UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 20-F

 

 

 

¨ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

¨ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended _________

 

OR

 

¨

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

for the transition period from __________ to ___________

 

OR

 

x

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of event requiring this shell company report: September 11, 2019

 

Commission File Number: 001-39042

 

Akazoo S.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

(Jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

19 Rue de Bitbourg

L-1273, Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

(address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Apostolos N. Zervos

Chief Executive Officer

96 Kensington High Street

W8 4SG, London

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

 

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

 

Title of Each Class    Trading Symbol   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Ordinary Shares, nominal value of €0.01 per share    SONG   NASDAQ Capital market
Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares    SONGW   NASDAQ Capital market

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: ¨

 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: ¨

 

On September 12, 2019, the registrant had 49,635,191 ordinary shares outstanding.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.     Yes  ¨    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).     Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer ¨ Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards  provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

U.S. GAAP  ¨  

International Financial Reporting Standards as issued

by the International Accounting Standards Board  x

  Other  ¨

 

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.    Item 17  ¨    Item 18  ¨

 

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
   
PART I  
   
Certain Information 3
Note on Presentation 4
Forward-looking Statements 5
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers 7
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable 8
Item 3. Key Information 9
Item 4. Information on the Company 10
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects 11
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees 12
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions 15
Item 8. Financial Information 16
Item 9. The Offer and Listing 16
Item 10. Additional Information 16
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 26
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities 26
   
PART II  
   
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies 27
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds 27
Item 15. Controls and Procedures 27
Item 16. (Reserved) 27
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert 27
Item 16B. Code of Ethics 27
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services 27
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees 27
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers 27
Item 16F. Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant 28
Item 16G. Corporate Governance 28
Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure 28
   
PART III  
   
Item 17. Financial Statements 29
Item 18. Financial Statements 29
Item 19. Exhibits 30
   
Signatures 31

 

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Certain Information

 

In this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F (the “Report”), unless otherwise indicated, “Akazoo,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Company” refers to Akazoo S.A. (formerly known as Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A.), a company organized under the laws of Luxembourg.

 

Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“MMAC”) entered into a business transaction agreement, dated as of January 24, 2019 (as amended, the “Business Transaction Agreement”), which provided for a business combination (the “Business Combination”) between MMAC and Akazoo Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Scotland (“Old Akazoo”). The Business Combination was structured to combine the assets and businesses of MMAC and Old Akazoo into one new, publicly traded entity. The Business Combination resulted in (1) stockholders of MMAC, equityholders of Old Akazoo and certain other equity investors together holding all of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of Akazoo and (2) Old Akazoo becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Akazoo.

 

Pursuant to the Business Transaction Agreement, the Business Combination was effected in three steps: (i) subject to the approval and adoption of the Business Transaction Agreement by the stockholders of MMAC, MMAC merged with and into Akazoo, with Akazoo remaining as the surviving publicly traded entity (the “Merger”); (ii) Unlimited Music S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme) (“LuxCo”), acquired the entire issued share capital of Old Akazoo in consideration for issuing ordinary shares of LuxCo (“LuxCo Shares”) to the Old Akazoo shareholders (the “Share Exchange”) and (iii) LuxCo merged with and into Akazoo, with Akazoo remaining as the surviving publicly traded entity (the “Luxembourg Merger”).

 

In connection with the Business Combination, on September 11, 2019, we sold units consisting of an aggregate of 6,514,773 shares and warrants exercisable for 4,740,768 shares to accredited investors. An additional 2,579,232 warrants were issued to the Old Akazo shareholders for a total of 7,320,000 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $9.20 per share and expire 5 years from closing of the business combination.

 

249,460 Ordinary Shares were also issued in connection with the Business Combination to certain creditors of MMAC in lieu of cash payment by Akazoo of amounts owed to them. Such Ordinary Shares were issued to those creditors at a rate of $8.00 per Ordinary Share.

 

In addition, 625,000 Ordinary Shares were issued to certain service providers, underwriters and placement agents of MMAC, at a rate of $8.00 per Ordinary Share.

 

Furthermore, in connection with the Business Combination and the private placement offering, certain Securityholders of Akazoo forfeited an aggregate of 2,600,000 Ordinary Shares and such Ordinary Shares were cancelled by Akazoo.

 

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Note on Presentation

 

Currency

 

All references in this report to (i) “Euro,” “EUR,” or “€” are to the currency of the member states participating in the European Monetary Union, and (ii) “U.S. dollar,” “USD,” or “$” are to the currency of the United States. Our reporting currency is the Euro.

 

Rounding

 

Certain monetary amounts, percentages, and other figures included in this report have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them, and figures expressed as percentages in the text may not total 100% or, as applicable, when aggregated may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the percentages that precede them.

 

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Forward-looking Statements

 

This report contains a number of forward-looking statements, including statements about the financial conditions, results of operations, earnings outlook and prospects of Akazoo and may include statements for the period following the consummation of the proposed business combination. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would” and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of management and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstance and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in “Risk Factors,” those discussed and identified in our public filings made with the Commission and the following:

 

· expectations regarding our strategies and future financial performance, including our future business plans or objectives, prospective performance and opportunities, and competitors, revenues, customer acquisition and retention, products and services, pricing, marketing plans, operating expenses, market trends, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and our ability to maintain access to content and manage license relationships, and to invest in growth initiatives and pursue acquisition opportunities;

 

· the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination;

 

· costs related to the Business Combination;

 

· the concentration of voting power among our major Securityholders who have substantial control over our Ordinary Shares;

 

· the limited liquidity and trading of our securities;

 

· geopolitical risk and changes in applicable laws or regulations in our varying markets;

 

· the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors;

 

· financial performance;

 

· operational risk;

 

· litigation and regulatory enforcement risks, including the diversion of management time and attention and the additional costs and demands on our resources; and

 

· fluctuations in exchange rates between the foreign currencies in which we typically do business and the Euro.

 

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Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the assumptions made by management prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

 

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning matters addressed in this prospectus and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this prospectus. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

 

A. Directors and Senior Management

 

Following the Business Combination, the directors and executive officers of Akazoo are the individuals indicated below.

 

Name   Age   Position
Apostolos N. Zervos   40   Chief Executive Officer; Director
Pierre Schreuder   41   Chief Financial Officer
Lewis Dickey, Jr.   58   Chairman of the Board of Directors; Director
Panagiotis Dimitropoulos   49   Director
Maja Lapcevic   47   Director
Athan Stephanopoulos   43   Director
David Roche   50   Director
Alexander Macridis   57   Director

 

Apostolos N. Zervos. Mr. Zervos  is currently Founder & CEO of Akazoo, that he founded as a music streaming service in 2010. He has more than 15 years of experience in managing, building and scaling innovative and disruptive technology consumer propositions in new media organically and through M&A. As an executive and entrepreneur, he has pioneered and launched some of the first global mobile propositions for Fortune 500 companies and top global brands and grown Akazoo to over $100 million in revenues. Apostolos received his B.A. from Yale University in 2002.

 

Pierre Schreuder. Mr. Schreuder has been the Chief Financial Officer of Akazoo since 2018 and has been a consultant to Akazoo since 2017. His prior experience includes employment from 2010 to 2017 with RBC Capital Markets and from 2003 to 2007 with UBS Investment Bank, where he was in the Investment Banking Group in both firms. From 2007 to 2010, Pierre worked for investment firms Pengana Capital and Oriel Asset Management. Pierre holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology, a Master of Science in Economics from Erasmus University and is a CFA charterholder.

 

Lewis Dickey, Jr. Mr. Dickey is currently the Chairman of Akazoo.  In 1997, Lew co-founded Cumulus Media, a leader in the radio broadcasting industry which owns and operates a nationwide radio network in the U.S., serving as Chairman, President and CEO for 15 years. He is also Chairman of DM Luxury, a publisher of lifestyle magazines in the U.S..  He was previously the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MMAC from January 2017 until September 2019. Lew has a Bachelors and Masters from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

Panagiotis Dimitropoulos. Mr. Dimitropoulos has been our director since the closing of the Business Combination and was a non-executive director of Old Akazoo since 2015. Panagiotis founded InternetQ Group Ltd in 2000 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since November 1, 2012. Panagiotis is considered a pioneer in the mobile value added services industry and has grown InternetQ to one with international presence and operations. He completed his academic studies in Law at the Athens University and he earned an MBA from ALBA.

 

Maja Lapcevic. Maja has been our director since the closing of the Business Combination Maja has been a Senior Vice President, Mastercard Labs and leads Mastercard Lab's Global Innovation Programs since January 2019. Prior to joining Mastercard, from 2011 to 2018, Maja held multiple roles at Citi Ventures including Senior Vice President, Venture Investing and Director of Strategic Growth, focusing on Commerce Payments, FinTech, and Market Technology domains. Maja holds a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University.

 

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Athan Stephanopoulos. Athan has been our director since the closing of the Business Combination Athan has been the President of NowThis, the leading digital media brand that produces and distributes video news for mobile and social audiences since 2016. Today, NowThis is the largest news source for millennials globally (according to Tubular Labs). Previously, Athan was the founder and CEO of a Cliptamatic, a social video distribution platform that was acquired by NowThis in 2014.

 

David Roche. David has been our director since the closing of the Business Combination. David has been the Executive Chairman of GoHenry Ltd. a privately backed Fintech company since 2015 and was the President, SVP and Managing Director of Hotels.com from 2003 to 2014, where he grew Hotels.com over 10 years. He also serves as the Chairman of Guestline, a software company operating in the hospitality space. He is an experienced angel investor in the European technology space and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

 

Alexander Macridis. Alexander has been our director since the closing of the Business Combination Alexander has been the Chairman and Managing Director of Chryssafidis S.A. an industrial equipment distribution company operating in South East Europe, since 1991, is a Member of the Board of Directors of Aegean Airlines, is General Secretary of SEV, the Hellenic Federation of Industries, and is a Member of Yale University's President's Council on International Activities. In previous roles, Alexander was at Goldman Sachs & Co., in M&A and Corporate Finance. Alexander has a BA and JD Law degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

There are no family relationships between the officers or directors of the Company.

 

B. Advisers

 

Not applicable.

 

B. Auditors

 

Crowe U.K. LLP located in London, United Kingdom. Crowe U.K. LLP has been the auditor of Akazoo Limited since 2015.

 

WithumSmith+Brown, PC located in Whippany, New Jersey. WithumSmith+Brown has been the auditor of Modern Media Acquisition Corp. since 2017.

 

Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

 

Not Applicable

 

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Item 3. Key Information

 

A. Selected financial data

 

The disclosures under the captions “Selected Historical Financial Data of Pubco” beginning on page 25, “Selected Historical Financial Data of MMAC” beginning on page 26 and “Selected Historical Financial Data of Akazoo” beginning on pages 32 of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

B. Capitalization and indebtedness

 

The following table shows the capitalization of Akazoo as of December 31, 2018, taking into effect the adjustments to reflect the Business Combination effected as at September 11, 2019.

 

Capitalization & Indebtedness as at
12/31/2018 reflecting Business
Combination as at 09/11/2019 (€ thousand)
  Actual
12/31/2018
(Audited)
    Adjustments     As adjusted  
Non-current assets     28,882       10       28,892  
Cash and cash equivalents     501       (1) 42,739     43,240  
Total current assets     35,184       42,739       77,923  
Total assets     64,066       42,749       106,815  
Common stock     57       (7 )     50  
Other equity items     46,765       45,073       91,838  
Accumulated other comprehensive income     (1,413 )     -       (1,413 )
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)     312       -       312  
Non-controlling interest     (9 )     -       (9 )
Total shareholders’ equity     45,712       45,066       90,778  
Non-current liabilities     32       -       32  
Loan and interest payable     2,317       (2)  (2,317 )     -  
Total current liabilities     18,322       (2,317 )     16,005  
Total liabilities     18,354       (2,317 )     16,037  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity     64,066       42,749       106,815  

 

The equity adjustments above include:

 

(1) The liquidation of investments held in the trust account by MMAC of $14.2 million (approximately €12.6 million)
(1) PIPE financing of $40.6 million (approximately €35.5 million)
(1) Payment of cash fees of $6.2 million (approximately €5.4 million) related to the Business Combination
  (1) Funding by MMAC of $2.0 million (approximately €1.7 million) in order to extend the date by which MMAC has to consummate a Business Combination
  (2) Conversion into equity of Old Akazoo convertible loan note of €2.3 million

 

C. Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds

 

Not Applicable

 

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D. Risk factors

 

The disclosure under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning on page 42 of the Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 4. Information on the Company

 

A. History and development of company

 

Our Corporate Structure

 

The disclosures under the captions “The Parties to the Business Combination” beginning on page 15, “Recent Developments” beginning on page 16, and “The Business Combination” beginning on page 16 of the Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

Akazoo had not conducted any material activities (other than those incident to its formation and to the matters contemplated by the Business Transaction Agreement) as of the date of this Shell Company Report.

 

Old Akazoo (Akazoo’s subsidiary) incurred capital expenditures of Euro 11.4 million, Euro 9.4 million and Euro 6.2 million in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In these periods, Akazoo’s capital expenditures were mainly used for the purchase and development of software. Akazoo will continue to incur capital expenditures in connection with the expected growth of our business. Akazoo incurred capital divestitures of Euro 0.01 million, Euro 0.23 million and Euro 0.02 million in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC and state the address of that site (http://www.sec.gov). We maintain a website at https://www.akazoo.com.

 

B. Business overview

 

Akazoo operates in 25 countries, including emerging markets that represent some of the music streaming industry's fastest growing market opportunities. Akazoo's platform boasts patented Sonic AI music recommendation and profiling technology, developed to support its hyper-local strategy.

 

In the last 5 years, Akazoo's premium subscribers have grown from 1.1 million in 2014 to over 5.3 million today. In the first half of 2019, the Company's revenues grew 39% year-over-year.

 

Growth is expected to be driven by an array of existing and new partnerships that include mobile operators, handset manufacturers, media and partnering mobile applications and services, as well as growth in smartphone penetration in their core markets. In this regard the company will pursue commercial agreements with among others, international social networking services, transportation companies and mobile operators, the customers of each of which are interested in consuming music.

 

The disclosures under the captions “Information About Akazoo” beginning on page 147, “Information About MMAC” beginning on page 169 and “Information About PubCo” beginning on page 180 respectively of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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C. Organizational structure

 

The disclosures under the captions “Pre-Business Combination and Post-Business Combination Structure” beginning on page 21 of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

D. Property, plant and equipment

 

The disclosures under the captions “Akazoo Limited – Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 – 9. Property, Plant and Equipment” beginning on page F-24 of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

 

The disclosures under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Akazoo” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of MMAC” beginning on pages 158 and 175, respectively, of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees

 

A. Directors and senior management

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The information set forth in Item 1.A. of this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F is incorporated herein by reference.

 

B. Compensation

 

Prior to the Business Combination, none of MMAC’s founding executive officers or directors had received any cash compensation for services rendered.

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, Akazoo paid Euro 108 thousand (base salary and fees) to its officers as consideration for services rendered and it did not pay any compensation to its non-executive directors. No other significant employee benefits nor post employment benefits were provided.

 

We have not set aside or accrued any amount to provide pension, retirement or other similar benefits to our executive officers and directors. We intend to provide an Equity Incentive Plan within sixty days of the closing of the Business Combination (see plan description below). Our Akazoo subsidiaries and our variable interest entity are required by law to make contributions equal to certain percentages of each employee’s salary for his or her pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, on-the job injury insurance through government-mandated defined contribution plans.

 

Equity Incentive Plan

 

General

 

Within sixty days of the closing of the Business Combination, Akazoo intends to adopt a 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan will be a comprehensive incentive compensation plan under which Akazoo can grant equity-based and other incentive awards to officers, employees and directors of, and consultants and advisers to, Akazoo. The purpose of the Plan is to help Akazoo attract, motivate and retain such persons and thereby enhance shareholder value.

 

Summary of Plan

 

Administration. Upon effectiveness, the Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Akazoo Board (the “Plan Committee”) consisting of persons who, upon completion of the Business Combination, will each be (i) “Outside Directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, as amended, or the Code, (ii) “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange, or Non-Employee Directors, and (iii) “independent” for purposes of any applicable listing requirements; provided, however, that the Akazoo Board or the Plan Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Akazoo Board who are not (x) Outside Directors, the authority to grant awards to eligible persons who are not (A) then “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and are not expected to be “covered employees” at the time of recognition of income resulting from such award, or (B) persons with respect to whom Akazoo wishes to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or (y) Non-Employee Directors, the authority to grant awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to the requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The Plan Committee shall consult with the Akazoo Board and Chief Executive Officer regarding awards to be made. If a member of the Plan Committee is eligible to receive an award under the Plan, such Plan Committee member shall have no authority hereunder with respect to his or her own award. Among other things, the Plan Committee has complete discretion, subject to the terms of the Plan, to determine the employees, non-employee directors and non-employee consultants to be granted awards under the Plan, the type of awards to be granted, the number of Akazoo Ordinary Shares subject to each award, the exercise price under each option and the base price for each stock appreciation right (“SAR”), the term of each award, the vesting schedule for an award, whether to accelerate vesting, the value of the Akazoo Ordinary Shares underlying the award, and the required withholdings, if any. The Plan Committee is also authorized to construe the award agreements, and may prescribe rules relating to the Plan.

 

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Grant of Awards; Akazoo Ordinary Shares Available for Awards. The Plan will provide for the grant of awards which are incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-qualified stock options (“NQSOs”), unrestricted shares, restricted shares, restricted stock units, performance stock, performance units, SARs, tandem stock appreciation rights, distribution equivalent rights, or any combination of the foregoing, to key management employees, non-employee directors, and non-employee consultants of Akazoo or any of its subsidiaries (each a “participant”) (however, solely Akazoo employees or employees of Akazoo’s subsidiaries are eligible for incentive stock option awards). Akazoo plans to reserve a number of shares equal to 15% of the issued and outstanding shares for issuance as or under awards to be made under the Plan. To the extent that an award lapses, expires, is canceled, is terminated unexercised or ceases to be exercisable for any reason, or the rights of its holder terminate, any shares subject to such award shall again be available for the grant of a new award. The Plan shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated, until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date on which it is adopted by the Akazoo Board (except as to awards outstanding on that date). the Akazoo Board in its discretion may terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any shares for which awards have not theretofore been granted; provided, however, that the Plan’s termination shall not materially and adversely impair the rights of a holder, without the consent of the holder, with respect to any award previously granted.

 

Future new hires, non-employee directors and additional non-employee consultants are eligible to participate in the Plan as well. The number of awards to be granted to officers, non-employee directors, employees and non-employee consultants cannot be determined at this time as the grant of awards is dependent upon various factors such as hiring requirements and job performance.

 

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C. Board practices

 

Regarding directors’ service contracts providing for benefits upon termination:

 

- The disclosures under “Information about Pubco - Information about PubCo Following the Business Combination - Employment Agreements” of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Our Audit Committee consists of David Roche, Athan Stephanopoulos and Alexander Macridis. The Audit Committee provides assistance to our board of directors in fulfilling their responsibilities to shareholders, and investment community relating to our corporate accounting, reporting practices, and the quality and integrity of our financial reports. The Audit Committee, among other duties, recommends the independent auditors to be selected to audit our consolidated financial statements, meets with our independent auditors and financial management to review the scope of the proposed audit for the current year and the audit procedures to be utilized, reviews with the independent auditors, and financial and accounting personnel, the adequacy and effectiveness of our accounting and financial controls, and reviews the consolidated financial statements contained in the annual report to shareholders with management and the independent auditors.

 

D. Employees

 

In 2018, 2017, and 2016, our subsidiary Akazoo had 26, 27, and 45 full-time employees on average, respectively. The following table describes our average number of employees by department per fiscal year:

 

    December 31,     % Change  
    2018     2017     2016     2018 vs.
2017
    2017 vs.
2016
 
Administration and finance     8       6       22       +33 %     -72 %
Technology/Software Development     18       21       23       -14 %     -9 %

 

The following table describes our average number of employees by geographic location:

 

      December 31,  
Region     2018     2017     2016  
Europe       22       25       42  
Non-Europe       4       2       3  

 

Akazoo occupies a significant number of freelancers and consultants in its various functions.

 

E. Share ownership

 

The disclosure set forth in Item 7A of this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

 

A. Major shareholders

 

The following table is designed to set forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Akazoo’s Ordinary Shares of each person who owns greater than 5% of outstanding Akazoo Ordinary Shares and each of our officers and directors as of September 11, 2019. As of such date, we had 49,635,191 Ordinary Shares Outstanding.

 

    Beneficial Ownership Of
Akazoo Ordinary Shares
at 11 September, 2019
 

Name and Address of Beneficial

Owner 

  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership(1)
    Percent
of Class
 
             
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. (2)     1,362,230       2.7 %
Apostolos N. Zervos (3)     3,768,933       7.6 %
Pierre Schreuder (4)     502,689       1.0 %
Panagiotis Dimitropoulos (5)     10,214,348       20.6 %
Maja Lapcevic     0       0  
Athan Stephanopoulos     0       0  
David Roche     0       0  
Alexander Macridis     0       0  
InternetQ Group Limited (6)     20,428,695       41.2 %
Modern Media, LLC (7)     1,362,230       2.7 %
Tosca Penta Music Limited Partnership and related funds(8)     18,516,636       37.3 %
Astaria Ltd. (9)     2,509,983       5.1 %
Freremon Limited (10)     354,109       0.7 %
All directors and executive officers as a group (8 individuals)     15,848,200       31.9 %

 

 

* Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, all ownership is direct beneficial ownership.
(2) Includes 1,362,230 shares owned by Modern Media LLC.
(3) Includes 2,509,983 shares owned by Astaria Ltd..
(4) Includes 354,109 shares owned by Freremon Limited.
(5) Consists of shares owned by InternetQ.  Panagiotis Dimitropoulos owns 61.6% of Pitragon, which may be deemed to beneficially own 10,214,348 of the Akazoo ordinary shares held by InternetQ. See Note 6 below. By virtue of his voting and dispositive power of Pitragon, Mr. Dimitropoulos may be deemed to beneficially own 10,214,348 of the Akazoo ordinary shares held by InternetQ. The business address of Mr. Dimitropoulos is 19 Rue de Bitbourg, L-1273, Luxembourg.
(6) InternetQ Group Limited (“InternetQ”) is 50% owned by Pitragon Investment Limited (“Pitragon”) and 50% owned by various funds related to Tosca (the “Tosca Funds”). Each of Pitragon and Tosca select two members of the board of directors of InternetQ. The business address of InternetQ is 14 Old Queen Street, London, England, SW1H 9HP; the business address of Tosca is 150 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 5NE; and the business address of Pitragon is 214 Arch. Makariou III, Limassol, 3030 Cyprus.
(7) Mr. Dickey owns 100% of Modern Media, LLC.  The business address of Mr. Dickey is 3414 Peachtree Road, Suite 480, Atlanta, Georgia 303326.
(8) Includes 10,214,348 shares owned by InternetQ. See Note 6 above. The business address of Tosca Penta Music Limited Partnership is 150 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 5NE.
(9) Mr. Zervos owns 100% of Astaria Ltd. The business address of Mr. Zervos is 19 Rue de Bitbourg, L-1273, Luxembourg.
(10) Mr. Schreuder owns 100% of Freremon Limited. The business address of Mr. Schreuder is 19 Rue de Bitbourg, L-1273, Luxembourg.

  

Except as disclosed herein, we are not aware of any other arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change of control of the combined company.

 

B. Related party transactions

 

Loans from shareholders of Company’s subsidiary

 

On 20 August 2018, the Company’s subsidiary Akazoo Limited issued Convertible Loan Notes 2020 to its shareholder Tosca Penta Music Limited Partnership for a principal amount of £1,800 thousand. The notes are convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at the option of the holder on or after 31 March 2019 or upon merger/exit, or, repayable on the second anniversary of the date of the instrument. The Company is entitled to accelerate repayment on the first anniversary of the date of the instrument. This note was converted into Akazoo ordinary shares in connection with the closing of the Business Combination.

 

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The convertible notes are presented in the balance sheet as follows:-

 

Financial liabilities – borrowings in € thousand   2018  
Liability component on initial recognition     2,012  
Interest charge calculated at the effective rate     304  
Liability component at the end of the period     2,317  

 

Refer to Exhibit 99.1 “Financial Statements of Akazoo Limited” (Notes 15 and 19) for additional information on the related party transactions.

 

C. Interest of experts and counsel

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 8. Financial Information

 

A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

 

Refer to Item 17.

 

B. Significant Changes

 

None.

 

Item 9. The Offer and Listing

 

Not applicable

 

Item 10. Additional Information

 

A. Share capital

 

On September 2, the Akazoo shareholders resolved, in connection with the Business Combination, that the 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding would be cancelled and our share capital would be reduced by €30,000 effective as of the Business Combination. Subsequently, in connection with the Business Combination, our share capital was increased to provide for issuances of Ordinary Shares to equityholders of MMAC and Old Akazoo in the Business Combination. Subsequently, in connection with the private placement offering and the transactions contemplated thereby, a delegate of the Akazoo Board of Directors increased our share capital . After such increases and the repurchase of 2,600,000 ordinary shares discussed below, our share capital was €496,351.91. Ordinary Shares and warrants sold in the private placement offering were sold as part of Akazoo Units, which were sold to certain private investors at a price of $8.00 per Unit. Ordinary Shares were also issued in connection with the private placement offering to certain creditors of MMAC in lieu of cash payment by Akazoo of amounts owed to them. Such Ordinary Shares were issued to those creditors at a rate of $8.00 of amounts payable per Ordinary Share. Furthermore, in connection with the Business Combination and the private placement offering, Akazoo repurchased an aggregate of 2,600,000 Ordinary Shares from certain Securityholders of Akazoo and such Ordinary Shares were cancelled by the resolutions of the delegate of the Akazoo Board of Directors.

 

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As of September 17, 2019, our issued share capital amounted to € 496,351.91, represented by ordinary shares with a nominal value of € 0.01 per share. All issued shares are fully paid and subscribed for. A shareholder in a Luxembourg société anonyme holding fully paid up shares is not liable, solely because of his or her or its shareholder status, for additional payments to us or our creditors.

 

We currently have €9,926,107.67 of authorized capital, represented by 992,610,767 ordinary shares with a nominal value of € 0.01 per share. Authority to issue share capital from our authorized capital will expire on September 2, 2024.

 

As of September 17, 2019, we held no ordinary shares as treasury shares.

 

As of September 17, 2019, Akazoo Public Warrants to purchase 10,349,997 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $11.50 were issued and outstanding.

 

As of September 17, 2019, Warrants to purchase 7,320,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $9.20 were issued and outstanding.

 

B. Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

Akazoo is registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register under number B232611. Its corporate purpose, as stated in Article 2 of Akazoo’s articles of association, is the holding of participations in any form whatsoever in Luxembourg and foreign companies and in any other form of investment, the acquisition by purchase, subscription or in any other manner as well as the transfer by sale, exchange or otherwise of securities of any kind and the administration, management, control and development of its portfolio. Akazoo may grant loans to, as well as guarantees or security for the benefit of third parties to secure obligations of, companies in which it holds a direct or indirect participation or right of any kind or which form part of the same group of companies as Akazoo, or otherwise assist such companies. Akazoo also may raise funds through borrowing in any form or by issuing any kind of notes, securities or debt instruments, bonds and debentures and generally issue securities of any type. In general, Akazoo may carry out any commercial, industrial, financial real estate or intellectual property activities that it may deem useful for the accomplishment of these purposes.

 

Issuance of Ordinary Shares and Preemptive Rights

 

Pursuant to Luxembourg law, the issuance of Akazoo’s Ordinary Shares requires approval by a quorum of the general meeting of shareholders, and a majority is required for the amendment of articles of association. The general meeting of shareholders may approve an authorized capital and authorize the board of directors to issue ordinary shares up to the maximum amount of such authorized capital for a maximum period of five years after the date that the minutes of the relevant general meeting approving such authorization are published in the Luxembourg official gazette (Recueil Electronique des Sociétés, “RESA”). The general meeting may amend, renew, or extend such authorized capital and such authorization to the board of directors to issue ordinary shares.

 

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Akazoo recognizes only one (1) holder per ordinary share. In case an ordinary share is owned by several persons, they shall appoint a single representative who shall represent them in respect of Akazoo. Akazoo has the right to suspend the exercise of all rights attached to that share, except for relevant information rights, until such representative has been appointed.

 

Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the board of directors will resolve on the issuance of ordinary shares out of the authorized capital (capital autorisé) in accordance with the quorum and voting thresholds set forth in the articles of association. The board of directors also resolves on the applicable procedures and timelines to which such issuance will be subjected. If the proposal of the board of directors to issue new ordinary shares exceeds the limits of Akazoo’s authorized share capital, the board of directors must then convene the shareholders to an extraordinary general meeting to be held in the presence of a Luxembourg notary for the purpose of increasing the issued share capital. Such meeting will be subject to the quorum and majority requirements required for amending the articles of association. If the capital call proposed by the board of directors consists of an increase in the shareholders’ commitments, the board of directors must convene the shareholders to an extraordinary general meeting to be held in the presence of a Luxembourg notary for such purpose. Such meeting will be subject to the unanimous consent of the shareholders.

 

Under Luxembourg law, existing shareholders benefit from a preemptive subscription right on the issuance of ordinary shares for cash consideration. However, Akazoo’s shareholders have, in accordance with Luxembourg law, authorized the board of directors to suppress, waive, or limit any preemptive subscription rights of shareholders provided by law to the extent that the board of directors deems such suppression, waiver, or limitation advisable for any issuance or issuances of ordinary shares within the scope of Akazoo’s authorized share capital (as applicable after the Business Combination). The general meeting of shareholders duly convened to consider an amendment to the articles of association also may, by two-thirds majority vote, limit, waive, or cancel such preemptive rights or renew, amend, or extend them, in each case for a period not to exceed five years. Such ordinary shares may be issued above, at, or below market value, and, following a certain procedure, even below the nominal value or below the accounting par value per ordinary share. The ordinary shares also may be issued by way of incorporation of available reserves, including share premium.

 

Repurchase of Ordinary Shares

 

Akazoo cannot subscribe for its own ordinary shares. Akazoo may, however, repurchase issued ordinary shares or have another person repurchase issued ordinary shares for its account, subject to the following conditions:

 

prior authorization by a simple majority vote at an ordinary general meeting of shareholders, which authorization sets forth:

 

the terms and conditions of the proposed repurchase and in particular the maximum number of ordinary shares to be repurchased;

 

the duration of the period for which the authorization is given, which may not exceed five years; and

 

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in the case of repurchase for consideration, the minimum and maximum consideration per share, provided that the prior authorization shall not apply in the case of ordinary shares acquired by either Akazoo, or by a person acting in his or her own name on its behalf, for the distribution thereof to its staff or to the staff of a company with which it is in a control relationship;

 

only fully paid-up ordinary shares may be repurchased;

 

the voting and dividend rights attached to the repurchased shares will be suspended as long as the repurchased ordinary shares are held by Akazoo; and the acquisition offer must be made on the same terms and conditions to all the shareholders who are in the same position, except for acquisitions which were unanimously decided by a general meeting at which all the shareholders were present or represented. In addition, listed companies may repurchase their own shares on the stock exchange without an acquisition offer having to be made to Akazoo’s shareholders.

 

The authorization will be valid for a period ending on the earlier of five years from the date of such shareholder authorization and the date of its renewal by a subsequent general meeting of shareholders. Pursuant to such authorization, the board of directors is authorized to acquire and sell Akazoo’s ordinary shares under the conditions set forth in Article 430-15 of the Luxembourg Company Law. Such purchases and sales may be carried out for any authorized purpose or any purpose that is authorized by the laws and regulations in force. The purchase price per ordinary share to be determined by the board of directors or its delegate shall represent not more than the fair market value of such ordinary share.

 

In addition, pursuant to Luxembourg law, Akazoo may directly or indirectly repurchase ordinary shares by resolution of its board of directors without the prior approval of the general meeting of shareholders if such repurchase is deemed by the board of directors to be necessary to prevent serious and imminent harm to Akazoo, or if the acquisition of ordinary shares has been made with the intent of distribution to its employees and/or the employees of any entity having a controlling relationship with it (i.e., its subsidiaries or controlling shareholder) or in any of the circumstances listed in Article 430-16 of the Luxembourg Company Law.

 

Form and Transfer of Ordinary Shares

 

Akazoo Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form only and are freely transferable under Luxembourg law and Akazoo’s articles of association. Luxembourg law does not impose any limitations on the rights of Luxembourg or non-Luxembourg residents to hold or vote Akazoo Ordinary Shares.

 

Under Luxembourg law, the ownership of registered ordinary shares is prima facie established by the inscription of the name of the shareholder and the number of ordinary shares held by him or her in the shareholders’ register.

 

Without prejudice to the conditions for transfer by book entry where ordinary shares are recorded in the shareholders’ register on behalf of one or more persons in the name of a depository, each transfer of ordinary shares shall be effected by written declaration of transfer to be recorded in the shareholders’ register, with such declaration to be dated and signed by the transferor and the transferee or by their duly appointed agents. Akazoo may accept and enter into the shareholders’ register any transfer effected pursuant to an agreement or agreements between the transferor and the transferee, true and complete copies of which have been delivered to Akazoo.

 

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Akazoo’s articles of association provide that it may appoint registrars in different jurisdictions, each of whom may maintain a separate register for the ordinary shares entered in such register, and that the holders of ordinary shares shall be entered into one of the registers. Shareholders may elect to be entered into one of these registers and to transfer their ordinary shares to another register so maintained. Entries in these registers will be reflected in the shareholders’ register maintained at Akazoo’s registered office.

 

If Akazoo’s ordinary shares are not listed on a stock exchange in the United States, a shareholders’ register will be maintained at its registered office in Luxembourg. Transfer of record ownership of ordinary shares is effected by a written deed of transfer acknowledged by Akazoo or by its transfer agent and registrar acting as its agent on Akazoo’s behalf.

 

Liquidation Rights and Dissolution

 

In the event of Akazoo’s dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up, any surplus of the assets remaining after allowing for the payment of all of Akazoo’s liabilities will be paid out to the shareholders pro rata according to their respective shareholdings. The decisions to dissolve, liquidate, or wind-up require approval by an extraordinary general meeting of Akazoo’s shareholders.

 

Merger and De-Merger

 

A merger by absorption whereby one Luxembourg company, after its dissolution without liquidation, transfers all of its assets and liabilities to another company in exchange for the issuance of ordinary shares in the acquiring company to the shareholders of the company being acquired, or a merger effected by transfer of assets to a newly incorporated company, must, in principle, be approved at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Luxembourg company, enacted in front of a Luxembourg notary. Similarly, a de-merger of a subsidiary of a Luxembourg company is generally subject to the approval by an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, enacted in front of a Luxembourg notary.

 

No Appraisal Rights

 

Neither Luxembourg law nor Akazoo’s articles of association provide for appraisal rights of dissenting shareholders.

 

General Meeting of Shareholders

 

Any regularly constituted general meeting of shareholders represents the entire body of Akazoo’s shareholders.

 

Any holder of Akazoo’s share capital is entitled to attend its general meeting of shareholders, either in person or by proxy, to address the general meeting of shareholders and to exercise voting rights, subject to the provisions of Akazoo’s articles of association. Each Akazoo Ordinary Share entitles the holder to one vote at a general meeting of shareholders. Akazoo’s articles of association provide that its board of directors may determine all other conditions that must be fulfilled in order to take part in the general meeting of shareholders.

 

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When convening a general meeting of shareholders, Akazoo will send a convening notice by registered mail to the registered address of each shareholder at least eight days before the meeting. The convening notices for every general meeting shall contain the agenda and shall take the form of announcements filed with the register of commerce and companies, published on the Luxembourg official gazette (RESA), and published in a Luxembourg newspaper at least 15 days before the meeting. No proof is required that this formality has been complied with.

 

Akazoo’s articles of association provide that if Akazoo Ordinary Shares are listed on a regulated market, the general meeting also will be convened in accordance with the publicity requirements of such regulated market and, as the case may be, special laws applicable to it.

 

A shareholder may participate in general meetings of shareholders by appointing another person as his or her proxy, the appointment of which shall be in writing. Akazoo’s articles of association also provide that, in the case of ordinary shares held through the operator of a securities settlement system or depository, a holder of such ordinary shares wishing to attend a general meeting of shareholders should receive from such operator or depository a certificate certifying the number of ordinary shares recorded in the relevant account on the relevant record date. Such certificates, as well as any proxy forms, should be submitted to Akazoo no later than three business days before the date of the general meeting unless the Akazoo Board provides for a different period.

 

The annual general shareholder meeting must be held within six months from the end of the respective financial year at Akazoo’s registered office or in any other place in Luxembourg as notified to the shareholders.

 

Luxembourg law provides that the board of directors is obliged to convene a general meeting of shareholders if shareholders representing, in the aggregate, 10% of the issued share capital so request in writing with an indication of the meeting agenda. In such case, the general meeting of shareholders must be held within one month of the request. If the requested general meeting of shareholders is not held within one month, shareholders representing, in the aggregate, 10% of the issued share capital may petition the competent president of the district court in Luxembourg to have a court appointee convene the meeting. Luxembourg law provides that shareholders representing, in the aggregate, 10% of the issued share capital may request that additional items be added to the agenda of a general meeting of shareholders. That request must be made by registered mail sent to Akazoo’s registered office at least five days before the general meeting of shareholders. In addition, the board of directors of Akazoo shall adjourn a general meeting for four weeks (up to six weeks, in case of a combined ordinary and extraordinary general meeting) at the request of one or more shareholders representing at least 10% of the share capital of Akazoo. In the event of an adjournment, any resolution already adopted by the general meeting shall be cancelled and final resolutions will be adopted at the adjourned general meeting. Furthermore, one or more shareholders representing at least 10% of the share capital or at least 10% of the voting rights attached to the shares issued by Akazoo may ask the board of directors of Akazoo questions on one or more transactions of Akazoo or any companies controlled by it.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each Akazoo Ordinary Share entitles the holder thereof to one vote.

 

Neither Luxembourg law nor Akazoo’s articles of association contain any restrictions as to the voting of Akazoo Ordinary Shares by non-Luxembourg residents.

 

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As described further below, Luxembourg law distinguishes general meetings of shareholders and extraordinary general meetings of shareholders with respect to voting rights.

 

Ordinary General Meeting. At an ordinary general meeting, there is no quorum requirement and resolutions are adopted by a simple majority of validly cast votes. Abstentions are not considered “votes.”

 

Extraordinary General Meeting. Extraordinary resolutions are required for any of the following matters, among others: (i) an increase or decrease of the authorized or issued capital, (ii) a limitation or exclusion of preemptive rights, (iii) approval of a statutory merger or de-merger (scission), (iv) Akazoo’s dissolution and liquidation, and (v) any and all amendments to Akazoo’s articles of association. Pursuant to Akazoo’s articles of association, for any resolutions to be considered at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the quorum shall be at least one half (50%) of Akazoo’s issued share capital unless otherwise mandatorily required by law. If the said quorum is not present, a second meeting may be convened, for which Luxembourg law does not prescribe a quorum. Any extraordinary resolution shall be adopted at a quorate general meeting, except otherwise provided by law, by at least a two-thirds majority of the votes validly cast on such resolution by shareholders. Abstentions are not considered “votes.”

 

Minority Action Right. Luxembourg law provides for a provision whereby the holding, in the aggregate, 10% of the securities who have a right to vote at the general meeting that has granted discharge to the members of the board of directors, may act on Akazoo’s behalf to file a claim for a violation of the mandate (mandat) granted to the directors, a violation of the law, or a violation of the articles of association.

 

Dividend Rights

 

In case of a dividend payment, each shareholder is entitled to receive a dividend right pro rata according to his or her respective shareholding. The dividend entitlement lapses upon the expiration of a five-year prescription period from the date of the dividend distribution. The unclaimed dividends return to Akazoo’s accounts.

 

Board of Directors

 

The articles of association of Akazoo stipulate that it shall be managed by a board of directors composed of at least three members. For as long as the Shareholders’ Agreement is in place, the Akazoo Board will be composed of up to seven directors. Each of the parties to the Shareholders’ Agreement shall exercise the voting rights attached to their Akazoo Ordinary Shares at each general meeting of the shareholders of Akazoo at which proposals relating to the filling of positions on the Akazoo Board are to be considered (or in any written resolution executed in lieu of such a meeting which relates to such matters), and shall take all actions reasonably necessary, to ensure the election to the Akazoo Board of Directors of the following individuals:

 

(i) one individual, who need not be an independent director (within the meaning of the listing standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market (or other United States national securities exchange on which the shares are listed, if any), designated by InternetQ Group Limited and Tosca Penta Music Limited Partnership and their respective permitted assigns;

 

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(ii) one individual, who need not be an independent director, designated by Modern Media LLC and MIHI LLC; and

 

(iii) one individual, who must be an independent director, designated by certain management shareholders, including Apostolos N. Zervos.

 

Upon such time as any of the parties to the Shareholders’ Agreement, or their affiliates, collectively, cease to beneficially own, at least 50% of the number of Akazoo Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such party immediately following the closing of the Business Combination, such party shall cease to have the right to designate any nominee for election to the Akazoo Board of Directors pursuant to the Shareholders’ Agreement. The Akazoo Board of Directors may appoint a chairman from among its members. It also may appoint a secretary, who need not be a director and who will be responsible for keeping the minutes of the meetings of the Akazoo Board of Directors and of the shareholders. The Akazoo Board of Directors will meet upon call by the chairman or any two directors. The chairman will preside at all meetings of the Akazoo Board of Directors and, if required, of the shareholders, except that in his or her absence the Akazoo Board of Directors may appoint another director as chairman and the general meeting of shareholders may appoint another person as chairman, in each case pro tempore by vote of the majority present or represented at such meeting.

 

A quorum of the board of directors shall be half of the members, and resolutions are adopted by the simple majority vote of members of the board of directors present or represented. No valid decision of the board of directors may be taken if the necessary quorum has not been reached. In case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall not have the right to cast the deciding vote. The board of directors also may take decisions by means of resolutions in writing signed by all directors. Each director has one vote.

 

The general shareholders’ meeting elects directors and decides their respective terms. Under Luxembourg law, directors may be reelected, but any single term of their office may not exceed six years. The general shareholders’ meeting may dismiss one or more directors at any time, with or without cause, by a simple majority of votes cast at a general meeting of shareholders. If the board of directors has a vacancy, the remaining directors have the right to fill such vacancy on a temporary basis pursuant to the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors. The term of a temporary director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the end of the term of office of the replaced director, provided, however, that the next general shareholders’ meeting shall be requested definitively to elect any temporary director. For a discussion of the differences in shareholders’ rights under Luxembourg law and Delaware law, see “Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights.”

 

Within the limits provided for by Luxembourg law, the board of directors may delegate Akazoo’s daily management and the authority to represent Akazoo to one or more persons. The delegation to a member of the board of directors shall entail the obligation for the board of directors to report each year to the ordinary general meeting of the shareholders on the salary, fees, and any advantages granted to the delegate.

 

No director, solely as a result of being a director, shall be prevented from contracting with Akazoo with regard to his tenure in any office or place of profit, or as vendor, purchaser, or in any other manner whatsoever. No contract in which any director is in any way interested shall be voided solely on account of his position as director and no director who is so interested shall account to Akazoo or the shareholders for any remuneration, profit, or other benefit realized by the contract solely by reason of the director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established.

 

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Any director having a direct or indirect personal and financial interest in a transaction submitted for approval to the board of directors may not participate in the deliberations and vote thereon, if the transaction is not in the ordinary course of Akazoo’s business and conflicts with Akazoo’s interest, in which case the director shall be obliged to advise the board of directors thereof and to cause a record of his statement to be included in the minutes of the meeting. He or she may not take part in these deliberations or vote on such a transaction. At the next general meeting, before any other resolution is put to a vote, a special report shall be made on any transactions in which any of the directors may have had an interest that conflicts with Akazoo’s interest.

 

Akazoo’s articles of association provide that directors and officers, past and present, will be entitled to indemnification from Akazoo to the fullest extent permitted by Luxemburg law against liability and all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him or her in connection with any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in which he or she would be involved by virtue of his or her being or having been a director or officer and against amounts paid or incurred by him or her in the settlement thereof. However, no indemnification will be provided against any liability to Akazoo’s directors or officers (i) by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties of a director or officer, (ii) with respect to any matter as to which any director or officer shall have been finally adjudicated to have acted in bad faith and not in Akazoo’s interest, or (iii) in the event of a settlement, unless approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or the board of directors.

 

There is no mandatory retirement age for directors under Luxembourg law and no minimum shareholding requirement for directors.

 

Amendment of Articles of Association

 

Shareholder Approval Requirements. Luxembourg law requires an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to resolve upon an amendment of the articles of association to be made by extraordinary resolution. The agenda of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders must indicate the proposed amendments to the articles of association. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders convened for the purposes of amending the articles of association must have a quorum of at least 50% of Akazoo’s issued share capital. If the said quorum is not present, a second meeting may be convened at which Luxembourg law does not prescribe a quorum. Irrespective of whether the proposed amendments will be subject to a vote at any duly convened extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting, the amendment is subject to the approval of at least two-thirds of the votes cast at such extraordinary general meeting of shareholders by shareholders.

 

Formalities. Any resolutions to amend Akazoo’s articles of association must be taken before a Luxembourg notary, and such amendments must be published in accordance with Luxembourg law.

 

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C. Material contracts

 

The disclosures under the captions “The Business Transaction Agreement” beginning on page 130 and “Certain Agreements Related to the Business Combination” beginning on page 135 of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

D. Exchange controls

 

We are not aware of any governmental laws, decrees, regulations or other legislation in Luxembourg that restrict the export or import of capital, including the availability of cash and cash equivalents for use by our affiliated companies, or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our securities, except for regulations restricting the remittance of dividends, distributions, and other payments in compliance with United Nations and EU sanctions.

 

E. Taxation

 

The disclosure under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Business Combination” beginning on page 102 of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

F. Dividends and paying agents

 

None

 

G. Statement by experts

 

Not Applicable

 

H. Documents on display

 

Documents concerning us that are referred to in this document may be inspected at our principal executive offices at 96 Kensington High Street, W8 4SG, London.

 

In addition, we will file annual reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We will file annual reports on Form 20-F and submit other information under cover of Form 6-K. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the proxy requirements of Section 14 of the Exchange Act and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the insider short-swing disclosure and profit recovery rules of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The Commission maintains a web site that contains reports and other information regarding registrants (including us) that file electronically with the Commission which can be assessed at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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I. Subsidiary Information

 

Not required

 

Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

The disclosures under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Akazoo - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of MMAC - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” beginning on pages 168 and 179 respectively of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities

 

Not Applicable

 

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Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

 

Not required

 

Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

 

Not required

 

Item 15. Controls and Procedures

 

Not required

 

Item 16. [Reserved]

 

Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Not required

 

Item 16B. Code of Ethics

 

Not required

 

Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

Not required

 

Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees

 

Not required

 

Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

None

 

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Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

In connection with the Businesss Combination, we appointed Crowe U.K. LLP (“Crowe”) as our independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. In connection with the Business Combination, WithumSmith+Brown, PC ("Withum"), which was the auditor for MMAC was informed that it would not be our auditor.

 

The reports of Withum on the consolidated financial statements of MMAC for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that such audit report contained an explanatory paragraph in which Withum expressed substantial doubt as to MMAC’s ability to continue as a going concern if it did not complete a business combination by September 17, 2019.

 

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and through the Business Combination (the "Effective Date"), there were no disagreements with Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures, or auditing scope or procedure, which such disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused Withum to make reference thereto in its reports on the financial statements of MMAC for such periods. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, and through the Effective Date, there were no "reportable events" as that term is described in paragraphs (A) through (D) of Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form 20-F.

 

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and through the Effective Date, neither Akazoo, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted Crowe regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the financial statements of Akazoo and neither a written report was provided to the Company or oral advice was provided that Crowe concluded was an important factor considered by Akazoo in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a "disagreement," as that term is defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of Form 20-F and the related instructions to Item 16F of Form 20-F, or a "reportable event," as that term is described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form 20-F.

 

Akazoo provided Withum with a copy of the disclosure it is making in this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (this "Report"), and requested that Withum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), pursuant to Item 16F(a)(3) of Form 20-F, stating whether Withum agrees with the statements made by the Company in this Report, and if not, in which respects Withum does not agree. A copy of Withum's letter to the SEC dated September 17, 2019 is attached as Exhibit 15.2 to this Report.

 

Item 16G. Corporate Governance

 

Not required

 

Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure

 

Not Applicable

 

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Item 17. Financial Statements

 

See Item 18.

 

Item 18. Financial Statements

 

The disclosures on pages F-1 to F-74 of the Company’s Proxy Statement / Prospectus dated August 15, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2019, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Unaudited Condensed Combined Pro Forma Financial Statements of the Company are included as Exhibit 15.1 hereto.

 

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Item 19. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
     
1.1   Articles of Association of Akazoo S.A.
     
2.1   Form of Shareholders’ Agreement, by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A. and certain majority shareholders of Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-229613), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
4.1   Business Transaction Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2019, by and among Modern Media Acquisition Corp., Akazoo Limited, Apostolos N. Zervos, acting in accordance with article 100-17  of the Luxembourg Company Act, on behalf and in the name of Unlimited Music S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme), and Modern Media LLC, acting in accordance with article 100-17 of the Luxembourg Company Act, on behalf and in the name of Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme) (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-229613), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
4.2   Letter Agreement by and among Modern Media Acquisition Corp., Akazoo Limited, Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A., Unlimited Music S.A. and, solely for purposes of Section 13 thereof, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., dated as of July 29, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-229613), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
4.3   Form of Employment Agreement between Apostolos N. Zervos and Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A.  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-229613), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
4.4   Form of Employment Agreement between Petrus Schreuder and Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-229613), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
8.1   Subsidiaries of Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-229613), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
15.1   Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information
     
15.2   Letter from WithumSmith+Brown, PC dated September 17, 2019
     
15.3   Investor Presentation dated August 2019

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this shell company report on its behalf.

 

  Company:Akazoo S.A.
   
  By: /s/ Apostolos N. Zervos
   
  Name: Apostolos N. Zervos
   
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: September 17, 2019

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

AKAZOO S.A.

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

Adopted: September2, 2019

 

 

 

A.       NAME - PURPOSE - Duration - Registered Office

 

Article 1   Name - Legal form

 

There exists a public limited company (société anonyme) under the name Akazoo S.A. (the “Company”) which shall be governed by the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Law”), as well as by the present articles of association.

 

Article 2   Purpose

 

2.1       The purpose of the Company is the holding of participations in any form whatsoever in Luxembourg and foreign companies and in any other form of investment, the acquisition by purchase, subscription or in any other manner as well as the transfer by sale, exchange or otherwise of securities of any kind and the administration, management, control and development of its portfolio.

 

2.2       The Company may grant loans to, as well as guarantees or security for the benefit of third parties to secure obligations of, companies in which it holds a direct or indirect participation or right of any kind or which form part of the same group of companies as the Company, or otherwise assist such companies.

 

2.3       The Company may raise funds through borrowing in any form or by issuing any kind of notes, securities or debt instruments, bonds and debentures and generally issue securities of any type.

 

2.4       The Company may carry out any commercial, industrial, financial, real estate or intellectual property activities which it considers useful for the accomplishment of these purposes.

 

Article 3   Duration

 

3.1       The Company is incorporated for an unlimited period of time.

 

3.2       It may be dissolved at any time by a resolution of the general meeting of shareholders adopted in the manner required for an amendment of these articles of association.

 

Article 4   Registered office

 

4.1       The registered office of the Company is established in the City of Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

 

 

 

 

4.2       The board of directors may transfer the registered office of the Company within the same municipality or to any other municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and, if necessary, subsequently amend these articles of association to reflect such change of registered office.

 

4.3       Branches or other offices may be established either in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or abroad by a resolution of the board of directors.

 

4.4       In the event that the board of directors determines that extraordinary political, economic or social circumstances or natural disasters have occurred or are imminent that would interfere with the normal activities of the Company at its registered office, the registered office may be temporarily transferred abroad until the complete cessation of these extraordinary circumstances; such temporary measures shall not affect the nationality of the Company which, notwithstanding the temporary transfer of its registered office, shall remain a Luxembourg company.

 

B.       Share Capital – Shares

 

Article 5   Share capital and authorised capital

 

5.1       The Company’s share capital is set at four hundred fifty-three thousand eight hundred twenty-two euro and forty-one cent (EUR 453,822.41), represented by forty-five million three hundred and eighty-two thousand two hundred and forty-one (45,382,241) shares with a nominal value of one cent (EUR 0.01) each.

 

5.2       The Company’s share capital may be increased or reduced by a resolution of the general meeting of shareholders adopted in the manner required for an amendment of these articles of association or as set out in article 5.7 hereof.

 

5.3       Any new shares to be paid for in cash shall be offered by preference to the existing shareholder(s). In case of a plurality of shareholders, such shares shall be offered to the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares held by them in the Company’s share capital. The board of directors shall determine the time period during which such preferential subscription right may be exercised, which may not be less than fourteen (14) days from the date of dispatch of a registered mail or any other means of communication individually accepted by the addressees and ensuring access to the information sent to the shareholders announcing the opening of the subscription period The general meeting of shareholders may limit or cancel the preferential subscription right of the existing shareholders subject to quorum and majority required for an amendment of these articles of association. The board of directors may limit or cancel the preferential subscription right of the existing shareholder(s) in accordance with article 5.6 hereof.

 

 

 

 

5.4       If after the end of the subscription period not all of the preferential subscription rights offered to the existing shareholder(s) have been subscribed by the latter, third parties may be allowed to participate in the share capital increase, except if the board of directors decides that the preferential subscription rights shall be offered to the existing shareholders who have already exercised their rights during the subscription period, in proportion to the portion their shares represent in the share capital; the modalities for the subscription are determined by the board of directors. The board of directors may also decide in such case that the share capital shall only be increased by the amount of subscriptions received by the shareholder(s) of the Company.

 

5.5       The Company may repurchase its own shares subject to the provisions of the Law.

 

5.6       The authorised capital of the Company, excluding the issued share capital, is set at a total amount of ten million euro (EUR 10,000,000) divided into one billion (1,000,000,000) shares with a nominal value of one euro cent (EUR 0.01) each.

 

During a period of five (5) years from the date of the resolution adopted on 2nd September 2019 to create the authorised capital pursuant to this article, the board of directors is hereby authorised and empowered within the limits of the authorised capital to (i) realise for any reason whatsoever including, for defensive reasons, any issue in one or several successive tranches of (a) any subscription and/or conversion rights, including warrants (which may be issued separately or attached to shares, bonds, options, notes or similar instruments), convertible bonds, notes or similar instruments (the “Share Rights”) as well as (b) new shares, with or without share premium, against payment in cash or in kind, by conversion of claims on the Company or in any other manner; (ii) determine the place and date of the issue or the successive issues, the issue price, the terms and conditions of the subscription of and paying up on the new shares; and (iii) remove or limit the preferential subscription right of the shareholders in case of issue against payment in cash of shares, warrants (which may be separate or attached to shares, bonds, notes or similar instruments), convertible bonds, notes or similar instruments. The shares to be issued upon exercise of any Share Rights may be issued beyond the initial authorized capital period of five (5) years as long as the Share Rights were issued within the relevant initial authorized capital period of five (5) years.

 

 

 

 

5.7       The above authorisation may be renewed through a resolution of the general meeting of the shareholders adopted in the manner required for an amendment of these articles of association and subject to the provisions of the Law, each time for a period not exceeding five (5) years.

 

Article 6   Shares – Transfer of shares

 

6.1       The Company may have one or several shareholders.

 

6.2       Death, suspension of civil rights, dissolution, bankruptcy or insolvency or any other similar event regarding any of the shareholders shall not cause the dissolution of the Company.

 

6.3       The shares of the Company are and shall remain in registered form.

 

6.4       The Company will recognise only one (1) holder per share. In case a share is owned by several persons, they shall appoint a single representative who shall represent them in respect of the Company. The Company has the right to suspend the exercise of all rights attached to that share, except for relevant information rights, until such representative has been appointed.

 

6.5       The shares are freely transferable in accordance with the provisions of the Law, subject to any restrictions on transfer under applicable securities laws of any jurisdiction to which the shares are subject.

 

6.6       A register of shares shall be kept by the Company at its registered office, where it shall be available for inspection by any shareholder. This register shall contain the precise designation of each shareholder and the indication of the number of shares held, the indication of the payments made on the shares as well as the transfers of shares and the dates thereof. Ownership of shares will be established by inscription in the said register or in the event separate registrars have been appointed pursuant to Article 6.7, in such separate register(s). Without prejudice to the conditions for transfer by book entries provided for in Article 6.9 of these articles of association, a transfer of shares shall be carried out by means of a declaration of transfer entered in the relevant register, dated and signed by the transferor and the transferee or by their duly authorized representatives or by the Company upon notification of the transfer or acceptance of the transfer by the Company. The Company may accept and enter in the relevant register a transfer on the basis of correspondence or other documents recording the agreement between the transferor and the transferee.

 

 

 

 

6.7       The Company may appoint registrars in different jurisdictions who may each maintain a separate register for the ordinary shares entered therein. Shareholders may elect to be entered into one of these registers and to transfer their shares to another register so maintained. The board of directors may however impose transfer restrictions for shares in compliance with the requirements of the jurisdiction applicable to the shares at that time. A transfer to the register kept at the Company’s registered office may always be requested.

 

6.8       Subject to the provisions of these Article 6.9 and Article 6.10, the Company may consider the person in whose name the shares are registered in the register of shareholders as the full owner of such shares. In the event that a holder of shares does not provide an address in writing to which all notices or announcements from the Company may be sent, the Company may permit a notice to this effect to be entered into the register of shareholders and such holder’s address will be deemed to be at the registered office of the Company or such other address as may be so entered by the Company from time to time, until a different address shall be provided to the Company by such holder in writing. The holder may, at any time, change his address as entered in the register of shareholders by means of written notification to the Company.

 

6.9       The shares may be held by a holder (the “Holder”) through a securities settlement system or a Depositary (as this term is defined below). The Holder of shares held in such fungible securities accounts has the same rights and obligations as if such Holder held the shares directly. The shares held through a securities settlement system or a Depositary shall be recorded in an account opened in the name of the Holder and may be transferred from one account to another in accordance with customary procedures for the transfer of securities in book-entry form. However, the Company will make dividend payments, if any, and any other payments in cash, shares or other securities, if any, only to the securities settlement system or Depositary recorded in the register of shareholders or in accordance with the instructions of such securities settlement system or Depositary. Such payment will grant full discharge of the Company’s obligations in this respect.

 

6.10       All communications and notices to be given to a registered shareholder shall be deemed validly made if made to the latest address communicated by the shareholder to the Company in accordance with Article 6.8 or, if no address has been communicated by the shareholder, the registered office of the Company or such other address as may be so entered by the Company in the register from time to time according to Article 6.9.

 

 

 

 

6.11       Where shares are recorded in the register of shareholders in the name of or on behalf of a securities settlement system or the operator of such system and recorded as book-entry interests in the accounts of a professional depositary or any sub-depositary (any depositary and any sub-depositary being referred to hereinafter as a “Depositary”), the Company – subject to having received from the Depositary a certificate in proper form – will permit the Depositary of such book-entry interests to exercise the rights attaching to the shares corresponding to the book-entry interests of the relevant Holder, including receiving notices of general meetings, admission to and voting at general meetings, and shall consider the Depositary to be the holder of the shares corresponding to the book-entry interests for purposes of this Article 6 of the present articles of association. The Board of Directors may determine the formal requirements with which such certificates must comply.

 

C.       General meetings of Shareholders

 

Article 7   Powers of the general meeting of shareholders

 

7.1       The shareholders exercise their collective rights in the general meeting of shareholders. Any regularly constituted general meeting of shareholders of the Company shall represent the entire body of shareholders of the Company. The general meeting of shareholders is vested with the powers expressly reserved to it by the Law and by these articles of association.

 

7.2       If the Company has only one shareholder, any reference made herein to the “general meeting of shareholders” shall be construed as a reference to the “sole shareholder”, depending on the context and as applicable and powers conferred upon the general meeting of shareholders shall be exercised by the sole shareholder.

 

Article 8   Convening of general meetings of shareholders

 

8.1       The general meeting of shareholders of the Company may at any time be convened by the board of directors or, as the case may be, by the statutory auditor(s).

 

8.2       It must be convened by the board of directors or the statutory auditor(s) upon the written request of one or several shareholders representing at least ten per cent (10%) of the Company's share capital. In such case, the general meeting of shareholders shall be held within a period of one (1) month from the receipt of such request.

 

8.3       The convening notice for every general meeting of shareholders shall contain the date, time, place and agenda of the meeting and may be made through announcements filed with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register and published at least fifteen (15) days before the meeting, on the Recueil Electronique des Sociétés et Associations and in a Luxembourg newspaper. In such case, notices by mail shall be sent at least eight (8) days before the meeting to the registered shareholders by ordinary mail (lettre missive). Alternatively, the convening notices may be exclusively made by registered mail or, if the addressees have individually agreed to receive the convening notices by another means of communication ensuring access to the information, by such means of communication.

 

 

 

 

8.4       If all of the shareholders are present or represented at a general meeting of shareholders and have waived any convening requirements, the meeting may be held without prior notice or publication.

 

Article 9   Conduct of general meetings of shareholders

 

9.1       The annual general meeting of shareholders shall be held within six (6) months of the end of each financial year in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the registered office of the Company or at such other place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as may be specified in the convening notice of such meeting. Other meetings of shareholders may be held at such place and time as may be specified in the respective convening notices. Holders of bonds are not entitled to attend meetings of shareholders.

 

9.2       A board of the meeting (bureau) shall be formed at any general meeting of shareholders, composed of a chairman, a secretary and a scrutineer who need neither be shareholders nor members of the board of directors. The board of the meeting shall especially ensure that the meeting is held in accordance with applicable rules and, in particular, in compliance with the rules in relation to convening, majority requirements, vote tallying and representation of shareholders.

 

9.3       An attendance list must be kept at all general meetings of shareholders.

 

9.4       A shareholder may act at any general meeting of shareholders by appointing another person as his proxy in writing or by facsimile, electronic mail or any other similar means of communication. One person may represent several or even all shareholders.

 

9.5       Shareholders taking part in a meeting by conference call, through video conference or by any other means of communication allowing for their identification, allowing all persons taking part in the meeting to hear one another on a continuous basis and allowing for an effective participation of all such persons in the meeting, are deemed to be present for the computation of the quorums and votes, subject to such means of communication being made available at the place of the meeting.

 

 

 

 

9.6       Each shareholder may vote at a general meeting through a signed voting form sent by post, electronic mail, facsimile or any other means of communication to the Company’s registered office or to the address specified in the convening notice. The shareholders may only use voting forms provided by the Company which contain at least the place, date and time of the meeting, the agenda of the meeting, the proposals submitted to the shareholders, as well as for each proposal three boxes allowing the shareholder to vote in favour thereof, against, or abstain from voting by ticking the appropriate box.

 

9.7       Voting forms which, for a proposed resolution, do not show (i) a vote in favour or (ii) a vote against the proposed resolution or (iii) an abstention are void with respect to such resolution. The Company shall only take into account voting forms received prior to the general meeting to which they relate.

 

9.8       The board of directors may determine further conditions that must be fulfilled by the shareholders for them to take part in any general meeting of shareholders.

 

Article 10   Quorum, majority and vote

 

10.1       Each share entitles to one vote in general meetings of shareholders.

 

10.2       The board of directors may suspend the voting rights of any shareholder in breach of his obligations as described by these articles of association or any relevant contractual arrangement entered into by such shareholder.

 

10.3       A shareholder may individually decide not to exercise, temporarily or permanently, all or part of his voting rights. The waiving shareholder is bound by such waiver and the waiver is mandatory for the Company upon notification to the latter.

 

10.4       In case the voting rights of one or several shareholders are suspended in accordance with article 10.2 or the exercise of the voting rights has been waived by one or several shareholders in accordance with article 10.3, such shareholders may attend any general meeting of the Company but the shares they hold are not taken into account for the determination of the conditions of quorum and majority to be complied with at the general meetings of the Company.

 

10.5       Except as otherwise required by the Law or these articles of association, resolutions at a general meeting of shareholders duly convened shall not require any quorum and shall be adopted at a simple majority of the votes validly cast regardless of the portion of capital represented. Abstentions and nil votes shall not be taken into account.

 

 

 

 

Article 11   Amendments of the articles of association

 

11.1       Except as otherwise provided herein or by the Law, these articles of association may be amended by a majority of at least two thirds of the votes validly cast at a general meeting at which a quorum of more than half of the Company’s share capital is present or represented. If no quorum is reached in a meeting, a second meeting may be convened in accordance with the provisions of article 8.3 which may deliberate regardless of the quorum and at which resolutions are adopted at a majority of at least two thirds of the votes validly cast. Abstentions and nil votes shall not be taken into account.

 

11.2       In case the voting rights of one or several shareholders are suspended in accordance with article 10.2 or the exercise of the voting rights has been waived by one or several shareholders in accordance with article 10.3, the provisions of article 10.4 of these articles of association apply mutatis mutandis.

 

Article 12   Change of nationality

 

The shareholders may change the nationality of the Company by unanimous consent.

 

Article 13   Adjournment of general meeting of shareholders

 

Subject to the provisions of the Law, the board of directors may, during the course of any general meeting, adjourn such general meeting for four (4) weeks. The board of directors shall do so at the request of one or several shareholder(s) representing at least ten per cent (10%) of the share capital of the Company. In the event of an adjournment, any resolution already adopted by the general meeting of shareholders shall be cancelled.

 

Article 14   Minutes of general meetings of shareholders

 

14.1       The board of any general meeting of shareholders shall draw up minutes of the meeting which shall be signed by the members of the board of the meeting as well as by any shareholder upon its request.

 

14.2       Any copy and excerpt of such original minutes to be produced in judicial proceedings or to be delivered to any third party, shall be certified as a true copy of the original by the notary having had custody of the original deed, in case the meeting has been recorded in a notarial deed, or shall be signed by the chairman of the board of directors, if any, or by any two (2) of its members.

 

 

 

 

D.       Management

 

Article 15   Composition and powers of the board of directors

 

15.1       The Company shall be managed by a board of directors composed of at least three (3) members. Where the Company has been incorporated by a single shareholder or where it appears at a shareholders’ meeting that all the shares issued by the Company are held by a sole shareholder, the Company may be managed by a sole director until the next general meeting of shareholders following the increase of the number of shareholders. In such case, to the extent applicable and where the term “sole director” is not expressly mentioned in these articles of association, a reference to the “board of directors” used in these articles of association is to be construed as a reference to the “sole director”.

 

15.2       The board of directors is vested with the broadest powers to act in the name of the Company and to take any action necessary or useful to fulfill the Company’s corporate purpose, with the exception of the powers reserved by the Law or by these articles of association to the general meeting of shareholders.

 

15.3       The board of directors may create one or several committees. The composition and the powers of such committee(s), the terms of the appointment, removal, remuneration and duration of the mandate of its/their members, as well as its/their rules of procedure are determined by the board of directors. The board of directors shall be in charge of the supervision of the activities of the committee(s).

 

Article 16   Daily management

 

The daily management of the Company as well as the representation of the Company in relation to such daily management may be delegated to one or more directors, officers or other agents, acting individually or jointly. Their appointment, removal and powers shall be determined by a resolution of the board of directors.

 

Article 17   Appointment, removal and term of office of directors

 

17.1       The directors shall be appointed by the general meeting of shareholders which shall determine their remuneration and term of office. The general meeting of shareholders may decide to appoint directors of different classes, namely class A directors (the “Class A Directors”) and class B directors (the “Class B Directors”). Any reference made hereinafter to the “directors” shall be construed as a reference to the Class A Directors and/or the Class B Directors, depending on the context and as applicable.

 

17.2       The term of office of a director may not exceed six (6) years. Directors may be re-appointed for successive terms.

 

 

 

 

17.3       Each director is appointed by the general meeting of shareholders at a simple majority of the votes validly cast.

 

17.4       Any director may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the general meeting of shareholders at a simple majority of the votes validly cast.

 

17.5       If a legal entity is appointed as director of the Company, such legal entity must designate a physical person as permanent representative who shall perform this role in the name and on behalf of the legal entity. The relevant legal entity may only remove its permanent representative if it appoints a successor at the same time. An individual may only be a permanent representative of one (1) director of the Company and may not be himself a director of the Company at the same time.

 

Article 18   Vacancy in the office of a director

 

18.1       In the event of a vacancy in the office of a director because of death, legal incapacity, bankruptcy, resignation or otherwise, this vacancy may be filled on a temporary basis and for a period of time not exceeding the initial mandate of the replaced director by the remaining directors until the next meeting of shareholders which shall resolve on the permanent appointment in compliance with the applicable legal provisions.

 

18.2       In case the vacancy occurs in the office of the Company’s sole director, such vacancy must be filled without undue delay by the general meeting of shareholders.

 

Article 19   Convening meetings of the board of directors

 

19.1       The board of directors shall meet upon call by the chairman, if any, or by any two directors. Meetings of the board of directors shall be held at the registered office of the Company unless otherwise indicated in the notice of meeting.

 

19.2       Written notice of any meeting of the board of directors must be given to directors twenty-four (24) hours at least in advance of the time scheduled for the meeting, except in case of emergency, in which case the nature and the reasons of such emergency must be mentioned in the notice. Such notice may be omitted in case of consent of each director in writing, by facsimile, electronic mail or any other similar means of communication, a copy of such signed document being sufficient proof thereof. No prior notice shall be required for a board meeting to be held at a time and location determined in a prior resolution adopted by the board of directors which has been communicated to all directors.

 

19.3       No prior notice shall be required in case all the members of the board of directors are present or represented at a board meeting and waive any convening requirement or in the case of resolutions in writing approved and signed by all members of the board of directors.

 

 

 

 

Article 20   Conduct of meetings of the board of directors

 

20.1       The board of directors may elect a chairman from among its members. It may also choose a secretary who does not need to be a director and who shall be responsible for keeping the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors.

 

20.2       The chairman, if any, shall chair all meetings of the board of directors, but in his absence, the board of directors may appoint another director as chairman pro tempore by vote of the majority of directors present or represented at any such meeting.

 

20.3       Any director may act at any meeting of the board of directors by appointing another director as his proxy in writing, or by facsimile, electronic mail or any other similar means of communication, a copy of the appointment being sufficient proof thereof. A director may represent one or more, but not all of the other directors.

 

20.4       Meetings of the board of directors may also be held by conference call or video conference or by any other means of communication allowing all persons participating at such meeting to hear one another on a continuous basis, allowing for an effective participation in the meeting. Participation in a meeting by these means is equivalent to participation in person at such meeting.

 

20.5       The board of directors may deliberate or act validly only if at least a majority of the directors are present or represented at a meeting of the board of directors. In the event the general meeting of shareholders has appointed different classes of directors, the board of directors may deliberate or act validly only if at least one (1) Class A Director and one (1) Class B Director is present or represented at the meeting.

 

20.6       Decisions shall be adopted by a majority vote of the directors present or represented at such meeting. In the event the general meeting of shareholders has appointed different classes of directors, decisions shall be taken by a majority of the directors present or represented including at least one (1) Class A Director and one (1) Class B Director. In the case of a tie, the chairman, if any, shall not have a casting vote.

 

20.7       The board of directors may, unanimously, pass resolutions by circular means when expressing its approval in writing, by facsimile, electronic mail or any other similar means of communication. Each director may express his consent separately, the entirety of the consents evidencing the adoption of the resolutions. The date of such resolutions shall be the date of the last signature.

 

 

 

 

Article 21   Conflict of interests

 

21.1       Save as otherwise provided by the Law, any director who has, directly or indirectly, a financial interest conflicting with the interest of the Company in connection with a transaction falling within the competence of the board of directors, must inform the board of directors of such conflict of interest and must have his declaration recorded in the minutes of the board meeting. The relevant director may not take part in the discussions relating to such transaction nor vote on such transaction. Any such conflict of interest must be reported to the next general meeting of shareholders prior to such meeting taking any resolution on any other item.

 

21.2       Where the Company comprises a single director, transactions made between the Company and the director having an interest conflicting with that of the Company are only mentioned in the resolution of the sole director.

 

21.3       Where, by reason of a conflicting interests, the number of directors required in order to validly deliberate is not met, the board of directors may decide to submit the decision on this specific item to the general meeting of shareholders.

 

21.4       The conflict of interest rules shall not apply where the decision of the board of directors or the sole director relates to day-to-day transactions entered into under normal conditions.

 

21.5       The daily manager(s) of the Company, if any, are subject to articles 21.1 to 21.4 of these articles of association provided that if only one (1) daily manager has been appointed and is in a situation of conflicting interests, the relevant decision shall be adopted by the board of directors.

 

Article 22   Minutes of the meeting of the board of directors – Minutes of the decisions of the sole director

 

22.1       The minutes of any meeting of the board of directors shall be signed by the chairman, if any, or, in his absence, by the chairman pro tempore, or by any director or, by one (1) Class A Director and one (1) Class B Director if applicable.

 

22.2       Copies or excerpts of such minutes, which may be produced in judicial proceedings or otherwise, shall be signed by the chairman, if any, or by any director or, by one (1) Class A Director and one (1) Class B Director if applicable.

 

 

 

 

22.3       Decisions of the sole director shall be recorded in minutes which shall be signed by the sole director. Copies or excerpts of such minutes which may be produced in judicial proceedings or otherwise shall be signed by the sole director.

 

Article 23   Dealing with third parties

 

23.1       The Company shall be bound towards third parties in all circumstances (i) by the signature of the sole director, or, if the Company has several directors, by the signature of any director, or by the joint signature of one (1) Class A Director and one (1) Class B Director if applicable or (ii) by the joint signature or the sole signature of any person(s) to whom such signatory power may have been delegated by the board of directors within the limits of such delegation.

 

23.2       Within the limits of the daily management, the Company shall be bound towards third parties by the signature of any person(s) to whom such power may have been delegated, acting individually or jointly in accordance within the limits of such delegation.

 

Article 24   Indemnification

 

24.1       The members of the board of directors are not held personally liable for the indebtedness or other obligations of the Company. As agents of the Company, they are responsible for the performance of their duties. Subject to the exceptions and limitations listed in Article 24.2 and mandatory provisions of law, every person who is, or has been, a member of the board of directors or officer of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been a director or officer and against amounts paid or incurred by him or her in the settlement thereof. The words “claim”, “action”, “suit” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or otherwise including appeals) actual or threatened and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include without limitation attorneys’ fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement and other liabilities.

 

 

 

 

24.2       No indemnification shall be provided to any director, officer or shareholder (i) against any liability by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office (ii) with respect to any matter as to which he or she shall have been finally adjudicated to have acted in bad faith and not in the interest of the Company or (iii) in the event of a settlement, unless the settlement has been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the board of directors.

 

24.3       The right of indemnification herein provided shall be severable, shall not affect any other rights to which any director or officer may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Nothing contained herein shall affect or limit any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel, including directors and officers, may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law. The Company shall specifically be entitled to provide contractual indemnification to and may purchase and maintain insurance for any corporate personnel, including directors and officers of the Company, as the Company may decide upon from time to time.

 

E.       AUDIT AND SUPERVISION

 

Article 25   Auditor(s)

 

25.1       The transactions of the Company shall be supervised by one or several statutory auditors (commissaires). The general meeting of shareholders shall appoint the statutory auditor(s) and shall determine their term of office, which may not exceed six (6) years.

 

25.2       A statutory auditor may be removed at any time, without notice and with or without cause by the general meeting of shareholders.

 

25.3       The statutory auditor(s) have an unlimited right of permanent supervision and control of all transactions of the Company.

 

25.4       If the general meeting of shareholders of the Company appoints one or more independent auditors (réviseurs d’entreprises agréés) in accordance with Article 69 of the law of 19 December 2002 regarding the trade and companies register and the accounting and annual accounts of undertakings, as amended, the institution of statutory auditors is no longer required.

 

25.5       An independent auditor may only be removed by the general meeting of shareholders for cause or with his approval.

 

 

 

 

F.       financial year – ANNUAL ACCOUNTS – Allocation of Profits – Interim Dividends

 

Article 26   Financial year

 

The financial year of the Company shall begin on the first of January of each year and shall end on the thirty-first of December of the same year.

 

Article 27   Annual accounts and allocation of profits

 

27.1       At the end of each financial year, the accounts are closed and the board of directors draws up an inventory of the Company’s assets and liabilities, the balance sheet and the profit and loss accounts in accordance with the law.

 

27.2       Of the annual net profits of the Company, five per cent (5%) at least shall be allocated to the legal reserve. This allocation shall cease to be mandatory as soon and as long as the aggregate amount of such reserve amounts to ten per cent (10%) of the share capital of the Company.

 

27.3       Sums contributed to a reserve of the Company may also be allocated to the legal reserve.

 

27.4       In case of a share capital reduction, the Company’s legal reserve may be reduced in proportion so that it does not exceed ten per cent (10%) of the share capital.

 

27.5       Upon recommendation of the board of directors, the general meeting of shareholders shall determine how the remainder of the Company’s profits shall be used in accordance with the Law and these articles of association.

 

27.6       Distributions shall be made to the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares they hold in the Company.

 

Article 28   Interim dividends - Share premium and assimilated premiums

 

28.1       The board of directors may proceed with the payment of interim dividends subject to the provisions of the Law.

 

28.2       Any share premium, assimilated premium or other distributable reserve may be freely distributed to the shareholders subject to the provisions of the Law and these articles of association.

 

G.       Liquidation

 

Article 29   Liquidation

 

29.1       In the event of dissolution of the Company in accordance with article 3.2 of these articles of association, the liquidation shall be carried out by one or several liquidators who are appointed by the general meeting of shareholders deciding on such dissolution and which shall determine their powers and their compensation. Unless otherwise provided, the liquidators shall have the most extensive powers for the realisation of the assets and payment of the liabilities of the Company.

 

 

 

 

29.2       The surplus resulting from the realisation of the assets and the payment of the liabilities shall be distributed among the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares of the Company held by them.

 

H.       Final clause - GOVERNING law

 

Article 30   Governing law

 

All matters not governed by these articles of association shall be determined in accordance with the Law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.       DENOMINATION - OBJET SOCIAL - DURÉE - SIÈGE SOCIAL

 

Article 1   Dénomination - Forme

 

Il existe une société anonyme sous la dénomination « Akazoo S.A. » (ci-après la « Société ») qui sera régie par la loi du 10 août 1915 sur les sociétés commerciales, telle que modifiée (la « Loi »), ainsi que par les présents statuts.

 

Article 2   Objet social

 

2.1       La Société a pour objet social la détention de participations, sous quelque forme que ce soit, dans des sociétés luxembourgeoises et étrangères et de toute autre forme de placement, l’acquisition par achat, souscription ou de toute autre manière, de même que le transfert par vente, échange ou toute autre manière de valeurs mobilières de tout type, ainsi que l’administration, la gestion, le contrôle et la mise en valeur de son portefeuille de participations.

 

2.2       La Société peut également accorder des prêts, ainsi que des garanties, des sûretés, au profit de tiers afin de garantir l’exécution d’obligations des sociétés dans lesquelles elle détient une participation directe ou indirecte ou un droit de quelque nature que ce soit ou qui font partie du même groupe de sociétés que la Société, ou assister ces sociétés de toute autre manière.

 

2.3       La Société peut lever des fonds en faisant des emprunts sous toute forme ou en émettant toute sorte d’obligations, de titres ou d’instruments de dettes, d’obligations garanties ou non garanties, et d’une manière générale en émettant des valeurs mobilières de tout type.

 

2.4       La Société peut exercer toute activité de nature commerciale, industrielle, financière, immobilière ou de propriété intellectuelle qu’elle estime utile pour l’accomplissement de son objet social.

 

Article 3   Durée

 

3.1       La Société est constituée pour une durée illimitée.

 

3.2       Elle peut être dissoute à tout moment par une décision de l’assemblée générale des actionnaires prise aux conditions requises pour une modification des présents statuts.

 

Article 4   Siège social

 

4.1       Le siège social de la Société est établi dans la Ville de Luxembourg, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.

 

4.2       Le conseil d’administration peut transférer le siège social de la Société au sein de la même commune ou dans toute autre commune du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et modifier, si nécessaire, ces statuts afin de refléter le changement de siège social.

 

 

 

 

4.3       Des succursales ou bureaux peuvent être créés, tant au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg qu'à l'étranger, par décision du conseil d’administration.

 

4.4       Dans l’hypothèse où le conseil d’administration estimerait que des événements exceptionnels d'ordre politique, économique ou social ou des catastrophes naturelles se sont produits ou seraient imminents, de nature à interférer avec l'activité normale de la Société à son siège social, il pourra transférer provisoirement le siège social à l'étranger jusqu'à la cessation complète de ces circonstances exceptionnelles ; ces mesures provisoires n'auront toutefois aucun effet sur la nationalité de la Société, laquelle, nonobstant ce transfert provisoire, restera luxembourgeoise.

 

B.       CAPITAL SOCIAL – ACTIONS

 

Article 5   Capital social et capital autorisé

 

5.1       Le capital social de la Société est fixé à quatre cent cinquante-trois mille huit cent vingt-deux euros et quarante et un centimes (EUR 453.822,41), représenté par quarante-cinq millions trois cent quatre-vingt-deux mille deux cent quarante et une (45.382.241) d’actions d’une valeur nominale d’un centime (EUR 0,01) chacune.

 

5.2       Le capital social de la Société peut être augmenté ou réduit par une décision de l’assemblée générale des actionnaires de la Société, prise aux conditions requises pour une modification des présents statuts ainsi que selon les modalités tel que décrites à l’article 5.7 ci-dessous.

 

5.3       Toutes nouvelles actions à libérer en numéraire doivent être offertes par préférence à (aux) (l’)actionnaire(s) existant(s). Dans le cas d’une pluralité d’actionnaires, les actions doivent être offertes aux actionnaires en proportion du nombre d’actions qu’ils détiennent dans le capital social de la Société. Le conseil d’administration doit déterminer la période au cours de laquelle ce droit préférentiel de souscription pourra être exercé, qui ne peut être inférieure à quatorze (14) jours à compter de l’envoi à chaque actionnaire d’une lettre recommandée ou tout autre moyen de communication accepté individuellement par les destinataires et assurant l’accès à l’information envoyée par les actionnaires annonçant l’ouverture de la période de souscription. L’assemblée générale des actionnaires peut restreindre ou annuler le droit préférentiel de souscription de (des) (l’)actionnaire(s) existant(s) aux conditions de quorum et de majorité requises pour une modification des présents statuts. Le conseil d’administration peut restreindre ou annuler le droit préférentiel de souscription de (des) (l’)actionnaire(s) existant(s) conformément aux dispositions de l’article 5.6 des présentes.

 

 

 

 

5.4       Si à l’expiration de la période de souscription, tous les droits préférentiels de souscriptions offerts à (aux) (l’)actionnaire(s) existant(s) n’ont pas été souscrits par ce(s) dernier(s), des tiers pourront participer à l’augmentation de capital, sauf si le conseil d’administration décide que les droits préférentiels de souscription seront offerts aux actionnaires existants qui ont déjà exercé leurs droits durant la période de souscription, proportionnellement au nombre d’actions qu’ils détiennent dans le capital social ; les conditions de souscription sont déterminées par le conseil d’administration. Le conseil d’administration pourra également décider dans ce cas que le capital social pourra être augmenté uniquement par le montant de souscriptions reçues par les actionnaires de la Société.

 

5.5       La Société peut racheter ses propres actions aux conditions prévues par la Loi.

 

5.6       Le capital autorisé de la Société, à l’exclusion du capital social émis, est fixé à un montant total de dix millions d’euros (EUR 10.000.000) divisé en un milliard (1.000.000.000) d’actions d’une valeur nominale d’un centime d’euro (EUR 0,01) chacune.

 

Pendant une période de cinq (5) ans à compter de la date de la résolution adoptée le 2 septembre 2019 pour créer le capital autorisé conformément au présent article, le conseil d'administration est autorisé et habilité, dans les limites du capital autorisé, à (i) réaliser pour quelque raison que ce soit y compris, pour des raisons défensives, toute émission en une ou plusieurs tranches successives (a) de tout droit de souscription et/ou de conversion, y compris les bons de souscription (pouvant être émis séparément ou attachés à des actions, des obligations, des options, des billets ou des instruments similaires), les obligations convertibles, les billets ou les instruments similaires (les « Droits d’Actions ») ainsi que (b) les actions nouvelles, avec ou sans prime, contre paiement en espèces ou en nature, par conversion des créances sur la Société ou de toute autre manière ; (ii) déterminer le lieu et la date de l'émission ou des émissions successives, le prix d'émission, les modalités de souscription et de libération des actions nouvelles ; et (iii) supprimer ou limiter le droit préférentiel de souscription des actionnaires en cas d'émission contre paiement en numéraire d'actions, de bons de souscription (qui peuvent être séparés ou attachés à des actions, obligations, billets ou instruments similaires), d'obligations convertibles, de billets ou instruments similaires. Les actions à émettre lors de l'exercice des Droits d’Actions pourront être émises au-delà de la période initiale de capital autorisé de cinq (5) ans à condition que les Droits d’Actions aient été émis pendant la période initiale de capital autorisé pertinente de cinq (5) ans.

 

 

 

 

5.7       L’autorisation ci-dessus peut être renouvelée par une résolution de l'assemblée générale des actionnaires adoptée dans les formes requises pour une modification des présents statuts et sous réserve des dispositions de la Loi, chaque fois pour une période ne dépassant pas cinq (5) ans.

 

Article 6   Actions – Transfert des actions

 

6.1       La Société peut avoir un ou plusieurs actionnaires.

 

6.2       Le décès, la suspension des droits civils, la dissolution, la liquidation, la faillite ou l’insolvabilité ou tout autre événement similaire d’un des actionnaires n’entraînera pas la dissolution de la Société.

 

6.3       Les actions de la Société sont et resteront nominatives.

 

6.4       La Société ne reconnaît qu'un (1) seul titulaire par action. Les copropriétaires indivis nommeront un représentant unique qui les représentera vis-à-vis de la Société. La Société a le droit de suspendre l'exercice de tous les droits relatifs à cette action, à l’exception du droit à l’information, jusqu'à ce qu'un tel représentant ait été désigné.

 

6.5       Les actions sont librement cessibles dans les conditions prévues par la Loi, sous réserve des restrictions de transfert prévues par les lois sur les valeurs mobilières applicables de toute juridiction à laquelle les actions sont assujetties.

 

6.6       Un registre des actions devra être tenu par la Société à son siège social où il devra être mis à disposition aux fins de vérifications par tout actionnaire. Ce registre contiendra la désignation précise de chaque actionnaire et l'indication du nombre de ses actions, l'indication des paiements effectués sur ses actions ainsi que les transferts des actions avec leur date. La propriété des actions sera établie par l'inscription sur ledit registre ou dans le cas ou des teneurs de registres séparés ont été nommés conformément à l'Article 6.7 des Statuts, dans ce(s) registre(s) séparé(s). Sans préjudice des conditions de transfert par inscriptions prévues à l'Article 6.9 des présents statuts, un transfert d'actions devra être effectué au moyen d'une déclaration de transfert inscrite dans le registre concerné, datée et signée par le cédant et le cessionnaire ou par leurs représentants dûment autorisés ou par la Société suite à la notification de la cession ou de l'acceptation de la cession par la Société. La Société peut accepter et inscrire un transfert dans le registre approprié sur la base d'une correspondance ou de tout autre document actant un accord entre le cédant et le cessionnaire.

 

 

 

 

6.7       La Société peut nommer des teneurs de registre dans différentes juridictions qui pourront tenir chacun un registre séparé pour les actions qui y seront inscrites. Les actionnaires pourront choisir d'être inscrits dans l'un des registres et de transférer leurs actions dans un autre registre tenu de cette façon. Le conseil d'administration peut toutefois imposer des restrictions au transfert pour les actions conformément aux exigences applicables dans les juridictions auxquelles les actions seront soumises à ce moment. Un transfert dans le registre tenu au siège social de la Société peut toujours être demandé.

 

6.8       Sous réserve des dispositions de l'Article 6.9 et l'Article 6.10, la Société peut considérer la personne au nom de laquelle les actions sont inscrites dans le registre des actionnaires comme étant le propriétaire unique desdites actions. Dans le cas où un détenteur d'actions n'a pas fourni par voie écrite d'adresse à laquelle toutes les notifications et communications de la Société pourront être envoyées, la Société pourra permettre l'inscription de cette information dans le registre des actionnaires et l'adresse de ce détenteur sera considérée comme étant au siège social de la Société ou à tout autre adresse que la Société pourra inscrire au fil du temps jusqu'à ce que ce détenteur ait fourni par écrit une adresse différente à la Société. Le détenteur peut modifier à tout moment son adresse figurant au registre des actionnaires au moyen d'une notification écrite faite à la Société.

 

6.9       Les actions peuvent être tenues par un porteur (le «Porteur») au travers d'un système de compensation ou d'un Dépositaire (tel que ce terme est défini ci-dessous). Le Porteur d'actions détenues dans ces comptes de titres fongibles a les mêmes droits et obligations que si ce Porteur détenait directement les actions. Les actions détenues au travers d'un système de compensation ou d'un Dépositaire doivent être consignées dans un compte ouvert au nom du Porteur et peuvent être transférées d'un compte à un autre, conformément aux procédures habituelles pour le transfert de titres sous forme d'inscription en compte. Toutefois, la Société versera les dividendes, s'il y en a, ainsi que tout autre paiement en espèces, actions ou autres titres, s'il y en a, uniquement au profit du système de compensation ou du Dépositaire inscrits dans le registre des actionnaires ou conformément aux instructions de ce système de compensation ou du Dépositaire. Ce paiement déchargera complètement la Société de ses obligations à cet égard.

 

6.10       Toutes les communications et avis à donner à un actionnaire inscrit sont réputés valablement faits s'ils sont faits à la dernière adresse communiquée par l'actionnaire à la Société conformément à l'Article 6.8 ou, si aucune adresse n'a été communiquée par l'actionnaire, au siège social de la Société ou à toute autre adresse que la Société pourra inscrire dans le registre au fil du temps conformément à l'Article 6.9.

 

 

 

 

6.11       Lorsque les actions sont enregistrées dans le registre des actionnaires au nom ou pour le compte d'un système de compensation ou de l'opérateur d'un tel système et enregistrées comme des entrées dans les comptes d'un dépositaire professionnel ou de tout sous-dépositaire (tout dépositaire et tout sous-dépositaire sera désigné ci-après comme un «Dépositaire»), la Société – sous réserve d'avoir reçu du Dépositaire un certificat en bonne et due forme – permettra au Dépositaire de telles entrées en compte d'exercer les droits attachés aux actions correspondant aux entrées en compte du Porteur concerné, y compris de recevoir les convocations aux assemblées générales, l'admission et le vote aux assemblées générales et devra considérer le Dépositaire comme étant le porteur des actions correspondant aux entrées en compte aux fins du présent Article 6 des présents statuts. Le conseil d'administration peut déterminer les conditions de forme auxquelles devront répondre ces certificats.

 

C.       ASSEMBLEES GENERALES D’ACTIONNAIRES

 

Article 7   Pouvoirs de l’assemblée générale des actionnaires

 

7.1       Les actionnaires exercent leurs droits collectifs en assemblée générale d’actionnaires. Toute assemblée générale d’actionnaires de la Société régulièrement constituée représente l’ensemble des actionnaires de la Société. L’assemblée générale des actionnaires est investie des pouvoirs qui lui sont expressément réservés par la Loi et par les présents statuts.

 

7.2       Si la Société a un actionnaire unique, toute référence faite à « l’assemblée générale des actionnaires » devra être entendue comme une référence à « l’actionnaire unique », selon le contexte et le cas échéant, les pouvoirs conférés à l’assemblée générale des actionnaires devront être exercés par l’actionnaire unique.

 

Article 8   Convocation des assemblées générales d’actionnaires

 

8.1       L'assemblée générale des actionnaires de la Société peut, à tout moment, être convoquée par le conseil d'administration ou, le cas échéant, par le(s) commissaire(s).

 

8.2       L'assemblée générale des actionnaires doit obligatoirement être convoquée par le conseil d'administration ou par le(s) commissaire(s) sur demande écrite d’un ou plusieurs actionnaires représentant au moins dix pour cent (10%) du capital social de la Société. En pareil cas, l'assemblée générale des actionnaires devra être tenue dans un délai d'un (1) mois à compter de la réception de cette demande.

 

 

 

 

8.3       Les convocations pour toute assemblée générale des actionnaires contiennent la date, l'heure, le lieu et l'ordre du jour de l'assemblée et pourront être effectuées au moyen d’annonces déposées auprès du Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés et publiées au moins quinze (15) jours avant l’assemblée, au Recueil électronique des sociétés et associations et dans un journal publié au Luxembourg. Dans ce cas, les convocations par lettre doivent être envoyées au moins huit (8) jours avant l’assemblée générale aux actionnaires en nom, par lettre missive. Alternativement, les convocations peuvent être faites uniquement par lettre recommandée ou, si les destinataires ont accepté individuellement de recevoir les convocations par d’autres moyens de communication garantissant l’accès à l’information, par ce moyen de communication.

 

8.4       Si tous les actionnaires sont présents ou représentés et ont renoncé à toute formalité de convocation, l'assemblée générale des actionnaires peut être tenue sans convocation préalable, ni publication.

 

Article 9   Conduite des assemblées générales d’actionnaires

 

9.1       L'assemblée générale annuelle des actionnaires devra être tenue dans les six (6) mois suivant la fin de chaque exercice social au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, au siège social de la Société ou à tout autre endroit au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg tel que précisé dans la convocation. Les autres assemblées générales d’actionnaires pourront être tenues aux lieux et heures indiqués dans les convocations respectives. Les détenteurs d’obligations n’ont pas le droit d’assister aux assemblées générales d’actionnaires.

 

9.2       Un bureau de l'assemblée doit être constitué à chaque assemblée générale d’actionnaires, composé d'un président, d'un secrétaire et d'un scrutateur, sans qu'il ne soit nécessaire que ces membres du bureau de l’assemblée soient actionnaires ou membres du conseil d'administration. Le bureau doit notamment s’assurer que l’assemblée est tenue en conformité avec les règles applicables et, en particulier, en conformité avec les règles relatives à la convocation, aux conditions de majorité, au partage des voix et à la représentation des actionnaires.

 

9.3       Une liste de présence doit être tenue à toute assemblée générale d’actionnaires.

 

9.4       Un actionnaire peut participer à toute assemblée générale des actionnaires en désignant une autre personne comme son mandataire par écrit ou par télécopie, courrier électronique ou par tout autre moyen de communication. Une personne peut représenter plusieurs ou même tous les actionnaires.

 

 

 

 

9.5       Les actionnaires participant à une assemblée par conférence téléphonique, par visioconférence ou par tout autre moyen de communication permettant de les identifier, permettant à toute personne participant à cette assemblée de s'entendre mutuellement de manière continue, et permettant une participation effective de ces personnes à l'assemblée, sont réputés être présents pour le calcul du quorum et des voix, à la condition que ces moyens de communication soient mis à disposition au lieu de tenue de l'assemblée.

 

9.6       Chaque actionnaire peut voter à une assemblée générale des actionnaires par correspondance au moyen d'un formulaire de vote envoyé par lettre, courrier électronique, par télécopie ou par tout autre moyen de communication au siège social de la Société ou à l'adresse mentionnée dans l’avis de convocation. Les actionnaires peuvent uniquement utiliser les formulaires de vote par correspondance distribués par la Société et qui contiennent au moins le lieu, la date et l'heure de l'assemblée, l'ordre du jour de l'assemblée, les propositions soumises à l'assemblée, ainsi que pour chaque proposition, trois cases autorisant l'actionnaire à voter en faveur, contre, ou à s’abstenir de voter en cochant la case appropriée.

 

9.7       Les formulaires de vote qui, pour une résolution proposée, ne font pas apparaître (i) un vote en faveur, (ii) un vote contre la résolution proposée ou (iii) une abstention sont nuls en ce qui concerne cette résolution. La Société doit seulement prendre en compte les formulaires de vote reçus avant la tenue de l'assemblée générale des actionnaires à laquelle ils se rapportent.

 

9.8       Le conseil d’administration peut déterminer des conditions supplémentaires à remplir par les actionnaires afin de pouvoir participer aux assemblées générales des actionnaires.

 

Article 10   Quorum, majorité et vote

 

10.1       Chaque action donne droit à une voix en assemblée générale d’actionnaires.

 

10.2       Le Conseil d’administration peut suspendre les droits de vote de tout actionnaire qui ne remplit pas ses obligations telles que décrites par les statuts ou toute autre convention à laquelle cet actionnaire est partie.

 

10.3       Un actionnaire peut décider, à titre personnel, de ne pas exercer, temporairement ou de façon permanente, tout ou partie de ses droits de vote. Une telle renonciation lie l’actionnaire renonçant et s’impose à la Société dès sa notification à cette dernière.

 

10.4       Si les droits de vote d’un ou de plusieurs actionnaires sont suspendus conformément à l’article 10.2 ou si un ou plusieurs actionnaires ont renoncé à leurs droits de vote conformément à l’article 10.3, ces actionnaires peuvent participer à toute assemblée de la Société, toutefois les actions qu’ils détiennent ne seront pas comptabilisées pour la détermination des conditions de quorum et de majorité à respecter durant les assemblées générales de la Société.

 

 

 

 

10.5       Sauf dispositions contraires de la Loi ou des statuts, les décisions prises en assemblées générales d’actionnaires dûment convoquées ne requièrent aucune condition de quorum et sont adoptées à la majorité simple des votes valablement exprimés quelle que soit la portion du capital social représentée. Les abstentions et les votes blancs ou nuls ne sont pas pris en compte.

 

Article 11   Modification des statuts

 

11.1       Sauf disposition contraire des présents statuts ou de la Loi, les présents statuts peuvent être modifiés à la majorité des deux-tiers des voix des actionnaires valablement exprimées lors d’une assemblée générale des actionnaires à laquelle plus de la moitié du capital social de la Société est présente ou représentée. Si le quorum n’est pas atteint à une assemblée, une seconde assemblée pourra être convoquée dans les conditions prévues à l’article 8.3 qui pourra alors délibérer quel que soit le quorum et au cours de laquelle les décisions seront adoptées à la majorité des deux-tiers des voix valablement exprimées. Les abstentions et les votes blancs ou nuls ne sont pas pris en compte.

 

11.2       Si les droits de vote d’un ou plusieurs actionnaires sont suspendus conformément à l’article 10.2 ou si un ou plusieurs actionnaires ont renoncé à leurs droits de vote conformément à l’article 10.3, les stipulations de l’article 10.4 des statuts s’appliquent mutatis mutandis.

 

Article 12   Changement de nationalité

 

Les actionnaires peuvent changer la nationalité de la Société par consentement unanime.

 

Article 13   Prorogation des assemblées générales des actionnaires

 

Dans les conditions prévues par la Loi, le conseil d’administration peut, proroger séance tenante une assemblée générale à quatre (4) semaines. Le conseil d’administration peut prendre une telle décision à la demande d’un ou de plusieurs actionnaires représentant au moins dix pour cent (10%) du capital social de la Société. Dans l’hypothèse d’une prorogation, toute décision déjà adoptée par l’assemblée générale des actionnaires sera annulée.

 

Article 14   Procès-verbal des assemblées générales d’actionnaires

 

14.1       Le bureau de toute assemblée générale des actionnaires doit dresser un procès-verbal de l’assemblée qui doit être signé par les membres du bureau de l’assemblée ainsi que par tout autre actionnaire à sa demande.

 

 

 

 

14.2       Toute copie ou extrait de ces procès-verbaux originaux, à produire dans le cadre de procédures judiciaires ou à remettre à tout tiers devra être certifié conforme à l’original par le notaire dépositaire de l’acte original dans l’hypothèse où l’assemblée aurait été retranscrite dans un acte authentique, ou devra être signé par le président du conseil d’administration, si un président a été nommé, ou par deux (2) membres du conseil d’administration.

 

D.       ADMINISTRATION

 

Article 15   Composition et pouvoirs du conseil d’administration

 

15.1       La Société est gérée par un conseil d’administration composé d’au moins trois (3) membres. Lorsque la Société a été constituée par un actionnaire unique ou lorsqu’il apparaît, lors d’une assemblée générale d’actionnaires, que toutes les actions émises par une Société sont détenues par un actionnaire unique, la Société peut être gérée par un administrateur unique jusqu’à la prochaine assemblée générale d’actionnaires consécutive à l’augmentation du nombre d’actionnaires. Dans cette hypothèse, le cas échéant et lorsque l’expression « administrateur unique » n’est pas mentionnée expressément dans les présents statuts, une référence au « conseil d’administration » utilisée dans les présents statuts devra être entendue comme une référence à l’ « administrateur unique ».

 

15.2       Le conseil d’administration est investi des pouvoirs les plus étendus pour agir au nom de la Société et pour prendre toute mesure nécessaire ou utile pour l’accomplissement de l’objet social de la Société, à l’exception des pouvoirs réservés par la Loi ou par les présents statuts à l’assemblée générale des actionnaires.

 

15.3       Le conseil d’administration pourra créer un ou plusieurs comités. La composition et les pouvoirs de ce(s) comité(s), les conditions de la nomination, de la révocation, de la rémunération et de la durée de mandat de ses membres, ainsi que ses/leurs règles de procédures seront déterminés par le conseil d’administration. Le conseil d’administration sera en charge de superviser les activités de ce (ces) comité(s).

 

Article 16   Gestion journalière

 

La gestion journalière de la Société ainsi que la représentation de la Société en rapport avec une telle gestion journalière peut, être déléguée à un ou plusieurs administrateurs, dirigeants ou autres agents, agissant individuellement ou conjointement. Leur nomination, leur révocation et leurs pouvoirs seront déterminés par une décision du conseil d’administration.

 

 

 

 

Article 17   Nomination, révocation et durée des mandats des administrateurs

 

17.1       Les administrateurs sont nommés par l’assemblée générale des actionnaires qui détermine leur rémunération et la durée de leur mandat. L’assemblée générale des actionnaires peut décider de nommer des administrateurs de différentes catégories, désignés comme les administrateurs de catégorie A (les “Administrateurs de Catégorie A”) et les administrateurs de catégorie B (les “Administrateurs de Catégorie B”). Toute référence faite ci-après aux “administrateurs” doit être interprétée comme une référence aux Administrateurs de Catégorie A et/ou aux Administrateurs de Catégorie B, en fonction du contexte et le cas échéant.

 

17.2       La durée du mandat d’un administrateur ne peut excéder six (6) ans. Les administrateurs peuvent faire l’objet de réélections successives.

 

17.3       Chaque administrateur est nommé à la majorité simple des voix valablement exprimées à une assemblée générale des actionnaires.

 

17.4       Tout administrateur pourra être révoqué de ses fonctions à tout moment avec ou sans motif par l’assemblée générale des actionnaires à la majorité simple des voix valablement exprimées.

 

17.5       Si une personne morale est nommée en tant qu’administrateur de la Société, cette personne morale doit désigner une personne physique en qualité de représentant permanent qui doit assurer cette fonction au nom et pour le compte de la personne morale. La personne morale peut révoquer son représentant permanent uniquement si elle nomme simultanément son successeur. Une personne physique peut uniquement être le représentant permanent d’un seul (1) administrateur de la Société et ne peut être lui-même simultanément administrateur de la Société.

 

Article 18   Vacance d’un poste d’administrateur

 

18.1       Dans l’hypothèse où un poste d’administrateur deviendrait vacant suite au décès, à l’incapacité juridique, à la faillite, à la démission ou autre, cette vacance pourra être comblée à titre temporaire et pour une durée ne pouvant excéder le mandat initial de l’administrateur qui fait l’objet d’un remplacement par les administrateurs restants jusqu’à ce que la prochaine assemblée générale d’actionnaires, appelée à statuer sur la nomination permanente d’un nouvel administrateur en conformité avec les dispositions légales applicables.

 

18.2       Dans l’hypothèse où la vacance surviendrait alors que la Société est gérée que par un administrateur unique, cette vacance devra être comblée sans délai par l’assemblée générale des actionnaires.

 

 

 

 

Article 19   Convocation aux conseils d’administration

 

19.1       Le conseil d’administration se réunit à la demande du président, si un président a été nommé, ou de deux administrateurs. Les réunions du conseil d’administration doivent être tenues au siège social de la Société sauf indication contraire dans la convocation.

 

19.2       Une convocation écrite à toute réunion du conseil d’administration doit être adressée aux administrateurs au minimum vingt-quatre (24) heures à l’avance par rapport à l’heure fixée dans la convocation, sauf en cas d’urgence, auquel cas la nature et les motifs d’une telle urgence seront mentionnés dans la convocation. Une telle convocation peut être omise en cas d’accord écrit de chaque administrateur, par télécopie, courrier électronique ou par tout autre moyen de communication. Une copie d’un tel document signé constituera une preuve suffisante d’un tel accord. Aucune convocation préalable ne sera exigée pour un conseil d’administration dont le lieu et l’heure auront été déterminés par une décision adoptée lors d’un précédent conseil d’administration, communiquée à tous les membres du conseil d’administration.

 

19.3       Aucune convocation préalable ne sera requise dans l’hypothèse où tous les membres du conseil d’administration seront présents ou représentés à un conseil d’administration et renonceraient aux formalités de convocation ou dans l’hypothèse de décisions écrites et approuvées par tous les membres du conseil d’administration.

 

Article 20   Conduite des réunions du conseil d’administration

 

20.1       Le conseil d’administration peut élire un président parmi ses membres. Il peut également désigner un secrétaire, qui peut ne pas être un administrateur et qui sera chargé de tenir les procès-verbaux des réunions du conseil d’administration.

 

20.2       Le président, si un président a été nommé, préside toutes les réunions du conseil d’administration, mais, en son absence, le conseil d’administration peut nommer provisoirement un autre administrateur en qualité de président temporaire par un vote à la majorité des administrateurs présents ou représentés à la réunion.

 

20.3       Tout administrateur peut se faire représenter à chaque réunion du conseil d’administration en désignant tout autre membre du conseil d’administration comme son mandataire par écrit, ou par télécopie, courrier électronique ou tout autre moyen de communication, une copie du mandat en constituant une preuve suffisante. Un administrateur peut représenter un ou plusieurs administrateurs, mais non la totalité des membres du conseil d’administration.

 

20.4       Les réunions du conseil d’administration peuvent également se tenir par conférence téléphonique, visioconférence ou par tout autre moyen de communication permettant à toutes les personnes y participant de s’entendre mutuellement sans discontinuité, garantissant une participation effective à cette réunion. La participation à une réunion par ces moyens équivaut à une participation en personne.

 

 

 

 

20.5       Le conseil d’administration ne peut délibérer ou statuer valablement que si au moins la majorité des administrateurs est présente ou représentée à une réunion du conseil d’administration. Dans le cas où une assemblée générale d’actionnaires a nommé différentes catégories d’administrateurs, le conseil d’administration ne peut délibérer et statuer valablement que si au moins un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie A et un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie B est présent ou représenté à la réunion.

 

20.6       Les décisions sont adoptées à la majorité des voix des administrateurs présents ou représentés. Dans le cas où l’assemblée générale des actionnaires a nommé différentes catégories d’administrateur, les décisions doivent être adoptées par une majorité des administrateurs présents ou représentés, y compris au moins un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie A et un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie B. En cas de partage des voix, le président, si un président a été nommé, n’a pas de voix prépondérante.

 

20.7       Le conseil d’administration peut, à l’unanimité, prendre des décisions par résolution circulaire en exprimant son approbation par écrit, par télécopie, par courrier électronique ou par tout autre moyen de communication. Chaque administrateur peut exprimer son consentement séparément, l’ensemble des consentements attestant de l’adoption des décisions. La date de ces décisions sera la date de la dernière signature.

 

Article 21   Conflit d’intérêts

 

21.1       Sauf dispositions contraires de la Loi, tout administrateur qui a, directement ou indirectement, un intérêt de nature patrimoniale opposé à celui de la Société à l’occasion d’ une opération relevant du conseil d’administration est tenu d’en prévenir le conseil d’administration et de faire mentionner cette déclaration dans le procès-verbal de la séance. L’administrateur concerné ne peut prendre part ni aux discussions relatives à cette opération, ni au vote y afférent. Ce conflit d’intérêts doit également faire l’objet d’un rapport aux actionnaires, lors de la prochaine assemblée générale des actionnaires, et avant toute prise de décision de l’assemblée générale des actionnaires sur tout autre point à l’ordre du jour.

 

21.2       Lorsque la Société comprend un administrateur unique, les opérations conclues entre la Société et cet administrateur ayant un intérêt opposé à celui de la Société doivent être mentionnées dans la décision de l’administrateur unique.

 

 

 

 

21.3       Lorsqu’en raison d’un conflit d’intérêts, le nombre d’administrateurs requis afin de délibérer valablement n’est pas atteint, le conseil d’administration peut décider de déférer la décision sur ce point spécifique à l’assemblée générale des actionnaires.

 

21.4       Les règles régissant le conflit d’intérêts ne s’appliquent pas lorsque la décision du conseil d’administration ou de l’administrateur unique se rapporte à des opérations courantes, conclues dans des conditions normales.

 

21.5       Les articles 21.1 à 21.4 de ces statuts, s’appliquent au(x) délégué(s) à la gestion journalière, à l’exception du cas où un (1) délégué à la gestion journalière unique a été désigné et que celui-ci a un intérêt opposé à celui de la Société, la décision visée doit être prise par le conseil d’administration.

 

Article 22   Procès-verbaux des réunions du conseil d’administration – procès-verbaux des décisions de l’administrateur unique

 

22.1       Les procès-verbaux de toutes les réunions du conseil d’administration seront signés par le président du conseil d’administration, si un président a été nommé, ou en son absence, par le président temporaire, ou par n’importe quel administrateur ou par un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie A et un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie B le cas échéant.

 

22.2       Les copies ou extraits de ces procès-verbaux qui pourront être produits en justice ou dans tout autre contexte seront signés par le président du conseil d’administration, si un président a été nommé, ou par n’importe quel administrateur ou par un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie A et un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie B le cas échéant.

 

22.3       Les décisions de l’administrateur unique sont retranscrites dans des procès-verbaux qui seront signés par l’administrateur unique. Les copies ou extraits de ces procès-verbaux qui pourront être produits en justice ou dans tout autre contexte seront signés par l’administrateur unique.

 

Article 23   Rapports avec les tiers

 

23.1       La Société est valablement engagée vis-à-vis des tiers en toutes circonstances (i) par la signature de l’administrateur unique, ou, si la Société a plusieurs administrateurs, par la signature unique d’un administrateur, ou par la signature conjointe d’un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie A et un (1) Administrateur de Catégorie B le cas échéant ou (ii) par la signature conjointe ou la signature unique de toutes les personnes auxquelles un tel pouvoir aura été délégué par le conseil d’administration dans les limites de cette délégation.

 

 

 

 

23.2       Dans les limites de la gestion journalière, la Société est engagée à l’égard des tiers par la signature de toutes les personnes auxquelles un tel pouvoir aura été délégué par le conseil d’administration, agissant individuellement ou conjointement dans les limites de cette délégation.

 

Article 24   Indemnification

 

24.1       Les membres du conseil d'administration ne sont pas tenus personnellement responsables des dettes ou des autres obligations de la Société. En tant que mandataires de la Société, ils sont responsables de l'exercice de leurs fonctions. Sous réserve des exceptions et limites prévues à l'Article 24.2 ainsi que des dispositions impératives de la loi, toute personne qui est, ou a été, membre du conseil d'administration ou dirigeant de la Société devra être indemnisé par la Société, dans toute la mesure permise par la loi, pour toute responsabilité et toute dépense raisonnablement engagées ou payées par lui en rapport avec toute réclamation, action, poursuite ou procédure dans lesquelles il est impliqué en tant que partie ou pour être ou avoir été un administrateur ou un dirigeant, et pour les sommes payées ou engagées par lui dans le règlement de celles-ci. Les mots «demande», «action », «poursuite» ou «procédure» s'appliqueront à toutes les demandes, actions, poursuites ou procédures (civiles, pénales ou autres, y compris les appels) actuelles ou menacées et les mots « responsabilité » et «dépenses» comprennent, sans limitation les frais d'avocat, les coûts, les jugements, les montants payés en transaction et autres passifs.

 

24.2       Aucune indemnisation ne sera due à tout administrateur, dirigeant ou actionnaire (i) contre toute responsabilité en raison de fautes intentionnelles, de mauvaise foi, de négligence grave ou d'une imprudence flagrante des tâches concernées dans l'exercice de sa fonction (ii) à l'égard de toute affaire dans laquelle il/elle aura été finalement condamné pour avoir agi de mauvaise foi et non contre l'intérêt de la Société ou (iii) dans le cas d'une transaction, à moins que la transaction ait été approuvée par un tribunal d'une juridiction compétente, ou par le Conseil d'Administration.

 

24.3       Le droit à indemnisation prévu ici est divisible, ne doit pas porter atteinte à tout autre droit auquel tout administrateur ou dirigeant peut présentement ou postérieurement avoir droit et doit continuer pour une personne qui a cessé d'être un tel administrateur ou dirigeant et bénéficiera aux héritiers, exécuteurs testamentaires et administrateurs d'une telle personne. Aucune de ces dispositions ne peut affecter ou limiter les droits à indemnisation dont le personnel de l'entreprise, y compris les administrateurs et dirigeants, peuvent avoir droit par contrat ou autrement en vertu de la loi. La Société est expressément habilitée à fournir une indemnisation contractuelle et peut souscrire et maintenir une assurance pour tout membre du personnel de l'entreprise, y compris les administrateurs et dirigeants de la Société, à tout moment.

 

 

 

 

E.       AUDIT ET SURVEILLANCE DE LA SOCIETE

 

Article 25   Commissaire(s) – Réviseur(s) d’entreprises agréé(s)

 

25.1       Les opérations de la Société seront surveillées par un ou plusieurs commissaires. L'assemblée générale des actionnaires désigne les commissaires et détermine la durée de leurs fonctions, qui ne pourra excéder six (6) ans.

 

25.2       Un commissaire pourra être révoqué à tout moment, sans préavis, avec ou sans motif, par l'assemblée générale des actionnaires.

 

25.3       Le commissaire a un droit illimité de surveillance et de contrôle permanents sur toutes les opérations de la Société.

 

25.4       Si l’assemblée générale des actionnaires de la Société désigne un ou plusieurs réviseurs d'entreprises agréés conformément à l'article 69 de la loi du 19 décembre 2002 concernant le registre de commerce et des sociétés ainsi que la comptabilité et les comptes annuels des entreprises, telle que modifiée, la fonction de commissaire ne sera plus requise .

 

25.5       Le réviseur d'entreprises agréé ne pourra être révoqué par l'assemblée générale des actionnaires que pour juste motif ou avec son accord.

 

F.      EXERCICE SOCIAL – COMPTES ANNUELS – AFFECTATION DES BENEFICES – ACOMPTES SUR DIVIDENDES

 

Article 26   Exercice social

 

L’exercice social de la Société commence le premier janvier de chaque année et se termine le trente-et-un décembre de la même année.

 

Article 27   Comptes annuels - Affectation des bénéfices

 

27.1       Au terme de chaque exercice social, les comptes sont clôturés et le conseil d'administration dresse un inventaire de l'actif et du passif de la Société, le bilan et le compte de profits et pertes conformément à la loi.

 

27.2       Sur les bénéfices annuels nets de la Société, cinq pour cent (5%) au moins seront affectés à la réserve légale. Cette affectation cessera d'être obligatoire dès que et tant que le montant total de la réserve légale de la Société atteindra dix pour cent (10%) du capital social de la Société.

 

 

 

 

27.3       Les sommes apportées à une réserve de la Société peuvent également être affectées à la réserve légale.

 

27.4       En cas de réduction du capital social, la réserve légale de la Société pourra être réduite en proportion afin qu'elle n'excède pas dix pour cent (10%) du capital social.

 

27.5       Sur proposition du conseil d’administration, l'assemblée générale des actionnaires décide de l’affectation du solde des bénéfices distribuables de la Société conformément à la Loi et aux présents statuts.

 

27.6       Les distributions aux actionnaires seront effectuées en proportion du nombre d’actions qu’ils détiennent dans la Société.

 

Article 28   Acomptes sur dividendes - Prime d'émission et primes assimilées

 

28.1       Le conseil d’administration peut procéder au paiement d’acomptes sur dividendes conformément aux dispositions de la Loi.

 

28.2       Toute prime d'émission, prime assimilée ou réserve distribuable peut être librement distribuée aux actionnaires conformément aux dispositions de la Loi et aux présents statuts.

 

G.       LIQUIDATION

 

Article 29   Liquidation

 

29.1       En cas de dissolution de la Société conformément à l’article 3.2 des présents statuts, la liquidation sera effectuée par un ou plusieurs liquidateurs nommés par l'assemblée générale des actionnaires ayant décidé de cette dissolution et qui fixera les pouvoirs et émoluments de chacun des liquidateurs. Sauf dispositions contraires, les liquidateurs disposeront des pouvoirs les plus étendus pour la réalisation de l’actif et du passif de la Société.

 

29.2       Le surplus résultant de la réalisation de l’actif et du passif sera distribué entre les actionnaires au prorata de leur participation.

 

H.       DISPOSITION FINALE - LOI APPLICABLE

 

Article 30   Loi applicable

 

Tout ce qui n’est pas régi par les présents statuts sera déterminé en conformité avec la Loi.

 

 

 

Exhibit 15.1

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Introduction

 

The pro forma financial statements combine the historical financial statements of Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (“MMAC”) and the historical consolidated financial statements of Akazoo Limited (“Akazoo”) to illustrate the effect of the transactions contemplated by the business transaction agreement, dated as of January 24, 2019 (as amended, the “Business Transaction Agreement”), which provided for a business combination (the “Business Combination”) between MMAC and Akazoo.

 

The following unaudited pro forma combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2018 combines the audited consolidated balance sheet of Akazoo as of December 31, 2018 with the unaudited balance sheet of MMAC as of December 31, 2018.

 

The following unaudited pro forma combined statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2018 combines the audited consolidated statement of profit or loss of Akazoo for the year ended December 31, 2018 with the unaudited statement of operations of MMAC for the four quarterly periods ended December 31, 2018. The statement of operations of MMAC for the four quarterly periods ended December 31, 2018 was determined by adding MMAC’s unaudited condensed statement of operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2018 to MMAC’s audited statement of operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, and subtracting MMAC’s unaudited condensed statement of operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2017.

 

The pro forma financial statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. In addition, the pro forma financial statements were based on and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes, which are included in this proxy statement/prospectus:

 

    historical audited consolidated financial statements of Akazoo for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016; and

 

    historical audited financial statements of MMAC for the years ended March 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

 

The historical financial statements of Akazoo have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and in its functional and presentation currency of the Euro. The historical financial statements of MMAC have been prepared in accordance with GAAP in its functional and presentation currency of United States dollars. The financial statements of MMAC have been translated into Euros for the purposes of presentation in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information using the following exchange rates:

 

    at the period end exchange rate as of December 31, 2018 of $1.1456 to € 1.0000 for the statement of financial position; and

 

    the average exchange rate for twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018 of $1.1817 to € 1.0000 for the statement of operations.

 

These pro forma financial statements are for informational purposes only. They do not purport to indicate the results that would actually have been obtained had the transactions contemplated by the Business Transaction Agreement and the proposed related financing transactions been completed on the assumed date or for the periods presented, or which may be realized in the future. The pro forma adjustments are based on the information currently available and the assumptions and estimates underlying the pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes. Actual results may differ materially from the assumptions within the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

Description of the Transactions

 

The Business Transaction Agreement provides for various steps whereby MMAC, Akazoo, Unlimited Music S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme) (“LuxCo”), and Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme) (“PubCo”) engaged in a multi-step Business Combination transaction pursuant to which, in accordance with the DGCL and the Luxembourg Company Law, as applicable, (a) MMAC merged with and into PubCo with PubCo remaining as the surviving entity pursuant to which the stockholders of MMAC received PubCo Ordinary Shares on a 1-for-1 basis, (b) LuxCo acquired the entire issued share capital of Akazoo in a share for share exchange by issuing on a 100-for-1 basis LuxCo ordinary shares to the Akazoo equityholders, and (c)  LuxCo merged with and into PubCo in accordance with the Luxembourg Company Law, with PubCo remaining as the surviving entity, and as a result of which the shareholders of LuxCo were issued PubCo Ordinary Shares and PubCo remained a publicly traded company.

 

 

 

In connection with the Business Combination, on September 11, 2019, Pubco sold units consisting of an aggregate of 6,514,773 shares and warrants exercisable for 4,740,768 shares to accredited investors for $40.6 million. An additional 2,579,232 warrants were issued to the Akazoo shareholders for a total of 7,320,000 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $9.20 per share and expire 5 years from closing of the business combination.

 

249,460 Ordinary Shares were also issued in connection with the private placement offering to certain creditors of MMAC in lieu of cash payment by Pubco of amounts owed to them. Such Ordinary Shares were issued to those creditors at a rate of $8.00 per Ordinary Share.

 

In addition, 625,000 Ordinary Shares were issued to certain service providers, underwriters and placement agents of MMAC, at a rate of $8.00 per Ordinary Share.

 

Furthermore, in connection with the Business Combination and the private placement offering, certain Securityholders of Pubco forfeited an aggregate of 2,600,000 Ordinary Shares and such Ordinary Shares were cancelled by Pubco.

 

Accounting for the Transactions

 

The Transactions is being accounted for as a “reverse merger” in accordance with IFRS. Under this method of accounting, is treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. This determination was primarily based on the fact that the former shareholders of Akazoo have a majority of the voting power of PubCo, that the business of Akazoo will comprise the ongoing operations of PubCo, that persons designated by Akazoo comprise a majority of the governing body of PubCo, and that Akazoo’s senior management comprise the senior management of PubCo. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the transactions will be treated as the equivalent of Akazoo issuing shares for the net assets of MMAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of MMAC will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Transactions will be deemed to be those of Akazoo.

 

Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

 

The historical financial information has been adjusted to give pro forma effect to events that are related and/or directly attributable to the transactions, and are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact on the results of PubCo. The adjustments presented on the pro forma financial statements have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an accurate understanding of PubCo upon the consummation of the transactions.

 

The pro forma financial statements are presented for illustrative purposes only. The financial results may have been different had MMAC and Akazoo been

combined for the referenced periods. You should not rely on the pro forma financial statements as being indicative of the historical results that would have been achieved had MMAC and Akazoo been combined for the referenced periods or the future results that PubCo will experience. Akazoo and MMAC have not had any historical relationship prior to the Transactions. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

 

The historical financial information of MMAC has been adjusted to give effect to the differences between GAAP and IFRS as issued by the IASB for the purposes of the pro forma financial statements. No adjustments were required to convert MMAC’s financial statements from GAAP to IFRS for purposes of the combined unaudited pro forma financial information, except to classify MMAC’s common stock subject to redemption as non-current liabilities under IFRS. The adjustments presented in the pro forma financial statements have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an accurate understanding of PubCo after giving effect to the Transactions.

 

 

 

PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018
(UNAUDITED)
(in Euro thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

    MMAC     Akazoo     Pro Forma  
    MMAC (A)     Pro Forma     MMAC     Akazoo (B)     Pro Forma     Akazoo     Pro Forma     Pro Forma  
    Historical     Adjustments     Pro Forma     Historical     Adjustments     Pro Forma     Adjustments     Combined  
Assets                                                
Marketable securities held in Trust Account     185,227       (172,682 ) (5)   12,545       -       -       -       1,742   (1)   -  
                                                      (14,287 ) (2)      
Property and equipment, net     -       -       -       1,266       -       1,266       -       1,266  
Intangible assets net     -       -       -       27,582       -       27,582       -       27,582  
Trade and other debtors     -       -       -       34       -       34       -       34  
Non-current assets     185,227       (172,682 )     12,545       28,882       -       28,882       (12,545 )     28,882  
Trade receivables,net     -       -       -       34,683       -       34,683       -       34,683  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     10       -       10       -       -       -       -       10  
Cash     259       172,682   (5)   259       501       -   (10)   501       14,287   (2)   43,240  
              (172,682 ) (5)                                   (1,914 ) (3)      
                                                      (5,368 ) (4)      
                                                      35,475   (6)      
Total current assets     269       -       269       35,184       -       35,184       42,480       77,933  
Total assets     185,496       (172,682 )     12,814       64,066       -       64,066       29,935       106,815  
Equity                                                                
Common Stock     1       -       1       57       -       57       (8 )     50  
Additional paid in capital     2,455               2,455       46,765       -   (10)   46,765       2,317   (3)   90,148  
                                                      1,220          
                                                      35,475   (6)      
                                                      1,916          
Accumulated other comprehensive income     -       -       -       (1,413 )     -       (1,413 )     -       (1,413 )
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)     1,908       -       1,908       312       -       312       1,690   (4)   2,002  
                                                      (1,908 )         
Non-controlling interests     -       -       -       (9 )     -       (9 )     -       (9 )
Total equity     4,364       -       4,364       45,712       -       45,712       40,702       90,778  
Liabilities                                                                
Deferred underwriting fee payable     6,796       -       6,796       -       -       -       (6,796 ) (4)   -  
Deferred legal fee     262       -       262       -       -       -       (262 ) (4)   -  
Pension liability     -       -       -       32       -       32       -       32  
Common stock subject to possible redemptions     173,902       (172,682 ) (5)   1,220       -       -       -       (1,220 )     -  
Non-current liabilities     180,960       (172,682 )     8,278       32       -       32       (8,278 )     32  
Accounts payable     169       -       169       16,005       -       16,005       (169 ) (3)   16,005  
Promissory note - related party     -       -       -       -       -       -       1,742   (1)   -  
                                                      (1,742 ) (3)      
Distribution liability     -       -       -       -       -   (10)   -       -       -  
Loan and interest payable     -       -       -       2,317       -       2,317       (2,317 ) (3)   -  
Income taxes payable     3       -       3       -       -       -       (3 ) (3)   -  
Total current liabilities     172       -       172       18,322                  -       18,322       (2,489 )     16,005  
Total liabilities     181,132       (172,682 )     8,450       18,354       -       18,354       (10,767 )     16,037  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity     185,496       (172,682 )     12,814       64,066       -       64,066       29,935       106,815  

 

(A) Derived from Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018.

 

(B) Derived from the audited consolidated statement of financial position of Akazoo as of December 31, 2018.

 

(1) To reflect the funding by Founders of $2.0 million (approximately €1.7 million) in order to extend the date by which MMAC has to consummate a business combination. Founders to be issued 249,460 additional shares of MMAC Common Stock at $8.00 per share price of PIPE financing. Founders also agreed to forfeit 2,600,000 shares of MMAC Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination.

 

 

 

(2) To reflect the release of cash from investments held in the trust account.

 

(3) To reflect the payments of MMAC’s accounts payable, income taxes payable and promissory note-related party and the conversion of the loan and interest payable into Ordinary Shares.

 

(4) To reflect the payment of estimated legal, financial advisory and other professional fees related to the Business Combination.

 

(5) To reflect the actual redemption of shares of MMAC Common Stock (including Second Extension – subsequent to December 31, 2018).

 

(6) To reflect a PIPE financing of $40.6 million (approximately € 35.5 million). The PIPE issuance is for 6,514,773 shares, which includes shares of MMAC Common Stock “sweetener”.

 

 

 

 

PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018
(in Euro thousands, except per share and per share amounts)

  

                Pro Forma  
    MMAC (A)     Akazoo
Limited (B)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 
Net sales     -       104,837       -       104,837  
Cost of operations     (537 )     (81,454 )     -       (81,991 )
Gross profit     (537 )     23,383       -       22,846  
Operating expenses                                
Other operating income     -       8       -       8  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     -       (12,687 )     -       (12,687 )
Depreciation and amortisation     -       (5,464 )     -       (5,464 )
Operating profit     (537 )     5,240       -       4,703  
Interest and financing costs                                
Interest income, net     2,864       (362 )     (2,864 )(1)     (362 )
Income (loss) before income taxes     2,327       4,878       (2,864 )     4,341  
Income tax expense     (598 )     (10 )     598 (1)     (10 )
Net income (loss)     1,729       4,868       (2,266 )     4,331  
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest     -       (1 )     -       (1 )
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders     1,729       4,867       (2,266 )     4,330  
                                 
Weighted average share outstanding                                
Basic             410,570,600       (360,935,409 )(2)     49,635,191  
Diluted             410,570,600       (360,935,409 )(2)     49,635,191  
Income (loss) per share available to common shareholders                                
Basic             0.01               0.09  
Diluted             0.01               0.09  

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Profit or Loss Adjustments

 

(A) Derived from the unaudited statement of operations of MMAC for the four quarterly periods ended December 31, 2018.

 

(B) Derived from the audited consolidated statement of profit or loss of Akazoo for the year ended December 31, 2018.The historical outstanding shares and per share amounts were adjusted to reflect the effect of the 100-for-1 stock split.

 

(1) Represents an adjustment to eliminate interest income and unrealized gain on marketable securities held in the trust account and related income tax expense as of the beginning of the period.

 

(2) As the Business Combination are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the period presented,

 

the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Transactions have been outstanding for the entire period presented.

 

 

Exhibit 15.2

 

  

September 17, 2019

 

Office of the Chief Accountant

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have read the statements made by Akazoo S.A. (formerly known as Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A.) under Item 16F, of its Form 20-F dated September 17, 2019. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 20-F; we are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of Akazoo S.A. (formerly known as Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A.) contained therein.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

 

Whippany, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 15.3

 

Akazoo August 2019 INVESTOR PRESENTATION

 

PAGE 1 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Forward Looking Statements This presentation contains certain forward - looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 , as amended, based on the current expectations, estimates and projections of Modern Media Acquisition Corp . (“MMDM”) or Akazoo Limited (the “Company”) about the Company’s operations, industry, financial condition, performance, results of operations, and liquidity . Forward - looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts . Statements containing words such as “may,” “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “projections,” “business outlook,” “estimate,” or similar expressions constitute forward - looking statements . Forward - looking statements represent management’s current expectations or predictions of future conditions, events or results . These forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about, or are based upon assumptions regarding the Company’s strategies and future financial performance ; expectations or estimates about future business plans or objectives, prospective performance and opportunities, including revenues ; customer acquisition and retention ; operating expenses ; market trends, including those in the markets in which the Company competes ; liquidity ; cash flows and uses of cash ; capital expenditures ; the Company’s ability to invest in growth initiatives and pursue acquisition opportunities ; the Company’s products and services ; pricing ; marketing plans ; competition ; the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination ; the amount of any redemptions by existing holders of MMDM shares ; the sources and uses of cash ; the management and board composition of the combined company following the proposed business combination ; the anticipated capitalization and enterprise value of the combined company ; the continued listing of the combined company’s securities on Nasdaq ; and the structure, terms and timing of the proposed business combination . You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward - looking statements, which reflect management's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations only as of the date hereof . Any such forward - looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual performance and results to differ materially from those predicted, many of which are beyond the Company’s control . Reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance . Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly release the results of any revision or update to these forward - looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events . Use of Non - IFRS Financial Measures This presentation includes certain non - IFRS financial measures, including EBITDA and Adjusted Gross Profit. The Company defines ( i ) EBITDA as Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and (ii) Adjusted Gross Profit as gross profit plus media costs. You can find the reconciliation of these measur es to the nearest comparable IFRS measures elsewhere in this presentation. Except as otherwise noted, all references herein to full - year periods refer to the Company’s fiscal year, which en ds on December 31. The Company believes that these non - IFRS measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business tr ends relating to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s management uses these non - IFRS measures to compare the Company’s performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses and for budgeting and planning purposes. The Company believes that the use of these non - IFRS financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evalu ating ongoing operating results and trends. Management of the Company does not consider these non - IFRS measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordan ce with IFRS. We have not reconciled the non - IFRS forward looking information to their corresponding IFRS measures because we do not provide guidance for the various reconciling items su ch as provision for income taxes and depreciation and amortization, as certain items that impact these measures are out of our control or cannot be reasonably predicted without un rea sonable efforts. You should review the Company’s financial statements, when available, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business. Other companies may calculate non - IFRS measures differently, and therefore the Company’s non - IFRS measures may not be directly c omparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Important Information

 

PAGE 2 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Use of the Forecasted Financial and Other Information This presentation contains forecasted financial and other information with respect to the Company’s projected subscribers, re ven ues, EBITDA, EBITDA margin and gross profit for the Company’s fiscal 2019, 2020, and 2021. Neither the independent auditors of MMDM nor the independent registered public accounting firm o f t he Company, audited, reviewed, compiled, or performed any procedures with respect to the projections for the purpose of their inclusion in this presentation, and accordingly, neither of them expressed an opinion or provided any other form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this presentation. These forecasts should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicati ve of future results. In this presentation, certain of the above - mentioned projections have been repeated (in each case, with an indication that the i nformation is an estimate and is subject to the qualifications presented herein), for purposes of providing comparisons with historical data. The assumptions and estimates underlying the forecasted fin ancial and other information are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results t o d iffer materially from those contained in the forecasted financial and other information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the projections are indicative of the future performance of MM DM, the Company, or the combined company after completion of the proposed business combination, or that actual results will not differ materially from those presented in the forecasted finan cia l and other information. Inclusion of the forecasted financial and other information in this presentation should not be regarded as a representation by any person that the results contained in the f ore casted financial and other information will be achieved. Participants in the Solicitation Akazoo , MMDM, and their respective directors, executive officers and employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants i n t he solicitation of proxies from the holders of MMDM common stock and in respect of the proposed transaction between them. Information about MMDM’s directors and executive office rs and their ownership of MMDM’s common stock is set forth in MMDM’s Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended March 31, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” ), as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form 4 filed with the SEC since the date of such filing. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy sol icitation will be included in the Registration Statement (as defined below). These documents can be obtained free of charge as described below. Additional Information and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed transaction between Akazoo and MMDM, Modern Media Acquisition Corp. S.A., the proposed new pa ren t of Akazoo and MMDM (“HoldCo”), filed a Registration Statement on Form F - 4 with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) containing a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus for MMDM s tockholders. When completed, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and proxy card will be mailed to each stockholder of MMDM entitled to vote at the special meeting relati ng to the transaction. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF MMDM ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CON NECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT MMDM OR HOLDCO WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INF ORM ATION ABOUT MMDM, AKAZOO AND THE TRANSACTION. The Registration Statement, proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials in conn ect ion with the transaction (when they become available), and any other documents filed by MMDM or HoldCo with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) or by writing to Modern Media Acquisition Corp., 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 2400, Atlanta, GA. Important Information

 

PAGE 3 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Executive Summary Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (MMDM) and Akazoo are excited to present a proposed business combination delivering a leading Emerging Markets (“EM”) music streaming company • A “Modern Media” Investment Thesis • High - growth digital music streaming platform benefits from: - Secular shift to mobile content consumption - Secular shift to subscription model – access vs. ownership • Strong Public Company Candidate • Strong growth profile with diversified revenue base • Well - established – currently in 10 th year of operation • Positive EBITDA every year since inception • Use of MMDM cash to invest in: customer acquisition, territory expansion, platform development, and infrastructure build - out • Shareholders and management rolling their equity stakes • Experienced management – founded by CEO • Competitive Moat & Profitable Business Model • Hyper - local focus: content, AI - driven curation and culturally relevant user experience • Integrated partnerships with telcos and messaging platforms • Territory - specific pricing and billing arrangements to optimize customer acquisition and retention • Technology designed for premium quality user experience in an EM network environment • EM core competency with first - mover advantage x x x

 

PAGE 4 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Akazoo is a global music streaming platform, with a “hyper - local” strategy Akazoo at a Glance Seamless access across devices and p latforms Premium local and global content World class design, look and feel Proprietary music AI recommendation engine Free, ad - supported radio service to drive revenue and subscriber conversion Mobile telco billing tailored for emerging markets 41 million (1) Registered Users € 105 million 2018A Revenue 140 Telco Integrations 400,000 Major, Local & Independent Labels 100,000 Radio Stations 25 Countries 45 million Music Tracks 5.3 million (1) Subscribers € (1) Registered User count as of March 31, 2019 and Subscriber count as of June 30, 2019

 

MARKET OVERVIEW

 

PAGE 6 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Global Recorded Music Industry ( € bn ) 7.0 5.3 2.9 0.6 4.1 7.5 15.0 30.6 3.0 3.2 4.1 5.3 14.0 16.0 22.0 36.5 2016A 2018E 2022E 2030E Note: EUR:USD exchange rate of 1.11 as of market close July 24, 2019 (1) All figures represent 2018 and annual growth over 2017 (2) Streaming includes Paid Streaming and Ad Supported Streaming Revenues Source: Wall Street Research, IFPI, Nielsen Streaming Dominates Global Recorded Music Consumption Streaming now accounts for ~47% of global recorded music revenues, expected to grow at a ~12% CAGR over the next 12 years and reach ~84% by 2030 Music Industry Snapshot (1) +34% Growth in Streaming Revenue +34% Growth in Digital Music Consumption +49% Growth in U.S. Audio Streams 59% Digital Share of Global Revenue Performance Rights / Sync / Other Streaming (2) Physical and Download

 

PAGE 7 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Paid Music Streaming Subs (millions) 84 159 230 285 303 320 27 104 194 302 429 510 2016A 2019E 2022E 2025E 2028E Smartphone Ownership (billions) Source: Wall Street Research, IFPI Emerging Markets Are the Fastest - Growing Streaming Opportunity The rapid growth of smartphone penetration makes EM a significant addressable market for music streaming Paid Streaming Revenue CAGR (2016A – 2030E) 27% 10% 14% Emerging Markets Developed Markets Global 0.84 1.00 2.67 5.10 2016A 2019E 2022E 2025E 2028E Emerging Markets Developed Markets Emerging Markets Developed Markets

 

PAGE 8 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Top 5 Artists on Akazoo 2015 – 2018 Akazoo Subscriber Growth Content Consumption on Akazoo Platform Local Content Dominates Emerging Markets Streaming Consumers gravitate to streaming services that cater to specific local tastes Poland Russia Brazil Indonesia 61% 39% Local International 70% 30% Local International 80% 20% Local International 72% 28% Local International #1 Anita Lipnicka #2 Sylwia Grzeszczak #3 Brodka #4 Myslovitz #5 Ewa Farna #1 t.A.T.u . #2 Сплин #3 Би - 2 #4 Lumen #5 Pharaoh #1 Antonio Carlos Jobim #2 Vinicius de Moraes #3 Elis Regina #4 Gilberto Gil #5 Marisa Monte #1 Rich Brian #2 Tulus #3 Evie Tamala #4 Anggun #5 Ayu Ting Ting 153% 146% 313% 159% Source: Company data Country

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW

 

PAGE 10 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Akazoo Launched in 2010 as a Local Content Provider, Growing into the Global Service it is Today Premium - only, social - enabled B2C streaming product launched in Poland Regional expansion into Asia + LatAm B2B2C partnerships initiated B2B2C partnerships with major mobile device manufacturers and telcos Awarded two major pan - African telco group tenders for 22 territories in Africa Reestablished as independent company New terrestrial radio service launched Major messaging platform partnership Premium Subscribers 1.1 million 1.8 million 3.3 million 5.3 million (1) Onset of deployments in Africa, starting with Ghana and Cameroon 3.7 million € 17mm capital investment 2012A Q2 2019 2013A 2014A 2015A 2016A 2017A Launch of AI - driven curation engine Radio expansion % GROWTH 2014 – 2015 Pre - Investment 2015 – 2016 Post - Investment Revenue 29% 86% Premium Subscribers 64% 87% (1) Subscriber count as of June 30, 2019

 

PAGE 11 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Indicates countries currently present Note: Select Akazoo countries shown (1) www.worldometers.info Akazoo is Global Akazoo owns a first - mover advantage in EM, which comprises a population of over 1.4 billion people (1) Mexico Brazil Poland Russia Greece Cyprus Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Philippines Ecuador Nicaragua Guatemala Costa Rica Paraguay Chile Peru Argentina Cote D’Ivoire Cameroon Zambia Kenya Ghana

 

PAGE 12 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Sustainable and profitable growth Growth Strategy Built for Our Markets Hyper - local content strategy with global scale Cost - efficient customer acquisition through strategic partnerships Converting free, ad - supported radio users to paying premium subscribers Organic growth through increased penetration in existing markets plus launching new markets that meet criteria for success Minimizing churn through AI, attractive pricing and telco bundling models

 

PAGE 13 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Culturally Relevant Interface Local Content Akazoo is a leading service in Emerging Markets due to its unique local strategy Akazoo is Local 25+ million songs by local artists Territory specific Top 20 updated weekly Contextual / statistic - based playlists New local releases prominently featured on home page Banners customized to promote local content Push notifications delivered upon release of new content Localized search with results based on local language preference

 

PAGE 14 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Note: Patents cited by Sony, Pandora, Apple, Google and Nielsen, among others Our unique, proprietary technology delivers a customized catalog in every market Our Music AI Technology, a Distinct Competitive Advantage Listens to Recommends Sonic AI Recommendation Music recommendation engine employs patented AI featuring sonic analysis Delivers a superior, hyper - local user experience Contributes to lower customer churn across all markets Key Additional Patents US8686272 (2002) US8063295 (2002) Summary of Patent US7982117 (2002)

 

PAGE 15 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Akazoo’s Hyper - Local Engine in Action Country - specific, customized content curation is unmatched by the competition Indicates Local Artist User Interface Screenshot - Poland Local Labels / Content International Labels / Content AI Technology

 

PAGE 16 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Delivering cost - efficient subscriber growth through multiple channels Customer Acquisition Strategy Blue Chip Partnerships: Partnerships with regional and local telecom services and mobile messaging companies Radio: Push notifications to registered users of f ree, ad - supported Radio app to encourage downloads of Premium app In - House Marketing: Promote app downloads via activities and content campaigns (events, concerts, etc.) Paid Media: Traditional and digital advertising including SEO, SEM, Programmatic, Out - of - Home and more Organic / Viral: Word of mouth and subscribers’ ability to share music and links to download Premium app Key Partnership Benefits User base expansion through promotion to partner customers Direct billing through telco billing systems Over 450 million users available for future subscriber growth

 

PAGE 17 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Our path to 20 million subscribers and ~€500 million of revenue (1) Source: www.worldometers.info (2) Source: www.newzoo.com; Forrester (3) Monthly ARPU reflects the average monthly revenue per premium subscriber The Opportunity Today Long Range Target Covered Population (1) 1.4 billion 1.5 billion+ Smartphone Penetration (2) 50% ~70% Addressable Streaming Market (ASM) 700 million 1,050 million Subscribers 5 million+ 20 million Implied Penetration Rate 0.7% 1.9% x 1.4 billion (and growing) population in our markets, with favorable demographics x Increasing smartphone penetration x Growing adoption and importance of music streaming x Potential upside in entering new markets, price increases and M&A Strong Tailwinds Driving Growth Market Opportunity Illustration (Existing Markets) Monthly ARPU (3) ~€2.10 ~€2.10 Subscription Revenue ~€100 million ~€500 million EBITDA Margin 10% ~15 – 20% Subscription EBITDA ~€10 million ~€75 – €100 million Revenue and EBITDA Opportunity Illustration (Existing Markets)

 

FINANCIALS & TRANSACTION OVERVIEW

 

PAGE 19 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Subscribers (mm) 1.8 3.3 3.7 4.6 5.7 8.8 10.4 2015A 2017A 2019E 2021E EBITDA ( € mm) €4 €8 €10 €11 €11 €21 €37 2015A 2017A 2019E 2021E Revenue ( € mm) €37 €68 €90 €105 €134 €203 €285 2015A 2017A 2019E 2021E Financials and KPIs ’15 – ’18 CAGR 38% Tosca Penta’s injection of €17m in 2015 led to 80+% revenue growth in 2016 ’15 – ’18 CAGR 42% ’15 – ’18 CAGR 40% ’18 – ’21E CAGR 31% ’18 – ’21E CAGR 39% ’18 – ’21E CAGR 51%

 

PAGE 20 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL H1 2019A Run - rate vs. 2019E Revenue H1 Revenue (€mm) Note: All figures are unaudited €47 €61 €65 H1 2018A H1 2019B H1 2019A €129 €134 H1 2019A Annualized 2019E Strong Preliminary H1 2019A Performance Exceeds Forecast Run - rate H1 rev. pacing at ~97% of 2019E revenues H1 Subscribers (mm) 4.0 4.8 5.3 H1 2018A H1 2019B H1 2019A Subscribers grew ~33% YoY 1HQ18 – 1H19, exceeding management’s projections by ~10% Revenue grew ~39% YoY 1H18 – 1H19, exceeding management’s projections by ~5% Average revenue growth required in next 2 quarters to outperform projections is only 1.4%

 

PAGE 21 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Targeted Use of Cash Proceeds Cash proceeds are expected to be used to fund organic growth in both new and existing markets to enhance the platform’s competitive standing Primary Proceeds from Transaction (1) Customer Acquisition x Expand Strategic Partnerships x Product Platform, Staffing & Infrastructure x Raise Brand Awareness x Targeted Geographic Expansion x

 

APPENDIX

 

PAGE 23 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Akazoo is a global music streaming platform, with a “hyper - local” strategy Akazoo at a Glance Seamless access across devices and p latforms Premium local and global content World class design, look and feel Proprietary music AI recommendation engine Free, ad - supported radio service to drive revenue and subscriber conversion Mobile telco billing tailored for emerging markets 41 million (1) Registered Users € 105 million 2018A Revenue 140 Telco Integrations 400,000 Major, Local & Independent Labels 100,000 Radio Stations 25 Countries 45 million Music Tracks 5.3 million (1) Subscribers € (1) Registered User count as of March 31, 2019 and Subscriber count as of June 30, 2019

 

PAGE 24 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 2015A EBITDA Revenue €36.8 Cost of Goods Sold (29.5) Operating Expenses (3.4) EBITDA €3.9 2016A 2017A 2018A EBITDA Net Income €4.8 €6.2 €4.9 Net Finance Costs 0.3 (0.1) 0.4 Income Tax Expense (0.0) 0.0 0.0 Depreciation and Amortization 3.0 4.0 5.5 EBITDA €8.1 €10.1 €10.7 Adjusted Gross Profit Gross Profit €15.6 €20.8 €23.4 Add Back: Media Costs 11.0 15.4 19.1 Adjusted Gross Profit €26.6 €36.1 €42.5 ( € in millions) (1) Akazoo was spun out from its parent company, InternetQ , in 2015 and therefore comparable reconciliations are not available. The reconciliation provided here represents estimates o f t he Company’s financials on a standalone basis 2015A EBITDA Reconciliation (1) 2016A – 2018A EBITDA and Adjusted Gross Profit Reconciliation Reconciliation of Non - IFRS Measures