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Form 8-K YUM BRANDS INC For: Sep 01

September 2, 2016 6:55 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):  September 2, 2016 (September 1, 2016)

 


 

YUM! BRANDS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

North Carolina

 

1-13163

 

13-3951308

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1441 Gardiner Lane
Louisville, Kentucky, 40213

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(502) 874-8300

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01                   Other Events.

 

In connection with the planned separation of its China business into an independent, publicly-traded company, (the “Separation”), on September 2, 2016, Yum! Brands, Inc. (“Yum”) issued a press release announcing that Yum and Yum China Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yum (“Yum China”), have entered into investment agreements with each of Pollos Investment L.P., an affiliate of Primavera Capital Group (“Primavera”) and API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited, an affiliate of Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial” and together with Primavera, the “Investors”).

 

Pursuant to the investment agreements, immediately following the Separation, Primavera and Ant Financial will invest $410 million and $50 million, respectively, for a collective $460 million investment in Yum China in exchange for:  (i) shares of Yum China common stock (the “Yum China Common Stock”) representing in the aggregate between 4.3-5.9% of the Yum China Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately following the Separation (subject to potential adjustment) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”), which will be issued to the Investors approximately 70 days after the Separation, exercisable by the Investors for an approximate additional 4% ownership, in the aggregate, of Yum China Common Stock issued and outstanding after the Separation (collectively, the “Investment”).

 

The investment agreements contain customary representations and warranties of the parties, and the completion of the Investment is subject to customary closing conditions.  In addition, the closing of Ant Financial’s investment is subject to the receipt of certain Chinese regulatory approvals and the closing of the Primavera investment.  The closing of Primavera’s investment is not subject to the receipt of any such regulatory approvals or the closing of Ant Financial’s investment.

 

In connection with and at the closing of the Investment, Yum China and the Investors expect to enter into a shareholders agreement, relating to rights and obligations of the Investors as holders of Yum China Common Stock and the Warrants.  Under the terms of the shareholders agreement, after the closing of the Investment and for so long as Primavera meets certain shareholding requirements, Primavera will be entitled to designate one member of the Yum China board of directors and have the right to designate one non-voting board observer to the Yum China board of directors.  In addition, if certain shareholding requirements are met by both Primavera and Ant Financial, Ant Financial will also have the right to designate one non-voting board observer to the Yum China board of directors.  If Primavera no longer meets certain shareholding requirements, then three years after such time, Ant Financial will lose its right to designate a board observer (unless such right has been previously terminated pursuant to the terms of the shareholders agreement).  Any board designee or board observer must be reasonably acceptable to the Yum China board of directors and is subject to certain restrictions, including that such persons may not be engaged in any competing business with Yum China (in accordance with the shareholders agreement).

 

For one year following the Separation, the shareholders agreement will generally prohibit the Investors from transferring all or any portion of their shares of Yum China Common Stock, the Warrants or any shares of Yum China Common Stock obtained as a result of the exercise of a Warrant, subject to certain limited exceptions.  In addition, the shareholders agreement will contain a standstill provision prohibiting the Investors and their affiliates from, among other things, acquiring, in the aggregate, more than 19.9% beneficial ownership in Yum China’s voting stock.  The standstill will remain in effect with respect to the Investors until six months after the date on which there is no Primavera board designee on the Yum China board of directors, and Primavera either no longer has the right to designate a director or has irrevocably waived any such rights in writing, or if there is a change of control of Yum China.  The shareholders agreement will provide the Investors with customary registration rights, including demand registration rights and piggyback registration rights.

 

The foregoing summaries do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the complete copies of the press release, investment agreements and form of shareholders agreement, attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4, respectively, and are hereby incorporated herein by reference in this Item 8.01.  Interested parties should read the documents in their entirety.

 

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this communication contain “forward-looking statements.”  Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.  These statements often include words such as “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “intend,” “seek,” “expect,” “project,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “could,” “target,” “predict,” “likely,” “should,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “model,” “ongoing” or other similar terminology.  Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions or projections concerning future results or events, including, without limitation, the planned Separation of the Yum and Yum China businesses, the timing of any such Separation, the Investment, the closing of the Investment, or the future earnings and performance as well as capital structure of Yum or any of its businesses, including the Yum and Yum China businesses on a standalone basis if the Separation is completed.  Forward-looking statements are neither predictions nor guarantees of future events, circumstances or performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by those statements.  We cannot assure you that any of our expectations, estimates or projections will be achieved.  Factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from our expectations and forward-looking statements are included in reports filed with the SEC by Yum from time to time, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recently filed reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.  You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  We are not undertaking to update any of these statements.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated September 2, 2016, issued by Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Investment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among Yum! Brands, Inc., Yum China Holdings, Inc. and Pollos Investment L.P.

 

 

 

99.3

 

Investment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among Yum! Brands, Inc., Yum China Holdings, Inc. and API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited.

 

 

 

99.4

 

Form of Yum China Holdings, Inc. Shareholders Agreement.

 

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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.

 

 

 

YUM! BRANDS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: September 2, 2016

By:

/s/ Scott Catlett

 

 

Name: Scott Catlett

 

 

Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated September 2, 2016, issued by Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Investment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among Yum! Brands, Inc., Yum China Holdings, Inc. and Pollos Investment L.P

 

 

 

99.3

 

Investment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among Yum! Brands, Inc., Yum China Holdings, Inc. and API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited.

 

 

 

99.4

 

Form of Yum China Holdings, Inc. Shareholders Agreement.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

YUM! BRANDS ANNOUNCES PRIMAVERA CAPITAL GROUP AND ANT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN YUM CHINA

 

***

 

Founder of Primavera Dr. Fred Hu to Become Yum China’s Non-Executive Chairman

 

***

 

Spinoff on Track to Be Completed October 31, 2016;

Yum China to be Traded on NYSE Under Ticker “YUMC”

 

LOUISVILLE and SHANGHAI, September 2, 2016 — Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today announced that it has entered into agreements with Primavera Capital Group, a China-based global private equity firm, and Ant Financial Services Group, one of the world’s leading online and mobile financial services providers that operates the widely used Alipay mobile payments platform, to invest a total of $460 million in Yum China, concurrent with the completion of Yum China’s spinoff from Yum! Brands.

 

The spinoff and concurrent completion of the Primavera and Ant Financial investments are expected to occur on October 31, 2016, with Yum China to commence trading on the New York Stock Exchange as an independent company on November 1, 2016, under the ticker symbol “YUMC.”

 

Under the terms of the agreements, Primavera and Ant Financial will invest $410 million and $50 million, respectively, in Yum China.  The final number of shares issued to Primavera and Ant Financial will be subject to a post closing adjustment such that the effective price will be equal to an 8% discount to the volume-weighted average trading price of Yum China’s equity value during the period commencing 31 days and ending 60 days following completion of the spinoff (subject to a collar mechanism limiting the minimum and maximum shares to be issued).  Primavera and Ant Financial will also receive two tranches of warrants to acquire shares of Yum China common stock reflecting approximately 2% equity ownership interest (in the aggregate) in each tranche to be exercisable in the five-year period following the issuance of those warrants, with strike prices correlating to equity values of $12 billion and $15 billion.

 

The Company also announced that founder of Primavera Dr. Fred Hu, former Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs, will become Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Yum China.

 

“We have long admired the Yum China business and are looking forward to collaborating with the Board and management to realize the company’s full potential,” said Dr. Hu of Primavera.  “Yum China is an established leader in the retail and restaurant industry which we believe is poised for continued strong growth and unit expansion as cities across China invest in new transportation hubs, shopping malls and other physical and electronic infrastructure that will support consumption.  I look forward to leading the Board of Directors of Yum China in its new and exciting chapter as an independent company.”

 

“Through this collaboration, we aim to help Yum China provide world-class mobile payment services for tens of millions of customers across its brands.  These services include hassle-free Alipay for customers to help shorten queues at the cashier as well as membership solutions for Yum China designed to help manage their customer relations and promotions,” said Eric Jing, President of Ant Financial Services Group.  “Leveraging our Big Data capabilities, KFC and Pizza Hut witnessed promising marketing results through their promotion on multiple Ant Financial platforms.  We look forward to further collaborating with Yum China in the future.”

 



 

“Primavera and Ant Financial both have deep insights into the rapid urbanization and digital transformation which is driving the evolution of China’s economy, and we are excited about their investment into Yum China,” said Micky Pant, Chief Executive Officer of Yum China.  “The investment is a clear endorsement of our business strategy and growth potential, and their diverse experience and relationships will be extremely beneficial.  Dr. Hu’s extensive market insights and experience scaling businesses in China will be invaluable as we move to expand the footprint of our brands.  In addition, Yum China is already the leading restaurant company for cashless payment systems in China, and we expect Ant Financial can provide further unique insights to help us better connect with consumers through mobile technology.”

 

“The investments from Primavera and Ant Financial in Yum China mark another important milestone in our plans to separate the China business and create a solid foundation for Yum China as it prepares to become an independent restaurant powerhouse,” said Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands.  “We look forward to partnering with Primavera and Ant Financial to drive long-term growth at Yum China and welcome Dr. Hu as Non-Executive Chairman of Yum China.  I’m pleased that the spinoff remains on track for completion on October 31 and look forward to sharing additional details on the transformative initiatives we are undertaking as we become a more heavily franchised company at our New York investor conference on Tuesday, October 11.”

 

Primavera has an established track record of supporting successful, high-growth companies in China whose business models benefit from rising consumption and the adoption of urban lifestyles.  Its investments include Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) and Ant Financial, among many others.  Ant Financial is an online and mobile financial services firm and digital payments network provider in China.

 

The closing of the investments are subject to completion of the spinoff and other customary closing conditions.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is serving as financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal advisor to Yum! Brands and Yum China.  PJT Partners is serving as an independent financial advisor to Yum! Brands’ Board of Directors.  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Fangda Partners are serving as legal advisors to Primavera and Ant Financial.

 

About Yum China Holdings

 

Yum China Holdings will become a licensee of Yum! Brands in Mainland China.  It will have exclusive rights to KFC, China’s leading quick-service restaurant concept, Pizza Hut, the leading casual dining brand, and Taco Bell, which is expanding globally but is not yet in China.

 

The new company will be well positioned for growth thanks to its strong financial position, established brand identity, extensive and expanding footprint and operational expertise.  It will have a strong capital position, no debt and significant sales and profit potential from its existing restaurants.  KFC and Pizza Hut have more than 7,200 restaurants in over 1,000 cities in China and generated over $8 billion in system sales and approximately $1 billion in EBITDA in 2015.  The growth of consumption in China is being fueled by a new generation of younger consumers who are digitally sophisticated and brand driven.  The additional growth of the urban population in China is expected to create the world’s largest market for restaurant brands, with Yum China as the clear leader.

 



 

About Yum! Brands

 

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has nearly 43,000 restaurants in almost 140 countries and territories.  Yum! is ranked #218 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion in 2015 and is one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders in North America.  The Company’s restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories.  Worldwide, the Yum! Brands system opens over six new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in global retail development.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this communication contain “forward-looking statements.”  Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.  These statements often include words such as “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “intend,” “seek,” “expect,” “project,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “could,” “target,” “predict,” “likely,” “should,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “model,” “ongoing” or other similar terminology.  Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions or projections concerning future results or events, including, without limitation, the planned Separation of the Yum and Yum China businesses, the timing of any such Separation, the Investment, the closing of the Investment, or the future earnings and performance as well as capital structure of Yum or any of its businesses, including the Yum and Yum China businesses on a standalone basis if the Separation is completed.  Forward-looking statements are neither predictions nor guarantees of future events, circumstances or performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by those statements.  We cannot assure you that any of our expectations, estimates or projections will be achieved.  Factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from our expectations and forward-looking statements are included in reports filed with the SEC by Yum from time to time, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recently filed reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.  You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  We are not undertaking to update any of these statements.

 


Exhibit 99.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

 

AMONG

 

YUM! BRANDS, INC.,

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

AND

 

POLLOS INVESTMENT L.P.

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1

 

Definitions

 

2

 

 

 

ARTICLE II INVESTMENT

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1

 

Investment

 

12

Section 2.2

 

Closing Deliverables

 

12

Section 2.3

 

Closing

 

13

Section 2.4

 

Post-Closing Adjustment; Warrants Issuance

 

13

Section 2.5

 

Illustrative Calculations

 

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1

 

Representations and Warranties of Investor

 

14

Section 3.2

 

Representations and Warranties of Parent and the Company

 

19

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV Conduct of Business Pending the Investment

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1

 

Conduct of Business Pending the Investment

 

31

 

 

 

ARTICLE V COVENANTS

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1

 

Public Announcements

 

34

Section 5.2

 

Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment

 

34

Section 5.3

 

Shareholders Agreement; Organizational Documents

 

35

Section 5.4

 

Financing Contingency

 

35

Section 5.5

 

Transaction Agreements

 

35

Section 5.6

 

Transition Services Agreement

 

35

Section 5.7

 

Notification of Certain Matters

 

36

Section 5.8

 

Access to Information

 

36

Section 5.9

 

Public Filings

 

37

Section 5.10

 

Section 16 Matters

 

37

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTMENT

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.1

 

Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party

 

38

Section 6.2

 

Conditions to the Obligations of Investor

 

38

Section 6.3

 

Conditions to the Obligations of the Company

 

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.1

 

Termination

 

40

Section 7.2

 

Effect of Termination

 

40

 

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ARTICLE VIII SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

 

41

 

 

 

Section 8.1

 

Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

41

Section 8.2

 

Indemnification by Parent and the Company

 

41

Section 8.3

 

Limitations on Indemnification

 

41

Section 8.4

 

Treatment of Indemnity Payments

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

42

 

 

 

Section 9.1

 

Notices

 

42

Section 9.2

 

Amendment and Waiver

 

43

Section 9.3

 

Interpretation

 

44

Section 9.4

 

Counterparts

 

44

Section 9.5

 

Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries

 

44

Section 9.6

 

Governing Law

 

44

Section 9.7

 

Severability

 

44

Section 9.8

 

Assignment

 

44

Section 9.9

 

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

 

45

Section 9.10

 

Enforcement

 

45

Section 9.11

 

Disclosure Schedule

 

45

Section 9.12

 

Fees and Expenses

 

45

Section 9.13

 

Transfer Taxes

 

46

Section 9.14

 

Descriptive Headings

 

46

Section 9.15

 

Mutual Drafting

 

46

Section 9.16

 

No-Recourse; No Partnership

 

46

Section 9.17

 

No Conflict

 

46

 

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EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement

Exhibit B

 

 

Form of Employee Matters Agreement

Exhibit C

 

 

Form of Tax Matters Agreement

Exhibit D

 

 

Form of Master License Agreement

Exhibit E

 

 

Form of Name License Agreement

Exhibit F

 

 

Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Exhibit G

 

 

Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Exhibit H

 

 

Form of Shareholders Agreement

Exhibit I

 

 

Plan of Reorganization

 

ANNEXES

 

ANNEX A-1: Form of Warrant 1

ANNEX A-2: Form of Warrant 2

 

SCHEDULES

 

Disclosure Schedule

Investor Disclosure Schedule

1.1

 

 

Competing Business

2.5

 

 

Illustrative Calculations

 

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INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

 

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2016 (this “Agreement”), among Yum! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Parent”); Yum China Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, as of the date hereof (prior to, and without giving effect to, the Investment (as defined below) contemplated hereby and the Distribution (as defined below)), a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Company”); and Pollos Investment L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (the “Investor” and, collectively with Parent and the Company, the “Parties”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Parent and its Affiliates have completed the internal restructuring, contribution, assignment and assumption transactions in all material respects as described by the Plan of Reorganization attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Plan of Reorganization”), such that the Company now wholly-owns, directly or indirectly, in its entirety, the China Division (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Parent and the Company desire to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor desires to purchase from the Company, newly-issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (the “Investment”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Investment, the Company will issue to the Investor certain Warrants (as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Parent intends to distribute, immediately prior to the Investment, all of the shares of Company Common Stock then-owned by Parent to the holders of Parent Common Stock in a transaction (the “Distribution” and together with the Investment, the “Transactions”), pursuant to a Separation and Distribution Agreement to be entered into among Parent, the Company and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

 

WHEREAS, the Distribution is intended to qualify as tax-free under Section 355 and Section 361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement Primavera Capital Fund II L.P. (the “Fund”) has executed and delivered an equity commitment letter (the “ECL”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited (“AF”) is entering into an investment agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Company to AF of certain Company Common Stock and Warrants on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “AF Investment Agreement”); and

 



 

WHEREAS, Parent, the Company and the Investor each desires to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Transactions and to prescribe the various conditions to the Transactions.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1            Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in this Agreement or, when so indicated, in the applicable Transaction Agreement. As used in this Agreement:

 

Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)(i).

 

Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share” means the price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, obtained by multiplying (i) the volume weighted average price of a share of Company Common Stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange during the Measurement Period by (ii) 0.92; provided, that if the foregoing product is greater than the Upper Benchmark, the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share shall be equal to the Upper Benchmark, and if the foregoing product is less than the Lower Benchmark, the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share shall be equal to the Lower Benchmark.

 

AF” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

AF Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

AF Investor Shares” has the meaning ascribed to “Investor Shares” in the AF Investment Agreement.

 

AF Warrant 1 Shares” has the meaning ascribed to “Warrant 1 Shares” in the AF Investment Agreement.

 

Affiliate” means (except as specifically otherwise defined), when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided that from and after the Closing, (x) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Affiliate of Parent or its Subsidiaries; and (y) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including with its correlative meanings “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of

 

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such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment, undertaking or otherwise.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Applicable Law” means any applicable national, supranational, federal, state, provincial, local or similar law (including common law), statute, code, order, ordinance, rule, regulation, treaty (including any income tax treaty), license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, decree, injunction, binding judicial or administrative interpretation or other requirement, in each case, enacted, promulgated, issued or entered by a Governmental Entity.

 

Balance Sheet Date” means May 31, 2016.

 

Beneficially Own” has the meaning set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

Benefit Plans” means each material benefit plan, contract, program, policy, arrangement or agreement, whether written or unwritten and whether insured or self-insured, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or makes or is required to make contributions with respect to the employees, officers, directors or independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any retirees, former employees, officers, directors or independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Employees”) each employment, health, welfare, housing funds, incentive, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, share purchase, share compensation, share appreciation, insurance arrangement, material perquisite, phantom stock, disability, severance, vacation, termination, savings, profit sharing, pension, superannuation funds retirement benefit, pension scheme,  retirement, supplement retirement, retention and fringe benefit plan, program, contract, program, policy, arrangement or agreement.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors or similar governing body of any specified Person.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or required by law to close in any of the cities of New York, New York, Dallas, Texas, Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai, China.

 

China” means the People’s Republic of China, but solely for the purposes of this Agreement and other Transaction Agreements, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

 

China Business” means, collectively, (a) the business, operations and activities of or relating to the China Division conducted at any time prior to the Effective Time by the Parent or the Company or any of their current or former Subsidiaries, and (b) any terminated, divested or discontinued businesses, operations and activities that, at the time

 

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of termination, divestiture or discontinuation, primarily related to the business, operations or activities described in clause (a) as then conducted, including those set forth on Schedule 1.1 of the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

China Division” means Parent’s (and its Subsidiaries’) businesses and operations in China prior to the Effective Time.

 

Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Closing Price Per Share” means the price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, obtained by dividing (i) the Investor Purchase Price by (ii) the Number of Closing Shares.

 

Code” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Company and Parent Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of Parent and/or the Company, contained in Section 3.2(a)(i) (Organization; Authority; Subsidiaries), Section 3.2(b) (Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws), Section 3.2(c)(i)-(v) (Capital Structure), Section 3.2(e) (No Conflicts) and Section 3.2(h) (Brokers or Finders).

 

Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company Equity Plan” means any Benefit Plan that provides for the issuance or grant of (i) Company Common Stock as compensation for services, and/or (ii) compensatory awards that provide for the delivery of, relate to, are based on, and/or are valued by reference to, Company Common Stock, including in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, or phantom units.

 

Company Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(f)(ii).

 

Company Lease” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(o)(ii).

 

Company Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(j)(ii).

 

Company Voting Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(iii).

 

Competing Business” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1 attached hereto.

 

Computer Software” means any and all (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (iii) descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to

 

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design, plan, organize and/or develop any of the foregoing, (iv) screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons, and (v) documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation, relating to any of the foregoing; in each case, regardless of whether contained on computers owned by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries or stored in the cloud.

 

Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Contract” means any loan or credit agreement, note, instrument, mortgage, bond, indenture real estate or other lease or sublease, benefit plan, license, sublicense, memorandum of understanding, sales order, purchase order, open bid or other contract, agreement or obligation, in each case, including all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto and waivers and consents thereunder, whether written or oral.

 

Designated Tax” means (i) any Tax assessed against or imposed on Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates under the China Enterprise Income Tax Law, as amended, or (ii) any Tax assessed against or imposed on Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates under the Chinese State Administration of Taxation Bulletin 7, in each case of (i) and (ii) solely to the extent (A) resulting from a change in Applicable Law after the date hereof or (B) arising out of the Distribution or a transaction described in the Plan of Reorganization.

 

Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

ECL” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Effective Time” means the time at which the Distribution occurs, as such time is determined by Parent’s Board of Directors in its sole discretion.

 

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement, between Parent and the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

 

Encumbrance” means any  claim, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, deed of trust, option, covenant, lease or sublease, building or use restriction, easement, encroachment, conditional sales agreement or other encumbrance or contractual restriction (including any right of first refusal or first offer, call right, put right, tag along right, drag along right) of any kind or nature,  preemptive right, title defect or other adverse claim of any third party, whether voluntarily or involuntarily incurred, arising by operation of Applicable Law, by contract or otherwise, and including any agreement (whether written or otherwise) to give any of the foregoing in the future.

 

Engages” or “Engaged” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1.

 

Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(p).

 

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Environmental Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(p).

 

Equity Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e).

 

Equity Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

Exchange Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(ii).

 

Expiration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

Form 10” means the registration statement filed with the SEC on Form 10 by the Company with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution, as may be amended from time to time.

 

Fund” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

Government Official” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(n).

 

Governmental Entityhas the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(i).

 

Increase Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Indemnified Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).

 

Injunction” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).

 

Intellectual Propertymeans all worldwide intellectual property and proprietary rights and applications therefor, including (i) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, service names, corporate names, domain names, brand, social and mobile media identifiers and other source indicators, including the associated goodwill (collectively, “Trademarks”), (ii) copyrights, patents, proprietary designs, Computer Software, databases, methods, processes, trade secrets (including recipes and formulae), know-how, inventions, confidential information and similar rights.

 

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Investment Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

 

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Investor Affiliated Director” means each Investor Designee and any other person that is a managing director, officer, advisor or employee of Primavera Capital GP II Ltd. and/or its Affiliates that is then serving on the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Investor Designee” has the meaning set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

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Investor Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Investor Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Investor Tax Affiliate” means any entity or individual (i) whose ownership of stock would be attributable to or aggregated with the Investor under Section 355(e)(4)(C) of the Code, (ii) who is a member of any “coordinating group” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h)(4)) that includes the Investor, or (iii) who is acting pursuant to a “plan or arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 355(d)(7)(B) of the Code) with the Investor.

 

Knowledge” means, (i) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of any of the persons set forth in Section 1.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) with respect to the Investor, the actual knowledge of any of the persons set forth in Section 1.1 of the Investor Disclosure Schedule, as applicable.

 

Leased Real Property” means all real property which is leased, subleased, licensed, or otherwise occupied by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as a lessee or sublessee.

 

Losses” shall mean all actions, causes of actions, suits, claims, losses (including any diminution in value in the Investor Shares, the Warrants and/or the Warrant Shares) costs, charges, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), liabilities, settlement payments, awards, judgments, fines, penalties or damages.

 

Lower Benchmark” means a price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (A) the product obtained by multiplying US$8,500,000,000 by 0.92 minus (B) US$460,000,000 by (y) the Number of Status Quo Shares.

 

Master License Agreement” means the Master License Agreement between Yum! Restaurants Asia Pte. Ltd. and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Ltd., in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, effect, change, circumstance or development that, individually or in the aggregate with other such events, effects, changes, circumstances or developments, has a material adverse effect on, (i) with respect to the Investor, on the one hand, or Parent or the Company, on the other hand, the ability of the Investor, or of Parent or the Company, as applicable, to consummate, the Investment or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to the Company, the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including prior to the Distribution, the businesses and operations engaged in by Parent and its Subsidiaries that constitute the China Division taken as a whole, other than, in the case of this clause (ii), any event, effect, change, circumstance or development (A) relating in general to changes after the date hereof affecting general economic or political conditions in China, (B) changes after the date hereof generally affecting any of the markets, businesses, or industries in China, (C) relating to any action of Parent or the Company or any Subsidiary of either of them, in

 

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each case, taken after the date hereof and as required by this Agreement or taken with the express prior written consent of the Investor, (D) relating to the commencement, occurrence or continuation of any war, armed hostilities or acts of terrorism involving or affecting the United States of America, China or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operates, (E) relating to financial, banking, or securities markets (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index),  (F) resulting from any failure by the Company to meet any internal or public projection, budget, estimate, forecast, estimate or expectation in respect of the Company’s revenues, earnings or other financial or operating performance metrics for any period (but not the underlying causes of such failure), (G) resulting from the potential imposition (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the actual imposition) of any Designated Tax, (H) due to changes, after the date hereof, in GAAP or the accounting rules and regulations of the SEC (I) after the date hereof relating to changes in Applicable Laws, including as to Taxes or (J) resulting from the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or any matter expressly set forth in the Transaction Agreements (but not including any changes to the extent  resulting from any delay of the Distribution); provided, that events, effects, changes, circumstances or developments set forth in the foregoing clauses (excluding clauses (C), (F) and (J)) shall be taken into account in determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur if and to the extent any such events, effects, changes, circumstances, or developments, individually or in the aggregate, have a materially disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries (or, as may be applicable, the businesses and operations engaged in by Parent and its Subsidiaries that constitute the China Division), taken as a whole, relative to the other participants in the industry or in China.

 

Material Contracts” means each Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, which (i) is or would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, (ii) limits or purports to limit the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay dividends, (iii) relates to or evidences third-party indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $100 million, (iv) is a limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar agreement relating to any partnership or joint venture that is material to the Company’s business, other than any such limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar agreement with respect to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (v) limits in any material respect the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries to engage or compete in any line of business that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole, (vi) contains “most favored nation” pricing provisions, that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its Subsidiaries, (vii) grants any exclusive rights, rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights to any Person, in each case in any respect material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (viii) provides for the acquisition or disposition (pending as of the date hereof), directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests of another Person for aggregate consideration under such Contract in excess of $200 million, (ix) is an acquisition or disposition Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has continuing

 

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indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in payments by the Company in excess of $100 million, (x) calls for or could reasonably expected to require aggregate payments by the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $50 million over the remaining term of such Contract, or in excess of $50 million in any twelve month period or (xi) is a Contract between or among the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, that is material to the business of the Company as a whole; provided that none of the Transaction Agreements or Investment Agreements shall constitute a Material Contract.

 

Measurement Period” means the period of time consisting of each trading day for shares of Company Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange occurring over the period of time beginning on the thirty-first (31st) calendar day following the Effective Time and ending on the sixtieth (60th) calendar day following the Effective Time.

 

Name License Agreement” means the Name License Agreement, between Parent and the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

Non-Liable Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16.

 

Number of Closing Shares” means the number of shares of Company Common Stock to be issued to the Investor at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.1(a), which number shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the product obtained by multiplying the Number of Status Quo Shares by 5.0% by (B) 0.95 by (y) the fraction obtained by dividing 410,000,000 by 460,000,000.

 

Number of Status Quo Shares” means the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time (disregarding, for the avoidance of doubt, the shares of Company Common Stock to be issued to the Investor hereunder and to AF under the AF Investment Agreement).

 

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Parent Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(i).

 

Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Permitted Property Encumbrances” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(o)(i).

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in the Exchange Act), including any Governmental Entity.

 

Plan of Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).

 

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Related Party Agreement” means (i) any Contract between, on the one hand, the Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) and, on the other hand, the Company and its Subsidiaries, entered into prior to the Closing; provided that the Transaction Agreements and the Investment Agreements, shall not be deemed “Related Party Agreements” and (ii) any Contract between, on the one hand, the Company or its Subsidiaries, and, on the other hand, any of their respective officers and directors or Affiliates of their respective officers and directors; provided that any Contract that is a Benefit Plan shall not be deemed to be a “Related Party Agreement”.

 

Restaurant” means any retail restaurant facilities primarily identified by any of the following brand names: (i) (a) “KFC” (or “Kentucky Fried Chicken”), (b) “Pizza Hut” (including Pizza Hut Dine-In and Pizza Hut Home Service), and (c) “Taco Bell” (in each case, including the Mandarin language equivalents and derivatives thereof) and/or (ii) which use any Intellectual Property of the Parent and its Subsidiaries used in connection with the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement, and that conducts the offer and sale of authorized products and services through dine-in, carry-out, catering, delivery, kiosk, on-line methods of distribution, centralized kitchens/commissaries, and such other methods of distribution as the Parties may mutually agree, including the offer of premiums, and all other related promotional activities (but does not include the sale of any products for resale).

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(j)(ii).

 

Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(ii).

 

Separation and Distribution Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Share Award” means any issuance or grant under any Company Equity Plan.

 

Shareholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).

 

Subsidiary” means, when used with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (i) Beneficially Owns, either directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of (A) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities, (B) the total combined equity interests, or (C) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership, or (ii) otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such Person. Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be a reference to any Person included in the SpinCo Group (as such term is defined in the Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A), other than the Company.

 

Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) means any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign tax (including any fee, assessment or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax), including without limitation income, gross income, gross

 

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receipts, profits, capital stock, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, escheat, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, custom, withholding, alternative minimum, estimated or other similar tax (including any fee, assessment or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax) imposed by any Governmental Entity and any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement among Parent, the Company and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

 

Transaction Agreements” means, collectively, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Master License Agreement, the Name License Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, and the other agreements, if any (excluding the Investment Agreements), entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Distribution.

 

Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Transition Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

 

Upper Benchmark” means a price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (A) the product obtained by multiplying US$11,500,000,000 by 0.92 minus (B) US$460,000,000 by (y) the Number of Status Quo Shares.

 

Warrant 1” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant 2” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant 1 Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant 2 Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

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ARTICLE II

 

INVESTMENT

 

Section 2.1                                    Investment.

 

(a)                                 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor and the Investor shall purchase and subscribe from the Company a number of newly-issued shares of Company Common Stock equal to the Number of Closing Shares (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.4, the “Investor Shares”), representing approximately 4.4565% of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of the Closing after giving effect to such issuance and sale and the issuance and sale of the shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the AF Investment Agreement.  The Investor Shares shall, immediately upon issuance, be subject to the transfer restrictions and other terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Shareholders Agreement and otherwise free of Encumbrances, except as imposed by applicable securities laws.  In consideration for the issuance and sale of the Investor Shares and the subsequent issuance of the Warrants, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, subject to completion of the matters referred to in Section 2.2(a), the Investor shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Company, an amount equal to US$410,000,000 (the “Investor Purchase Price”) in accordance with Section 2.2(b)(ii).

 

(b)                                 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Investor the Warrants (as defined below) in accordance with, and at the time specified in, Section 2.4(d) hereof.

 

Section 2.2                                    Closing Deliverables.  At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Parent and the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor:

 

(i)                                     a counterpart to the Shareholders Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)                                  a certificate or certificates or appropriate evidence of a book entry transfer representing the Investor Shares duly registered in the name of the Investor;

 

(iii)                               the executed officer’s certificate required pursuant to Section 6.2(d); and

 

(iv)                              if the Investor has executed an acknowledgement reasonably acceptable to Parent that stipulates customary non-reliance and non-disclosure covenants with respect to the opinion, a true and complete copy of the opinion of Mayer Brown LLP delivered to Parent concluding that the Distribution “will” qualify as a transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and 361 of the Code (other than with respect to cash received in lieu of fractional shares), which opinion shall not have been amended, replaced or revoked after the date of such opinion.

 

(b)                                 The Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company:

 

(i)                                     a counterpart to the Shareholders Agreement duly executed by the Investor;

 

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(ii)                                  the executed officer’s certificate required pursuant to Section 6.3(c); and

 

(iii)                               the Investor Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company (which account shall be designated by written notice from the Company to the Investor at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date).

 

Section 2.3                                    Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the purchase and sale of the Investor Shares as contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place immediately following the Effective Time (the date on which the Closing occurs, “Closing Date”), at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York, unless another time and place is agreed to in writing by the Parties. Parent and the Company shall notify the Investor in writing the anticipated Effective Time not less than ten (10) Business Days and not more than twenty (20) Business Days in advance of the Effective Time.

 

Section 2.4                                    Post-Closing Adjustment; Warrants Issuance.

 

(a)                                 No later than two (2) Business Days following the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Parties shall in good faith determine the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share.

 

(b)                                 If the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share exceeds the Closing Price Per Share (such excess, the “Increase Amount”), then within five (5) Business Days of the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Company shall (i) repurchase for par value per share a number of Investor Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) (which repurchased shares shall, for purposes of this Agreement, cease to be deemed Investor Shares), equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (w) the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Increase Amount and (B) the Number of Closing Shares by (x) the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share.  The Investor agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with this Section 2.4(b), which cooperation shall include the prompt surrendering to the Company of the certificate(s), if any, evidencing the Investor Shares necessary to facilitate the issuance of one or more new certificates by the Company.

 

(c)                                  If the Closing Price Per Share exceeds the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share (such excess, the “Reduction Amount”), then within five (5) Business Days of the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Company shall (i) issue to the Investor for par value per share a number of newly issued shares of Company Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) (which newly issued shares shall, for purposes of this Agreement, also be deemed Investor Shares), equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (w) the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Reduction Amount by (B) the Number of Closing Shares by (x) the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share, and (ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor a certificate or certificates or appropriate evidence of a book entry transfer representing such newly issued shares, duly registered in the name of the Investor.

 

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(d)                                 No later than ten (10) Business Days following the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Company shall issue to the Investor, for no additional consideration, (A) a warrant to purchase that certain number of newly issued shares of Company Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole share), subject to adjustment in accordance with its terms (the “Warrant 1 Shares”) in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 (“Warrant 1”), such that, after giving effect to the exercise by the Investor of the Warrant 1 and the receipt by the Investor of the Warrant 1 Shares, the Investor will own, relative to the shareholding percentage of the Investor immediately after the Closing (assuming, for purposes of calculating such shareholding percentage under this Section 2.4(d), that (x) the adjustments, if any, pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) were completed at the Closing and (y) the AF Investor Shares (as may be adjusted) were issued at the Closing), an additional 1.7826087% of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of immediately after the Closing (assuming, for purposes of calculating such number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock under this Section 2.4(d), that (x) the adjustments, if any, pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) were completed at the Closing and the Warrant 1 Shares were issued at the Closing and (y) the AF Investor Shares (as may be adjusted) and the AF Warrant 1 Shares were issued at the Closing) and (B) a warrant to purchase a number of newly issued shares of Company Common Stock equal to the number of Warrant 1 Shares as determined in the immediately preceding clause, subject to adjustment in accordance with its terms (the “Warrant 2 Shares,” and together with the Warrant 1 Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) in the form attached hereto as Annex A-2 (“Warrant 2,” and together with Warrant 1, the “Warrants”).

 

Section 2.5                                    Illustrative Calculations.  Schedule 2.5 sets forth an illustrative example of the calculations of (a) the Number of Closing Shares under Section 2.1(a); (b) the Upper Benchmark and the Lower Benchmark (and the adjustments pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and 2.4(c)); and (c) the number of Warrant 1 Shares and the number of Warrant 2 Shares under Section 2.4(d).

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 3.1                                    Representations and Warranties of Investor.  The Investor hereby represents and warrants to Parent and the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing (unless any representations and warranties expressly relate to another date, in which case as of such other date) that:

 

(a)                                 Organization; Authority.  The Investor is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement (collectively, the “Investment Agreements”) and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Investment Agreements by the Investor and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary internal action on the part of the Investor. This Agreement has been, and upon their execution the other Investment Agreements to which the Investor is a party shall have been, duly executed by the Investor and, when delivered by the Investor in

 

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accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Investment Agreements by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable, this Agreement constitutes, and upon their execution and delivery the other Investment Agreements to which the Investor is a party will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(b)                                 No Conflicts.

 

(i)                                     The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the other Investment Agreements to which the Investor is a party do not and will not, and the consummation of the Investment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (A) conflict with or violate any provision of the Investor’s organizational documents, (B) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of or result by its terms in the creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Investor pursuant to, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Contract to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates is a party or by which any property or asset of the Investor or any of its Affiliates is bound or affected, or (C) conflict with or result in a violation of any Applicable Law or other restriction of any supranational, national, federal, state, province, municipal, local or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, agency, board, department, tribunal, commission or other authority thereof, any public international organization, any arbitral tribunal, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (a “Governmental Entity”) to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates is subject (including federal, state and foreign securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Investor or any of its Affiliates is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (B) and (C), such as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Investment Agreement or a Material Adverse Effect on Investor.

 

(ii)                                  No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the Investor or any of its Affiliates in connection with the execution and delivery of the Investment Agreements or the consummation by the Investor of the Investment and other transactions contemplated thereby, except for those required under or in relation to (A) state securities or “blue sky” laws or regulations, (B) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (C) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and (D) the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(c)                                  Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

 

(i)                                     There is no litigation, suit, claim, charge, action, arbitration, demand letter, or any judicial, criminal, administrative or regulatory proceeding, hearing,

 

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investigation, or formal or informal regulatory document production request, regulatory or accrediting agency investigation or other proceeding (an “Action”) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Investor, threatened against the Investor or any share, security, equity interest, property or asset of Investor or any Affiliate of the Investor which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Investor or any Affiliate of Investor which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor.

 

(ii)                                  Neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates is in violation of, and neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notices of violations with respect to, any Applicable Law, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor.

 

(d)                                 Other Investments.

 

(i)                                     Neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates Engages in a Competing Business.

 

(ii)                                  Except for the Investment or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(d)(ii) attached hereto, neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates Beneficially Owns any Equity Securities or otherwise holds any investment in any Person that Engages in the operation and/or management of, one or more Restaurants.

 

(e)                                  Equity Commitment Letter; Sufficient Funds. As of the date of this Agreement, the Investor has received a true and correct copy of the executed ECL from the Fund to provide equity financing in an aggregate amount equal to $410,000,000 (the “Equity Financing”) solely for the purpose of allowing the Investor to pay the Investor Purchase Price at the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the ECL. There are no conditions to Investor’s receipt of the Equity Financing other than those expressly set forth in the ECL.  As of the date hereof, (i) the ECL is in full force and effect, has not been amended or modified and does not contain any material misrepresentation by Investor and (ii) no event has occurred which (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) would reasonably be expected to constitute a material breach thereunder on the part of Investor. As of the date hereof, no amendment or modification to the ECL is contemplated. The equity financing contemplated by the ECL will be sufficient for Investor to pay the Investor Purchase Price at Closing.  As of the date hereof, there are no side letters or other agreements, contracts, arrangements or understandings to which Investor is a party related to the funding or investing, as applicable, of the Equity Financing, other than as expressly set forth in the ECL. As of the date hereof, Investor has no reason to believe that, any of the conditions to the Equity Financing set forth in the ECL would not reasonably be expected to be satisfied or that the Equity Financing would not reasonably be expected to be available to Investor on the Closing Date for purposes of paying the Investor Purchase Price at the Closing.

 

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(f)                                   Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar commission or fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreements based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Investor or any of its Affiliates, other than such Person, if any, whose fees and expenses shall be paid solely by the Investor (or its Affiliates but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Parent, Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the Closing).

 

(g)                                  Acquisition for Investment. The Investor is acquiring the Investor Shares and the Warrants for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and the Investor has no present intention or plan to effect any distribution of shares of Company Common Stock.

 

(h)                                 No Investment Company. The Investor is not, and after giving effect to the Investment will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(i)                                     Ownership of Stock. Neither Investor nor any Investor Tax Affiliate owns any shares, or options to acquire shares, of Parent common stock, no par value per share (“Parent Common Stock”), or has any arrangement or agreement with the Company to acquire any shares, or options to acquire shares, of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Investor Shares and Warrants (and Warrant Shares)).

 

(j)                                    Investor Status.

 

(i)                                     At the time the Investor was offered the Investor Shares and issued the Warrants, it was, and as of the Closing Date it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(ii)                                  The Investor has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Investor Shares and the Warrants, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Investor has had the opportunity to review the Form 10 and the other forms, reports and documents filed by Parent and its Subsidiaries with the SEC prior to the date hereof since January 1, 2013 (collectively, including all exhibits thereto, the “SEC Reports”) and the Company Financial Statements and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, representatives of Parent and the Company concerning the Company and the Investor Shares and Warrants (and Warrant Shares). The Investor understands that its investment in the Investor Shares and the Warrants involves a significant degree of risk, including a risk of potential total loss of the Investor’s investment. The Investor understands that all currently outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are currently owned by Parent and, therefore, Company Common Stock has no trading history and that no representation is being made as to the future value of Company Common Stock. The Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Investor Shares and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(k)                                 Restricted Securities. The Investor understands that the Investor Shares and the Warrants (and the Warrant Shares) are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon

 

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specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws and that Parent and the Company are relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Investor Shares and Warrants (and Warrant Shares). Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement relating to Permitted Loans and the Issuer Agreements referenced therein, the Investor understands that, until such time as a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Investor Shares and/or Warrant Shares and the Warrants, as applicable, has been declared effective by the SEC and the Investor Shares and/or Warrant Shares, as applicable, may be sold without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the certificates, to the extent the Investor Shares are in certificated form, evidencing the Investor Shares, and the certificates or other instruments representing the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will bear a restrictive legend (and, except with respect to beneficial interests in Investor Shares held through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, appropriate comparable notations or other arrangements will be made with respect to any uncertificated Investor Shares) in substantially the following form:

 

“The securities evidenced by this certificate have been issued and sold without registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other foreign, federal, state, local or other jurisdiction (a “Foreign or State Act”). The securities evidenced by this certificate cannot be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred unless such sale, assignment or other transfer is (i) made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in accordance with each applicable Foreign or State Act or (ii) exempt from, or not subject to, the Securities Act (including pursuant to Regulation S thereunder) and each applicable Foreign or State Act. If the proposed sale, assignment or other transfer will be made pursuant to clause (ii) above, the holder must, prior to such sale, assignment or other transfer, furnish to the issuer such certifications, legal opinions and other information as the issuer may reasonably require to determine that such sale, assignment or other transfer is being made in accordance with such clause.”

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement relating to Permitted Loans and the Issuer Agreements referenced therein, whenever the restrictions imposed by the legend set forth above shall terminate as to any Investor Shares or Warrant Shares, as herein provided, the Investor further understands that it shall, only upon furnishing the Company with an opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the restrictions imposed by the legend set forth above have terminated as to such Investor Shares or Warrant Shares, be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense, a new certificate not bearing the restrictive legend set forth above and not containing any other reference to the restrictions imposed by such legend.

 

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In addition, for so long as the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares are subject to transfer restrictions contained in the Shareholders Agreement, the certificates, to the extent the Investor Shares are in certificated form, representing the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares will also bear the following legend (and, except with respect to beneficial interests in Investor Shares held through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, appropriate comparable notations or other arrangements will be made with respect to any uncertificated Investor Shares):

 

“The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer set forth in the Shareholders Agreement dated [·], 2016, among the Company and certain other parties thereto (a copy of which is on file with the Secretary of the Company).”

 

The Investor understands that no U.S. federal or state agency or any other Governmental Entity has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Investor Shares or Warrant Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Investor Shares or Warrant Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Investor Shares.

 

(l)                                     No Other Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1 are the only representations and warranties made by the Investor (or any of its respective Affiliates) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Section 3.2 or in the Shareholders Agreement, the Investor hereby disclaims any and all reliance on any projections, forecasts, estimates, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such forecasts, estimates, projections, plans or prospects), management presentations, financial statements, internal ratings, financial information, appraisals, statements, promises, advice, data or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing, including electronically), by or on behalf of Parent or the Company or any of their respective Affiliates, to the Investor or any of its Affiliates or representatives, including omissions therefrom.

 

Section 3.2                                    Representations and Warranties of Parent and the Company. Parent and the Company hereby jointly represent and warrant to the Investor as of the date hereof and as of the Closing (unless any representations and warranties expressly relate to another date, in which case as of such other date) that, except (i) as disclosed in the Form 10 made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures set forth in the Form 10 under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements”), or (ii) as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule (it being understood that the disclosure of any fact or item in any section of the Disclosure Schedule will, should the existence of such fact or item be relevant to any other section, be deemed to be disclosed with respect to that other section only to the extent that its relevance is reasonably apparent, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any disclosure intended to qualify the representation and warranty in Section 3.2(r)(i)(B) shall be specifically set forth in Section 3.2(r)(i)(B) of the Disclosure Schedule and shall not be implied from any other section of the Disclosure Schedule).

 

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(a)                                 Organization; Authority; Subsidiaries.

 

(i)                                     Each of Parent and the Company are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation, with all requisite power and authority to enter into the Investment Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and otherwise to carry out their respective obligations hereunder.  Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company will have all requisite power and authority to enter into the Transaction Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and otherwise to carry out their respective obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Investment Agreements by Parent and the Company and the consummation by Parent and the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and the Company.  The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Agreements by Parent and the Company and the consummation by Parent and the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby will, prior to the Effective Time, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and the Company.  This Agreement has been, and upon their execution each other Investment Agreement and Transaction Agreement to which Parent, the Company, or such Subsidiary is a party shall have been, duly executed by Parent, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of Parent or the Company and, when delivered by Parent, the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, and assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Investment Agreements or Transaction Agreements by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Parent, the Company or such Subsidiary (as applicable), enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(ii)                                  Each of the Subsidiaries of the Company is, or as of the Closing will be, a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing or active status (where applicable) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has (or prior to the Closing will have) the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on the business of the China Division as now being conducted and will be conducted through the Effective Time, except where the failure to be in good standing or to have such power and authority, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has heretofore furnished to the Investor a complete and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended or modified as of the date hereof, of the Company.  Such certificate of incorporation and bylaws are in full force and effect.  The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws in any material respect.

 

(c)                                  Capital Structure.

 

(i)                                     As of the date of this Agreement, and without giving effect to, the Investment, the Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 5,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 1,003 are issued and outstanding. All of the shares of Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding are, as of the date hereof and at all time periods

 

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prior to the Distribution will be, owned of record and beneficially by Parent or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent free and clear of any Encumbrances, except as imposed by applicable securities laws. As of the date hereof and the Closing Date, other than up to 46,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock that are expected to be reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under Company Equity Plans and the number of Investor Shares and AF Investor Shares that will be reserved for issuance, the Company has no shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance. There are no other shares of capital stock or other equity securities (including securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock) of the Company that are outstanding.  All issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the holders of shares of Company Common Stock are not entitled to preemptive rights.

 

(ii)                                  Immediately upon the Closing, the Investor Shares will be (and the additional Investor Shares, if any, issued pursuant to Section 2.4 will be, when so issued) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be owned of record and beneficially by the Investor, free and clear of any Encumbrances other than the transfer restrictions and other terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

(iii)                               No bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of the Company may vote (“Company Voting Debt”) are issued or outstanding.

 

(iv)                              The outstanding share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary of the Company is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and all of the outstanding share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each such Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of any Encumbrances and free of any other material restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity interests, but excluding restrictions under the Securities Act or other Applicable Law relating to securities). The registered capital of each of the Subsidiaries of the Company incorporated in China has been fully contributed, as certified by accountants qualified in China, and any registered capital contributed in non-cash assets has been fully evaluated and verified by valuers qualified in China. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity (other than Subsidiaries of the Company) that is or would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(v)                                 Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c)(v), other than the Investor Shares and the Warrants (and the Warrant Shares), there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, share appreciation rights, performance units, restricted share units, contingent value rights, “phantom” share units or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any share capital or other equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which Parent, the Company or any of their

 

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respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Company Voting Debt, Company Common Stock or other voting securities (including securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, share appreciation right, performance unit, restricted share unit, contingent value right, “phantom” share unit or similar security or right derivative of, or providing economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any share capital or other equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertakings of any kind. There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock or equity interest (including any security convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for any equity interest) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to provide funds to, or make investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person.

 

(vi)                              Other than the Investment Agreements, there are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Company.

 

(vii)                           Except as set forth on Section 3.2(c)(vii) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than indebtedness for borrowed money owing by the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company).

 

(d)                                 The Warrants and Warrant Shares.  Each Warrant, when issued in accordance with this Agreement, will have been duly authorized by the Company and will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company in accordance with its terms, in each case except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and the Warrant Shares will have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of the applicable Warrant and when so issued will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than liens or encumbrances created by this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement, arising as a matter of applicable law or created by or at the direction of any Investor or any of its Affiliates.

 

(e)                                  No Conflicts.

 

(i)                                     The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Shareholders Agreement, and the execution delivery and performance by Parent and the Company of this Agreement do not, and the execution and delivery by Parent, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, of the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Parent, the Company or their respective Subsidiaries is contemplated thereby to be a party will not, and the consummation of the Investment and the transactions contemplated hereby and

 

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thereby will not (A) conflict with or violate any provision of Parent’s, the Company’s or their respective Subsidiaries’ articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws or similar organizational documents or (B) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of or result by its terms in the creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Parent, the Company and their Subsidiaries pursuant to, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time, or both) of, any Contract to which Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or asset of Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is bound or affected in any material respect, or (C) conflict with or result in a violation of any Applicable Law or other restriction of any Governmental Entity to which Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is subject (including federal, state and foreign securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is bound or affected in any material respect; except in the case of each of clauses (B) and (C), such as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Investment Agreement or a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the Company.

 

(ii)                                  No material consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of the Investment Agreements, Transaction Agreements, or the consummation of the Investment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(f)                                   Reports and Financial Statements.

 

(i)                                     As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to file any form, report or other document with the SEC, except that the Form 10 must be filed with the SEC and become effective under the Exchange Act to effect the Distribution.

 

(ii)                                  The combined balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related combined statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, as audited by the Company’s independent public accountants, whose report thereon is included therewith, and (ii) the condensed combined balance sheet of the Company as of May 31, 2016 and the related condensed combined statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the year to date ended May 31, 2016 (such statements, together with the notes thereto, the “Company Financial Statements”), in each case of (i) and (ii), together with notes thereto and as included under the heading “Index to Financial Information” in the Form 10 made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system on August 31, 2016, were prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods indicated and present fairly, in all material respects, the combined results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the Company, as applicable, taken as a whole, as of the respective dates or for the respective periods set forth therein, in each case in accordance with GAAP during the periods covered thereby (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements and subject, in the case of

 

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unaudited financial statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material).

 

(iii)                               None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, determined, fixed, contingent or otherwise) which would be required to be reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company, prepared in accordance with GAAP, except liabilities (A) reflected or reserved against on the Company Financial Statements (including the notes thereto), (B) incurred pursuant to this Agreement or the Investment, (C) incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, (D) incurred or to be incurred in connection with the Distribution and set forth on Section 3.2(f)(iii) to the Disclosure Schedule or (E) that would not and would not reasonably be expected to, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(g)                                  Information Supplied.

 

(i)                                     The Form 10 will not, at the time it becomes effective, 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 in which they were made.

 

(ii)                                  Taking into account matters expressly set forth in the Company Financial Statements, and except for any forward-looking statements or other statements that are predictive in nature, to the Knowledge of the Company, the disclosures set forth in the Form 10 made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system on August 31, 2016 under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business” , do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact.

 

(iii)                               Notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this Section 3.2(g), no representation or warranty is made by Parent or the Company with respect to statements in the Form 10 based on information supplied (or to be supplied) by or on behalf of the Investor or AF for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

(h)                                 Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar commission or fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreements based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries, except PJT Partners, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., whose fees and expenses shall be paid by Parent notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (including Section 9.12).

 

(i)                                     Taxes.

 

(i)                                     All Tax Returns required to be filed by each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been timely filed, or requests for extensions to file such Tax Returns have been timely filed, granted and have not expired, and all such Tax Returns are complete and correct, except to the extent that such failures to file, to have extensions granted that remain in effect or for such Tax Returns to be complete or correct, individually or in the aggregate, would

 

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not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. All material Taxes that are due with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries have been paid or properly accrued in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of the most recent SEC Reports, no Tax liability with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries has been incurred outside the ordinary course of business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice.

 

(ii)                                  No deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed in writing in respect of or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are not adequately reserved for in the financial statements of the Company included in the Company Financial Statements, except for deficiencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.  No written claim has been made to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file an income or franchise Tax Return that any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to income or franchise Taxes in that jurisdiction.

 

(iii)                               None of Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries has taken any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Distribution from qualifying as a distribution eligible for non-recognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code.

 

(iv)                              Other than the Distribution and the Regarded Internal Distributions (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement), within the past five (5) years, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution in which the parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code is applicable.

 

(v)                                 Except for the Transaction Agreements, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreements (excluding any commercial agreements not primarily relating to Taxes).

 

(vi)                              None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to make, or is required to make, any material adjustment affecting any open taxable year or period under Section 481(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law by reason of a change in accounting methods or otherwise.

 

(vii)                           Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable or similar provision of federal, state, local or foreign Applicable Law), as a transferee or successor, or pursuant to any contractual obligation for any Taxes of any Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(viii)                        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in one of the types of transactions the Internal Revenue Service has determined to be a tax avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of published guidance as a “listed transaction,” as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

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transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and Section 361 of the Code (other than with respect to cash in lieu of fractional shares) and (ii) concluding that the Regarded Internal Distributions (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) “should” or “will” qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and Section 361 of the Code (other than with respect to cash in lieu of fractional shares), which opinion shall not have been amended, replaced or revoked as of the Effective Time.

 

(j)                                    Permits; Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

 

(i)                                     There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company and its Subsidiaries or any property or asset of the Company and its Subsidiaries which individually or in the aggregate, has (since December 31, 2015) had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, nor is there any material judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not and would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect Parent’s or the Company’s ability to consummate the Investment.

 

(ii)                                  As of the date of this Agreement, the China Business does, and as of the Closing Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries (A) will hold all material permits, licenses, franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals of all Governmental Entities which, taken as a whole, are necessary and sufficient for the operation of the China Business as currently conducted (the “Company Permits”), and no suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and (B) are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the Company Permit, except in each case where the failure to hold any such Company Permits or the suspension or cancellation of any such Company Permits or the noncompliance with respect to any such Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, and none of such Persons has received since January 1, 2015, any written notices of violations with respect to, any Applicable Laws (including those relating to Food Safety Laws of China and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), except where such violations, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(k)                                 Intellectual Property. (i) Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, Parent and its Subsidiaries (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries) exclusively own the KFC, PIZZA HUT and TACO BELL Trademarks; the Company or its Subsidiaries exclusively owns the EAST DAWNING, LITTLE SHEEP and ATTO PRIMO Trademarks; and (ii)  except as set forth in the SEC Reports or the Company Financial Statements and except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (A) Parent, Company or a Subsidiary exclusively owns all other material proprietary Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the China Division as currently conducted, in each case in China, free and clear of any Encumbrances; (B) the Company or its Subsidiaries own or are licensed to use, all other Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the China Division as currently conducted; (C) all registered Intellectual Property that is owned by Parent, the Company or the Subsidiaries and used in the China Division as currently conducted is subsisting and unexpired, and to the Knowledge of

 

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the Company, valid and enforceable; and the use of such Intellectual Property by the Company or its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any Person; (D) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by and/or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there is no claim or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (including cease-and-desist letters or invitations to take patent license) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries challenging their respective use of Intellectual Property; (F) no Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is being used by or enforced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in the abandonment, cancellation or unenforceability of such Intellectual Property; and (G) the Company or its Subsidiaries use commercially reasonable efforts to protect and maintain the security, operation and integrity of all material systems and Computer Software (and all data stored therein or processed thereby) used in the conduct of the China Division as currently conducted and there have been no material breaches, outages, violations or unauthorized access to the same.

 

(l)                                     Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(i)                                     Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the China Business, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the Transactions will not: (A) result in any payment becoming due, accelerate the time of payment or vesting of benefits, or increase the amount of compensation due to any Employee, or (B) trigger any funding obligation under any Benefit Plan.

 

(ii)                                  Section 3.2(l)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of each Company Equity Plan, as amended or modified as of the date hereof, which will be in effect as of the Effective Time. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has furnished or otherwise made available to the Investor a complete and correct copy of each and every Company Equity Plan or, with respect to any Company Equity Plan that is expected to be adopted after the date hereof and which will be in effect as of the Effective Time, a copy of such Company Equity Plan substantially in the form that will be adopted.

 

(m)                             Title to Assets. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased assets, valid leasehold interests in, all their respective assets (other than assets that have been sold or disposed of, or for which a leasehold interest has expired or not been removed, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), except where the failure to have such good and valid title, or valid leasehold interest, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(n)                                 Anti-Corruption. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director or officer of the foregoing, acting in their capacity as such, has (A) made or offered any unlawful payment, or offered or promised to make any unlawful payment, or provided or offered or promised to provide anything of value (whether in the form of property or services or in any other form), to any foreign or domestic official or

 

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employee of any Governmental Entity (which, for the purposes of this Section 3.2(n), also includes any political party or candidate), or to any finder, agent, representative or other party acting for, on behalf of, or under the auspices of any official or employee of any Governmental Entity (each, a “Government Official”) for purposes of unlawfully (i) influencing any act or decision of any Government Official in his or her official capacity, (ii) inducing any Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his or her lawful duty, (iii) securing any improper advantage; or (iv) inducing any Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, in each case for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or directing business to any person; (B) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity or (C) taken any other action or made any omission that would or would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any other law of the United States, China, or of any other jurisdiction where the Company conducts business governing corrupt practices, commercial bribery, money laundering, pay-to-play, anti-bribery or anticorruption or that otherwise prohibits payments to any government or public officials or employees.

 

(o)                                 Real Property.

 

(i)                                     Except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title and validly granted land use rights and real property ownership rights to all real property relating to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries that is owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than (A) Taxes, assessments and other governmental levies, fees or charges imposed which are not yet due and payable, or which are being contested by appropriate proceedings or that may thereafter be paid without material penalty, (B) statutory Encumbrances of landlords and Encumbrances of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, workmen, repairmen and other Encumbrances imposed by Applicable Law, (C) zoning, building codes and other land use laws regulating the use or occupancy of such real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such real property which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real property or the operation of the business thereon, (D) defects or imperfections of title, easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions and other similar matters of record affecting title to such real property which do not or would not materially impair the use or occupancy of such real property in the operation of the business conducted thereon, and (E) any other Encumbrances that have been incurred or suffered in the ordinary course of business and that have not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (“Permitted Property Encumbrances”).

 

(ii)                                  Except as has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (A) all current leases and subleases of Leased Real Property (each, a “Company Lease”) are valid and in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms in all respects (except those which are cancelled, rescinded or terminated after the date hereof in accordance with their terms and this Agreement), (B) the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, has good and valid leasehold or subleasehold interests in each parcel of Leased Real Property, free and clear of any Encumbrances other than Permitted Property Encumbrances, (C) to the Knowledge of the

 

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Company, there is no claim asserted or threatened by any Person regarding the lessor’s ownership of the property demised pursuant to each Company Lease, (D) each Company Lease is in compliance with Applicable Law, including with respect to the ownership and operation of property and conduct of business as now conducted by the applicable Subsidiary of the Company which is a party to such Company Lease and (E) the leasehold interests under the Company Leases are adequate for the conduct of the China Business as currently conducted except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, or has received written notice of, any violation of or default under (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would cause such a violation of or default under) any Company Lease which would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(p)                                 Environmental Compliance. Except as has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, the China Business is in compliance with any and all Applicable Laws and regulations relating to (i) the protection of health, safety, or the environment or (ii) the handling, use, transportation, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) and has obtained and possess all permits, licenses and other authorizations currently required for their establishment and their operation under any Environmental Law (the “Environmental Permits”), and all such Environmental Permits are in full force and effect. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, there are no actual or alleged costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including any capital or operating expenditures required for cleanup, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval and any potential liabilities to third parties).  Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no property currently or formerly owned or operated by the China Business has been contaminated with or is releasing any hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants in a manner that would reasonably be expected to require remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law.  Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no member of the China Business has received any notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law.  Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no member of the China Business is subject to any order, decree or injunction with any Governmental Entity or agreement with any person concerning liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.

 

(q)                                 Material Contracts.

 

(i)                                     Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company:

 

(A)       each Material Contract is in full force and effect (except for those contracts or agreements that have expired in accordance with their terms), is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the member of the China

 

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Business party thereto, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, of each other party thereto, in full force and effect and enforceable against the member of the China Business, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in accordance with its terms, in each case except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;

 

(B)       each member of the China Business has performed or is performing all obligations required to be performed by it under the Material Contracts and is not (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) or is not alleged to be in breach or violation thereof or default thereunder;

 

(C)       no other party to any of the Material Contracts is (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) or is alleged to be in breach or violation, or default thereunder;

 

(D)       no Person has indicated in writing its intention to terminate any Material Contract; and

 

(E)        neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Investment or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or the Plan of Reorganization shall constitute a material default under, give rise to cancellation rights under, or otherwise adversely affect any of the material rights of the Company of any of its Subsidiaries under any Material Contract.

 

(r)                                    Absence of Certain Changes.

 

(i)                                     Except as specifically contemplated or permitted by the Investment Agreements, the Plan of Reorganization or as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Disclosure Schedule, or the Company Financial Statements, since December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement: (A) on the one hand, the Company and its Subsidiaries and, on the other hand, the members of the China Business, have operated their respective business only in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice; and (B) there has not been any event, change, circumstance or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(ii)                                  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, from December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in the Plan of Reorganization, SEC Reports or the Company Financial Statements, none of Parent, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries have taken any action that, if taken without the consent of the Investor during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, would constitute a breach of ARTICLE IV.

 

(iii)                               Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2015, none of the Parent, the Company and their respective

 

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Subsidiaries has declared, set aside or paid any dividend or other distribution, whether payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any of its respective capital stock or other securities.

 

(s)                                   Plan of Reorganization. The Plan of Reorganization attached hereto is complete and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and sets forth, in reasonable detail, all of the material internal restructuring, contribution, assignment and assumption transactions that were undertaken in order to complete the internal restructuring of the China Business. Parent and its Affiliates have completed the internal restructuring, contribution, assignment and assumption transactions in all material respects as described by the Plan of Reorganization.  The Company wholly-owns, directly or indirectly, in all material respects, the China Division.

 

(t)                                    Resolutions. Pursuant to resolutions provided to the Investor prior to the date hereof, the Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously approved, and at the written request of the Investor will provide further unanimous approval at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Time, for the express purpose of exempting the Investment and any related transactions from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement, including the acquisition of the Investor Shares, Warrant 1 and Warrant 2, any disposition of Warrant 1 and Warrant 2 upon the exercise thereof, any acquisition of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Warrant 1 and Warrant 2, any deemed acquisition or disposition in connection therewith, and all transactions related thereto.

 

(u)                                 No Other Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.2 are the only representations and warranties made by Parent and the Company (or any of their respective Affiliates) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Section 3.2, none of Parent, the Company or each of their respective Affiliates makes any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and each of Parent, the Company and their respective Affiliates hereby disclaim all liability and responsibility for any and all projections, forecasts, estimates, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such forecasts, estimates, projections, plans or prospects), management presentations, financial statements, internal ratings, financial information, appraisals, statements, promises, advice, data or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing, including electronically) to any Investor or any of its Affiliates or representatives, including omissions therefrom.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE INVESTMENT

 

Section 4.1                          Conduct of Business Pending the Investment.

 

(a)                       Parent and the Company agree that, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, except as required by Applicable Law or as set forth in

 

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Section 4.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule or as expressly provided by any other provision of this Agreement, unless the Investor shall otherwise provide its prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)                                         Parent and the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the China Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and

 

(ii)                                      Parent and Company shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to, maintain in effect all Company Permits, keep available the services of the current officers, key employees, and key consultants and contractors of the China Business and preserve the current material relationships and goodwill of the China Business with Governmental Entities, key customers and suppliers, and any other persons with whom any member of the China Business has relations.

 

(b)                       In furtherance and without limitation of Section 4.1(a), except as set forth in Section 4.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Plan of Reorganization, the Transaction Agreements (including any exhibit or schedule thereto) or as required by Applicable Law or as expressly provided by any other provision of the Investment Agreements, Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, with respect to the China Business, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, do any of the following without the prior written consent of the Investor (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)                                         amend or otherwise change the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of the Company;

 

(ii)                                      sell, transfer, lease, sublease, license, pledge, dispose of, grant or Encumber, or authorize the sale, transfer, lease, sublease, license, pledge, disposition, grant or Encumbrance any material property, rights or assets of the China Business (other than (x) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or (y) in transactions solely among the Company’s wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between the Company and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);

 

(iii)                                   declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, shares, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its shares, other than dividends or other distributions from any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another Subsidiary which is wholly-owned by the Company;

 

(iv)                                  issue any of its shares, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights exchangeable into or convertible or exercisable for any of its capital stock, in each case other than in connection with the settlement of any Share Awards in accordance with the applicable Benefit Plan and this Agreement at any time prior to the Effective Time;

 

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(v)                                     (A) acquire (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, amalgamation or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination) or make any capital contribution or investment in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof (other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company), or (B) acquire any assets (other than (x) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (y) assets of a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company), in each case in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(vi)                                  create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money, or issue guarantees, loans or advances, in each case, in excess of $50,000,000 individually or $100,000,000 in the aggregate, other than (A) borrowings under existing credit facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of this Agreement solely to fund operating expenses in the ordinary course of business, (B) any transactions among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries, (C) guarantees of indebtedness for borrowed money of any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company by the Company or guarantees by any such Subsidiary of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, which indebtedness is incurred in compliance with this Section 4.1(b)(vi), (D) issuances of commercial paper by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries backed by the existing credit facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of this Agreement and (E) indebtedness for borrowed money incurred to replace, renew, extend or refinance any existing indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in an amount not to exceed the amount of the indebtedness replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced (plus interest and premium, if any, thereon and the amount of reasonable refinancing fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith) and on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than the terms of the indebtedness replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced;

 

(vii)                               engage in the conduct of any new line of business material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(viii)                            fail to maintain sufficient working capital required to operate the China Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice;

 

(ix)                                  enter into, amend or modify any Related Party Agreement or grant any consents or waivers thereunder in favor of a party thereto other than the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(x)                                     make any material amendment or modification to any Transaction Agreement (or enter into any Transaction Agreement in a form containing any material amendment or modification to the applicable form attached hereto); or

 

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(xi)                                  authorize or agree to take any of the foregoing actions, or enter into any letter of intent (binding or non-binding) or similar written agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

ARTICLE V

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 5.1                                    Public Announcements; Periodic Reports. The Parties shall each use reasonable best efforts to develop a joint communications plan and each Party shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that all press releases and other public statements with respect to the Transactions shall be consistent with such joint communications plan. Without prejudice to the foregoing, (a) the press release announcing the execution of this Agreement and/or the consummation of the Investment shall be issued only in such form as shall be mutually agreed by the Parties and (b) except as may be required by Applicable Law, Parent, the Company and Investor shall consult with each other before issuing any press release, having any communications with the press (whether or not for attribution), making any other public statement or scheduling any press conference or conference call with investors, stockholders or analysts with respect to this Agreement or the Investment, and shall not, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, issue any such press release, have any such communication, make any such other public statement or schedule any such press conference or conference call prior to such consultation; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) Parent and/or the Company shall be permitted in their sole discretion to issue any press release or make any other public statement contained in, or made in connection with, the Form 10 and/or the Distribution, as well as make any amendments or modifications to the Form 10 that either such Party believes are appropriate or required and (ii) Parent and/or the Company shall be permitted to make public disclosures relating to this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement and the Investment in one or more of its periodic filings with the SEC as required by Applicable Law, except that after the initial press release, no information may be included in any press release (other than information which is already publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.1) relating to the Investor, its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, without the prior written consent of the Investor (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, that no such consent shall be required for any such information that is consistent with information or statements previously publicly disclosed and consented to by Investor.

 

Section 5.2                                    Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment. After the date hereof and until the second (2nd) anniversary of the date on which the Distribution occurs, the Investor shall not, and shall cause each of the Investor’s Investor Tax Affiliates not to, (x) without the prior written consent of Parent and the Company, acquire any shares of Parent Common Stock or any shares of capital stock of the Company (other than the Warrant Shares and any shares of Company Common Stock acquired in accordance with Section 2.4(c)), or (y) without the prior written consent of the Company, acquire any shares of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided that, subject in all respects to Section 2.2 of the Shareholders Agreement, nothing in this Section 5.2 shall prohibit the Investor or any Investor Tax Affiliate, after the Closing, from acquiring any share of capital stock of the Company or Parent so long as the Investor, together with each Investor Tax Affiliate, does not directly or indirectly acquire stock (in the aggregate

 

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and taking into account the Investment) representing a “50 percent or greater interest” (within the meaning of Section 355(d)(4) of the Code) in either Parent or the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, neither Parent, the Company nor any of their Subsidiaries shall be considered an Investor Tax Affiliate for purposes of the preceding sentence.

 

Section 5.3                                    Shareholders Agreement; Organizational Documents.

 

(a)                                 The Company and the Investor shall take all necessary action to, simultaneously with the Closing, execute and deliver the shareholders agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

 

(b)                                 Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent, as the sole shareholder of the Company, shall approve and adopt the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits F and G, respectively (reflecting the amendment(s), if any, set forth on Section 4.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule).

 

Section 5.4                                    Financing Contingency. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the arrangement and obtaining of financing is not a condition to the Closing, and reaffirms its obligation to consummate the Investment irrespective and independently of the availability of any financing, subject to fulfillment or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing, Investor shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, as promptly as possible, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain the Equity Financing under the ECL on the terms and conditions described in the ECL.  Investor shall give Parent and the Company prompt written notice (i) of any material breach or default by any party to the ECL, (ii) if and when Investor becomes aware of any material adverse change with respect to the Equity Financing, (iii) of the receipt of any written notice or other written communication form any Person with respect to any material breach, default or termination by any party to the ECL, and (iv) any expiration or termination of the ECL.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, compliance by the Investor with this Section 5.4 shall not relieve Investor of its obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 5.5                                    Transaction Agreements. Other than when and as may be expressly permitted by the Shareholders Agreement, none of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates and/or Subsidiaries shall (x) enter into, make, propose or agree to any material amendment or modification of any of the Transaction Agreements to which any of them is or is proposed to be a party or (y) waive compliance with any material obligations of any party thereunder without the prior written consent of the Investor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5 shall be without prejudice to Parent’s right to consummate (or abandon) the Distribution in Parent’s sole discretion.

 

Section 5.6                                    Transition Services Agreement . The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything contained in ARTICLE IV to the contrary, Parent and the Company (or their respective Subsidiaries following the Distribution) may enter into a transition services agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”) on the key terms set forth in

 

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Section 5.6 of the Disclosure Schedule, among, on the one hand, certain of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) and, on the other hand, certain of the Company and its Subsidiaries, that provides for, among other things, the provision of certain transition services by or on behalf of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries on customary terms and providing for fees which are no more favorable to Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) than those which the Company could reasonably obtain in a negotiation with a third party who is not an Affiliate.

 

Section 5.7                                    Notification of Certain Matters. Each of the Company, Parent and the Investor shall promptly notify the other Parties in writing of:

 

(a)                                 any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements;

 

(b)                                 any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements; and

 

(c)                                  any Actions commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company or the Knowledge of the Investor threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Investor, or Parent and any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, that relate to such Party’s ability to consummate the Transactions or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.

 

Section 5.8                                    Access to Information. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, each of Parent and the Company shall keep the Investor reasonably informed of any material development of the proposed Distribution (including the status thereof) and,  upon reasonable notice, each of Parent and the Company shall (and each shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to) afford to the Investor and its officers, accountants, counsel, and financial advisors reasonable access, during normal business hours, to (a) the books and records principally relating to the China Business and (b) the senior management employees of the Company; provided, however, that Parent or the Company may restrict the foregoing access to the extent that (i) any Applicable Laws or Material Contract requires Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or information or (ii) disclosure of such information would violate confidentiality obligations to a third party (who is not an outside advisor of Parent and/or the Company). The Investor will hold any such information obtained pursuant to this Section 5.8 in confidence in accordance with, and will otherwise be subject to, the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement dated February 4, 2016 between Parent and Primavera Capital Limited (as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Confidentiality Agreement”).  Notwithstanding anything in the Confidentiality Agreement or this Agreement to the contrary, following the Closing, (x) any disclosure of information (other than any information relating to the Parent or its Subsidiaries (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company and its Subsidiaries)) that is not prohibited by Section 3.2 of the Shareholders Agreement shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.8 or the Confidentiality Agreement, (y) any action that is not prohibited by Section 2.2 of the Shareholders Agreement

 

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shall not be deemed to be a breach of the standstill obligations of the Investor solely in respect of the Company set forth in the seventh paragraph of the Confidentiality Agreement, and (z) except as provided in (x) and (y), nothing in this Section 5.8 shall be construed to limit or otherwise modify the provisions or term of the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive any termination of this Agreement.  Any investigation by the Investor shall not affect the representations and warranties contained herein or the conditions to the respective obligations of the Parties to consummate the Investment.

 

Section 5.9                                    Public Filings. Prior to filing any amendment or supplement to the Form 10, the Company and Parent shall provide the Investor with a copy of such amendment or supplement (including all exhibits to be filed therewith) and provide the Investor with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any section(s) or portion(s) of such amendment or supplement relating to the Investor, its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or the material terms of the Investment, and the Company and Parent shall consider in good faith any such comments.  If the Investor disagrees with any material matters in any such section(s) or portion(s) of such amendment or supplement (including all exhibits to be filed therewith), the Investor may raise such objection with the Company and Parent no later than five (5) calendar days following receipt by the Investor of such amendment or supplement (including all exhibits to be filed therewith) and the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to resolve any such objections; provided that no information may be included (x) in any amendment or supplement to the Form 10, and (y) any correspondence filed with the SEC with respect thereto, (other than information which is already publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.9) relating to the Investor, its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or the material terms of the Investment, without the prior written consent of the Investor (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

Section 5.10                             Section 16 Matters.  After the Effective Time, if the Company or its Subsidiaries takes any action, including becoming a party to a consolidation, merger or other similar transaction, if there is any event or circumstance that may result in the Investor, its Affiliates and/or any Investor Affiliated Director being deemed to have made a disposition or acquisition of Equity Securities of the Company or derivatives thereof for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and if any Investor Affiliated Director is serving on the Board of Directors of the Company at such time or has served on the Board of Directors of the Company during the preceding six (6) months (i) to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Board of Directors of the Company or a properly delegated committee thereof composed solely of two or more “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act will pre-approve such acquisition or disposition of Equity Securities of the Company or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the Investor’s, its Affiliates’ and any Investor Affiliated Director’s interests (for the Investor and/or its Affiliates, to the extent such persons may be deemed to be “directors by deputization”) in such transaction from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder and (ii) if the transaction involves (A) a potential acquisition or deemed acquisition, or disposition or deemed disposition, by the Investor, its Affiliates, and/or any Investor Affiliated Director of Equity Securities of such other issuer or derivatives thereof and (B) an Affiliate or other designee of the Investor or its Affiliates will serve on the Board of Directors (or its equivalent) of such other issuer, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to require, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, that such other issuer

 

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pre-approve any such acquisitions or dispositions of Equity Securities or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the interests of the Investor, its Affiliates and any Investor Affiliated Directors (for the Investor and/or its Affiliates, to the extent such persons may be deemed to be “directors by deputization” of such other issuer) in such transactions from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTMENT

 

Section 6.1                                    Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the Investment are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No Applicable Laws shall have been adopted, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Entity, and no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by a court or other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction (an “Injunction”) shall be in effect, having the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(b)                                 No Pending Governmental Actions. No proceeding initiated by any Governmental Entity seeking an Injunction having the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions shall be pending.

 

Section 6.2                                    Conditions to the Obligations of Investor. The obligations of the Investor to consummate the Investment are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties. (i) Other than the Company and Parent Fundamental Representations, the representations and warranties of the Company and Parent contained in this Agreement (disregarding for this purpose any limitation or qualification by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any words of similar import set forth therein) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except to the extent such failures to be true and correct, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the Company, (ii) the representation set forth in Section 3.2(r)(i)(B) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time, and (iii) the Company and Parent Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date).

 

(b)                                 Agreements and Covenants. Each of the Company and Parent shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing.

 

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(c)                                  Material Adverse Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date, there shall not have occurred and be continuing any event, change, circumstance or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(d)                                 Officer Certificate. Parent and the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by a senior executive officer of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 6.2(a)-(c), (e) and (f).

 

(e)                                  Board Representation. The Investor Designee shall have been appointed or elected to the Board of Directors of the Company, such appointment or election to be effective on the Business Day immediately following the Closing.

 

(f)                                   Organizational Documents. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company shall be substantially in the form attached hereto in Exhibit F and Exhibit G, respectively.

 

Section 6.3                                    Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Investment are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties. Other than the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in Section 3.1(a), Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(e), Section 3.1(f), Section 3.1(g), Section 3.1(h) and Section 3.1(j), (i) the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Agreement (disregarding for this purpose any limitation or qualification by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any words of similar import set forth therein) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except to the extent such failures to be true and correct, would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor and (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(a), Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(e), Section 3.1(f)Section 3.1(g), Section 3.1(h) and Section 3.1(j) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date).

 

(b)                                 Agreements and Covenants. The Investor shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)                                  Officer Certificate.  Investor shall have delivered to Parent and the Company a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by a signatory duly authorized by the general partner of the Investor to act on behalf of the Investor, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 6.3(a)-(b).

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

 

Section 7.1                                    Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a)                                 by the mutual written consent of Parent and the Investor;

 

(b)                                 by either Parent or the Investor, if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 31, 2017; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to any Party if the circumstances described in this Section 7.1(b) are primarily caused by such Party’s (which, with respect to Parent, includes the Company) failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)                                  by Parent, if there shall have been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Investor set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) would not be satisfied; provided however, that, Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) if Parent or the Company is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements hereunder;

 

(d)                                 by the Investor, if there shall have been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or the Company set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) would not be satisfied; provided however, that, the Investor shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) if either Investor is then in material breach of any of their representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements hereunder; or

 

(e)                                  by the Investor, if there shall have occurred and be continuing any event, change, circumstance or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall automatically terminate (without any further action of any of the Parties hereto) and be of no further force or effect, if, prior to the Effective Time, Parent publicly announces that the Distribution has been abandoned.

 

Section 7.2                                    Effect of Termination.  In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of the Investor, Parent, or the Company or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and other representatives under this Agreement; provided that Section 5.1, this Section 7.2, and ARTICLE IX shall survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 and provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for its willful and intentional breach of this Agreement prior to such termination. For purpose of this Section 7.2, “willful and intentional” shall mean an action taken with the actual knowledge of the Party taking such action that such action violates this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 8.1                                    Survival of Representations and Warranties. (a) The Company and Parent Fundamental Representations shall survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until the second (2nd) anniversary of the Closing Date, and (b) the Company’s and Parent’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(f)(ii) and Section 3.2(g) shall survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date (such period the “Expiration Period”).  No other representation or warranty shall survive the Closing.  If the Investor (or any Indemnified Person) delivers written notice (setting forth, to the extent practicable, in reasonable detail the basis for an indemnifiable claim pursuant to Section 8.2) to Parent or the Company, as applicable, for a claim for indemnification or recovery within the applicable Expiration Period, such claim shall survive until satisfied, or otherwise finally resolved or judicially determined.  No covenant or agreement contained herein that by its terms is to be performed prior to the Closing Date shall survive the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 8.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the Parties which by its term contemplates performance after the Closing Date.

 

Section 8.2                                    Indemnification by Parent and the Company.

 

(a)                                 In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Investor Shares and the Warrants, in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, Parent agrees, from and after the Closing, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and its respective Affiliates, shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all Losses of any Indemnified Person as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to any misrepresentation or breach by Parent or the Company of any Company and Parent Fundamental Representations (other than the representations set forth in Section 3.2(h)); and the Company agrees, from and after the Closing, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Losses of any Indemnified Person as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to any misrepresentation or breach by the Parent or Company of the representations set forth in Section 3.2(h).

 

(b)                                 The Company agrees, from and after the Closing, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Losses of any Indemnified Person as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to any misrepresentation or breach of the representations or warranties made in Section 3.2(f)(ii) and Section 3.2(g).

 

Section 8.3                                    Limitations on Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall have no liability to the Indemnified Persons under Section 8.2(b) with respect to any misrepresentation or breach of any such representation or warranty unless the aggregate amount of the Losses actually suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 8.2(b) exceeds one-half of a percent (0.5%) of the Investor Purchase Price, in which case the Company shall be liable only for Losses pursuant to Section 8.2(b) in excess of such amount.

 

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(b)                                 The maximum aggregate liabilities of the Company in respect of the Losses pursuant to Section 8.2(b) with respect to any misrepresentation or breach of representations and warranties made by the Company and/or Parent shall be subject to a cap equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Investor Purchase Price.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of the limitations set forth in this ARTICLE VIII shall apply to any intentional fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by Parent, the Company, the Investor or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreements and the Transaction Agreements.

 

Section 8.4                                    Treatment of Indemnity Payments. All payments required to be paid pursuant to this ARTICLE VIII shall be treated as an adjustment to the Investor Purchase Price for Tax purposes, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 9.1                                    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by telecopy or telefacsimile, (c) on the second Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (d) on the date received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice

 

(a)                                 if to the Company, to

 

Yum China Holdings, Inc.
16/F Two Grand Gateway
3 Hongqiao Road
Shanghai 200030
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Shella Ng, Chief Legal Officer
Facsimile: +86-21-2407-7898

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to

 

Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Paul L. Choi

Beth E. Flaming

Facsimile: (312) 853-7036

 

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(b)                                 if to the Investor, to

 

Pollos Investment L.P.

c/o Primavera Capital Limited
28
th Floor, 28 Hennessy Road

Hong Kong
Attention: Ena Leung
Facsimile: +852-3767-5001

 

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

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017
Attention: Patrick J. Naughton
Facsimile: +1-212-455-2502

 

(c)                                  if to Parent, to

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.
1441 Gardiner Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40213
Attention:  Scott Catlett
Facsimile:  (502) 874-8790

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention:  Benjamin M. Roth
Facsimile:  (212) 403-2000

 

and

 

Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention:  Frederick B. Thomas

Jodi A. Simala

Facsimile:  (312) 706-8436

 

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice as provided above.

 

Section 9.2                                    Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or changed, and no provision hereof may be waived by any Party, except by an instrument in writing making specific reference to this Agreement signed on behalf of each of the Parties hereto. The failure of any Party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of those rights.

 

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Section 9.3                                    Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” and “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

Section 9.4                                    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one Party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

Section 9.5                                    Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement, and the exhibits and schedules hereto, including Exhibit A (Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement), Exhibit B (Form of Employee Matters Agreement), Exhibit C (Form of Tax Matters Agreement), Exhibit D (Form of Master License Agreement), Exhibit E (Form of Name License Agreement), Exhibit F (Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company), Exhibit G (Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company), Exhibit H (Form of Shareholders Agreement), the Transition Services Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement and the other agreements and instruments of the Parties delivered in connection herewith and therewith constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(b)                                 Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights upon any Person other than the Parties and each such Party’s respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.6                                    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to any choice of law principles thereof that would cause the application of the laws of another jurisdiction).

 

Section 9.7                                    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, and the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid and unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.  Upon any such determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect, as closely as possible, the original intent of the Parties. The Parties intend that the remedies hereon contained in this Agreement be construed as integral provisions of this Agreement and that such remedies shall not be severable in any manner that reduces a Party’s liability or obligation hereunder.

 

Section 9.8                                    Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

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Section 9.9                                    Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Investor, Parent and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (or if, (but only if) the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware), with respect to any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to the addresses set forth on this Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against any such party in any such court.  Each of the Investor, Parent and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in the Delaware Court of Chancery (or if, (but only if) the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE INVESTOR, PARENT AND THE COMPANY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY AND/OR ANY DEFENSES BASED UPON THE VENUE, THE INCONVENIENCE OF THE FORUM, OR THE LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT ARISING FROM SUCH DISPUTE WITH JURISDICTION AND/OR VENUE SO SELECTED.

 

Section 9.10                             Enforcement. Each Party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to seek an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof. In addition, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party hereto will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Applicable Law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

 

Section 9.11                             Disclosure Schedule. The mere inclusion of an item in the relevant Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation, warranty or covenant shall not be deemed an acknowledgment that such matter or item is required to be disclosed therein or is material to a representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement, and shall not be an admission by a party that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item, alone or together with any other item, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Investor, Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary of the foregoing, as applicable.

 

Section 9.12                             Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the Party or Parties, as applicable, incurring such expenses.

 

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Section 9.13                             Transfer Taxes.  The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp and similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of the Investor Shares.

 

Section 9.14                             Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.15                             Mutual Drafting. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of Investor, Parent, and the Company and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

 

Section 9.16                             No-Recourse; No Partnership.  Only the Parties shall have any obligation or liability under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything that may be express or implied in this Agreement, no recourse under this Agreement, shall be had against any current or future Affiliate of the Investor, any current or future direct or indirect shareholder, member, general or limited partner, controlling Person or other beneficial owners of the Investor or of any such Affiliate, any of their respective representatives or any of the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, “Non-Liable Persons”), whether by enforcement of any assessment or any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other Applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed  on or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Liable Person for any obligation of the Investor under this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Non-Liable Person who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 9.16 shall limit in any respect any of the rights of the Company, or any liability of Investor or the Fund, under the ECL. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership among any of the Parties hereto.

 

Section 9.17                             No Conflict.  Parent hereby acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything contained in any Transaction Agreement to the contrary, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be in breach of any of their respective obligations or suffer any other negative consequences pursuant to any Transaction Agreement due to any fact or circumstance arising out of any action taken by the Investor, or any of its Affiliates, in accordance with, and as permitted by, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement, including any acquisition of securities of the Company that would be permitted pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Micky Pant

 

 

Name

Micky Pant

 

 

Title

CEO

 

 

 

 

YUM! BRANDS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Gibbs

 

 

Name

David Gibbs

 

 

Title

President and CFO

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]

 



 

 

POLLOS INVESTMENT L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Collins

 

 

Name

Michael Collins

 

 

Title

Director

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]

 


Exhibit 99.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

 

AMONG

 

YUM! BRANDS, INC.,

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

AND

 

API (HONG KONG) INVESTMENT LIMITED

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

2

 

 

 

Section 1.1

Definitions

2

 

 

 

ARTICLE II INVESTMENT

12

 

 

 

Section 2.1

Investment

12

 

 

 

Section 2.2

Closing Deliverables

12

 

 

 

Section 2.3

Closing

13

 

 

 

Section 2.4

Post-Closing Adjustment; Warrants Issuance

13

 

 

 

Section 2.5

Illustrative Calculations

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

15

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Representations and Warranties of Investor

15

 

 

 

Section 3.2

Representations and Warranties of Parent and the Company

19

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV Conduct of Business Pending the Investment

32

 

 

 

Section 4.1

Conduct of Business Pending the Investment

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE V COVENANTS

34

 

 

 

Section 5.1

Public Announcements

34

 

 

 

Section 5.2

Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment

35

 

 

 

Section 5.3

Shareholders Agreement; Organizational Documents

35

 

 

 

Section 5.4

Financing Contingency

35

 

 

 

Section 5.5

Transaction Agreements

35

 

 

 

Section 5.6

Transition Services Agreement

36

 

 

 

Section 5.7

Notification of Certain Matters

36

 

 

 

Section 5.8

Access to Information

36

 

 

 

Section 5.9

Public Filings

37

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTMENT

37

 

 

 

Section 6.1

Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party

37

 

 

 

Section 6.2

Conditions to the Obligations of Investor

38

 

 

 

Section 6.3

Conditions to the Obligations of the Company

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

39

 

 

 

Section 7.1

Termination

39

 

 

 

Section 7.2

Effect of Termination

40

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

40

 

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Section 8.1

Survival of Representations and Warranties

40

 

 

 

Section 8.2

Indemnification by Parent and the Company

41

 

 

 

Section 8.3

Limitations on Indemnification

41

 

 

 

Section 8.4

Treatment of Indemnity Payments

42

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS

42

 

 

 

Section 9.1

Notices

42

 

 

 

Section 9.2

Amendment and Waiver

43

 

 

 

Section 9.3

Interpretation

43

 

 

 

Section 9.4

Counterparts

44

 

 

 

Section 9.5

Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries

44

 

 

 

Section 9.6

Governing Law

44

 

 

 

Section 9.7

Severability

44

 

 

 

Section 9.8

Assignment

44

 

 

 

Section 9.9

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

45

 

 

 

Section 9.10

Enforcement

45

 

 

 

Section 9.11

Disclosure Schedule

45

 

 

 

Section 9.12

Fees and Expenses

45

 

 

 

Section 9.13

Transfer Taxes

46

 

 

 

Section 9.14

Descriptive Headings

46

 

 

 

Section 9.15

Mutual Drafting

46

 

 

 

Section 9.16

No-Recourse; No Partnership

46

 

 

 

Section 9.17

Relationship between PV and the Investor

46

 

 

 

Section 9.18

No Conflict

47

 

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EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement

Exhibit B

 

 

Form of Employee Matters Agreement

Exhibit C

 

 

Form of Tax Matters Agreement

Exhibit D

 

 

Form of Master License Agreement

Exhibit E

 

 

Form of Name License Agreement

Exhibit F

 

 

Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Exhibit G

 

 

Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Exhibit H

 

 

Form of Shareholders Agreement

Exhibit I

 

 

Plan of Reorganization

 

ANNEXES

 

ANNEX A-1:             Form of Warrant 1

ANNEX A-2:             Form of Warrant 2

ANNEX B:                        Excluded Persons

 

SCHEDULES

 

Disclosure Schedule

Investor Disclosure Schedule

 

1.1

 

 

Competing Business

2.5

 

 

Illustrative Calculations

 

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INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

 

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2016 (this “Agreement”), among Yum! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Parent”); Yum China Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, as of the date hereof (prior to, and without giving effect to, the Investment (as defined below) contemplated hereby and the Distribution (as defined below)), a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Company”); and API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “Investor” and, collectively with Parent and the Company, the “Parties”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Parent and its Affiliates have completed the internal restructuring, contribution, assignment and assumption transactions in all material respects as described by the Plan of Reorganization attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Plan of Reorganization”), such that the Company now wholly-owns, directly or indirectly, in its entirety, the China Division (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Parent and the Company desire to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor desires to purchase from the Company, newly-issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (the “Investment”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Investment, the Company will issue to the Investor certain Warrants (as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Parent intends to distribute, immediately prior to the Investment, all of the shares of Company Common Stock then-owned by Parent to the holders of Parent Common Stock in a transaction (the “Distribution” and together with the Investment, the “Transactions”), pursuant to a Separation and Distribution Agreement to be entered into among Parent, the Company and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

 

WHEREAS, the Distribution is intended to qualify as tax-free under Section 355 and Section 361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Pollos Investment L.P. (“PV”) is entering into an investment agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Company to PV of certain Company Common Stock and Warrants on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “PV Investment Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, Parent, the Company and the Investor each desires to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Transactions and to prescribe the various conditions to the Transactions.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                    Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in this Agreement or, when so indicated, in the applicable Transaction Agreement. As used in this Agreement:

 

Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)(i).

 

Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share” means the price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, obtained by multiplying (i) the volume weighted average price of a share of Company Common Stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange during the Measurement Period by (ii) 0.92; provided, that if the foregoing product is greater than the Upper Benchmark, the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share shall be equal to the Upper Benchmark, and if the foregoing product is less than the Lower Benchmark, the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share shall be equal to the Lower Benchmark.

 

AF Reserved Matters” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17.

 

Affiliate” means (except as specifically otherwise defined), when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided that from and after the Closing, (x) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Affiliate of Parent or its Subsidiaries; and (y) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the Investor, “Affiliate” shall mean (i) Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd., or (ii) a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, is controlled by Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd., but in any event excluding the Persons listed in Annex B hereto and their respective controlled Persons; provided, that solely for purposes of Sections 3.1(b) and 3.1(c) hereof, the first two Persons set forth on Annex B shall only be excluded to the extent such Persons would not otherwise be deemed to be an Affiliate under this definition.  For purposes of this definition, “control” (including with its correlative meanings “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified 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 or other interests, by contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment, undertaking or otherwise.

 

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Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Applicable Law” means any applicable national, supranational, federal, state, provincial, local or similar law (including common law), statute, code, order, ordinance, rule, regulation, treaty (including any income tax treaty), license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, decree, injunction, binding judicial or administrative interpretation or other requirement, in each case, enacted, promulgated, issued or entered by a Governmental Entity.

 

Balance Sheet Date” means May 31, 2016.

 

Beneficially Own” has the meaning set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

Benefit Plans” means each material benefit plan, contract, program, policy, arrangement or agreement, whether written or unwritten and whether insured or self-insured, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or makes or is required to make contributions with respect to the employees, officers, directors or independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any retirees, former employees, officers, directors or independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Employees”) each employment, health, welfare, housing funds, incentive, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, share purchase, share compensation, share appreciation, insurance arrangement, material perquisite, phantom stock, disability, severance, vacation, termination, savings, profit sharing, pension, superannuation funds retirement benefit, pension scheme,  retirement, supplement retirement, retention and fringe benefit plan, program, contract, program, policy, arrangement or agreement.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors or similar governing body of any specified Person.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or required by law to close in any of the cities of New York, New York, Dallas, Texas, Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai, China.

 

China” means the People’s Republic of China, but solely for the purposes of this Agreement and other Transaction Agreements, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

 

China Business” means, collectively, (a) the business, operations and activities of or relating to the China Division conducted at any time prior to the Effective Time by the Parent or the Company or any of their current or former Subsidiaries, and (b) any terminated, divested or discontinued businesses, operations and activities that, at the time of termination, divestiture or discontinuation, primarily related to the business, operations or activities described in clause (a) as then conducted, including those set forth on Schedule 1.1 of the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

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China Division” means Parent’s (and its Subsidiaries’) businesses and operations in China prior to the Effective Time.

 

Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Closing Price Per Share” means the price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, obtained by dividing (i) the Investor Purchase Price by (ii) the Number of Closing Shares.

 

Code” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Company and Parent Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of Parent and/or the Company, contained in Section 3.2(a)(i) (Organization; Authority; Subsidiaries), Section 3.2(b) (Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws), Section 3.2(c)(i)-(v) (Capital Structure), Section 3.2(e) (No Conflicts) and Section 3.2(h) (Brokers or Finders).

 

Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company Equity Plan” means any Benefit Plan that provides for the issuance or grant of (i) Company Common Stock as compensation for services, and/or (ii) compensatory awards that provide for the delivery of, relate to, are based on, and/or are valued by reference to, Company Common Stock, including in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, or phantom units.

 

Company Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(f)(ii).

 

Company Lease” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(o)(ii).

 

Company Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(j)(ii).

 

Company Voting Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(iii).

 

Competing Business” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1 attached hereto.

 

Computer Software” means any and all (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (iii) descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design, plan, organize and/or develop any of the foregoing, (iv) screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons, and (v) documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation, relating to

 

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any of the foregoing; in each case, regardless of whether contained on computers owned by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries or stored in the cloud.

 

Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Contract” means any loan or credit agreement, note, instrument, mortgage, bond, indenture real estate or other lease or sublease, benefit plan, license, sublicense, memorandum of understanding, sales order, purchase order, open bid or other contract, agreement or obligation, in each case, including all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto and waivers and consents thereunder, whether written or oral.

 

Designated Tax” means (i) any Tax assessed against or imposed on Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates under the China Enterprise Income Tax Law, as amended, or (ii) any Tax assessed against or imposed on Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates under the Chinese State Administration of Taxation Bulletin 7, in each case of (i) and (ii) solely to the extent (A) resulting from a change in Applicable Law after the date hereof or (B) arising out of the Distribution or a transaction described in the Plan of Reorganization.

 

Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Effective Time” means the time at which the Distribution occurs, as such time is determined by Parent’s Board of Directors in its sole discretion.

 

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement, between Parent and the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

 

Encumbrance” means any claim, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, deed of trust, option, covenant, lease or sublease, building or use restriction, easement, encroachment, conditional sales agreement or other encumbrance or contractual restriction (including any right of first refusal or first offer, call right, put right, tag along right, drag along right) of any kind or nature,  preemptive right, title defect or other adverse claim of any third party, whether voluntarily or involuntarily incurred, arising by operation of Applicable Law, by contract or otherwise, and including any agreement (whether written or otherwise) to give any of the foregoing in the future.

 

Engages” or “Engaged” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1.

 

Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(p).

 

Environmental Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(p).

 

Equity Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

Exchange Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(ii).

 

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Expiration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

Form 10” means the registration statement filed with the SEC on Form 10 by the Company with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution, as may be amended from time to time.

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

Government Official” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(n).

 

Governmental Entityhas the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(i).

 

Increase Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Indemnified Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).

 

Injunction” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).

 

Intellectual Propertymeans all worldwide intellectual property and proprietary rights and applications therefor, including (i) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, service names, corporate names, domain names, brand, social and mobile media identifiers and other source indicators, including the associated goodwill (collectively, “Trademarks”), (ii) copyrights, patents, proprietary designs, Computer Software, databases, methods, processes, trade secrets (including recipes and formulae), know-how, inventions, confidential information and similar rights.

 

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Investment Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

 

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Investor Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Investor Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Investor Tax Affiliate” means any entity or individual (i) whose ownership of stock would be attributable to or aggregated with the Investor under Section 355(e)(4)(C) of the Code, (ii) who is a member of any “coordinating group” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h)(4)) that includes the Investor, or (iii) who is acting pursuant to a “plan or arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 355(d)(7)(B) of the Code) with the Investor.

 

Knowledge” means, (i) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of any of the persons set forth in Section 1.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) with respect to the Investor, the actual knowledge of any of the persons set forth in Section 1.1 of the Investor Disclosure Schedule, as applicable.

 

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Leased Real Property” means all real property which is leased, subleased, licensed, or otherwise occupied by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as a lessee or sublessee.

 

Losses” shall mean all actions, causes of actions, suits, claims, losses (including any diminution in value in the Investor Shares, the Warrants and/or the Warrant Shares) costs, charges, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), liabilities, settlement payments, awards, judgments, fines, penalties or damages.

 

Lower Benchmark” means a price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (A) the product obtained by multiplying US$8,500,000,000 by 0.92 minus (B) US$460,000,000 by (y) the Number of Status Quo Shares.

 

Master License Agreement” means the Master License Agreement between Yum! Restaurants Asia Pte. Ltd. and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Ltd., in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, effect, change, circumstance or development that, individually or in the aggregate with other such events, effects, changes, circumstances or developments, has a material adverse effect on, (i) with respect to the Investor, on the one hand, or Parent or the Company, on the other hand, the ability of the Investor, or of Parent or the Company, as applicable, to consummate, the Investment or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to the Company, the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including prior to the Distribution, the businesses and operations engaged in by Parent and its Subsidiaries that constitute the China Division taken as a whole, other than, in the case of this clause (ii), any event, effect, change, circumstance or development (A) relating in general to changes after the date hereof affecting general economic or political conditions in China, (B) changes after the date hereof generally affecting any of the markets, businesses, or industries in China, (C) relating to any action of Parent or the Company or any Subsidiary of either of them, in each case, taken after the date hereof and as required by this Agreement or taken with the express prior written consent of the Investor, (D) relating to the commencement, occurrence or continuation of any war, armed hostilities or acts of terrorism involving or affecting the United States of America, China or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operates, (E) relating to financial, banking, or securities markets (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index),  (F) resulting from any failure by the Company to meet any internal or public projection, budget, estimate, forecast, estimate or expectation in respect of the Company’s revenues, earnings or other financial or operating performance metrics for any period (but not the underlying causes of such failure), (G) resulting from the potential imposition (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the actual imposition) of any Designated Tax, (H) due to changes, after the date hereof, in GAAP or the accounting rules and regulations of the SEC (I) after the date hereof relating to changes in Applicable Laws, including as to Taxes or (J) resulting from the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or any matter expressly set forth in the Transaction Agreements (but not

 

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including any changes to the extent resulting from any delay of the Distribution); provided, that events, effects, changes, circumstances or developments set forth in the foregoing clauses (excluding clauses (C), (F) and (J)) shall be taken into account in determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur if and to the extent any such events, effects, changes, circumstances, or developments, individually or in the aggregate, have a materially disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries (or, as may be applicable, the businesses and operations engaged in by Parent and its Subsidiaries that constitute the China Division), taken as a whole, relative to the other participants in the industry or in China.

 

Material Contracts” means each Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, which (i) is or would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, (ii) limits or purports to limit the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay dividends, (iii) relates to or evidences third-party indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $100 million, (iv) is a limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar agreement relating to any partnership or joint venture that is material to the Company’s business, other than any such limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar agreement with respect to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (v) limits in any material respect the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries to engage or compete in any line of business that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole, (vi) contains “most favored nation” pricing provisions, that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its Subsidiaries, (vii) grants any exclusive rights, rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights to any Person, in each case in any respect material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (viii) provides for the acquisition or disposition (pending as of the date hereof), directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests of another Person for aggregate consideration under such Contract in excess of $200 million, (ix) is an acquisition or disposition Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in payments by the Company in excess of $100 million, (x) calls for or could reasonably expected to require aggregate payments by the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $50 million over the remaining term of such Contract, or in excess of $50 million in any twelve month period or(xi) is a Contract between or among the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, that is material to the business of the Company as a whole; provided that none of the Transaction Agreements or Investment Agreements shall constitute a Material Contract.

 

Measurement Period” means the period of time consisting of each trading day for shares of Company Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange occurring over the period of time beginning on the thirty-first (31st) calendar day following the Effective Time and ending on the sixtieth (60th) calendar day following the Effective Time.

 

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Name License Agreement” means the Name License Agreement, between Parent and the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

Non-Liable Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16.

 

Number of Additional Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).

 

Number of Closing Shares” means the number of shares of Company Common Stock to be issued to the Investor at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.1(a), which number shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the product obtained by multiplying the Number of Status Quo Shares by 5.0% by (B) 0.95 by (y) the fraction obtained by dividing 50,000,000 by 460,000,000.

 

Number of Repurchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Number of Status Quo Shares” means the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time (disregarding, for the avoidance of doubt, the shares of Company Common Stock to be issued to the Investor hereunder and to PV under the PV Investment Agreement).

 

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Parent Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(i).

 

Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Permitted Property Encumbrances” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(o)(i).

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in the Exchange Act), including any Governmental Entity.

 

Plan of Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

PV” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

PV Closing” has the meaning ascribed to “Closing” in the PV Investment Agreement.

 

PV Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to “Closing Date” in the PV Investment Agreement.

 

PV Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

PV Investor Shares” has the meaning ascribed to “Investor Shares” in the PV Investment Agreement.

 

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PV Warrant 1 Shares” has the meaning ascribed to “Warrant 1 Shares” in the PV Investment Agreement.

 

Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).

 

Related Party Agreement” means (i) any Contract between, on the one hand, the Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) and, on the other hand, the Company and its Subsidiaries entered into prior to the Closing; provided that the Transaction Agreements and the Investment Agreements, shall not be deemed “Related Party Agreements” and (ii) any Contract between, on the one hand, the Company or its Subsidiaries, and, on the other hand, any of their respective officers and directors or Affiliates of their respective officers and directors; provided that any Contract that is a Benefit Plan shall not be deemed to be a “Related Party Agreement”.

 

Required PRC Regulatory Procedures” means filings by the applicable Affiliate of the Investor with, and the receipt by such Affiliate of the Investor of a certificate acknowledging completion of the filing from, the local equivalent agencies of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone of each of the PRC Ministry of Commerce and the PRC National Development and Reform Commission, respectively, in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Restaurant” means any retail restaurant facilities primarily identified by any of the following brand names: (i) (a) “KFC” (or “Kentucky Fried Chicken”), (b) “Pizza Hut” (including Pizza Hut Dine-In and Pizza Hut Home Service), and (c) “Taco Bell” (in each case, including the Mandarin language equivalents and derivatives thereof) and/or (ii) which use any Intellectual Property of the Parent and its Subsidiaries used in connection with the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement, and that conducts the offer and sale of authorized products and services through dine-in, carry-out, catering, delivery, kiosk, on-line methods of distribution, centralized kitchens/commissaries, and such other methods of distribution as the Parties may mutually agree, including the offer of premiums, and all other related promotional activities (but does not include the sale of any products for resale).

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(j)(ii).

 

Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(ii).

 

Separation and Distribution Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Share Award” means any issuance or grant under any Company Equity Plan.

 

Shareholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).

 

Subsidiary” means, when used with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (i)

 

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Beneficially Owns, either directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of (A) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities, (B) the total combined equity interests, or (C) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership, or (ii) otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such Person. Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be a reference to any Person included in the SpinCo Group (as such term is defined in the Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A), other than the Company.

 

Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) means any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign tax (including any fee, assessment or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax), including without limitation income, gross income, gross receipts, profits, capital stock, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, escheat, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, custom, withholding, alternative minimum, estimated or other similar tax (including any fee, assessment or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax) imposed by any Governmental Entity and any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement among Parent, the Company and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

 

Transaction Agreements” means, collectively, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Master License Agreement, the Name License Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, and the other agreements, if any (excluding the Investment Agreements), entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Distribution.

 

Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Transition Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

 

Upper Benchmark” means a price per share of Company Common Stock, expressed in U.S. Dollars, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (A) the product obtained by multiplying US$11,500,000,000 by 0.92 minus (B) US$460,000,000 by (y) the Number of Status Quo Shares.

 

Warrant 1” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant 2” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant 1 Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

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Warrant 2 Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).

 

ARTICLE II

 

INVESTMENT

 

Section 2.1                                    Investment.

 

(a)                                 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor and the Investor shall purchase and subscribe from the Company a number of newly-issued shares of Company Common Stock equal to the Number of Closing Shares (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.4, the “Investor Shares”), representing approximately 0.5435% of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of the PV Closing after giving effect to such issuance and sale and the issuance and sale of the shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the PV Investment Agreement; provided, that in the event that the Closing takes place more than two (2) Business Days after the expiration of the Measurement Period, the number of shares of Company Common Stock that the Company shall issue to Investor at the Closing pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) shall be increased by the Number of Additional Shares or reduced by the Number of Repurchased Shares, as applicable, as if the Closing had taken place prior to the expiration of the Measurement Period and the adjustments, if any, under Section 2.4(b) or (c) were completed at the Closing (such adjusted number of shares, the “Adjusted Number of Closing Shares”) and each of the Adjusted Number of Closing Shares shall be deemed to be “Investor Shares” for purposes of this Agreement and there shall be no further adjustment under Section 2.4 hereof.  The Investor Shares shall, immediately upon issuance, be subject to the transfer restrictions and other terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Shareholders Agreement and otherwise free of Encumbrances, except as imposed by applicable securities laws.  In consideration for the issuance and sale of the Investor Shares and the subsequent issuance of the Warrants, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, subject to completion of the matters referred to in Section 2.2(a), the Investor shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Company, an amount equal to US$50,000,000 (the “Investor Purchase Price”) in accordance with Section 2.2(b)(iii).

 

(b)                                 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Investor the Warrants (as defined below) in accordance with, and at the time specified in, Section 2.4(d) hereof.

 

Section 2.2                                    Closing Deliverables.  At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Parent and the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor:

 

(i)                                     a counterpart to the Shareholders Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

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(ii)                                  a certificate or certificates or appropriate evidence of a book entry transfer representing the Investor Shares duly registered in the name of the Investor;

 

(iii)                               the executed officer’s certificate required pursuant to Section 6.2(d); and

 

(iv)                              if the Investor has executed an acknowledgement reasonably acceptable to Parent that stipulates customary non-reliance and non-disclosure covenants with respect to the opinion, a true and complete copy of the opinion of Mayer Brown LLP delivered to Parent concluding that the Distribution “will” qualify as a transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and 361 of the Code (other than with respect to cash received in lieu of fractional shares), which opinion shall not have been amended, replaced or revoked after the date of such opinion.

 

(b)                                 The Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company:

 

(i)                                     a counterpart to the Shareholders Agreement duly executed by the Investor (or, if the Closing shall occur after the PV Closing, a deed of adherence in the form of Exhibit D of the Shareholders Agreement);

 

(ii)                                  the executed officer’s certificate required pursuant to Section 6.3(c); and

 

(iii)                               the Investor Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company (which account shall be designated by written notice from the Company to the Investor at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date).

 

Section 2.3                                    Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the purchase and sale of the Investor Shares as contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place on the later of (a) immediately following the Effective Time or (b) subject to Section 7.1(c), three (3) Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties set forth in ARTICLE VI (the date on which the Closing occurs, “Closing Date”), at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York, unless another time and place is agreed to in writing by the Parties. Parent and the Company shall notify the Investor in writing the anticipated Effective Time not less than ten (10) Business Days and not more than twenty (20) Business Days in advance of the Effective Time.

 

Section 2.4                                    Post-Closing Adjustment; Warrants Issuance.

 

(a)                                 No later than two (2) Business Days following the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Parties shall in good faith determine the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share.

 

(b)                                 Subject to the proviso in Section 2.1(a), if the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share exceeds the Closing Price Per Share (such excess, the “Increase Amount”), then within five (5) Business Days of the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Company shall (i)

 

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repurchase for par value per share a number of Investor Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) (which repurchased shares shall, for purposes of this Agreement, cease to be deemed Investor Shares), equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (w) the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Increase Amount and (B) the Number of Closing Shares by (x) the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share (such number of repurchased shares, the “Number of Repurchased Shares”).  The Investor agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with this Section 2.4(b), which cooperation shall include the prompt surrendering to the Company of the certificate(s), if any, evidencing the Investor Shares necessary to facilitate the issuance of one or more new certificates by the Company.

 

(c)                                  Subject to the proviso in Section 2.1(a), if the Closing Price Per Share exceeds the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share (such excess, the “Reduction Amount”), then within five (5) Business Days of the expiration of the Measurement Period, the Company shall (i) issue to the Investor for par value per share a number of newly issued shares of Company Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) (which newly issued shares shall, for purposes of this Agreement, also be deemed Investor Shares), equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (w) the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Reduction Amount by (B) the Number of Closing Shares by (x) the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share (such number of additional shares, the “Number of Additional Shares”), and (ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor a certificate or certificates or appropriate evidence of a book entry transfer representing such newly issued shares, duly registered in the name of the Investor.

 

(d)                                 No later than ten (10) Business Days following the expiration of the Measurement Period, or, if the Closing takes place more than ten (10) Business days following the expiration of the Measurement Period, no later than ten (10) Business Days following the Closing, the Company shall issue to the Investor, for no additional consideration, (A) a warrant to purchase that certain number of newly issued shares of Company Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole share), subject to adjustment in accordance with its terms (the “Warrant 1 Shares”) in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 (“Warrant 1”), such that, after giving effect to the exercise by the Investor of the Warrant 1 and the receipt by the Investor of the Warrant 1 Shares, the Investor will own, relative to the shareholding percentage of the Investor immediately after the Closing (assuming, for purposes of calculating such shareholding percentage under this Section 2.4(d), that the adjustments, if any, pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) were completed at the Closing), an additional 0.2173913% of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of immediately after the PV Closing (assuming, for purposes of calculating such number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock under this Section 2.4(d), that (x) the Investor Shares were issued at the PV Closing, the adjustments, if any, pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) were completed at the PV Closing, and the Warrant 1 Shares were issued at the PV Closing, and (y) the PV Investor Shares (as may be adjusted) and the PV Warrant 1 Shares were issued at the PV Closing) and (B) a warrant to purchase a number of newly issued shares of Company Common Stock equal to the number of Warrant 1 Shares as determined in the immediately preceding clause, subject to adjustment in accordance with its terms (the “Warrant 2 Shares,” and together with the Warrant 1 Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) in the form attached hereto as Annex A-2 (“Warrant 2,” and together with Warrant 1, the “Warrants”).

 

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Section 2.5                                    Illustrative Calculations.  Schedule 2.5 sets forth an illustrative example of the calculations of (a) the Number of Closing Shares under Section 2.1(a); (b) the Upper Benchmark and the Lower Benchmark (and the adjustments pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and 2.4(c)); and (c) the number of Warrant 1 Shares and the number of Warrant 2 Shares under Section 2.4(d).

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 3.1                                    Representations and Warranties of Investor.  The Investor hereby represents and warrants to Parent and the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing (unless any representations and warranties expressly relate to another date, in which case as of such other date) that:

 

(a)                                 Organization; Authority.  The Investor is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement (collectively, the “Investment Agreements”) and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Investment Agreements by the Investor and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary internal action on the part of the Investor. This Agreement has been, and upon their execution the other Investment Agreements to which the Investor is a party shall have been, duly executed by the Investor and, when delivered by the Investor in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Investment Agreements by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable, this Agreement constitutes, and upon their execution and delivery the other Investment Agreements to which the Investor is a party will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(b)                                 No Conflicts.

 

(i)                                     The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the other Investment Agreements to which the Investor is a party do not and will not, and the consummation of the Investment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (A) conflict with or violate any provision of the Investor’s organizational documents, (B) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of or result by its terms in the creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Investor pursuant to, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Contract to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates is a party or by which any property or asset of the Investor or any of its Affiliates is bound or affected, or (C) subject to completion of the Required PRC Regulatory Procedures,

 

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conflict with or result in a violation of any Applicable Law or other restriction of any supranational, national, federal, state, province, municipal, local or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, agency, board, department, tribunal, commission or other authority thereof, any public international organization, any arbitral tribunal, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (a “Governmental Entity”) to which the Investor or any of its Affiliates is subject (including federal, state and foreign securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Investor or any of its Affiliates is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (B) and (C), such as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Investment Agreement or a Material Adverse Effect on Investor.

 

(ii)                                  No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the Investor or any of its Affiliates in connection with the execution and delivery of the Investment Agreements or the consummation by the Investor of the Investment and other transactions contemplated thereby, except for those required under or in relation to (A) state securities or “blue sky” laws or regulations, (B) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (C) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (D) the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, and (E) the Required PRC Regulatory Procedures.

 

(c)                                  Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

 

(i)                                     There is no litigation, suit, claim, charge, action, arbitration, demand letter, or any judicial, criminal, administrative or regulatory proceeding, hearing, investigation, or formal or informal regulatory document production request, regulatory or accrediting agency investigation or other proceeding (an “Action”) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Investor, threatened against the Investor or any share, security, equity interest, property or asset of Investor or any Affiliate of the Investor which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Investor or any Affiliate of Investor which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor.

 

(ii)                                  Neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates is in violation of, and neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notices of violations with respect to, any Applicable Law, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor.

 

(d)                                 Other Investments.

 

(i)                                     Neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates Engages in a Competing Business.

 

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(ii)                                  Except for the Investment or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(d)(ii) attached hereto, neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates Beneficially Owns any Equity Securities or otherwise holds any investment in any Person that Engages in the operation and/or management of, one or more Restaurants.

 

(e)                                  Sufficient Funds.  On or prior to the Closing, the Investor will have sufficient funds available to it to pay the full Investor Purchase Price at the Closing in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

 

(f)                                   Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar commission or fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreements based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Investor or any of its Affiliates, other than such Person, if any, whose fees and expenses shall be paid solely by the Investor (or its Affiliates but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Parent, Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the Closing).

 

(g)                                  Acquisition for Investment. The Investor is acquiring the Investor Shares and the Warrants for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and the Investor has no present intention or plan to effect any distribution of shares of Company Common Stock.

 

(h)                                 No Investment Company. The Investor is not, and after giving effect to the Investment will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(i)                                     Ownership of Stock. Neither Investor nor any Investor Tax Affiliate owns any shares, or options to acquire shares, of Parent common stock, no par value per share (“Parent Common Stock”), or has any arrangement or agreement with the Company to acquire any shares, or options to acquire shares, of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Investor Shares and Warrants (and Warrant Shares)).

 

(j)                                    Investor Status.

 

(i)                                     At the time the Investor was offered the Investor Shares and issued the Warrants, it was, and as of the Closing Date it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(ii)                                  The Investor has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Investor Shares and the Warrants, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Investor has had the opportunity to review the Form 10 and the other forms, reports and documents filed by Parent and its Subsidiaries with the SEC prior to the date hereof since January 1, 2013 (collectively, including all exhibits thereto, the “SEC Reports”) and the Company Financial Statements and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, representatives of Parent and the Company concerning the Company and the Investor Shares and Warrants (and Warrant Shares). The Investor understands that its investment in the Investor

 

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Shares and the Warrants involves a significant degree of risk, including a risk of potential total loss of the Investor’s investment. The Investor understands that all currently outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are currently owned by Parent and, therefore, Company Common Stock has no trading history and that no representation is being made as to the future value of Company Common Stock. The Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Investor Shares and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(k)                                 Restricted Securities. The Investor understands that the Investor Shares and the Warrants (and the Warrant Shares) are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws and that Parent and the Company are relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Investor Shares and Warrants (and Warrant Shares). Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement relating to Permitted Loans and the Issuer Agreements referenced therein, the Investor understands that, until such time as a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Investor Shares and/or Warrant Shares and the Warrants, as applicable, has been declared effective by the SEC and the Investor Shares and/or Warrant Shares, as applicable, may be sold without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the certificates, to the extent the Investor Shares are in certificated form, evidencing the Investor Shares, and the certificates or other instruments representing the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will bear a restrictive legend (and, except with respect to beneficial interests in Investor Shares held through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, appropriate comparable notations or other arrangements will be made with respect to any uncertificated Investor Shares) in substantially the following form:

 

“The securities evidenced by this certificate have been issued and sold without registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other foreign, federal, state, local or other jurisdiction (a “Foreign or State Act”). The securities evidenced by this certificate cannot be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred unless such sale, assignment or other transfer is (i) made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in accordance with each applicable Foreign or State Act or (ii) exempt from, or not subject to, the Securities Act (including pursuant to Regulation S thereunder) and each applicable Foreign or State Act. If the proposed sale, assignment or other transfer will be made pursuant to clause (ii) above, the holder must, prior to such sale, assignment or other transfer, furnish to the issuer such certifications, legal opinions and other information as the issuer may reasonably require to determine that such sale, assignment or other transfer is being made in accordance with such clause.”

 

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imposed by the legend set forth above shall terminate as to any Investor Shares or Warrant Shares, as herein provided, the Investor further understands that it shall, only upon furnishing the Company with an opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the restrictions imposed by the legend set forth above have terminated as to such Investor Shares or Warrant Shares, be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense, a new certificate not bearing the restrictive legend set forth above and not containing any other reference to the restrictions imposed by such legend.

 

In addition, for so long as the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares are subject to transfer restrictions contained in the Shareholders Agreement, the certificates, to the extent the Investor Shares are in certificated form, representing the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares will also bear the following legend (and, except with respect to beneficial interests in Investor Shares held through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, appropriate comparable notations or other arrangements will be made with respect to any uncertificated Investor Shares):

 

“The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer set forth in the Shareholders Agreement dated [•], 2016, among the Company and certain other parties thereto (a copy of which is on file with the Secretary of the Company).”

 

The Investor understands that no U.S. federal or state agency or any other Governmental Entity has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Investor Shares or Warrant Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Investor Shares or Warrant Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Investor Shares.

 

(l)                                     No Other Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1 are the only representations and warranties made by the Investor (or any of its respective Affiliates) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Section 3.2 or in the Shareholders Agreement, the Investor hereby disclaims any and all reliance on any projections, forecasts, estimates, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such forecasts, estimates, projections, plans or prospects), management presentations, financial statements, internal ratings, financial information, appraisals, statements, promises, advice, data or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing, including electronically), by or on behalf of Parent or the Company or any of their respective Affiliates, to the Investor or any of its Affiliates or representatives, including omissions therefrom.

 

Section 3.2                                    Representations and Warranties of Parent and the Company. Parent and the Company hereby jointly represent and warrant to the Investor as of the date hereof and as of the Closing (unless any representations and warranties expressly relate to another date, in which case as of such other date) that, except (i) as disclosed in the Form 10 made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures set forth in the Form 10 under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements”), or (ii) as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule (it being understood that the disclosure of any fact or item in any section of the Disclosure

 

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Schedule will, should the existence of such fact or item be relevant to any other section, be deemed to be disclosed with respect to that other section only to the extent that its relevance is reasonably apparent, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any disclosure intended to qualify the representation and warranty in Section 3.2(r)(i)(B) shall be specifically set forth in Section 3.2(r)(i)(B) of the Disclosure Schedule and shall not be implied from any other section of the Disclosure Schedule).

 

(a)                                 Organization; Authority; Subsidiaries.

 

(i)                                     Each of Parent and the Company are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation, with all requisite power and authority to enter into the Investment Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and otherwise to carry out their respective obligations hereunder.  Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company will have all requisite power and authority to enter into the Transaction Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and otherwise to carry out their respective obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Investment Agreements by Parent and the Company and the consummation by Parent and the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and the Company.  The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Agreements by Parent and the Company and the consummation by Parent and the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby will, prior to the Effective Time, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and the Company.  This Agreement has been, and upon their execution each other Investment Agreement and Transaction Agreement to which Parent, the Company, or such Subsidiary is a party shall have been, duly executed by Parent, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of Parent or the Company and, when delivered by Parent, the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, and assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Investment Agreements or Transaction Agreements by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Parent, the Company or such Subsidiary (as applicable), enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(ii)                                  Each of the Subsidiaries of the Company is, or as of the Closing will be, a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing or active status (where applicable) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has (or prior to the Closing will have) the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on the business of the China Division as now being conducted and will be conducted through the Effective Time, except where the failure to be in good standing or to have such power and authority, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has heretofore furnished to the Investor a complete and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended or modified as of the date hereof, of the Company.  Such certificate of

 

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incorporation and bylaws are in full force and effect.  The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws in any material respect.

 

(c)                                  Capital Structure.

 

(i)                                     As of the date of this Agreement, and without giving effect to, the Investment, the Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 5,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 1,003 are issued and outstanding. All of the shares of Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding are, as of the date hereof and at all time periods prior to the Distribution will be, owned of record and beneficially by Parent or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent free and clear of any Encumbrances, except as imposed by applicable securities laws. As of the date hereof and the Closing Date, other than up to 46,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock that are expected to be reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under Company Equity Plans and the number of Investor Shares and PV Investor Shares that will be reserved for issuance, the Company has no shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance. There are no other shares of capital stock or other equity securities (including securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock) of the Company that are outstanding.  All issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the holders of shares of Company Common Stock are not entitled to preemptive rights.

 

(ii)                                  Immediately upon the Closing, the Investor Shares will be (and the additional Investor Shares, if any, issued pursuant to Section 2.4 will be, when so issued) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be owned of record and beneficially by the Investor, free and clear of any Encumbrances other than the transfer restrictions and other terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

(iii)                               No bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of the Company may vote (“Company Voting Debt”) are issued or outstanding.

 

(iv)                              The outstanding share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary of the Company is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and all of the outstanding share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each such Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of any Encumbrances and free of any other material restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity interests, but excluding restrictions under the Securities Act or other Applicable Law relating to securities). The registered capital of each of the Subsidiaries of the Company incorporated in China has been fully contributed, as certified by accountants qualified in China, and any registered capital contributed in non-cash assets has been fully evaluated and verified by valuers qualified in China.  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity (other than

 

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Subsidiaries of the Company) that is or would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(v)                                 Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c)(v), other than the Investor Shares and the Warrants (and the Warrant Shares), there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, share appreciation rights, performance units, restricted share units, contingent value rights, “phantom” share units or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any share capital or other equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Company Voting Debt, Company Common Stock or other voting securities (including securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, share appreciation right, performance unit, restricted share unit, contingent value right, “phantom” share unit or similar security or right derivative of, or providing economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any share capital or other equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertakings of any kind. There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock or equity interest (including any security convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for any equity interest) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to provide funds to, or make investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person.

 

(vi)                              Other than the Investment Agreements, there are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Company.

 

(vii)                           Except as set forth on Section 3.2(c)(vii) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than indebtedness for borrowed money owing by the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company).

 

(d)                                 The Warrants and Warrant Shares.  Each Warrant, when issued in accordance with this Agreement, will have been duly authorized by the Company and will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company in accordance with its terms, in each case except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and the Warrant Shares will have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of the applicable Warrant and when so issued will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than liens or encumbrances created by this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement,

 

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arising as a matter of applicable law or created by or at the direction of any Investor or any of its Affiliates.

 

(e)                                  No Conflicts.

 

(i)                                     The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Shareholders Agreement, and the execution delivery and performance by Parent and the Company of this Agreement do not, and the execution and delivery by Parent, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, of the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Parent, the Company or their respective Subsidiaries is contemplated thereby to be a party will not, and the consummation of the Investment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (A) conflict with or violate any provision of Parent’s, the Company’s or their respective Subsidiaries’ articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws or similar organizational documents or (B) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of or result by its terms in the creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Parent, the Company and their Subsidiaries pursuant to, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time, or both) of, any Contract to which Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or asset of Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is bound or affected in any material respect, or (C) conflict with or result in a violation of any Applicable Law or other restriction of any Governmental Entity to which Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is subject (including federal, state and foreign securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of Parent or the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is bound or affected in any material respect; except in the case of each of clauses (B) and (C), such as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Investment Agreement or a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the Company.

 

(ii)                                  No material consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of the Investment Agreements, Transaction Agreements, or the consummation of the Investment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(f)                                   Reports and Financial Statements.

 

(i)                                     As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to file any form, report or other document with the SEC, except that the Form 10 must be filed with the SEC and become effective under the Exchange Act to effect the Distribution.

 

(ii)                                  The combined balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related combined statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, as audited by the Company’s independent public accountants, whose report thereon is

 

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included therewith, and (ii) the condensed combined balance sheet of the Company as of May 31, 2016 and the related condensed combined statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the year to date ended May 31, 2016 (such statements, together with the notes thereto, the “Company Financial Statements”), in each case of (i) and (ii), together with notes thereto and as included under the heading “Index to Financial Information” in the Form 10 made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system on August 31, 2016, were prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods indicated and present fairly, in all material respects, the combined results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the Company, as applicable, taken as a whole, as of the respective dates or for the respective periods set forth therein, in each case in accordance with GAAP during the periods covered thereby (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements and subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material).

 

(iii)                               None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, determined, fixed, contingent or otherwise) which would be required to be reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company, prepared in accordance with GAAP, except liabilities (A) reflected or reserved against on the Company Financial Statements (including the notes thereto), (B) incurred pursuant to this Agreement or the Investment, (C) incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, (D) incurred or to be incurred in connection with the Distribution and set forth on Section 3.2(f)(iii) to the Disclosure Schedule or (E) that would not and would not reasonably be expected to, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(g)                                  Information Supplied.

 

(i)                                     The Form 10 will not, at the time it becomes effective, 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 in which they were made.

 

(ii)                                  Taking into account matters expressly set forth in the Company Financial Statements, and except for any forward-looking statements or other statements that are predictive in nature, to the Knowledge of the Company, the disclosures set forth in the Form 10 made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system on August 31, 2016 under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and  “Business”, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact.

 

(iii)                               Notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this Section 3.2(g), no representation or warranty is made by Parent or the Company with respect to statements in the Form 10 based on information supplied (or to be supplied) by or on behalf of the Investor or PV for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

(h)                                 Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar commission or fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by the Investment

 

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Agreements based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries, except PJT Partners, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., whose fees and expenses shall be paid by Parent notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (including Section 9.12).

 

(i)                                     Taxes.

 

(i)                                     All Tax Returns required to be filed by each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been timely filed, or requests for extensions to file such Tax Returns have been timely filed, granted and have not expired, and all such Tax Returns are complete and correct, except to the extent that such failures to file, to have extensions granted that remain in effect or for such Tax Returns to be complete or correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. All material Taxes that are due with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries have been paid or properly accrued in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of the most recent SEC Reports, no Tax liability with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries has been incurred outside the ordinary course of business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice.

 

(ii)                                  No deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed in writing in respect of or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are not adequately reserved for in the financial statements of the Company included in the Company Financial Statements, except for deficiencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.  No written claim has been made to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file an income or franchise Tax Return that any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to income or franchise Taxes in that jurisdiction.

 

(iii)                               None of Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries has taken any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Distribution from qualifying as a distribution eligible for non-recognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code.

 

(iv)                              Other than the Distribution and the Regarded Internal Distributions (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement), within the past five (5) years, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution in which the parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code is applicable.

 

(v)                                 Except for the Transaction Agreements, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreements (excluding any commercial agreements not primarily relating to Taxes).

 

(vi)                              None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to make, or is required to make, any material adjustment affecting any open taxable year or period under Section 481(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law by reason of a change in accounting methods or otherwise.

 

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(vii)                           Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable or similar provision of federal, state, local or foreign Applicable Law), as a transferee or successor, or pursuant to any contractual obligation for any Taxes of any Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(viii)                        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in one of the types of transactions the Internal Revenue Service has determined to be a tax avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of published guidance as a “listed transaction,” as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(ix)                              No later than the Effective Time, Parent will have received the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (i) concluding that the Distribution “will” qualify as a transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and Section 361 of the Code (other than with respect to cash in lieu of fractional shares) and (ii) concluding that the Regarded Internal Distributions (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) “should” or “will” qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and Section 361 of the Code (other than with respect to cash in lieu of fractional shares), which opinion shall not have been amended, replaced or revoked as of the Effective Time.

 

(j)                                    Permits; Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

 

(i)                                     There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company and its Subsidiaries or any property or asset of the Company and its Subsidiaries which individually or in the aggregate, has (since December 31, 2015) had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, nor is there any material judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not and would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect Parent’s or the Company’s ability to consummate the Investment.

 

(ii)                                  As of the date of this Agreement, the China Business does, and as of the Closing Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries (A) will hold all material permits, licenses, franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals of all Governmental Entities which, taken as a whole, are necessary and sufficient for the operation of the China Business as currently conducted (the “Company Permits”), and no suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and (B) are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the Company Permit, except in each case where the failure to hold any such Company Permits or the suspension or cancellation of any such Company Permits or the noncompliance with respect to any such Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, and none of such Persons has received since January 1, 2015, any written notices of violations with respect to, any Applicable Laws (including those relating to Food Safety Laws of China and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), except where such violations, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

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(k)                                 Intellectual Property. (i) Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, Parent and its Subsidiaries (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries) exclusively own the KFC, PIZZA HUT and  TACO BELL Trademarks; the Company or its Subsidiaries exclusively owns the EAST DAWNING, LITTLE SHEEP and ATTO PRIMO Trademarks; and (ii)  except as set forth in the SEC Reports or the Company Financial Statements and except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (A) Parent, Company or a Subsidiary exclusively owns all other material proprietary Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the China Division as currently conducted, in each case in China, free and clear of any Encumbrances; (B) the Company or its Subsidiaries own or are licensed to use, all other Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the China Division as currently conducted; (C) all registered Intellectual Property that is owned by Parent, the Company or the Subsidiaries and used in the China Division as currently conducted is subsisting and unexpired, and to the Knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable; and the use of such Intellectual Property by the Company or its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any Person; (D) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by and/or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there is no claim or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (including cease-and-desist letters or invitations to take patent license) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries challenging their respective use of Intellectual Property; (F) no Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is being used by or enforced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in the abandonment, cancellation or unenforceability of such Intellectual Property; and (G) the Company or its Subsidiaries use commercially reasonable efforts to protect and maintain the security, operation and integrity of all material systems and Computer Software (and all data stored therein or processed thereby) used in the conduct of the China Division as currently conducted and there have been no material breaches, outages, violations or unauthorized access to the same.

 

(l)                                     Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(i)                                     Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the China Business, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the Transactions will not: (A) result in any payment becoming due, accelerate the time of payment or vesting of benefits, or increase the amount of compensation due to any Employee, or (B) trigger any funding obligation under any Benefit Plan.

 

(ii)                                  Section 3.2(l)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of each Company Equity Plan, as amended or modified as of the date hereof, which will be in effect as of the Effective Time. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has furnished or otherwise made available to the Investor a complete and correct copy of each and every Company Equity Plan or, with respect to any Company Equity Plan that is expected to be adopted after the date hereof and which will be in effect as of the Effective Time, a copy of such Company Equity Plan substantially in the form that will be adopted.

 

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(m)                             Title to Assets. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased assets, valid leasehold interests in, all their respective assets (other than assets that have been sold or disposed of, or for which a leasehold interest has expired or not been removed, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), except where the failure to have such good and valid title, or valid leasehold interest, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(n)                                 Anti-Corruption. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director or officer of the foregoing, acting in their capacity as such, has (A) made or offered any unlawful payment, or offered or promised to make any unlawful payment, or provided or offered or promised to provide anything of value (whether in the form of property or services or in any other form), to any foreign or domestic official or employee of any Governmental Entity (which, for the purposes of this Section 3.2(n), also includes any political party or candidate), or to any finder, agent, representative or other party acting for, on behalf of, or under the auspices of any official or employee of any Governmental Entity (each, a “Government Official”) for purposes of unlawfully (i) influencing any act or decision of any Government Official in his or her official capacity, (ii) inducing any Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his or her lawful duty, (iii) securing any improper advantage; or (iv) inducing any Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, in each case for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or directing business to any person; (B) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity or (C) taken any other action or made any omission that would or would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any other law of the United States, China, or of any other jurisdiction where the Company conducts business governing corrupt practices, commercial bribery, money laundering, pay-to-play, anti-bribery or anticorruption or that otherwise prohibits payments to any government or public officials or employees.

 

(o)                                 Real Property.

 

(i)                                     Except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title and validly granted land use rights and real property ownership rights to all real property relating to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries that is owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than (A) Taxes, assessments and other governmental levies, fees or charges imposed which are not yet due and payable, or which are being contested  by appropriate proceedings or that may thereafter be paid without material penalty, (B) statutory Encumbrances of landlords and Encumbrances of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, workmen, repairmen and other Encumbrances imposed by Applicable Law, (C) zoning, building codes and other land use laws regulating the use or occupancy of such real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such real property which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real property or the operation of the business thereon, (D) defects or imperfections of title, easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions and other similar matters of record affecting title to such real property which do not or would not materially impair the use or

 

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occupancy of such real property in the operation of the business conducted thereon, and (E) any other Encumbrances that have been incurred or suffered in the ordinary course of business and that have not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company  (“Permitted Property Encumbrances”).

 

(ii)                                  Except as has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (A) all current leases and subleases of Leased Real Property (each, a “Company Lease”) are valid and in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms in all respects (except those which are cancelled, rescinded or terminated after the date hereof in accordance with their terms and this Agreement), (B) the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, has good and valid leasehold or subleasehold interests in each parcel of Leased Real Property, free and clear of any Encumbrances other than Permitted Property Encumbrances, (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no claim asserted or threatened by any Person regarding the lessor’s ownership of the property demised pursuant to each Company Lease, (D) each Company Lease is in compliance with Applicable Law, including with respect to the ownership and operation of property and conduct of business as now conducted by the applicable Subsidiary of the Company which is a party to such Company Lease and (E) the leasehold interests under the Company Leases are adequate for the conduct of the China Business as currently conducted except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, or has received written notice of, any violation of or default under (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would cause such a violation of or default under) any Company Lease which would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(p)                                 Environmental Compliance. Except as has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, the China Business is in compliance with any and all Applicable Laws and regulations relating to (i) the protection of health, safety, or the environment or (ii) the handling, use, transportation, disposal or release of  hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) and has obtained and possess all permits, licenses and other authorizations currently required for their establishment and their operation under any Environmental Law (the “Environmental Permits”), and all such Environmental Permits are in full force and effect. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, there are no actual or alleged costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including any capital or operating expenditures required for cleanup, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval and any potential liabilities to third parties).  Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no property currently or formerly owned or operated by the China Business has been contaminated with or is releasing any hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants in a manner that would reasonably be expected to require remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law.  Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no member of the China Business has received any notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law.  Except as has not had and would not

 

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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no member of the China Business is subject to any order, decree or injunction with any Governmental Entity or agreement with any person concerning liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.

 

(q)                                 Material Contracts.

 

(i)                                     Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company:

 

(A)       each Material Contract is in full force and effect (except for those contracts or agreements that have expired in accordance with their terms), is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the member of the China Business party thereto, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, of each other party thereto, in full force and effect and enforceable against the member of the China Business, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in accordance with its terms, in each case except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;

 

(B)       each member of the China Business has performed or is performing all obligations required to be performed by it under the Material Contracts and is not (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) or is not alleged to be in breach or violation thereof or default thereunder;

 

(C)       no other party to any of the Material Contracts is (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) or is alleged to be in breach or violation, or default thereunder;

 

(D)       no Person has indicated in writing its intention to terminate any Material Contract; and

 

(E)        neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Investment or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or the Plan of Reorganization shall constitute a material default under, give rise to cancellation rights under, or otherwise adversely affect any of the material rights of  the Company of any of its Subsidiaries under any Material Contract.

 

(r)                                    Absence of Certain Changes.

 

(i)                                     Except as specifically contemplated or permitted by the Investment Agreements, the Plan of Reorganization or as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Disclosure Schedule, or the Company Financial Statements, since December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement: (A) on the one hand, the Company and its Subsidiaries and, on the other hand, the members of the China Business, have operated their respective business only in

 

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the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice; and (B) there has not been any event, change, circumstance or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(ii)                                  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, from December 31, 2015 through the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in the Plan of Reorganization, SEC Reports or the Company Financial Statements, none of Parent, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries  have taken any action that, if taken without the consent of the Investor during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, would constitute a breach of ARTICLE IV.

 

(iii)                               Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2015, none of the Parent, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries has declared, set aside or paid any dividend or other distribution, whether payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any of its respective capital stock or other securities.

 

(s)                                   Plan of Reorganization. The Plan of Reorganization attached hereto is complete and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and sets forth, in reasonable detail, all of the material internal restructuring, contribution, assignment and assumption transactions that were undertaken in order to complete the internal restructuring of the China Business. Parent and its Affiliates have completed the internal restructuring, contribution, assignment and assumption transactions in all material respects as described by the Plan of Reorganization.  The Company wholly-owns, directly or indirectly, in all material respects, the China Division.

 

(t)                                    Resolutions. Pursuant to resolutions provided to the Investor prior to the date hereof, the Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously approved, and at the written request of the Investor will provide further unanimous approval at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Time, for the express purpose of exempting the Investment and any related transactions from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement, including the acquisition of the Investor Shares, Warrant 1 and Warrant 2, any disposition of Warrant 1 and Warrant 2 upon the exercise thereof, any acquisition of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Warrant 1 and Warrant 2, any deemed acquisition or disposition in connection therewith, and all transactions related thereto.

 

(u)                                 No Other Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.2 are the only representations and warranties made by Parent and the Company (or any of their respective Affiliates) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Section 3.2, none of Parent, the Company or each of their respective Affiliates makes any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and each of Parent, the Company and their respective Affiliates hereby disclaim all liability and responsibility for any and all projections, forecasts, estimates, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such forecasts, estimates, projections, plans or prospects), management presentations,

 

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financial statements, internal ratings, financial information, appraisals, statements, promises, advice, data or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing, including electronically) to any Investor or any of its Affiliates or representatives, including omissions therefrom.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE INVESTMENT

 

Section 4.1                          Conduct of Business Pending the Investment.

 

(a)                       Parent and the Company agree that, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, except as required by Applicable Law or as set forth in Section 4.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule or as expressly provided by any other provision of this Agreement, unless the Investor shall otherwise provide its prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)                                         Parent and the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the China Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and

 

(ii)                                      Parent and Company shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to, maintain in effect all Company Permits, keep available the services of the current officers, key employees, and key consultants and contractors of the China Business and preserve the current material relationships and goodwill of the China Business with Governmental Entities, key customers and suppliers, and any other persons with whom any member of the China Business has relations.

 

(b)                       In furtherance and without limitation of Section 4.1(a), except as set forth in Section 4.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Plan of Reorganization, the Transaction Agreements (including any exhibit or schedule thereto) or as required by Applicable Law or as expressly provided by any other provision of the Investment Agreements, Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, with respect to the China Business, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, do any of the following without the prior written consent of the Investor (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)                                         amend or otherwise change the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of the Company;

 

(ii)                                      sell, transfer, lease, sublease, license, pledge, dispose of, grant or Encumber, or authorize the sale, transfer, lease, sublease, license, pledge, disposition, grant or Encumbrance any material property, rights or assets of the China Business (other than (x) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or (y) in transactions solely among the Company’s wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between the Company and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);

 

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(iii)                                   declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, shares, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its shares, other than dividends or other distributions from any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another Subsidiary which is wholly-owned by the Company;

 

(iv)                                  issue any of its shares, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights exchangeable into or convertible or exercisable for any of its capital stock, in each case other than in connection with the settlement of any Share Awards in accordance with the applicable Benefit Plan and this Agreement at any time prior to the Effective Time;

 

(v)                                     (A) acquire (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, amalgamation or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination) or make any capital contribution or investment in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof (other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company), or (B) acquire any assets (other than (x) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (y) assets of a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company), in each case in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(vi)                                  create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money, or issue guarantees, loans or advances, in each case, in excess of $50,000,000 individually or $100,000,000 in the aggregate, other than (A) borrowings under existing credit facilities of the Company or its  Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of this Agreement solely to fund operating expenses in the ordinary course of business, (B) any transactions among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries, (C) guarantees of indebtedness for borrowed money of any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company by the Company or guarantees by any such Subsidiary of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, which indebtedness is incurred in compliance with this Section 4.1(b)(vi), (D) issuances of commercial paper by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries backed by the existing credit facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of this Agreement and (E) indebtedness for borrowed money incurred to replace, renew, extend or refinance any existing indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in an amount not to exceed the amount of the indebtedness replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced (plus interest and premium, if any, thereon and the amount of reasonable refinancing fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith) and on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than the terms of the indebtedness replaced, renewed, extended or refinanced;

 

(vii)                               engage in the conduct of any new line of business material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(viii)                            fail to maintain sufficient working capital required to operate the China Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice;

 

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(ix)                                  enter into, amend or modify any Related Party Agreement or grant any consents or waivers thereunder in favor of a party thereto other than the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(x)                                     make any material amendment or modification to any Transaction Agreement (or enter into any Transaction Agreement in a form containing any material amendment or modification to the applicable form attached hereto); or

 

(xi)                                  authorize or agree to take any of the foregoing actions, or enter into any letter of intent (binding or non-binding) or similar written agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all covenants of Parent and the Company set forth in this ARTICLE IV shall terminate and be of no further force and effect from and after the PV Closing.

 

ARTICLE V

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 5.1                                    Public Announcements; Periodic Reports. The Parties shall each use reasonable best efforts to develop a joint communications plan and each Party shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that all press releases and other public statements with respect to the Transactions shall be consistent with such joint communications plan. Without prejudice to the foregoing, (a) the press release announcing the execution of this Agreement and/or the consummation of the Investment shall be issued only in such form as shall be mutually agreed by the Parties and (b) except as may be required by Applicable Law, Parent, the Company and Investor shall consult with each other before issuing any press release, having any communications with the press (whether or not for attribution), making any other public statement or scheduling any press conference or conference call with investors, stockholders or analysts with respect to this Agreement or the Investment, and shall not, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, issue any such press release, have any such communication, make any such other public statement or schedule any such press conference or conference call prior to such consultation; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) Parent and/or the Company shall be permitted in their sole discretion to issue any press release or make any other public statement contained in, or made in connection with, the Form 10 and/or the Distribution, as well as make any amendments or modifications to the Form 10 that either such Party believes are appropriate or required and (ii) Parent and/or the Company shall be permitted to make public disclosures relating to this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement and the Investment in one or more of its periodic filings with the SEC as required by Applicable Law, except that after the initial press release, no information may be included in any press release (other than information which is already publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.1) relating to the Investor, its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, without the prior written consent of the Investor (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, that no such consent shall be required

 

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for any such information that is consistent with information or statements previously publicly disclosed and consented to by Investor.

 

Section 5.2                                    Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment. After the date hereof and until the second (2nd) anniversary of the date on which the Distribution occurs, the Investor shall not, and shall cause each of the Investor’s Investor Tax Affiliates not to, (x) without the prior written consent of Parent and the Company, acquire any shares of Parent Common Stock or any shares of capital stock of the Company (other than the Warrant Shares and any shares of Company Common Stock acquired in accordance with Section 2.4(c)), or (y) without the prior written consent of the Company, acquire any shares of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided that, subject in all respects to Section 2.2 of the Shareholders Agreement, nothing in this Section 5.2 shall prohibit the Investor or any Investor Tax Affiliate, after the Closing, from acquiring any share of capital stock of the Company or Parent so long as the Investor, together with each Investor Tax Affiliate, does not directly or indirectly acquire stock (in the aggregate and taking into account the Investment) representing a “50 percent or greater interest” (within the meaning of Section 355(d)(4) of the Code) in either Parent or the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, neither Parent, the Company nor any of their Subsidiaries shall be considered an Investor Tax Affiliate for purposes of the preceding sentence.

 

Section 5.3                                    Shareholders Agreement; Organizational Documents.

 

(a)                                 The Company and the Investor shall take all necessary action to, simultaneously with the Closing, execute and deliver the shareholders agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

 

(b)                                 Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent, as the sole shareholder of the Company, shall approve and adopt the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits F and G, respectively (reflecting the amendment(s), if any, set forth on Section 4.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule).

 

Section 5.4                                    Financing Contingency. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the arrangement and obtaining of financing is not a condition to the Closing, and reaffirms its obligation to consummate the Investment irrespective and independently of the availability of any financing, subject to fulfillment or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 5.5                                    Transaction Agreements. Other than when and as may be expressly permitted by the Shareholders Agreement, none of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates and/or Subsidiaries shall (x) enter into, make, propose or agree to any material amendment or modification of any of the Transaction Agreements to which any of them is or is proposed to be a party or (y) waive compliance with any material obligations of any party thereunder without the prior written consent of the Investor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5 shall be without prejudice to Parent’s right to consummate (or abandon) the Distribution in Parent’s sole discretion.

 

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Section 5.6                                    Transition Services Agreement . The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything contained in ARTICLE IV to the contrary, Parent and the Company (or their respective Subsidiaries following the Distribution) may enter into a transition services agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”) on the key terms set forth in Section 5.6 of the Disclosure Schedule, among, on the one hand, certain of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) and, on the other hand, certain of the Company and its Subsidiaries, that provides for, among other things, the provision of certain transition services by or on behalf of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries on customary terms and providing for fees which are no more favorable to Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) than those which the Company could reasonably obtain in a negotiation with a third party who is not an Affiliate.

 

Section 5.7                                    Notification of Certain Matters. Each of the Company, Parent and the Investor shall promptly notify the other Parties in writing of:

 

(a)                                 any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements;

 

(b)                                 any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements; and

 

(c)                                  any Actions commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company or the Knowledge of the Investor threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Investor, or Parent and any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, that relate to such Party’s ability to consummate the Transactions or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all covenants and obligations of the Company, Parent and Investor set forth in this Section 5.7 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect from and after the PV Closing.

 

Section 5.8                                    Access to Information. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, each of Parent and the Company shall keep the Investor reasonably informed of any material development of the proposed Distribution (including the status thereof) and,  upon reasonable notice, each of Parent and the Company shall (and each shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to) afford to the Investor and its officers, accountants, counsel, and financial advisors reasonable access, during normal business hours, to (a) the books and records principally relating to the China Business and (b) the senior management employees of the Company; provided, however, that Parent or the Company may restrict the foregoing access to the extent that (i) any Applicable Laws or Material Contract requires Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or information or (ii) disclosure of such information would violate confidentiality obligations to a third party (who is not an outside advisor of Parent and/or the Company). The Investor will hold any such information obtained pursuant to this Section 5.8 in confidence in accordance with, and will otherwise be subject to,

 

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the provisions of the undertaking to Parent dated May 5, 2016 by the Investor and the underlying Confidentiality Agreement dated February 4, 2016 between Parent and Primavera Capital Limited (as may be amended or supplemented, the “Confidentiality Agreement”).  Notwithstanding anything in the Confidentiality Agreement or this Agreement to the contrary, following the Closing, (x) any disclosure of information (other than any information relating to the Parent or its Subsidiaries (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company and its Subsidiaries)) that is not prohibited by Section 3.2 of the Shareholders Agreement shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.8 or the Confidentiality Agreement, (y) any action that is not prohibited by Section 2.2 of the Shareholders Agreement shall not be deemed to be a breach of the standstill obligations of the Investor solely in respect of the Company set forth in the seventh paragraph of the Confidentiality Agreement, and (z) except as provided in (x) and (y), nothing in this Section 5.8 shall be construed to limit or otherwise modify the provisions or term of the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive any termination of this Agreement.  Any investigation by the Investor shall not affect the representations and warranties contained herein or the conditions to the respective obligations of the Parties to consummate the Investment.

 

Section 5.9                                    Public Filings. Prior to filing any amendment or supplement to the Form 10, the Company and Parent shall provide the Investor with a copy of such amendment or supplement (including all exhibits to be filed therewith) and provide the Investor with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any section(s) or portion(s) of such amendment or supplement relating to the Investor, its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or the material terms of the Investment, and the Company and Parent shall consider in good faith any such comments.  If the Investor disagrees with any material matters in any such section(s) or portion(s) of such amendment or supplement (including all exhibits to be filed therewith), the Investor may raise such objection with the Company and Parent no later than five (5) calendar days following receipt by the Investor of such amendment or supplement (including all exhibits to be filed therewith) and the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to resolve any such objections; provided that no information may be included (x) in any amendment or supplement to the Form 10, and (y) any correspondence filed with the SEC with respect thereto, (other than information which is already publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.9) relating to the Investor, its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or the material terms of the Investment, without the prior written consent of the Investor (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTMENT

 

Section 6.1                                    Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the Investment are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No Applicable Laws shall have been adopted, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Entity, and no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by a court or other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction (an “Injunction”) shall be in effect, having the

 

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effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(b)                                 No Pending Governmental Actions. No proceeding initiated by any Governmental Entity seeking an Injunction having the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions shall be pending.

 

(c)                                  Consummation of PV Investment. The PV Closing shall have occurred prior to or shall occur contemporaneously with the Closing.

 

(d)                                 Required PRC Regulatory Procedures. The Required PRC Regulatory Procedures shall have been completed and obtained.

 

Section 6.2                                    Conditions to the Obligations of Investor(a)     . The obligations of the Investor to consummate the Investment are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Investor on or prior to the PV Closing Date of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties. (i) Other than the Company and Parent Fundamental Representations, the representations and warranties of the Company and Parent contained in this Agreement (disregarding for this purpose any limitation or qualification by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any words of similar import set forth therein) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the PV Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except to the extent such failures to be true and correct, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the Company, (ii) the representation set forth in Section 3.2(r)(i)(B) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the PV Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time, and (iii) the Company and Parent Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the PV Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date).

 

(b)                                 Agreements and Covenants. Each of the Company and Parent shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the PV Closing.

 

(c)                                  Material Adverse Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date through the PV Closing, there shall not have occurred and be continuing any event, change, circumstance or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(d)                                 Officer Certificate. Parent and the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate, dated the PV Closing Date, duly executed by a senior executive officer of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 6.2(a)-(c) and (e).

 

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(e)                                  Organizational Documents. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company shall be substantially in the form attached hereto in Exhibit F and Exhibit G, respectively.

 

Section 6.3                                    Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Investment are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties. Other than the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in Section 3.1(a), Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(e), Section 3.1(f), Section 3.1(g), Section 3.1(h) and Section 3.1(j), (i) the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Agreement (disregarding for this purpose any limitation or qualification by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any words of similar import set forth therein) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except to the extent such failures to be true and correct, would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor and (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(a), Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(e), Section 3.1(f), Section 3.1(g), Section 3.1(h) and Section 3.1(j) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date).

 

(b)                                 Agreements and Covenants. The Investor shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)                                  Officer Certificate.  Investor shall have delivered to Parent and the Company a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by a senior executive officer of the Investor, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 6.3(a)-(b).

 

ARTICLE VII

 

TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

 

Section 7.1                                    Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a)                                 by the mutual written consent of Parent and the Investor;

 

(b)                                 by either Parent or the Investor, if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 31, 2017; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to any Party if the circumstances described in this Section 7.1(b) are primarily caused by such Party’s (which, with respect to Parent, includes the Company) failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)                                  by Parent, if (i) the PV Closing shall have occurred and the Closing shall not have occurred (other than solely due to the condition set forth in Section 6.1(d) not being

 

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satisfied) or (ii) the Closing shall not have occurred on or before the expiration of the Measurement Period;

 

(d)                                 by Parent, if there shall have been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Investor set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) would not be satisfied; provided however, that, Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) if Parent or the Company is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements hereunder;

 

(e)                                  by the Investor, if there shall have been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or the Company set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) would not be satisfied; provided however, that, the Investor shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(e) if either Investor is then in material breach of any of their representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements hereunder; or

 

(e)                                  by the Investor, if there shall have occurred and be continuing any event, change, circumstance or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall automatically terminate (without any further action of any of the Parties hereto) and be of no further force or effect, if, prior to the Effective Time, Parent publicly announces that the Distribution has been abandoned.

 

Section 7.2                                    Effect of Termination.  In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of the Investor, Parent, or the Company or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and other representatives under this Agreement; provided that Section 5.1, this Section 7.2, and ARTICLE IX shall survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 and provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for its willful and intentional breach of this Agreement prior to such termination. For purpose of this Section 7.2, “willful and intentional” shall mean an action taken with the actual knowledge of the Party taking such action that such action violates this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 8.1                                    Survival of Representations and Warranties. (a) The Company and Parent Fundamental Representations shall survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until the second (2nd) anniversary of the Closing Date, and (b) the Company’s and Parent’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(f)(ii) and Section 3.2(g) shall survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date (such period the “Expiration Period”).  No other representation or warranty shall survive the Closing.  If the Investor (or any Indemnified Person) delivers written notice (setting forth, to the extent practicable, in reasonable detail the basis for an indemnifiable

 

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claim pursuant to Section 8.2) to Parent or the Company, as applicable, for a claim for indemnification or recovery within the applicable Expiration Period, such claim shall survive until satisfied, or otherwise finally resolved or judicially determined.  No covenant or agreement contained herein that by its terms is to be performed prior to the Closing Date shall survive the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 8.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the Parties which by its term contemplates performance after the Closing Date.

 

Section 8.2                                    Indemnification by Parent and the Company.

 

(a)                                 In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Investor Shares and the Warrants, in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, Parent agrees, from and after the Closing, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and its respective Affiliates, shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all Losses of any Indemnified Person as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to any misrepresentation or breach by Parent or the Company of any Company and Parent Fundamental Representations (other than the representations set forth in Section 3.2(h)); and the Company agrees, from and after the Closing, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Losses of any Indemnified Person as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to any misrepresentation or breach by the Parent or Company of the representations set forth in Section 3.2(h).

 

(b)                                 The Company agrees, from and after the Closing, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Losses of any Indemnified Person as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to any misrepresentation or breach of the representations or warranties made in Section 3.2(f)(ii) and Section 3.2(g).

 

Section 8.3                                    Limitations on Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall have no liability to the Indemnified Persons under Section 8.2(b) with respect to any misrepresentation or breach of any such representation or warranty unless the aggregate amount of the Losses actually suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 8.2(b) exceeds one-half of a percent (0.5%) of the Investor Purchase Price, in which case the Company shall be liable only for Losses pursuant to Section 8.2(b) in excess of such amount.

 

(b)                                 The maximum aggregate liabilities of the Company in respect of the Losses pursuant to Section 8.2(b) with respect to any misrepresentation or breach of representations and warranties made by the Company and/or Parent shall be subject to a cap equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Investor Purchase Price.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of the limitations set forth in this ARTICLE VIII shall apply to any intentional fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by Parent, the Company, the Investor or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreements and the Transaction Agreements.

 

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Section 8.4                                    Treatment of Indemnity Payments. All payments required to be paid pursuant to this ARTICLE VIII shall be treated as an adjustment to the Investor Purchase Price for Tax purposes, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 9.1                                    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by telecopy or telefacsimile, (c) on the second Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (d) on the date received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice

 

(a)                                 if to the Company, to

 

Yum China Holdings, Inc.
16/F Two Grand Gateway
3 Hongqiao Road
Shanghai 200030
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Shella Ng, Chief Legal Officer
Facsimile: +86-21-2407-7898

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to

 

Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention:  Paul L. Choi

Beth E. Flaming

Facsimile: (312) 853-7036

 

(b)                                 if to the Investor, to

 

API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited

c/o Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd.

Block B, Dragon Times Plaza, 18 Wantang Road, Xihu District

Hangzhou, China 310099

Attention:  Jason Zhu
Facsimile:  +86-571-8163-5410

 

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

 

Legal Department

c/o Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd.

 

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Block B, Dragon Times Plaza, 18 Wantang Road, Xihu District

Hangzhou, China 310099

Facsimile:  +86-571-8163-5410

 

and

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017
Attention: Patrick J. Naughton
Facsimile:  +1-212-455-2502

 

(c)                                  if to Parent, to

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.
1441 Gardiner Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40213
Attention:  Scott Catlett
Facsimile:  (502) 874-8790

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention:  Benjamin M. Roth
Facsimile:  (212) 403-2000

 

and

 

Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention:  Frederick B. Thomas

Jodi A. Simala

Facsimile:  (312) 706-8436

 

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice as provided above.

 

Section 9.2                                    Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or changed, and no provision hereof may be waived by any Party, except by an instrument in writing making specific reference to this Agreement signed on behalf of each of the Parties hereto. The failure of any Party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of those rights.

 

Section 9.3                                    Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit or Schedule to this

 

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Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” and “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

Section 9.4                                    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one Party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

Section 9.5                                    Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement, and the exhibits and schedules hereto, including Exhibit A (Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement), Exhibit B (Form of Employee Matters Agreement), Exhibit C (Form of Tax Matters Agreement), Exhibit D (Form of Master License Agreement), Exhibit E (Form of Name License Agreement), Exhibit F (Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company), Exhibit G (Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company), Exhibit H (Form of Shareholders Agreement), the Transition Services Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement and the other agreements and instruments of the Parties delivered in connection herewith and therewith constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(b)                                 Except as expressly provided in Section 9.17, nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights upon any Person other than the Parties and each such Party’s respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.6                                    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to any choice of law principles thereof that would cause the application of the laws of another jurisdiction).

 

Section 9.7                                    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, and the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid and unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.  Upon any such determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect, as closely as possible, the original intent of the Parties. The Parties intend that the remedies hereon contained in this Agreement be construed as integral provisions of this Agreement and that such remedies shall not be severable in any manner that reduces a Party’s liability or obligation hereunder.

 

Section 9.8                                    Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

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Section 9.9                                    Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Investor, Parent and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (or if, (but only if) the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware), with respect to any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to the addresses set forth on this Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against any such party in any such court.  Each of the Investor, Parent and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in the Delaware Court of Chancery (or if, (but only if) the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE INVESTOR, PARENT AND THE COMPANY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY AND/OR ANY DEFENSES BASED UPON THE VENUE, THE INCONVENIENCE OF THE FORUM, OR THE LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT ARISING FROM SUCH DISPUTE WITH JURISDICTION AND/OR VENUE SO SELECTED.

 

Section 9.10                             Enforcement. Each Party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to seek an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof. In addition, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party hereto will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Applicable Law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

 

Section 9.11                             Disclosure Schedule. The mere inclusion of an item in the relevant Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation, warranty or covenant shall not be deemed an acknowledgment that such matter or item is required to be disclosed therein or is material to a representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement, and shall not be an admission by a party that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item, alone or together with any other item, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Investor, Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary of the foregoing, as applicable.

 

Section 9.12                             Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the Party or Parties, as applicable, incurring such expenses.

 

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Section 9.13                             Transfer Taxes.  The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp and similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of the Investor Shares.

 

Section 9.14                             Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.15                             Mutual Drafting. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of Investor, Parent, and the Company and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

 

Section 9.16                             No-Recourse; No Partnership.  Only the Parties shall have any obligation or liability under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything that may be express or implied in this Agreement, no recourse under this Agreement, shall be had against any current or future Affiliate of the Investor, any current or future direct or indirect shareholder, member, general or limited partner, controlling Person or other beneficial owners of the Investor or of any such Affiliate, any of their respective representatives or any of the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, “Non-Liable Persons”), whether by enforcement of any assessment or any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other Applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed  on or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Liable Person for any obligation of the Investor under this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Non-Liable Person who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership among any of the Parties hereto.

 

Section 9.17                             Relationship between PV and the Investor.  The Investor hereby irrevocably appoints PV as sole representative of the Investor to act as the agent and on behalf of the Investor regarding any matter relating to or under this Agreement (other than with respect to determining whether any condition set forth in ARTICLE VI has been satisfied or waiving any such condition (the  “AF Reserved Matters”), including for purposes of (i) taking any action that may be necessary or desirable, as determined by PV, in its sole discretion, in connection with the termination of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE VII and (ii) granting any consent or approval on behalf of the Investor under this Agreement, including without limitation any consent that may be required under ARTICLE IV.  In furtherance of the foregoing sentence, PV shall have authority to bind the Investor in accordance with this Agreement, and Parent and each of the Company and Parent and each of their respective Subsidiaries may conclusively rely on such appointment and authority in all respects, and may conclusively rely upon, without independent verification or investigation, all decisions made by PV in connection with this Agreement, and will have no liability to the Investor for any actions taken by PV, including with respect to any of the actions described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, but in any event other than with respect to the AF Reserved Matters.  All immunities and powers granted to PV under this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date and/or any termination.  The grant of authority provided for herein (x) is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and survive the bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the Investor and (y) shall survive the Closing.  PV shall be a third party beneficiary of this Section 9.17.

 

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Section 9.18                             No Conflict.  Parent hereby acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything contained in any Transaction Agreement to the contrary, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be in breach of any of their respective obligations or suffer any other negative consequences pursuant to any Transaction Agreement due to any fact or circumstance arising out of any action taken by the Investor, or any of its Affiliates, in accordance with, and as permitted by, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement, including any acquisition of securities of the Company that would be permitted pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.

 

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Micky Pant

 

 

Name

Micky Pant

 

 

Title

CEO

 

 

 

 

YUM! BRANDS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Gibbs

 

 

Name

David Gibbs

 

 

Title

President and CFO

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]

 



 

 

API (HONG KONG) INVESTMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leiming Chen

 

 

Name:

Leiming Chen

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]

 


Exhibit 99.4

 

FORM OF

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of [·], 2016

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I GOVERNANCE; ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

1

 

 

 

1.1.

Composition of the Board of Directors

1

1.2.

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

5

1.3.

Share Repurchases

5

1.4.

Financing Cooperation

5

1.5.

Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance

6

 

 

 

ARTICLE II TRANSFERS; STANDSTILL PROVISIONS; COMPLIANCE

6

 

 

 

2.1.

Investor Transfer Restrictions

6

2.2.

Standstill

8

2.3.

Compliance with Laws

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE III INFORMATION RIGHTS

11

 

 

 

3.1.

Financial Statements; Access

11

3.2.

Confidentiality; Privileged Information

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV REGISTRATION RIGHTS

13

 

 

 

4.1.

Demand Registrations

13

4.2.

Piggyback Registrations

15

4.3.

Shelf Registration Statement

16

4.4.

Withdrawal Rights

17

4.5.

Holdback Agreements

18

4.6.

Registration Procedures

18

4.7.

Registration Expenses

23

4.8.

Miscellaneous

24

4.9.

Registration Indemnification

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE V DEFINITIONS

26

 

 

 

5.1.

Defined Terms

26

5.2.

Terms Generally

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

35

 

 

 

6.1.

Term

35

6.2.

No Inconsistent Agreements

35

6.3.

Legend

35

6.4.

Notices

36

6.5.

Amendment and Waiver

38

 



 

6.6.

Interpretation

38

6.7.

Counterparts

38

6.8.

Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries

38

6.9.

Governing Law

39

6.10.

Severability

39

6.11.

Assignment

39

6.12.

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

39

6.13.

Enforcement

39

6.14.

Descriptive Headings

40

6.15.

Mutual Drafting

40

6.16.

No-Recourse; No Partnership

40

6.17.

AF Joinder

40

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A                     –      Form of Resignation Letter

Exhibit B                     –      Form of Joinder

Exhibit C                     –      Form of Issuer Agreement

Exhibit D                     –      Form of AF Deed of Adherence

 



 

SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of [October 31], 2016 (as it may be amended from time to time, this “Agreement”), among (i) Yum China Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) Pollos Investment L.P., a Cayman Islands Limited Partnership (“PV”), and (iii) API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited (“AF”) (each of AF and PV an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).  The Investors, collectively with the Company, are referred to herein as the “Parties”.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) an Investment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among Yum! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and former parent of the Company (“Parent”), the Company and PV (as it may be amended from time to time) (the “PV Investment Agreement”) and (ii) an Investment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among Parent, the Company and AF (as it may be amended from time to time) (the “AF Investment Agreement” and, collectively with the PV Investment Agreement, the “Investment Agreements”), the Investors have agreed to purchase and acquire from the Company, and the Company has agreed to issue and sell to Investors, the Investor Shares and will issue the Warrants (as such terms are defined in the Investment Agreements), on such terms and subject to such conditions as are set forth in the Investment Agreements (the “Investment”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Investment Agreements, the Company and the Investors have agreed to execute and deliver this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parties hereto wishes to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions regarding the Investment and Investors’ ownership of the Investor Shares and Warrants (and the Warrant Shares), including certain registration rights applicable to such shares, restrictions on the transfer of such securities, restrictions on certain actions relating to the Company, and the governance of the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the Parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

GOVERNANCE; ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

1.1.                            Composition of the Board of Directors.

 

(a)                                 As of one (1) Business Day after the date hereof, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall consist of ten (10) directors designated by Parent, one (1) of which shall be Dr. Fred Hu (“FH”), who shall be appointed as the Company’s initial Chairman; provided, that, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 1.1 to the contrary, if FH is unable to serve due to death, disability or incapacity as of such time of appointment, PV shall be entitled to designate another Person to serve as the Investor Designee and a director (who need not be the Chairman) of the Company effective as of one Business Day after the Effective Time, in which event the Board shall consist of ten (10) directors or eleven (11) directors, as

 



 

determined in the Board’s discretion.  FH and any other Investor Designee (as defined below) shall, at the time of his or her appointment to the Board, execute and deliver to the Company an irrevocable conditional letter of resignation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Resignation Letter”).

 

(b)                                 Following the Effective Time, so long as PV together with its Affiliates Beneficially Owns a number of shares of Company Common Stock that is at least fifty percent (50.0%) of the number of PV Shares as of immediately following the Closing (as defined in the PV Investment Agreement) (but giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) of the PV Investment Agreement) (the “PV Shareholding Requirement”), PV shall have the right to nominate one (1) Investor Designee who shall be a Qualified Director for election at each meeting of stockholders or action by written consent at which directors are to be elected and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Board shall include such Investor Designee in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board in the Company’s proxy statement (and any related proxy cards); provided, that prior to the third annual meeting of stockholders of the Company after the date hereof, PV shall only have the right to nominate an Investor Designee for election at an annual meeting at which such Investor Designee’s term expires in accordance with the Certificate; provided, further, that prior to the third annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, unless FH is unable to serve due to death, disability, incapacity or retirement or ceases to be employed by PV or any of its Affiliates, the Investor Designee shall be FH.  FH or any person designated to serve as a director by PV pursuant to the foregoing sentence is referred to as the “Investor Designee.”  At such time when the PV Shareholding Requirement is not met, then (x) the conditions set forth in the applicable Investor Designee’s Resignation Letter shall be satisfied and the Board shall be entitled (but not required) to accept such Investor Designee’s resignation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such Investor Designee’s resignation shall not be effective until accepted by the Board) and (y) in the event the Board accepts such Investor Designee’s resignation, PV’s right to designate the PV Observer (as defined below) in accordance with Section 1.1(f) shall terminate and the PV Observer shall automatically cease to be a Board Observer and shall have no further rights as a Board Observer.  In connection with the election of directors at any annual meeting of stockholders or action by written consent of the Company after the Effective Time, and subject to the terms of this Agreement (including the immediately preceding sentence) and Applicable Law, the Company shall take all actions necessary to provide that the Investor Designee is nominated for election or re-election (including by using substantially the same level of efforts and providing no less than substantially the same level of support as is used and/or provided for the other director nominees of the Company with respect to the applicable meeting of stockholders or action by written consent), as applicable, to the Board at such annual meeting or pursuant to such action by written consent and the remaining directors shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate and the Bylaws, and the Company shall solicit proxies for such Investor Designee to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board.  For the avoidance of doubt, failure of the stockholders of the Company to elect such Investor Designee provided for in this Section 1.1(b) to the Board shall not affect the right of PV to nominate a director for election in any future election of directors.  The Company shall take all actions necessary to provide that, upon his appointment to the Board, FH is included as a “Class III” director as such term is used in the Certificate.

 

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(c)                                  PV shall have the right to designate, subject to Section 1.1(b), any replacement for the Investor Designee, who shall be a Qualified Director, upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any such Investor Designee and the Board shall take all necessary action to appoint such replacement Investor Designee, subject in all cases to (i) compliance with the Certificate, the Bylaws, Applicable Law and applicable stock exchange rules and (ii) the execution, delivery and acceptance of a Resignation Letter to the Company.

 

(d)                                 For purposes of this Agreement, a “Qualified Director” shall mean a director who (i) qualifies as an Independent Director and (ii) is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Board (as determined by a majority of the directors not including any Investor Designee); provided, that no Person shall be a Qualified Director if such Person Engages in a Competing Business.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (x) if at any time an Investor Designee Engages in a Competing Business, then the conditions set forth in such Investor Designee’s Resignation Letter shall be satisfied (and the Board shall be entitled (but not required) to accept such Investor Designee’s resignation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such Investor Designee’s resignation shall not be effective until accepted by the Board)), and (y) if at any time from and after the Effective Time, PV or any of its Affiliates Engages in a Competing Business, then, PV shall no longer have the right to designate an Investor Designee (provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit PV from seeking a waiver from the Company with respect to this subclause (y), which waiver may be given or withheld at the Company’s sole discretion).

 

(e)                                  For so long as an Investor Designee is serving on the Board, the Company shall not implement or maintain any trading policy or similar guideline or policy with respect to the trading of securities of the Company that is targeted at PV or its Affiliates (including a policy that limits, prohibits, restricts Investor or its Affiliates from entering into the hedging or derivative arrangements referenced herein), in each case, other than (i) with respect to the Investor Designee, (ii) with respect to the trading of securities of the Company while in possession of material non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iii) with respect to compliance with applicable federal securities or other laws, and/or (iv) with respect to compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(f)                                   From and after the Effective Time, and for so long as AF together with its Affiliates Beneficially Owns a number of shares of Company Common Stock that is at least fifty percent (50.0%) of the number of AF Shares as of immediately following the Closing (as defined in the AF Investment Agreement) (but giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) of the AF Investment Agreement), AF shall have the right to designate one (1) non-voting Board observer (the “AF Observer”); provided; that at any time from and after the Effective Time, (A) if AF or any of its Affiliates Engages in a Competing Business, then AF shall immediately cease to have the right to retain the AF Observer, and (B) if the PV Shareholding Requirement ceases to be met, then AF shall cease to have the right to retain the AF Observer following the date that is three years following the date on which the PV Shareholding Requirement ceases to be met (unless such right shall have been previously terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).  From and after the Effective Time, and for so long as the PV Shareholding Requirement is met, subject to the last sentence of Section 2.2(b), PV shall have the right to designate one (1) non-voting Board observer (the “PV

 

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Observer” and each of the PV Observer and the AF Observer, a “Board Observer”).  Each Board Observer (x) must be reasonably acceptable to the Board (as determined by a majority of the directors not including any Investor Designee), (y) cannot be Engaged in a Competing Business and (z) shall enter into a customary confidentiality agreement with the Company.  No Board Observer shall have the right to vote on any matter presented to the Board or any committee thereof but shall have the right to (1) receive the same materials distributed to members of the Board at the same time and in the same manner such materials are distributed to members of the Board, and (2) otherwise fully participate in meetings and discussions of the Board, except for the right to vote, as if he or she were a member of the Board.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Board Observer shall be entitled to receive from the Company or any of its Affiliates any compensation or reimbursement of expenses, costs or any fees in connection with the Board Observer’s attendance at meetings of the Board or otherwise.

 

(g)                                  Each Investor Designee (and any replacement therefor pursuant to Section 1.1(c)) and Board Observer shall, prior to such Investor Designee’s or Board Observer’s nomination or designation, as applicable, provide any and all information as shall be reasonably requested by the Board (including the completion of a customary directors’ and officers’ questionnaire, as well as any information regarding such proposed Investor Designee to the extent reasonably required by the Certificate, the Bylaws, Applicable Law and applicable stock exchange rules).  PV shall direct the Investor Designee and the PV Observer to comply, and AF shall direct the AF Observer to comply, with all policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to Board members generally, including the Company’s code of business conduct and ethics, securities trading policies, anti-hedging policies, Regulation FD-related policies, director confidentiality policies and corporate governance guidelines (collectively, the “Company Policies”); provided that Parent and the Company acknowledge and agree that any share ownership requirement for an Investor Designee serving on the Board will be deemed satisfied by the Investor Shares Beneficially Owned by Investor and/or its Affiliates and under no circumstances shall any of such Company Policies impose any restrictions on Investor’s or Affiliates’ transfers of securities pursuant to ARTICLE IV.

 

(h)                                 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude any Board Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel, or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.

 

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1.2.                            Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.  Immediately after the Effective Time, and for so long as this Agreement is in effect, (i) the Company and the Investors shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary to ensure at all times as of and following the Effective Time that the provisions of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby are not inconsistent with Applicable Law and (ii) the Company shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary to ensure at all times as of and following the Effective Time that the provisions of the Certificate and Bylaws of the Company are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and the Investment Agreements.

 

1.3.                            Share Repurchases.  The Company shall not, prior to the expiration of the Measurement Period, repurchase, or publicly announce any share repurchase programs relating to, any shares of Company Common Stock.

 

1.4.                            Financing Cooperation.  Upon the request of any Investor or of its Affiliates that it wishes to pledge, hypothecate or grant security interests in any or all of the Investor Shares in connection with one or more Permitted Loans, including to banks or financial institutions as collateral or security for loans, advances or extensions of credit, the Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to provide to such Investor and its Affiliates, as applicable, such cooperation as may be reasonably necessary to consummate any such pledge, hypothecation or grant, including entry into letter agreements with lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (each, an “Issuer Agreement”) and, if requested by such Investor or any of its Affiliates (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and the Investment Agreements, including Section 3.1(k) of each Investment Agreement and Section 6.3 hereof), instructing the transfer agent to transfer any such Investor Shares subject to the pledge, hypothecation or grant into the facilities of The Depository Trust Company without, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, restrictive legends subject to receipt of an opinion from nationally recognized counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.  The Company’s obligation to deliver an Issuer Agreement is conditioned on (i) the Investor delivering to the Company (A) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of the requested Issuer Agreement, a substantially final draft of the Permitted Loan to which the Issuer Agreement relates, and (B) an executed copy of the Permitted Loan to which the Issuer Agreement relates and (ii) the Investor certifying to the Company in writing that (A) the loan agreement with respect to which the Issuer Agreement is being delivered constitutes a Permitted Loan being entered into in accordance with this Agreement, the Investor has pledged the Investor Shares as collateral to the lenders under such Permitted Loan and the execution of such Permitted Loan and the terms thereof do not violate the terms of this Agreement, (B) an event of default (as described in such loan agreement) constitutes the sole circumstances under which the lenders under the Permitted Loan may foreclose on the Investor Shares and that such provisions do not violate the terms of this Agreement, (C) pursuant to the provisions of such loan agreement, the Investor may sell Investor Shares in order to satisfy a margin call or repay a Permitted Loan, in each case, to the extent necessary to satisfy a bone fide margin call on such Permitted Loan or otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement  and that such provisions do not violate the terms of this Agreement and (D) the Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company will be relying on such certificate when entering into the Issuer Agreement and any inaccuracy in such certificate will be deemed a breach of this Agreement.  The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the statements and agreements of the Company in an Issuer Agreement are solely for the benefit of the applicable lenders party thereto and that in any dispute between the Company and the

 

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Investor under this Agreement, the Investor shall not be entitled to use the statements and agreements of the Company in an Issuer Agreement against the Company.  The Company agrees and acknowledges that (a) no lender or collateral agent with respect to a Permitted Loan shall become party to this Agreement or be subject to any provision hereunder and (b) that it shall not condition its cooperation under this Section 1.4 on (i) any lender or collateral agent agreeing to become party to this Agreement or becoming subject to any such provision or (ii) any agreement, representation, warranty or obligation by the Investor or any of its Affiliates other than as set forth in this Agreement or in any Issuer Agreement.

 

1.5.                            Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.  Immediately following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall adopt (or, as applicable, maintain in effect) directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that shall extend to the Investor Designee to the same extent applicable to all Company directors.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any indemnification and advancement of expenses and provided in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and/or bylaws to any Investor Affiliated Director and such insurance shall be the insurance of first resort for any Investor Affiliated Director, in each case, in his or her capacity as a director of the Company or its Subsidiaries (such that the Company’s obligations to such indemnitees in their capacities as directors are primary and any obligation of PV or its Affiliates to advance expenses or to provide indemnification or insurance for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such indemnitees are secondary).  No advancement or payment by PV or its Affiliates on behalf of such indemnitees with respect to any claim for which such indemnitees have sought indemnification, advancement of expenses of insurance from the Company in their capacities as directors shall affect the foregoing, and PV or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such indemnitees against the Company.  The Company shall indemnify each Board Observer from and against any and all claims, actions, costs, expenses or losses incurred by such Board Observer as a result of such Board Observer being named as a defendant in any lawsuit or other legal action solely in his or her capacity as a Board Observer.

 

ARTICLE II

 

TRANSFERS; STANDSTILL PROVISIONS; COMPLIANCE

 

2.1.                            Investor Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)                                 Other than in the case of a Permitted Transfer, no Investor shall, and each Investor shall cause its Affiliates not to, Transfer all or any portion of the Investor Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares owned by such Investor prior to the date that is twelve (12) months after the Effective Time (such period, the “Restricted Period”); provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall cease to apply with respect to the Warrants and Warrant Shares (and any hedging or monetization transactions effected pursuant to Rule 144 that reference Company Common Stock and do not exceed, in the aggregate during the Restricted Period, the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying the Warrants, each a “Permitted Warrant Hedge”) if the Reference Price is, at any time after the date that is six (6) months after the Effective Time, less than seventy percent (70%) of the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share.  “Reference Price” with respect to any point in time means the volume weighted average price of a share of Company

 

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Common Stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange over the consecutive ten (10) trading days immediately prior to such time.

 

(b)                                 Permitted Transfers” means, in each case, so long as such Transfer is in accordance with Applicable Law:

 

(i)                                     a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee of such Investor, so long as such Permitted Transferee, in connection with such Transfer, (A) executes a customary joinder to this Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and (B) covenants and agrees in writing, subject to the terms and conditions of any Permitted Loan made to such Permitted Transferee, to Transfer the previously Transferred Investor Shares or Warrants (or Warrant Shares) back to such Investor immediately upon ceasing to be a Permitted Transferee;

 

(ii)                                  a Transfer in connection with an Acquisition Transaction approved by the Board (including if the Board (A) recommends that its stockholders tender in response to a tender or exchange offer that, if consummated, would constitute an Acquisition Transaction, or (B) does not recommend that its stockholders reject any such tender or exchange offer within the ten (10) Business Day period specified in Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act);

 

(iii)                               a Transfer made pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.4(b) of the applicable Investment Agreement;

 

(iv)                              a Transfer that constitutes a tender into a tender or exchange offer commenced by the Company or any of its Affiliates;

 

(v)                                 a Transfer that constitutes a pledge, hypothecation or other grant of security interest in the Investor Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares as collateral for a Permitted Loan or Permitted Warrant Hedge; or

 

(vi)                              a Transfer by any Investor to any Person (other than an Affiliate of such Investor) for cash, solely to the extent that all of the net proceeds of such sale are solely used to satisfy a margin call (i.e., posted as collateral) or repay a Permitted Loan to the extent necessary to satisfy a bona fide margin call on such Permitted Loan or avoid a bona fide margin call on such Permitted Loan that is, in the good faith judgment of the Investor or its applicable Affiliate that is the borrower under such Permitted Loans, as applicable, reasonably likely to occur (in each case through no fault of Investor or any of its Affiliates).

 

The Investor shall provide at least five (5) Business Days’ advanced written notice of any proposed Transfer that is a Permitted Transfer pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(i) or Section 2.1(b)(v), and shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, provide at least two (2) Business Days’ advanced written notice of any proposed Transfer that is a Permitted Transfer pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(vi).

 

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of its Affiliates, shall cause, permit, or suffer any Transfer of all or any portion of the Investor Shares, Warrants, or Warrant Shares owned by such Investor or any of its Affiliate (i) if such Transfer would be in violation of any Applicable Laws or breach of any terms and conditions of this Agreement; or (ii) to a Prohibited Person.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale of the Investor Shares through open market transactions, or through registration rights where the identity of prospective buyers is not known to the selling Investor shall not be subject to Section 2.1(c)(ii).

 

(d)                                 To the extent that any Transfer or attempted Transfer of Investor Shares or Warrants (or the Warrant Shares) by an Investor or any of its Affiliates is in violation of this Section 2.1, (i) such Transfer shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, be null and void ab initio, (ii) the Company shall not, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties not to, record or recognize any such purported Transfer on the share register of the Company, and (iii) the Company shall be entitled to seek, and recover, from such Investor any and all costs, expenses and damages (including reimbursement of any costs and expenses incurred by the Company) incurred or suffered by the Company in connection with any such purported Transfer.

 

(e)                                  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the ability of any lender (or its securities’ affiliate) or collateral agent to foreclose upon and sell, dispose of or otherwise Transfer Investor Shares mortgaged, hypothecated and/or pledged to secure the obligations of the borrower following an event of default under a Permitted Loan and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in the event that any lender or other creditor under a Permitted Loan (including any agent or trustee on their behalf) or any Affiliate of the foregoing exercises any rights or remedies in respect of the Investor Shares or any other collateral for any Permitted Loan, no lender, creditor, agent or trustee on their behalf or Affiliate of any of the foregoing (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, an Investor or any of its Affiliates) or transferee of any of the foregoing (except as permitted under Section 6.11) shall be entitled to any rights or have any obligations, or be subject to any Transfer restrictions or limitations, hereunder (including the rights or benefits provided for in this Section 2.1).

 

(f)                                   Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, a Transfer resulting from (x) any issuance of limited partnership or other investor interests by a Primavera Fund, (y) any Transfer of limited partnership or other interests in a Primavera Fund, or (z) any Transfer of an interest in a Primavera Fund among employees of Primavera Capital GP II Ltd. or its Affiliates, in each case, shall not be deemed a “Transfer” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

2.2.                            Standstill.

 

(a)                                 During the Standstill Period, without the express prior written invitation or consent of the Board, each Investor shall not, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and any representatives acting on such Investor’s or one of such Investor’s Affiliate’s behalf not to, in any manner, directly or indirectly: (i) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or participate in, facilitate or encourage any other Person to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or participate in, (A) any acquisition of any voting securities (or beneficial ownership thereof), or rights or options to acquire any voting securities (including Company Common Stock and any voting debt securities) (or

 

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beneficial ownership thereof) (for the avoidance of doubt, other than an Investor’s exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms), or any assets, or businesses of the Company, (B) any tender offer or exchange offer, merger or other business combination involving the Company, any of the assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries constituting a material portion of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, (C) any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company or (D) any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Commission) or consents to vote any voting securities of the Company, including soliciting consents or taking other action with respect to the calling of a special meeting of the Company’s shareholders; (ii) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (as defined under the Exchange Act) with respect to the Company; (iii) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek representation on or to Control or influence the management, Board or policies of the Company or to obtain representation on the Board of the Company (provided, that this clause (iii) shall in no way limit the activities of the Investor Designee taken in good faith solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company); (iv) disclose or direct any Person to disclose, any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing; or (v) advise, assist or encourage, or direct any Person to advise, assist or encourage any other Person in connection with any of the foregoing.  Each Investor also agrees during such period not to request the Company to amend or waive any provision of this Section 2.2(a) (including this sentence).

 

(b)                                 The provisions of Section 2.2(a) shall not, in any manner, limit or prohibit (i) any actions, or the rights or authority of the Investor Designee acting in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or otherwise consistent with his or her fiduciary duties, (ii) the full participation of any Investor Designee in any Board (or Board committee, as applicable) discussions, deliberations, negotiations or determinations, or other actions or matters with respect to which any other members of the Board participate, regarding any Change of Control of the Company or any Acquisition Transaction, (iii) either Investor or any of such Investor’s Affiliates, or any of their respective representatives from communicating privately with the Company’s directors, officers or representatives so long as such communications are not intended to, and would not reasonably be expected to, require any public disclosure of such communications, (iv) Investor or any of its Affiliates’ acquisition or offering to acquire, directly or indirectly, any company or business unit that Beneficially Owns any securities of the Company; provided that, in the event the Investor or any of its Affiliates acquire Control of such company or business unit, the fair market value of such company or business unit’s Beneficial Ownership in the Company (at the time definitive agreements with respect to such acquisition are entered into) shall represent five percent (5%) or less of the total assets of such company or business unit; provided, further, that any Beneficial Ownership in the Company so acquired by Investor or any of its Affiliates shall be taken in account when determining the  Ultimate Standstill Level (as defined below), (v) the activities of any Portfolio Company of any Investor; provided that such Portfolio Company is not acting at the direction of such Investor, (vi) any acquisition by either Investor, such Investor’s Affiliates or any of their respective representatives of any voting securities (or Beneficial Ownership thereof), or rights or options to acquire any voting securities (including Company Common Stock), or the exercise of any rights or options to acquire any voting securities (including Company Common Stock), that does not immediately following the consummation of any such transaction result, directly or indirectly (and taking into account any other Beneficial Ownership of Company Common Stock including pursuant to the

 

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foregoing clause (iv)), in (x) an aggregate Beneficial Ownership by PV and its Affiliates, collectively, of more than 17.74%, or, (y) an aggregate Beneficial Ownership by AF and its Affiliates, collectively, of more than 2.16%, (in each case of (x) and (y), taking into account, for purposes of such calculation, all Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants that are held by the applicable Investor and have not yet been exercised as of the date of determination, and as the percentages specified in the immediately preceding subsections (x) and (y) may be adjusted by mutual agreement between PV and AF for so long as the sum of such percentages do not exceed 19.9%) of the outstanding amount of any class of voting securities of Company Common Stock; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing in this clause (vi) shall permit PV, AF and their respective Affiliates to Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 19.9% of any voting securities or rights or options to acquire any voting securities of the Company (including Company Common Stock) (the “Ultimate Standstill Level”), or (vii) PV proposing to the Company, at any time after the date that is six (6) months after the Effective Time, that the Company consider increasing the size of the Board by one (1) director and nominating a second Investor Designee selected by PV (in addition to the Investor Designee pursuant to Section 1.1(b)) for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors of the Company are to be elected.  Any such proposal made in compliance with clause (vii) of the preceding sentence shall be presented for consideration by the Board at the next regularly-scheduled meeting of the full Board.  PV shall not have the right to designate the PV Observer (and any PV Observer then serving as such shall automatically cease to be a Board Observer and shall have no further rights as a Board Observer) for so long as two or more Investor Designees are directors of the Company.

 

(c)                                  Other than this Agreement, the Company will not (i) enter into any Contract, (ii) amend the Certificate or Bylaws or (iii) amend or adopt any policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines, in each case, which in any manner, either directly or indirectly restrict either Investor or any of their respective Affiliates from acquiring, agreeing to acquire, proposing or offering to acquire, or facilitating the acquisition of any class of voting securities of Company Common Stock (including any derivative instruments thereof) not in excess of the Ultimate Standstill Level.

 

2.3.                            Compliance with Laws.  In connection with the applicable Investment Agreement, this Agreement and any of the transactions contemplated thereby and from and after the date hereof, each Investor on behalf of itself and its respective Affiliates (as well as any director or officer of any of the foregoing) and the Company covenants and agrees to comply with and abide by all Applicable Laws.  Without limiting the foregoing, each Investor on behalf of itself and its respective Affiliates (as well as any director or officer of any of the foregoing) and the Company covenants and agrees that it (a) has not made, offered, or promised, and will not make, offer, or promise any unlawful payment, or given, offered to give, or promised to give, and will not give, offer to give, or promise to give anything of value (whether in the form of property or services or in any other form), to any foreign or domestic official or employee of any Governmental Entity (which, for the purposes of this Section 2.3, also includes any political party or candidate), or to any finder, agent, representative or other party acting for, on behalf of, or under the auspices of any official or employee of any Governmental Entity (each, a “Government Official”) for purposes of (i) influencing any act or decision of any Government Official in his or her official capacity, (ii) inducing any Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his or her lawful duty, (iii) securing any improper advantage, or (iv) inducing any Government Official

 

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to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, in each case, for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or directing business to any Person; (b) has not used and will not use any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity and (c) has not taken or made, and will not take or make, any other action or omission that would or would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any other law of the United States, the People’s Republic of China, or of any other jurisdiction where the Investor or its Affiliates conduct business governing corrupt practices, commercial bribery, money laundering, pay-to-play, anti-bribery or anticorruption or that otherwise prohibits payments to any government or public officials or employees.

 

ARTICLE III

 

INFORMATION RIGHTS

 

3.1.                            Financial Statements; Access.  Subject to Section 3.2, for as long as PV has the right to appoint an Investor Designee pursuant to Section 1.1(b), in the case of PV, and for so long as AF has the right to designate a Board Observer pursuant to Section 1.1(f), in the case of AF, the Company will provide PV and AF, as applicable, with its monthly (as and when such monthly financial statements are furnished to the Board, but only to the extent that they are so furnished), quarterly and annual financial statements, unless such statements are available on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) database of the SEC, in which case such statements shall be deemed delivered to Investors for purposes of this Agreement.  In addition, for as long as PV has the right to appoint an Investor Designee pursuant to Section 1.1(b), in the case of PV, and for so long as AF has the right to designate a Board Observer pursuant to Section 1.1(f), in the case of AF, upon the request of the applicable Investor, no more than four (4) times per year, the Company will cause members of its senior management to meet with PV and AF, as applicable (in person or by conference telephone as agreed by the Parties) to provide PV and AF, as applicable, with an update regarding developments relating to the Company’s business and to respond to questions from the Investors; provided, that any costs and expenses incurred by PV or AF in connection with such meetings shall be borne solely by PV of AF, as applicable.

 

3.2.                            Confidentiality; Privileged Information.

 

(a)                                 Each Investor and Board Observer expressly acknowledge that Confidential Information obtained or received by such Investor is confidential and that the disclosure of such Confidential Information, either publicly or privately to other parties, would cause irreparable injury to the Company.  Except with the prior written consent of the Company, no Investor or Board Observer shall (and each Investor and Board Investor shall instruct their respective representatives not to) disclose any such Confidential Information to a third party, and PV, AF and any Board Observer shall use the same level of efforts utilized by PV and AF and their respective Affiliates, and the Board Observer’s principal organization, respectively, in the protection of such organization’s own confidential information to preserve the confidentiality of such Confidential Information (and each Investor and Board Observer shall cause its representatives to do the same).  The obligations of each Investor and any Board Observer under this Section 3.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of five (5) years;

 

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provided, that with respect to any trade secret, such obligations shall continue to apply to such trade secret for so long as such trade secret remains a trade secret.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investors, any Board Observer and their respective Affiliates shall not be bound by the confidentiality obligations of this Section 3.2 with respect to any Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Applicable Law; provided, that in such case, such Investor, any Board Observer or the respective Affiliate of such Investor or Board Observer shall disclose only that portion of such Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed and, to the extent reasonably practicable provide advance notice to the Company of such disclosure and provide the Company a reasonable amount of time and opportunity to seek a protective order or similar remedy, and to reasonably cooperate (at the Company’s sole expense) with the seeking of such protective order or similar remedy.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (A) an Investor or Board Observer may disclose Confidential Information to (x) their respective Affiliates and their respective representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements (or their rights and obligations hereunder), (y) to any direct or indirect, actual or potential shareholder, member, partner or other investor in such Investor or Board Observer’s principal organization, in each case of subclauses (x) and (y) so long as such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are directed to treat such information confidentially and (z) solely with respect to PV, any potential financing source and their respective representatives in connection with a Permitted Loan; provided, that such financing sources shall enter into customary confidentiality agreements with respect to any Confidential Information to be provided thereunder, and (B) any Investor Designee and Board Observer may disclose to PV, AF or any of their respective Affiliates any information obtained or received by such Investor Designee or Board Observer in his or her capacity as such.  Each Investor, on behalf of itself and its respective Affiliates and respective Board Observer, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Investor shall be responsible for any failure of any of the Persons enumerated in this Section 3.2 to whom it discloses Confidential Information to treat such information as required by the terms of this Section 3.2.

 

(b)                                 Nothing contained in this Section 3.2 will require the Company to take any action that would, after consultation with outside counsel, constitute a waiver of the attorney-client or similar privilege or violate any Applicable Law or confidentiality obligations owing to third parties, including under any material Contract.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything in the Confidentiality Agreements or the Investment Agreements to the contrary, from and after the date hereof, (x) any disclosure of information (other than any information relating to the Parent or its Subsidiaries (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company and its Subsidiaries)) that is not prohibited by this Section 3.2 shall not be deemed to be a breach of Section 5.8 of the Investment Agreements or of the Confidentiality Agreements, and (y) any action that is not prohibited by Section 2.2 shall not be deemed to be a breach of the standstill obligations of the Investors solely in respect of the Company set forth in the seventh paragraph of the Confidentiality Agreements.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

4.1.                            Demand Registrations.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement (including ARTICLE II), from and after the first anniversary of the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions hereof (x) solely during any period that the Company is then-ineligible under Applicable Law to register Registrable Securities on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 4.3 or, if the Company is so eligible but has failed to comply with its obligations under Section 4.3 or (y) following the expiration of the Company’s obligation to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective pursuant to Section 4.3(b), but only if there is no Shelf Registration Statement then in effect, the Investors shall be entitled to make no more than two (2) written requests of the Company in any given calendar year and no more than four (4) in the aggregate (each, a “Demand”) for registration under the Securities Act of an amount of Registrable Securities then held by the Investors that equals or is greater than the Registrable Amount (a “Demand Registration”).  Thereupon the Company will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit or facilitate the offer, sale and distribution of the securities specified in such Demand as promptly as reasonably practicable under the Securities Act of:

 

(i)                                     the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Investors for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such Demand; and

 

(ii)                                  all shares of Company Common Stock which the Company may elect to register in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 4.1, but subject to limitation as provided in Section 4.1(g); all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof) of the Registrable Securities and the additional shares of Company Common Stock, if any, to be so registered.

 

(b)                                 A Demand shall specify: (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration; and (ii) the intended method(s) of disposition in connection with such Demand Registration.

 

(c)                                  A Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have been effected (i) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has become effective and has remained effective for a period of at least (A) one hundred eighty (180) days or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration have actually been sold thereunder (provided, that such period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the holder of Registrable Securities refrains from selling any securities included in such registration statement at the request of the Company or the lead managing underwriter(s) pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or (B) in connection with a Demand Registration that involves an Underwritten Offering, such longer period as, in the opinion of counsel for the lead managing underwriter, a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer, or (ii) if, (A) after it has become effective and prior to the sale of all Registrable Securities included therein, such Demand Registration becomes subject, prior to one hundred eighty (180) days after effectiveness, to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other Governmental

 

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Entity, other than by reason of any act or omission by the Investors or (B) in connection with a Demand Registration that involves an Underwritten Offering, the conditions specified in the underwriting agreement or similar agreement entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied, other than as the result of a wrongful act, misrepresentation or breach of such agreement by the Investors.

 

(d)                                 Demand Registrations shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Commission as shall be selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Investors.

 

(e)                                  The Company shall not be obligated to (i) subject to the proviso of Section 4.1(c), maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act filed pursuant to a Demand Registration, for a period longer than one hundred eighty (180) days or (ii) effect any Demand Registration (A) within six (6) months of a “firm commitment” Underwritten Offering in which the Investors were offered “piggyback” rights pursuant to Section 4.2 (subject to Section 4.2(b)) and at least 50% of the number of Registrable Securities requested by the Investors to be included in such Demand Registration were included and were actually sold thereunder, (B) within six (6) months of the completion of any other Demand Registration (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Underwritten Offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement) or (C) if, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, it is not feasible for the Company to proceed with the Demand Registration because of the unavailability of audited or other required financial statements of the Company; provided, that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such financial statements as promptly as practicable.

 

(f)                                   The Company shall be entitled to postpone (upon written notice to the Investors) the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement or to require the Investors to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities in respect of any Demand Registration in the event of a Blackout Period under clause (ii) of the definition thereof until the expiration of such Blackout Period.  In the event of such Blackout Period, the Company shall deliver to the Investors a certificate signed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that, in the good faith judgment of the Board, the conditions described in clause (ii) of the definition of Blackout Period have been met.  Such certificate shall contain, to the extent practicable, an approximation of the anticipated duration of such Blackout Period.

 

(g)                                  If, in connection with a Demand Registration that involves an Underwritten Offering, the lead managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Company that, in its (their) opinion, the inclusion of all of the securities sought to be registered in connection with such Demand Registration would adversely affect the success thereof, then the Company shall include in such registration statement only such securities as the Company is advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such adverse effect as follows and in the following order of priority: (i) first, up to the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration by the Investors, which, in the opinion of the lead managing underwriter(s), can be sold without adversely affecting the success thereof; and (ii) second, the securities the Company proposes to sell.

 

(h)                                 Any time that a Demand Registration involves an Underwritten Offering, the Investors shall select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) that will serve as managing

 

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underwriters (including which such managing underwriters will serve as lead or co-lead) and underwriters with respect to the offering of such Registrable Securities; provided, that such investment banker(s) and manager(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

4.2.                            Piggyback Registrations.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement (including ARTICLE II), from and after the first anniversary of the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, whenever the Company proposes to register any Company Common Stock under the Securities Act (other than a registration by the Company (i) on Form S-4 or any successor form thereto, (ii) on Form S-8 or any successor form thereto, (iii) on a Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) pursuant to Section 4.1 (a “Piggyback Registration”)), whether for its own account or for the account of others, the Company shall give the Investors prompt written notice thereof (but not less than ten (10) days prior to the filing by the Company with the Commission of any registration statement with respect thereto).  Such notice (a “Piggyback Notice”) shall specify the number of shares of Company Common Stock proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such registration statement with the Commission, the proposed means of distribution, the proposed managing underwriter(s) (if any) and a good faith estimate by the Company of the proposed minimum offering price of such shares of Company Common Stock, in each case, to the extent then known.  Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Company shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities held by the Investors with respect to which the Company has received written requests (which written requests shall specify the number of Registrable Securities requested to be disposed of by the Investors) for inclusion therein within five (5) days after such Piggyback Notice is received by the Investors.

 

(b)                                 If, in connection with a Piggyback Registration that involves an Underwritten Offering, the lead managing underwriter(s) advises the Company that, in its (their) opinion, the inclusion of all the shares of Company Common Stock sought to be included in such Piggyback Registration would adversely affect the success thereof, then the Company shall include in the registration statement applicable to such Piggyback Registration only such shares of Company Common Stock as the Company is so advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such an effect and in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell; and (ii) up to the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Piggyback Registration by the Investors, which, in the opinion of the lead managing underwriter(s), can be sold without adversely affecting the success thereof.

 

(c)                                  For clarity, in connection with any Underwritten Offering under this Section 4.2 for the Company’s account, the Company shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities of the Investors in the Underwritten Offering unless the Investors accept the terms of the underwriting agreement (which shall be in customary form) as agreed upon between the Company and the lead managing underwriter(s), which shall be selected by the Company.

 

(d)                                 If, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any shares of Company Common Stock as set forth in this Section 4.2 and prior to the time the registration statement filed in connection with such Piggyback Registration is declared effective, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such shares of Company Common

 

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Stock, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Investors and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such particular withdrawn or abandoned Piggyback Registration; provided, that the Investors may elect to require the Company to continue the registration as a Demand Registration pursuant to the terms of Section 4.1.

 

(e)                                  Any time that a Piggyback Registration involves an Underwritten Offering, the Company shall select (in its sole discretion) the investment banker(s) and manager(s) that will serve as managing underwriters (including which such managing underwriters will serve as lead or co-lead) and underwriters with respect to the offering of such Registrable Securities.

 

4.3.                            Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement (including ARTICLE II), from and after the first anniversary of the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and further subject to the eligibility of the Company to file a registration statement on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto (“Form S-3”), the Investors may by written notice delivered to the Company require the Company to file as soon as reasonably practicable, and to its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective by the Commission, if applicable, as soon as reasonably practicable after such filing date, a Form S-3 providing for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act to permit or facilitate the offer, sale and distribution, from time to time, of an amount of Registrable Securities then held by the Investors that equals or is greater than the Registrable Amount (the “Shelf Registration Statement”).  To the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), the Company shall file the Shelf Registration Statement in the form of an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) or any successor form thereto.

 

(b)                                 Subject to Section 4.3(c), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (including by filing amendments thereto or replacement registration statements thereof) until the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective; (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, or otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities; and (iii) the date on which the Investors no longer hold Registrable Securities that represent at least two percent (2.0%) of the Total Voting Power of Company Common Stock in the aggregate.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if so advised by the Company in writing (which shall describe the reason for the Blackout Period and, to the extent practicable, an approximation of the anticipated duration of such Blackout Period), the Investors shall be required to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement during any Blackout Period.  In the event such Blackout Period is of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the Company shall (i) deliver to the Investors a certificate signed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that, in the good faith judgment of the

 

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Board, the conditions described in clause (ii) of the definition of Blackout Period have been met.  After the expiration of any Blackout Period and without any request or demand from the Investors, the Company to the extent necessary shall as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare and file a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated or deemed incorporated therein by reference, or any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(d)                                 At any time that a Shelf Registration Statement is effective, if the Investors deliver a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) (which Take-Down Notices shall not total more than two (2) in the aggregate during any calendar year) stating that the Investors intend to sell all or part of their Registrable Securities included on the Shelf Registration Statement (a “Shelf Offering”), then, the Company shall amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Offering.  In connection with any Shelf Offering that is an Underwritten Offering and where the offering of the securities includes a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by the Company and the underwriters (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering”), if the lead managing underwriter(s) advises the Company and the Investors that, in its opinion, the inclusion of all of the securities sought to be sold in connection with such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering would adversely affect the success thereof, then there shall be included in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering only such securities as the Investors are advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such adverse effect.  Except as otherwise expressly specified in this Section 4.3, any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering shall be subject to the same requirements, limitations and other provisions of this ARTICLE IV as would be applicable to a Demand Registration (i.e., as if such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering were a Demand Registration), including Section 4.1(g).

 

4.4.                            Withdrawal Rights.  The Investors, after having notified or directed the Company to include any or all of their Registrable Securities in a registration statement under the Securities Act, shall have the right to withdraw any such notice or direction with respect to any or all of the Registrable Securities designated by it for registration by giving written notice to such effect to the Company.  In the event of any such withdrawal, the Company shall not include such Registrable Securities in the applicable registration (or shall withdraw them from the applicable registration) and such Registrable Securities shall continue to be Registrable Securities for all purposes of this Agreement (subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement).  No such withdrawal shall affect the obligations of the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities not so withdrawn; provided, however, that in the case of a Demand Registration, if such withdrawal shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included in such registration below the Registrable Amount, then the Company shall as promptly as practicable give the Investors notice to such effect and, within ten (10) days following the mailing of such notice, the Investors shall, by written notice to the Company, elect to register additional Registrable Securities to satisfy the Registrable Amount or elect that such registration statement not be filed or, if theretofore filed, be withdrawn.  During such ten (10) day period, the Company

 

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shall not file such registration statement if not theretofore filed or, if such registration statement has been theretofore filed, the Company shall not seek, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent, the effectiveness thereof.

 

4.5.                            Holdback Agreements.  The Investors agree to enter into customary agreements restricting the public sale or distribution of Equity Securities of the Company (including sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to the extent required by the lead managing underwriter(s) with respect to an applicable Underwritten Offering during the period commencing on the date of the request (which shall be no earlier than fourteen (14) days prior to the expected “pricing” of such Underwritten Offering) and continuing for not more than ninety (90) days after the date of the “final” prospectus (or “final” prospectus supplement if the Underwritten Offering is made pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement), pursuant to which such Underwritten Offering shall be made.

 

If any Demand Registration or Shelf Offering involves an Underwritten Offering, the Company will not effect any public sale or distribution of any common equity (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for common equity) (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto) for its own account, within sixty (60) days (plus an extension period as may be proposed by the lead managing underwriter(s) for such Underwritten Offering to address FINRA regulations regarding the publication of research, or such shorter periods as such lead managing underwriter(s) may agree to with the Company), after the effective date of such registration except as may otherwise be agreed between the Company and the lead managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering.

 

4.6.                            Registration Procedures.

 

(a)                                 If and whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Section 4.1, Section 4.2 or Section 4.3, the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:

 

(i)                                     prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement to effect such registration in accordance with the Investors’ intended method or methods of distribution of such securities and thereafter use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective pursuant to the terms of this ARTICLE IV; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of securities which are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto; provided, further, however, that at least ten (10) days before filing such registration statement or any amendment, supplement or exhibit thereto or prospectus included therein, the Company will furnish to the Investors, their counsel and the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review and reasonable comment of the Investors and their counsel, and other documents reasonably requested by the Investors and their counsel, including any comment letters or other communications from the Commission, and, if requested by the Investors and/or their counsel, provide the Investors and their counsel reasonable opportunity to participate in

 

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the preparation of such registration statement, amendment, supplement, exhibit and each prospectus included therein;

 

(ii)                                  prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, supplements and exhibits to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to make and to keep such registration statement effective pursuant to the terms of this ARTICLE IV, and comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

 

(iii)                               if requested by the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, or the Investors, promptly include in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, or the Investors may reasonably request in order to permit or facilitate the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received such request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 4.6(a)(iii) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with Applicable Law;

 

(iv)                              furnish to the Investors and each underwriter, if any, of the securities being sold by the Investors such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto and document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein, such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) (a “Free Writing Prospectus”) utilized in connection therewith and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Investors and each underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to permit or facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Investors;

 

(v)                                 use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Investors, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities laws or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Investors and any underwriter of the securities being sold by the Investors shall reasonably request, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such registration statement is required to be kept effective and take any other action which may be necessary or reasonably advisable to enable the Investors and underwriters to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by the Investors, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this Section 4.6(a)(v) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

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(vi)                              use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(vii)                           use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other Governmental Entities as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Investors to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(viii)                        use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

 

(ix)                              enter into an underwriting agreement (in form, scope and substance as is customary in Underwritten Offerings) and use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all such other actions reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the lead managing underwriter(s), if any) to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Offering, (A) make such representations and warranties to the holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the registration statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in Underwritten Offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (B) if an underwriting agreement has been entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures substantially to the effect set forth in Section 4.9 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to such Section and (C) deliver such documents and certificates as reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold, their counsel and the lead managing underwriters(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 4.6(a)(ix) and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.  The foregoing shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder;

 

(x)                                 in connection with an Underwritten Offering, use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or arrange for the delivery to the Investors and each underwriter(s) (A) opinions of counsel for the Company, in the customary form and scope and covering the matters customarily covered in opinions delivered in Underwritten Offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Investors and such underwriter(s) and (B) “comfort” letters and updates thereof (or, in the case of any such Person which does not satisfy the conditions for receipt of a “comfort” letter specified in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72, an “agreed upon procedures” letter) signed by the independent public accountant who has certified the Company’s

 

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financial statements included in such registration statement, covering the matters customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with Underwritten Offerings;

 

(xi)                              make available for inspection by the Investors, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent or representative retained in connection with such offering by the Investors or such underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), financial and other records, corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably requested, to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, attorney, agent or accountant in connection with such registration statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this Section 4.6(a)(xi) if (A) the Company believes, after consultation with counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information or (B) if either (1) the Company has requested and been granted from the Commission confidential treatment of such information contained in any filing with the Commission or documents provided supplementally or otherwise or (2) the Company reasonably determines in good faith that such Records are confidential and so notifies the Inspectors in writing; unless prior to furnishing any such information with respect to clause (1) or (2) the Investors requesting such information enters into, and causes each of its Inspectors to enter into, a confidentiality agreement on customary terms; provided, further, however, that the Investors agree that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction or by another Governmental Entity, give notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action seeking to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;

 

(xii)                           as promptly as practicable notify in writing the Investors and the underwriters, if any, of the following events: (A) the filing of the registration statement, any amendment or supplement thereto, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the registration statement or any Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection therewith, and, with respect to the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; (B) any request by the Commission or any other Governmental Entity for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or the prospectus or for additional information; (C) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (D) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose; and (E) unless a Blackout Period is then in effect, upon the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such registration statement or related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such registration statement, prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the registration statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required

 

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to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that, in the case of the prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, at the request of the Investors, promptly prepare and furnish to the Investors a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such registration statement or prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(xiii)                        use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction as promptly as reasonably practicable, except that, subject to the requirements of Section 4.6(a)(v), the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (xiii) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

(xiv)                       cooperate with the Investors and the lead managing underwriter(s) to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates, if any (which shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required under Applicable Law) representing securities sold under any registration statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the lead managing underwriter(s) or the Investors may request and keep available and make available to the Company’s transfer agent prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement a supply of such certificates;

 

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

 

(xvi)                       have appropriate officers of the Company prepare and make presentations at a reasonable number of “road shows” and before analysts and other information meetings reasonably organized by the underwriters, and otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate, cooperate with and participate in, as reasonably requested by the Investors and the underwriters in the offering, the marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities.

 

(b)                                 The Company may require the Investors and each underwriter, if any, to furnish the Company in writing such information regarding the Investors or underwriter and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as may be required to complete or amend the information required by such registration statement.

 

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(c)                                  The Investors agree that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in clauses (B), (C), (D), and (E) of Section 4.6(a)(xii), the Investors shall forthwith discontinue the Investors’ disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable registration statement and prospectus relating thereto until the Investors’ receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4.6(a)(xii), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus; provided, however, that the Company shall extend the time periods under Section 4.1(c) with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a registration statement must be maintained by the amount of time the holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.

 

(d)                                 With a view to making available to the holders of Registrable Securities the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3 (or any successor form), the Company shall:

 

(i)                                     use its commercially reasonable efforts to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

 

(ii)                                  use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act, at any time when the Company is subject to such reporting requirements; and

 

(iii)                               furnish to the Investors so long as the Investors own Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and of the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed or furnished by the Company with the Commission as the Investors may reasonably request in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities without registration (in each case to the extent not readily publicly available).

 

4.7.                            Registration Expenses.  All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of its obligations under this ARTICLE IV, including (a) all registration and filing fees, including all fees and expenses of compliance with securities and “blue sky” laws (including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(v)) and all fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with FINRA (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” as such term is defined in FINRA Rule 5121), (b) all printing (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by a holder of Registrable Securities) and copying expenses, (c) all messenger,

 

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telephone and delivery expenses, (d) all fees and expenses of the Company’s independent certified public accountants and counsel (including with respect to “comfort” letters and opinions) and counsel for the Investors, and (e) expenses of the Company incurred in connection with any “road show”, shall be borne solely by the Company whether or not any registration statement is filed or becomes effective.  In connection with the Company’s performance of its obligations under this ARTICLE IV, the Company will pay its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties and the expense of any annual audit) and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange and included in each established over-the-counter market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or traded.  The Investors shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale of the Investors’ Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration.

 

4.8.                            Miscellaneous. (a) Not less than ten (10) Business Days before the expected filing date of each registration statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall notify the Investors of the information, documents and instruments from such holder that the Company or any underwriter reasonably requests in connection with such registration statement, including a questionnaire, custody agreement, power of attorney, lock-up letter and underwriting agreement.

 

(b) From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investors, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder to (i) require the Company to effect a registration or (ii) include any securities in any registration filed under Section 4.1, Section 4.2 or Section 4.3 hereof unless, in each case, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not diminish the amount of Registrable Securities that are included in such registration.

 

4.9.                            Registration Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 The Company agrees, without limitation as to time, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Investors and their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Investors or such other indemnified Person and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys and agents of each such controlling Person, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to (A) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus prepared pursuant to this Agreement or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,

 

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(B) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of any federal, state or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification, compliance or sale, or (C) any failure to register or qualify Registrable Securities in any state where the Company or its agents have affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company (the undertaking of any underwriter being attributed to the Company) will undertake such registration or qualification on behalf of the Investors of such Registrable Securities (provided, that in such instance the Company shall not be so liable if it has undertaken its commercially reasonable efforts to so register or qualify such Registrable Securities), and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 4.9(a)) will reimburse, as incurred, the Investors, each of their Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys and agents and each such Person who Controls the Investors or each of their Affiliates and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys and agents of each such controlling Person, each such underwriter and each such Person who Controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, except insofar as the same is caused by any information furnished in writing to the Company expressly for inclusion therein by Investor or any underwriter.

 

(b)                                 In connection with any registration statement in which the Investors are participating, the Investors shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 4.9(b)) will reimburse the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, in each case, solely to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company expressly for inclusion therein by the Investors; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of the Investors hereunder shall be limited to the gross proceeds after underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Investors upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c)                                  Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall give prompt written notice to the indemnifying Party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification; provided, however, the failure to give such notice shall not release the indemnifying Party from its obligation, except to the extent that the indemnifying Party has been actually prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice on a timely basis.

 

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(d)                                 In any case in which any such action is brought against any indemnified Party, and it notifies an indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume and control the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified Party, and after notice from the indemnifying Party to such indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and acknowledging the obligations of the indemnifying Party with respect to such proceeding, the indemnifying Party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified Party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof (unless (i) such indemnified Party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that, based on advice of counsel, there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying Party and, as a result, a conflict of interest exists or (ii) the indemnifying Party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified Party is or would reasonably be expected to be materially prejudiced by such delay, in either event the indemnified Party shall be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying Party for the expenses incurred in connection with retaining one separate legal counsel (for the avoidance of doubt, for all indemnified parties in connection therewith)).  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any such assumption by an indemnifying Party, the indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such matter and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified Party except as provided in the previous sentence.  An indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its consent.  No matter shall be settled by an indemnifying Party without the consent of the indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement (x) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation, (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified Party and (z) is settled solely for cash for which the indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(e)                                  The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall survive the Transfer of the Registrable Securities and the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V

 

DEFINITIONS

 

5.1.                            Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in this Agreement or, when so indicated, in the applicable Transaction Agreement.  As used in this Agreement:

 

Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving: (i) (a) any acquisition (whether direct or indirect, including by way of merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or other similar transaction) or purchase from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would result in any Person or Group Beneficially

 

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Owning fifty percent (50%) or more in interest of the total outstanding Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by voting power or economic interest), or (b) any tender offer, exchange offer or other secondary acquisition that would result in any Person or Group Beneficially Owning fifty percent (50%) or more in interest of the total outstanding Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by voting power or economic interest), or (c) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would result in the stockholders of the Company immediately preceding such transaction Beneficially Owning less than fifty percent (50%) in interest of the total outstanding Equity Securities in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction (measured by voting power or economic interest); provided, that this clause (c) shall not apply if such transaction or series of related transactions is an acquisition by the Company effected, in whole or in part, through the issuance of Equity Securities of the Company; (ii) any sale or lease or exchange, transfer, license or disposition of a business, deposits or assets that constitute fifty percent (50%) or more of the consolidated assets, business, revenues, net income, assets or deposits of the Company; or (iii) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

AF” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

AF Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

AF Observer” has the meaning set for in Section 1.1(f).

 

AF Shares” has the meaning ascribed to “Investor Shares” as set forth in the AF Investment Agreement.

 

Affiliate” means (except as specifically otherwise defined), when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is Under common Control with, such specified Person; provided that (x) from and after the date hereof, (a) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Affiliate of Parent or its Subsidiaries; and (b) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries and (y) no Portfolio Company of PV shall be deemed an Affiliate of PV.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to AF, “Affiliate” shall mean (i) Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd., or (ii) a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, is Controlled by Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd., but in any event excluding the Persons listed in Annex B of the AF Investment Agreement and their respective controlled Persons; provided, that solely for purposes of Section 2.2 hereof, the first two Persons set forth on Annex B shall only be excluded to the extent such Persons would not otherwise by deemed to be an Affiliate under this definition.  For purposes of this definition, “Portfolio Company of PV” shall mean any Person in which any pooled investment fund or managed account managed and/or advised by Primavera Capital GP II Ltd. and/or its Affiliates has made an investment (including without limitation direct or indirect

 

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investments in shares, debentures, convertible loan stock, options, swaps, forward contracts, other derivative contracts, guarantees, warrants, debt instruments and loans (whether secured, unsecured or subordinated) other than such Person in which the Fund and other Affiliates of the Fund are the sole non-management investors.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Applicable Law” means any applicable national, supranational, federal, state, provincial, local or similar law (including common law), statute, code, order, ordinance, rule, regulation, treaty (including any income tax treaty), license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, decree, injunction, binding judicial or administrative interpretation or other requirement, in each case, enacted, promulgated, issued or entered by a Governmental Entity.

 

Beneficially Own” with respect to any securities shall mean having “beneficial ownership” of such securities (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing.

 

Blackout Period” means (i) any regular quarterly period during which directors and executive officers of the Company are not permitted to trade under the insider trading policy of the Company then in effect and (ii) in the event that the Company determines in good faith that the registration or offering would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide material financing of the Company or any material transaction under consideration by the Company or would require disclosure of information that has not been, and is not otherwise required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of which would adversely affect the Company, a period of up to sixty (60) days; provided, that a Blackout Period described in this clause (ii) may not occur more than once in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months.

 

Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

 

Board Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(f).

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or required by law to close in the cities of New York, New York, Dallas, Texas, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, China.

 

Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

 

Certificate” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

 

Change of Control” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving: (i) (a) any acquisition (whether direct or indirect, including by way of merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or other similar transaction) or purchase from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would result in any Person or Group Beneficially Owning fifty percent (50%) or more in interest of the total outstanding Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by voting power or economic interest), or (b) any tender offer, exchange offer or other secondary acquisition that would result in any Person or Group

 

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Beneficially Owning fifty percent (50%) or more in interest of the total outstanding Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by voting power or economic interest), or (c) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would result in the stockholders of the Company immediately preceding such transaction (the “Pre-Transaction Stockholders”) Beneficially Owning less than fifty percent (50%) in interest of the total outstanding Equity Securities in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction (measured by voting power or economic interest); provided, that this clause (c) shall not apply if (1) such transaction or series of related transactions is an acquisition by the Company effected, in whole or in part, through the issuance of Equity Securities of the Company and (2) the Pre-Transaction Stockholders continue to Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Securities (measured by voting power and economic interest); (ii) any sale or lease or exchange, transfer, license or disposition of a business, deposits or assets that constitute fifty percent (50%) or more of the consolidated assets, business, revenues, net income, assets or deposits of the Company; or (iii) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

China Division” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Closing” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

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

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Company Common Stock” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

 

Company Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(h).

 

Competing Business” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1 to the PV Investment Agreement.

 

Confidential Information” means all information (irrespective of the form of communication, and irrespective of whether obtained prior to or after the date hereof) provided to any Investor or its representatives by or on behalf of the Company or its respective representatives, other than information which (i) was or becomes available to the public other than as a result of (A) a breach of this Agreement by any Investor or any of its representatives or (B) improper or unlawful action on the part of any Investor or any of its representatives, (ii) was or becomes available to an Investor or any of its representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its representatives; provided that the source thereof is not known by such Investor or such of its representatives to be bound by an obligation of confidentiality to the Company in respect of such information, (iii) is independently developed by an Investor or such of its representatives without the use of any such information that would otherwise be Confidential Information hereunder.  Subject to clauses (i)-(iii) above, Confidential Information also includes all non-public information previously provided by the Company or its representatives under the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

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Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Contract” has the meaning given to it in the Investment Agreements.

 

Control” means (including, with its correlative meanings “Controlled by” and “Under common Control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person, 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 or other ownership interests, by contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment, undertaking or otherwise.

 

Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

 

Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

 

Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Engages” and “Engaged” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1 to the PV Investment Agreement.

 

Equity Securities” means any and all (i) shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or other voting securities of a corporation, any and all equivalent or analogous ownership (or profit) or voting interests in a Person (other than a corporation), (ii) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or voting securities of (or other ownership or profit or voting interests in) such Person, and (iii) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, whether voting or nonvoting, and, in each case, whether or not such shares, interests, participations, equivalents, securities, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

 

Executive Committee” means an executive committee of the Board or any committee performing the functions of an executive committee of the Board.

 

FH” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

 

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Form S-3” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

 

Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)(iv).

 

Fund” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Government Official” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

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Governmental Entity” means any supranational, national, federal, state, municipal, local or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, agency, department, board, tribunal, commission or other authority thereof, any public international organization, any arbitral tribunal, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority.

 

Group” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

Independent Director” means a member of the Board who qualifies, as of the date of such member’s appointment and as of any other date on which the determination is being made, (a) as an “Independent Director” under the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, as amended from time to time, and (b) as an “Independent Director” under Rule 10(A)-3 under the Exchange Act as well as any other requirements of the U.S. securities laws which are then applicable to the Company.

 

Inspectors” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)(xi).

 

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Investment Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Investor” and “Investors” have the meanings set forth in the Preamble.

 

Investor Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(b).

 

Investor Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Issuer Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.

 

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a).

 

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(d).

 

Measurement Period” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Non-Liable Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16.

 

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Permitted Loan” means any bona fide loans or other extensions of credit entered into by an Investor or any of its Affiliates with one or more financial institutions and secured by a pledge, hypothecation or other grant of security interest in the Investor Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares, any other shares of Company Common Stock and/or related assets and/or cash, cash equivalents and/or letters of credit.

 

Permitted Transferee” means any Affiliate (other than any individual) of an Investor; provided, that such Transferee would continue to qualify as a Permitted Transferee of such

 

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Investor, as applicable if such Transfer were to take place as of any time of determination (and, in the event that such Transferee would no longer so qualify, such Transferee shall immediately Transfer back the Transferred securities to such Investor, as applicable, and such initial Transfer shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall no longer, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties to no longer, record or recognize such initial Transfer on the share register of the Company).

 

Permitted Transfers” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

Permitted Warrant Hedge” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an association, an unincorporated organization, or another entity or group (as defined in the Exchange Act), including any Governmental Entity.

 

Piggyback Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

Plan of Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Portfolio Company” of an Investor means, (i) with respect to PV, any Person in which a Primavera Fund has made a Portfolio Investment, and (ii) with respect to AF, any Person in which AF or any of its Affiliates has made a Portfolio Investment.

 

Portfolio Investment” means an investment made by a Primavera Fund or AF, as applicable, including (but not limited to) direct or indirect investments in shares, debentures, convertible loan stock, options, swaps, forward contacts, other derivative contracts, guarantees, warrants, debt instruments and loans (whether secured, unsecured or subordinated).

 

Primavera Fund” means any pooled investment fund or managed account which is managed and/or advised by Primavera Capital GP II Ltd. and/or its Affiliates.

 

Prohibited Person” means any Person that appears on any list issued by an applicable Governmental Entity or the United Nations with respect to money laundering, terrorism financing, drug trafficking, or economic or arms embargoes or is a Competing Business.

 

PV” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

PV Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

PV Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(f).

 

PV Shareholding Requirement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(b).

 

PV Shares” has the meaning ascribed to “Investor Shares” set forth in the PV Investment Agreement.

 

Qualified Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d).

 

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Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)(xi).

 

Reference Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Registrable Amount” means an amount of Registrable Securities having an aggregate value of at least $150 million (based on the anticipated offering price (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company)), without regard to any underwriting discount or commission, or such lesser amount of Registrable Securities as would result in the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by the Investors; provided, that such lesser amount shall have an aggregate value of at least $50 million (based on the anticipated offering price (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company)), without regard to any underwriting discount or commission.

 

Registrable Securities” means (i) the Investor Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares; (iii) any other stock or securities that the Investors may be entitled to receive, or will have received, pursuant to the Investors’ ownership of the Investor Shares, in lieu of or in addition to the Investor Shares, or (iv) any Equity Securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clauses by way of conversion or exchange thereof or by share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization.  As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when (x) they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (y) they have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, or (z) they cease to be owned by the Investors or a Permitted Transferee.

 

Regulation FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and Exchange Act.

 

Resignation Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

 

Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

 

Rule 145” means Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

 

Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Shelf Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(d).

 

Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

 

Standstill Period” means the period from the execution of this Agreement until the date that is six (6) months after the date on which no Investor Designee serves as a director on the Board and PV either no longer has any rights under this Agreement to designate an Investor Designee to serve on the Board or has irrevocably waived, in writing, any such rights; provided that the Standstill Period shall terminate upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.

 

Subsidiary” means, when used with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (i) Beneficially Owns, either directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of (A) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities, (B) the total combined equity interests, or (C) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership, or (ii) otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a majority of the board of directors of such Person.  Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company after giving effect to the Plan of Reorganization.

 

Take-Down Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(d).

 

Total Voting Power” at any time shall mean the total combined voting power in the general election of directors of all the Equity Securities then outstanding.

 

Transaction Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Transfer” means (i) any direct or indirect offer, sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntary or involuntary, or entry into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to any offer, sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), of any capital stock or interest in any capital stock or Equity Security or (ii) in respect of any capital stock, interest in any capital stock, or Equity Security, to enter into any swap or any other agreement, transaction or series of transactions that hedges or transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of such capital stock, interest in capital stock, or Equity Security, whether any such swap, agreement, transaction or series of transactions is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise. “Transferee” means a Person to whom a Transfer is made or is proposed to be made.

 

Ultimate Standstill Level” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).

 

Underwritten Offering” means a sale of securities of the Company to an underwriter or underwriters for reoffering to the public.

 

Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements.

 

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5.2.                            Terms Generally.  The words “hereby,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in which such word appears.  The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The definitions given for terms in this ARTICLE V and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  References herein to any agreement or letter (including the Investment Agreements) shall be deemed references to such agreement or letter as it may be amended, restated or otherwise revised from time to time.  Whenever a reference is made to the business being operated “in the ordinary course consistent with past practice” such reference shall refer to the business of the China Division.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1.                            Term.  This Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof (or, if the Closing contemplated by the AF Investment Agreement shall not have occurred on the date hereof, then this Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof only with respect to the Company and PV, and will become effective with respect to AF in accordance with Section 6.17), and will continue in effect thereafter until the earliest of (a) the written consent of all Parties hereto or their respective successors in interest, (b) except for those provisions of this Agreement that terminate as of a date specified in such provisions, which provisions shall terminate in accordance with the terms thereof, the date on which neither Investor holds any shares of, or any other securities of the Company convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock, (c) a Change of Control or (d) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

 

6.2.                            No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Investors in this Agreement.

 

6.3.                            Legend.

 

(a)                                 If and to the extent shares of Company Common Stock, Warrants or Warrant Shares are in certificate form, all certificates representing the shares of Company Common Stock held by each shareholder shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

 

“The securities evidenced by this certificate have been issued and sold without registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other foreign, federal, state, local or other jurisdiction (a “Foreign or State Act”).  The securities evidenced by this certificate cannot be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred unless such sale, assignment or other transfer is (i) made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in accordance with

 

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each applicable Foreign or State Act or (ii) exempt from, or not subject to, the Securities Act (including pursuant to Regulation S thereunder) and each applicable Foreign or State Act.  If the proposed sale, assignment or other transfer will be made pursuant to clause (ii) above, the holder must, prior to such sale, assignment or other transfer, furnish to the issuer such certifications, legal opinions and other information as the issuer may reasonably require to determine that such sale, assignment or other transfer is being made in accordance with such clause.

 

The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer set forth in the Shareholders Agreement dated [·], 2016, among the Company and certain other parties thereto (a copy of which is on file with the Secretary of the Company).”

 

(b)                                 Upon the permitted sale of any shares of Company Common Stock, Warrants or Warrant Shares pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) another exemption from registration under the Securities Act or upon the termination of this Agreement, the certificates, if any, representing such shares of Company Common Stock shall be replaced, at the expense of the Company, with certificates or instruments not bearing the legends required by this Section 6.3; provided that the Company may condition such replacement of certificates under the foregoing clause (ii) upon the receipt of an opinion of securities counsel retained by each Investor at each Investor’s expense and reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

6.4.                            Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by telecopy or telefacsimile, (c) on the second Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (d) on the date received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.  All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice:

 

if to the Company, to:

 

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

16/F Two Grand Gateway

3 Hongqiao Road

Shanghai 200030

The People’s Republic of China

Attention:                             Shella Ng, Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile:                             +86-21-2407-7898

 

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

 

Sidley Austin LLP

One South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention:                             Paul L. Choi

Beth E. Flaming

Facsimile:                             (312) 853-7036

 

and

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attention:                             Benjamin M. Roth

Facsimile:                             (212) 403-2000

 

if to PV, to:

 

Pollos Investment L.P.

c/o Primavera Capital Limited

28th Floor, 28 Hennessy Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Ena Leung

Facsimile: +852-3767-5001

 

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

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Patrick J. Naughton

Facsimile: +1-212-455-2502

 

if to AF, to:

 

API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited

c/o Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd.

Block B, Dragon Times Plaza, 18 Wantang Road, Xihu District

Hangzhou, China 310099

Attention:  Jason Zhu

Facsimile:  +86-571-8163-5410

 

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

 

Legal Department

c/o Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd.

 

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Block B, Dragon Times Plaza, 18 Wantang Road, Xihu District

Hangzhou, China 310099

Facsimile:  +86-571-8163-5410

 

and

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Patrick J. Naughton

Facsimile:  +1-212-455-2502

 

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice as provided above.

 

6.5.                            Amendment and Waiver.  This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or changed, and any provision hereof cannot be waived, except by an instrument in writing making specific reference to this Agreement signed on behalf of each of the Parties hereto.  The failure of any Party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of those rights.

 

6.6.                            Interpretation.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

6.7.                            Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one Party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

6.8.                            Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement, and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto and the other agreements and instruments of the Parties delivered in connection herewith and therewith, when executed, constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(b)                                 Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer any rights upon any Person other than the Parties and each such Party’s respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement; provided, that the Persons indemnified under ARTICLE IV are intended third party beneficiaries of ARTICLE IV.  For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any holder of Parent common stock or any other voting securities of Parent, in each case, in their capacity as such, have any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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6.9.                            Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).

 

6.10.                     Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, and the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid and unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby.  Upon any such determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect, as closely as possible, the original intent of the Parties.

 

6.11.                     Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties, except that (i) any Investor may assign all or any of its rights and obligations under ARTICLE IV to a transferee in a Permitted Transfer, and (ii) any Investor may assign all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Permitted Transferee.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.  Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 6.11 shall be void and of no effect.

 

6.12.                     Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.  Each of PV, AF and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (or if, (but only if) the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware), with respect to any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to the addresses set forth on this Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against any such Party in any such court.  Each of PV, AF, and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in the Delaware Court of Chancery (or if, (but only if) the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH OF PV, AF, PARENT AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY AND/OR ANY DEFENSES BASED UPON THE VENUE, THE INCONVENIENCE OF THE FORUM, OR THE LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT ARISING FROM SUCH DISPUTE WITH JURISDICTION AND/OR VENUE SO SELECTED.

 

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

 

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provisions hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investor will have any right to an injunction to prevent the filing or effectiveness of the Form 10 and the consummation of the Distribution in connection therewith.

 

6.14.                     Descriptive Headings.  The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

6.15.                     Mutual Drafting.  This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of PV, AF, and the Company and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

 

6.16.                     No-Recourse; No Partnership.  Only the Parties shall have any obligation or liability under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, no recourse under this Agreement, shall be had against any current or future Affiliate of any Investor, any current or future direct or indirect shareholder, member, general or limited partner, controlling Person or other Beneficial Owners of any Investor, or any such Affiliate, any of their respective representatives or any of the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, “Non-Liable Persons”), whether by enforcement of any assessment or any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other Applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Liable Person for any obligation of an Investor under this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Non-Liable Person who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership among any of the Parties hereto.

 

6.17.                     AF Joinder.  In the event that the Closing (as defined in the AF Investment Agreement) shall not have occurred on the date hereof, then, upon the occurrence of the Closing (as defined in the AF Investment Agreement), AF shall execute and deliver a deed of adherence, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, to the Company and PV, whereupon AF will be joined as a party hereto and shall have the rights and be subject to the obligations hereunder from and after the date of delivery of such deed of adherence; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this Agreement shall be operative with respect to AF until AF becomes a party to this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement by their authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Shareholders Agreement]

 



 

 

POLLOS INVESTMENT L.P.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Shareholders Agreement]

 



 

 

API (HONG KONG) INVESTMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Shareholders Agreement]

 




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