room, of all German, US, foreign and multi-national, (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) Trademark registrations and applications (including internet domain name registrations) and material unregistered Trademarks; (iii) copyright registrations and applications and (iv) material computer software, other than off-the-shelf software, in each case, owned by the Black Group and primarily used or held primarily for use in connection with the Black Business. A Black Group Company is the sole and exclusive legal and beneficial and, with respect to applications and registrations, record owner of all of such Intellectual Property Rights set out in the Red Disclosure Letter, and to the Knowledge of Red, all such material intellectual property rights are valid, subsisting and enforceable. The Intellectual Property Rights listed in the Red Disclosure Letter are not subject to any disputes, threatened in writing or pending, in or out of court.

 

8.3 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, the conduct of the Black Business as currently conducted, and as conducted in the past three (3) full calendar years does not, to the Knowledge of Red, infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate, and has not infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, in any material respect any Person’s Intellectual Property Rights, and to the Knowledge of Red, there has been no such dispute nor claim asserted or threatened (including in the form of offers or invitations to obtain a license) against a Black Group Company or, to the Knowledge of Red, any other Person. To the Knowledge of Red, no Person is materially infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating any material Intellectual Property Rights owned or material Intellectual Property Rights used, or held for use by the Black Group primarily in the conduct of the Black Business, and, to the Knowledge of Red, no such claims have been asserted or threatened in writing against any Person by a Black Group Company in the past three (3) full calendar years.

 

9. LITIGATION

 

9.1 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Red, threatened in writing against a Black Group Company, by or before any Governmental Authority or by or on behalf of any third party that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would (a) have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, (b) have, individually, a potential or claimed value in excess of USD 2,000,000 or (c) prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

9.2 There are no outstanding judgments, decrees or orders of any Governmental Authority against or binding on Red or a Black Group Company or relating to the Black Business except any such judgment, decree or order that has not had, and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

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10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

 

10.1 The Red Disclosure Letter sets forth a list, or refers to a list in the Data Room, of each Benefit Plan of the Black Business, whether written or oral, which is:

 

  (a) material; or

 

  (b) a pension scheme, arrangement or commitment, provides for the payment of benefits in lieu of pension on termination of employment, or is a change in control, severance or retiree medical plan, agreement or arrangement, regardless of whether or not such schemes, plans, agreements, arrangements or commitments are material.

 

10.2 The Data Room contains true, correct and complete copies of:

 

  (a) the terms or governing documents of, and the most recent summary plan description (if required by its terms or by Applicable Law, or if otherwise available) prepared for, each Benefit Plan of the Black Business subject to Disclosure under this paragraph; and

 

  (b) the most recent actuarial reports on Benefit Plans of the Black Business that are pension plans.

 

10.3 No Benefit Plan of the Black Business is subject to ERISA, the Code or other United States laws applicable to employee benefit plans.

 

10.4 Except as would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Red, actual or threatened claims or complaints, investigations or audits with respect to any Benefit Plan of the Black Business (other than routine claims for benefits).

 

10.5 Except as would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, each Benefit Plan of the Black Business:

 

  (a) complies in all material respects with Applicable Law;

 

  (b) has been established, operated and administered in material compliance with its terms and with Applicable Law and the Black Group Companies have satisfied their obligations with respect to each Benefit Plan of the Black Business in all material respects;

 

  (c) has (where required) been registered and has been maintained in good standing with the applicable Governmental Authorities; and

 

  (d) is not underfunded.

 

10.6

All contributions required to be made to any Benefit Plan of the Black Business under applicable law, the terms of any such Benefit Plan or otherwise, and all premiums due

 

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  or payable with respect to insurance policies funding any such Benefit Plan, have been timely made or paid in full or, to the extent not required to be made or paid in full, have been fully reflected on the books and records of Black in accordance with German GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not cause a statutory debt to become due under sections 75 or 75A of the Pensions Act 1995.

 

10.7 Except as would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect:

 

  (a) to the extent applicable, all adjustments of on-going pension plans have been made in accordance with section 16 of the German Occupational Pensions Act; and

 

  (b) no Black Group Company has any liability with respect to the financing of a deferred compensation pension scheme.

 

10.8 Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, either alone or in combination with another event:

 

  (a) entitle any current or former employee, officer or director of a Black Group Company to any material bonus, severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment that must be paid by, provided by, or the cost of which is otherwise borne by any Black Group Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement; or

 

  (b) give rise to any material liability under any Benefit Plan of the Black Business or accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation due to any current or former employee, officer or director, with respect to any compensation that must be paid by, provided by, or the cost of which is otherwise borne by any Black Group Company, in either case, which is material in aggregate to the individual Black Business, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

10.9 No Benefit Plan of the Black Business provides for the payment by any Black Group Company of any Tax gross-up payments or similar payments in respect of any Taxes to any current or former employees or directors who provide or provided services to any Black Group Company.

 

10.10 Except as provided under Applicable Law or under a collective bargaining Contract, there are no limitations or restrictions on the right of Red or any Black Group Company, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to merge, amend or terminate any of the Benefit Plans referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter.

 

11. TAX

 

11.1 All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to a Black Group Company have been duly and timely filed (taking into account applicable extensions), and each such Tax Return was true, complete and correct in all material respects.

 

11.2 All material Taxes and all material estimated Taxes:

 

  (a) due and owing by the Black Group Companies have been timely paid;

 

  (b) not yet due and owing by the Black Group Companies have been properly reserved for in accordance with the relevant accounting practices;

 

  (c) required to be withheld by the Black Group Companies have been so withheld, and such withheld Taxes have either been duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority or properly provided for in accounts for such purpose and will be duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority.

 

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11.3 There are no current, pending, or, to the Knowledge of Red, threatened audits or other administrative or judicial proceedings in respect of Taxes which, if adversely determined, are reasonably expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Black Group Companies, or the Black Business, and, to the Knowledge of Red, no deficiency or claim for Taxes or any adjustment to Taxes with respect to which any of the Black Group Companies may be liable is asserted or threatened in writing by any Taxing Authority.

 

11.4 Except for agreements or arrangements entered into more than five years prior to the date of this Agreement in connection with the acquisition or disposition of the equity or substantially all the assets of any business entity, and except for agreements or arrangements entered into solely by and among Black Group Companies, no Black Group Company:

 

  (a) is a party to or bound by or has any obligation under any material income Tax separation, sharing, allocation or similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary indemnification obligations contained in contracts of which Tax is not the principal concern);

 

  (b) has within the last five years been a member of any consolidated, combined or unitary group (or any other fiscal consolidation) for purposes of filing Tax Returns or paying Taxes of which any Person other than a Black Group Company is a member; or

 

  (c) has within the last five years entered into any settlement agreement with any Taxation Authority with respect to any material Tax liability or is subject to any special arrangement (being an arrangement which is not based on the strict application of any relevant legislation or any published practice) of a Taxation Authority.

 

11.5 There are no material Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) relating to Taxes upon the assets of the Black Business.

 

11.6 Each Black Group Company is and has at all times been resident for Tax purposes in the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated and is not and has not at any time been treated as resident in any other jurisdiction for any Tax purpose (including for the purpose of any double Tax treaty). Each Black Group Company is not, nor has it ever been, subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its place of incorporation by virtue of having a permanent establishment or other place of business in that jurisdiction.

 

11.7 To the Knowledge of Black, no Black Group Company has agreed to make, nor is required by Applicable Law to make, any adjustment for a taxable period ending after the Completion Date by reason of a change in tax accounting method or otherwise that would result in (i) the shifting of income from the pre-Completion period to the post-Completion period or (ii) the shifting of deductions from the post-Completion period to the pre-Completion period, except, in each case, where such adjustment has not had, nor is reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Black Business Material Adverse Effect.

 

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12. MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

12.1 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, none of the Black Group Companies is subject to any outstanding obligations under any of the following Contracts (individually, a “Material Contract” and, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):

 

  (a) any Contract of Material Value which contains a non-competition covenant that precludes or purports to preclude a Black Group Company or its Affiliates from operating in any geographic location or from hiring the staff of its choice;

 

  (b) any Contract relating to the formation, operation or management of any joint venture, alliance or partnership requiring annual payments by or to a Black Group Company in excess of EUR 5,000,000;

 

  (c) any Contract of Material Value:

 

  (i) providing any Person with a material exclusive dealing arrangement or the right of first refusal or first offer or similar type provision with respect to the disposition or acquisition of any material assets of the Black Business; or

 

  (ii) that grants any Person “most favoured nation” status;

 

  (d) any Contract of Material Value which is:

 

  (i) a sales agreement entered into with the customers of the Black Business;

 

  (ii) a marketing agreement in relation to sales;

 

  (iii) a purchase or supply agreement under which the Black Business acquires or is supplied with goods or services;

 

  (iv) a Contract relating to the Black Business’s use or ownership of or rights in any Intellectual Property Rights (whether restricting, enabling, licensing or otherwise affecting such Intellectual Property Rights); or

 

  (v) an outsourcing agreement;

 

  (e) any Contract:

 

  (i) entered into outside the Ordinary Course of the Black Business;

 

  (ii) entered into with a Red Seller or any of their respective Affiliates, except for contracts to which only Black Group Companies are a party; or

 

  (iii) entered into with any Governmental Authority

 

  (f) any Contract of Material Value which contains restrictions with respect to payment of dividends or any other distribution by any Black Group Company;

 

  (g) any Contract of Material Value entered into between Black Group Companies;

 

  (h) any Contract of Material Value in respect of which the potential liability of the Black Group Company party thereto is unlimited and could have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

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  (i) any Contract pursuant to which the Black Group receives a service which, if terminated, would have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

  (j) any Contract of Material Value governing the terms by which a Black Group Company assumes any liability to Tax of any other Person which is not also a Black Group Company (other than customary indemnification obligations contained in contracts of which Tax is not the principal concern);

 

  (k) any Contract entered into outside the Ordinary Course that includes a warranty or indemnification obligation of any Black Group Company in respect of which claims remain possible by the terms of that Contract and in respect of which that Black Group Company has a maximum potential Liability in excess of EUR 5,000,000; and

 

  (l) any Contract of Material Value that (i) requires a consent or approval from any third party or (ii) provides for payments by a Black Group Company or (iii) permits a third party to terminate or modify such Contract, in each case as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,

provided that for the purposes of the above “of Material Value” shall mean that such Contract is a Contract which is expected to generate annual net profit, require annual payments, or which otherwise has an annualised value, of EUR 5,000,000 or more.

 

12.2 Each of the Material Contracts is, in all material respects, in full force and effect, and is valid and, with respect to the Black Group Companies, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and with respect to the other parties thereto is, to the Knowledge of Red, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that enforcement of any Material Contract may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles.

 

12.3 There is no material breach of any Material Contract by a Black Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto, and to the Knowledge of Red no event in respect of the Black Business has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a material default thereunder by a Black Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto. To the Knowledge of Red, there is no material breach of, any Material Contract by the relevant other party to a Material Contract and no event has occurred that would allow the relevant other parties to a Material Contract to terminate the Material Contract.

 

12.4 To the Knowledge of Red, no other contracting party to any Material Contract:

 

  (a) has given written notice to a Black Group Company or its Affiliates of, or made a written claim against a Black Group Company or its Affiliates with respect to, any material breach or default;

 

  (b) is in material breach thereof or has breached the same in any material respect within the twelve (12)-month period prior to the date hereof.

 

12.5 To the Knowledge of Red, none of the Black Group Companies or its Affiliates has received written notice that any party to any Material Contract intends to cancel or terminate any such Material Contract or to exercise or not exercise any option or extension right thereunder whether as a result of the Transactions or otherwise.

 

12.6 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, true, correct and complete copies of each Material Contract are included in the Data Room.

 

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13. PRODUCT LIABILITY

 

13.1 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter:

 

  (a) since December 31, 2014, there has been no material Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Red, threatened against a Black Group Company with respect to any product liability; and

 

  (b) to the Knowledge of Red, there has not occurred any state of facts or circumstances that would give rise to any Proceeding that would have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect,

with respect to any products manufactured, sold or distributed at any time by or on behalf of or in the name of or for the account of a Black Group Company, including any Proceeding on account of any express or implied warranty, except for Ordinary Course normal returns and allowances which have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or a financial impact on a Black Group Company in excess of USD 2,000,000.

 

14. MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS

 

14.1 The Red Disclosure Letter lists the top twenty (20) suppliers to, and top twenty (20) customers of, the Black Business as of the date of this Agreement, determined based on the Euro amount of goods and services such suppliers provided during the twelve (12) months ended December 31, 2014 (based on amounts paid by the Black Group) and that such customers have purchased during such period (based on revenue recognized during such period under German GAAP accounting), under their Contracts with the Black Group Companies.

 

14.2 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the customers or suppliers identified pursuant to paragraph 14.1. above has cancelled, materially and adversely modified, or otherwise terminated its relationship with the Black Group, or materially decreased its custom, services, supplies or materials to the Black Group, nor to the Knowledge of Red has any such customer communicated in writing any intention to do any of the foregoing.

 

15. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; PERMITS; ANTI-CORRUPTION

 

15.1 To the Knowledge of Red, the Black Group Companies are, and, have been since December 31, 2012, in compliance with all Applicable Laws except as have not had or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect and except Tax Laws (which are addressed elsewhere).

 

15.2 Except for those matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Black Group:

 

  (a) no Black Group Company, nor any director, manager or employee of a Black Group Company has in the last five years, in connection with the Black Business, itself or, to the Knowledge of Red, any of its agents, representatives, sales intermediaries, or any other third party, in each case, acting on behalf of a Black Group Company, taken any action in violation of the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable) to a Black Group Company and/or its directors, managers or employees;

 

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  (b) no Black Group Company, nor any director, manager or employee of a Black Group Company, is, or in the past five years has been, subject to any actual, pending, or threatened Proceedings, or made any voluntary disclosures to any Governmental Authority, involving a Black Group Company in any way relating to the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable to a Black Group Company and/ or its directors, managers or employees);

 

  (c) each Black Group Company has made and kept books and records, accounts and other records, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of that Black Group Company as required by the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable), in all material respects;

 

  (d) each Black Group Company has instituted policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable to a Black Group Company and/ or its directors, managers or employees), and maintains such policies and procedures in force; and

 

  (e) no officer or director of a Black Group Company is a Government Official.

 

15.3 The Black Group Companies possess all material permits, certificates, licenses, approvals, governmental franchises and other authorizations required under Applicable Laws (collectively, “Permits”) that are necessary for the operation of the Black Business as operated on the date hereof or the ownership of the assets of the Black Business, and all such Permits are validly held and in full force and effect and, to the Knowledge of Red, not threatened by circumstances that would enable their revocation or cancellation by a third party, except as have not had or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

15.4 The Black Group Companies are, and since December 31, 2012, have been, in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Permits, except as have not had or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

15.5 No Black Group Company, nor any director, officer, or employee of any Black Group Company is, or has ever been, a Restricted Party

 

15.6 No Black Group Company nor any director, officer or, to the Knowledge of White, employee of any Black Group Company has engaged, or engages, in any activity, practice or conduct (or failure to act) which breaches or has breached any applicable Sanctions.

 

16. LABOUR MATTERS

 

16.1 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, no individuals providing services to the Black Companies claim to be employees of Red or any of its other Subsidiaries.

 

16.2 Except as referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter and except as has not had or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, with respect to the employees of the Black Group Companies:

 

  (a) The Black Group Companies are neither party to, nor bound by, any collective bargaining Contract or work rules or practices with any labour union, labour organization or works council; there are no collective bargaining Contracts or work rules or practices that pertain to any of the employees of the Black Group Companies; and no employees of the Black Group Companies are represented by any labour union, labour organization or works council with respect to their employment with the Black Group Companies.

 

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  (b) No labour union, labour organization, works council, or group of employees of the Black Group Companies has made a pending demand for recognition or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened in writing to be brought or filed with or by the applicable Governmental Authority. To the Knowledge of Red, there is no labour union organizing activities with respect to any employees of the Black Group Companies.

 

  (c) From December 31, 2013, there has been no actual or, to the Knowledge of Red, threatened labour disputes, employment-related litigation, strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or work stoppages against or affecting the Black Group Companies.

 

  (d) The Black Group Companies and their respective employees, agents or representatives have not, to the Knowledge of Red, committed any material unfair labour practice contrary to Applicable Law.

 

  (e) The Black Group Companies are not required to provide notice to or obtain the consent of, or consult with, any labour union, labour organization, works council or group of employees of the Black Group Companies in connection with the execution of this Agreement, except for the Employee Notification Processes in respect of the Black Group set out in Annex C and any notices required to be provided under collective bargaining Contracts the failure of which to be provided would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Black Business.

 

  (f) To the Knowledge of Red, the Black Group Companies: (i) have properly classified all of its workers as independent contractors or employees, (ii) have properly classified, recorded and documented the employment of all of its employees under Applicable Law, and (iii) are not delinquent in any payments to, or on behalf of, any current or former independent contractors or employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or otherwise paid also including but not limited to the Minimum Wages Act (“Mindestlohngesetz”).

 

  (g) To the Knowledge of Red, no officer or director of a Black Group Company is in violation of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, statutory non-disclosure obligation, noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation to a former employer of any such employee relating (i) to the right of any such employee to be employed by a Black Group Company or (ii) the use of trade secrets or proprietary information.

 

  (h)

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  agreement to which a Black Group Company is a party and which is (or the class of arrangements on substantially the same terms of which it comprises part) is material to the Black Group.

 

16.3 There are no restructuring measures ongoing save as referenced in the Red Disclosure Letter or the Data Room. With regard to the restructuring measures referenced in the Red Disclosure Letter or the Data Room:

 

  (a) no Governmental Authority has prohibited or restricted the implementation of these restructuring measures;

 

  (b) no employee affected by the restructuring measures has raised any claim that would have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

  (c) to the Knowledge of Red, the Black Group Companies involved in the restructuring measures are in material compliance with the related material requirements under Applicable Law;

 

  (d) to the Knowledge of Red, the actual restructuring costs for the time after 1 January 2013 as disclosed in the Data Room are true and correct; and

 

  (e) to the Knowledge of Red, budgeted restructuring costs as well as estimated headcount reductions and savings expected to arise and/or to be achieved after the date of this Agreement as disclosed in the Data Room were projected in good faith on the basis of honestly held assumptions which continue to be held as at the date hereof.

 

17. ENVIRONMENTAL

 

17.1 To the Knowledge of Red, except as has not or would not have a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, since December 31, 2012, the Black Group Companies: have at all times been, and are, in compliance with all material applicable Environmental Laws, including, but not limited to, possessing and complying with all Permits required for their operations under applicable Environmental Laws; and have not received any written communication, whether from a Governmental Authority or other Person, alleging that a Black Group Company is not in such compliance; and there are no past or present actions, conditions, activities, circumstances or occurrences that would prevent such compliance in the future.

 

17.2 Within 3 months of the date hereof, Red will deliver to the other Parties a complete list of all material Permits held by the Black Group Companies pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws as of the date of delivery.

 

17.3 Except as would not result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, there is no Environmental Claim pending or threatened, against any Black Group Companies or, to the Knowledge of Red, against any Person whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Black Group Companies has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, in each case relating to the Black Business.

 

17.4

To the Knowledge of Red, there are no past or present actions, conditions, activities, circumstances or occurrences, including the Release, threatened Release or presence of any Hazardous Material which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of any Environmental Claim relating to the Black Business against the Black Group

 

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  Companies, or to the Knowledge of Red, against any Person whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Black Group Companies have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, except in each case as would not result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

17.5 Except as set forth under the Red Disclosure Letter, none of the Black Group Companies is a party or subject to any administrative or judicial order or decree pursuant to the Environmental Laws, that could result into the cancellation, suspension, revocation, limitation, condition or substantial variation or modification of, or could reasonably prejudice the renewal of, the Permits and/or giving rise to a potential fine, except in each case as would not result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

17.6 To the Knowledge of Red, the Black Group Companies have not, and no other Person has, within the applicable statutory limitation period, stored, deposited, discharged, buried, dumped or disposed of Hazardous Materials on or beneath any Real Property currently or to the Knowledge of Red, formerly owned, operated or leased by the Black Group Companies, except for inventories of such substances to be used, and wastes generated therefrom, in the Ordinary Course of the Black Business, except in each case as would not result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. With respect to any offsite disposal location used by the Black Group Companies to dispose of any Hazardous Materials, to the Knowledge of Red, there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials on or underneath any of such location that would result in a Black Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

17.7 The Data Room includes true, complete and correct copies of any reports, studies, analyses, tests or monitoring possessed by Red and the Black Group Companies pertaining to potential liability under any Environmental Law relating to Hazardous Materials in, on, beneath or adjacent to any Real Property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by the Black Group Companies within the applicable statutory limitation period, or regarding the compliance by the Black Group Companies with applicable Environmental Laws, in each case relating to the Black Business.

 

18. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

18.1 Except for those Contracts referred to in the Red Disclosure Letter, no Black Group Company is a party to any written Contract with any current or former director or officer (Vorstand, Aufsichtsrat, Geschäftsführer) of a Black Group Company.

 

18.2 The Red Disclosure Letter sets forth, or refers to the inclusion in the Data Room of, a true, correct, and complete list of:

 

  (a) any and all outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made or guaranteed by the Black Group Companies to or for the benefit of any current or former director, officer, stockholder or employee of the Black Group Companies (other than advances of business expenses in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice) or to or for the benefit of a Red Seller or any of their Affiliates; and

 

  (b) any and all outstanding loans, guarantees, or other extensions of credit of any amount made to or for the benefit of the Black Group Companies by any current or former director, officer, stockholder or employee of the Black Group Companies or by a Red Seller or any of their Affiliates,

 

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and none of these loans, guarantees or other extensions of credit expires, terminates or will otherwise become repayable as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

19. INSURANCE

 

19.1 The Red Disclosure Letter refers to a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all insurance policies that relate to the Black Business or the Black Group Companies. Each such policy is in full force and effect on the date hereof and each such policy will be in full force and effect as of the Completion Date, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Policies, or a substituted policy shall have been obtained therefor. These insurance policies cover the risks which are required by law to be covered (Plichtversicherungen), as well as all risks usually covered by companies engaged in similar businesses to the Black Group Companies.

 

19.2 To the Knowledge of Red, no Black Group Company is in material default with respect to its obligations under any of the policies. None of the Black Group Companies has received a written notice of cancellation or non-renewal of any policy or binder.

 

20. GUARANTEES AND FINANCINGS

 

20.1 The Red Disclosure Letter references, as of the date of this Agreement, each guarantee, indemnity, surety bond, letter of credit and letter of comfort (each, a “Guarantee”), issued by a Black Group Company in favour of Red or its Affiliates other than the Black Group.

 

20.2 The Red Disclosure Letter references, as of the date of this Agreement, all Guarantees issued by Red or its Affiliates other than the Black Group on behalf of any Black Group Company.

 

20.3 The Red Disclosure Letter references a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all loan agreements, notes, letters of credit and other evidences of long-term and short-term indebtedness to which a Black Group Company is a party and which individually exceeds an amount or EUR 5,000,000, any related interest rate swap, currency contracts, hedging instruments or other derivative instruments, guarantees, sureties and letters of comfort (including off-balance sheet commitments) as well as any other financing arrangements (including sale and lease-back arrangements, instalment purchases and bank letters or agreements confirming lines of credit) (each a “Financing Arrangement”).

 

20.4 There is no pending material event of default under, or breach of, any material Financing Arrangement by a Black Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto, and to the Knowledge of Red, no event in respect of the Black Business has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute an event of default thereunder by a Black Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto.

 

20.5 The business and operations of the Black Group do not trigger the requirement for a banking licence pursuant to Section 32 of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz).

 

20.6

The Data Room includes sets forth a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all government grants, subsidies and similar financial assistances to any Black Group Company and any other aid (whether in the form of loans, grants,

 

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  subsidies, guarantees or financial assistance) (each a “State Aid”) received by any Black Group Company from any national, regional or local authority or public body which individually exceed EUR 1,000,000. Except as disclosed in the Red Disclosure Letter, the Black Group Companies:

 

  (a) have used all State Aids in compliance with the respective grant notifications, agreements and/or other terms and conditions applying thereto, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement; and

 

  (b) are under no obligation (also considering the implemented restructuring measures) to repay any State Aid, nor, to the Knowledge of Red, is any such obligation threatening.

 

20.7 None of the State Aids granted to a Black Group Company will have to be repaid in whole or in part, and no State Aid may be revoked, rescinded, cancelled or otherwise terminated as a consequence of the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or as a consequence of a restructuring measure as referenced in the Red Disclosure Letter.

 

21. NO SECURITY

No mortgages, pledges, liens or other security interest, liens or encumbrances have been granted over any assets of any Black Group Company.

 

22. CASH POOLING

 

22.1 No company other than Black Group Companies are participating in the cash pooling being in place between, inter alia, Black as the holder of the master account to which positive balances of accounts of the other cash pool participants are swept and the other Black Group Companies and there are no other sweeping or transfer or similar arrangements in place allowing the transfer of balances of accounts of any Black Group Company to any account of an account holder outside the Black Group.

 

22.2 The cash pooling has been set up and carried out in compliance with Applicable Law, in particular with respect to the Black Group Companies all capital maintenance requirements have been constantly observed.

 

23. NO BONUSES, COMMISSIONS OR FINDERS’ FEES

The Black Group Companies are under no obligation to pay any commissions or fees to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the execution of any of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder. Except as disclosed in the Red Disclosure Letter, no director, officer or employee of the Black Group Companies is entitled to receive a bonus, payment, guarantee or similar or other benefit from, or is to be held harmless against, any disadvantages by any of the Black Group Companies or the Red Sellers or the Red Sellers’ Affiliates as a result of the execution of any of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder.

 

24. APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS

 

24.1

None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Red for inclusion or incorporation by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document will, at the time the relevant Application and Disclosure Document or any amendment or supplement thereto is finally filed with the applicable Review Authority, contain any

 

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  untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by Red with respect to statements made or omitted to be made or incorporated by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document based on information supplied or failed to be supplied by or on behalf of any other Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

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SCHEDULE 5

WHITE WARRANTIES

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION

 

1.1 Each White Group Company (which for the sole purpose of the provisions of this Schedule 5 shall include Infineo Recyclage SAS) is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize that concept) under the Applicable Law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.

 

1.2 Each White Group Company incorporated in Luxembourg has its place of effective management and central administration (administration central) in Luxembourg.

 

1.3 Each White Group Company has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate the properties it owns, leases or operates and to conduct the White Business as conducted on the date hereof.

 

1.4 Each White Group Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize that concept) in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by the White Business is located or where the nature of the White Business makes such qualification reasonably necessary, except in each case in those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

1.5 True and complete copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation or association and by-laws (or other comparable governing documents) of each of the White Group Companies as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as of Completion are included in the Data Room.

 

1.6 Each of the White Group Companies is Solvent.

 

2. AUTHORITY; NO BREACH

 

2.1 White has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the White Merger, subject only to the White Stockholder Approval.

 

2.2 The execution, delivery and performance by each of the White Group Companies, as applicable, of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which they are respectively a party and the consummation of the White Merger:

 

  (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action (including the White Board and the franchise relationship committee thereof) on the part of that person and (if applicable) its shareholders subject only (in the case of White) to the White Stockholder Approval;

 

  (b)

do not, assuming each of the Conditions is satisfied and the filings referred to in this Agreement and the White Merger Agreement (including the Certificate

 

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  of Merger, as defined in the latter) are made in accordance with the terms hereof, require any consent or approval from, or the giving of any notice or making of any filings to, any Governmental Authority by a White Group Company that have not already been obtained or made, other than in all cases where failure to obtain such consent or to give or make such notice or filing would not result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions; and

 

  (c) do not:

 

  (i) assuming all authorizations, consents and approvals to be obtained or made as Conditions have been obtained or made, violate any Applicable Law to which such persons are subject;

 

  (ii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, vary, terminate or cancel, any Contract to which such person is a party;

 

  (iii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, vary, terminate or cancel, any Contract to which any of such persons is a party which governs or relates to the Indebtedness of the White Business;

 

  (iv) create any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) upon any of the properties or assets used or held for use in the White Business; or

 

  (v) violate the Constitutional Documents of such Person,

except with respect to all of the foregoing as set forth or referred to in the White Disclosure Letter and except with respect to the foregoing subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) as has not had or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

2.3 No “business combination,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation or any similar anti-takeover provision in any member of the White Group Company Constitutional Documents is applicable to White, any shares in White, the White Merger or the other transactions in which White will participate contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

2.4

This Agreement has been (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will be) duly executed and delivered by each of White and the White Group Companies party thereto and constitutes (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will constitute), assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto and thereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of White and the White Group Companies party hereto or thereto,

 

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  as applicable, enforceable against the same in accordance with its and their respective terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

2.5 The board of directors of White and the franchise relationship committee thereof has unanimously determined that the Transaction Documents to which a White Group Company is to be party and the transactions contemplated thereby are fair to and in the best interests of White and its stockholders and approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the White Merger Agreement and the White Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The board of directors of White has received the opinion of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, and the franchise relationship committee of the board of directors of White has received the opinion of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in each case, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, the White Cash Consideration and the White Merger Consideration Shares are fair, from a financial point of view, to holders (other than as set forth in such opinion) of shares of White Common Stock, and a copy of each such opinion will be provided to Orange solely for information purposes after receipt thereof by White. Accordingly, as of the date hereof, the board of directors of White (i) has resolved to recommend adoption of the “agreement of merger” (as such term is used in section 251 of the General Corporate Law of the State of Delaware) to the White Stockholders (as the White Recommendation), and (ii) directed that the “agreement of merger” (as such term is used in section 251 of the General Corporate Law of the State of Delaware) be submitted to the White Stockholders for their adoption.

 

3. CAPITAL

 

3.1 The authorized capital stock of White consists of one billion one hundred million (1,100,000,000) shares, consisting of one billion (1,000,000,000) shares of White Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share and one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “White Preferred Stock”). As of the close of business in Delaware on the Capitalisation Date (i) 226,894,149 shares of White Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (ii) 7,819,657 shares of White Common Stock were reserved and available for issuance pursuant to the White shareholder approved equity compensation plans in effect on the date hereof (the “White Equity Plans”); (iii) no shares of White Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; and (iv) 10,601,444 White Equity Awards were outstanding. Since the Capitalization Date, except for shares of White Common Stock issued pursuant to White Equity Plans (which shares were reserved and available for issuance pursuant to White Equity Plans Capitalisation Date) no shares of White Common Stock, White Preferred Stock or other equity securities in White have been issued, or any right to such issuance been granted save in compliance with this Agreement. All of the issued and outstanding White Shares are, and all White Common Stock or White Preferred Stock subject to issuance (upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable) will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any preemptive rights or Encumbrances (save those arising under Applicable Law or the Constitutional Documents of White) and issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws.

 

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3.2 Except as set forth in paragraph 3.1 of this Schedule, there are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, White, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, White, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, White, or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, to which White is a party or by which White is bound.

 

3.3 The Red Disclosure Letter refers to each White Group Company, its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, the amount of its authorized and outstanding or issued capital stock (or other equity interests) and the record and beneficial owner of such outstanding or issued capital stock (or other equity interests). All the issued and outstanding or issued capital stock (or other equity interests) of each of the White Group Companies are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any preemptive rights which would be triggered by transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents or Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances). There are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, or profit participation in, any of the White Group Companies, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the White Group Companies, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the White Group Companies, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, pursuant to which, in any of the foregoing cases, a White Group Company is a party or by which a White Group Company is bound.

 

3.4 There is no Person (other than another White Group Company or Orange pursuant to the Transaction Documents) who is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of any of the White Group Companies.

 

3.5 The White Disclosure Letter sets forth a list, or refers to a list as of July 31, 2015 of all outstanding equity or equity-based awards held by any employee, former employee, director, former director or independent contractor of any White Group Company that are settled in, or relate to, White Common Stock or White Preferred Stock, including if applicable the exercise or purchase price of any such awards, the vesting and/or settlement schedule of all such awards, and whether the vesting, settlement or exercisability of such awards accelerates as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4. WHITE GROUP

 

4.1 As of Completion, White will hold, directly or indirectly, all right, title and interest to the equity interests of the White Group Companies (save White itself), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under the terms of the applicable Constitutional Documents and Applicable Law.

 

4.2

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  securities in any Person (other White Group Companies and equity or debt securities held as investments in the Ordinary Course which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the White Group).

 

4.3 As of the date hereof, except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Debt securities of the White Group Companies.

 

5. SEC REPORTS

 

5.1 White has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, since December 31, 2012 (the “Applicable Date”) (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “White Reports”).

 

5.2 White has included in the Data Room complete and correct copies of (i) the White Reports, (ii) all comment letters received by White from the SEC since the Applicable Date relating to the White Reports and (iii) all written responses of White thereto. As of the date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in any such comment letters received by White from the SEC and (ii) none of the White Reports is the subject of any ongoing review by the SEC.

 

5.3 Each of the White Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished, complied or, if amended or superseded, at the time of its filing or furnishing, or if not yet filed or furnished, will comply in all material respects as to form and content with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the White Reports.

 

5.4 As of their respective dates (or, if amended, supplemented or restated prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of the filing or furnishing of the relevant amendment, supplement or restatement), the White Reports did not, and any White Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Each White Report that is a registration statement, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, filed pursuant to the Securities Act, as of the date such registration statement or amendment became effective, did not, and each such White Report filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement 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.

 

5.5

Neither White nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off balance sheet partnership or any similar Contract (including any Contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among White and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or person, on the other hand, or any “off balance sheet

 

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  arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act)), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such Contract is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, White or any of its Subsidiaries in White’s or such Subsidiary’s published financial statements or other White Reports.

 

5.6 Each required form, report and document containing financial statements that has been filed with or submitted to the SEC by White since the Applicable Date was accompanied by the certifications required to be filed or submitted by White’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required, pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, at the time of filing or submission of each such certification, such certification was true and accurate and complied with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. White is in compliance with, and since the Applicable Date has been in compliance with, all current listing and corporate governance requirements of the NYSE and is in compliance, and since the Applicable Date has been in compliance, with all rules, regulations and requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. None of White, any current executive officer of White or any former executive officer of White has received written notice from any Governmental Authority challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness, form or manner of filing of such certifications made with respect to the White Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

6.1 The audited consolidated financial statements of White included or incorporated by reference in the White Reports filed with the SEC since January 1, 2012 (including the audited consolidated balance sheet of White as of December 31, 2014 (the “Audited White 2014 Balance Sheet”) and the related audited consolidated statement of income and cash flows for the twelve (12)-month period then ended (collectively, with the Audited White 2014 Balance Sheet, the “Audited White 2014 Financial Statements”)) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto in effect at the time of such filing, and such, together with all other FY Financial Statements provided by it, were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with US GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of White and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements included in such White Reports, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of complete footnotes).

 

6.2 Each of the quarterly unaudited consolidated balance sheets and interim consolidated statements of income and cash flow information included by it in the Data Room or provided by it prior to the Completion Date were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with US GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except for the absence of normal year end closing procedures and adjustments, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and operations of the White Business as of the date thereof.

 

6.3

Except for Liabilities (a) disclosed in the Audited White 2014 Financial Statements or any notes thereto, (b) incurred in the Ordinary Course or pursuant to the Transaction

 

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  Documents since December 31, 2014, or (c) that are not reasonably likely to be material to the White Business or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions, none of the White Group Companies has, or since December 31, 2014, has incurred, any Liabilities.

 

6.4 Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from December 31, 2014, to the date of this Agreement:

 

  (a) the White Group operated the White Business in the Ordinary Course; and

 

  (b) there has not been a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

7. INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

7.1 White has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” and “internal control over financial reporting” (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), each which comply with Applicable Law and are effective in providing reasonable assurance that all material information required to be disclosed by the White Group under Applicable Law (including in the reports that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by Applicable Law (including in the rules and forms of the SEC), and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to White’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and to make the certifications required pursuant to Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; and

 

7.2 White adheres to and enforces adequate and appropriate internal compliance functions, financial controls and procedures and disclosure and reporting controls and procedures regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, including policies and procedures that:

 

  (i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the White Group Companies;

 

  (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the White Group Companies are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and, if required, the board of directors of White; and

 

  (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the White Group Companies.

 

7.3 White’s management has completed its assessment of the effectiveness of White’s internal control over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the year ended December 31, 2014, and such assessment concluded that such controls were effective.

 

7.4 Neither White, in the last three years prior to the date of this Agreement, nor to the Knowledge of White, White’s independent auditors have identified or been made aware of (A) any significant deficiency or material weakness, in each case that has not been subsequently remediated, in the system of internal control over financial reporting utilized by the White Group taken as a whole, or (B) any fraud that involves the White Group’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements with financial reporting oversight or the internal control over financial reporting utilized by the White Group.

 

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8. ASSETS

 

8.1 The White Group Companies have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable right to use, all assets (whether tangible or intangible) primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the White Business consistent with past practice (except, when this Warranty is repeated on Completion, such assets as have been sold or otherwise disposed of after the date hereof in compliance with this Agreement), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, except where the failure to have such title or right to use would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

8.2 As of the date hereof, the White Disclosure Letter references, accurately in all material respects and sets forth, (i) a true, correct and complete list of all the White Group’s Owned Real Property (including the address of each parcel of Owned Real Property), and (ii) a true, correct and complete list of all the White Group’s Real Property Leases and the address of each parcel of Leased Real Property.

 

8.3 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, a White Group Company has fee simple absolute title to each Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances and except in any case as would not individually or in the aggregate have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

8.4 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, no White Group Company has leased, subleased, licensed, granted a concession or other right or interest to any Person to use or occupy the Owned Real Property or any portion thereof.

 

8.5 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first refusal to purchase the Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.

 

8.6 Each White Group Company holds its Leased Real Property on terms and conditions in all material respects the same as those set forth in the Real Property Leases as of the date hereof, except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. As of the date hereof, neither White nor (to the Knowledge of White) any of the White Group Companies have received written notice of any pending, and to the Knowledge of White, there is no threatened, condemnation proceeding with respect to any Owned Real Property.

 

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8.7 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, with respect to each Real Property Lease:

 

  (a) such Real Property Lease is valid, binding and in full force and effect and all rents are paid in full;

 

  (b) the Combination Transactions do not require the consent of any other party to such Real Property Lease and will not result in a material breach of or default under such Real Property Lease;

 

  (c) no White Group Company nor, to the Knowledge of White, any other party to the Real Property Leases, is in material breach or default under such lease, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default thereunder or would result in the premature termination of such lease;

 

  (d) no White Group Company is currently subleasing, licensing or otherwise granting any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof; and

 

  (e) as of the date hereof, neither White nor, to the Knowledge of White, any White Group Company has received written notice of any pending, and to the Knowledge of White, there is no threatened, condemnation proceeding with respect to any Leased Real Property,

except in each case as has not or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

8.8 The assets which are the subject of the Warranties given by White in this Schedule 5 constitute in all material respects all the assets necessary for the White Group Companies to conduct the White Business in the manner conducted during the three (3) months prior to the date hereof.

 

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

9.1 The White Group owns all right, title and interest in and to, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), or possesses valid and enforceable and adequate licenses or other legal rights to use, all material Intellectual Property Rights that are primarily used or held for use primarily in the operation of the White Business (collectively, the “White Business Intellectual Property Rights”).

 

9.2 The White Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) Trademark registrations and applications (including Internet domain name registrations) and material unregistered Trademarks; (iii) copyright registrations and applications; (iv) material trade secrets and (v) material computer software, in each case, owned or licensed by the White Group and primarily used or held for use primarily in connection with the White Business. A White Group Company is the sole and exclusive beneficial and, with respect to applications and registrations, record owner of all of such Intellectual Property Rights, and to the Knowledge of White all of such material Intellectual Property Rights are valid, subsisting and enforceable.

 

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9.3 To the Knowledge of White, nothing has been done or omitted to be done by any White Group Company which would jeopardise the validity or subsistence of any registered White Business Intellectual Property Right.

 

9.4 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, the conduct of the White Business as currently conducted, and as conducted in the past three (3) full calendar years does not, to the Knowledge of White, infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate, and has not infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, in any material respect any Person’s Intellectual Property Rights, and, to the Knowledge of White, there has been no such dispute nor claim asserted or threatened in writing (including in the form of offers or invitations to obtain a license) against a White Group Company or, to the Knowledge of White, any other Person. To the Knowledge of White, no Person is materially infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating any material Intellectual Property Rights owned or material Intellectual Property Rights used, or held for use by the White Group in the conduct of the White Business, and, to the Knowledge of White, no such claims have been asserted or threatened in writing against any Person by a White Group Company in the past three (3) full calendar years.

 

9.5 For the purposes of this and the following two paragraphs, “Systems” means all the software, hardware, network and telecommunications equipment and internet-related information technology that are material to any White Group Company in connection with the operation of the White Business as currently conducted.

 

9.6 A White Group Company is the exclusive owner and has direct control of and/or is validly licensed or otherwise authorised to use the Systems.

 

9.7 To the Knowledge of White, in the past three (3) full calendar years, there have been no security breaches, breakdowns, malfunctions, data loss, failures or other defects in the Systems which have had a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

10. LITIGATION

 

10.1 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of White, threatened in writing against a White Group Company, by or before any Governmental Authority or by or on behalf of any third party that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would (a) have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect(b) have, individually, potential or claimed value in excess of $2,000,000, or (c) prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

10.2 There are no outstanding judgments, decrees or orders of any Governmental Authority against or binding on White or a White Group Company relating to the White Business except any such judgment, decree or order that has not had, and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

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11. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

 

11.1 The White Disclosure Letter sets forth or refers to a list in the Data Room of each Benefit Plan of the White Business, whether written or oral, which is:

 

  (a) material; or

 

  (b) a pension scheme, arrangement or commitment, provides for the payment of benefits in lieu of pension on termination of employment, or is a change in control, severance or retiree medical plan, agreement or arrangement, regardless of whether or not such schemes, plans, agreements, arrangements or commitments are material.

 

11.2 The Data Room contains true, correct and complete copies of:

 

  (a) the terms or governing documents of, and the most recent summary plan description (if required by its terms or by Applicable Law, or if otherwise available) prepared for, each Benefit Plan of the White Business subject to Disclosure under paragraph 11.1;

 

  (b) the most recent actuarial reports on Benefit Plans of the White Business that are pension plans, and, in respect of the UK, the latest actuarial valuation, the schedule of contributions (prepared in accordance with section 227 of the Pensions Act 2004) and the statement of investment principles (prepared in accordance with section 35 of the Pensions Act 1995),

 

11.3 Except as would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of White, actual or threatened claims or complaints, investigations or audits with respect to any Benefit Plan of the White Business (other than routine claims for benefits).

 

11.4 Except as would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, each Benefit Plan of the White Business:

 

  (a) complies in all material respects with Applicable Law;

 

  (b) has been established, operated and administered in material compliance with its terms and with Applicable Law, including ITEPA, the Equality Act 2010, ERISA and the Code and the White Group Companies have satisfied their obligations with respect to each Benefit Plan of the White Business in all material respects;

 

  (c) has (where required) been registered and has been maintained in good standing with the applicable Governmental Authorities; and

 

  (d) is not underfunded.

 

11.5 All contributions and any statutory debts which are required or could be required to be made to any Benefit Plan of the White Business under Applicable Law, the terms of any such Benefit Plan or otherwise, and all premiums due or payable with respect to insurance policies funding any such Benefit Plan, have been timely made or paid in full or, to the extent not required to be made or paid in full, have been fully reflected on the books and records of White in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not cause a statutory debt to become due under sections 75 or 75A of the Pensions Act 1995.

 

11.6

Each Benefit Plan of the White Business intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code or under Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 5 of ITEPA has received a current, favourable determination letter or as applicable has been notified to HM Revenue & Customs as

 

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  meeting the relevant statutory requirements, and, to the Knowledge of White, no actions have occurred and no circumstances exist which are likely to result in the loss of the qualified status of such Benefit Plans (whether as a result of a withdrawal of approval, a disqualifying event, the relevant Benefit Plan ceasing to meet the applicable statutory requirements or otherwise).

 

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11.8 No Benefit Plan of the White Business is and except as would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect does not otherwise have any liability with respect to any of the following: (i) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (ii) a “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code), (iii) any plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412, 430 or 4971 of the Code, or (iv) a “multi-employer scheme” as defined in section 75A of the UK Pensions Act 1995.

 

11.9 No Benefit Plan of the White Business provides medical benefits (whether or not insured), beyond retirement or other termination of service, other than coverage mandated by the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 or similar state law.

 

11.10 Except as would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, each Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined for purposes of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has:

 

  (a) been maintained and operated since January 1, 2005 in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code and all applicable IRS guidance promulgated thereunder so as to avoid any Tax under Section 409A of the Code; and

 

  (b) since January 1, 2012, been in documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code and all applicable IRS guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

11.11 Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, either alone or in combination with another event:

 

  (a) entitle any current or former employee, officer or director of a White Group Company to any material bonus, severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment that must be paid by, provided by, or the cost of which is otherwise borne by any White Group Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement; or

 

  (b) give rise to any material liability under any Benefit Plan of the White Business or accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation due to any current or former employee, officer or director, with respect to any compensation that must be paid by, provided by, or the cost of which is otherwise borne by any White Group Company, in either case, which is material in aggregate to the individual White Business, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

11.12

Between the date of this Agreement and the Completion Date, White shall make commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Red and Olive an estimate of whether any amount paid or payable (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property), as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either solely

 

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  as a result of or as a result of such transactions in conjunction with any other event), to any employee or any director or other service provider of any of White or any White Group Company under any Benefit Plan of the White Business will be an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.

 

11.13 No Benefit Plan of the White Business provides for the payment by any White Group Company of any Tax gross-up payments or similar payments in respect of any Taxes to any current or former employees or directors who provide or provided services to any White Group Company.

 

11.14 Except as provided under Applicable Law or under a collective bargaining Contract, there are no limitations or restrictions on the right of White or any White Group Company, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to merge, amend or terminate any of the Benefit Plans referred to in the White Disclosure Letter.

 

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UK Benefit Plans

 

11.16 No event has occurred which has resulted or is likely to result in any UK Benefit Plan being closed to future accrual, terminated or wound up in whole or in part. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not directly cause any UK Benefit Plan to be closed to future accrual, terminated or wound up, or cause any White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect in the balance of powers or directly result in any material additional funding being due in accordance with the terms of the UK Benefit Plan.

 

11.17 The UK Benefit Plans are registered pension schemes under the UK Finance Act 2004 and to the Knowledge of White there is no reason why any UK Benefit Plan might cease to be registered.

 

11.18 There is in force in respect of each employment with any White Group Company which is treated as contracted-out by reference to the UK Benefit Plans an appropriate contracting-out certificate. To the Knowledge of White, there is no reason why any contracting-out certificate might be cancelled, surrendered or varied prior to 6 April 2016.

 

11.19 No contribution notice, financial support direction or restoration order (as defined in sections 38 to 56 of the UK Pensions Act 2004) has been issued in respect of the UK Benefit Plans or which refers to any White Group Company or to any director or employee of any White Group Company. To the Knowledge of White there are no circumstances (including consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby) which are likely to result in such a notice, direction or order being issued to any White Group Company.

 

11.20 No White Group Company has provided a guarantee or an indemnity or any other support in connection with the pension liabilities of any other employer outside of the White Group arising from that employer’s participation in an occupational pension scheme in the UK, including but not limited to the UK Benefit Plans.

 

11.21

No employee of any White Group Company whose employment has previously transferred to the relevant White Group Company under the UK Transfer of

 

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  Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 or 2006 has a right to enhanced benefits on redundancy or on early retirement, or to a set amount of employer contributions that is higher than has been disclosed in the Disclosure Letter or Data Room and would have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

11.22 The answer contained at 5.8.3 of the White Data Room insofar as it relates to funding of the defined benefit UK Benefit Plan has been accurately extracted from that defined benefit UK Benefit Plan’s actuarial report as at 5 April 2014 prepared in accordance with Applicable Law by Aon Hewitt, the actuary of that defined benefit UK Benefit Plan, and from the risk analyzer tool used by Aon Hewitt as at 1 July 2015.

 

12. TAX

 

12.1 All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to a White Group Company have been duly and timely filed (taking into account applicable extensions), and each such Tax Return was true, complete and correct in all material respects.

 

12.2 All material Taxes and all material estimated Taxes:

 

  (a) due and owing by the White Group Companies have been timely paid;

 

  (b) not yet due and owing by the White Group Companies have been properly reserved for in accordance with the relevant accounting procedures;

 

  (c) required to be withheld by the White Group Companies have been so withheld, and such withheld Taxes have either been duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority or properly provided for in accounts for such purpose and will be duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority.

 

12.3 There are no current, pending, or, to the Knowledge of White, threatened audits or other administrative or judicial proceedings in respect of Taxes which, if adversely determined, are reasonably expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the White Group Companies, or the White Business, and, to the Knowledge of White, no deficiency or claim for Taxes or any adjustment to Taxes with respect to which any of the White Group Companies may be liable is asserted or threatened in writing by any Taxing Authority.

 

12.4 Except for agreements or arrangements entered into more than five years prior to the date of this Agreement in connection with the acquisition or disposition of the equity or substantially all the assets of any business entity, and except for agreements or arrangements entered into solely by and among White Group Companies, no White Group Company:

 

  (a) is a party to or bound by or has any obligation under any material income Tax separation, sharing, allocation or similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary indemnification obligations contained in contracts of which Tax is not the principal concern);

 

  (b) has within the last five years been a member of any consolidated, combined or unitary group (or any other fiscal consolidation) for purposes of filing Tax Returns or paying Taxes of which any Person other than a White Group Company is a member; or

 

  (c)

has within the last five years entered into any settlement agreement with any Taxation Authority (including any settlement agreement pursuant to Section 7121

 

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  of the Code or any predecessor provisions or any similar provision of Applicable Law) with respect to any material Tax liability or is subject to any special arrangement (being an arrangement which is not based on the strict application of any relevant legislation or any published practice) of a Taxation Authority.

 

12.5 There are no material Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) relating to Taxes upon the assets of the White Business.

 

12.6 Each White Group Company is and has at all times been resident for Tax purposes in the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated and is not and has not at any time been treated as resident in any other jurisdiction for any Tax purpose (including for the purpose of any double Tax treaty). Each White Group Company is not, nor has it ever been, subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its place of incorporation by virtue of having a permanent establishment or other place of business in that jurisdiction.

 

12.7 To the Knowledge of White, no White Group Company has agreed to make, nor is required by Applicable Law to make, any adjustment for a taxable period ending after the Completion Date by reason of a change in tax accounting method or otherwise that would result in (i) the shifting of income from the pre-Completion period to the post-Completion period or (ii) the shifting of deductions from the post-Completion period to the pre-Completion period, except, in each case, where such adjustment has not had, nor is reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a White Business Material Adverse Effect.

 

13. MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

13.1 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, none of the White Group Companies is a party to or bound by any of the following (individually, a “Material Contract” and, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):

 

  (a) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K);

 

  (b) any Contract of Material Value which contains a non-competition covenant that precludes or purports to preclude a White Group Company or its Affiliates from operating in any geographic location or from hiring the staff of its choice;

 

  (c) any Contract relating to the formation, operation or management of any joint venture, alliance or partnership requiring annual payments by or to a White Group Company in excess of EUR 5,000,000;

 

  (d) any Contract of Material Value:

 

  (i) providing any Person with a material exclusive dealing arrangement or the right of first refusal or first offer or similar type provision with respect to the disposition or acquisition of any material assets of the White Business; or

 

  (ii) that grants any Person “most favoured nation” status;

 

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  (e) any Contract of Material Value which is:

 

  (i) a sales agreement entered into with the customers of the White Business;

 

  (ii) a marketing agreement in relation to sales;

 

  (iii) a purchase or supply agreement under which the White Business acquires or is supplied with goods or services (including with respect to the Systems);

 

  (iv) a Contract relating to the White Business’s use or ownership of or rights in any Intellectual Property Rights (whether restricting, enabling, licensing or otherwise affecting such Intellectual Property Rights); or

 

  (v) an outsourcing agreement;

 

  (f) any Contract:

 

  (i) entered into outside the Ordinary Course of the White Business;

 

  (ii) entered into with an Affiliate of a White Group Company, except for contracts to which only White Group Companies are a party; or

 

  (iii) entered into with any Governmental Authority

 

  (g) any Contract of Material Value which contains restrictions with respect to payment of dividends or any other distribution by any White Group Company;

 

  (h) any Contract of Material Value entered into between White Group Companies;

 

  (i) any Contract of Material Value in respect of which the potential liability of the White Group Company party thereto is unlimited and could have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

  (j) any Contract pursuant to which the White Group receives a service which, if terminated, would have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

  (k) any Contract of Material Value governing the terms by which a White Group Company assumes any liability to Tax of any other Person which is not also a White Group Company (other than customary indemnification obligations contained in contracts of which Tax is not the principal concern);

 

  (l) any Contract entered into outside the Ordinary Course that includes a warranty or indemnification obligation of any White Group Company in respect of which claims remain possible by the terms of that Contract and in respect of which that White Group Company has a maximum potential Liability in excess of EUR 5,000,000; and

 

  (m) any Contract of Material Value that (i) requires a consent or approval from any third party or (ii) provides for payments by a White Group Company or (iii) permits a third party to terminate or modify such Contract, in each case as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,

 

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provided that for the purposes of the above “of Material Value” shall mean that such Contract is a Contract which is expected to generate annual net profit, require annual payments, or which otherwise has an annualised value, of EUR 5,000,000 or more.

 

13.2 Each of the Material Contracts is, in all material respects, in full force and effect, and is valid and, with respect to the White Group Companies, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and with respect to the other parties thereto is, to the Knowledge of White, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that enforcement of any Material Contract may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and general equity principles.

 

13.3 There is no pending material default under, or material breach of, any Material Contract by a White Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto, and to the Knowledge of White no event in respect of the White Business has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a material default thereunder by a White Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto. To the Knowledge of White, there is no material breach of, any Material Contract by the relevant other party to a Material Contract and no event has occurred that would allow the relevant other parties to a Material Contract to terminate the Material Contract.

 

13.4 To the Knowledge of White, no other contracting party to any Material Contract:

 

  (a) has given written notice to a White Group Company or its Affiliates of, or made a written claim against a White Group Company or its Affiliates with respect to, any material breach or default thereunder;

 

  (b) is in material breach thereof or has breached the same in any material respect within the twelve (12)-month period prior to the date hereof.

 

13.5 To the Knowledge of White, none of the White Group Companies or its Affiliates has received written notice that any party to any Material Contract intends to cancel or terminate any such Material Contract or to exercise or not exercise any option or extension right thereunder whether as a result of the Transactions or otherwise.

 

13.6 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, true, correct and complete copies of each Material Contract are included in the Data Room.

 

14. PRODUCT LIABILITY

 

14.1 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter:

 

  (a) since December 31, 2014, there has been no material Proceeding pending, or, to the Knowledge of White, threatened against a White Group Company with respect to any product liability; and

 

  (b) to the Knowledge of White, there has not occurred any state of facts or circumstances that would give rise to any Proceeding that would have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect,

 

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with respect to any products manufactured, sold or distributed at any time by or on behalf of or in the name of or for the account of a White Group Company, including any Proceeding on account of any express or implied warranty, except for Ordinary Course normal returns and allowances which have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or a financial impact on a White Group Company in excess of USD 2,000,000.

 

15. MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS

 

15.1 The White Disclosure Letter lists the top twenty (20) suppliers to, and top twenty (20) customers of, the White Business as of the date of this Agreement, determined based on the dollar amount of goods and services such suppliers provided during the twelve (12) months ended December 31, 2014 (based on amounts paid by the White Group) and that such customers have purchased during such period (based on revenue recognized during such period under US GAAP accounting), under their Contracts with the White Group Companies.

 

15.2 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the customers or suppliers identified pursuant to paragraph 14.1 above has cancelled, materially and adversely modified, or otherwise terminated its relationship with the White Group, or materially decreased its services, supplies or materials to the White Group, nor to the Knowledge of White, has any such customer or supplier communicated in writing any intention to do any of the foregoing and all corresponding Material Contracts have been duly and timely renewed in accordance with the provisions of article L.441-7 of the French commercial code and are fully effective.

 

16. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; PERMITS; ANTI-CORRUPTION

 

16.1 To the Knowledge of White, the White Group Companies are, and, have been since December 31, 2012, in compliance with all Applicable Laws except as have not had or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect and except Tax Laws (which are addressed elsewhere).

 

16.2 Except for those matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the White Group:

 

  (a) no White Group Company, nor any director, manager or employee of a White Group Company has in the last five years, in connection with the White Business, itself or, to the Knowledge of White, any of its agents, representatives, sales intermediaries, or any other third party, in each case, acting on behalf of a White Group Company, taken any action in violation of the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable);

 

  (b) no White Group Company, nor any director, manager or employee of a White Group Company, is, or in the past five years has been, subject to any actual, pending, or threatened Proceedings, or made any voluntary disclosures to any Governmental Authority, involving a White Group Company in any way relating to the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable);

 

  (c)

each White Group Company has made and kept books and records, accounts and other records, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the

 

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  transactions and dispositions of the assets of that White Group Company as required by the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable), in all material respects;

 

  (d) each White Group Company has instituted policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable), and maintains such policies and procedures in force; and

 

  (e) no officer or director of a White Group Company is a Government Official.

 

16.3 The White Group Companies possess all Permits that are necessary for the operation of the White Business as operated on the date hereof or the ownership of the assets of the White Business, and all such Permits are validly held and in full force and effect and to the Knowledge of White, not threatened by circumstances that would enable their revocation or cancellation by a third party, except as have not had or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

16.4 The White Group Companies are, and since December 31, 2012, have been, in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Permits, except as have not had or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

16.5 No White Group Company, nor any director, officer or, to the Knowledge of White, employee of any White Group Company is, or has ever been, a Restricted Party

 

16.6 No White Group Company nor any director, officer or, to the Knowledge of White, employee of any White Group Company has engaged, or engages, in any activity, practice or conduct (or failure to act) which breaches or has breached any applicable Sanctions.

 

17. LABOUR MATTERS

 

17.1 Except as referred to in the White Disclosure Letter and except as has not had or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, with respect to the employees of the White Group Companies:

 

  (a) The White Group Companies are neither party to, nor bound by, any collective bargaining Contract or work rules or practices with any labour union, labour organization or works council; there are no collective bargaining Contracts or work rules or practices that pertain to any of the employees of the White Group Companies; and no employees of the White Group Companies are represented by any labour union, labour organization or works council with respect to their employment with the White Group Companies.

 

  (b) No labour union, labour organization, works council, or group of employees of the White Group Companies has made a pending demand for recognition or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened in writing to be brought or filed with or by the applicable Governmental Authority. To the Knowledge of White, there is no labour union organizing activities with respect to any employees of the White Group Companies.

 

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  (c) From December 31, 2013, there has been no actual or, to the Knowledge of White, threatened labour disputes, employment-related litigation, strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or work stoppages against or affecting the White Group Companies.

 

  (d) The White Group Companies and their respective employees, agents or representatives have not, to the Knowledge of White, committed any material unfair labour practice contrary to Applicable Law.

 

  (e) The White Group Companies are not required to provide notice to or obtain the consent of, or consult with, any labour union, labour organization, works council or group of employees of the White Group Companies in connection with the execution of this Agreement, except for the Employee Notification Processes in respect of the White Group set out in Annex C and any notices required to be provided under collective bargaining Contracts the failure of which to be provided would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the White Business.

 

  (f) To the Knowledge of White, the White Group Companies: (i) have properly classified all of its workers as independent contractors or employees, (ii) have properly classified, recorded and documented the employment of all of its employees under Applicable Law, and (iii) are not delinquent in any payments to, or on behalf of, any current or former independent contractors or employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or otherwise paid.

 

  (g) The White Group Companies are and have been in compliance with all notice and other requirements under the Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and any similar foreign, state or local law relating to plant closings and layoffs (the “WARN Act”).

 

17.2 To the Knowledge of White, no officer or director of a White Group Company is in violation of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, statutory non-disclosure obligation, noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation to a former employer of any such employee relating (i) to the right of any such employee to be employed by a White Group Company or (ii) the use of trade secrets or proprietary information.

 

17.3 The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions will not result in any breach or other violation of any collective bargaining Contract, employment agreement, consulting agreement or any other labour-related agreement to which a White Group Company is a party and which is (or the class of arrangements on substantially the same terms of which it comprises part) is material to the White Group.

 

18. ENVIRONMENTAL

 

18.1

To the Knowledge of White, except as has not or would not have a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, since December 31, 2012, the White Group Companies have at all times been, and are, in compliance with all material applicable Environmental Laws, including, but not limited to, possessing and complying with all Permits required for their operations under applicable Environmental Laws; and have

 

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  not received any written communication, whether from a Governmental Authority or other Person, alleging that a White Group Company is not in such compliance, and there are no past or present actions, conditions, activities, circumstances or occurrences that would prevent such compliance in the future.

 

18.2 Within 3 months of the date hereof, White will deliver to the other Parties a complete list of all material Permits held by the White Group Companies pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws as of the date of delivery.

 

18.3 Except as would not result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, there is no Environmental Claim pending or, threatened, against any White Group Company or, to the Knowledge of White, against any Person whose liability for any Environmental Claim the White Group Companies have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, in each case relating to the White Business.

 

18.4 To the Knowledge of White, there are no past or present actions, conditions, activities, circumstances or occurrences, including the Release, threatened Release or presence of any Hazardous Material which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of any Environmental Claim relating to the White Business against the White Group Companies, or to the Knowledge of White, against any Person whose liability for any Environmental Claim, the White Group Companies have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, except in each case as would not result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

18.5 None of the White Group Companies is a party or subject to any administrative or judicial order or decree pursuant to the Environmental Laws, except in each case as would not result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

18.6 To the Knowledge of White, the White Group Companies have not, and no other Person has, within the applicable statutory limitation period stored, deposited, discharged, buried, dumped or disposed of Hazardous Materials, on or beneath any Real Property currently or to the Knowledge of White, formerly owned, operated or leased by the White Group Companies, except for inventories of such substances to be used, and wastes generated therefrom, in the Ordinary Course of the White Business, except in each case as would not result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. With respect to any offsite disposal location used by the White Group Companies to dispose of any Hazardous Materials, to the Knowledge of White, there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials on or underneath any of such location that would result in a White Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

18.7 The Data Room contains true, complete and correct copies of any reports, studies, analyses, tests or monitoring possessed by White and the White Group Companies pertaining to potential liability under any Environmental Law relating to Hazardous Materials in, on, beneath or adjacent to any Real Property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by the White Group Companies within the applicable statutory limitation period, or regarding the compliance by White Group Companies with applicable Environmental Laws within the last thirty (30) years, in each case relating to the White Business.

 

19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

19.1 Except for those Contracts referred to in the White Disclosure Letter, no White Group Company is a party to or any written Contract with any current or former director or officer of a White Group Company.

 

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19.2 The White Disclosure Letter sets or refers to the inclusion in the Data Room of, a true, correct, and complete list of:

 

  (a) any and all outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made or guaranteed by the White Group Companies to or for the benefit of any current or former director, officer, stockholder or employee of the White Group Companies (other than advances of business expenses in the Ordinary Course), and

 

  (b) any and all outstanding loans, guarantees, or other extensions of credit of any amount made to or for the benefit of the White Group Companies by any current or former director, officer, stockholder or employee of the White Group Companies.

and none of these loans, guarantees or other extensions of credit expires, terminates or will otherwise become repayable as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

20. INSURANCE

 

20.1 The White Disclosure Letter refers to a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all insurance policies that relate to the White Business. Each such policy is in full force and effect on the date hereof and each such policy will be in full force and effect as of the Completion Date, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the policies, or a substituted policy shall have been obtained therefor. These insurance policies cover the risks which are required by law to be covered, as well as all risks usually covered by companies engaged in similar businesses to the White Group Companies.

 

20.2 To the Knowledge of White, no White Group Company is in material default with respect to its obligations under any of the policies. None of the White Group Companies has received a written notice of cancellation or non-renewal of any policy or binder.

 

21. GUARANTEES

 

21.1 The White Disclosure Letter references, as of the date of this Agreement, each Guarantee, issued by a White Group Company in favour of White or its Affiliates other than the White Group.

 

21.2 The White Disclosure Letter references, as of the date of this Agreement, all Guarantees issued by White or its Affiliates other than the White Group on behalf of any White Group Company.

 

22. APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS

 

22.1 The White Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto will, when filed, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act. The White Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, shall not, on the date the White Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to the White Stockholders and at the time of the White Stockholder Approval is adopted, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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22.2 None of the information supplied or to be supplied by White for inclusion or incorporation by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document will, at the time the relevant Application and Disclosure Document or any amendment or supplement thereto is finally filed with the applicable Review Authority, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by White with respect to statements made or omitted to be made or incorporated by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document based on information supplied or failed to be supplied by or on behalf of any other Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

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SCHEDULE 6

OLIVE WARRANTIES

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION

 

1.1 Olive HoldCo and each Olive Group Company is duly organized, validly existing and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

 

1.2 Each Olive Group Company has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate the properties it owns, leases or operates and collectively to conduct the Olive Business as conducted on the date hereof.

 

1.3 Each Olive Group Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize that concept) in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by the Olive Business as currently conducted is located or where the nature of the Olive Business makes such qualification reasonably necessary, except in each case in those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

1.4 True and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other comparable governing documents) of each of the Olive Group Companies as in effect on the date of this Agreement are contained in the Data Room. True and complete copy of the shareholders’ agreement of Olive as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as of Completion is contained in the Data Room.

 

1.5 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, other than the shareholders’ agreement of Olive, there are no agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Olive Shareholders and any other direct or indirect shareholder of a Olive Group Company in relation to the exercise of shareholders’ or similar rights in a Olive Group Company or the shares in a Olive Group Company that affect the relevant Olive Group Company following Completion.

 

1.6 No bankruptcy, insolvency or judicial composition proceedings have been commenced or, to the Knowledge of Olive, applied for under any Applicable Law, against Olive HoldCo or any of the Olive Group Companies, nor are any enforcement measures pending or, to the Knowledge of Olive, applied for, with respect to any property or other assets of Olive HoldCo or any Olive Group Company. To the Knowledge of Olive, there are no circumstances which justify or require the institution of such proceedings or any actions seeking to void or challenge this Agreement under insolvency law. Neither Olive HoldCo nor any Olive Group Companies are over-indebted, illiquid nor is illiquidity pending with respect to any of them.

 

2. AUTHORITY; NO BREACH

 

2.1 Each of Olive HoldCo and each of the Olive Group Companies has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Olive Contribution.

 

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2.2 The execution, delivery and performance by each of Olive HoldCo and the Olive Group Companies of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which they are respectively a party and the consummation of the Olive Contribution:

 

  (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of that person (including the board of directors of Olive) and (if applicable) its shareholders;

 

  (b) do not, assuming each of the Conditions is satisfied and the filings referred to in this Agreement are made in accordance with the terms hereof, require any consent or approval from, or the giving of any notice or making of any filings to, any Governmental Authority by Olive HoldCo or an Olive Group Company that have not already been obtained or made, other than in all cases where failure to obtain such consent or to give or make such notice or filing would not result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions; and

 

  (c) do not:

 

  (i) assuming all authorizations, consents and approvals to be obtained or made as Conditions have been obtained or made, violate any Applicable Law to which such persons are subject;

 

  (ii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, vary, terminate or cancel, any Contract to which any of such persons is a party;

 

  (iii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, vary, terminate or cancel, any Contract to which any of such persons is a party which governs the Indebtedness of the Olive Business;

 

  (iv) create any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) upon any of the properties or assets used or held for use in the Olive Business; or

 

  (v) violate the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such person (or a shareholders’ agreement relating to it),

except with respect to all of the foregoing as referenced in the Olive Disclosure Letter and except with respect to the foregoing sub-paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) as has not had or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

2.3 The condition precedent included as clause 5.2.2(ii) of the Olive Framework Agreement is satisfied.

 

2.4

This Agreement has been (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will be) duly executed and delivered by each of Olive HoldCo and the Olive Group Companies party thereto and constitutes (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will constitute), assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto and thereto, the legal, valid and binding

 

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  obligation of each of Olive HoldCo and the Olive Group Companies party hereto or thereto, as applicable, enforceable against the same in accordance with its and their respective terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

3. CAPITAL

 

3.1 The authorized capital stock of Olive consists of 1,517,000,000 ordinary Series B registered shares (the “Olive Ordinary Shares”). As of the close of business in Madrid on the Capitalisation Date, all the Olive Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding and had been full paid in. Since the Capitalisation Date, no Olive Ordinary Shares or other equity securities in Olive have been issued, or any right to such issuance been granted. All of the issued and outstanding Olive Ordinary Shares are, and all Olive Ordinary Shares subject to issuance (upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable) will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any pre-emptive rights or Encumbrances (save those arising under the Constitution Documents of Olive and Applicable Law) and issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws. To the Knowledge of Olive, no current or former stockholder of Olive is or has been in breach of the ancillary obligation (prestación accesoria) set out in article 8.2 of the Olive by-laws.

 

3.2 On Completion Olive HoldCo will hold good, valid and marketable legal and beneficial title to the Olive Sale Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under the Constitutional Documents of Olive and Applicable Law.

 

3.3 There are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, Olive, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, Olive, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind (except the Olive Framework Agreement as it relates to the Olive Liquidity Purchases) requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, Olive, or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, to which Olive is party or by which Olive is bound.

 

3.4 The Olive Disclosure Letter refers to each Olive Group Company, its jurisdiction of organization, the amount of its authorized and outstanding capital stock (or other equity interests in it) and the record and beneficial owner of such outstanding capital stock (or other equity interests). All the issued and outstanding capital stock (or other equity interests) of each of the Olive Group Companies are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any pre-emptive rights or Encumbrances. There are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the Olive Group Companies, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the Olive Group Companies, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, any of the Olive Group Companies, or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, to which an Olive Group Company is party or by which an Olive Group Company is bound.

 

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3.5 There is no Person (other than another Olive Group Company or Orange pursuant to the Transaction Documents) who is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of any of the Olive Group Companies.

 

3.6 The Olive Disclosure Letter sets forth a list, or refers to list as of the date of this Agreement of all outstanding equity awards held by any employee, former employee, director, former director or independent contractor of any Olive Group Company that are settled in Olive Ordinary Shares.

 

4. OLIVE GROUP

 

4.1 As of Completion Olive will hold, directly or indirectly, all right, title and interest to the equity interests of the Olive Group Companies (save Olive itself), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under the terms of the applicable Constitutional Documents and Applicable Law.

 

4.2 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, none of the Olive Group Companies has any Subsidiaries or owns or has an obligation under Contract to acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity interests, equity investments or debt securities in any Person (other than other Olive Group Companies and equity or debt securities held as investments in the Ordinary Course of business which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Olive Group).

 

4.3 As of the date hereof, except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Debt securities of the Olive Group Companies.

 

4.4 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, all of the Olive Group Companies owned by a sole shareholder have declared and registered their sole shareholder company status within the relevant commercial registry and comply with the obligations set out in Chapter III of Title I of the Spanish Capital Companies Act (Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010 of 2 July 2010) and set out in Chapter III of Title VI of the Portuguese companies code.

 

4.5 As of the date hereof, there are, and on Completion there shall be, no damages, contingencies, liabilities or risks of whatever nature or kind, whether actual or potential, for any of the Olive Group Companies, arising from:

 

  (a) any corporate reorganization undertaken by or currently in process by all or some of the Olive Group Companies (including but not limited to the Olive Group Companies reorganization undertaken in summer 2013); and

 

  (b) any entity which has been part of the Olive Group but has been carved out or sold or otherwise transferred to any third party out of the Olive Group in the Olive Carve-Out.

 

4.6 Olive does not, and prior to the Completion Olive and Olive HoldCo will not, own any White Shares.

 

5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

5.1 Each of the audited consolidated financial statements relating to the Olive Group included by it in the Data Room or otherwise provided to the Parties for:

 

  (a) the financial year ending December 31, 2013, were audited and provided with an auditors’ report and were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with Spanish GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto)

 

  (b) the financial year ending December 31, 2014, and any financial year ending prior to Completion were (where Completion occurs on or after 1 May 2016) audited and provided with an auditors’ report and were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with IFRS applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto)

 

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and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of (as applicable) Olive and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.

 

5.2 Each of the quarterly unaudited consolidated balance sheets and interim consolidated statements of income and cash flow information included by it in the Data Room or provided by it prior to the Completion Date were prepared in accordance with Applicable Law and with IFRS applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except for the absence of normal year end closing procedures and adjustments, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and operations of the Olive Business as of the date thereof.

 

5.3 Except for Liabilities (a) disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements relating to the Olive Group for the financial year ending December 31, 2014, or any notes thereto, (b) incurred in the Ordinary Course or pursuant to the Transaction Documents since December 31, 2014, (c) referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, or (d) that are not reasonably likely to be material to the Olive Business or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions, none of the Olive Group Companies has, or since December 31, 2014, has incurred, any Liabilities. Olive has duly and accurately provisioned in the audited consolidated financial statements relating to the Olive Group for the financial year ending December 31, 2014, all the liabilities that could result from the collective redundancy procedure undertaken in the financial year ending December 31, 2014, including any amounts payable or damages arising as a result of the enforcement or compliance with the related court resolutions.

 

5.4 Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from December 31, 2014 to the date of this Agreement:

 

  (a) the Olive Group operated the Olive Business in the Ordinary Course; and

 

  (b) there has not been an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

6. INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

6.1 Olive has established and maintains, adheres to and enforces adequate and appropriate internal compliance functions, financial controls and procedures and disclosure and reporting controls and procedures, each which comply with Applicable Law and are effective in providing reasonable assurance:

 

  (a) that all material information required to be disclosed by the Olive Group under Applicable Law is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by Applicable Law, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to Olive’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and

 

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  (b) regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with Applicable Law and IFRS, including policies and procedures that:

 

  (i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the relevant Olive Group Companies;

 

  (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with Applicable Law and IFRS, and that receipts and expenditures of the relevant Olive Group Companies are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and, if required, the board of directors of Olive; and

 

  (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the relevant Olive Group Companies.

 

6.2 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, since the incorporation of Olive, neither Olive, nor to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, Olive’s independent auditors have identified or been made aware of (A) any significant deficiency or material weakness, in each case which has not been subsequently remedied, in the system of internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Olive Group taken as a whole, or (B) any fraud that involves the Olive Group’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements with financial reporting oversight or the internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Olive Group.

 

7. ASSETS

 

7.1 The Olive Group Companies have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable right to use, all assets (whether tangible or intangible) primarily used or primarily held for use in connection with the Olive Business consistent with past practice (except, when this Warranty is repeated on Completion, such assets as have been sold or otherwise disposed of after the date hereof in compliance with this Agreement), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, except where the failure to have such title or right to use would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

7.2 As of the date hereof, the Olive Disclosure Letter references, accurately in all material respects and sets forth, (i) a true, correct and complete list of all the Olive Group’s Owned Real Property (including the address and land registry details of each parcel of Owned Real Property), and (ii) a true, correct and complete list of all the Olive Group’s Real Property Leases and the address of each parcel of Leased Real Property.

 

7.3 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, an Olive Group Company has fee simple absolute title to each Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances and except in any case as would not individually or in the aggregate have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. The Olive Group Companies’ title in respect of any and all Owned Real Property is duly registered in the corresponding tax authorities and Land Registries (as it may correspond to each Olive Group Company), and is thus enforceable against third parties.

 

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7.4 All Owned Real Properties are fully constructed and fully received from their relevant contractors, without any defects in the finishes, malfunction in the installations or equipment, or reservations pending repair or works yet to be performed. All Owned Real Properties have been executed pursuant to the applicable zoning laws and the corresponding building permits, and the relevant Olive Group Company owning every Owned Real Property has obtained all the necessary licenses and permits substantiating its conformity and authorizing its use and exploitation and there are no circumstances which could entail the enforcement or imposition of penalties or the full or partial closure and/or demolition of that Real Property pursuant to applicable zoning/planning laws.

 

7.5 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, no Olive Group Company has leased, subleased, licensed, granted a concession or other right or interest to any Person to use or occupy its Owned Real Property or any portion thereof.

 

7.6 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first refusal to purchase the Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.

 

7.7 Each Olive Group Company holds its Leased Real Property on terms and conditions in all material respects the same as those set forth in the Real Property Leases as of the date hereof, except as would not individually or in the aggregate have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. As of the date hereof, neither Olive HoldCo nor Olive nor (to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo) any of the Olive Group Companies have received written notice of any pending, and to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there is no threatened, condemnation proceeding with respect to any Owned Real Property.

 

7.8 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, with respect to each Real Property Lease:

 

  (a) such Real Property Lease is valid, binding and in full force and effect;

 

  (b) the Combination Transactions do not require the consent of any other party to such Real Property Lease, will not result in a material breach of or default under such Real Property Lease;

 

  (c) no Olive Group Company nor, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, any other party to the Real Property Leases, is in material breach or default under such lease, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default thereunder or would result in the premature termination of such lease;

 

  (d) all rents were paid in full, there are no rent arrears under any such Real Property Lease;

 

  (e) no Olive Group Company is currently subleasing, licensing or otherwise granting any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof; and

 

  (f)

as of the date hereof, neither Olive HoldCo nor Olive nor (to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo) any of the Olive Group Companies has received

 

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  written notice of any pending, and to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there is no threatened, condemnation proceeding with respect to any Leased Real Property,

except in each case as has not or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

7.9 The assets which are the subject of the Warranties given by Olive and Olive HoldCo in this Schedule 6 constitute (when taken together with the rights under the Transitional Services Agreements) in all material respects all the assets necessary for the Olive Group Companies to conduct the Olive Business in the manner conducted during the three (3) months prior to the date hereof.

 

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

8.1 The Olive Group owns all right, title and interest in and to, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), or possesses valid and enforceable and adequate licenses or other legal rights to use, all material Intellectual Property Rights and Know-How that have been primarily used or held primarily for use in the past two (2) full calendar years prior to the date of this Agreement in the operation of the Olive Business (collectively, the “Olive Business Intellectual Property Rights”). The Olive Business Intellectual Property Rights in each case have a term of or are valid for at least six (6) months upon the date of this Agreement and will remain unaffected by the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.2 The Olive Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) Trademark registrations and applications (including internet domain name registrations) and material unregistered Trademarks; (iii) copyright registrations and applications; (iv) material trade secrets and (v) material computer software, in each case, owned by the Olive Group and primarily used or held primarily for use in connection with the Olive Business. An Olive Group Company is the sole and exclusive legal and beneficial and, with respect to applications and registrations, record owner of all of such Intellectual Property Rights set out in the Olive Disclosure Letter, and to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, all such material Intellectual Property Rights are valid, subsisting, enforceable and registered within the relevant registries in the territories where the Intellectual Property Rights are used. The Intellectual Property Rights listed in the Olive Disclosure Letter are not subject to any disputes, threatened or pending, in or out of court.

 

8.3 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, the conduct of the Olive Business as currently conducted, and as conducted in the past two (2) full calendar years does not, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate, and has not infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, in any material respect any Person’s Intellectual Property Rights, and, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there has been no such dispute nor claim asserted or threatened in writing (including in the form of offers or invitations to obtain a license) against an Olive Group Company or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, any other Person. To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, no Person is materially infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating any material Intellectual Property Rights owned or material Intellectual Property Rights used, or held for use by the Olive Group primarily in the conduct of the Olive Business, and, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, no such claims have been asserted or threatened in writing against any Person by an Olive Group Company in the past two (2) full calendar years.

 

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9. LITIGATION

 

9.1 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, threatened in writing against an Olive Group Company, by or before any Governmental Authority or by or on behalf of any third party that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would (a) have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, (b) have, individually, a potential or claimed value in excess of EUR5,000,000 or (c) prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

9.2 There are no outstanding judgments, decrees or orders of any Governmental Authority against or binding on Olive HoldCo or an Olive Group Company relating to the Olive Business except any such judgment, decree or order that has not had, and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

 

10.1 The Olive Disclosure Letter sets forth or refers to a list in the Data Room a list of each Benefit Plan of the Olive Business, whether written or oral, which is:

 

  (a) material; or

 

  (b) a pension scheme, arrangement or commitment, provides for the payment of benefits in lieu of pension on termination of employment, or is a change in control, severance or retiree medical plan, agreement or arrangement, regardless of whether or not such schemes, plans, agreements, arrangements or commitments are material.

 

10.2 The Data Room contains true, correct and complete copies of:

 

  (a) the terms or governing documents of, and the most recent summary plan description (if required by its terms or by Applicable Law, or if otherwise available) prepared for, each Benefit Plan of the Olive Business subject to Disclosure in paragraph 10.1; and

 

  (b) the most recent actuarial reports on Benefit Plans of the Olive Business that are pension plans.

 

10.3 No Benefit Plan of the Olive Business is subject to ERISA, the Code or other United States laws applicable to employee benefit plans.

 

10.4 The Olive Group Companies are neither party to, nor bound by, any equity or equity-based compensation plans or agreements or any long term incentive plan.

 

10.5 Except as would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, actual or threatened claims or complaints, investigations or audits with respect to any Benefit Plan of the Olive Business (other than routine claims for benefits).

 

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10.6 Except as would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, each Benefit Plan of the Olive Business:

 

  (a) complies in all material respects with Applicable Law;

 

  (b) has been established, operated and administered in material compliance with its terms and with Applicable Law and the Olive Group Companies have satisfied their obligations with respect to each Benefit Plan of the Olive Business in all material respects;

 

  (c) has (where required) been registered and has been maintained in good standing with the applicable Governmental Authorities; and

 

  (d) is not underfunded.

 

10.7 All contributions required to be made to any Benefit Plan of the Olive Business under applicable law, the terms of any such Benefit Plan or otherwise, and all premiums due or payable with respect to insurance policies funding any such Benefit Plan, have been timely made or paid in full or, to the extent not required to be made or paid in full, have been fully reflected on the books and records of Olive in accordance with Spanish GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

 

10.8 Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, either alone or in combination with another event:

 

  (a) entitle any current or former employee, officer or director of an Olive Group Company to any material bonus, severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment that must be paid by, provided by, or the cost of which is otherwise borne by any Olive Group Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement; or

 

  (b) give rise to any material liability under any Benefit Plan of the Olive Business or accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation due to any current or former employee, officer or director, with respect to any compensation that must be paid by, provided by, or the cost of which is otherwise borne by any Olive Group Company, in either case, which is material in aggregate to the individual Olive Business, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

10.9 No Benefit Plan of the Olive Business provides for the payment by any Olive Group Company of any Tax gross-up payments or similar payments in respect of any Taxes to any current or former employees or directors who provide or provided services to any Olive Group Company.

 

10.10 Except as provided under Applicable Law or under a collective bargaining Contract, there are no limitations or restrictions on the right of any Olive Group Company, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to merge, amend or terminate any of the Benefit Plans set forth or referred in the Olive Disclosure Letter.

 

11. TAX

 

11.1 All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to an Olive Group Company have been duly and timely filed (taking into account applicable extensions), and each such Tax Return was true, complete and correct in all material respects.

 

11.2 All material Taxes and all material estimated Taxes:

 

  (a) due and owing by the Olive Group Companies have been timely paid;

 

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  (b) not yet due and owing by the Olive Group Companies have been properly reserved for in accordance with the relevant accounting practices;

 

  (c) required to be withheld by the Olive Group Companies have been so withheld, and such withheld Taxes have either been duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority or properly provided for in accounts for such purpose and will be duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority.

 

11.3 There are no current, pending, or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, threatened audits or other administrative or judicial proceedings in respect of Taxes which, if adversely determined, are reasonably expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Olive Group Companies, or the Olive Business, and, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, no deficiency or claim for Taxes or any adjustment to Taxes with respect to which any of the Olive Group Companies may be liable is asserted or threatened in writing by any Taxing Authority.

 

11.4 Except for agreements or arrangements entered into more than five years prior to the date of this Agreement in connection with the acquisition or disposition of the equity or substantially all the assets of any business entity, and except for agreements or arrangements entered into solely by and among Olive Group Companies, no Olive Group Company:

 

  (a) is a party to or bound by or has any obligation under any material income Tax separation, sharing, allocation or similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary indemnification obligations contained in contracts of which Tax is not the principal concern);

 

  (b) has within the last five years been a member of any consolidated, combined or unitary group (or any other fiscal consolidation) for purposes of filing Tax Returns or paying Taxes of which any Person other than an Olive Group Company is a member; or

 

  (c) has within the last five years entered into any settlement agreement with any Taxation Authority with respect to any material Tax liability or is subject to any special arrangement (being an arrangement which is not based on the strict application of any relevant legislation or any published practice) of a Taxation Authority.

 

11.5 There are no material Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) relating to Taxes upon the assets of the Olive Business.

 

11.6 Each Olive Group Company is and has at all times been resident for Tax purposes in the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated and is not and has not at any time been treated as resident in any other jurisdiction for any Tax purpose (including for the purpose of any double Tax treaty). Each Olive Group Company is not, nor has it ever been, subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its place of incorporation by virtue of having a permanent establishment or other place of business in that jurisdiction.

 

11.7 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, no Olive Group Company has agreed to make, nor is required by Applicable Law to make, any adjustment for a taxable period ending after the Completion Date by reason of a change in tax accounting method or otherwise that would result in (i) the shifting of income from the pre-Completion period to the post-Completion period or (ii) the shifting of deductions from the post-Completion period to the pre-Completion period, except, in each case, where such adjustment has not had, nor is reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Olive Business Material Adverse Effect.

 

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12. MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

12.1 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, none of the Olive Group Companies is subject to any outstanding obligations under any of the following Contracts (individually, a “Material Contract” and, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):

 

  (a) any Contract of Material Value which contains a non-competition covenant that precludes or purports to preclude an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates from operating in any geographic location or from hiring the staff of its choice;

 

  (b) any Contract relating to the formation, operation or management of any joint venture, alliance or partnership requiring annual payments by or to an Olive Group Company in excess of EUR 5,000,000;

 

  (c) any Contract of Material Value:

 

  (i) providing any Person with a material exclusive dealing arrangement or the right of first refusal or first offer or similar type provision with respect to the disposition or acquisition of any material assets of the Olive Business; or

 

  (ii) that grants any Person “most favoured nation” status;

 

  (d) any Contract of Material Value which is:

 

  (i) a sales agreement entered into with the customers of the Olive Business;

 

  (ii) a marketing agreement in relation to sales;

 

  (iii) a purchase or supply agreement under which the Olive Business acquires or is supplied with goods or services;

 

  (iv) a Contract relating to the Olive Business’s use or ownership of or rights in any Intellectual Property Rights (whether restricting, enabling, licensing or otherwise affecting such Intellectual Property Rights); or

 

  (v) an outsourcing agreement;

 

  (e) any Contract:

 

  (i) entered into outside the Ordinary Course of the Olive Business;

 

  (ii) entered into with an Affiliate of an Olive Group Company, except for contracts to which only Olive Group Companies are a party; or

 

  (iii) entered into with any Governmental Authority

 

  (f) any Contract of Material Value which contains restrictions with respect to payment of dividends or any other distribution by any Olive Group Company;

 

  (g) any Contract of Material Value entered into between Olive Group Companies;

 

  (h) any Contract of Material Value in respect of which the potential liability of the Olive Group Company party thereto is unlimited and could have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

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  (i) any Contract pursuant to which the Olive Group receives a service which, if terminated, would have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect;

 

  (j) any Contract of Material Value governing the terms by which an Olive Group Company assumes any liability to Tax of any other Person which is not also an Olive Group Company (other than customary indemnification obligations contained in contracts of which Tax is not the principal concern);

 

  (k) any Contract entered into outside the Ordinary Course that includes a warranty or indemnification obligation of any Olive Group Company in respect of which claims remain possible by the terms of that Contract and in respect of which that Olive Group Company has a maximum potential Liability in excess of EUR 5,000,000;

 

  (l) any Contract which termination other than by a default by the Olive Group Company any which is a party thereto gives rise to an indemnification obligation of such Olive Group Company; and

 

  (m) any Contract of Material Value that (i) requires a consent or approval from any third party or (ii) provides for payments by an Olive Group Company or (iii) permits a third party to terminate or modify such Contract, in each case as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,

provided that for the purposes of the above of “Material Value” shall mean that such Contract is a Contract which is expected to generate annual net profit, require annual payments, or which otherwise has an annualised value, of EUR 5,000,000 or more.

 

12.2 Each of the Material Contracts is, in all material respects, in full force and effect, and is valid and, with respect to the Olive Group Companies, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and with respect to the other parties thereto is, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that enforcement of any Material Contract may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles.

 

12.3 There is no material breach of any Material Contract by an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto, and to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, no event in respect of the Olive Business has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a material default thereunder by an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto. To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there is no material breach of, any Material Contract by the relevant other party to a Material Contract and no event has occurred that would allow the relevant other parties to a Material Contract to terminate the Material Contract.

 

12.4 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, no other contracting party to any Material Contract:

 

  (a) has given written notice to an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates of, or made a written claim against an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates with respect to, any material breach or default thereunder.

 

  (b) is in material breach thereof or has breached the same in any material respect within the twelve (12)-month period prior to the date hereof.

 

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12.5 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, none of the Olive Group Companies or its Affiliates has received written notice that any party to any Material Contract intends to cancel or terminate any such Material Contract or to exercise or not exercise any option or extension right thereunder whether as a result of the Transactions or otherwise.

 

12.6 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, true, correct and complete copies of each Material Contract are included in the Data Room.

 

13. PRODUCT LIABILITY

 

13.1 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter:

 

  (a) since December 31, 2014, there has been no Proceeding pending, or to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, threatened against an Olive Group Company with respect to any product liability; and

 

  (b) to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there has not occurred any state of facts or circumstances that would give rise to any Proceeding that would have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect,

with respect to any products manufactured, sold or distributed at any time by or on behalf of or in the name of or for the account of an Olive Group Company, including any Proceeding on account of any express or implied warranty, except for Ordinary Course normal returns and allowances which have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect or a financial impact on an Olive Group Company in excess of EUR 5,000,000.

 

14. MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS

 

14.1 The Olive Disclosure Letter lists the top twenty (20) suppliers to, and top twenty (20) customers of, the Olive Business as of the date of this Agreement, determined based on the euro amount of goods and services such suppliers provided during the twelve (12) months ended December 31, 2014 (based on amounts paid by the Olive Group) and that such customers have purchased during such period (based on revenue recognized during such period under IFRS accounting), under their Contracts with the Olive Group Companies.

 

14.2 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, all the agreements with suppliers and customers set out in the preceding paragraph are valid and binding and have been executed in writing, and none of the customers or suppliers identified pursuant to paragraph 14.1 above has cancelled, materially and adversely modified, or otherwise terminated its relationship with the Olive Group, or materially decreased its services, supplies or materials to the Olive Group, nor to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, has any such customer or supplier communicated in writing any intention to do any of the foregoing.

 

15. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; PERMITS; ANTI-CORRUPTION

 

15.1 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, the Olive Group Companies are, and, have been since June 1, 2013, in compliance with all Applicable Laws except as have not had or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect and except Tax Laws (which are addressed elsewhere).

 

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15.2 Except for those matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Olive Group:

 

  (a) no Olive Group Company, nor any director, manager or employee of an Olive Group Company has in the last five years, in connection with the Olive Business, itself or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, any of its agents, representatives, sales intermediaries, or any other third party, in each case, acting on behalf of an Olive Group Company, taken any action in violation of the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable);

 

  (b) no Olive Group Company, nor any director, manager or employee of an Olive Group Company, is, or in the past five years has been, subject to any actual, pending, or threatened Proceedings, or made any voluntary disclosures to any Governmental Authority, involving an Olive Group Company in any way relating to the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable);

 

  (c) each Olive Group Company has made and kept books and records, accounts and other records, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of that Olive Group Company as required by the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable), in all material respects;

 

  (d) each Olive Group Company has instituted policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with t the FCPA, since its coming into effect only, the Bribery Act, or other applicable Bribery Legislation (in each case to the extent applicable), and maintains such policies and procedures in force; and

 

  (e) no officer or director of an Olive Group Company is a Government Official.

 

15.3 The Olive Group Companies possess all Permits that are necessary for the operation of the Olive Business as operated on the date hereof or the ownership of the assets of the Olive Business, and all such Permits are validly held and in full force and effect and to the knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, not threatened by circumstances that would enable their revocation or cancellation by a third party, except as have not had or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. In particular, the Olive Group Companies (i) hold all necessary registrations with the Spanish General Health Registry of Food and Beverage Operators (“Registro General Sanitario de Empresas Alimentarias y Notificación de Alimentos”), and each such registration is duly held under the name of the relevant operator in the Olive Group carrying out the corresponding activity; (ii) hold the relevant declaration on the condition of mineral water and the water source exploitation permit(s), being such declarations/exploitation permits duly held under the name of the relevant Olive Group Company carrying out water bottling activities; and (iii) hold every urban planning permit as required by applicable national, regional and local urban planning and zoning legislation (including but not limited to, any sort of building permit, works licence, first occupancy licence and activity licence).

 

15.4 The Olive Group Companies are, and since June 1, 2013, have been, in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Permits, except as have not had or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

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15.5 The Olive Group Companies comply with all requirements and conditions necessary in connection with any public subsidies granted to them.

 

15.6 No Olive Group Company, nor any director, officer, or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, employee of any Olive Group Company is, or has ever been, a Restricted Party

 

15.7 No Olive Group Company nor any director, officer, or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, employee of any Olive Group Company has engaged, or engages, in any activity, practice or conduct (or failure to act) which breaches or has breached any applicable Sanctions.

 

16. LABOUR MATTERS

 

16.1 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter and except as has not had or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, with respect to the employees of the Olive Group Companies:

 

  (a) The Olive Group Companies are neither party to, nor bound by, any collective bargaining Contract or work rules or practices with any labour union, labour organization or works council; there are no collective bargaining Contracts or work rules or practices that pertain to any of the employees of the Olive Group Companies; and no employees of the Olive Group Companies are represented by any labour union, labour organization or works council with respect to their employment with the Olive Group Companies.

 

  (b) No labour union, labour organization, works council, or group of employees of the Olive Group Companies has made a pending demand for recognition or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened in writing to be brought or filed with or by the applicable Governmental Authority. To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there is no labour union organizing activities with respect to any employees of the Olive Group Companies.

 

  (c) From December 31, 2013, there has been no actual or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, threatened labour disputes, employment-related litigation, strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or work stoppages against or affecting the Olive Group Companies.

 

  (d) The Olive Group Companies and their respective employees, agents or representatives have not, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, committed any material unfair labour practice contrary to Applicable Law.

 

  (e) The Olive Group Companies are not required to provide notice to or obtain the consent of, or consult with, any labour union, labour organization, works council or group of employees of the Olive Group Companies in connection with the execution of this Agreement, except for the Employee Notification Processes in respect of the Olive Group set out in Annex C and any notices required to be provided under collective bargaining Contracts the failure of which to be provided would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Olive Business.

 

  (f)

To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, the Olive Group Companies: (i) have properly classified all of its workers as independent contractors or employees, (ii) have properly classified, recorded and documented the

 

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  employment of all of its employees under Applicable Law, and (iii) are not delinquent in any payments to, or on behalf of, any current or former independent contractors or employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or otherwise paid.

 

  (g) To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, no officer or director of an Olive Group Company is in violation of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, statutory non-disclosure obligation, noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation to a former employer of any such employee relating (i) to the right of any such employee to be employed by an Olive Group Company or (ii) the use of trade secrets or proprietary information.

 

  (h) The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions will not result in any breach or other violation of any collective bargaining Contract, employment agreement, consulting agreement or any other labour-related agreement to which an Olive Group Company is a party and which is (or the class of arrangements on substantially the same terms of which it comprises part) is material to the Olive Group.

 

16.2 Except as referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, there is no labour Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Olive, threatened against an Olive Group Company, by or before any Government Authority or by or on behalf of any third party that, if adversely determined, would entail the obligation to reemploy 20 employees or more.

 

17. ENVIRONMENTAL

 

17.1 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, except as has not or would not have an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, since June 1, 2013, the Olive Group Companies have at all times been, and are, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including, but not limited to, possessing and complying with all Permits, and periodically filing any declaration or carrying out any control or measurement related to waste, water discharge, pollutant emissions, soil contamination, noise emissions and asbestos contamination as required for their operations under applicable Environmental Laws; and have not received any written communication, whether from a Governmental Authority or other Person, alleging that an Olive Group Company is not in such compliance, and there are no past or present actions, conditions, activities, circumstances or occurrences that would prevent such compliance in the future.

 

17.2 The Data Room includes a complete list of all material Permits held by the Olive Group Companies on 4 August 2015 pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws.

 

17.3 Except as would not result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect, there is no Environmental Claim pending or, threatened, against any Olive Group Companies or, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, against any Person whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Olive Group Companies has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, in each case relating to the Olive Business.

 

17.4

To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there are no past or present actions, conditions, activities, circumstances or occurrences, including the Release, threatened Release or presence of any Hazardous Material which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of any Environmental Claim relating to the Olive Business against the Olive Group Companies, or to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, against

 

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  any Person whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Olive Group Companies have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, except in each case as would not result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

17.5 Except as set forth under the Olive Disclosure Letter, none of the Olive Group Companies is a party or subject to any administrative or judicial order or decree pursuant to the Environmental Laws, that could result into the cancellation, suspension, revocation, limitation, condition or substantial variation or modification of, or could reasonably prejudice the renewal of, the Permits and/or giving rise to a potential fine, except in each case as would not result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

17.6 To the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, the Olive Group Companies have not, and no other Person has, within the applicable statutory limitation period stored, deposited, discharged, buried, dumped or disposed of Hazardous Materials, on or beneath any Real Property currently or to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, formerly owned, operated or leased by the Olive Group Companies, except for inventories of such substances to be used, and wastes generated therefrom, in the Ordinary Course of the Olive Business, except in each case as would not result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect. With respect to any offsite disposal location used by the Olive Group Companies to dispose of any Hazardous Materials, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials on or underneath any of such location that would result in an Olive Business Material Adverse Change/Effect.

 

17.7 The Data Room includes true, complete and correct copies of any reports, studies, analyses, tests or monitoring possessed by Olive or Olive Holdco and the Olive Group Companies pertaining to potential liability under any Environmental Law relating to Hazardous Materials in, on, beneath or adjacent to any Real Property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by the Olive Group Companies within the applicable statutory limitation period, or regarding the compliance by the Olive Group Companies with applicable Environmental Laws within the applicable statutory limitation period, in each case relating to the Olive Business.

 

18. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

18.1 Except for those Contracts referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter, no Olive Group Company is a party to any written Contract with (i) any current or former director or officer; or (ii) to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo any direct or indirect stockholder of an Olive Group Company; or (iii) to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco, any of their Affiliates; or (iv) to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive Holdco their spouses and respective family members up to the third degree, all of them directly or through entities (all of them, “Related Parties”). In any event, those Contracts referred to in the Olive Disclosure Letter are at arms’ length and none of them will be terminated or fail to be renewed as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

18.2 The Olive Disclosure Letter sets or refers to the inclusion in the Data Room of, a true, correct, and complete list of:

 

  (a) any and all outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made or guaranteed by the Olive Group Companies to or for the benefit of any Related Party or employee of the Olive Group Companies (other than advances of business expenses in the Ordinary Course); and

 

  (b) any and all outstanding loans, guarantees, or other extensions of credit of any amount made to or for the benefit of the Olive Group Companies by any Related Party or employee of the Olive Group Companies.

 

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and none of these loans, guarantees or other extensions of credit expires, terminates or will otherwise become repayable as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

19. INSURANCE

 

19.1 The Olive Disclosure Letter sets forth or refers to the inclusion in the Data Room of, a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all insurance policies that relate to the Olive Business or the Olive Group Companies. Each such policy is in full force and effect on the date hereof and each such policy will be in full force and effect as of the Completion Date, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Policies, or a substituted policy shall have been obtained therefor. These insurance policies cover the risks which are required by law to be covered, as well as all risks usually covered by companies engaged in similar businesses to the Olive Group Companies.

 

19.2 No Olive Group Company is in material default with respect to its obligations under any of the policies (including payment obligations). None of the Olive Group Companies has received a written notice of cancellation or non-renewal of any policy or binder.

 

19.3 None of the policies allows a third party to terminate or modify such policy as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

20. GUARANTEES AND FINANCINGS

 

20.1 The Olive Disclosure Letter references, as of the date of this Agreement, each Guarantee issued by an Olive Group Company in favour of its Related Parties other than the Olive Group.

 

20.2 The Olive Disclosure Letter references, as of the date of this Agreement, all Guarantees issued by Olive HoldCo or its Affiliates other than the Olive Group on behalf of any Olive Group Company.

 

20.3 The Olive Disclosure Letter references a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all loan agreements, notes, letters of credit and other evidences of long-term and short-term indebtedness to which an Olive Group Company is a party and which individually exceeds an amount or EUR 5,000,000, any related interest rate swap, currency contracts, hedging instruments or other derivative instruments, guarantees, sureties and letters of comfort (including off-balance sheet commitments) as well as any other financing arrangements (including sale and lease-back arrangements, instalment purchases and bank letters or agreements confirming lines of credit) (each a “Financing Arrangement”).

 

20.4 There is no pending material event of default under, or breach of, any material Financing Arrangement by an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto, and to the Knowledge of Olive, no event in respect of the Olive Business has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute an event of default thereunder by an Olive Group Company or its Affiliates party thereto.

 

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20.5 The Olive Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all government grants, subsidies and similar financial assistances to any Olive Group Company and any other aid (whether in the form of loans, grants, subsidies, guarantees or financial assistance) (each a “State Aid”) received by any Olive Group Company from any national, regional or local authority or public body which individually exceed EUR 1,000,000. Except as disclosed in the Olive Disclosure Letter, the Olive Group Companies

 

  (a) have used all State Aids in compliance with the respective grant notifications, agreements and/or other terms and conditions applying thereto, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement; and

 

  (b) are under no obligation (also considering the implemented restructuring measures) to repay any State Aid, nor, to the Knowledge of Olive or Olive HoldCo, is any such obligation threatening.

 

20.6 None of the State Aids granted to an Olive Group Company will have to be repaid in whole or in part, and no State Aid may be revoked, rescinded, cancelled or otherwise terminated as a consequence of the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or as a consequence of any restructuring measure to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

21. NO SECURITY

No mortgages, pledges, liens or other security interest, liens or encumbrances have been granted over any assets of any Olive Group Company.

 

22. NO BONUSES, COMMISSIONS OR FINDERS’ FEES

Except as disclosed in the Olive Disclosure Letter, no director, officer or employee of the Olive Group Companies is entitled to receive a bonus, payment, guarantee or similar or other benefit from, or is to be held harmless against, any disadvantages by any of the Olive Group Companies or their Affiliates as a result of the execution of any of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder.

 

23. APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS

 

23.1 None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Olive or Olive HoldCo for inclusion or incorporation by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document will, at the time the relevant Application and Disclosure Document or any amendment or supplement thereto is finally filed with the applicable Review Authority, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by Olive or Olive HoldCo with respect to statements made or omitted to be made or incorporated by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document based on information supplied or failed to be supplied by or on behalf of any other Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

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SCHEDULE 7

ORANGE WARRANTIES

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION

 

1.1 Each Orange Group Company is duly organized, validly existing and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

 

1.2 True and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other comparable governing documents) of each of the Orange Group Companies as in effect on the date of this Agreement have been delivered to the other Parties.

 

1.3 Each of the Orange Group Companies is Solvent.

 

2. AUTHORITY; NO BREACH

 

2.1 Each of the Orange Group Companies has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Combination Transactions.

 

2.2 The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Orange Group Companies of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which they are respectively a party and the consummation of the Combination Transactions:

 

  (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of that person and (if applicable) its shareholders;

 

  (b) do not, assuming each of the Conditions is satisfied and the filings referred to in this Agreement are made in accordance with the terms hereof, require any consent or approval from, or the giving of any notice or making of any filings to, any Governmental Authority by an Orange Group Company that have not already been obtained or made, other than in all cases where failure to obtain such consent or to give or make such notice or filing would not have a Material Adverse Change/Effect on any Transferred Business (upon or after Completion) or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions; and

 

  (c) do not:

 

  (i) assuming all authorizations, consents and approvals to be obtained or made as Conditions have been obtained or made, violate any Applicable Law to which such persons are subject;

 

  (ii) (A) require a consent, notice or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or (B) create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate or cancel, any Contract to which any of such persons is a party;

 

  (iii) create any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) upon any of the properties or assets used or held for use by the Orange Group Companies; or

 

  (iv) violate the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such person,


except with respect to the foregoing sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) as would not have a Material Adverse Change/Effect on any Transferred Business (after Completion) or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

2.3 This Agreement has been (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will be) duly executed and delivered by each of the Orange Group Companies party thereto and constitutes (and each Transaction Document upon execution and delivery will constitute), assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto and thereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Orange Group Companies party hereto or thereto, as applicable, enforceable against the same in accordance with its and their respective terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other Applicable Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

3. ORANGE GROUP; CAPITAL

 

3.1 All of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in Orange (“Orange Ordinary Shares”), all of which Orange Ordinary Shares are held by Olive, are, and all Orange Shares (upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified herein) will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any pre-emptive rights or Encumbrances (save those arising under the Articles and Applicable Law) and issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws.

 

3.2 As of Completion, Orange will hold all right, title and interest to the equity interests of US HoldCo, and US HoldCo will hold all right, title and interest to the equity interests of MergeCo, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under the terms of the applicable Constitutional Documents and Applicable Law. All such equity interests (including limited liability company interests) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any pre-emptive rights or Encumbrances (save those arising under the Constitutional Documents of MergeCo or US HoldCo, as applicable, and Applicable Law) and issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws.

 

3.3 The only Orange Group Companies immediately prior to Completion are Orange, US HoldCo and MergeCo. Except as set forth paragraph 3.2 of this Schedule, or arising under the Transaction Documents, none of the Orange Group Companies has any Subsidiaries or owns or has an obligation under Contract to acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity interests, equity investments or debt securities in any Person.

 

3.4 Except the Transaction Documents, there are no outstanding (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the capital stock of, or equity interests in, any Orange Group Company, (ii) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for capital stock of, or equity interests in, any Orange Group Company, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind requiring the issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption, reacquisition or voting of any capital stock of, or equity interests in, any Orange Group Company, or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights, to which an Orange Group Company is party or by which an Orange Group Company is bound.

 

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4. LIABILITIES

 

4.1 Since their respective dates of formation, none of the Orange Group Companies have carried on any business or conducted any operations other than the execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the performance of their obligations hereunder and thereunder and matters ancillary thereto.

 

4.2 Save under the Transaction Documents, or pursuant to the performance of their obligations thereunder (including in respect of the Application and Disclosure Documents) none of the Orange Group Companies has any Liabilities.

 

5. LITIGATION

 

5.1 There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Orange and MergeCo, threatened against an Orange Group Company, by or before any Governmental Authority or by or on behalf of any third party that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would (a) have a Material Adverse Change/Effect on any Transferred Business (after Completion), or (b) prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

5.2 There are no outstanding judgments, decrees or orders of any Governmental Authority against or binding on an Orange Group Company that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Combination Transactions.

 

6. TAX

Each Orange Group Company is and has at all times been resident for Tax purposes in the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated and is not and has not at any time been treated as resident in any other jurisdiction for any Tax purpose (including for the purpose of any double Tax treaty).

 

7. APPLICATION AND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS

 

7.1 None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Orange for inclusion or incorporation by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document will, at the time the relevant Application and Disclosure Document or any amendment or supplement thereto is finally filed with the applicable Review Authority, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by Orange with respect to statements made or omitted to be made or incorporated by reference in an Application and Disclosure Document based on information supplied or failed to be supplied by or on behalf of any other Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

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SCHEDULE 8

WARRANTY LIABILITY

 

Clause 8.1 Survival of Warranties and Certain Covenants

Each Warranty in respect of each of Red, White, Olive and Olive HoldCo shall survive until the date that is three (3) months after the date that Orange files with the SEC its annual report on Form 20-F in respect of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 (the period ending on that date being the “Claim Period”). If Orange, Red or Olive makes a claim with respect to any Warranty within the Claim Period, and such claim is not fully and finally resolved prior to the expiration of the Claim Period, such Warranty shall survive solely with respect to such claim until such claim is finally and fully resolved.

 

Clause 8.2 Red’s Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Red Claim Adjustment Amount in respect of any claim with respect to the breach of a Warranty shall be limited to claims as to which Orange or Olive has given Red written notice, setting forth therein in reasonable detail the basis for such claim, before the end of the Claim Period; provided, however, that in calculating the Red Claim Adjustment Amount only the excess over 400 million dollars ($400,000,000) (the “Red Basket”) shall be taken into account; provided further that no amount shall be taken into account in respect of any particular claim, unless the amount of such claim exceeds $5,000,000 (the “Excluded Amount”) and all such Losses in respect of any claim or series of related claims that total less than the Excluded Amount shall be excluded in their entirety from calculations with respect to the Red Basket or Red Cap, and the Red Claim Adjustment Amount. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Red Claim Adjustment Amount exceed an amount equal to 450 million dollars ($450,000,000) (the “Red Cap”).

 

Clause 8.3 White’s Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the White Claim Adjustment Amount in respect of any claim with respect to the breach of a Warranty shall be limited to claims as to which Orange has delivered to Red or Olive or Red or Olive has delivered to Orange written notice, setting forth therein in reasonable detail the basis for such claim, before the end of the Claim Period; provided, however, that in calculating the White Claim Adjustment Amount only the excess over 450 million dollars ($450,000,000) (the “White Basket”) shall be taken into account; provided further that no amount shall be taken into account in respect of any particular claim, unless the amount of such claim exceeds the Excluded Amount and all such Losses in respect of any claim or series of related claims that total less than the Excluded Amount shall be excluded in their entirety from calculations with respect to the White Basket or White Cap, and the White Claim Adjustment Amount. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of the White Claim Adjustment Amount exceed an amount equal to 400 million dollars ($400,000,000) (the “White Cap”).

 

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Clause 8.4 Olive’s Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Olive Claim Adjustment Amount in respect of any claim with respect to the breach of a Warranty shall be limited to claims as to which Orange or Red has given Olive written notice, setting forth therein in reasonable detail the basis for such claim, before the end of the Claim Period; provided, however, that in calculating the Olive Claim Adjustment Amount only the excess over 400 million dollars ($400,000,000) (the “Olive Basket”) shall be taken into account; provided further that no amount shall be taken into account in respect of any particular claim, unless the amount of such claim exceeds the Excluded Amount and all such Losses in respect of any claim or series of related claims that total less than the Excluded Amount shall be excluded in their entirety from calculations with respect to the Olive Basket or Olive Cap, and the Olive Claim Adjustment Amount. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Olive Claim Adjustment Amount exceed an amount equal to 450 million dollars ($450,000,000) (the “Olive Cap”).

 

Clause 8.5 Third-Party Claims (Red and Olive)

The calculation of the Red Claim Adjustment Amount or Olive Claim Adjustment Amount, which arises or results from claims for Losses made by third parties (“Red/Olive Third-Party Claim”), shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) (i) Any of Orange or Red shall give to Olive HoldCo or (ii) any of Orange or Olive Holdco shall give to Red, as the case may be, prompt written notice of any such Red/Olive Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that (i) failure to give such notification shall not affect the calculation of the Red Claim Adjustment Amount or Olive Claim Adjustment Amount, as the case may be, except to the extent Red or Olive HoldCo, as applicable, shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure; and (ii) Red or Olive HoldCo shall have the right, after it acknowledges in writing to Orange that if the facts alleged are proved the claim concerned would be a Valid Claim, to undertake the defense thereof by counsel reasonably satisfactory to Orange at sole expense of Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be; provided, that if Red or Olive HoldCo assumes such defense, Orange shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be, it being understood that Red or Olive HoldCo shall control such defense;

(b) Within thirty (30) Business Days following the receipt of notice of a Red/Olive Third-Party Claim, if Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be, has not assumed the defense of such Red/Olive Third-Party Claim or has declined to assume the defense of such Red/Olive Third-Party Claim in writing, Orange shall (upon further written notice to Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be,) have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such Third-Party Claim the costs and expenses of which shall, subject to clauses 8.1 and 8.2 be included in the Red Claim Adjustment Amount or Olive Claim Adjustment Amount, as the case may be, subject to the right of Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be, to assume the defense of such Third-Party Claim at any time prior to settlement, compromise or final determination thereof (subject to clause 8.5(a)(ii)); and

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any provision in this clause 8 to the contrary, without the prior written consent of Orange (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be, shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, any Red/Olive Third-Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto, except in the case of any settlement that (i) includes as an unconditional term thereof the delivery by the claimant or plaintiff to the indemnified party of a written unconditional release from all liability in respect of such Red/Olive Third-Party Claim and (ii) provides solely for monetary relief and does not otherwise involve or purport to bind or limit Orange. In addition, if Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be, shall have assumed the defense of the Red/Olive Third-Party Claim, Orange shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, any Red/Olive Third-Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto, without the prior written consent of Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be, will not be subject to any liability for any such admission, settlement, compromise, discharge or consent to judgment made by Orange without such prior written consent of Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be.

 

Clause 8.6 Third-Party Claims (White)

The calculation of the White Claim Adjustment Amount which arise or result from claims for Losses made by third parties (“White Third-Party Claim”), shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) (i) Orange shall give Red and Olive HoldCo or (ii) any of Red or Olive Holdco shall give notice to Orange, as the case may be, prompt written notice of any such White Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such notification shall not affect the calculation of the White Claim Adjustment Amount except to the extent Red or Olive HoldCo shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of a failure by Orange to deliver such notice. Orange shall undertake the defense thereof by counsel reasonably satisfactory to Red and Olive HoldCo at the sole expense of Orange; provided, that Red and Olive HoldCo shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at their own expense, separate from the counsel employed by Orange, as the case may be, it being understood that Orange shall control such defense;

(b) Within thirty (30) Business Days following the receipt of notice of a White Third-Party Claim, if Orange has not assumed the defense of such White Third-Party Claim or has declined to assume the defense of such White Third-Party Claim in writing, Red and Olive HoldCo shall (upon further written notice to Orange, as the case may be) have the right to jointly undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such White Third-Party Claim at the cost and expense of Orange subject to the right of Orange to assume the defense of such Third-Party Claim at any time prior to settlement, compromise or final determination thereof (subject to clause 8.6(a)(ii)); and

(c) Notwithstanding any provision in this clause 8 to the contrary, without the prior written consent of Red and Olive HoldCo (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Orange shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, any White Third-Party Claim or consent to the entry of any

 

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judgment with respect thereto, except in the case of any settlement that (i) includes as an unconditional term thereof the delivery by the claimant or plaintiff to the indemnified party of a written unconditional release from all liability in respect of such White Third-Party Claim and (ii) provides solely for monetary relief and does not otherwise involve or purport to bind or limit Orange. In addition, if Red and Olive HoldCo shall have assumed the defense of the White Third-Party Claim, Red and Olive HoldCo shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, any White Third-Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto, without the prior written consent of Orange (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and Orange will not be subject to any liability for any such admission, settlement, compromise, discharge or consent to judgment made by Red and Olive HoldCo without such prior written consent of Orange.

 

Clause 8.7 Other Claims (Red and Olive)

In the event Orange should have a claim that is relevant to the calculation of the Red Claim Adjustment Amount or the Olive Claim Adjustment Amount that does not involve a Red/Olive Third-Party Claim being asserted against or sought to be collected from Orange or its Subsidiaries, Orange shall, as promptly as practicable after discovery of such claim, deliver written notice of such claim to Red or Olive HoldCo, as the case may be. The failure by Orange to so notify Red or Olive shall not affect the calculation of the Red Claim Adjustment Amount or Olive Claim Adjustment Amount, as the case may be, except to the extent Red or Olive HoldCo shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure.

 

Clause 8.8 Other Claims (White)

In the event Orange, Red or Olive HoldCo becomes aware of a claim that is relevant to the calculation of the White Claim Adjustment Amount that does not involve a White Third-Party Claim being asserted against or sought to be collected from Orange or its Subsidiaries, Orange, Red or Olive HoldCo shall, as promptly as practicable after discovery of such claim, deliver written notice of such claim to the other parties. The failure by Red and Olive HoldCo to so notify Orange shall not affect the calculation of the White Claim Adjustment Amount except to the extent Orange shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure.

 

Clause 8.9 Representation of White

The interests, rights and obligations of Orange (i) in respect of a Red Claim Adjustment Amount or an Olive Claim Adjustment Amount and (ii) in respect of the calculation of the White Claim Adjustment Amount, shall be represented exclusively (as between the Parties) by the independent directors (as defined in the articles of association of Orange) of Orange from time to time (and none of the Parties shall take any action to prevent, delay, limit or otherwise circumscribe or seek to interfere with the discharge of such role by such independent directors). Any matter to be done by Orange in respect of a Red Claim Adjustment Amount or an Olive Claim Adjustment Amount shall be done only with the approval of a majority of the independent directors of Orange; any notice to be given to Orange for such purposes shall be given to such independent directors (or such one or more of them as they may notify in writing to Red and Olive HoldCo from time to time); and any notice to be given by Orange for such purposes shall be given only following the approval of a majority of such independent directors. Nothing in this clause 8.9 shall vitiate the fiduciary duties of the directors to the Company.

 

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Clause 8.10 Determining the Claim Adjustment Amount

Upon a Claim being notified in accordance with this clause 8, Red, Olive HoldCo and Orange will discuss such Claim in good faith to determine whether the Claim is a Valid Claim and if so the Claim Adjustment Amount in respect of that Claim. Those Parties will endeavour to make such determination within 25 Business Days of such notification. At any time during such period or following such period, any of Red, Olive HoldCo and Orange may, in its absolute discretion, elect to terminate discussions and pursue any available remedies under clause 8. If no such determination can be agreed among Red, Olive HoldCo and White within such period, or any of them elects during such period to have such determination(s) made by a third party, the provisions of the attached Mediation Schedule apply.

The Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that the purpose of the calculation of a Claim Adjustment Amount in respect of a Valid Claim is to enable the determination, in accordance with clause 8.11 of the number of White Adjustment Shares, Red Adjustment Shares and / or Olive Adjustment Shares that Orange shall issue in respect of such Valid Claim, and (notwithstanding any provision of this clause 8 to the contrary) no Party shall have any liability to pay any other Party any amount (by way of indemnity or otherwise) in respect of a Valid Claim (the sole remedy in respect of any such Valid Claim being the issue of Adjustment Shares in accordance with clause 8.11 and clause 8.12).

The amount of any Losses to be taken into account in the calculation of a Claim Adjustment Amount shall be net of any amounts recovered by Orange under insurance policies, indemnities, contributions or other similar arrangements and shall be reduced to take account of any net tax benefit realized by Orange arising from the incurrence or payment of such Loss.

Orange shall use all reasonable endeavors to mitigate any Red Claim or Olive Claim, including by pursuing recovery under available insurance policies, indemnities, contributions or other similar arrangements. All Losses, or the conditions or circumstances relating to such Losses, that were caused, by any act or omission of Orange shall be excluded in their entirety from calculations with respect to the Red Basket or Olive Basket or Red Cap or Olive Cap, and the Red Claim Adjustment Amount or Olive Claim Adjustment Amount, in each case as applicable.

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, Losses shall not include any amounts that were or could have been taken into account in connection with the determination of working capital and net financial position pursuant to Section 9.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Losses (if any) in respect of any matter for which there were reserves reflected on Black’s, Olive’s or White’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 shall only include amounts (if any) in excess of such reserves.

 

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Clause 8.11 Adjustment Shares

Following agreement or determination of all Valid Claims and the Claim Adjustment Amounts in respect of all such Valid Claims (the date on which that happens being the Relevant Date), Olive HoldCo, Red and Orange shall jointly calculate the numbers of Olive Adjustment Shares, Red Adjustment Shares and White Adjustment Shares. Those Parties will endeavour to make such determination within 15 Business Days of the Relevant Date. If no such determination can be agreed within such period, the provisions of the attached Mediation Schedule apply.

Subject to clause 8.12(a), as soon as reasonably practicable following the agreement or determination of the numbers of Olive Adjustment Shares, Red Adjustment Shares and White Adjustment Shares, taking into account clause 8.12(b), (subject to applicable law and stock exchange listing rules), Orange shall allot and issue, credited as fully paid (the date of such issuance of Adjustment Shares being the “Adjustment Date”):

(i) the Olive Adjustment Shares to Olive HoldCo;

(ii) the Red Adjustment Shares to Red; and

(iii) the White Adjustment Shares to the shareholders of Orange as of the Adjustment Date (other than Olive HoldCo, Red and their respective Affiliates (the “Public Shareholders”),

in each case by way of capitalisation of reserves. All such shares shall rank pari passu as amongst themselves and as amongst all other Orange Shares then in issue.

No fractional shares shall be issued in respect of any issuance of Adjustment Shares and any fractional share that would have otherwise been issued to a Red, Olive or a Public Shareholder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share.

 

Clause 8.12 Limit on Adjustment Shares

(a) Orange shall not issue any Adjustment Shares unless and until:

(1) Red has received an opinion from the Red Tax Advisor (the “Red Adjustment Tax Opinion”), on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, dated the Adjustment Date, to the effect that, as a result of the issuance of the Adjustment Shares:

(i) Orange should not be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(ii) Orange should not be treated as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (or any successor term thereto) within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or otherwise be subject to any other analogous or more onerous Applicable Law not in effect on the date hereof addressing considerations similar to those addressed by Section 7874 of the Code as formulated on the date hereof,

in the case of each of (i) and (ii) assuming that the issuance of the Adjustment Shares occurs and taking into account the effect of any bill that would implement a change in Applicable

 

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Law (whether or not yet effective) that has passed in identical (or substantially identical) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed; it being understood that, in rendering the Red Adjustment Tax Opinion, the Red Tax Advisor shall be entitled to receive and rely upon representations of officers of Red, Black, Olive, Olive HoldCo, White, Orange, and MergeCo as to such matters as the Red Tax Advisor may reasonably request;

(2) Olive has received an opinion from the Olive Tax Advisor (the “Olive Adjustment Tax Opinion”), on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, dated the Adjustment Date, to the effect that, as a result of the issuance of the Adjustment Shares:

(i) Orange should not be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(ii) Orange should not be treated as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (or any successor term thereto) within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or otherwise be subject to any other analogous or more onerous Applicable Law not in effect on the date hereof addressing considerations similar to those addressed by Section 7874 of the Code as formulated on the date hereof,

in the case of each of (i) and (ii) assuming that the issuance of the Adjustment Shares occurs and taking into account the effect of any bill that would implement a change in Applicable Law (whether or not yet effective) that has passed in identical (or substantially identical) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed; it being understood that, in rendering the Olive Adjustment Tax Opinion, the Olive Tax Advisor shall be entitled to receive and rely upon representations of officers of Red, Black, Olive, Olive HoldCo, White, Orange, and MergeCo as to such matters as the Olive Tax Advisor may reasonably request; and

(3) White has received an opinion from the White Tax Advisor (the “White Adjustment Tax Opinion” and, together with the Red Adjustment Tax Opinion and the Olive Adjustment Tax Opinion, the “Adjustment Tax Opinions”), on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, dated the Adjustment Date, to the effect that, as a result of the issuance of the Adjustment Shares:

(i) Orange should not be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(ii) Orange should not be treated as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (or any successor term thereto) within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or otherwise be subject to any other analogous or more onerous Applicable Law not in effect on the date hereof addressing considerations similar to those addressed by Section 7874 of the Code as formulated on the date hereof,

 

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in the case of each of (i) and (ii) assuming that the issuance of the Adjustment Shares occurs and taking into account the effect of any bill that would implement a change in Applicable Law (whether or not yet effective) that has passed in identical (or substantially identical) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed; it being understood that, in rendering the White Adjustment Tax Opinion, the White Tax Advisor shall be entitled to receive and rely upon representations of officers of Red, Black, Olive, Olive HoldCo, White, Orange, and MergeCo as to such matters as the White Tax Advisor may reasonably request.

(b) If and to the extent any of the Tax Advisors is unable or unwilling to issue its respective Adjustment Tax Opinion then, to the extent reasonably necessary to allow such Tax Advisor(s) to issue its respective Adjustment Tax Opinion(s), the number of Red Adjustment Shares, Olive Adjustment Shares, and White Adjustment Shares shall be reduced proportionately (but not below zero).

 

Clause 8.13 Equality of Information

Each of the parties shall report to the other parties on a quarterly basis as to whether it believes that there may be a basis for an indemnification claim hereunder.

 

Clause 8.14 Orange Expenses

Any expenses incurred by Orange hereunder in connection with a Red/Olive Third Party Claim shall be deducted from the relevant Claim Adjustment Amount.

Definitions

Adjustment Shares” means the Olive Adjustment Shares, the Red Adjustment Shares, and the White Adjustment Shares.

Claim” means an Olive Claim, a Red Claim or a White Claim;

Olive Adjustment Shares” means, except as provided in clause 8.12, a number of Orange Shares equal to the aggregate of all Claim Adjustment Amounts in respect of Valid Red Claims and Valid White Claims multiplied by the Olive Proportion divided by the Opening Price;

Olive Claim Adjustment Amount” means, subject to clause 8.4, the amount of all damages, judgments, awards, liabilities, losses, fines, obligations, amounts paid in settlement, claims of any kind or nature and costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, auditors, consultants and other agents), excluding lost profits, lost revenues, loss of business reputation or opportunity, special, consequential, indirect and punitive damages and damages based on multiples (other than lost profits, lost revenues, special, consequential, indirect and punitive damages actually paid in connection with any third party claim) (collectively, “Losses”) suffered or incurred by Orange and its Subsidiaries as a direct and reasonably foreseeable result of (i) any failure of any Warranty of Olive set forth in this Agreement that survives after the Completion Date pursuant to clause 8.1 to be

 

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true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Completion Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case the failure of such Warranties to be so true and correct shall be measured as of such earlier date) as such Warranty would read if all qualifications to materiality were deleted therefrom for purposes of determining the amount of the Loss but not for purposes of determining if there is a breach;

Opening Price” means first day closing price of Orange Shares on NYSE;

Orange Shares” means ordinary shares with nominal value of 1 British pound each in the capital of Orange;

Red Adjustment Shares” means, except as provided in clause 8.12, a number of Orange Shares equal to the aggregate of all Claim Adjustment Amounts in respect of Valid Olive Claims and Valid White Claims multiplied by the Red Proportion divided by the Opening Price;

Red Claim Adjustment Amount” means subject to clause 8.2, the amount of all Losses suffered or incurred by Orange and its Subsidiaries as a direct and reasonably foreseeable result of any failure of any Warranty of Red set forth in this Agreement that survives after the Completion Date pursuant to clause 8.1 to be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Completion Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case the failure of such Warranties to be so true and correct shall be measured as of such earlier date) as such Warranty would read if all qualifications to materiality were deleted therefrom for purposes of determining the amount of the Loss but not for purposes of determining if there is a breach;

Valid Olive Claim” means a claim against Olive for breach of Warranty or the covenants in clause 7 in respect of which an Olive Claim Adjustment Amount is agreed by Orange, Red and Olive to be a valid Olive Claim or in any case is otherwise determined to be valid in accordance with clause 8.10;

Valid Red Claim” means a claim against Red for breach of Warranty or the covenants in clause 7 in respect of which a Red Claim Adjustment Amount is agreed by Orange, Red and Olive to be a valid Red Claim or in any case is otherwise determined to be valid in accordance with clause 8.10;

Valid White Claim” means a claim against White for breach of Warranty in respect of which a White Claim Adjustment Amount is agreed by Orange, Red and Olive to be a valid White Claim or in any case is otherwise determined to be valid in accordance with clause 8.10;

White Adjustment Shares” means, except as provided in clause 8.12, a number of Orange Shares equal to the aggregate of all Claim Adjustment Amounts in respect of Valid Red Claims and Valid Olive Claims multiplied by the White Proportion divided by the Opening Price;

White Claim Adjustment Amount” means, subject to clause 8.3, the amount of all Losses suffered or incurred by Orange and its Subsidiaries as a direct and reasonably foreseeable

 

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result of any failure of any Warranty of White set forth in this Agreement that survives after the Completion Date pursuant to clause 8.1 to be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Completion Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case the failure of such Warranties to be so true and correct shall be measured as of such earlier date) as such Warranty would read if all qualifications to materiality were deleted therefrom for purposes of determining the amount of the Loss but not for purposes of determining if there is a breach;

 

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Annex 1 to Schedule 8

Mediation Schedule

1. If the Parties (or such of them are involved in any dispute or disagreement) do not reach agreement in accordance with the time allowed for a consensual process, any such Party may refer the dispute to a panel of four individuals, one selected by Red, one selected by Olive HoldCo, one selected by Orange and one selected by the individuals selected by the Parties who shall have a casting vote, such firm and/or individual accepting such appointment within 10 Business Days of being asked to assume its role, to such independent firm of chartered accountants of international repute in London as the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales may, on the application of any such Party, nominate (the “Mediator”), on the basis that the Mediator is to make a decision on the dispute and notify the Parties of its decision within 120 Business Days of receiving the reference or such longer reasonable period as the Mediator may determine.

2. The costs of the Mediator shall be borne by the parties as set out in paragraph 3.3 below.

3. In any reference to the Mediator in accordance with paragraph 1 above:

3.1 the Mediator shall act as a mediator and not as an arbitrator and shall be directed to determine any dispute by reference to the provisions of Schedule 8 of this Agreement;

3.2 the costs of the Mediator shall be paid by Orange or as otherwise determined by the Mediator;

3.3 each of the Parties shall respectively provide or procure the provision to the Mediator of all such information as the Mediator shall reasonably require; and

3.4 any Party may appeal the decision of the Mediator in accordance with clause 24 of the Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE 9

EXPERT DETERMINATION

In the event that a matter is referred to Expert Determination, such matter (and any disputed item or items relevant to such valuation) shall be resolved by KPMG (or such other firm as the Principal Parties may agree from time to time) as the “Expert” (or, if the same is unwilling or unable to act, a reputable international accountancy firm acceptable to the Principal Parties, acting reasonably, provided that where the Principal Parties are unable to agree and appoint an Expert within 15 Business Days of the relevant matter being referred to Expert Determination any Principal Party may elect that the President for the time being of the Institute of Charted Accountants of England and Wales select the Expert).

 

1. Rules Applicable to Pricing Expert Determination

 

  a) As promptly as reasonably practicable, the Expert shall submit to the Principal Parties a draft form of the Expert’s report regarding the relevant matter, identifying a single point value for the Averaged Working Capital, Black NFP, Olive NFP or White NFO (as applicable) (the “Determination”) (setting forth the basis on which such draft Determination is made), after which the Principal Parties shall have three (3) days to provide written comments on the draft Determination (which, for the avoidance of doubt, are not binding on the Expert and the Expert is under no obligation to modify in any way the draft Determination). Promptly after the expiry of the 3-day period, the Expert shall submit the Determination to the Parties in writing, setting forth in detail the basis on which such Determination is made.

 

  b) If any difficulty should arise in applying any of the terms and conditions set forth in this Schedule 9, then the Expert shall resolve that difficulty in such manner as it may think fit.

 

  c) The Expert shall establish the procedural rules to be applied to the Determination contemplated under this Schedule 9, which must accord with the principles set forth in this Schedule 9.

 

  d) In making its Determination, the Expert shall take into account the written submissions of, or any relevant data or information provided by, any Principal Party, provided that such information shall have been delivered to the Expert within fifteen (15) days after its appointment.

 

  e) Written communications from a Principal Party to the Expert or from the Expert to a Principal Party shall be copied to the other Principal Parties and Expert at the same time and by the same method, and the Pricing Experts shall not take into consideration any document or statement which has not been made available to all Principal Parties.

 

  f) The Expert shall make the Determination impartially and in good faith.

 

  g) The Expert may be called as a witness in any subsequent proceedings concerning any dispute among the Principal Parties relating to the Determination. The Expert shall not be entitled to act as an advisor to any Party in any such subsequent proceedings concerning any dispute relating to the Determination among the Principal Parties without the other Principal Parties’ prior written consent, for a maximum period of 10 years after its appointment.

 

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3. Binding Nature of Determination under this Schedule

A Determination made in accordance with this Schedule 9, shall be final and binding on the Parties.

 

4. Expert not Arbitrator

In making a Determination under this Schedule 9, the Pricing Expert shall act in its capacity of independent expert, and not as an arbitrator.

 

5. Provision of Information to Expert

Each Principal Party shall provide the Expert with all information, assistance and access to books and accounting records, documents, files, papers and information which the Expert may reasonably require for the purposes of the notices and determinations (including the Determination) to be made under this Schedule 9 (subject to any confidentiality undertakings in respect of such information).

 

6. Costs

The fees and expenses of the Expert for making a Determination shall be borne by Orange.

 

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Exhibit 2.3

AGREED FORM

SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

DATED [] 20[]

[Orange plc]

and

[Olive HoldCo]

and

[Red]

 

LOGO

Allen & Overy LLP


CONTENTS

 

          Page  
Clause       

1.

   Definitions and Interpretation      1   

2.

   Business      1   

3.

   Effectiveness of this Agreement      1   

4.

   Compliance with and Precedence of this Agreement      2   

5.

   Board Composition and Corporate Governance      2   

6.

   Management and Decision Making      8   

7.

   Matters Requiring Shareholder Approval      10   

8.

   Related Party Transactions      11   

9.

   Business Plans, Budgets and Dividend Policy      11   

10.

   Finance and Information Rights      12   

11.

   Restrictions on Disposal      13   

12.

   Standstill      14   

13.

   Policies      15   

14.

   Events of Default and Breach      16   

15.

   Term and Termination      17   

16.

   Confidentiality      19   

17.

   Tax Matters      21   

18.

   Notices      22   

19.

   General      23   

20.

   Jurisdiction      25   

21.

   Governing Law      25   
Schedule   

1.

   The Company      27   

2.

   Capital Structure      28   

3.

   Matters Requiring Board Approval pursuant to clause 6.2(b)      29   

4.

   Information Rights      31   

5.

   INED Suitability Criteria      32   

6.

   Board Committee Terms of Reference      33   
   Part 1      Audit Committee      33   
   Part 2      Nomination Committee      34   
   Part 3      Remuneration Committee      35   
   Part 4      Affiliated Transaction Committee      36   
   Part 5      Corporate Social Responsibility Committee      37   

7.

   Relatives Description      38   

8.

   Definitions and Interpretation      39   

Signatories

     49   
Appendix   

1.

   Deed of Adherence      51   


THIS AGREEMENT is made by way of deed on [●] 20[●].

BETWEEN:

 

(1) [Orange] plc, a company incorporated in England under registration number 09717350 and whose registered office is [●] (the Company);

 

(2) [Olive HoldCo], a company incorporated in Spain [details] ([Olive HoldCo]); and

 

(3) [Red], a company incorporated [●] [details] ([Red]).

BACKGROUND:

 

(A) The Company is established to act as holding company to the Group which will market, produce, distribute and sell non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink (NARTD) beverages in western Europe. Further details of the Company are set out in Schedule 1.

 

(B) The parties have agreed to enter into this agreement for the purposes of regulating certain aspects of the affairs and governance of the Company.

 

(C) In consideration of the mutual promises of each of the parties and the contributions the Shareholders have made to the Company, the parties agree to enter into this agreement to govern their relationships.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this agreement, the definitions and other provisions in Schedule 8 apply throughout this agreement, unless the contrary intention appears.

 

1.2 In this agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a clause, subclause, paragraph, or schedule is a reference to a clause, subclause, paragraph, or schedule of or to this agreement. The schedules form part of this agreement.

 

1.3 The headings in this agreement do not affect its interpretation.

 

2. BUSINESS

 

2.1 It is intended that the Group will own and carry out the business of NARTD beverage bottling in western Europe (the Business).

 

2.2 The Shareholders and their Affiliates shall deal with the Company and each member of the Group in accordance with this agreement. Each of Olive HoldCo and Red shall, solely in its respective capacity as a shareholder, and shall use its reasonable efforts to procure that its Nominated Director(s) shall, exercise the powers available to it under this agreement and the Constitution with a view to procuring that the business of the Company and each member of the Group is conducted in accordance with the Annual Business Plan.

 

3. EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT

This agreement takes effect at Closing (the Effective Date).

 

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4. COMPLIANCE WITH AND PRECEDENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT

 

4.1 General undertakings

 

  (a) Each Shareholder shall vote its Shares in order to, and use reasonable endeavours to procure that its Nominated Directors shall act to, give effect, to the extent legally possible, to the provisions of this agreement and to ensure, to the extent legally possible, that the Company complies with its obligations under this agreement and the Constitution. References in this agreement to the Shareholders procuring that the Company performs its obligations are to be interpreted accordingly and such procurement obligations are, therefore, limited to a Shareholder acting solely as a holder of Shares.

 

  (b) The Company acknowledges its responsibilities under The Takeover Code.

 

4.2 Agreement prevails over Constitution

Each Shareholder agrees that if any provision of the Constitution at any time conflicts or is inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement: (i) as between the Shareholders, the provisions of this agreement are to prevail to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency; and (ii) each Shareholder shall exercise its powers and rights in accordance with clause 4.3 to the extent legally possible.

 

4.3 Amendments to Constitution

Subject to clause 4.4 and to the extent legally possible, each Shareholder shall vote their Shares and exercise all powers and rights available to it to seek the amendment of the Constitution to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of this agreement.

 

4.4 Company exclusion

The Company is not required to comply with any obligation contained in this agreement to the extent that to do so would constitute an unlawful fetter on the Company’s statutory powers. This does not affect the validity of the relevant provisions as between the other parties or the respective obligations of the other parties under this clause 4.

 

5. BOARD COMPOSITION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

5.1 Board responsibilities

The Board is responsible for:

 

  (a) the overall strategic guidance of the Group and for overseeing the Group’s internal controls; and

 

  (b) ensuring that the business of the Group is managed in accordance with this agreement, the Long Term Business Plan, the Annual Business Plan and the Policies.

 

5.2 Initial Board appointees

The parties shall procure that the initial Board shall comprise:

 

  (i) the Chief Executive Officer who shall be [JFB] and who shall be appointed for a term of one year from the Effective Date, such term being renewable by the Board in accordance with and subject to clause 6.1;

 

  (ii) five Directors nominated by Olive HoldCo who shall be [●], [●], [●], [●] and [●];

 

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  (iii) two Directors nominated by Red who shall be [●] and [●]; and

 

  (iv) nine INEDs who shall be [●], [●], [●], [●], [●], [●], [●], [●] and [●] (the Initial INEDs).

 

5.3 Board composition

 

  (a) The Board shall consist of up to 17 Directors (including the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer).

 

  (b) The Board shall at all times comprise a majority of INEDs and a majority of Directors who are non-US citizens and not resident in the US.

 

5.4 Nomination of Directors

 

  (a) If Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is:

 

  (i) 25 per cent. or more, Olive HoldCo may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement a maximum at any one time of five persons as Directors;

 

  (ii) 20 per cent. or more Olive HoldCo may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement a maximum at any one time of four persons as Directors;

 

  (iii) 15 per cent. or more, Olive HoldCo may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement a maximum at any one time of three persons as Directors;

 

  (iv) 10 per cent. or more, Olive HoldCo may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement a maximum at any one time of two persons as Directors; or

 

  (v) 5 per cent. or more, Olive HoldCo may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement one person as a Director (each an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director).

 

  (b) If Red’s Equity Proportion is:

 

  (i) 10 per cent. or more, Red may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement a maximum at any one time of two persons as Directors; or

 

  (ii) 5 per cent. or more, Red may nominate in accordance with the terms of this agreement one person as a Director (each a Red Nominated Director).

 

  (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, in the event that a Shareholder is not entitled to nominate any person as a Director pursuant to clause 5.4(a) or 5.4(b), each provision of this agreement which requires the approval, consent or presence of such Shareholder’s Nominated Director shall be deemed amended with such changes as are required such that the approval, consent or presence of such Shareholder’s Nominated Director shall not be required.

 

5.5 Removal and replacement of Directors

 

  (a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, if the number of Directors a Shareholder is entitled to nominate pursuant to clause 5.4 falls below the number of Directors who are at that time Nominated Directors of such Shareholder, and such circumstances exist for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, such Shareholder shall, within five Business Days of the expiry of such period, notify the Board in writing, for the purposes of article [84] of the Constitution, of the identity of the Nominated Director(s) who

 

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  are to be removed as Directors and shall procure that such Nominated Directors resign with immediate effect as Directors and as directors of each Group Company on whose board he or she or they sit. If a Shareholder fails to give such notice within such period, that Shareholder shall be deemed to have given such a notice and to have identified in that notice such Nominated Directors as are required to resign (and the Nominated Directors of that Shareholder who shall be deemed to have been identified shall be by reference to ascending age order). If a Board meeting occurs during the combined 20 trading day and five Business Day period set out above and the relevant Shareholder has yet to give notice setting out details of the relevant Nominated Director who is to resign, the relevant shareholder shall procure that only so many of its Nominated Directors shall attend and vote at such Board meeting as is commensurate with the relevant Nominator’s rights pursuant to clause 5.4 above.

 

  (b) Neither Olive HoldCo nor Red shall propose or cause or encourage to be proposed a resolution to remove an Initial INED before the initial term of office of that INED as set out in the Constitution has expired unless such resolution is proposed with the prior written approval of a majority of all other INEDs.

 

  (c) A Nominated Director may be removed from office by his or her Nominator in accordance with the Constitution or in accordance with this clause 5.5 or 5.6(c) and 5.6(d). If a Nominated Director ceases to hold office for any reason, the relevant Nominator shall be entitled to nominate a replacement in accordance with clause 5.4 and 5.6.

 

5.6 Process for subsequent nomination and removal of Nominated Directors

 

  (a) To appoint a Nominated Director under this agreement a Shareholder must give written notice to the Company specifying the identity of the person it wishes to nominate. The notice must be accompanied by a signed written consent from that person agreeing to act as a Director, including confirmation that such person shall resign as a Director if required to do so by his or her Nominator.

 

  (b) The Company will procure that a person nominated in accordance with clause 5.4(a) or 5.4(b) and paragraph (a) above shall forthwith be appointed as a director.

 

  (c) To remove a Nominated Director under this agreement a Shareholder must give written notice to the Company specifying the person it wishes to remove. The notice must be accompanied by a written resignation, executed as a deed, from that person acknowledging that he or she has no claim whatsoever against any Group Company in respect of his ceasing to be a director. This clause is without prejudice to clause 5.5(a).

 

  (d) If the notice is not accompanied by a written resignation, the Company will procure that a person specified in accordance with paragraph (c) above shall forthwith be removed as a director.

 

  (e) Each Nominated Director (excluding Sol Daurella for so long as she is Chairman in accordance with clause 5.8 and [JFB] for so long as he is the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with clause 6.1(f)) must stand for election or re-election at each Company annual general meeting.

 

  (f) If the shareholders do not elect or re-elect a Nominated Director at an annual general meeting of the Company he or she shall cease to be a Director and the relevant Nominator shall be entitled to nominate a replacement (who may not be the person who was not elected or re-elected) in accordance with the provisions of clause 5.4 and this clause 5.6.

 

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  (g) If a Nominated Director ceases to be a Nominated Director, the relevant Nominator shall be entitled to nominate a replacement in accordance with the provisions of clause 5.4 and this clause 5.6

 

  (h) The Shareholder removing a Nominated Director under clause 5.6 must indemnify the Company, in terms reasonably satisfactory to the Company, against any Loss arising as a result of that Nominated Director’s removal from office.

 

5.7 Process for subsequent appointment and re-election of INEDs

 

  (a) Upon an Initial INED or an INED ceasing to hold office as a Director, any proposed replacement must be nominated to the board for appointment by the Nomination Committee in accordance with the Nomination Committee Terms of Reference. Any such proposed INED shall be subject to the approval of the Board.

 

  (b) Any INED who is not an Initial INED shall stand for re-election at each annual general meeting of the Company.

 

  (c) Subject to clause 5.7(d), an INED, nominated by the Nomination Committee and approved by a majority of the Board, shall serve as the Senior Independent Director. The Senior Independent Director shall act as an interface for the INEDs between the INEDs and each of (1) the Chairman, (2) the Board and (3) members of senior management and shall perform such other duties as are consistent with the Corporate Governance Code.

 

  (d) The Board may resolve to remove the Senior Independent Director at any time and to replace such Senior Independent Director in accordance with clause 5.7(c).

 

5.8 Appointment and removal of initial Chairman

If Sol Daurella is a Director:

 

  (a) she shall serve as Chairman until the annual general meeting of the Company in 2019 (the Initial Chairman’s First Term); and

 

  (b) following the Initial Chairman’s First Term, she shall continue to serve in office for up to two further three-year terms if the Directors have not unanimously resolved otherwise (excluding, for these purposes, any Olive HoldCo Nominated Director) and (1) at the end of either the Initial Chairman’s First Term or (as the case may be) second term of office, Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 25 per cent. or (2) she has been elected in accordance with clause 5.9(c).

 

5.9 Appointment and removal of subsequent Chairman

 

  (a) If Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 25 per cent.:

 

  (i) Olive HoldCo shall have the right to nominate an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director as Chairman, the appointment of such proposed nominee to be subject to the approval of the Board which must, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., include the approval of at least one Red Nominated Director;

 

  (ii) if such nominee is not approved by the Board (including, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director), Olive HoldCo shall have the right to nominate an alternative candidate as Chairman, the appointment of such proposed nominee to be subject to the approval of the Board which must, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., include the approval of at least one Red Nominated Director; and

 

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  (iii) if such alternative nominee is not approved by the Board (including the approval of at least one Red Nominated Director), the Nomination Committee shall nominate a candidate to be appointed as Chairman, provided that any nominee proposed by the Nomination Committee must be approved by the Board including approval by:

 

  (A) if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director;

 

  (B) if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director; and

 

  (C) a simple majority of all INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision.

 

  (b) For so long as a Chairman nominated by Olive HoldCo in accordance with clause 5.9(a) is a Director, that person may only be removed, prior to the end of his or her annual term, from his or her position as Chairman if all Directors (excluding for these purposes Olive HoldCo’s Nominated Directors) unanimously resolve to do so.

 

  (c) If Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is below 25 per cent., the nomination of a candidate for appointment as Chairman shall be undertaken solely by the Nomination Committee and any such nominee’s appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Board and approval by:

 

  (i) a simple majority of INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision;

 

  (ii) if Olive Holdco’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director; and

 

  (iii) if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent, at least one Red Nominated Director.

 

  (d) The term of any Chairman either (1) nominated by Olive HoldCo and approved by the Board in accordance with clause 5.9(a)(i) or 5.9(a)(ii) or (2) nominated by the Nomination Committee and approved by the Board in accordance with clause 5.9(a)(iii) or 5.9(c) above shall be three years from appointment. The term of any such Chairman may be extended for further periods of three years with the approval of the Board including:

 

  (i) a simple majority of INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision;

 

  (ii) if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director; and

 

  (iii) if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director.

 

  (e) The Company shall provide the Chairman with facilities (including an office) and administrative support typically provided to a chairman of a FTSE 100 company.

 

  (f) The Board may resolve to remove a Chairman appointed under 5.9(a)(iii) or 5.9(c) from time to time.

 

  (g) Neither clause 5.9(d) nor clause 5.9(f) shall apply to clause 5.8.

 

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5.10 Fees, expenses, insurance and indemnity of Directors

 

  (a) Each Director is entitled to such remuneration, fees and benefits as may be approved by the Remuneration Committee and as permitted by applicable law or regulations (in addition to any amount to which the Director is entitled as an executive or employee of any Group Company).

 

  (b) The Company will reimburse the Directors in respect of all expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with the proper performance of their duties as a Director.

 

  (c) The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the benefit of the Directors on normal commercial terms.

 

  (d) The Company shall provide the Directors with the benefit of an indemnity against any liability which the Directors may incur in relation to the Company (including, without limitation, prior to the Effective Date) or any Group Company (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Effective Date) in their role as Directors to the extent permitted by law.

 

5.11 Committees

 

  (a) The Board, subject to the requirements of clause 5.11(h) and clause 6.2, may constitute committees of Directors as it sees fit from time to time. If:

 

  (i) Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director shall sit on each committee of Directors constituted by the Board, other than the Audit Committee; and

 

  (ii) Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent, at least one Red Nominated Director shall sit on each committee of Directors constituted by the Board, other than the Audit Committee and the Affiliated Transaction Committee.

 

  (b) There shall be an Audit Committee which shall consist of [●] members, all of whom shall be INEDs. The chairman of the Audit Committee shall be an INED. The initial Terms of Reference for the Audit Committee shall be those set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6.

 

  (c) There shall be a Nomination Committee which shall consist of [●] members, the majority of whom shall be INEDs and, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one of whom shall be an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent, at least one of whom shall be a Red Nominated Director. The chairman of the Nomination Committee shall be an INED. The initial Terms of Reference for the Nomination Committee shall be those set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6.

 

  (d) There shall be a Remuneration Committee which shall consist of [●] members, the majority of whom shall be INEDs and, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one of whom shall be an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent, at least one of whom shall be a Red Nominated Director. The chairman of the Remuneration Committee shall be an INED. The initial Terms of Reference for the Remuneration Committee shall be those set out in Part 3 of Schedule 6.

 

  (e) There shall be an Affiliated Transaction Committee which shall consist of [●] members, the majority of whom shall be INEDs and, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one of whom shall be the Chairman or another Olive HoldCo Nominated Director. The chairman of the Affiliated Transaction Committee shall be an INED. No Red Nominated Director may be a member of the Affiliated Transaction Committee. The initial Terms of Reference for the Affiliated Transaction Committee shall be those set out in Part 4 of Schedule 6.

 

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  (f) There shall be a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee which shall consist of [●] members, the majority of whom shall be INEDs and, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one of whom shall be an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent, at least one of whom shall be a Red Nominated Director. The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee shall nominate one of their number to act as chairman. The Terms of Reference for the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee shall be those set out in Part 5 of Schedule 6.

 

  (g) Any Director shall be entitled to attend meetings of a Committee as an observer, subject to the following provisions:

 

  (i) a Director must provide prior written notice to the Company of its intention to observe Committee meetings;

 

  (ii) a Director who has an Interest in the business to be conducted at the relevant Committee meeting shall not be entitled to attend such Committee meeting insofar as it concerns such business; and

 

  (iii) a Director who gives notice pursuant to clause 5.11(g)(i) and who is not precluded from attending the relevant Committee meeting by clause 5.11(g)(ii) will be given, and is entitled to access to, the same documents and information as a member of the relevant Committee and is entitled to receive notice of and attend and speak at, but not to vote at, meetings of the relevant Committee.

 

  (h) The Company shall ensure that the Board does not adopt or amend any Terms of Reference for any committee constituted by the Board in terms that gives the committee the power to take any action which abrogates or has the effect of abrogating the authority of the Board to make any decision affecting the Company, without the consent of, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director. The Terms of Reference for a committee may otherwise be adopted or amended by resolution of the Board.

 

6. MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING

 

6.1 Chief Executive Officer

 

  (a) Subject to clauses 6.1(b) and 6.1(d) and following identification and nomination by the Nomination Committee, the Board may appoint and, subject to applicable law, remove and replace the Chief Executive Officer of the Company who will report to the Board and who shall serve as a Director.

 

  (b) The Board may approve an extension of the initial 12-month term of office for the initial Chief Executive Officer for three months beginning from the end of the initial 12-month term.

 

  (c) Any other extension of the term of the initial Chief Executive Officer shall be subject to the approval of the Board including:

 

  (i) if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director; and

 

  (ii) if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director.

 

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  (d) Upon the initial Chief Executive Officer ceasing to hold office, the appointment of any subsequent Chief Executive Officer and any extension of their term of office shall be subject to the approval of the Board including:

 

  (i) if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director; and

 

  (ii) if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director.

 

  (e) The Board may remove the Chief Executive Officer at any time.

 

  (f) The initial Chief Executive Officer shall be [JFB] who shall, subject to clause 6.1(b) and 6.1(d), be appointed for a term of one year from the Effective Date.

 

  (g) The Chief Executive Officer shall lead the Company with day-to-day responsibility for its profitable operation and development, under the supervision of the Board:

 

  (i) in accordance with the Annual Business Plan and the Long Term Business Plan; and

 

  (ii) in the interests of the shareholders of the Company collectively so as to maximise the Company’s equity value, without regard to the individual interests of either Shareholder.

 

  (h) The Company shall (under the supervision of the Audit Committee) put in place all processes and controls necessary to:

 

  (i) measure progress against the Annual Business Plan and the Long Term Business Plan; and

 

  (ii) provide assurance that:

 

  (A) the financial results of the Group are reliable and reported in a timely manner;

 

  (B) the assets and reputation of the Group are safeguarded; and

 

  (C) each member of the Group complies with all applicable laws, regulations or rules of any relevant stock exchange.

 

6.2 Matters requiring Board approval

 

  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, the Company shall not and shall procure that no Group Company shall take, and each Shareholder shall procure so far as it lawfully can that the Company does not and that no Group Company shall take, any action or pass any resolution in relation to the matters reserved to the Board in the Chart of Authority, which may not be amended to abrogate or have the effect of abrogating the authority of the Board to make any decision affecting the Company, without the consent of, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and, if Red’ Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director.

 

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  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, the Company shall not and shall procure that no Group Company shall take, and each Shareholder shall procure so far as it lawfully can that the Company does not and that no Group Company shall take, any action or pass any resolution in relation to the matters listed in Schedule 3 (or anything which is analogous or has a substantially similar effect to any of those things) without the prior approval of the Board, including approval by:

 

  (i) if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director; and

 

  (ii) if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director.

 

  (c) If any member of the Group identifies a new product opportunity, including one that could potentially leverage third party brands, the Company and Red shall work collaboratively together, in good faith and transparency, to develop a mutually attractive approach that would leverage each party’s current capabilities, including the option of building new products. In relation to any new product opportunity, the Company and Red agree in principle that Red will be owner of the brand and all or any intellectual property rights or assets or other intangible assets of any new product and the Company will be owner of the tangible assets in relation to such new product. If the parties are unable to develop a mutually attractive approach in relation to a new product opportunity, the Company, at its own discretion, shall be entitled to develop such new product opportunity.

 

6.3 Other Management Roles

The parties agree that Annex 5 describes the roles and responsibilities of the officers referred to therein.

 

7. MATTERS REQUIRING SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL

 

  (a) The Shareholders shall procure, as far as they lawfully can, that no action is taken or resolution passed by the Company or any Group Company, and the Company shall not and shall procure that no Group Company shall take any action in relation to any of the following things (or anything which is analogous or has a substantially similar effect to any of those things) without a resolution first being passed by shareholders present in person or by proxy at a general meeting of the Company holding shares carrying at least 75 per cent. of the votes exercisable at that meeting:

 

  (i) in one or a series of related transactions, issue any Securities, or grant any person rights to be issued any Securities, in each case representing 20 per cent. or more of the issued share capital of the Company;

 

  (ii) disapply statutory pre-emption rights for the purposes of issuing Securities; or

 

  (iii) repurchase, redeem or otherwise reorganise the Company’s share capital, including by way of reduction of capital, buy-back or redemption of Securities, in one or a series of related transactions in each case in respect of 10 per cent. or more of the issued share capital of the Company in each year.

 

  (b) If a Nominated Director has voted in favour of a proposal to undertake any action contemplated by clause 7(a)(i) or 7(a)(ii) above, then the relevant Nominator will not vote against the shareholder resolution proposed by the Company to implement that action:

 

  (i) in respect of clause 7(a)(i), up to the limit set out therein;

 

  (ii) in respect of clause7(a)(ii), up to an amount representing five per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company in each year and seven and a half per cent. during a rolling three year period;

 

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8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company shall not and shall procure that no Group Company shall, and each Shareholder shall procure so far as they lawfully can that the Company does not and that no Group Company shall, enter into any Affiliated Transaction (as defined in the Terms of Reference of the Affiliated Transaction Committee) or vary, waive or amend any agreement in respect of an Affiliated Transaction unless such proposed transaction, variation, waiver or amendment is first approved by the Board (and, for these purposes, Nominated Directors of a Shareholder who has an Interest in the proposed transaction shall not be entitled to vote).

 

9. BUSINESS PLANS, BUDGETS AND DIVIDEND POLICY

 

9.1 Annual Business Plan

 

  (a) Before the end of each Financial Year, and in sufficient time to enable the Board to discharge its obligations under clause 9.1(b), the Company will procure that the Chief Executive Officer, following consultation with, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., Red and, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., Olive HoldCo, prepares and submits to the Board, for its consideration and approval, a draft Annual Business Plan for the next Financial Year.

 

  (b) The Annual Business Plan submitted to the Board in respect of a Financial Year will not become the Annual Business Plan for that Financial Year unless and until it has received approval from the Board including (if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent.) approval by at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and (if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent.) approval by at least one Red Nominated Director. The Board must use all reasonable endeavours to approve the Annual Business Plan no later than ten Business Days before the end of the current Financial Year.

 

  (c) If an Annual Business Plan for a Financial Year has not been approved in accordance with clause 9.1(b) by the start of that Financial Year, the Company will procure that, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Chief Executive Officer prepares and submits to the Board for its consideration and approval a revised draft Annual Business Plan that (i) seeks to address the concerns of those Directors who did not approve the Annual Business Plan pursuant to clause 9.1(b) and (ii) fulfils the criteria set out in Annex 4. Such revised draft Annual Business Plan will not become the Annual Business Plan for that Financial Year until approved by the Board. Pending such approval, the most recently approved Annual Business Plan shall apply.

 

9.2 Long Term Business Plan

 

  (a) The Long Term Business Plan submitted to the Board in respect of a Financial Year will not become the Long Term Business Plan for that Financial Year unless and until it has received approval from the Board including (if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent.) approval by at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and (if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent.) approval by at least one Red Nominated Director. The Board must use all reasonable endeavours to approve the Long Term Business Plan not later than ten Business Days before the end of the current Financial Year.

 

  (b)

If a Long Term Business Plan for a Financial Year has not been approved in accordance with clause 9.2(a) by the start of that Financial Year, the Company will procure that, as soon as

 

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  reasonably practicable, the Chief Executive Officer prepares and submits to the Board for its consideration and approval a revised draft Long Term Business Plan that (i) seeks to address the concerns of those Directors who did not approve the Long Term Business Plan pursuant to clause 9.2(a) and (ii) fulfils the criteria set out in Annex 4. Such revised draft Long Term Business Plan will not become the Long Term Business Plan for that Financial Year until approved by the Board. Pending such approval, the most recently approved Long Term Business Plan shall apply.

 

9.3 Dividend policy

 

  (a) Subject to clause 9.3(b), the Dividend policy of the Group will be as agreed by the Board from time to time.

 

  (b) The Board shall be permitted to declare a Dividend or recommend that a Dividend be paid only if:

 

  (i) the Dividend is not prohibited by statute or the general law; and

 

  (ii) when making its determination, it takes into account the Annual Business Plan, Long Term Business Plan and the working capital requirements, debt repayment obligations, banking covenants and operational requirements of the relevant Group Company.

 

10. FINANCE AND INFORMATION RIGHTS

 

10.1 Information to be provided

The Company will:

 

  (a) not less than four times a year present an update on the performance of the Group to representatives of Red and the board of Olive HoldCo. Such presentations shall contain sufficient information to enable representatives of Red and Olive HoldCo to understand and evaluate all material matters relating to the performance of the Group and its published targets and objectives and it being understood that one such presentation shall predominantly focus on matters relating to the Annual Business Plan;

 

  (b) upon reasonable request by either a Red Nominated Director or an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director, the Company being represented by the Chief Executive Officer (among others), meet with representatives of Red and/or Olive HoldCo to report on extraordinary matters concerning the Company;

 

  (c) upon request promptly provide to each Shareholder the information set out in Schedule 4; and

 

  (d) provide information to the Directors (other than the Chief Executive Officer, or any other executive director) on an equal and timely basis.

 

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11. RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL

 

11.1 Red Transfers to Red Associated Companies permitted at any time

 

  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, Red may at any time transfer any of its Shares to any Red Associated Company (Red Transferee) on giving prior written notice to Olive HoldCo, copied to the Company, provided that:

 

  (i) Red shall remain a party to this Agreement and shall be jointly and severally liable with the Red Transferee (and any other permitted transferee that is a Red Associated Company at the time of such transfer) under this agreement as a Shareholder in respect of the transferred Shares; and

 

  (ii) the Red Transferee (and any other permitted transferee that is a Red Associated Company at the time of such transfer) shall retransfer its Shares to Red or to another Red Associated Company immediately if it ceases to be a Red Associated Company.

 

  (b) As a condition to any transfer of Shares permitted by this clause 11.1 Red shall procure that the Red Transferee enters into a Deed of Adherence agreeing to be bound by this agreement as a shareholder. Olive HoldCo agrees that in signing a Deed of Adherence such person shall have the benefit of the terms of this agreement and shall be a party to this agreement.

 

  (c) In the event that Red has exercised its rights pursuant to clause 11.1(a) to transfer any of its Shares to one or more Red Transferees, all references in this agreement to Red shall be deemed to also be references to such Red Transferee(s) acting jointly with Red.

 

11.2 Prohibition on Disposals

Until the first anniversary of the Effective Date, no Shareholder may Dispose of any Share other than in accordance with the provisions of clauses 11.1, 11.5 and 11.6. On and after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, a Shareholder may Dispose of Shares in accordance with the provisions of clauses 11.1, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 and 11.6.

 

11.3 Off Market Disposals

On or after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, a Shareholder may, subject to giving to the other Shareholder not less than five Business Days’ notice prior to completion of any relevant transaction, Dispose of some or all of its Shares otherwise than on a recognised stock exchange (which term shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, any stock exchange on which the Securities of the Company are listed from time to time) provided that a Shareholder will not be entitled to Dispose of Shares to a person (in aggregate with their Affiliates and/or Persons Acting in Concert), in one or a series of transactions, more than, in aggregate, 18 per cent. or more of issued share capital of the Company pursuant to this clause 11.3 without the prior written consent of the other Shareholder.

 

11.4 On Market Transfers of Shares after the first anniversary of the Effective Date

A Shareholder may, on or after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, transfer, to a bona fide third party purchaser, its full legal and beneficial interest (a Transfer) to Shares on a recognised stock exchange (which term shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, any stock exchange on which the Securities of the Company are listed from time to time) subject to compliance with the following:

 

  (a) no Shareholder may Transfer Shares on market which, either as a one-off Transfer of Shares or when aggregated with previous on market Transfers of Shares undertaken by that Shareholder within the 12 months prior to the date of the proposed Transfer, represents more than five per cent. of the fully-diluted share capital of the Company, calculated as a mean average of the fully-diluted share capital of the Company across the relevant twelve month period; and

 

  (b) if a Shareholder proposes to Transfer of Shares on market which, either as a one-off Disposal or when aggregated with previous on market Transfers of Shares undertaken by that Shareholder within the 12 months prior to the date of the proposed Transfer, represents more than three per cent. of the fully-diluted share capital of the Company, calculated as a mean average of the fully-diluted share capital of the Company across the relevant twelve month period, such Shareholder must notify the Company in writing at least three Business Days before undertaking such Transfer; or

 

  (c) a Transfer of Shares on market which has been approved in advance by a simple majority of all INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision.

 

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11.5 Exceptions for Disposals in relation to a third party takeover offer

Without prejudice to clause 12.3, this clause 11 shall not restrict a Shareholder from:

 

  (a) accepting an offer (as defined by The Takeover Code) for the Company; or

 

  (b) agreeing to accept an offer (as defined by The Takeover Code) for the Company either before or after its announcement.

 

11.6 Exceptions

This clause 11 shall not operate to restrict (1) a Disposal required in order to allow a Shareholder to cure a breach of clause 12 (but only to the extent of the minimum Disposal required in order to cure that breach); (2) a Disposal of rights arising under a rights issue or a Disposal of an entitlement in an open offer; (3) participation in a buy-back or similar transaction; or (4) a sale of Shares pursuant to section [2.03] of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

12. STANDSTILL

 

12.1 Other than as a result of an offer (as defined in The Takeover Code), recommended by a simple majority of the INEDs, for the Company made by that Shareholder and subject to clause 12.2, for a period of three years from the Effective Date:

 

  (a) Olive HoldCo (1) shall not, and shall procure that its subsidiaries shall not; and (2) shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to procure that no direct or indirect shareholder of Olive HoldCo including any Olive Family Shareholders, no Relative of such a shareholder of Olive HoldCo and no Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall, acquire or agree to acquire or enter into any option to acquire, or enter into or agree to enter into any analogous transaction for or in respect of, any Securities or interest (as defined in The Takeover Code) in Securities without the prior approval of the Board, such approval to include approval by, if Red’s Equity Proportion is at least 10 per cent., at least one Red Nominated Director, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and a simple majority of all INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision; and

 

  (b) without prejudice to clause 11.1, Red shall not, and shall procure that Red Parent and its subsidiaries shall not, acquire or agree to acquire or enter into any option to acquire, or enter into or agree to enter into any analogous transaction for or in respect of, any Securities or interest (as defined in the Takeover Code) in Securities if such acquisition would result in Red’s Equity Proportion, when aggregated with any Securities acquired by Red Parent or any of its subsidiaries, exceeding 21 per cent. of the fully-diluted share capital of the Company, unless:

 

  (i) such acquisition is made, with the prior approval of the Board, such approval to include approval, if Olive HoldCo’s Equity Proportion is at least 15 per cent., by at least one Olive HoldCo Nominated Director and in any event by a simple majority of all INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision; or

 

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  (ii) such acquisition is made (and is no greater than is required) in order to allow Red Parent to continue to “equity account” Red’s holding of Shares and Red’s Parent has first delivered to the Company a written opinion of its auditors confirming that such acquisition is the minimum acquisition necessary in order to allow Red Parent to continue to “equity account” for Red’s holding of Shares; or

 

  (iii) if permitted to be made by the Takeover Panel (in circumstances where the Takeover Panel has determined that the Shareholders are at that time Persons Acting in Concert), on a basis that does not give rise to an obligation on any person to make an offer for the Company under Rule 9 of The Takeover Code, acquisitions to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to ensure that Olive HoldCo and Red’s aggregate holding of Shares (having been reduced to less than 50 per cent. of voting rights (as defined in The Takeover Code) of the Company other than by a Disposal of any interest in a Share by either of them or any Person Acting in Concert with either of them) is such that they have an aggregate interest in more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights of the Company; or

 

  (iv) within 30 days of such acquisition, Red Parent or any of its subsidiaries disposes of Securities such that Red’s Equity Proportion, when aggregated with any Securities acquired by any of Red Parent’s subsidiaries, no longer exceeds 21 per cent.

 

12.2 This clause 12 shall not restrict:

 

  (a) a Shareholder’s pro-rata participation in a pre-emptive offering of Securities by the Company;

 

  (b) a receipt of Shares under clause [●] of the TMA (Survival of Warranties);

 

  (c) an acquisition made (and that is no greater than is required) in order to allow any Shareholder to cure a breach of clause 11.

 

12.3 Other than as a result of an offer (as defined in The Takeover Code), recommended by a simple majority of the INEDs, for the Company no Shareholder shall acquire Shares which, when aggregated with the Shares owned by the other Shareholder, the Olive Family Shareholders, any Affiliate of Olive HoldCo or of an Olive Family Shareholder or Red Parent or any of its subsidiaries, represent more than 67 per cent. of the issued Shares. If a Shareholder is in breach of the restrictions contained in this clause 12.3, the Shareholder whose acquisition has caused such breach shall sell or cause the sale of such number of Shares as is required to remedy such breach within a period of 10 Business Days of request from the Company and, in any event, shall not exercise any of its voting rights if doing so would result in the votes of such Shareholder and the other Shareholder, the Olive Family Shareholders, any Affiliate of Olive HoldCo or of an Olive Family Shareholder or Red Parent or any of its subsidiaries exceeding 67 per cent.

 

12.4 No provision of this agreement shall prevent a Shareholder or its Affiliates from (1) making an announcement pursuant to Rule 2.4 (or its equivalent) of The Takeover Code or (2) participating in a buy-back or similar transaction.

 

12.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Shareholder shall, except as permitted by clause 12.3, acquire any interest (as defined in The Takeover Code) in Shares if doing so would give rise to an obligation to make an offer under Rule 9 of The Takeover Code.

 

13. POLICIES

 

  (a) The Company shall, and each Shareholder shall procure, so far as they lawfully can that, the Company will promptly develop and comply, and procure that each Group Company complies, with a set of anti-corruption policies (the Anti-Corruption Policies) which must be regularly reviewed by the Board and kept updated to comply with applicable law.

 

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  (b) In any event, the Anti-Corruption Policies shall:

 

  (i) require that each Group Company and each of their respective Associated Persons does not engage in any activity or conduct that has or will result in a violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws; and

 

  (ii) describe and establish a series of procedures within the meaning of Section 7(2) of the Bribery Act 2010 designed to prevent each Group Company and/or any of their respective Associated Persons from engaging in any activity or conduct that would result in a violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, such procedures to be in accordance with the guidance published from time to time by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 9 of the Bribery Act 2010.

 

  (c) Each of the Shareholders shall have, maintain in place and comply with its own anti- corruption policies which must be at least as stringent as the Anti-Corruption Policies.

 

  (d) The Company shall, and each Shareholder shall procure, so far as they lawfully can, that the Company will promptly develop and comply, and procure that each Group Company complies, with a set of sanctions policies, which must be regularly reviewed by the Board and kept updated to comply with applicable law (the Sanctions Policies). The Sanctions Policies shall, as a minimum, require that each Group Company does not engage in any activity or conduct that has or will result in a violation of any applicable Sanctions.

 

14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND BREACH

 

14.1 Events of Default

 

  If:     

 

  (a) a Shareholder commits any breach of clause 11 or 12 of this agreement and either (i) the breach is not capable of being remedied or (ii) where that breach is capable of remedy, such Shareholder fails to remedy it as soon as possible and in any event within 10 Business Days after service of written notice from one of the other parties requiring it to remedy that default (a Material Breach); or

 

  (b) an Insolvency Event occurs in relation to a Shareholder; or

 

  (c) an Olive HoldCo Change of Control occurs in relation to Olive HoldCo without the prior written consent of the Company and Red;

 

  (d) a Change of Control occurs in relation to Red without the prior written consent of the Company and Olive HoldCo provided that a change in Control in respect of the ultimate listed parent of Red shall not constitute an Event of Default; or

 

  (e) a Shareholder is prohibited by law from being a shareholder of the Company by a change in applicable law,

then such Shareholder shall have committed an “Event of Default” and shall be a “Defaulting Shareholder”, the other Shareholder the “Non-defaulting Shareholder”.

 

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14.2 Nothing in clause 14.1(a) shall prevent the Company from (i) exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement; or (ii) bringing a claim in respect of an unremedied breach of this agreement committed by Red and/or Olive HoldCo.

 

14.3 Olive HoldCo undertakes to, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify Red and the Company (and to provide Red and the Company with information reasonably requested by Red or the Company) in respect of any acquisition of any direct or indirect equity interest (whether economic, voting or otherwise) in Olive HoldCo by any person who is not an Olive HoldCo Shareholder.

 

14.4 Notice of Default

If an Event of Default occurs, the Defaulting Shareholder who commits an Event of Default shall notify the other Non-defaulting Shareholder and the Company as soon as possible.

 

14.5 Consequences of Event of Default

 

  (a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, if an Event of Default has occurred and, where capable of remedy, such default has not been remedied in accordance with the prescribed period in clause 14.1, the Defaulting Shareholder shall no longer be entitled to exercise any of the powers or rights granted to it pursuant to this agreement.

 

  (b) If an Event of Default as specified in clause 14.1(a), 14.1(c) or 14.1(d) has occurred, then the Defaulting Shareholder shall retain its rights under clauses 5.4, 5.5(c) and 5.6 (but all other rights will terminate), except in the case of Olive HoldCo (i) where Olive HoldCo has breached the terms of the Olive HoldCo Side Letter; or (ii) where Cobega Invest, S.L. has breached the terms of the Cobega Side Letter and this breach has caused an Olive HoldCo Change of Control, then, in either circumstance, Olive HoldCo shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights granted in this agreement and the Company shall thereafter be entitled to require and shall require that the Defaulting Shareholder shall cease to have rights under those provisions of the Constitution that are set out in Article [138(D)] of the Constitution (if Red is the Defaulting Shareholder) and Article [138(E)] of the Constitution if Olive HoldCo is the Defaulting Shareholder.

 

14.6 Other breaches of this agreement

 

  (a) If a Shareholder commits a breach of this agreement other than a Material Breach, the non- defaulting Shareholder may serve written notice upon the defaulting Shareholder specifying the breach and requiring the defaulting Shareholder immediately to stop the breach and, to the extent possible, to make good the consequences of the breach within 30 Business Days. Where the breach has prejudiced the non-defaulting Shareholder, it may seek an immediate remedy of an injunction, specific performance or other similar order to enforce the defaulting Shareholder’s obligations. This does not affect the non-defaulting Shareholder’s right subsequently to claim damages or other compensation for breach under applicable law.

 

  (b) Nothing in clause 14.5 shall prevent the Company from (i) exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement; or (ii) bringing a claim in respect of an unremedied breach of this agreement committed by Red and/or Olive HoldCo.

 

15. TERM AND TERMINATION

 

15.1 Term

This agreement takes effect on the Effective Date and continues until terminated in accordance with clause 15.2.

 

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15.2 Circumstances for termination

 

  (a) In the period of six months prior to the date of the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date (such anniversary being the Initial SHA Term Date), either of Red and/or Olive HoldCo may give written notice to each other, with a copy to the Company, stating that, in its opinion, Red and Olive HoldCo no longer share an aligned vision for the future of the Business (a Vision Notice). Following delivery of a Vision Notice with effect from the Initial SHA Term Date clause 15.3(a) shall apply and the Company shall, from the Initial SHA Term Date, be entitled to (and shall) require that the provisions of the Constitution set out in Article [138(F)] of the Constitution shall cease to apply.

 

  (b) If a Vision Notice is not delivered in accordance with clause 15.2(a) above, in the period of three months prior to the date of the tenth anniversary following the Initial SHA Term Date (such anniversary being the Second SHA Term Expiry Date), either Red and/or Olive may give written notice of termination to the other, with a copy to the Company. Following delivery of such a notice, with effect from the Second SHA Term Expiry Date clause 15.3(a) shall apply and the Company shall, from the Second SHA Term Expiry Date, be entitled to (and shall) require that the provisions of the Constitution set out in Article [138(F)] of the Constitution shall cease to apply.

 

  (c) If a notice of termination is not delivered in accordance with clause 15.2(b) above, this agreement shall continue for further successive ten-year periods from the previous term’s expiry date (each a Following SHA Period). In the period of three months prior to the expiry of any Following SHA Period, either Red and/or Olive may serve a written notice of termination on the other with a copy to the Company. Following delivery of such a notice with effect from date of expiry of the relevant Following SHA Period clause 15.3(a) shall apply and the Company shall, from that expiry date, be entitled to (and shall) require that the provisions of the Constitution set out in Article [138(F)] of the Constitution shall cease to apply.

 

  (d) If Cobega Invest, S.L. breaches the terms of the Cobega Side Letter, Red shall have the right, following the Second SHA Term Expiry Date, to give notice to terminate this agreement to Olive HoldCo, with a copy to the Company. Following delivery of such a notice, with effect from the one year anniversary of the date of such notice, clause 15.3(a) shall apply and from that effective date the Company shall be entitled to (and shall) require that the provisions of the Constitution set out in Article [138(F)] of the Constitution sall cease to apply.

 

  (e) This Agreement shall also terminate:

 

  (i) on the date on which an offer (as defined in The Takeover code), recommended by a simple majority of INEDs, for the Company made by a Shareholder or one of its affiliates (the Offeror Shareholder) becomes unconditional in all respects or becomes effective and as a result the Shareholders together with their affiliates in aggregate hold more than 67 per cent. of the issued shares in the Company;

 

  (ii) on the date on which the Company is wound up; or

 

  (iii) in respect of any Shareholder, on the date on which such Shareholder’s Equity Proportion is less than 5 per cent.; or

 

  (iv) on the date on which all parties agree in writing to terminate this agreement,

in each case, subject to the applicable provisions of clause 15.3.

 

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15.3 Effect of termination

 

  (a) Where such notice as is referred to in such clauses has been given in accordance with clause 15.2(a), (b), (c) or (d) then the rights and obligations of the parties shall terminate save for accrued rights and obligations, the Surviving Clauses and Clauses 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 12.3, 12.4 and 12.5 including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s rights under those clauses.

 

  (b) If this agreement terminates in accordance with clauses 15.2(e)(i), 15.2(e)(ii) or 15.2(e)(iv) then the rights and obligations of the parties shall terminate save for accrued rights and obligations and the Surviving Clauses.

 

  (c) If this agreement terminates in accordance with clause 15.2(e)(iii) then the rights and obligations of the parties shall terminate save for accrued rights and obligations, the Surviving Clauses and the rights and obligations of the Company and the other Shareholder (which shall continue for so long as such other Shareholder’s Equity Proportion is at least 5 per cent.).

 

16. CONFIDENTIALITY

 

16.1 Confidentiality obligations

Except as permitted by this clause 16 or with the prior written consent of the other parties to this agreement:

 

  (a) each Shareholder must keep confidential:

 

  (i) all information made available to it by or on behalf of the Group (whether before, on or after the date of this agreement and whether in writing, orally, electronically or in any other form or medium) which relates to the past, present or future business, operations or affairs of any Group Company;

 

  (ii) all information made available to it by or on behalf any other Shareholder (whether before, on or after the date of this agreement and whether in writing, orally, electronically or in any other form or medium) in connection with the arrangements contemplated by this agreement; and

 

  (iii) the existence, terms and subject matter of, and the negotiations relating to, this agreement and each other Transaction Document,

and must not disclose or cause or permit the disclosure to any person of any such information, or use any such information for any purpose other than exercising its rights or performing its obligations under this agreement or any other Transaction Document or monitoring and making decisions regarding its investment in the Company; and

 

  (b) the Company will keep confidential:

 

  (i) all information made available to it by or on behalf of any Shareholder (whether before, on or after the date of this agreement and whether in writing, orally, electronically or in any other form or medium) in connection with the arrangements contemplated by this agreement; and

 

  (ii)

the existence, terms and subject matter of, and the negotiations relating to, this agreement and each other Transaction Document,

 

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  and must not disclose or cause or permit the disclosure to any person of any such information, or use any such information for any purpose other than conducting the Business or exercising its rights or performing its obligations under this agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

16.2 Excluded information

Clause 16.1 does not apply to any information which:

 

  (a) is in or comes into the public domain, except through a breach of this clause 16 or through a breach by any person of any other obligation of confidentiality; or

 

  (b) the Board has confirmed in writing to the Shareholders is not confidential; or

 

  (c) was independently developed by a party after the Effective Date without utilising any information which is deemed to be confidential under this agreement; or

 

  (d) at the time it was disclosed by one party to another was already in the lawful possession of the second party and not held by the second party subject to an obligation of confidentiality.

 

16.3 Disclosure to Affiliates or Representatives

Nothing in clause 16.1 prevents any party from disclosing information to any of its Affiliates or Representatives if:

 

  (a) the information needs to be disclosed to that Affiliate or Representative:

 

  (i) to enable that party to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this agreement or any other Transaction Document; or

 

  (ii) where the party is a Shareholder, to enable that Shareholder to monitor and make decisions regarding its investment in the Company; and

 

  (b) before disclosure is made that party has informed the relevant Affiliate or Representative in writing that the information is confidential and must only be used for the purpose for which it was disclosed.

A party that discloses information under this clause 16.3 must ensure that each of its Affiliates or Representatives to whom information is so disclosed strictly complies with that party’s obligations under this clause 16 as if those obligations were imposed directly on the relevant Affiliate or Representative.

 

16.4 Required disclosure

Nothing in clause 16.1 prevents a party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives from disclosing information if disclosure is required by law, any tribunal or court of competent jurisdiction, any Government Agency or the listing rules of any recognised securities exchange. Before any disclosure is made under this clause 16.4, the party that is, or whose Affiliate or Representative is, required to make disclosure must, to the extent permitted by law and the relevant disclosure requirement:

 

  (a) notify the party that made the relevant information available to it (the Discloser) as soon as reasonably practicable after it becomes aware that disclosure is required;

 

  (b) take all steps reasonably required by the Discloser to prevent or restrict the disclosure of that information; and

 

  (c) co-operate with the Discloser regarding the timing and content of such disclosure.

 

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For the purposes of this clause 16.4, where the information required to be disclosed is the existence, terms or subject matter of, or the negotiations relating to, this agreement or any other Transaction Document, references to the Discloser are taken to be references to each other party.

 

16.5 Legal proceedings

Nothing in clause 16.1 prevents a party from disclosing information to the extent required to enable that party to enforce the provisions of this agreement or any other Transaction Document or for the purpose of defending any proceedings brought against that party.

 

16.6 Outgoing Shareholder

If a Shareholder ceases to be a Shareholder, it shall promptly, on receipt of a written demand from the other Shareholder, except to the extent Red or any of its Affiliates has received such information, documents or materials other than in their capacity as Shareholder:

 

  (a) deliver all documents or other materials in tangible form that are in its possession or control and that contain information of the type described in clause 16.1(a) to the party that made that information available to it;

 

  (b) permanently delete all information of the type described in clause 16.1(a) that has been stored on any computer, database or other electronic storage medium by it or on its behalf; and

 

  (c) ensure that each of its Affiliates and Representatives to whom information has been provided under clause 16.3 does the same,

except to the extent that the Shareholder or the relevant Affiliate or Representative is required to retain such information by law, the rules of any regulatory authority or any mandatory professional standards rules or in accordance with its reasonable and bona fide internal compliance policies.

 

16.7 Confidentiality Agreement

The Confidentiality Agreement shall cease to have any force or effect from the Effective Date.

 

16.8 Duration of Confidentiality Obligations

The obligations contained in this clause 16 shall last indefinitely notwithstanding the termination of this agreement or a person ceasing to be a party to this agreement.

 

17. TAX MATTERS

 

17.1 Each Shareholder undertakes to the other Shareholder and the Company to co-operate in good faith in relation to the tax affairs of the Group to the extent reasonably requested by the other Shareholder or a Group Company.

 

17.2 The Company shall, and each Shareholder shall cause the Company to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the post-Closing steps described in the Step Plan to be undertaken in the manner described in the Step Plan.

 

17.3 The Company and each of the Shareholders shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to cause any of the representations or covenants provided to the Tax Advisors in connection with the Tax Opinions to be incorrect or otherwise take any action, or fail to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to cause any of the Tax Opinions to be incorrect.

 

17.4 Neither the Company nor the Shareholders shall take or permit to be taken any position that is inconsistent with either the Step Plan or the Tax Opinions for any tax purpose, except as agreed by the Shareholders or as required by applicable law; provided, however, that to the extent the Company or a Shareholder reasonably believes that it is required by applicable law to take or permit to be taken an inconsistent position, such person shall notify each of the other persons in a timely manner of such inconsistent position.

 

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18. NOTICES

 

18.1 Manner of giving notice

Any notice or other communication to be given under this agreement must be in writing [(which includes fax and email)] and may be delivered by hand or sent by post[, fax or email] to the party to be served as follows:

 

(a)      to the Company at:   
     Address:   
     [Fax number:]   
     [Email:]   
     For the attention of:        ●;
(b)      to Olive HoldCo at:   
     Address:   
     [Fax number:]   
     [Email:]   
     For the attention of:    ●;
(c)      to Red at:   
     Address:   
     [Fax number:]   
     [Email:]   
     For the attention of:    ●;

or at any such other address[, fax number or email address] notified for this purpose to the other parties under this clause 18. Any notice or other communication sent by post must be sent by prepaid ordinary post (if the country of destination is the same as the country of origin) or by airmail (if the country of destination is not the same as the country of origin).

 

18.2 When notice given

Any notice or other communication is deemed to have been given:

 

  (a) if delivered by hand, on the date of delivery; or

 

  (b) if sent by post, on the third day after it was put into the post (for post within the same country) or on the fifth day after it was put into the post (for post sent from one country to another); [or

 

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  (c) if sent by fax, at the time shown in the transmission report as being the time at which the whole fax was sent; or]

 

  (d) [if sent by email, upon the generation of a receipt notice by the recipient’s server or, if such notice is not so generated, upon delivery to the recipient’s server],

but if the notice or other communication would otherwise be taken to be received after 5.00 pm or on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the place of receipt then the notice or communication is taken to be received at 9.00 am (local time at the place of receipt) on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the place of receipt.

 

18.3 Proof of service

In proving service of a notice or other communication, it is sufficient to prove that delivery was made or that the envelope containing the communication was properly addressed and posted either by prepaid post or by prepaid airmail [, that the fax was properly addressed and transmitted or that the email was properly addressed and transmitted by the sender’s server into the network and there was no apparent error in the operation of the sender’s email system] (as the case may be).

 

18.4 Documents relating to legal proceedings

This clause 18 does not apply in relation to the service of any claim form, notice, order, judgment or other document relating to or in connection with any proceedings, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this agreement.

 

19. GENERAL

 

19.1 Amendment

This agreement may be amended only if (i) the amendment has been made with the prior approval of the Board, including a simple majority of all INEDs present and eligible to vote on the decision and (ii) the amendment is signed by all of the parties.

 

19.2 Assignment

Without prejudice to any other provision of this agreement or Red’s right to transfer any of its Shares in accordance with clause 11.1, the transfer of Shares and associated rights and obligations to a Red Transferee, none of the rights or obligations under this agreement may be assigned or transferred without the prior written consent of all the parties. This agreement shall be binding on the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

19.3 Consents and approvals

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, a party may give or withhold its consent to, or approval of, any matter referred to in this agreement in its absolute discretion. A party that gives its consent to, or approval of, any matter referred to in this agreement is not taken to have made any warranty or representation as to any matter or circumstance connected with the subject matter of that consent or approval.

 

19.4 Costs

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement or any other Transaction Document, each party must pay the costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with entering into and performing its obligations under this agreement.

 

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19.5 Entire agreement

 

  (a) This agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of this agreement and supersedes all previous agreements, whether oral or in writing, between the parties relating to this subject matter. Except as required by statute, no terms must be implied (whether by custom, usage or otherwise) into this agreement.

 

  (b) Each party agrees and acknowledges that:

 

  (i) in entering in this agreement, it is not relying on any representation, warranty or undertaking not expressly incorporated into it; and

 

  (ii) its only rights and remedy in relation to any representation, warranty or undertaking made or given in connection with this agreement shall be for breach of the terms of this agreement and each of the parties waives all other rights and remedies (including those in tort or arising under statute) in relation to any such representation, warranty or undertaking.

 

19.6 Legal Advice and Reasonableness

Each party to this agreement confirms it has received independent legal advice relating to all of the matters provided for in this agreement, including the terms of clause 19.5, and agrees that the provisions of this agreement (including all documents entered into pursuant to this agreement) are fair and reasonable.

 

19.7 Execution in counterparts

This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and any party may enter into this agreement by executing and delivering a counterpart. Each counterpart constitutes the agreement of the party who has executed and delivered that counterpart. Faxed or scanned signatures are taken to be valid and binding to the same extent as original signatures.

 

19.8 Exercise and waiver of rights

The rights of each party under this agreement:

 

  (a) may be exercised as often as necessary;

 

  (b) except as otherwise expressly provided by this agreement, are cumulative and not exclusive of rights and remedies provided by law; and

 

  (c) may be waived only in writing and specifically,

and delay in exercising or non-exercise of any such right is not a waiver of that right.

 

19.9 No partnership or agency

Nothing in this agreement or the Constitution will be deemed to constitute a partnership between the parties or, unless this agreement expressly provides otherwise, constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

 

19.10 Severability

The provisions contained in each clause are enforceable independently of each other clause and the validity and enforceability of any clause will not be affected by the invalidity or unenforceability of any other clause.

 

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19.11 No Third Party Rights

A person who is not a party to this agreement may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 except that any person who enters into a Deed of Adherence in accordance with clause 11.1(b) may enforce and rely on this agreement to the same extent as if it were a party to it.

 

20. JURISDICTION

 

20.1 Jurisdiction

The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Dispute and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

 

20.2 Waiver of objections

For the purposes of clause 20.1, each party waives any objection to the English courts on the grounds that they are an inconvenient or inappropriate forum to settle any Dispute.

 

20.3 Remedies

The parties acknowledge and agree that damages alone may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties may be entitled to the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of this Agreement.

 

20.4 Service of process agent

 

  (a) Without prejudice to any other method of service permitted by law, Olive HoldCo irrevocably appoints [●] of [●] as its agent in England for service of process in relation to any Dispute.

 

  (b) Without prejudice to any other method of service permitted by law, Red irrevocably appoints [●] of [●] as its agent in England for service of process in relation to any Dispute.

 

20.5 Alternative service of process agent

If any person appointed as process agent under clause 20.4 is unable for any reason to so act, the party who appointed them must immediately (and in any event within [ten] Business Days of the event taking place) appoint another agent. Failing this, any other party may appoint another process agent for this purpose.

 

20.6 Failure of notify by process agent

Each party agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.

 

20.7 Other methods of service allowed by law

This clause 20 does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

 

21. GOVERNING LAW

This agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

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IN WITNESS of which this Agreement has been signed and delivered as a deed on the date which first appears at the beginning of this document.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

THE COMPANY

 

Company name:  
Registered number:  
Registered office:  
Date and place of incorporation:  
Directors:  
Secretary:  
Financial year end:  
Auditors:  
Issued shares (including identity of each shareholder and number of shares held by it):  

 

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SCHEDULE 2

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Name of holder

   Shares     Equity Proportion  

Olive HoldCo

     [●     [34 ]% 

Red

     [●     [18 ]% 

Shares held by the public

     [●     [48 ]% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals:

     [●     100
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE 3

MATTERS REQUIRING BOARD APPROVAL PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6.2(B)

 

1.    INED Suitability Criteria    Adopt or amend the INED Suitability Criteria.
2.    Annual Business Plan    Subject to clause 9.1, adopt any Annual Business Plan or amend any Annual Business Plan.
3.    Long Range Business Plan    Subject to clause 9.2, adopt any Long Range Business Plan or amend any Long Range Business Plan.
4.    Strategic decisions    Any suspension, cessation or abandonment of any material activity of the Company or any Group Company.
      Any material change to the nature, primary focus of or geographical area of the Business or the closing of any material operating establishment of the Business.
5.    Acquisitions, disposals, etc.    Any material acquisition or disposal, in one or a series of related transactions, by the Company or any Group Company of:
      (a) any undertaking, business, company or securities of a company; or
      (b) any assets or property (other than in the ordinary course of business).
6.    Corporate structure    Any material actual or proposed reorganisation or liquidation or similar of any Group Company.
7.    Issue of Securities    In one or a series of related transactions, issue any Securities, or grant any person rights to be issued any Securities, representing more than 10 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company, other than in accordance with any equity incentive scheme of the Company approved by the Board on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee.
8.    Dilutive transactions    Issue any Securities, or grant any person rights to be issued any Securities, on a non-pre-emptive or non-pro-rata basis, other than in accordance with any equity incentive scheme of the Company approved by the Board on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee.
9.    Listing    Agree a change of listing venue, additional listing venue or cancellation of any listing.
10.    Country of incorporation    Change the country of incorporation of the Company.
11.    Amendments to Constitution    Amend or repeal the Constitution or adopt a new Constitution.
12.    Material contracts    Enter into any commitment or arrangement which is material to the business of the Group outside the ordinary course, not in the Annual Business Plan.

 

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13.    Transaction Documents    Agree to any material variation or modification to, or waiver of, any right or claim under, any of the Transaction Documents.
14.    Auditor    The appointment or removal of the auditors of any Group Company.
15.    Name change    Change the Company’s name or any business name under which it trades.

 

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SCHEDULE 4

INFORMATION RIGHTS

Information/steps required

 

1. [Notice of any offer received from a third party that could reasonably be expected to lead to a disposal of all of the Shares or the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of any Group Company.]

 

2. To the auditors of each of the Shareholders for the purposes of their audit of the financial statements of that Shareholder:

 

2.1 access to the management team of the Group, other staff, financial information (including, where reasonably required, audit reports, unaudited reports and management reports), business models and documentation; and

 

2.2 a request to the Auditors to:

 

  (a) provide the Shareholders’ auditors with access to their staff, work-papers and audit findings;

 

  (b) a requires to the Auditors to report to the Shareholders’ auditors on their audit findings and independence from the Company, if required by any Shareholder, on the basis that the Shareholder’s Auditor shall be relying on their work;

 

  (c) undertake certain audit procedures on the Shareholders’ auditor’s behalf as required; and

 

  (d) undertake relevant agreed audit procedures to a timetable which fits with the Shareholders’ reporting timetable.

 

3. Such other information relating to the business or affairs of the Group as any Shareholder may from time to time reasonably request to enable a Shareholder to: (i) account appropriately for its investment in the Company in its accounts, other financial records or forecasts; (ii) comply with any applicable legal, tax and/or accounting requirements; or (iii) comply with the requirements of any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which it is subject.

 

4. Information sufficient to allow the relevant Shareholder to calculate its (a) proportion of issued share capital; (b) proportion of fully-diluted share capital; and (c) its Equity Proportion (including its Actual Proportion and Deemed Proportion), from time to time.

 

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SCHEDULE 5

INED SUITABILITY CRITERIA

 

1. The Nominating Committee may determine that a person shall not be considered as an INED if he or she is not “independent” as determined pursuant to the UK Corporate Governance Code, including having regard to whether he or she:

 

  (a) other than with respect to an Initial INED appointed from among the current non-executive directors of White, has been an employee of the Company or group (including, prior to Closing, the Red, White and Olive groups) within the last five years;

 

  (b) has, or has had within the last three years, a material business relationship with the Company or the Group (including, prior to Closing, the Red, White and Olive groups) either directly, or as a partner, shareholder, director or senior employee of a body that has such a relationship with the Company;

 

  (c) has received or receives additional remuneration from the Company apart from a director’s fee, or a performance related pay scheme, or is a member of the Company’s pension scheme;

 

  (d) has close family ties with any of the Company’s (including, prior to Closing, the Red, White and Olive groups) advisers, directors or senior employees;

 

  (e) holds cross-directorships or has significant links with other directors through involvement in other companies or bodies;

 

  (f) represents a significant shareholder; or

 

  (g) has served on the board for more than nine years from the date of their first election.

 

2. Additionally, in order to be eligible for appointment as an INED, the relevant individual should:

 

  (a) be of sufficiently good repute and sufficiently experienced in business as to ensure the sound and prudent management of the Company;

 

  (b) have the skills, competencies, knowledge and expertise necessary for the discharge of the responsibilities allocated to him or her;

 

  (c) be free of conflicts of interest, in particular having no continuing operating or executive roles in any business concerned with the NARTD industry in the territories in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate;

 

  (d) have leadership and management experience, especially in related businesses;

 

  (e) have the highest personal and professional ethical standards, integrity and honesty and not have been convicted of any dishonesty offences or any other offences of a serious nature.

 

3. In assessing the suitability of a nominated INED, his or her knowledge of the industry and geographies in which the Company operates and international experience will be taken into account, and the balance of the skills and diversity on the Board as a whole will be considered to ensure a range of relevant skills, diversity and experience for being directors of the Company.

 

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SCHEDULE 6

BOARD COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE

PART 1

AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

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PART 2

NOMINATION COMMITTEE

 

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Nomination Committee Charter

I. Authority and Responsibilities.

1. Guidelines on Significant Corporate Issues. The Committee shall recommend to the Board a set of guidelines on significant corporate governance principles (the Guidelines). The Guidelines shall be reviewed by the Committee no less frequently than once a year, and the Committee shall report to the Board any recommended changes.

2. Director Selection and Review. The Committee shall establish criteria for selecting candidates for proposing to the Board for the role of CEO, Senior Independent Director, independent non-executive directors and, in the circumstances where the Committee has a role in the selection of a candidate, for the role of Chairman. Such criteria shall, in the case of candidates for the office of independent non-executive director, be consistent with those set out in Schedule 5 of the Orange Shareholder Agreement (for so long as such agreement binds the Company). Subject to that, the selection criteria shall, at a minimum, reflect requirements of applicable law and listing standards. The Committee shall identify and recommend candidates for election to the Board of Directors and shall have no role with respect to the recommendation and appointment of nominees for directorships submitted by Red and Olive in accordance with their rights under the Shareholders’ Agreement (as defined below).

3. Other Director Issues. The Committee shall consider issues involving potential conflicts of interest of Directors and members of committees.

4. Evaluations of Board and CEO Succession Planning. The Committee shall oversee the evaluation of the Board, as well as CEO succession planning.

5. Consultants and Resources. Excluding in relation to the selection of the nominees of Red and Olive in accordance with their rights under the Shareholders’ Agreement (as defined below), the Committee shall have the authority to engage and terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates, and to approve the terms of any such engagement and the fees of any such consultant or search firm to assist in discharging Committee responsibilities. The Company will provide reasonable funding and staff resources to the Committee as requested.


6. Subcommittees. The Committee may delegate any of its responsibilities to a subcommittee as it deems appropriate.

7. Reports to Board. The Committee shall report its actions and recommendations to the Board of Directors after each Committee meeting.

II. Operations of the Committee

1. Composition. Subject to the shareholders’ agreement entered into between Orange, Red and Olive HoldCo in respect of Orange (the “Shareholders’ Agreement”) The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, which shall designate a Committee Chair and may, from time to time, remove members of the Committee.

2. Schedule of Meetings. In order to discharge its responsibilities, the members of the Committee shall each year agree a schedule of meetings; additional meetings may be scheduled as required.

3. Conduct of Meetings. Subject to the Shareholders’ Agreement all determinations of the Committee shall be made either at a meeting duly constituted and held or by a written consent to the actions taken signed by all of the members of the Committee.

4. Quorum. The quorum for a meeting of the Committee is:

 

  a. a sufficient number of independent directors to constitute a majority of the directors present at the meeting;

 

  b. if Olive HoldCo’s equity proportion is fifteen per cent, or more, at least one Olive HoldCo nominated director; and

 

  c. if Red’s equity proportion is ten per cent, or more, at least one Red nominated director.


If a quorum is not present at Committee meeting within 60 minutes of the time appointed for the start of the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned to the same time and place on the following working day. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to all Committee members. The quorum for any such reconvened meeting shall be a majority of Committee members.

5. Documentation and Reports. The Chair of the Committee shall be responsible for establishing the agendas for meetings of the Committee. An agenda, together with materials relating to the subject matter of each meeting, shall be sent to members of the Committee prior to each meeting. Minutes for all meetings of the Committee shall be prepared to document the Committee’s discharge of its responsibilities. The minutes shall be circulated in draft form to all Committee members to ensure an accurate final record, shall be approved at a subsequent meeting of the Committee and shall be distributed periodically to the full Board of Directors. The Committee shall make regular reports to the Board of Directors.

6. Self-Assessment; Committee Charter Review and Approval. The Committee shall evaluate its performance on an annual basis and develop criteria for such evaluation. At least annually, this charter shall be reviewed and reassessed by the Committee and any proposed changes shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval. The Committee shall also review and, if approved, submit to the Board of Directors for approval, the proposed revision of any other committee charter.


PART 3

REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

 

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PART 4

AFFILIATED TRANSACTION COMMITTEE

 

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ORANGE

Charter of the Affiliated Transaction Committee

The provisions of this Charter are subject to the shareholders’ agreement entered into between Orange, Red and Olive HoldCo in respect of Orange.

I. Authority and Responsibilities.

1. Approval of Affiliated Transactions. The Committee shall review, consider and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors with regard to any Affiliated Transaction.

2. Meaning of “Affiliated Transaction.” “Affiliated Transaction” means

 

  a. any merger or consolidation between the Company and any Affiliate;

 

  b. any purchase by the Company of an equity interest in any Affiliate;

 

  c. any purchase by an Affiliate from the Company of an equity interest in the Company other than through a preemptive rights purchase as provided under law;

 

  d. any purchase by the Company from an Affiliate of goods or services, other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

  e. any transaction involving the acquisition or disposition by the Company of franchise rights or territories;

 

  f. any other transaction between the Company and an Affiliate or franchisor of the Company, not in the ordinary course of business, having an aggregate value in excess of EUR 10 million;

 

  g. any other transaction between the Company and an Affiliate or franchisor of the Company that the Board of Directors shall designate as an “Affiliated Transaction.”; and

 

  h. any other matter or state of affairs involving an Affiliate, another Coca-Cola Company bottler or a franchisor of the Company that might materially impact the Company’s performance.


For the purposes of the definition of “Affiliated Transaction”

 

    the term “Affiliate” refers to (i) a person or entity that holds 5% or more of the stock, equity or other ownership interests of the Company; (ii) any other entity in which such stockholder has more than 50% of the voting power in the election of directors or in which it has the power to elect a majority of that entity’s board of directors; (iii) any entity controlled directly or indirectly by such Affiliate; and (iv) Red1;

 

    the term “Affiliated Transaction Affiliate” means the Affiliate that is a party to the Affiliated Transaction;

 

    the term “Company” refers to (i) Orange; and (ii) any other entity in which Orange has more than 50% of the voting power in the election of directors or in which it has the power to elect a majority of that entity’s board of directors; and

 

    the term “Red” refers to (i) Red; (ii) any other entity in which Red has more than 50% of the voting power in the election of directors or in which it has the power to elect a majority of that entity’s board of directors; and (iii) any other entity in which Red has a 20% or greater equity or other ownership interest (referred to as a “Red Affiliate”); and (iv) any entity controlled directly or indirectly by such Red Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no entity shall be a Red Affiliate solely because of rights granted to Red pursuant to a bottling contract.

 

1  The use of “Affiliate” hereunder shall in no way be used to reflect such person or entity is an affiliate of the Company for any other purpose.


3. Powers of Committee with respect to Affiliated Transactions. The Committee shall have the responsibility to conduct the negotiation with the representatives of any party to an Affiliated Transaction and engage Independent Advisors at the reasonable expense of the Company, to assist in its review and recommendation to the Board regarding any Affiliated Transaction. The Committee will notify the Board, as soon as reasonably practicable, when it begins to discharge its responsibilities under this Charter with respect to any Affiliated Transaction. An “Independent Advisor” means any legal or financial advisor or other expert (i) that has not represented or provided services to an Affiliate during the past calendar year, or (ii), notwithstanding (i), that the Committee determines, after due inquiry, is able to represent the Committee in an independent manner not adverse to the interests of the Company and its stockholders.

4. Membership of the Committee. Any Committee member that will deliberate and make a recommendation to the Board on an Affiliated Transaction must (i) not, and for the past five years has not been, an officer, director or employee of the Affiliated Transaction Affiliate; and (ii) not own any equity or other ownership interest, directly or indirectly, in the Affiliated Transaction Affiliate (referred to as an “Eligible ATC Director”). Any other Eligible ATC Director may be appointed by the Board as an alternate member of the Committee, to serve if any member of the Committee becomes unable or unwilling to serve. Any Committee member that is not an Eligible ATC Director shall recuse himself or herself from the discussions, deliberation and voting of such Affiliated Transaction and making of a recommendation to the Board.

5. Other Duties. The Committee shall also carry out such other duties that may be delegated to it by the Board of Directors from time to time.

6. Reports to Board: Consultation. The Committee shall report its actions and all of its recommendations to the Board of Directors.


II. Operations of the Committee

1. Schedule of Meetings. In order to discharge its responsibilities, the members of the Committee shall each year agree a schedule of meetings; additional meetings may be scheduled as required.

2. Conduct of Meetings. All determinations of the Committee shall be made either at a meeting duly constituted and held, or by a written recommendation signed by all of the members of the Committee.

3. Quorum. The quorum for a meeting of the Committee is:

 

  a. a sufficient number of independent directors to constitute a majority of the directors present at the meeting; and

 

  b. so long as Olive HoldCo has a member on the Committee, at least one Olive HoldCo nominated director.

If a quorum is not present at Committee meeting within 60 minutes of the time appointed for the start of the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned to the same time and place on the following working day. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to all Committee members. The quorum for any such reconvened meeting shall be a majority of Committee members.

4. Documentation and Reports. The Chair of the Committee shall be responsible for establishing the agendas for meetings of the Committee. An agenda, together with materials relating to the subject matter of each meeting, shall be sent to members of the Committee prior to each meeting. Any member of the Committee is permitted to add any item to the agenda prior to each meeting. Minutes for all meetings of the Committee shall be prepared to document the Committee’s discharge of its responsibilities. The minutes shall be circulated in draft form to all Committee members to ensure an accurate final record, shall be approved at a subsequent meeting of the Committee. The Committee shall make regular reports to the Board of Directors after each meeting of the Committee.


5. Self-Assessment. The Committee shall evaluate its performance on an annual basis and develop criteria for such evaluation. At least annually, this charter shall be reviewed and reassessed by the Committee and any proposed changes shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.


PART 5

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE

 

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SCHEDULE 7

RELATIVES DESCRIPTION

 

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LOGO


SCHEDULE 8

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1. Definitions

In this agreement:

Affiliate means:

 

  (a) in respect of any individual:

 

  (i) any Relative of that individual;

 

  (ii) any entity Controlled by that individual or one or more Relatives of that individual;

 

  (iii) the executor of that individual’s estate; and

 

  (iv) any trust for the benefit of that individual or one or more Relatives of that individual;

 

  (b) in respect of any entity, a second entity that:

 

  (i) Controls the first entity;

 

  (ii) is under the Control of the first entity; or

 

  (iii) is under the Control of a third entity that Controls the first entity;

 

  (c) in respect of a Nominated Director:

 

  (i) any Affiliate within the meaning of paragraph (a) above; and

 

  (ii) his Nominator or any of its Affiliates within the meaning of paragraph (a) above; and

 

  (d) in respect of any body corporate:

 

  (i) any Affiliate within the meaning of paragraph (b) above; and

 

  (ii) any shareholder or director of that body corporate;

Affiliated Transaction Committee means the Affiliated Transaction Committee of the Board;

Anti-Corruption Law means:

 

  (a) the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 (OECD Convention);

 

  (b) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 of the United States of America (FCPA);

 

  (c) the Bribery Act 2010;

 

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  (d) any other applicable law (including any (1) statute, ordinance, rule or regulation; (2) order of any court, tribunal or any other judicial body; and (3) rule, regulation, guideline or order of any public body, or any other administrative requirement) and guidance which:

 

  (i) prohibits or restricts the conferring of any gift, payment or other benefit on any person or any officer, employee, agent or adviser of such person;

 

  (ii) is broadly equivalent to the FCPA and/or the Bribery Act 2010 or was intended to enact the provisions of the OECD Convention or which has as its objective the prevention of corruption; and/or

 

  (iii) otherwise contains provisions aimed at preventing bribery, corruption and/or money laundering;

Annual Business Plan means the Initial Plan or a business plan of the Group for a Financial Year set under clause 9.1, as relevant;

Associated Person means, in relation to a body corporate, a person (including an employee, agent or Subsidiary of that body corporate) who performs (or has performed) services for or on behalf of that body corporate;

Audit Committee means the Audit Committee of the Board;

Auditor means the firm of auditors of the Company from time to time;

Black means [Black] Erfrischungsgetränke AG;

Black Contribution Agreement means the contribution agreement between Red[, Black] and the Company dated [●] 2015;

Board means the board of directors of the Company;

Business has the meaning given in clause 2;

Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday on which banks are generally open in [London, Amsterdam, New York and Madrid] for normal business;

Chairman means the chairman of the Board;

Change of Control means, where a person who did not previously exercise Control over another person acquires such Control other than in connection with any bona fide internal corporate reorganisation, restructuring or similar transaction;

Chart of Authority means the document, in the initial form as set out in Annex 3, setting out those matters for which the prior approval of the Board is required;

Closing means completion of the transactions contemplated under the Master Agreement;

Cobega Side Letter means the letter agreement between Cobega Invest, S.L. and Red dated [●], substantially in form set out in Annex 1;

Committee means a committee of the Board, as constituted by the Board from time to time;

Confidentiality Agreement means [insert details of NDA];

 

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Control means, in relation to a person or Persons Acting in Concert:

 

  (a) owning or controlling (directly or indirectly) including through one or more trusts or foundations more than 50 per cent. of the voting share capital of the relevant undertaking; or

 

  (b) being able to direct the casting of more than 50 per cent. of the votes exercisable at general meetings of the relevant undertaking on all, or substantially all, matters; or

 

  (c) having the right to appoint or remove directors of the relevant undertaking holding a majority of the voting rights at meetings of the board on all, or substantially all, matters; or

 

  (d) having the power to determine the conduct of business affairs of an undertaking (whether through ownership of equity interest or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise),

and Controlled shall have a corresponding meaning;

Constitution means the constitution of the Company, as amended from time to time;

Corporate Governance Code means the Corporate Governance Code published by the Financial Reporting Council, or its successor, under the authority of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, as amended or supplemented from time to time;

Daurella Family means:

 

  (a) any person listed in Part [1] of Schedule [●] to the Master Agreement,; and

 

  (b) any Relative of the foregoing;

Deed of Adherence means a deed substantially in the form set out in Appendix 1;

Director means a director of the Company;

Discloser has the meaning given in clause 16.4;

Dispose means, in relation to any Share:

 

  (a) to sell, transfer, assign, swap, surrender, gift, declare a trust over, or otherwise dispose of or grant any option over, deal with or Encumber, any legal or equitable interest in the Share;

 

  (b) enter into an agreement in respect of votes or any other right attached to any Shares (excluding the Olive HoldCo SHA);

 

  (c) to do any thing which has the effect of placing a person in substantially the same position as that person would have been in, had any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a) above or (b) above been done; or

 

  (d) to authorise, agree to or attempt to do any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above or (c) above; but,

shall exclude:

 

  (i) participation in any repurchase or redemption programme or other reorganisation of the Company’s share capital, including by way of reduction of capital, buy-back or redemption of Securities, conversion of Securities from one class to another or consolidation and subdivision or redenomination of shares;

 

  (ii) participation in any merger, acquisition or other corporate transaction by the Company pursuant to which all shareholders are asked to participate which would require a Shareholder to undertake any of the actions described in (a) to (d) above (both inclusive) in relation to their Shares,

 

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and the term Disposal has a corresponding meaning;

Dispute means any dispute, claim, difference or controversy arising out of, relating to or having any connection with this agreement, including any dispute as to its existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination or the consequences of its nullity and any dispute relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it;

Dividend includes a dividend, bonus issue or other distribution in kind or in cash;

Effective Date has the meaning given in clause 3;

Encumbrance means any security interest and any option, right to acquire, right of pre-emption, assignment by way of security, trust arrangement for the purpose of providing security, retention arrangement or other security interest of any kind, and any agreement to create any of the above, and the term Encumber has a corresponding meaning;

Equity Proportion means, in relation to a Shareholder:

 

  (a) subject to (b) below, the total number of Shares held by that Shareholder (and, solely as regards Red, any Red Transferees) divided by the total number of Shares in issue, expressed as a percentage (the Actual Proportion),

 

  (b) if greater than the result produced by (a) above, but subject to (c) below, the Actual Proportion adjusted so that the calculation ignores the dilutive effect of the issue of Shares on or after the Effective Date on a basis that did not permit such Shareholder to participate on a pre-emptive basis pro rata (so far as practicable) to its actual holding (the Deemed Proportion),

 

  (c) if, at any time after the fourth anniversary of the effective date, a Shareholder’s Actual Proportion is less than 80 per cent of its Deemed Proportion, the Actual Proportion

and, in connection with the determination of the Equity Proportion, the reference in (b) above to the “Effective Date” shall, on and from each occasion on which the Equity Proportion is determined by the application of (c) above, be read as a reference to “the most recent date on which the Equity Proportion was determined by the application of (c) below

Financial Year means a period starting on 1 January of any year and ending on 31 December of the same year;

Group means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time and Group Company means any of them;

group means an Ultimate Holding Company and its Subsidiaries and group member has a corresponding meaning;

Holding Company has the meaning given in paragraph 2 below;

 

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INED means an independent non-executive Director and for such purposes “independent” shall bear the meaning given in the Corporate Governance Code from time to time save that (i) a non-executive director who has served a term of nine years shall automatically be deemed no longer to be independent unless the Board unanimously resolves otherwise and (ii) the Initial INEDs’ periods of service shall be deemed to commence on the Effective Date;

INED Suitability Criteria means those criteria set out in Schedule 5;

Initial Business Plan means the business plan for the Group as at the date of this agreement;

Initial Chairman’s First Term has the meaning given in clause 5.8(a);

Initial INEDs has the meaning given in clause 5.2(iv);

Insolvency Event means, in respect of any person:

 

  (a) the person is unable to, or states that it is unable to, pay its debts as they fall due or stops or threatens to stop paying its debts as they fall due;

 

  (b) any indebtedness of the person is subject to a moratorium;

 

  (c) a liquidator, provisional liquidator or administrator has been appointed to any property of the person or an event occurs which gives any other person a right to seek such an appointment;

 

  (d) an order has been made, a resolution has been passed or proposed in a notice of meeting or in an announcement to any recognised securities exchange, or an application to court has been made for the winding-up or dissolution of the person or for the entry into of any arrangement, compromise or composition with, or assignment for the benefit of, creditors of the person or any class of them;

 

  (e) a security interest becomes enforceable or is enforced over, or a writ of execution, garnishee order, mareva injunction or similar order has been issued over or is affecting, all or a substantial part of the assets of the person; or

 

  (f) the person has otherwise become, or is otherwise taken to be, insolvent in any jurisdiction or an event occurs in any jurisdiction in relation to the person which is analogous to, or which has a substantially similar effect to, any of the events referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) (both inclusive) above;

Interest means, in relation to any person, any direct or indirect financial or commercial interest of that person or its Affiliates arising from any existing or proposed arrangement, contract, litigation or other proceeding between any Group Company and that person or any of its Affiliates[, where such arrangement, contract, litigation or other proceeding can be reasonably considered to be material in the context of the business of the Group taken as a whole];

Long Term Business Plan means the long term business plan of the Group for a three Financial Year period;

Loss means all losses, damages, costs, expenses, charges and other liabilities whether present or future, fixed or unascertained, actual or contingent;

Master Agreement means the Transaction Master Agreement entered into between, amongst others, Red, White, Olive, the Company and MergeCo on [●] 2015 and adhered to by Olive HoldCo on [●];

MergeCo means [●];

 

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Nominated Director means an Olive HoldCo Nominated Director or a Red Nominated Director;

Nomination Committee means the Nomination Committee of the Board;

Nominator means, in relation to a Nominated Director, the person who nominated that Director under clause 5.4;

Olive means [Olive] Iberian Partners, S.A.;

Olive Contribution Agreement means the contribution agreement between Olive HoldCo[, Olive] and the Company dated [●] 2015;

Olive HoldCo Change of Control means:

 

  (a) the Olive HoldCo Shareholders ceasing to Control (for this purpose excluding (d) of that definition) Olive HoldCo; or

 

  (b) the Daurella Family ceasing to Control (for this purpose excluding (d) of that definition) Cobega Invest, S.L. without the prior written consent of Red to that Change of Control; or

 

  (c) Cobega Invest, S.L. ceasing to Control (for this purpose excluding (d) of that definition) Olive HoldCo without the prior written consent of Red to that Change of Control;

Olive HoldCo Nominated Director means a Director nominated by Olive HoldCo under clause 5.4(a);

Olive HoldCo SHA means the shareholders’ agreement relating to Olive HoldCo dated [●];

Olive HoldCo Shareholder means:

 

  (a) any person listed in Part [2] of Schedule [●] of the Master Agreement; and

 

  (b) any Relative of the foregoing;

Olive HoldCo Side Letter means the letter agreement between Olive HoldCo and Red dated [●], substantially in form set out in Annex 2;

Persons Acting in Concert has the meaning given in The Takeover Code;

Policies means the Anti-Corruption Policies and Sanctions Policies developed or maintained in accordance with clause 13;

Red Associated Company means any subsidiary or subsidiary undertaking of Red Parent;

Red Nominated Director means a Director nominated by Red under clause 5.4(b);

Red Parent means [TCCC];

Red Transferee has the meaning given in clause 11.1(a);

Registration Rights Agreements means [●];

Relative means, with respect to a person, each person whose relationship is no further removed than a colateral en quinto grado for the purposes of the Spanish Civil Code (Codigo Civil), which by way of example is illustrated by Schedule 7;

 

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Remuneration Committee means the Remuneration Committee of the Board;

Representative means, in relation to a person, any director, officer or employee of, and any accountant, auditor, financier, financial adviser, legal adviser, technical adviser or other expert adviser or consultant to, that person;

Sanctions means any trade, economic or financial sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes or restrictive measures administered, adopted, enacted or enforced by a Sanctions Authority;

Sanctions Authority means:

 

  (a) the Security Council of the United Nations;

 

  (b) the United States of America;

 

  (c) the European Union and Member States of the European Union; and

 

  (d) the governments and official institutions or agencies of any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury, the US Department of State, the Council of the European Union and Her Majesty’s Treasury;

Securities means:

 

  (a) Shares or any other class of shares in the Company or any other equity securities in the Company; and

 

  (b) options, warrants, notes, bonds or other securities or debt (i) convertible into, or exchangeable for, Shares or any other class of shares or any other equity securities in the Company or (ii) containing equity features or containing profit participation features with respect to the Company;

Senior Independent Director means the senior INED appointed as senior independent director of the Board from time to time in accordance with clause 5.7(c);

Share means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company;

Shareholder means each of Olive HoldCo and Red;

Step Plan has the meaning given in the Master Agreement;

Subsidiary has the meaning given in paragraph 2 below;

Surviving Clauses means clause 1, clause 16, clause 18, clause 19, clause 20 and clause 21;

Tax Advisors has the meaning given in the Master Agreement;

Tax Opinions has the meaning given in the Master Agreement;

Terms of Reference means, as the context so requires, the terms of reference of any Committee, including, but without limitation, the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee or the Affiliated Transaction Committee, as initially set out in the relevant Part of Schedule 6;

The Takeover Code means The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers as updated from time to time;

 

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Transaction Documents means this agreement, the Master Agreement, the White Merger Agreement, the Black Contribution Agreement, the Olive Contribution Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other agreement entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated by those agreements;

Ultimate Holding Company means a Holding Company which is not itself a Subsidiary;

VAT means within the European Union such tax as may be levied in accordance with (but subject to derogations from) Council Directive 2006/112/EC and outside the European Union any tax levied by reference to added value or sales;

White means [White] Enterprises, Inc.; and

White Merger Agreement means the merger agreement between the Company, White and MergeCo dated [●] 2015.

 

2. Subsidiary, Holding Company, Wholly Owned Subsidiary and Wholly Owned Group

For the purposes of this agreement:

 

  (a) A company is a Subsidiary of another company, its Holding Company, if that other company:

 

  (i) holds a majority of the voting rights in it; or

 

  (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 that is itself a Subsidiary of that other company.

 

  (b) A company is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of another company (HoldCo) if it has no members other than HoldCo and HoldCo’s wholly owned Subsidiaries or persons acting on behalf of HoldCo or its wholly owned Subsidiaries.

 

  (c) Wholly Owned Group means a body corporate and any Holding Company of which it is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and any other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of that Holding Company (including any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the body corporate).

 

  (d) In this paragraph 2, company includes any body corporate.

 

3. Reasonable endeavours

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, any provision of this agreement which requires a party to take all reasonable endeavours (or similar language) imposes an obligation on that party to take all steps commercially reasonably necessary having regard to such party’s circumstances at the time but does not impose any obligation to:

 

  (a) commence any legal action or proceeding against any person;

 

  (b) procure absolutely that that thing is done or happens;

 

  (c) incur a material expense, except where that provision expressly specifies otherwise[; or

 

  (d) provide any undertakings or accept any conditions required by any third party if those undertakings or conditions, in the reasonable opinion of the party required to give such undertakings or satisfy such conditions, are materially adverse to its commercial interests or fundamentally or materially alter the basis on which it originally agreed to the arrangements the subject of this agreement].

 

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4. Things required to be done other than on a Business Day

Unless otherwise indicated, where the day on which any act, matter or thing is to be done is a day other than a Business Day, that act, matter or thing must be done on or by the next Business Day.

 

5. Several liability

Where any obligation, representation, warranty or undertaking in this agreement is expressed to be made, undertaken or given by two or more parties, those parties will be taken to be severally liable in respect of it, unless this agreement expressly provides otherwise.

 

6. Other rules of interpretation

In this agreement:

 

  (a) any reference, express or implied, to any legislation in any jurisdiction includes:

 

  (i) that legislation as amended, extended or applied by or under any other legislation made before or after execution of this agreement;

 

  (ii) any legislation which that legislation re-enacts with or without modification; and

 

  (iii) any subordinate legislation made before or after execution of this agreement under that legislation, including (where applicable) that legislation as amended, extended or applied as described in paragraph 6(a)(i), or under any legislation which it re-enacts as described in paragraph 6(a)(ii);

 

  (b) references to persons or entities include natural persons, bodies corporate, partnerships, trusts and unincorporated and incorporated associations of persons;

 

  (c) references to an individual or a natural person include his estate and personal representatives;

 

  (d) subject to clause 19.2, references to a party to this agreement include the successors or assigns (immediate or otherwise) of that party;

 

  (e) references to books, records or other information mean books, records or other information in any form, including paper, electronically stored data, magnetic media, film and microfilm;

 

  (f) references to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method or judicial or arbitral proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, arbitral tribunal, official or any legal concept or thing must, in respect of any jurisdiction other than England, be taken to include what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term;

 

  (g) a reference to any instrument or document includes any variation or replacement of it;

 

  (h) unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any time is a reference to that time in London;

 

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  (i) a reference to €is to euros, the legal currency of the European monetary union or its equivalent in any other relevant currency;

 

  (j) singular words include the plural and vice versa;

 

  (k) a word of any gender includes the corresponding words of any other gender;

 

  (l) if a word or phrase is defined, other grammatical forms of that word have a corresponding meaning;

 

  (m) general words must not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words, and references to “includes” mean “includes without limitation”; and

 

  (n) nothing is to be construed adversely to a party just because that party put forward this agreement or the relevant part of this agreement.

 

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SIGNATORIES

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  
[ORANGE] plc   )  

 

acting by [●]   )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   
EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  

[OLIVE HOLDCO]

acting by [●]

  )  

 

  )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   


EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  

[RED]

acting by [●]

  )  

 

  )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   


APPENDIX 1

DEED OF ADHERENCE

This Deed of Adherence is made on [Date] by [●], a company incorporated [in [●]/under the laws of [●]] under registered number [●] whose [registered/principal office is at [●]] (New Shareholder).

Recitals:

 

(A) [●] (Transferor) is proposing to transfer to the New Shareholder [●] of its shares in the Company (the Transfer Shares) (as defined below).

 

(B) This Deed of Adherence is entered into in compliance with clause 11.1 of a shareholders’ agreement made on [Date] between (1) [Orange plc] (the Company); (2) [Olive HoldCo]; and (3) [Red] (the Original Parties) as such agreement has been or may be amended, supplement or novated from time to time (the Agreement).

 

(C) Capitalised terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

It is agreed as follows:

 

1. The New Shareholder confirms that it has been supplied with and has read a copy of the Agreement.

 

2. The New Shareholder agrees (a) to assume the benefit of the rights of the Transferor under the Agreement and (b) to observe, perform and be bound by all the obligations and terms of the Agreement capable of applying to the New Shareholder and which are to be performed on or after the date of this Deed, to the intent and effect that the New Shareholder shall be deemed with effect from the date on which the New Shareholder acquired the Transfer Shares to be a party to the Agreement (as if named a party to the Agreement).

 

3. This Deed is made for the benefit (a) of the Original Parties and (b) any other person or person who after the date of the Agreement (and whether or not prior to or after the date of this Deed) adhere to the Agreement.

 

4. The address and facsimile of the New Shareholder for the purposes of clause 18 of the Agreement are as follows:

[Insert address and facsimile number]

 

5. This Deed of Adherence may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6. Clause 20 and 21 of the Agreement shall apply to this Deed as if set out in full herein.

 

7. The New Shareholder hereby appoints [●] as its agent for service of all process in any proceedings in respect of the Agreement.

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EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  
[ORANGE] plc   )  

 

acting by [●]   )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   
EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  
[OLIVE HOLDCO]   )  

 

acting by [●]   )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   


EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  
[RED]   )  

 

acting by [●]   )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   
EXECUTED as a DEED by   )  
[NEW SHAREHOLDER]   )  

 

acting by [●]   )   Director/Authorised Signatory
    )  
Witness’s Signature  

 

   
Name:  

 

   
Address:  

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

   

Exhibit 2.4

AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

CERTAIN WHITE DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDERS,

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

COCA-COLA IBERIAN PARTNERS, S.A.

And

SPARK ORANGE LIMITED

 

 

DATED AS OF AUGUST 6, 2015

 

 


THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of August 6, 2015 (the “Agreement”) by and among each of those persons whose names are listed in the table in the schedule to this Agreement (each of whom, a “White Director Shareholder”), The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware corporation (“Red”), and Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A., a company incorporated in Spain (registered number A-86.561.412), whose registered office is at Paseo de la Castellana, 259-C (Torre de Cristal), Floor 9, 28046, Madrid (“Olive”) and Spark Orange Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England (“Orange”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, each of the White Director Shareholders are direct or indirect shareholders of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (“White”), a company incorporated in Delaware;

WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed combination of the businesses of White, Black and Olive (the “Combination Transactions”), White, Red, Olive and Orange have entered into the Transaction Master Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among White, Red, Olive, Orange, Orange U.S. HoldCo, LLC (“US Holdco”) and Orange MergeCo, LLC (“US Mergeco”) (as may be amended from time to time, the “Transaction Master Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Transaction Master Agreement;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Combination Transactions, White and Orange have entered into the Merger Agreement, dated as of the date hereof , by and among White, Orange, US Holdco and US Mergeco (as may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”);

WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of each of Olive, Orange and Red to enter into the Merger Agreement and the Transaction Master Agreement, Olive, Orange and Red have requested each White Director Shareholder to enter into this Agreement.

WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS

1.1 General. Each White Director Shareholder irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes, represents and warrants to each of Red and Olive that:

 

  (a) he/she is the record or beneficial owner of (or is otherwise able to control the exercise of all rights attaching to, including voting rights and the ability to procure or prevent the transfer of), the number of shares of the common stock of White, including through the ownership of options and phantom stock units to purchase such common stock, as set out in the table in the schedule to this Agreement (the “Owned Shares”);


  (b) he/she does not own, beneficially or of record, any shares of capital stock or other securities convertible or exercisable into capital stock, of White other than the Owned Shares;

 

  (c) he/she shall not, directly or indirectly other than in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Master Agreement sell, transfer, charge, exercise, encumber, grant any option (excluding by way of cashless exercise of options that are permitted to be exercised) over or otherwise dispose of or permit the sale, transfer, charging or other disposition or creation or grant of any other encumbrance or option of or over all or any of the Shares or interest in the Shares between the date of the Transaction Master Agreement and the Completion, except by gift or bequest, pursuant to commitments existing on the date hereof or 10b5-1 stock trading plans in effect on the date hereof; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the exercise by a White Director Shareholder of outstanding stock options that have an expiration date prior to Completion; and

 

  (d) he/she has full power and authority and the right (free from any legal or other restrictions), and will at all times continue to have all relevant power and authority and the right, to enter into and perform his/her obligations under this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such White Director Shareholder, enforceable against such White Director Shareholder in accordance with its terms.

 

1.2 Miscellaneous

 

  (a) This Agreement shall terminate with respect to all White Director Shareholders upon the valid termination of the Transaction Master Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

  (b) This Agreement shall terminate, with respect to each individual White Director Shareholder, upon the earlier of such White Director Shareholder ceasing to be a director of White or it is publicly disclosed that such director will not become a director of Orange.

 

  (c) This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. Any matter, claim or dispute, whether contractual or non-contractual, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement is to be governed by and determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of: (i) the Delaware Court of Chancery, and (ii) any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware).


SCHEDULE

 

Director

   Number of Owned Shares
of common stock of White
and Registered Owner
     Number of Owned Shares
that are beneficially owned1
 

John F. Brock

     1,299,367         5,335,325 2 

Jan Bennink

     0         19,097   

Calvin Darden

     0         77,980   

L. Phillip Humann

     39,172         190,868 3 

Orrin H. Ingram

     10,000         64,758   

Thomas H. Johnson

     10,000         48,359   

Suzanne B. Labarge

     0         67,719 4 

Veronique Morali

     0         23,140   

Andrea L. Saia

     1,000         19,185   

Garry Watts

     0         17,750   

Curtis R. Welling

     10,000         66,394   

Phoebe A. Wood

     0         41,799   

 

1  Except as otherwise noted, represents stock units in the White Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan that are vested but not distributable until the director has departed the board
2  Does not include stock units under the Directors’ Plan, but represents stock options, stock units and shares held in an irrevocable trust of which his spouse is trustee
3  Includes 12,399 stock options
4  Total includes 2,000 shares held indirectly by 1323876 Ontario, Inc. by Suzanne Labarge


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

By:  

/s/ John F. Brock

  John F. Brock
By:  

/s/ Jan Bennink

  Jan Bennink
By:  

/s/ Calvin Darden

  Calvin Darden
By:  

/s/ L. Phillip Humann

  L. Phillip Humann
By:  

/s/ Orrin H. Ingram II

  Orrin H. Ingram II
By:  

/s/ Thomas H. Johnson

  Thomas H. Johnson
By:  

/s/ Suzanne B. Labarge

  Suzanne B. Labarge
By:  

/s/ Veronique Morali

  Veronique Morali
By:  

/s/ Andrea L. Saia

  Andrea L. Saia
By:  

/s/ Garry Watts

  Garry Watts
By:  

/s/ Curtis R. Welling

  Curtis R. Welling
By:  

/s/ Phoebe Wood

  Phoebe Wood

 


COCA-COLA IBERIAN PARTNERS, S.A.
By:  

/s/ Sol Daurella Comadran

  Name: Sol Daurella Comadran
  Title: Chairman


THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Robert J. Jordan, Jr.

  Name: Robert J. Jordan, Jr.
  Title: Vice President


SPARK ORANGE LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Isabela Pérez Nivela

  Name: Isabela Pérez Nivela
  Title: Director

 

Exhibit 2.5

Olive Contribution Agreement

AMONG

[Olive HoldCo]

as Transferor

AND

[Orange]

as Transferee

[Place], [Date]


SHARE TRANSFER AGREEMENT

between

 

I. [•], a Spanish limited liability company (sociedad anónima), with registered office in Madrid, at [•], registered with the Commercial Registry of Madrid at [•], and holding Spanish tax identification number (N.I.F.) [•] (“Olive HoldCo” or “Transferor”).

Olive HoldCo is duly represented by [•], who acts in [his/her] capacity as [•] pursuant to [•].

 

II. [•], an English [•] company, with registered office in London, at [•], registered with [•], and holding tax identification number [•] (“Orange” or “Transferee”).

Orange is duly represented by [•], who acts in [his/her] capacity as [•] pursuant to [•].

Transferor and Transferee are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties” and each individually as a “Party”.

PREAMBLE

 

(A) Coca Cola Iberian Partners, S.A. is a Spanish company with registered office at Paseo de la Castellana, 259-C (Torre de Cristal), Floor 9, 28046, Madrid and Spanish tax identification number A-86,561,412 (“Olive” or the “Company”).

The share capital of the Company is fully subscribed and paid up and amounts to EUR 1,517,000,000; it is divided into 1,517,000,000 ordinary nominative shares, of the same class, B series, numbered 1-B to 1,517,000,000-B, both included, with a face value of EUR 1 each.

 

(B) Transferor holds shares number [•] to [•] in the Company, both included, representing [•]% of the share capital of the Company, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under Applicable Law and the Constitutional Documents of Olive (the “Olive Sale Shares”).

The title deed[/s] pursuant to which the Olive Sale Shares have been acquired by Olive HoldCo [is/are] [•] (the “Title Deed[/s]”).

 

(C) By agreement between, among others, the Company, [Red], [White] and Transferee dated [•] August 2015, to which Transferor adhered on [•] in substitution of the Company (the “Transaction Master Agreement”), the parties to the Transaction Master Agreement agreed to combine certain bottling businesses through, among other things, the contribution of the Olive Sale Shares to Transferee in exchange for the issuance to Transferor of Orange Shares.

 

(D) By means of this share transfer agreement (the “Agreement”), Transferee therefore intends to acquire the Olive Sale Shares and Transferor intends to transfer these to Transferee.

 


(E) On [•], the sole director of the Company confirmed that the restrictions on the transfer of Company shares imposed by the Constitutional Documents of the Company do not apply to the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares hereunder. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transaction Master Agreement, the Olive Sale Shares shall be transferred to Transferee at Completion.

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement not defined herein have the same meaning as in the Transaction Master Agreement unless a contrary indication appears. Headings in this Agreement are for ease of reference only and shall not affect its interpretation.

The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and therefore acknowledge and agree that Article 1,288 of the Civil Code and any other contra proferentem principles of interpretation are not applicable to the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

1. PURPOSE

The purpose (objeto) of this Agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which, at Completion, Olive HolCo shall contribute and transfer to Orange the Olive Sale Shares, and Orange shall acquire from Olive HoldCo the Olive Sale Shares in consideration of payment of the Olive Consideration Shares to Olive HoldCo.

 

2. CONTRIBUTION

 

2.1 Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at Completion, Olive HoldCo shall transfer full legal and beneficial title to (and all Olive HoldCo’s right, title and interest in and to) the Olive Sale Shares to Orange, and Orange shall (in consideration therefor) issue (or procure the transfer) to Olive HoldCo of the Olive Consideration Shares credited as fully paid, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under Applicable Law and the Constitutional Documents of Olive or Orange (as applicable) and together with all rights attached or accruing to them on and after Completion.

Appropriate steps shall have been taken to secure that no pre–emption right or right of first refusal is exercised in relation to the Olive Contribution.

 

2.2 In accordance with Article 1,450 of the Civil Code, this Agreement is effective (perfeccionado) by means of its execution by the Parties, being therefore binding and enforceable upon them from the date hereof; provided, however, that the completion of the transfer of Olive Sale Shares is postponed until Completion and will be deemed to have taken place pursuant to clause 9 of the Transaction Master Agreement. Upon Completion the effectiveness of the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares shall be as of the Completion Date.

 

3. CONSIDERATION

As consideration for the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares Transferee shall issue the Olive Consideration Shares to Transferor as set out in clause 2.1 (b) of the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

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4. CLOSING

 

4.1 The formalization of this Agreement shall take place at the offices of the Notary Public Mr. Ignacio Paz-Ares (or such other Spanish Notary Public as may be mutually agreed by the Parties in writing, the “Notary Public”) in Madrid at [•]:00 am (C.E.T.) on the Completion Date, or at such other date and time as may be mutually agreed by the Parties in writing.

 

4.2 Upon Completion the Parties undertake to carry out the closing actions in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Transaction Master Agreement. In particular, on the Completion Date, all of the actions listed below shall be taken simultaneously (en unidad de acto):

 

  (a) Transfer Deed. The Parties shall execute in the presence of the Notary Public a share transfer deed (the “Transfer Deed”) substantially in the form attached as Schedule 4.2(a), pursuant to which, inter alia, (i) the Parties formalize (elevar a público) this Agreement, (ii) Olive HoldCo and Orange acknowledge Completion is deemed to have taken place pursuant to clause 9 of the Transaction Master Agreement, (iii) Olive HoldCo transfers ownership and delivers the Olive Sale Shares to Orange and Orange, in turn, acquires and receives the Olive Sale Shares, (iv) Olive HoldCo and Orange declare that the contribution will be made under special tax neutrality regime provided by Chapter VII of Title VII of Spanish Law 27/2014 of Corporate Income Tax and Council Directive 2009/133/EC as it qualifies as an exchange of shares, and (v) Orange transfers the Olive Consideration Shares to Olive HoldCo and Olive HoldCo, in turn, acquires and receives the Olive Consideration Shares.

 

  (b) Share Registry Book. The Parties shall cause the registration of the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares in the Company’s Share Registry Book (libro registro de acciones nominativas) to ensure the transfer is effective vis-à-vis the Company.

 

  (c) Registration of the transfer in Title Deed[/s]. Olive HoldCo shall deliver to the Notary Public a first copy of the Title Deed[/s] and the Parties shall cause the Notary Public to register (rebaje) the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares to Orange in the Title Deed[/s].

 

  (d) Stock certificates not in issue. Olive HoldCo shall represent to Orange that (i) any stock certificates representing the Olive Sale Shares have been cancelled and that (ii) no stock certificates representing the Olive Sale Shares are in issue.

 

  (e) Resignation of Olive HoldCo. Olive HoldCo shall deliver to Orange a letter pursuant to which Olive HoldCo resigns from its position as sole director of the Company, and further declares not to have any pending claim against the Company either relating to the undertaking of its post as sole director of the Company or on any other grounds whatsoever. Orange, as shareholder of Olive, shall accept the resignation and approve Olive HoldCo’s performance as sole director of Olive.

 

  (f) Appointment of directors. Orange shall acknowledge the resignation of Olive HoldCo as sole director of the Company and shall make new appointments to fill the positions on the Company’s management body vacated by Olive HoldCo. To the extent practicable, the acceptance of such appointments shall be documented and notarized simultaneously in the presence of the Notary Public.

 

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  (g) Release of Olive HoldCo from liability. By executing the Completion actions, Orange shall be deemed to release Olive HoldCo (and the individual who acts as representative of Olive HoldCo in its capacity as sole director of the Company (representante persona física)) from any and all liability related to the position held by Olive HoldCo and the representante persona física with the Company before Completion.

 

  (h) Foreign Investment and Divestment Forms. Orange’s legal representative shall sign the relevant foreign investment declaration form D-1A and deliver it to the Notary Public for filing with the General Directorate of Trade and Investments of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

 

  (i) [only in case Olive Holdco is the sole shareholder of Olive] Declaration of change of the sole shareholder deed. The administration body’s representative of Olive shall grant a public deed declaring the change of Olive’s sole shareholder.

 

  (j) Other. The Parties shall carry out any other action and execute any other document required to be performed or executed on Completion in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Transaction Master Agreement.

As soon as practicable after Completion, the public deeds related to the resignation and appointment of directors and change of sole shareholder shall be filed within the corresponding Commercial Registry.

 

5. WARRANTIES

Transferor has granted a comprehensive set of warranties pursuant to clause 10 (Warranties) of the Transaction Master Agreement, subject to the limitations set forth therein.The Parties acknowledge and agree that the rights and remedies contemplated in the Transaction Master Agreement replace in their entirety the provisions addressing liability of a seller with respect to obligations under purchase and sale or other agreements set forth in the Spanish Civil Code and in the Spanish Commercial Code, including, in particular, the rights and remedies available to a purchaser in the event of eviction (evicción) and hidden defects (vicios ocultos). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Parties waive (i) any rights to terminate this Agreement (other than as expressly set forth in the Transaction Master Agreement), (ii) an aliud pro alio or invalid consent (vicio del consentimiento), and (iii) any non-contractual liability (responsabilidad extracontractual) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement against (a) any Affiliate of Transferor, or (b) the current or former officers, directors, employees or advisors of Transferor, any Affiliate of Transferor or the Company.

 

6. CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Clause 11 (Confidentiality and announcements) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.

 

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7. TERMINATION

Clause 13.1 (termination in relation to Conditions; breach) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis and, for the avoidance of doubt, upon termination of the Transaction Master Agreement this Agreement shall automatically terminate, and no transfer hereunder shall, or shall deemed to be, effective.

 

8. NOTICES

Clause 22 (Notices) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply.

 

9. COSTS

All costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement shall be borne by the Parties in accordance with clause 15 (Costs and transaction fee) of the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

10. PREVALENCE OF TRANSACTION MASTER AGREEMENT

In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Transaction Master Agreement, the provisions of the Transaction Master Agreement shall (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) prevail.

 

11. GENERAL

 

11.1 This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall not be assignable, delegable or otherwise transferable by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Clause 11.1 shall be null and void.

 

11.2 This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented other than by means of a written instrument duly executed by the Parties.

 

11.3 This Agreement has been drafted, negotiated and executed in the English language; provided, however, that Spanish terms used in this Agreement or English terms to which a Spanish translation has been included in a parenthetical or otherwise shall be interpreted throughout this Agreement with the meaning assigned to them in the Spanish language.

 

11.4 If any of the provisions of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired. In such instances, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith with a view to replacing any invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with terms which have as similar a commercial effect as reasonably possible to the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

 

11.5 This Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of each such instrument.

 

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11.6 This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, contains the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

12. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

12.1 This Agreement shall be governed by the common Laws of the Kingdom of Spain (legislación común española).

 

12.2 In respect of place of jurisdiction, clause 24.2 (submission to the jurisdiction of the English courts) and clause 24.3 (agent for service of process in England) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered into this Agreement as of the date and in the place first before written in two original counterparts.

 

[•], as Transferor

 

B.p.

  

[•], as Transferee

 

B.p.

 

[•]

  

 

[•]

 

 

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Schedule 4.2(a)

Form of Transfer Deed

[THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BE EXECUTED IN SPANISH AND SHALL BE FORMATTED AND ADAPTED TO CUSTOMARY SPANISH NOTARIAL DEEDS. CUSTOMARY LANGUAGE INSERTED BY THE NOTARY SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE EXECUTION VERSION]

In [•], on [•], this deed is entered into before the Notary Public of [Madrid Mr. Ignacio Paz-Ares].

BY AND AMONG

[Description of the parties and representatives to be included by the Notary Public]

Transferor and Transferee are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties” and each individually as a “Party”.

[Notarial assessment on the capacity and authority of the Parties to be included]

RECITALS

 

I. Coca Cola Iberian Partners, S.A. is a Spanish company with registered office at Paseo de la Castellana, 259-C (Torre de Cristal), Floor 9, 28046, Madrid and Spanish tax identification number A-86,561,412 (“Olive” or the “Company”).

The share capital of the Company is fully subscribed and paid up and amounts to EUR 1,517,000,000; it is divided into 1,517,000,000 ordinary nominative shares, of the same class, B series, numbered 1-B to 1,517,000,000-B, both included, with a face value of EUR 1 each.

 

II. Transferor holds shares number [•] to [•] in the Company, both included, representing [•]% of the share capital of the Company, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under Applicable Law and the Constitutional Documents of Olive (the “Olive Sale Shares”).

The title deed[/s] pursuant to which the Olive Sale Shares have been acquired by Olive HoldCo [is/are] [•] (the “Title Deed[/s]”).

 

III. By agreement between, among others, [Olive] (the “Company”), [Red], [White] and Transferee dated [•] August 2015, to which Transferor adhered on [•] in substitution of the Company (the “Transaction Master Agreement”), the parties to the Transaction Master Agreement agreed to combine certain bottling businesses through, among other things, the contribution of the Olive Sale Shares to Transferee in exchange for the issuance to Transferor of Orange Shares.

 

IV. To implement the obligations agreed in the Transaction Master Agreement, on [•], Transferor and Transferee entered into a contribution agreement drafted in English (the “Olive Contribution Agreement”) whereby subject to the fulfilment of the conditions precedent set out in clause 3 of the Transaction Master Agreement and to the execution of certain closing actions, on the “Completion Date” Transferor would transfer to Transferee the Olive Sale Shares and as consideration Transferee would receive and acquire the Olive Consideration Shares as set out in clause 2.1(b) of the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

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V. Completion is deemed to have taken place pursuant to clause 9 of the Transaction Master Agreement and the date hereof is the “Completion Date” for the purposes of the Olive Contribution Agreement.

 

VI. Transferor represents and warrants that all legal and statutory requirements to transfer the Olive Sale Shares to Orange have been duly and timely fulfilled and the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares hereunder has been duly authorized under the terms of the bylaws of the Company.

 

VII. In view of the above, the Parties execute this notarial deed in order to keep record of the execution of the completion actions described in clause 4.2 of the Olive Contribution Agreement and, in particular, to document the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares to Transferee.

CLAUSES

 

1. NOTARIZATION OF THE OLIVE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

The Parties hereby deliver to the Notary Public an executed version of the Olive Contribution Agreement, which is enclosed to this public deed, and further notarize (“elevan a público”) the Olive Contribution Agreement, ratify its content, and acknowledge that the date hereof is the “Completion Date” for the purposes of the Olive Contribution Agreement.

 

2. FULFILMENT OF THE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

The Parties acknowledge and agree Completion is deemed to have taken place pursuant to clause 9 of the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

3. TRANSFER OF THE OLIVE SALE SHARES

Transferor and Transferee hereby complete the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares that has been agreed to in the Olive Contribution Agreement, and therefore, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 1,462 of the Spanish Civil Code, hereby Transferor transfers to Transferee [•] shares of the Company, numbered from [•] to [•], both inclusive, free and clear of all Encumbrances save those arising under Applicable Law and the Constitutional Documents of Olive.

Transferor hereby represents to Transferee that (a) any stock certificates representing the Olive Sale Shares have been cancelled, and that (b) no stock certificates representing the Olive Sale Shares are in issue.

The Notary annotates the transfer (rebaje) of the Olive Sale Shares in the Title Deed[s] and Transferor records the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares in the Company’s Share Registry Book.

As set out in clause 2.1(b) of the Transaction Master Agreement, by virtue of [•] Transferee receives and acquires the Olive Consideration Shares, i.e. [•] shares in Orange, numbered [•] to [•], representing [•]% of Orange share capital, as consideration for the transfer of the Olive Sale Shares.

 

4. FOREIGN INVESTMENT DECLARATION FORM

[Reference to the delivery by Transferor to the Notary Public of a D1-A form duly completed.]

 

5. TAX NEUTRALITY REGIME

The contribution qualifies as an exchange of shares under Chapter VII of Title VII of Spanish Law 27/2014 of Corporate Income Tax and Council Directive 2009/133/EC and, therefore, special tax neutrality regime included in Chapter VII of Title VII of Spanish Law 27/2014 of Corporate Income Tax will be of application to the transaction.

[Closing statements to be included by the Notary Public]

 

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Exhibit 2.6

EUROPEAN REFRESHMENTS,

COCA-COLA GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG AND

VIVAQA BETEILIGUNGS GMBH & CO. KG AND

[ORANGE]

 

 

BLACK CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

 

 


SHARE TRANSFER AGREEMENT

between

 

1. European Refreshments, with its corporate seat in Drogheda, County Meath, Ireland, registered in the Companies Registration Office Dublin under no. 403110, represented by [name of representative], whose business address is [•], [as member of the management board with power of sole representation / on the basis of a written power of attorney dated [•], which is attached to this Agreement],

Transferor 1”,

 

2. Coca-Cola Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 88247 B, represented by [name of representative], whose business address is [•], [as member of the management board with power of sole representation / on the basis of a written power of attorney dated [•], which is attached to this Agreement],

Transferor 2”,

 

3. Vivaqa Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRA 39236 B, [represented by its sole general partner Vivaqa GmbH, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 93759 B, which is represented by [name of representative], whose business address is [•], as member of the management board of Vivaqa GmbH with power of sole representation / represented by [name of representative], whose business address is [•] on the basis of a written power of attorney dated [•], which is attached to this Agreement],

Transferor 3”, and

 

4. [business name of Orange], with its corporate seat in [•], registered in [•] under [•], represented by [name of representative], whose business address is [•], [as member of the management board with power of sole representation / on the basis of a written power of attorney dated [•], which is attached to this Agreement],

Transferee”.

Transferor 1, Transferor 2 and Transferor 3 are collectively referred to as the “Transferors”. The Transferors and the Transferee are also individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

PREAMBLE

 

(A) The Transferors hold all of the shares in Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke Aktiengesellschaft, with its corporate seat in Berlin, registered in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Charlottenburg under HRB 62845 B (the “Company”).

 

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(B) By agreement between, among others, the Transferors, [White], [Olive] and the Transferee dated [•] (the “Transaction Master Agreement”), the parties to the Transaction Master Agreement agreed to combine certain business through, among other things, the contribution of the Company to the Transferee in exchange for the issuance to, or the benefit of, the Transferors or their designee of Orange Shares (as defined in the Transaction Master Agreement).

 

(C) By means of this share transfer agreement (the “Agreement”), the Transferee therefore intends to acquire all of the shares in the Company and the Transferors intend to transfer these to the Transferee.

 

(D) Pursuant to section 4 para. 2 of the Company’s articles of association, the transfer of shares in the Company requires consent of the Company which has been given by way of resolution of the Company’s supervisory board dated [•] and declaration made by the Company’s board of directors dated [•], a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex D.

 

(E) By letter dated [•], a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex E, Transferor 1 has waived with immediate effect its right to a special profit entitlement (bevorrechtigte Gewinnverteilung) according to section 18 para. 2 of the Company’s articles of association.

 

(F) The Parties intend the transfer made pursuant to this Agreement, together with the other transactions effected pursuant to the Transaction Master Agreement, to be treated as either a contribution described in Section 351(a), or a reorganization described in Section 368(a), of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Defined terms used in this Agreement have the same meaning as in the Transaction Master Agreement unless a contrary indication appears. Headings in this Agreement are for ease of reference only and shall not affect its interpretation.

 

1. SUBJECT MATTER OF CONTRIBUTION

 

1.1 The subject matter of the contribution comprises all of the shares in the Company. The share capital of the Company amounts to EUR 196,534,547.74 (in words: Euro one hundred ninety six million five hundred thirty four thousand five hundred forty seven and seventy four); it is divided into 76,585,192 (in words: seventy six million five hundred eighty five thousand one hundred ninety two) non-par value ordinary registered shares (auf den Namen lautende Stückaktien).

 

1.2 The Transferors hold the following shares in the Company.

 

  (a) Transferor 1 holds 47,994,507 shares as further specified in Annex 1.21;

 

  (b) Transferor 2 holds 25,490,476 shares as further specified in Annex 1.2; and

 

  (c) Transferor 3 holds 3,100,209 shares as further specified in Annex 1.2.

All shares which the Transferors hold in the Company are collectively referred to as the “Shares” regardless of whether the aforementioned details are correct.

 

1  Drafting Note: copy of share register of Black.

 

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2. TRANSFER

 

2.1 Each of the Transferors hereby transfers their ownership in and of the Shares held by the respective Transferor to the Transferee, which hereby accepts these transfers. The transfers shall have legal and economic effect (rechtliche und wirtschaftliche Wirkung) as and when Completion is deemed to have taken place pursuant to clause 9.4 of the Transaction Master Agreement. The Transferors shall endorse the Shares (indossieren) (section 68 para. 1 German Stock Corporation Act) and hand over the duly endorsed (indossierten) share certificates to the Transferee at Completion in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

2.2 All ancillary rights relating to the Shares are transferred together with the Shares, in particular the right to participate in the profits of the Company. The Transferee is exclusively entitled to any profits attributable to the Shares to the extent that the distribution of profits has not yet been resolved until today and disclosed in this Agreement.

 

2.3 Clause 13 (termination) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis and, for the avoidance of doubt, upon termination of the Transaction Master Agreement this Agreement shall automatically terminate, and no transfer hereunder shall, or shall be deemed to be, effective.

 

3. CONSIDERATION

As sole consideration for the transfers of the Shares under this Agreement, the Transferee shall issue the Black Consideration Shares to, or for the benefit of, the Transferors as set out in clause 2.1 (a) of the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

4. WARRANTIES (GARANTIEN)

The Transferors have granted a comprehensive set of warranties pursuant to clause 10 (Warranties) of the Transaction Master Agreement, subject to the limitations set forth therein. To the extent permitted by statute, any claims and rights of the Transferee that relate to the condition (Beschaffenheit) or defects of the subject matter of acquisition or the Company and which are not provided for under clause 10 (Warranties) of the Transaction Master Agreement, in particular statutory claims based on defects or compensation claims, claims based on breach of obligations (including the breach of pre-contractual obligations), rights of rescission because of the lack of essential characteristics and claims based on interference with the basis of the transaction, are excluded.

 

5. CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Clause 11 (Confidentiality and announcements) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.

 

6. NOTICES

Clause 22 (Notices) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply.

 

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7. COSTS AND TRANSFER TAXES

Subject to any contrary provision in the Transaction Master Agreement, and the following, each Party shall pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement, save that any possible transfer taxes (including real estate transfer tax) shall exclusively be borne by the Transferee. The Company has real estate as specified in the Red Disclosure Letter.

 

8. CONCLUSION OF THIS AGREEMENT (VERTRAGSSCHLUSS)

 

8.1 The Parties have previously agreed that they may choose to conclude this Agreement by an exchange of signed signature page(s), transmitted by means of telecommunication (telekommunikative Übermittlung) by facsimile or attached as an electronic photocopy (pdf., tif., etc.) to an e-mail.

 

8.2 If the Parties choose to conclude this Agreement pursuant to Clause 8.1, they will transmit the signed signature page(s) of this Agreement to [•], marked for the attention to [•] (the “Recipient”). The Agreement will be considered concluded once the Recipient has actually received the signed signature page(s) (Zugang der Unterschriftsseite(n)) from all Parties and at the time of the receipt of the last outstanding signature page(s)

 

8.3 For the purposes of this Clause 8 only, the Parties have previously appointed the Recipient as their attorney (Empfangsvertreter) and have expressly allowed (gestatten) the Recipient to collect the signed signature page(s) from and on behalf of all Parties and to attach them physically or electronically to the document they pertain to with effect for all Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, the Recipient will have no further duties connected with its position as Recipient. In particular, the Recipient may assume the conformity to the authentic original(s) of the signature page(s) transmitted to it by means of telecommunication, the genuineness of all signatures on the original signature page(s) and the signing authority of the signatories.

 

9. FINAL PROVISIONS

 

9.1 Amendments and supplements to this Agreement as well as the waiver of any rights under this Agreement shall be in text form (section 126b of the German Civil Code) in order to be valid. This also applies to any amendment to, or cancellation of, this written form clause.

 

9.2 In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Transaction Master Agreement, the provisions of the Transaction Master Agreement shall (to the extent permitted by law) prevail.

 

9.3 In respect of place of jurisdiction, clause 24.2 (submission to the jurisdiction of the English courts) and clause 24.3 (agent for service of process in England) of the Transaction Master Agreement shall apply.

 

9.4 This Agreement is governed by German law, and is to be interpreted exclusively consistent with German law and usage of terminology. This includes the legal concepts and terms contained in this Agreement, the English translations of which may not be identical with the original German terms in their respective legal understanding.

 

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9.5 Should a provision of this Agreement be or become null and void as a whole or in part, or should a gap in this Agreement become evident, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. In such case, such valid and practicable regulation is deemed to be agreed that in legal and economic terms comes closest to what the Parties intended or would have intended in accordance with the purpose of this Agreement if they had considered the point at the time of entering into this Agreement. If the nullity of a provision is due to a degree of performance or time (period or deadline) laid down in this provision, then the provision is deemed to be agreed with a legally permissible degree that comes closest to the original degree. It is the express intention of the Parties that this severability clause shall not merely reverse the burden of proof but that section 139 German Civil Code is contracted out as a whole, which means that this Agreement is upheld despite there being a void provision or a gap.

 

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[•], this [•] day of [•]

For: European Refreshments

 

 

For: Coca-Cola Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

 

 

For: Vivaqa Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

 

 

For: [Orange]

 

 

 

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Exhibit 2.7

FORM OF

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

dated as of

 

·

among

[RED],

[OLIVE HOLDCO],

and

SPARK ORANGE LIMITED

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     PAGE  
ARTICLE 1   
DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01. Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions

     4   
ARTICLE 2   
REGISTRATION RIGHTS   

Section 2.01. Demand Registration

     4   

Section 2.02. Shelf Registration

     7   

Section 2.03. Piggyback Registration

     8   

Section 2.04. Lock-Up Agreements

     9   

Section 2.05. Registration Procedures

     10   

Section 2.06. Indemnification by the Company

     13   

Section 2.07. Indemnification by Registering Stockholders

     13   

Section 2.08. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings

     13   

Section 2.09. Contribution

     14   

Section 2.10. Participation in Public Offering

     14   

Section 2.11. Other Indemnification

     14   

Section 2.12. Cooperation by the Company

     15   

Section 2.13. Transfer of Registration Rights

     15   

Section 2.14. Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights

     15   

Section 2.15. Free Writing Prospectuses

     15   

Section 2.16. Information from Registering Stockholders; Obligations of Registering Stockholders

     15   
ARTICLE 3   
TERMINATION   

Section 3.01. Termination

     17   
ARTICLE 4   
MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 4.01. Successors and Assigns

     17   

Section 4.02. Notices

     17   

Section 4.03. Amendments and Waivers

     18   

Section 4.04. Governing Law

     18   

Section 4.05. Jurisdiction

     18   

Section 4.06. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     18   

Section 4.07. Specific Enforcement

     18   

Section 4.08. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries

     19   

Section 4.09. Entire Agreement

     19   

Section 4.10. Severability

     19   

Section 4.11. Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel

     19   

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of ● (this “Agreement”) among (i) ●, a ● formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), (ii) the parties listed on Schedule 1, (iii) the parties listed on Schedule 2, and (iv) other stockholders party hereto from time to time.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act (as defined below) and applicable state securities laws to each Stockholder Group (as defined below) with respect to Registrable Securities (as defined below) each may hold; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person; provided that no securityholder of the Company shall be deemed an Affiliate of any other securityholder solely by reason of any investment in the Company. For the purpose of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to close.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the Articles of Association of the Company, as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

Common Stock” means (i) the ordinary shares of the Company, (ii) any securities of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company into which such stock described in clause (i) is reclassified or reconstituted or into which such stock is converted or otherwise exchanged in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, sale of assets, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise or (iii) any securities received as a dividend or a distribution in respect of the securities described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

Company Securities” means the Common Stock (i) issued to a Stockholder Group on the Effective Date or (ii) acquired by a Stockholder Group after the Effective Date.

Effective Date” means the Completion Date, as defined in the Transaction Master Agreement.

 

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Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Free Writing Prospectus” means any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act relating to the Registrable Securities included in the applicable Registration Statement.

Olive Holdco Stockholder” means, collectively, (i) each Stockholder listed on Schedule 2, (ii) their respective Affiliates and (iii) any transferee to whom any registration right hereunder held by the Persons in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are assigned pursuant to Section 2.13.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto.

Public Offering” means an underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities (or in the case of the Company, Company Securities) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, other than pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or F-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act.

Red Stockholder” means, collectively, (i) each Stockholder listed on Schedule 1, (ii) their respective Affiliates and (iii) any transferee to whom any registration right hereunder held by the Persons in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are assigned pursuant to Section 2.13.

Registrable Securities” means, at any time, any Company Securities until (i) a Registration Statement covering such Company Securities has been declared effective by the SEC and such Company Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the “Plan of Distribution” section set forth in such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Company Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 or (iii) such Company Securities are otherwise transferred, assigned, sold, conveyed or otherwise disposed of and thereafter such Company Securities may be resold without subsequent registration under the Securities Act.

Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with any registration or marketing of Registrable Securities, regardless of whether such Registration Statement is declared effective, including all (i) registration and filing fees, and all other fees and expenses payable in connection with the listing of securities on any securities exchange or automated interdealer quotation system, (ii) fees and expenses incurred in complying with any securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Registrable Securities as may be set forth in any underwriting agreement), (iii) expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, mailing and delivery of any registration statements, prospectuses and other documents in connection therewith and any amendments or supplements thereto, (iv) security engraving and printing expenses, (v) internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (vi) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses relating to any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of any “comfort” letters requested pursuant to Section 2.05(h) or any special audits incidental to or required by any registration or qualification), (vii) reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration, (viii) fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of one firm of counsel selected by each Stockholder Group that has Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, (ix) fees and expenses in connection with any review by FINRA of the underwriting arrangements or other terms of the offering, and all fees and expenses of any qualified independent underwriter, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel thereto, (x) fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, but excluding any underwriting fees, discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities, (xi) costs of printing and producing any agreements among underwriters, underwriting agreements, any “blue sky” or legal investment memoranda and any selling agreements and other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the Registrable Securities, (xii) transfer agents’ and registrars’ fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of any other

 

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agent or trustee appointed in connection with such offering, (xiii) expenses relating to any analyst or investor presentations or any “road shows” undertaken in connection with the registration, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities, (xiv) fees and expenses payable in connection with any ratings of the Registrable Securities, including expenses relating to any presentations to rating agencies, (xv) all out-of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company or its appropriate officers in connection with their compliance with Section 2.05(m) and (xvi) any liability insurance or other premiums for insurance obtained in connection with any Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration or Shelf Registration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement.

Requesting Stockholder” means, with respect to a Demand Registration or Shelf Registration, as applicable, Stockholder Group whose Company Securities constitute at least 5% of the Common Stock.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act.

Seasoned Issuer” means an issuer eligible to use Form S-3 or F-3 under the Securities Act for a primary offering.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Shares” means shares of Common Stock.

Shelf Registered Securities” means any Registrable Securities whose offer and sale is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement filed in connection with a Shelf Registration (including an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement).

Specified Period” means, with regard to the period after the effective date of a Registration Statement, ninety (90) days; provided that if (i) the Company issues an earnings release or other material news or a material event relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries occurs during the last seventeen (17) days of such period or (ii) prior to the expiration of such period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning upon the expiration of such period, then to the extent necessary for a managing or co-managing underwriter of a registered offering required hereunder to comply with FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4), if applicable to the Company, such period shall be extended until eighteen (18) days after the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or event, as the case may be.

Stockholder” means at any time, any Person (other than the Company) who shall be a party to or bound by this Agreement, so long as such Person shall be the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) any Company Securities.

Stockholder Group” means either of the Olive Holdco Stockholder or the Red Stockholder.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions at the time are directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

Transaction Master Agreement” means the Transaction Master Agreement, dated on August 6, 2015, between ●, ●, ●, ●, ●, ● and ●.

Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” means a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:

 

Term

   Section

Agreement

   Preamble

Alternative Transaction

   2.02(d)

Company

   Preamble

Damages

   2.06

Demand Registration

   2.01(a)

Form S-3

   2.01(a)

Form F-3

   2.01(a)

Indemnified Party

   2.08

Indemnifying Party

   2.08

Inspectors

   2.05(g)

Maximum Offering Size

   2.01(e)

Piggyback Registration

   2.03(a)

Records

   2.05(g)

Registering Stockholders

   2.01(a)(ii)

Registration Actions

   2.01(f)

Requested Shelf Registered Securities

   2.02(b)

Shelf Public Offering

   2.02(b)

Shelf Public Offering Notice

   2.02(b)

Shelf Public Offering Request

   2.02(b)

Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder

   2.02(b)

Shelf Registration

   2.02(a)

Stockholder Parties

   2.06

Suspension Notice

   2.01(f)

Suspension Period

   2.01(f)

Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.

ARTICLE 2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 2.01. Demand Registration. (a) At any time following the date that is one year after the Effective Date, any Requesting Stockholder may give a written request to the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of such Requesting Stockholder’s Registrable Securities, which written request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof. At any time the Company is eligible for use of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, if specified in such notice given by the Requesting Stockholder, such registration shall occur on such form. Upon the receipt of such written request, the Company shall promptly give notice (via facsimile or electronic transmission) to the other Stockholder Group of such requested registration (each such registration shall be referred to herein as a “Demand

 

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Registration”) within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such request and at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement relating to such Demand Registration. Thereafter, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of:

(i) all Registrable Securities for which the Requesting Stockholder has requested registration under this Section 2.01;

(ii) all other Registrable Securities of the same class or series as those requested to be registered by the Requesting Stockholder that the other Stockholder Group (such Stockholder Group, together with the Requesting Stockholder, and any Stockholder Groups participating in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 2.03, the “Registering Stockholders”) has requested the Company to register by request received by the Company within ten (10) Business Days after such Stockholder Group receives the Company’s notice of the Demand Registration; and

(iii) any Company Securities to be offered or sold by the Company;

to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be registered; provided that, subject to Section 2.01(d), the Company shall not be obligated to effect (x) more than five (5) Demand Registrations requested by the Olive Holdco Stockholder, and three (3) Demand Registrations requested by the Red Stockholder, in each case, other than (i) Demand Registrations to be effected pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar form) under the Securities Act (“Form S-3”) or on Form F-3 (or any successor or similar form) under the Securities Act (“Form F-3), (y) any such Demand Registration (i) within the Specified Period (or such shorter period as the Company may determine in its sole discretion) after the effective date of any other registration statement of the Company (other than a registration statement filed in connection with an employee benefit plan or business combination transaction or a registration statement on Form S-4 or F-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form thereto) or (ii) in accordance with Section 2.01(f) or (z) any Demand Registration if the aggregate proceeds expected to be received from the sale of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration by all Registering Stockholders is less than $50,000,000.

(b) Promptly after the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referred to in Section 2.01(a)(ii), the Company will notify all Registering Stockholders of the identities of the other Registering Stockholders and the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Demand Registration by each of them. At any time prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Demand Registration, the Requesting Stockholder may, upon notice to the Company, revoke such request in whole or in part with respect to the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement, without liability to any of the other Registering Stockholders. If the Requesting Stockholder revokes such request in whole, the Company shall promptly notify all other Registering Stockholders and shall immediately cease all efforts to secure effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement unless a Registering Stockholder promptly notifies the Company that it will exercise its Demand Registration right with respect to the Registration Statement.

(c) The Company shall be liable for and pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Demand Registration, regardless of whether such Demand Registration becomes effective.

(d) A Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have occurred:

(i) unless the Registration Statement relating thereto (A) has become effective under the Securities Act and (B) has remained continuously effective for a period of at least (x) one hundred eighty (180) days (or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities of the Registering Stockholders included in such registration have actually been sold thereunder) or (y) with respect to a Shelf Registration, until the date set forth in Section 2.05(a)(ii); provided that such Registration Statement shall not be considered a Demand Registration if, after such Registration Statement becomes effective, (1) such Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court and (2) less than 75% of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have been sold thereunder; or

 

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(ii) if the Maximum Offering Size is reduced in accordance with Section 2.01(e) such that less than 66 23% of the Registrable Securities of the Requesting Stockholder sought to be included in such registration are included.

(e) If a Demand Registration involves a Public Offering and the lead managing underwriter advises the Company and the Requesting Stockholder that, in its view, the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration (including any securities that the Company proposes to be included that are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the largest number of shares that can be sold without having a material and adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such shares can be sold (the “Maximum Offering Size”), the Company shall include in such registration, in the priority listed below, up to the Maximum Offering Size:

(i) first, all Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Requesting Stockholder and all other Registering Stockholders (allocated, if necessary for the offering not to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among the Registering Stockholders on the basis of the relative number of shares of Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration by each such Registering Stockholder);

(ii) second, any securities proposed to be registered by the Company; and

(iii) third, any securities proposed to be registered for the account of any other Persons, with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject to the limitation set forth in the next succeeding paragraph, the Company shall be entitled to suspend its obligation to file (but not the preparation of) any Registration Statement in connection with a Demand Registration, any Shelf Registration (including any Shelf Public Offering), file any amendment to such a Registration Statement, file or furnish any supplement or amendment to a prospectus included in such a Registration Statement, make any other filing with the SEC, cause such a Registration Statement or other filing with the SEC to become or remain effective or take any similar action (collectively, “Registration Actions”) upon (i) the request by the SEC for amendments to the Registration Staement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (ii) the issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement or the initiation of proceedings with respect to such a Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act, (iii) the Board’s determination, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with independent outside counsel to the Company, that any such Registration Action should not be taken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with or require the public disclosure of any non-public material corporate development or plan, including any material financing, securities offering, acquisition, disposition, corporate reorganization or merger or other transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iv) the Company possessing material non-public information the disclosure of which the Board determines, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with independent outside counsel to the Company, (x) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or filing with the SEC by the Company so that such Registration Statement from and after its effective date, does not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (y) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement or filing; and (z) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly. Upon the occurrence of any of the conditions described in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above in connection with undertaking a Registration Action, the Company shall give prompt notice of such suspension (and whether such action is being taken pursuant to (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above) (a “Suspension Notice”) to the Stockholders. Upon the termination of such condition, the Company shall give prompt notice thereof to the Stockholders and shall promptly proceed with all Registration Actions that were suspended pursuant to this paragraph.

The Company may only suspend Registration Actions pursuant to the preceding paragraph on one (1) occasion during any period of six (6) consecutive months for a reasonable time specified in the Suspension Notice but not exceeding sixty (60) days (which period may not be extended or renewed) (each such occasion, a “Suspension Period”). Each Suspension Period shall be deemed to begin on the date the relevant Suspension Notice is given to the Stockholders and shall be deemed to end on the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which the Company gives the Stockholders a notice that the Suspension Period has terminated and (ii) the date on which the number of days during which a Suspension Period has been in effect exceeds the sixty (60) day period. If the filing of any Demand Registration or Shelf Registration is suspended pursuant to this Section 2.01(f), once the Suspension Period ends the Requesting Stockholder may request a new Demand Registration or a new Shelf Registration (neither such request shall be counted as an additional Demand Registration for purposes of subclause (x) in the proviso of Section 2.01(a)).

 

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Section 2.02. Shelf Registration.

(a) At any time after one year from the Effective Date, when (i) the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 or Form F-3 in connection with a secondary public offering of its equity securities and (ii) a Shelf Registration on a Form S-3 or Form F-3 registering Registrable Securities for resale is not then effective, upon the written request of any Stockholder Group that has the intention to sell such Registrable Securities within six (6) months of the effective date of such Shelf Registration, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register, under the Securities Act on Form S-3 or Form F-3 for an offering on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration”), the offer and sale of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities owned by such Stockholder Group. Upon the receipt of such written request, the Company shall promptly give notice (via facsimile or electronic transmission) of such requested Shelf Registration within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such request and at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of such Shelf Registration to the other Stockholder Group, and such notice shall describe the proposed Shelf Registration, the intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities and any other information that at the time would be appropriate to include in such notice, and offer such Stockholder Group the opportunity to register the number of Registrable Securities as such Stockholder Group may request in writing to the Company, given within ten (10) Business Days after such Stockholder Group receives the Company’s notice of the Shelf Registration. The “Plan of Distribution” section of such Shelf Registration shall permit all lawful means of disposition of Registrable Securities, including firm-commitment underwritten public offerings, block trades, agented transactions, sales directly into the market, purchases or sales by brokers and sales not involving a public offering. With respect to each Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) as promptly as practicable after the written request of the Requesting Stockholder, file a Registration Statement and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, and remain effective until the date set forth in Section 2.05(a)(ii). No Stockholder shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Securities in a Shelf Registration unless such Stockholder has complied with Section 2.16. The Company shall not be required to amend a Shelf Registration (or the related prospectus) to add or change the disclosure regarding selling securityholders during any Suspension Period.

(b) Upon written request by a Requesting Stockholder holding Shelf Registered Securities (such Stockholder, the “Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder”), which request (the “Shelf Public Offering Request”) shall specify the class or series and amount of such Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder’s Shelf Registered Securities to be sold (the “Requested Shelf Registered Securities”), the Company shall perform its obligations hereunder with respect to the sale of such Requested Shelf Registered Securities in the form of a firm commitment underwritten public offering (unless otherwise consented to by the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder) (a “Shelf Public Offering”) if the aggregate proceeds expected to be received by all Stockholders from the sale of the Requested Shelf Registered Securities equals or exceeds $50,000,000. Promptly upon receipt of a Shelf Public Offering Request, the Company shall provide notice (the “Shelf Public Offering Notice”) of such proposed Shelf Public Offering (which notice shall state the material terms of such proposed Shelf Public Offering, to the extent known, as well as the identity of the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder) to the other Stockholder Group. Such other Stockholder Group may, by written request to the Company and the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Shelf Public Offering Notice, include up to all of their Shelf Registered Securities of the same class or series as the Requested Shelf Registered Securities in such proposed Shelf Public Offering; provided that any such Shelf Registered Securities shall be sold subject to the same terms as are applicable to the Shelf Registered Securities of the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder. No Stockholder shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Securities in a Shelf Public Offering unless such Stockholder has complied with Section 2.16. The lead managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such Shelf Public Offering shall be selected in accordance with Section 2.05(f)(i).

(c) In a Shelf Public Offering, if the lead managing underwriter advises the Company and the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder that, in its view, the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Shelf Public Offering (including any securities that the Company proposes to be included that are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the Maximum Offering Size, the Company shall include in such Shelf Public Offering, in the priority listed below, up to the Maximum Offering Size:

 

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(i) first, all Shelf Registered Securities requested to be included in the Shelf Public Offering by the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder and all other Stockholders, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of shares of Shelf Registered Securities so requested to be included in the Shelf Public Offering by each such Stockholder;

(ii) second, any securities proposed to be included in the Shelf Public Offering by the Company; and

(iii) third, any securities proposed to be included in the Shelf Public Offering for the account of any other Persons, with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine.

(d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in a timely manner with any request of the Stockholders in respect of any block trade, hedging transaction or other transaction that is registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration that is not a firm commitment underwritten offering (each, an “Alternative Transaction”), including entering into customary agreements with respect to such Alternative Transactions (and providing customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities in such agreements) as well as providing other reasonable assistance in respect of such Alternative Transactions of the type applicable to a Public Offering subject to Section 2.05, to the extent customary for such transactions. The Company shall bear all Registration Expenses in connection with any Shelf Registration, any Shelf Public Offering or any other transaction (including any Alternative Transaction) registered under a Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section 2.02, whether or not such Shelf Registration becomes effective or such Shelf Public Offering or other transactions is completed; provided, however, that if the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder revokes its request in whole with respect to a Shelf Public Offering, then the Shelf Public Offering Requesting Stockholder shall reimburse the Company for and/or pay directly all Registration Expenses incurred relating to such Shelf Public Offering.

(e) After the Registration Statement with respect to a Shelf Registration is declared effective, upon written request by one or more Stockholders (which written request shall specify the amount of such Stockholders’ Registrable Securities to be registered), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable after receiving such request, (i) if it is a Seasoned Issuer or Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, or if such Registration Statement is an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, file a prospectus supplement to include such Stockholders as selling stockholders in such Registration Statement or (ii) if it is not a Seasoned Issuer or Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, and the Registrable Securities requested to be registered represent more than 5% of the outstanding Registrable Securities and the aggregate proceeds expected to be received by all Stockholders from the sale thereof is at least $50,000,000, file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to include such Stockholders in such Shelf Registration and use commercially reasonable efforts to have such post-effective amendment declared effective.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Shelf Registration or Shelf Public Offering pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be deemed a Demand Registration or be counted against the number of Demand Registrations to which a Stockholder Group is entitled under Section 2.01(a).

Section 2.03. Piggyback Registration.

(a) If, at any time following the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company proposes to register any Company Securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or Form F-4 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act, relating to Shares or any other class of Company Securities issuable upon exercise of employee stock options or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan of the Company or in connection with a direct or indirect acquisition by the Company of another Person) other than in connection with a rights offering, whether or not for sale for its own account, the Company shall each such time give prompt notice (via facsimile or electronic transmission) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the registration statement relating to such registration to each Stockholder Group, which notice shall set forth such Stockholder Group’s rights under this Section 2.03 and shall offer such Stockholder Group the opportunity to include in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities of the same class or series as those proposed to be registered as each such Stockholder Group may request (a “Piggyback Registration”), subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(b). Upon the request of any such Stockholder Group made within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of notice from the Company regarding a Piggyback Registration (which request shall specify the

 

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number of Registrable Securities intended to be registered by such Stockholder Group), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to register by all such Stockholder Groups, to the extent requisite to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered in accordance with the plan of distribution intended by the Company for such registration statement; provided that (i) if such registration involves a Public Offering, all such Registering Stockholders requesting to be included in the registration must sell their Registrable Securities to the underwriters selected as provided in Section 2.05(f) on the same terms and conditions as apply to the Company (or, if the Company is not offering any Company Securities, the Persons on whose behalf the registration was initially undertaken) and (ii) if, at any time after giving notice of its intention to register any Company Securities pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such securities, the Company shall give notice to all Registering Stockholders and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration. No registration effected under this Section 2.03 shall relieve the Company of its obligations to effect a Demand Registration or Shelf Registration to the extent required by Section 2.01. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each Piggyback Registration.

(b) If a Piggyback Registration involves a Public Offering (other than any Demand Registration, in which case the provisions with respect to priority of inclusion in such offering set forth in Section 2.01(e) shall apply) and the lead managing underwriter advises the Company that, in its view, the number of Registrable Securities that the Company and such Registering Stockholders intend to include in such registration exceeds the Maximum Offering Size, the Company shall include in such registration, in the following priority, up to the Maximum Offering Size:

(i) first, so much of the Registrable Securities proposed to be registered for the account of the Company as would not cause the offering to exceed the Maximum Offering Size;

(ii) second, all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any Registering Stockholders pursuant to this Section 2.03 (allocated, if necessary for the offering not to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among such Stockholder Groups on the basis of the relative number of shares of Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration by each such Stockholder Group); and

(iii) third, any securities proposed to be registered for the account of any other Persons with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine.

Section 2.04. Lock-Up Agreements. (a) If requested by the Company or the underwriters, each Stockholder hereby agrees that it will not effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of Registrable Securities, (i) during (A) the seven (7) days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the effective date of the registration of such Registrable Securities in connection with a Public Offering (which period following the effective date may, in each case, be extended to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation) or (B) such shorter period as the underwriters participating in such Public Offering may require, and (ii) upon notice from the Company of the commencement of a Public Offering in connection with any Shelf Registration, during (A) seven (7) days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the date of commencement of such Public Offering or (B) such shorter period as the underwriters participating in such Public Offering may require, in each case except as part of such Public Offering. If requested by the Company or the underwriters, each Stockholder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the underwriters in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the underwriters to such effect and, in any event, that the underwriters in any relevant offering shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 2.04(a).

(b) The Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities (except pursuant to registrations on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or Form F-4 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act), (i) with respect to any Public Offering pursuant to a Demand Registration or any Piggyback Registration in which the holders of Registrable Securities are participating, during (A) the seven (7) days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the effective date of such registration (which period following the effective date may, in each case, be extended to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation) or (B) such shorter period as the underwriters participating in such Public Offering may require, and (ii) upon notice from any holder(s) of Registrable Securities subject to a Shelf Registration that such holder(s) intend to effect a Public Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration (upon receipt of which, the Company will promptly notify all other Stockholders of the date of commencement of such Public Offering), during (A) the seven (7) days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the date of commencement of such Public Offering and (B) such shorter period as the underwriters participating in such Public Offering may require), in each case except as part of such Public Offering.

 

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Section 2.05. Registration Procedures. Whenever any Stockholder Group requests that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.02 or 2.03, subject to the provisions of such Sections, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof as soon as reasonably practicable, and, in connection with any such request:

(a) The Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or that counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such filed Registration Statement to become and remain effective for a period of (i) not less than four (4) months (or, if sooner, until all Registrable Securities have been sold under such Registration Statement), or (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, until the earlier of the date (x) on which all of the securities covered by such Shelf Registration are no longer Registrable Securities and (y) on which the Company cannot extend the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration because it is no longer eligible for use of Form S-3 or Form F-3. Subject to Section 2.01(f), the Company shall not be deemed to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration effective if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in Stockholders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.

(b) Prior to filing a Registration Statement or related prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any documents incorporated by reference therein), or before using any Free Writing Prospectus, the Company shall provide to each Registering Stockholder, and each underwriter, if any, with an adequate and appropriate opportunity to review and comment on such Registration Statement, each Prospectus included therein (and each amendment or supplement thereto) and each Free Writing Prospectus proposed to be filed with the SEC, and thereafter the Company shall furnish to such Registering Stockholder, and underwriter, if any, such number of copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto filed with the SEC (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424, Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act and such other documents as such Registering Stockholder or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Registering Stockholder; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to provide to any Person any materials, information or document required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to its filing other than in connection with a Public Offering. In addition, the Company shall, as expeditiously as practicable, keep advised in writing as to the initiation and progress of any registration under Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 2.03 and provide the Registering Stockholder with copies of all correspondence (including any comment letter) with the SEC, any self-regulatory organization or other governmental agency in connection with any such Registration Statement. Each Registering Stockholder shall have the right to request that the Company modify any information contained in such Registration Statement, amendment and supplement thereto pertaining to such Registering Stockholder and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with such request; provided, however, that the Company shall not have any obligation so to modify any information if the Company reasonably expects that so doing would cause the prospectus to contain an 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.

(c) After the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company shall (i) cause the related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, (ii) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to the Company with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Registering Stockholder thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to such prospectus and (iii) promptly notify each Registering Stockholder holding Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement any stop order issued or threatened by the SEC or any state securities commission with respect thereto and take all commercially reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered.

 

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(d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Registering Stockholder holding such Registrable Securities reasonably (in light of such Stockholder Group’s intended plan of distribution) requests, and continue such registration or qualification in effect in such jurisdiction for the shortest of (A) as long as permissible pursuant to the laws of such jurisdiction, (B) as long as any such Registering Stockholder requests or (C) until all such Registrable Securities are sold and (ii) cause such Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Stockholder Group to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Stockholder Group; provided that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 2.05(d), (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

(e) The Company shall promptly notify each Registering Stockholder holding such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the lead managing underwriter (i) at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon the discovery that, or upon the occurrence of an event as a result of which, the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus is required so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading and the Company shall promptly (subject to any applicable Suspension Period) prepare and make available to each Registering Stockholder and file with the SEC any such supplement or amendment, (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus covering Registrable Securities or for additional information relating thereto, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities or (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose.

(f) The Registering Stockholders and the Company, acting jointly and reasonably, shall have the right to select an underwriter or underwriters in connection with any Public Offering resulting from the exercise of a Demand Registration or a Shelf Registration, such underwriter to be an international top-tier firm reasonably acceptable to the Company. In connection with any Public Offering, the Company and the selling shareholders shall enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in any such Public Offering.

(g) Upon execution of customary confidentiality agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board, the Company shall make available for inspection by any Stockholder Group and any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration Statement being filed by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.05 and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any such Stockholder Group or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business of the Company (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary or desirable to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Inspectors in connection with such Registration Statement; provided that the Stockholder Group shall, and shall use reasonable endeavours to cause each such underwriter, attorney, accountant or other professional to minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the foregoing.

(h) The Company shall furnish to each Registering Stockholder and to each such underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Registering Stockholder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion or opinions of counsel to the Company and (ii) a comfort letter or comfort letters from the Company’s independent public accountants, each in customary form and covering such matters of the kind customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as the case may be, as any Registering Stockholder or the lead managing underwriter therefor reasonably requests.

 

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(i) The Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement or such other document that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the requirements of Rule 158 thereunder.

(j) The Company may require each Registering Stockholder promptly to furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding the distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request and such other information as may be reasonably required in connection with such registration.

(k) Each Registering Stockholder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.05(e), such Stockholder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (including any Shelf Registration) covering such Registrable Securities until such Stockholder’s receipt of (i) copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company or (ii) further notice from the Company that distribution can proceed without an amended or supplemented prospectus, and, in the circumstances described in clause (i), if so directed by the Company, such Stockholder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than any permanent file copies then in such Stockholder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give such notice, the Company shall extend the period during which such registration statement shall be maintained effective (including the period referred to in Section 2.05(a)) by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of notice pursuant to Section 2.05(e) to the date when the Company shall (x) make available to such Stockholder a prospectus supplemented or amended to conform with the requirements of Section 2.05(e) or (y) deliver to such Stockholder the notice described in clause (ii).

(l) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to list all Registrable Securities of any class or series covered by such Registration Statement on any national securities exchange on which any of the Registrable Securities of such class or series are then listed or traded.

(m) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have appropriate officers of the Company (i) upon reasonable request and at reasonable times prepare and make presentations at any “road shows” and before analysts and rating agencies, as the case may be, (ii) take other actions to obtain ratings for any Registrable Securities and (iii) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate as requested by the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities.

(n) The Company shall promptly following its actual knowledge thereof, notify each Registering Stockholder: (i) when a prospectus, any prospectus supplement, a Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC, 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, a related prospectus (including a Free Writing Prospectus) or for any other additional information; or (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose.

(o) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with each Registering Stockholder and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made by FINRA.

(p) The Company shall take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and reasonably cooperate with the holders of such Registrable Securities to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

(q) The Company shall, within the deadlines specified by the Securities Act, make all required filings of all prospectuses (including any Free Writing Prospectus) with the SEC and make all required filing fee payments in respect of any Registration Statement or related prospectus used under this Agreement (and any offering covered hereby).

 

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(r) The Company shall, if such registration is pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or Form F-3 or any similar short-form registration, include in such Registration Statement such additional information for marketing purposes as the managing underwriter reasonably requests.

Section 2.06. Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Registering Stockholder holding Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, its officers, directors, employees and agents, and each Person, if any, who controls such Registering Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, “Stockholder Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (“Damages”) caused by or relating to any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or caused by or relating to 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; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any Stockholder Party for any Damages that are caused by or related to any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission so made based upon information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Registering Stockholder expressly for use therein. The Company also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their respective officers and directors and each Person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Registering Stockholders provided in this Section 2.06.

Section 2.07. Indemnification by Registering Stockholders. Each Registering Stockholder holding Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, (ii) each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (iii) each other Registering Stockholder participating in any offering of Registrable Securities and (iv) the respective officers, directors, employees and agents of each of the Persons specified in clauses (i) through (iii) from and against all Damages to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Registering Stockholder, but only with respect to information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Registering Stockholder expressly for use in any Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities. Each Registering Stockholder also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their respective officers and directors and each Person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Company and the other Registering Stockholders provided in this Section 2.07. As a condition to including Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement filed in accordance with Article 2, the Company may require that it shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from any underwriter to indemnify and hold it harmless to the extent customarily provided by underwriters with respect to similar securities and offerings. No Registering Stockholder shall be liable under this Section 2.07 for any Damages in excess of the net proceeds received by such Registering Stockholder in the sale of Registrable Securities of such Registering Stockholder to which such Damages relate.

Section 2.08. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any proceeding (including any investigation by any governmental authority) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.07, such Person (an “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at

 

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the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly after receipt of an invoice setting forth such fees and expenses in reasonable detail. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any Damages (to the extent obligated herein) by reason of such settlement or judgment. Without the prior written consent of each affected Indemnified Party, no Indemnifying Party shall effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

Section 2.09. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 2.06 or 2.07 is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties or insufficient in respect of any Damages, then each 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 Damages in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties in connection with such actions which resulted in such Damages, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties 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 the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Parties and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. If however, the allocation in the first sentence of this Section 2.10 is not permitted by applicable law, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative faults, but also the relative benefits of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.09 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. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Damages referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 2.06 and 2.07, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.09, no Registering Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriters’ discounts and commissions) received by such Registering Stockholder in the offering. 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. Each Registering Stockholder’s obligation to contribute pursuant to this Section 2.09 is several in the proportion that the proceeds of the offering received by such Registering Stockholder bears to the total proceeds of the offering received by all such Registering Stockholders and not joint.

Section 2.10. Participation in Public Offering. No Stockholder may participate in any Public Offering hereunder unless such Stockholder (i) agrees to sell such Stockholder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably requested to be executed in connection therewith, and provides such other information to the Company or the underwriters as may be reasonably requested.

Section 2.11. Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified herein (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each Registering Stockholder participating therein 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.

 

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Section 2.12. Cooperation by the Company. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to timely 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, and to take such further action as any Stockholder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Stockholder to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

Section 2.13. Transfer of Registration Rights. None of the rights of any Stockholder Group under this Article 2 shall be transferable or assignable by any Stockholder Group to any Person acquiring Company Securities in any Public Offering or any other registered offering or other transaction pursuant to a prospectus which is a part of a Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144. The rights of a Stockholder Group hereunder may be transferred or assigned in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities to (i) any Affiliate of a Stockholder Group or (ii) any Person other than a Stockholder Group if at least 5% of the Common Stock is being transferred to such Person in a single transaction or a series of related transactions; provided that such Person shall not have the right to transfer or assign any rights hereunder in connection with any subsequent transfer or transfers of any Registrable Securities to any Person other than a Stockholder Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such rights may only be transferred or assigned if all of the following additional conditions are satisfied: (x) such transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and (y) the Company is given written notice by such transferor of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the amount of Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned and (z) such transferee or assignee executes and delivers to the Company an agreement to be bound by this Agreement in the form of Exhibit A. A transferee or assignee of Registrable Securities who satisfies the conditions set forth in this Section 2.13 shall thenceforth be an “Olive Holdco Stockholder,” or a “Red Stockholder,” as applicable, for purposes of this Agreement.

Section 2.14. Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. The Company agrees that it shall not enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company (i) that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in any Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration or Shelf Registration unless, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that their inclusion would not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the Stockholder Group included therein or (ii) on terms otherwise more favorable in the aggregate than this Agreement. The Company also represents and warrants to each Stockholder Group that it has not previously entered into any agreement with respect to any of its securities granting any registration rights to any Person with respect to the Registrable Securities.

Section 2.15. Free Writing Prospectuses. Except for a prospectus relating to Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement, an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or other materials prepared by the Company, each Registering Stockholder represents and agrees that it (i) shall not make any offer relating to the Registrable Securities that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale pursuant to a Registration Statement of Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the Company and, in connection with any Public Offering, the underwriters.

Section 2.16. Information from Registering Stockholders; Obligations of Registering Stockholders.

(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to include the Registrable Securities of any Registering Stockholder that has requested inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement or related prospectus, as the case may be, that such Registering Stockholder shall take the actions described in this Section 2.16.

(b) Each Registering Stockholder that has requested inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement shall (i) furnish to the Company (as a condition precedent to such Registering Stockholder’s participation in such registration) in writing such information with respect to such Registering Stockholder, its ownership of Company Securities and the intended method of disposition of its Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably request or as may be required by law or regulations for use in connection with any related Registration

 

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Statement or prospectus (or amendment or supplement thereto) and all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Registering Stockholder not contain a material misstatement of fact or necessary to cause such Registration Statement or prospectus (or amendment or supplement thereto) not to omit a material fact with respect to such Registering Stockholder necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and all applicable state securities laws and comply with all applicable regulations in connection with the registration and the disposition of Registrable Securities.

(c) Each Registering Stockholder shall promptly (i) following its actual knowledge thereof, notify the Company of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in a Registration Statement, prospectus, issuer free writing prospectus or other Free Writing Prospectus regarding such Registering Stockholder untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus so that, in such regard, it shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements not misleading and (ii) provide the Company with such information as may be required to enable the Company to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to any such Registration Statement or a supplement to such prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus.

(d) Each Registering Stockholder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company in preparing the applicable Registration Statement and any related prospectus.

(e) Each Stockholder agrees that no Stockholder shall be entitled to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or to receive a prospectus relating thereto unless such Stockholder has furnished the Company with all information required to be included in such Registration Statement by applicable securities laws in connection with the disposition of such Registrable Securities as reasonably requested by the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 3

TERMINATION

Section 3.01. Termination. This Agreement shall when there is no Stockholder Group that owns at least 5.0% of the outstanding Common Stock; provided, however, that any Stockholder Group that ceases to own beneficially any Registrable Securities shall cease to be bound by the terms hereof other than (i) Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 and 2.11 applicable to such Stockholder Group with respect to any offering of Registrable Securities completed before the date such Stockholder Group ceased to own any Registrable Securities and (ii) Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.04 through 4.11.

ARTICLE 4

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.01. Successors and Assigns. (a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

(b) Subject to Section 2.13, neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party.

(c) Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 4.02. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile or electronic transmission) and shall be given,

if to the Company to:

 

·

With a copy to:

 

·

with a copy to each Stockholder Group at the address listed below.

 

·

if to the Olive Holdco Stockholder, to:

Olive Holdco

·

Attention: ·

Email: ·

Facsimile No.: ·

with a copy to:

 

·

Attention: ·

Email: ·

Facsimile No: ·

 

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if to the Red Stockholder, to:

Red ·

·

Attention: ·

Email: ·

Facsimile No.: ·

with a copy to:

 

·

Attention: ·

Email: ·

Facsimile No: ·

or such other address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt. Any Person that becomes a Stockholder shall provide its address, facsimile number or electronic mail address to the Company, which shall promptly provide such information to each other Stockholder.

Section 4.03. Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

Section 4.04. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of choice of law or conflicts of law to the extent that such principles would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 4.05. Jurisdiction. The parties hereby agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State court sitting in New York City, so long as one of such courts shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such suit, action or proceeding, and that any cause of action arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of New York, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 4.02 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

Section 4.06. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 4.07. Specific Enforcement. Each party hereto acknowledges that the remedies at law of the other parties for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any party to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other remedies that may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.

 

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Section 4.08. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each initial party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other initial parties hereto. Until and unless each initial party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other initial parties hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication). No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations, or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 4.09. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Schedules and Exhibit hereto and any documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

Section 4.10. 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. 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 an acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

Section 4.11. Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel. Each of the parties to this Agreement specifically acknowledges that (i) it is a knowledgeable, informed, sophisticated Person capable of understanding and evaluating the provisions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) it has been fully advised and represented by legal counsel of its own independent selection and has relied wholly upon its independent judgment and the advice of such counsel in negotiating and entering into this Agreement.

 

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By:  

/s/ ·

  Name:   ·
  Title:   ·

 

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By:   ·
By:   /s/ ·
  Name:   ·
  Title:   ·

 

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By:   ·
By:   /s/ ·
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Exhibit A

JOINDER AGREEMENT

This JOINDER (this “Joinder”) to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of ·, among ·, · and · (as the same has been and may be amended, supplement or modified from time to time, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), is made and entered into as of · (the “Joinder Date”) by and between · and · (the “New Stockholder”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company desires to admit the New Stockholder to be treated as [an Olive Holdco Stockholder][a Red Stockholder] of the Company under the Registration Rights Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the New Stockholder desires to acknowledge that, upon execution of this Joinder and effective as of the Joinder Date, such New Stockholder shall be party to, and bound by all of the terms of, the Registration Rights Agreement; and

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties to this Joinder agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

2. Agreement to be Bound. The New Stockholder hereby (i) acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a complete copy of the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, the New Stockholder shall become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement as [an Olive Holdco Stockholder][a Red Stockholder] and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the applicable terms, conditions, representations and warranties and other provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement with all attendant rights, benefits, duties, restrictions and obligations stated therein as though an original party. [Orange], [Olive Holdco] and [Red] each hereby agree that upon execution of this Joinder, the New Stockholder shall have all attendant rights and benefits stated in the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to [Olive Holdco Stockholders][a Red Stockholders], with the same force and effect as if the undersigned was an original party to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

3. Notices. Concurrently with the execution of this Joinder, New Stockholder has delivered to the Company contact information for the purpose of notifying such New Stockholder in accordance with Section 4.02 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile or electronic transmission) and shall be given, if to the Olive Holdco Stockholder, to:

Olive Holdco ·

Attention: ·

Email: ·

Facsimile No.: ·

 

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with a copy to:

 

·

Attention: ·

Email: ·

Facsimile No: ·

 

4. Effectiveness. This Joinder shall take effect and shall become a part of the Registration Rights Agreement as of the Joinder Date immediately upon the execution hereof.

 

5. Counterparts. This Joinder may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6. Governing Law. This Joinder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of choice of law or conflicts of law to the extent that such principles would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

7. Headings. The headings contained in this Joinder are for purposes of convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Joinder.

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