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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2017.

Registration No. 333-216727

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 4 to

Form F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

The Cayman Islands   5961          98-1007784

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial      

Classification Code Number)      

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

Rua Vergueiro 961, Liberdade

01504-001 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

+55 11 3028-3528

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Corporation Service Company

2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400

Wilmington, DE 19808

(800) 927-9801

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

S. Todd Crider, Esq.

Grenfel S. Calheiros, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

(212) 455-2000

  Copies to:  

Nicolas Grabar, Esq.

Francesca Odell, Esq.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, NY 10006

(212) 225-2000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of
securities to be registered

  

Amount to be
registered (1)

  

Proposed maximum
offering price per
share (2)

  

Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price (1)(2)

  

Amount of
registration fee (3)

Common shares, nominal value US$0.0033 per common share

   9,487,500    US$20.00    US$189,750,000.00    US$21,992.03

 

(1) Includes common shares that may be purchased by the underwriters pursuant to an over-allotment option to purchase additional common shares. Also includes common shares initially offered and sold outside the United States either as part of their distribution or within 40 days after the later of the effective date of this registration statement and the date the common shares are first bona fide offered to the public. The common shares are not being registered for purposes of sales outside the United States.

 

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act.
(3) Previously paid.

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Netshoes (Cayman) Limited has prepared this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-216727) for the sole purpose of updating Exhibits 3.02, 4.01.02, 4.02, 5.01, 10.04, 23.01 and 23.02 to the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Amendment No. 4 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature pages to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. No change is made to the preliminary prospectus constituting Part I of the Registration Statement, and accordingly, such preliminary prospectus has not been included herein.


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent that it may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as providing indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime.

The registrant’s articles of association provide that each director or director of the registrant shall be indemnified out of the assets of the registrant against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such directors or officer, other than by reason of such person’s dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

Under the indemnification agreements filed as Exhibits 10.09 to 10.16 to this registration statement, we have agreed to indemnify and hold harmless our directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or executive officer.

Also, the registrant expects to maintain director’s and officer’s liability insurance covering its directors and officers with respect to general civil liability, including liabilities under the Securities Act, which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such.

The form of underwriting agreement to be filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this registration statement will also provide for indemnification by the underwriters of the registrant and its directors and officers for certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act, but only to the extent that these liabilities are caused by information relating to the underwriters that was furnished to us by the underwriters in writing expressly for use in this registration statement and certain other disclosure documents.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

During the past three years, we have issued and sold the securities described below without registering the securities under the Securities Act. None of these transactions involved any underwriters’ underwriting discounts or commissions, or any public offering. We believe that each of the following issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act regarding sales by an issuer in offshore transactions, Rule 701 under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act regarding transactions not involving a public offering.

 

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Purchaser

  

Date of Sale or
Issuance

   Title of
Securities
   Number
of
Securities
     Consideration (in
millions of US$)
     Securities Registration
Exemption

Various private equity investments
funds and our founder

   May 12, 2014    common
shares
     1,250,184        US$168,599,937.52      Regulation S and
Section 4(a)(2)
of the Securities
Act

Various private equity investments funds

   March 20, 2015    common
shares
     333,678        US$44,999,815.08      Regulation S and
Section 4(a)(2)
of the Securities
Act

Various private equity investments funds

   February 22, 2017    convertible
notes
     11        US$30,000,000.00      Regulation S and
Section 4(a)(2)
of the Securities
Act

For further information, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Private Equity Placements.” In addition to the above, we also granted share options to our directors and employees. In 2014 and 2015, we granted an aggregate of 164,553 share options to our employees to purchase an aggregate of 164,553 common shares (after giving effect to the share split), in consideration of their past and future services to us. In 2016, we granted an aggregate of 132,000 share options to our employees to purchase an aggregate of 132,000 common shares (after giving effect to the share split), in consideration of their past and future services to us. In March 2017, we granted an aggregate of 127,500 share options to certain members of our senior management to purchase an aggregate of 127,500 common shares (after giving effect to the share split), in consideration of their past and future services to us. Such grants were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in reliance on Regulation S and Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 8. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) Exhibits : See Exhibit Index beginning on page II-5 of this Registration Statement.

The agreements included as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (1) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (2) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (3) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (4) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement. We acknowledge that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, we are responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.

(b) Financial Statement Schedules : All schedules have been omitted because they are not required, are not applicable or the required information is otherwise set forth in the audited consolidated financial statements or related notes thereto.

 

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

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(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City and State of São Paulo, Brazil, on April 5, 2017.

 

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Marcio Kumruian

 

Name: Marcio Kumruian

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

By:   /s/ Leonardo Tavares Dib
 

Name: Leonardo Tavares Dib

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 5, 2017.

 

Name         Title
By:  

 /s/ Marcio Kumruian

     
Name: Marcio Kumruian       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
By:  

 /s/ Leonardo Tavares Dib

     
Name: Leonardo Tavares Dib       Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
By:  

 /s/ Marcio Kumruian

     
Name: Marcio Kumruian       Director (Chairman)
By:  

                         *

     
Name: Francisco Alvarez-Demalde       Director
By:  

                         *

     
Name: Nilesh Lakhani       Director
By:  

                         *

     
Name: Hagop Chabab       Director
By:  

                         *

     
Name: Wolfgang Schwerdtle       Director
By:  

                         *

     
Name: Nicolas Szekasy       Director
By:  

 /s/ Donald Puglisi

     
Name: Donald Puglisi       Authorized Representative in the United States

 

*By:  

/s/ Marcio Kumruian

Name:   Marcio Kumruian
Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.01†   

Form of Underwriting Agreement.

3.01†   

Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, dated March 20, 2015, as currently in effect.

3.02   

Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, effective upon completion of the offering.

4.01.01†   

Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement dated March 20, 2015 between Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, Marcio Kumruian, HCFT Holdings, LLC, Hagop Chabab, Tiger Global Private Investment Partners V, L.P., Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VI, L.P., Metal Monkey Trust, Scott Shleifer 2011 Descendants’ Trust, The Feroz Dewan 2010 GRAT IX, Dialvest, Ltd., Clemenceau Investments Pte. Ltd., Kaszek Ventures I, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-A, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-B, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-C, L.P., ICQ Investments V L.P, ICQ Investments 16, L.P, Archy LLC, Riverwood Capital Partners II, L.P., Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel-B) L.P., Macro Continental, Inc., Boscolo Intervest Limited and International Finance Corporation, as currently in effect.

4.01.02    Form of Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement to be executed between Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, CDK Net Fund IC, HCFT Holdings, LLC, Hagop Chabab, Tiger Global Private Investment Partners V, L.P., Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VI, L.P., Metal Monkey Trust, Scott Shleifer 2011 Descendants’ Trust, The Feroz Dewan 2010 GRAT IX, Nicolas Szekasy, Clemenceau Investments Pte. Ltd., Kaszek Ventures I, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-A, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-B, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-C, L.P., ICQ Investments V L.P., ICQ Investments 16, L.P., Archy LLC, Riverwood Capital Partners II, L.P., Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel-B) L.P., Macro Continental, Inc., Boscolo Intervest Limited and International Finance Corporation, effective upon completion of the offering.
4.02   

Policy Agreement dated March 20, 2015 between Netshoes (Cayman) Limited and International Finance Corporation, and the amendment thereto dated February 22, 2017.

4.03†   

English translation of the Second Debenture Deed for the distribution of secured non-convertible debentures of NS2.com Internet S.A. dated March 19, 2015 between NS2.com Internet S.A. and Oliveira Trust Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A. ( Instrumento Particular de Escritura da Segunda Emissão de Debêntures Simples, Não Conversíveis em Ações, em Série Única, da Espécie com Garantia Real, para Distribuição Pública com Esforços Restritos de Colocação, da NS2.com Internet S.A. ).

4.04†    Note Purchase Agreement dated February 22, 2017 between Netshoes (Cayman) Limited and Tiger Global Private Investment Partners V, L.P., Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VI, L.P., Archy LLC, Clemenceau Investments Pte. Ltd., Riverwood Capital Partners II, L.P., Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel-B) L.P., Macro Continental, Inc., Boscolo Intervest Limited, International Finance Corporation, CDK Net Fund IC and HCFT Holdings, LLC, as currently in effect (including form of convertible promissory note).
5.01   

Opinion of Campbells as to the validity of the common shares issued by Netshoes (Cayman) Limited and certain Cayman Islands law matters.

10.01†   

English translation of the Lease Assignment and Affirmation of Debt Agreement dated June 1, 2009 between PMG Administradora de Bens Ltda., Montecchio do Brasil Empreendimentos Imobiliários Ltda., Argos Armazéns Gerais Ltda., Argos Transportes Ltda., NS2.com Internet Ltda., Zareh Chabab and Ovsanna Chabab, and of the First Amendment thereto dated April 10, 2013 between PMG Administradora de Bens Ltda. and NS2.com Internet S.A., and of the Second Amendment thereto dated April 2, 2014 between Uittorenen do Brasil Participações Ltda. and NS2.com Internet S.A. ( Instrumento Particular de Cessão de Locação e de Confissão de Dívida ).

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.02†   

English translation of the Lease Agreement of a Custom-Built Property dated November 5, 2014 between FW2 Logística e Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A., NS2.com Internet S.A. and RCA Gerenciamento e Fiscalização Ltda., and the First Amendment thereto dated November 4, 2015 ( Instrumento Particular de Contrato de Locação de Imóvel Sob Medida e Outras Avenças ).

10.03†   

English translation of the Non-Residential Lease Agreement dated September 18, 2012 between CCG Empreendimentos Ltda. and NS2.com Internet S.A., of the First Amendment thereto dated October 18, 2012, of the Second Amendment thereto dated May 31, 2015, and of the Third Amendment thereto dated October 23, 2015 ( Instrumento Particular de Contrato de Locação de Imóvel para Fins Não Residenciais ).

10.04   

English translation of the Agreement for Construction and Lease of an Office and Warehouse Building dated December 19, 2013 between Maro Frama S.A. and NS3 Internet S.A. ( Contrato) , as supplemented by a real estate lease offer ( Oferta de Locación de Inmueble ) dated as of March 1, 2017.

10.05†   

English summary of the Logistics Services Agreement dated January 1, 2016 between NS4.com Internet, S.A. de C.V. and Onelogistic, S.A. de C.V. ( Contrato de Prestación de Servicios Logísticos ).

10.06†   

English translation of the Hosting Services Agreements dated October 21, 2016 between NS2.com Internet S.A. and UOL Diveo Tecnologia Ltda (Pedido de Compra/Contrato Nº 16-03868; Pedido de Compra/Contrato Nº 16-03869) .

10.07†   

Netshoes (Cayman) Limited 2012 Share Plan, adopted on April 16, 2012.

10.08†   

English translation of the Non-Compete Agreement dated December 23, 2009 between NS2.com Internet S.A. and Marcio Kumruian (Acordo de Não-Competição)

10.09†   

Indemnification Agreement dated May 21, 2012 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Marcio Kumruian.

10.10†   

Indemnification Agreement dated May 21, 2012 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Hagop Chabab.

10.11†   

Indemnification Agreement dated November 13, 2012 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Nicolas Szekasy.

10.12†   

Indemnification Agreement dated May 1, 2013 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Nilesh Lakhani.

10.13†   

Indemnification Agreement dated May 12, 2014 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Wolfgang Schwerdtle.

10.14†   

Indemnification Agreement dated March 20, 2015 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Francisco Alvarez-Demalde.

10.15†   

Indemnification Agreement dated May 21, 2012 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Graciela Kumruian Tanaka.

10.16†   

Indemnification Agreement dated December 1, 2016 between Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. and Leonardo Tavares Dib.

10.17†   

Management Rights’ Agreement dated March 20, 2015, between Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, Riverwood Capital Partners II, L.P. and Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel-B) L.P.

14.01†   

English Translation of the Code of Ethics (Código de Ética) .

21.01†   

List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

23.01   

Consent of KPMG Auditores Independentes — Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

23.02   

Consent of Campbells (included in Exhibit 5.01).

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

23.03†   

Consent of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados.

24.01†   

Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to the Registration Statement).

99.1†   

Consent of Frederico Brito e Abreu as director nominee.

99.2†   

Consent of Ricardo Knoepfelmacher as director nominee.

 

Previously filed.

 

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Exhibit 3.02

THE COMPANIES LAW (AS REVISED)

C OMPANY L IMITED B Y S HARES

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM

AND

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED

(adopted by Special Resolution passed on March 30, 2017 and effective on April         , 2017,

the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of Common Shares)

 

LOGO

Floor 4, Willow House

Cricket Square

Grand Cayman KY1-9010

Cayman Islands

Ref: ASC


THE COMPANIES LAW (AS REVISED)

C OMPANY L IMITED B Y S HARES

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED

(adopted by Special Resolution passed on March 30, 2017 and effective on April         , 2017,

the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of Common Shares)

 

1. The name of the Company is NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED.

 

2. The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of Campbells Corporate Services Limited, Floor 4, Willow House, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-9010, Cayman Islands , or at such other place in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time decide.

 

3. The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by Section 7(4) of the Companies Law (as revised).

 

4. The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27 (2) of the Companies Law (as revised).

 

5. Nothing in the preceding paragraphs shall be deemed to permit the Company to carry on the business of a bank or trust company without being licensed in that behalf under the provisions of the Banks and Trust Companies Law (as revised), or to carry on insurance business from within the Cayman Islands or the business of an insurance manager, agent, sub-agent or broker without being licensed in that behalf under the provisions of the Insurance Law (as revised), or to carry on the business of company management without being licensed in that behalf under the Companies Management Law (as revised).

 

6. The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands, but nothing in this paragraph shall be so construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands and exercising in the Cayman Islands any of its power necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.

 

7. The liability of each Member is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on such Member’s shares.


8. The share capital of the Company is US$305,250 divided into 92,500,000 common shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0033 (rounded to 4 decimal places) each with power for the Company, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law (as revised) and the Articles of Association, to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced, with or without any preference, priority or special privilege or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide, every issue of shares, whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise, shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.

 

9. The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

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

 

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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS REVISED)

C OMPANY L IMITED B Y S HARES

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED

(adopted by Special Resolution passed on March 30, 2017 and effective on April         , 2017,

the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of Common Shares

Preliminary

 

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

 

2. In these Articles:

 

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

 

“allotment”    shares are taken to be allotted when a person acquires the unconditional right to be included in the Register of Members in respect of those shares;
“Articles”    these articles of association of the Company as from time to time amended by Special Resolution;
“Audit Committee”    the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 102 hereof, or any successor of the audit committee;
“Board” or “Board of Directors”    means the board of directors of the Company;
“Class I”    means the group of Directors that serves until the annual general meeting to be held in 2018 and for each successive three year term thereafter;
“Class II”    means the group of Directors that serves until the annual general meeting to be held in 2019 and for each successive three year term thereafter;
“Class III”    means the group of Directors that serves until the annual general meeting to be held in 2020 and for each successive three year term thereafter;


“clear days”    in relation to a period of notice means that period excluding both the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;
“Clearing House”    a clearing house recognized by the laws of the jurisdiction in which shares in the capital of the Company (or depository receipts thereof) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction;
“Company”    the above named company;
“Company’s Web-site”    means the website of the Company, its web-address or domain name;
“Compensation Committee”    the compensation committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 102 hereof, or any successor of the compensation committee;
“Designated Stock Exchange”    the New York Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange or interdealer quotation system on which shares in the capital of the Company are listed or quoted;
“Directors”    means the Directors for the time being of the Company or, as the case may be, those Directors assembled as a board or as a committee of the board;
“dividend”    includes a distribution or interim dividend or interim distribution;
“electronic”    has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law (as revised);
“electronic communication”    a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website (including SEC’s website) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by not less than two-thirds of the vote of the Board;
“electronic record”    has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law (as revised);

 

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“electronic signature”    has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law (as revised);
“Equity Securities”    shares and any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares;
“Exchange Act”    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
“executed”    means any mode of execution;
“holder”    in relation to any share, the Member whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of the share;
“Indemnified Person”    means every Director, alternate Director, Secretary or other officer for the time being or from time to time of the Company;
“Independent Directors”    means a Director who is an independent director as defined in any Designated Stock Exchange Rules or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be;
“Islands”    the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands;
“Law”    the Companies Law (as revised);
“Member”    has the same meaning as in the Law;
“Memorandum”    the memorandum of association of the Company as from time to time amended;
“month”    a calendar month;
“Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”    the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 102 hereof, or any successor of the nominating and corporate governance committee;
“officer”    includes a Director or a Secretary;
“Ordinary Resolution”    a resolution (i) of a duly constituted general meeting of the Company passed by a simple majority of the votes cast by, or on behalf of, the Members entitled to vote present in person or by proxy and voting at the meeting or (ii) approved in writing by all of the Members entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by

 

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   one or more of the Members and the effective date of the resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed;
“Other Indemnitors”    means persons or entities other than the Company that may provide indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance to the Indemnified Persons in connection with such Indemnified Persons involvement in the management of the Company;
“paid up”    means paid up as to the par value and any premium payable in respect of the issue of any shares and includes credited as paid up;
“Person”    any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or any other entity or governmental entity;
“Policy Agreement”    a policy agreement between the Company and International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) dated March 20, 2015, as amended on February 22, 2017.
“Register of Members”    the register of Members required to be kept pursuant to the Law;
“Seal”    the common seal of the Company including every duplicate seal;
“SEC”    the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any other federal agency for the time being administering the Securities Act;
“Secretary”    any person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary;
“Securities Act”    means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time;
“share”    a share in the share capital of the Company, and includes stock (except where a distinction between shares and stock is expressed or implied) and includes a fraction of a share;

 

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“signed”    includes an electronic signature or a representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means;
“Special Resolution”    a resolution (i) which has been passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds (or, in respect of any resolution to approve any amendments to any provisions of these Articles that relate to or have an impact upon the procedures regarding the election, appointment, removal of Directors and/or the size of the Board, by 95%) of such Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given or (ii) approved in writing by all of the Members entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Members and the effective date of the Special Resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed;
“subsidiary”    a company is a subsidiary of another company if that other company:
  

(i)       

  holds a majority of the voting rights in it;
  

(ii)      

  is a member of it and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of its board of directors; or
  

(iii)     

  is a member of it and controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other members, a majority of the voting rights in it; or
   (iv) is a subsidiary of a company which is itself a subsidiary of that other company. For the purpose of this definition the expression “company” includes any body corporate established in or outside of the Islands;
“Transfer”    with respect to any Equity Securities of the Company, any sale, assignment, Lien, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by bequest, devise or descent, or other transfer or disposition of any kind, including, but not limited to, transfers pursuant to divorce or legal separation, transfers to receivers,

 

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   levying creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy proceedings or general assignees for the benefit of creditors, whether voluntary, involuntarily or by operation of law, directly or indirectly (including the Transfer of a controlling interest in any entity the assets of which consist at least in part of Equity Securities). “ transferor ” and “ transferee ” have meanings corresponding to the foregoing;
“Treasury Share”    means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Law;
“U.S. Person”    means a Director who is citizen or resident of the United States of America.
“written” and “in writing”    includes all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form including in the form of an electronic record;

 

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

 

  (c) unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (i) words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice-versa;

 

  (ii) words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender; and

 

  (iii) words importing persons only shall include companies or associations or bodies of person whether incorporated or not;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Commencement of Business
3.   The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation as the Directors shall see fit, notwithstanding that only some of the shares may have been allotted.
4.   The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company including the expenses of registration.

 

Situation of offices of the Company

5.   (a)    The registered office of the Company shall be at such address in the Islands as the Directors shall from time to time determine.
  (b)    The Company, in addition to its registered office, may establish and maintain such other offices, places of business and agencies in the Islands and elsewhere as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

Shares

6.   (a)    Subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange and to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum and these Articles, the Directors have general and unconditional authority to allot, grant options over, offer or otherwise deal with or dispose of any unissued shares in the capital of the Company without the approval of holders of Shares (whether forming part of the original or any increased share capital), either at a premium or at par, with or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, on such terms and conditions, and at such times as the Directors may decide, but so that no share shall be issued at a discount, except in accordance with the provisions of the Law. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Board is hereby empowered to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time and without the approval of holders of Shares the issuance of one or more classes or series of preferred Shares, to cause to be issued such preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting powers, full or limited or no voting powers, and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the size of any such class or series (but not below the number of Shares of any class or series of preferred Shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares may, to the extent permitted by law, provide that such class or series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to the preferred Shares of any other class or series.

 

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  (b)    The Company shall not issue shares or warrants to bearer.
  (c)    Subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors have general and unconditional authority to issue warrants or convertible securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of shares or securities in the capital of the Company to such persons, on such terms and conditions, and at such times as the Directors may decide.
  (d)    The Company may issue fractions of a share of any class and a fraction of a share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contribution, calls or otherwise howsoever), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights and other attributes of a whole share of that class of shares.
7.   The Company may, in so far as the Law permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally, or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolute or conditional) for any shares in the capital of the Company. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of fully or partly paid up shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also, on any issue of shares, pay such brokerage fees as may be lawful.
8.   Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share (except only as by these Articles or by law otherwise provided) or any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.
9.   (a)    If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class of shares (unless otherwise provided by these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting, the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall mutatis mutandis apply, but so that the necessary quorum shall be any one or more persons holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third of the issued shares of the class and that any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll;
  (b)    The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

10. The Directors may accept contributions to the capital of the Company otherwise than in consideration of the issue of shares and the amount of any such contribution shall, unless otherwise agreed at the time of such contribution is made, be treated as share premium and shall be subject to the provisions of the Law and these Articles applicable to share premium.

 

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Share Certificates

 

11. A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and subject to the Articles and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.

 

12. Every share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the Securities Act.

 

13. If a share certificate is defaced, worn-out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and payment of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence as the Directors may determine but otherwise free of charge, and (in the case of defacement or wearing-out) on delivery to the Company of the old certificate.

Lien

 

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

 

15. The Company may sell in such manner as the Directors determine any shares on which the Company has a lien if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable and is not paid within fourteen (14) clear days after notice has been given to the holder of the share or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the shares may be sold.

 

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

 

17. The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable, and any residue shall (upon surrender to the Company for cancellation of the certificate for the shares sold and subject to a like lien for any moneys not presently payable as existed upon the shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the date of the sale.

 

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Calls on shares and Forfeiture

 

18. Subject to the terms of allotment, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether in respect of nominal value or premium) and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) clear days’ notice specifying when and where payment is to be made) pay to the Company as required by the notice the amount called on his shares. A call may be required to be paid by installments. A call may, before receipt by the Company of any sum due thereunder, be revoked in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24. If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued. The notice shall name the place where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

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

 

26. Subject to the provisions of the Law, a forfeited share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors determine either to the person who was before the forfeiture the holder or to any other person, and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition, the forfeiture may be canceled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorize any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share to that person.

 

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

 

28. A statutory declaration by a Director or the Secretary that a share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share and the declaration shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer if necessary) constitute a good title to the share and the person to whom the share is disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration, if any, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture or disposal of the share.

Transfer of Shares

 

29. Subject to these Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of his shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by any Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the Board and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House, by hand or by electronic machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time.

 

30. The instrument of transfer shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and the transferee provided that the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer by the transferee in any case which it thinks fit in its discretion to do so. Without prejudice to Article 29, the Board may also resolve, either generally or in any particular case, upon request by either the transferor or transferee, to accept mechanically executed transfers. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members in respect thereof. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognizing a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment of any share by the allottee in favour of some other person.

 

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31. (1) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and without giving any reason therefore, refuse to register a transfer of any share that is not a fully paid up share to a person of whom it does not approve, or any share issued under any share incentive scheme for employees upon which a restriction on transfer imposed thereby still subsists, and it may also, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, refuse to register a transfer of any share to more than four joint holders or a transfer of any share that is not a fully paid up share on which the Company has a lien.

(2) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and without giving any reason therefore, determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Law. The Board may also, in its absolute discretion, and without giving any reason therefore, determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

32. Without limiting the generality of Article 31, the Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:

 

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

 

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

 

  (c) the Shares are fully paid and free of any lien;

 

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

 

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

 

33. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of a share, they shall within one month after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company send to the transferee notice of the refusal.

 

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

 

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

 

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Transmission of Shares

 

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

 

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

 

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

Changes of Capital

 

39.      (a)   

Subject to and in so far as permitted by the provisions of the Law, the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution alter or amend the Memorandum to:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  (iv) sub-divide its existing shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amounts than is fixed by the Memorandum; and

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Redemption and Purchase of Own Shares

 

42. Subject to the provisions of the Law and these Articles, the Company may:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

44. Upon the date of redemption or purchase of a share, the holder shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect thereof (excepting always the right to receive (i) the price therefore and (ii) any dividend which had been declared in respect thereof prior to such redemption or purchase being effected) and accordingly his name shall be removed from the Register of Members with respect thereto and the share shall be cancelled.

 

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Treasury Shares

 

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

 

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

Register of Members

 

47. The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained an overseas or local Register of Members in accordance with the Law.

 

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

Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date

 

49. For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty (40) clear days. If the Register shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Members, the Register shall be so closed for at least ten (10) clear days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register.

 

50. In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.

 

51.

If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may

 

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  be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

General Meetings

 

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

 

53. An annual general meeting of the Company shall be held in each year (other than the year in which these Articles were adopted) at such time as determined by the Board and the Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Law) be obliged to, in each year hold any other general meeting. The agenda of the annual general meeting shall include the adoption of the Company’s annual accounts, the appropriation of the Company’s profits among other items included in the agenda by the Board.

 

54. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented and they shall take place in São Paulo, Brazil or in the United States.

 

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

 

56. A Members’ requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than one-third, in par value of the issued shares which as at that date carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

57. The Members’ requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the registered office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

58. If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition or if the Directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further twenty-one days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of the requisitionists, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall be held no later than the day which falls three months after the expiration of the said twenty-one day period.

 

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

 

60. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles, the Members who requisition a meeting:

 

  a) May propose only Ordinary Resolutions to be considered and voted upon at such meeting; and

 

  b) Shall have no right to propose any resolutions with respect to the election, appointment or removal of Directors or with respect to the size of the Board of Directors.

 

61. Save as set out in Articles 52 to 60, the Members have no right to propose resolutions to be considered or voted upon at annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings of the Company.

 

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Notice of General Meetings

 

62. At least ten (10) clear days’ notice specifying the place, the day and the hour of each general meeting and the general nature of such business to be transacted thereat shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided, or in such other manner (if any) as may be prescribed by Ordinary Resolution, to such persons as are entitled to vote or may otherwise be entitled under these Articles to receive such notices from the Company; provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

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

 

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

 

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

Proceedings at General Meetings

 

64. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Members holding not less than an aggregate of one-third in nominal value of the total issued voting shares in the Company entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted, shall be a quorum.

 

65. If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence or if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened upon a Members’ requisition, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned and shall reconvene on the same day in the next week at the same time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and if at the reconvened meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall be a quorum.

 

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66. If the Directors wish to make this facility available for a specific general meeting or all general meetings of the Company, participation in any general meeting of the Company may be by means of a telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

70. The chairman may, with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than business which might properly have been transacted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place. When a meeting is adjourned for fourteen days or more, at least seven (7) clear days’ notice shall be given specifying the time and place of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice.

 

71.

At each meeting of the Members, all corporate actions, including the election of Directors, to be taken by vote of the Members (except as otherwise required by applicable law and except as otherwise provided in these Articles) shall be authorised by Ordinary Resolution. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, the

 

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  affirmative vote of the majority of Shares of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or series (unless provided otherwise in the resolutions providing for the issuance of such series).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

75. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or extraordinary general meetings of the Company may be taken only upon the vote of the Members at an annual or extraordinary general meeting duly noticed and convened in accordance with these Articles and the Law and may not be taken by written resolution of the Members.

 

76. If for so long as the Company has only one Member:

 

  (a) in relation to a general meeting, the sole Member or a proxy for that Member or (if the Member is a corporation) a duly authorized representative of that Member is a quorum and Article 64 is modified accordingly;

 

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

 

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

Votes of Members

 

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

 

78. In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior joint holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders; and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.

 

79.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

82. Votes may be given either personally or by proxy. Deposit or delivery of a form of appointment of a proxy does not preclude a Member from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment of it.

 

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

 

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

 

85. The form of appointment of a proxy and any authority under which it is executed or a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the Directors may:

 

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

 

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

 

  (i) in the notice convening the meeting; or

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

86. Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member of the Company may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorize such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorized shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.

 

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

Number of Directors

 

88.

The Board shall consist of such number of Directors as a majority of the Directors then in office may determine from time to time, provided that, unless otherwise determined by

 

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  the Members in a general meeting acting by Special Resolution, the Board shall consist of not less than four (4) Directors, and subject always to the rights (if any) of the holders of preferred shares (if any) to elect additional directors under specified circumstances.

 

89. The Board of Directors shall have a chairman of the Board of Directors elected and appointed by a majority of the Directors then in office. The Directors may also elect a vice-chairman of the Board of Directors. The period for which the chairman and the vice-chairman shall hold office shall also be determined by a majority of all of the Directors then in office. The chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board of Directors. To the extent the chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors (if any), or in his absence, the attending Directors may choose one Director to be the chairman of the meeting. Observed Article 122 below, the chairman of the Board of Directors’ voting rights as to the matters to be decided by the Board of Directors shall be the same as other Directors.

 

90. The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by applicable law or the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives, which shall be intended to set forth the policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related matters as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time.

Alternate Directors

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

94. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment or in any other manner approved by the Directors.

 

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

 

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Proxy Directors

 

96.      (a)   

A Director but not an alternate Director may be represented at any meetings of the Board of Directors by a proxy appointed by him in which event the presence or vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the Director.

 

  (b) The provisions of Articles 82 to 87 shall mutatis mutandis apply to the appointment of proxies by Directors.

Any person appointed as a proxy pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be the agent of the Director, and not an officer of the Company.

Powers of Directors

 

97. Subject to the provisions of the Law, the Memorandum and the Articles, and to any directions given by Ordinary Resolution and the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. The powers given by this Article shall not be limited by any special power given to the Directors by the Articles and a meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

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

Delegation of Directors’ Powers

 

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

 

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

 

101.

Subject to applicable law and the listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee (including, without

 

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  limitation, an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee), consisting of one or more Directors. They may also delegate to any managing Director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of its own powers and may be revoked or altered. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee with two or more Members shall be governed by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors so far as they are capable of applying. Where a provision of the Articles refers to the exercise of a power, authority or discretion by the Directors and that power, authority or discretion has been delegated by the Directors to a committee, the provision shall be construed as permitting the exercise of the power, authority or discretion by the committee.

 

102. The Board may establish an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and, if such committees are established, it shall adopt formal written charters for such committees and review and assess the adequacy of such formal written charters on an annual basis. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in these Articles and shall have such powers as the Board may delegate pursuant to Article 101. Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of directors as the Board shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by any Designated Stock Exchange). For so long as any class of Shares are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as required from time to time by any Designated Stock Exchange Rules or otherwise required by applicable law.

Appointment, Disqualification and Removal of Directors

 

103.

The Board shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively, with as nearly equal a number of Directors in each group as possible. Director nominees shall be elected by an Ordinary Resolution of Shareholders in accordance with these Articles at each annual general meeting of the Company to fill the seats of those Directors whose terms expire at such annual general meeting, and the persons to stand for election at each annual general meeting of the Company shall be nominated by our Board, after consultation with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (if such committee is established). At the annual general meeting of our Members to be held in 2018, the term of office of the Class I Directors will expire and Class I Directors will be elected for a full term of three years. At the annual general meeting of our Members to be held in 2019, the term of office of the Class II Directors will expire and Class II Directors will be elected for a full term of three years. At the annual general meeting of our Members to be held in 2020, the term of office of the Class III Directors will expire and Class III Directors will be elected for a full term of three

 

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  years. At each succeeding annual general meeting of our Members, Directors will be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the Directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual general meeting. Marcio Kumruian and Francisco Alvarez-Demalde shall be the initial Class I Directors, Frederico Brito e Abreu and Ricardo Knoepfelmacher shall be the initial Class II Directors and Nilesh Lakhani shall be the initial Class III Director.

 

104. Each Director shall hold office until his successor is duly elected or appointed or his earlier resignation or removal notwithstanding any agreement between the Company and such Director. Directors are eligible for re-election.

 

105. Subject to Article 111, any vacancies on the Board arising other than upon the expiry of a Director’s term at an annual general meeting can be filled only by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors holding office (notwithstanding that the remaining Directors may constitute less than a quorum) appointing an interim Director to fill such vacancy until the next annual general meeting of Shareholders. Additions to the existing Board can be filled only by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors holding office (notwithstanding that the remaining Directors may constitute less than a quorum).

 

106. Members do not have the right to nominate, elect or remove Directors, or to fill any Board vacancies arising other than upon the expiry of a Director’s term at an annual general meeting pursuant to Article 103.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

110. The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

  (a) he becomes prohibited by law from being a Director;

 

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

 

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

 

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  (d) he resigned his office by notice to the Company;

 

  (e) he has for more than six months been absent without permission of the Directors from meetings of Directors held during that period and the Directors resolve that his office be vacated;

 

111. In the event of a vacancy, a replacement Director shall be nominated by a simple majority of the remaining Directors holding office, or if a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has been established, by such committee, upon which the remaining Directors holding office may elect and appoint any such nominee as an interim Director pursuant to Article 105.

Remuneration of Directors

 

112. The Directors shall be entitled to such remuneration as the Board may determine and, unless otherwise determined, the remuneration shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. If established, the Compensation Committee will assist the Board in reviewing and approving compensation decisions.

 

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

Directors’ Expenses

 

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

Directors’ Appointments and Interests

 

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

 

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116. Subject to the Law and listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, if he has disclosed to the Directors the nature and extent of any material interest of his, a Director notwithstanding his office:

 

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

 

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

 

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

117.    For the purposes of the preceding Article:

 

  (a) a general notice given to the Directors that a Director is to be regarded as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the Director has an interest in any such transaction of the nature and extent so specified; and

 

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

 

118. A Director must disclose any material interest pursuant to the Articles, and such Director may not vote at any meeting of Directors or of a committee of Directors on any resolution concerning a matter in which he has, directly or indirectly, an interest or duty. The Director shall be counted in the quorum present at a meeting when any such resolution is under consideration and such resolution may be passed by a majority of the disinterested Directors present at the meeting even if such disinterested Directors together constitute less than a quorum.

 

119. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Independent Director” as defined in the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, and with respect of whom the Board has determined constitutes an “Independent Director” for purposes of compliance with applicable law or the Company’s listing requirements, shall without the consent of the Audit Committee take any of the foregoing actions or any other action that would reasonably be likely to affect such Director’s status as an “Independent Director” of the Company.

 

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Directors’ Gratuities and Pensions

 

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

Proceedings of Directors

 

121. The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be equal to a majority of the Directors then holding office if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if there is only one Director. A person who holds office as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. A Director who also acts as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, count twice towards the quorum.

 

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

 

123. Meetings of the Directors shall be held at least once every calendar quarter and shall take place either in São Paulo, Brazil or in the United States or elsewhere previously agreed among the Directors. A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting and is counted in a quorum and entitled to vote.

 

124. A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Directors (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointor and if such alternate Director is also a Director, being entitled to sign such resolution both on behalf of his appointer and in his capacity as a Director) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

125. A Director or alternate Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least ten (10) clear days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis .

 

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126. The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

127. The Directors may elect a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he is to hold office; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within thirty minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

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

 

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

Secretary and other officers

 

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

Minutes

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Seal

 

132.

    (a)   

The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of Directors authorised by the Directors. The Directors may determine who shall sign any instrument to which the Seal is affixed, and unless otherwise so determined every such instrument shall be signed by a Director and by the Secretary or by a second Director.

 

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

 

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

 

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

Dividends

 

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

 

134.

Subject to the provisions of the Law, the Directors may declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the Members and authorize payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefore. If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of shares the Directors may pay dividends on shares which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on shares which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends, but no dividend shall be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrears. The Directors may also pay at intervals settled by them any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears that there are sufficient funds of the Company lawfully available for distribution to justify the payment. Provided the

 

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  Directors act in good faith they shall not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss they may suffer by the lawful payment of a dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

 

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

 

136. Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares on which the dividend is paid. All dividends shall be paid in proportion to the number of shares a Member holds during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid; but, if any share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that share shall rank for dividend accordingly.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Accounting Records and Audit

 

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

 

143. The Directors may from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors, and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by applicable law, listing rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Policy Agreement or authorized by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.

 

144. Subject to Article 143, a printed copy of the Directors’ report, accompanied by the consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, comprehensive income (loss), cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity, including every document required by the Law to be annexed thereto, made up to the end of the applicable financial year, shall be sent to each person entitled thereto at least ten (10) days before the date of the general meeting and laid before the Company at the annual general meeting held in accordance with Article 53 provided that this Article 144 shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent to any person whose address the Company is not aware or to more than one of the joint holders of any shares.

 

145. The requirement to send to a person referred to in Article 144 the documents referred to in that Article shall be deemed satisfied where, in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the Company publishes copies of the documents referred to in Article 144 on the Company’s Web-sites, transmits it to SEC’s website or in any other permitted manner (including by sending any other form of electronic communication), and that person has agreed or is deemed by the Company to have agreed to treat the publication or receipt of such documents in such manner as discharging the Company’s obligation to send to him a copy of such documents.

 

146. Respected Article 147 below, subject to the applicable law and rules of any Designated Stock Exchange, the accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall be audited in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Company by Ordinary Resolution or failing any such determination by the Directors or failing any determination as aforesaid shall not be audited.

 

147. The Audit Committee (or in the absence of such an Audit Committee, the Board) shall appoint an auditor of the Company who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Audit Committee (or the Board, as applicable) and shall fix his or their remuneration.

 

148. Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.

 

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Capitalisation of Profits

 

149. The Directors may:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  (e) authorize any person to enter on behalf of all the Members concerned into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment of them respectively, credited as fully paid, of any shares or debentures to which they may be entitled upon such capitalization, any agreement made under such authority being binding on all such Members.

Share Premium Account

 

150. The Directors shall in accordance with Section 34 of the Law establish a share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share or capital contributed as described in Article 10.

 

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151. There shall be debited to any share premium account:

 

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

 

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

Notices

 

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

 

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

 

154. Any notice or other document, if served by:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

Winding Up

 

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

 

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

 

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Indemnity

 

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

 

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

 

  (c)

The Company hereby acknowledges that certain Indemnified Persons may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance from or against (other than directors’ and officers’ or similar insurance obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including any such insurance obtained or maintained pursuant to Article 161 hereof) the Other Indemnitors. The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort ( i.e. , its obligations to an Indemnified Person are primary and any

 

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  obligation of the Other Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an Indemnified Person and shall be liable for the full amount of all Losses to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of these Articles (or any other agreement between the Company and an Indemnified Person), without regard to any rights an Indemnified Person may have against the Other Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Other Indemnitors on behalf of an Indemnified Person with respect to any claim for which such Indemnified Person has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and respected Article 164 below, the Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Indemnified Person against the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, no Person or entity providing Directors’ or officers’ or similar insurance obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including any Person providing such insurance obtained or maintained pursuant to Article 161 hereof shall be an Other Indemnitor.

 

161. The Directors may exercise all the power of the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of a Person who is or was (whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of Article 160 or under applicable law):

 

  (a) a Director, alternate Director, Secretary or auditor of the Company or of a company which is or was a subsidiary undertaking of the Company or in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); or

 

  (b) the trustee of a retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which a person referred to in the preceding paragraph is or has been interested,

indemnifying him against any liability which may lawfully be insured against by the Company.

Financial Year

 

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

 

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Amendment of Memorandum and Articles

 

163.

    (a)   

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

 

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

Claims Against the Company

 

164. Notwithstanding Article 160(c), unless otherwise determined by a majority of the Board, in the event that (i) any Member (the “Claiming Party”) initiates or asserts any claim or counterclaim (“Claim”) or joins, offers substantial assistance to or has a direct financial interest in any Claim against the Company and (ii) the Claiming Party (or the third party that received substantial assistance from the Claiming Party or in whose Claim the Claiming Party had a direct financial interest) does not obtain a judgment on the merits in which the Claiming Party prevails, then each Claiming Party shall, to the fullest extent permissible by law, be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Company for all fees, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses) that the Company may incur in connection with such Claim.

Transfer by way of Continuation

 

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

Information

 

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

 

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Exhibit 4.01.02

FORM OF FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

This FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of [                ], 2017 by and among Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, an exempted company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “ Company ”), CDK Net Fund IC, HCFT Holdings, LLC and, for purposes of Sections 3.10, 3.12, 4.5, 5.5, 6 and 7, Marcio Kumruian and Hagop Chabab (each a “ Founder ” and together, the “ Founders ”), and the investors listed on Schedule A hereto (each an “ Investor ” and together, the “ Investors ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS , on March 30, 2017, upon the execution of a written resolution, the Major Investors and the Founders of the Company, on behalf of themselves and all Holders of the Company, approved the initial public offering of the Company, and agreed to amend and restate Sections 5.1, 6.2., 6.3. and 7.14 of the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement of the Company dated March 20, 2015 (the “ Existing Shareholders Agreement ”) under the terms set forth thereto; and

WHEREAS , on March 30, 2017, IFC, upon the execution of a written resolution agreed to amend and restate Section 5.1 of the Existing Shareholders Agreement under the terms set forth thereto.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing premises and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1.     Definitions .

1.1     1933 Act . The term “1933 Act” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

1.2     1934 Act . The term “1934 Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

1.3     Accounting Standards . The term “Accounting Standards” means the International Financial Reporting Standards (“ IFRS ”) promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Boards (“ IASB ”) (which include standards and interpretations approved by the IASB and International Accounting Standards issued under previous constitutions), together with its pronouncements thereon from time to time, and applied on a consistent basis; provided, however, that, with respect to any Subsidiary located in Mexico, “Accounting Standards” shall mean Mexican Financial Reporting Standards and with respect to any Subsidiary located in Argentina, “Accounting Standards” shall mean Argentine Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.


1.4     Affiliate . The term “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, or in the case of an Investor, under common management with, such Person, provided that , for the purposes of this Agreement, no entity other than entities managed or controlled by GIC Pte Ltd. shall be deemed an Affiliate of the GIC Investor. In the event the Person is an individual, the term “Affiliate” shall mean his/her spouse, parent, son or daughter or a non-individual Person Controlled by him/her.

1.5     Applicable Law . The term “Applicable Law” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any federal, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Entity that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.

1.6     Articles . The term “Articles” shall mean the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as in effect from time to time.

1.7     Board . The term “Board” shall mean the Company’s Board of Directors.

1.8     Clemenceau . The term “Clemenceau” shall mean Clemenceau Investments Pte Ltd.

1.9     Control . The term “Control” (including correlative terms “Controlling,” “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, including the power to elect the majority of the members of the board of directors and/or other bodies governing the affairs of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

1.10     CVM . The term “CVM” shall mean Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (the Brazilian Securities Commission).

1.11     Director . The term “Director” shall mean an individual member of the Board.

1.12     Dollars and $. The terms Dollars and $ shall mean United States Dollars .

1.13     Equity Securities . The term “Equity Securities” shall mean Shares, any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares and preferred shares of the Company, as adjusted by any capital increase, share split, share dividend, combination, subdivision, recapitalization or the like.

1.14     Form F-3 . The term “Form F-3” shall mean such form under the 1933 Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the 1933 Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

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1.15     GIC Investor . The term “GIC Investor” shall mean Archy LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America.

1.16     Governmental Entity . The term “Governmental Entity” shall mean any domestic or foreign governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission, any court, tribunal or arbitral body, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental authority.

1.17     Government Official . The term “Government Official” shall mean any officer or employee of any Governmental Entity or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or of any government-owned or government-controlled corporation or any public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such Governmental Entity or department, agency, instrumentality, corporation or public international organization.

1.18     Guaranty . The term “Guaranty” shall mean all obligations of a Person under any contract, instrument or other commitment, obligation or arrangement or other obligation in existence for which such Person is or may be liable, as guarantor, original tenant, primary obligor, Person required to provide financial support or collateral in any form whatsoever, or otherwise (including by reason of performance guarantees).

1.19     Holders . The term “Holders” shall mean the Founders, the Investors and any Persons who have acquired Registrable Securities from any of such Persons or their transferees or assignees in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

1.20     ICQ . The term “ICQ” shall mean ICQ Investments V LP and ICQ Investments 16, LP.

1.21     IFC . The term “IFC” shall mean the International Finance Corporation.

1.22     IFC Observer . The term “IFC Observer” shall mean the Board observer designated by the IFC in accordance with Section 5.10.

1.23     Indebtedness . The term “Indebtedness” shall mean in respect of any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes and/or similar instruments, (c) any accrued interest charges, (d) all capital lease obligations of such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of drawn letters of credit or drawn bankers’ acceptances, (f) the net position of such Person under all agreements or contracts documenting derivative or hedging transactions, (g) all indebtedness of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) (inclusive) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right to be secured by) a Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (h) all Guaranties by such Person of indebtedness of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) (inclusive) of others.

 

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1.24     Initial Public Offering . The term “Initial Public Offering” means the first public offering of Shares or other Registrable Securities of the Company under the 1933 Act or under Brazilian Applicable Law, as the case may be.

1.25     Investor Director . The term “Investor Director” shall mean each of (a) the two (2) Directors nominated by Tiger Global Private Investment Partners V, L.P. and Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VI, L.P. (together, the “ Tiger Investors ”), (b) the one (1) Director nominated by Clemenceau, (c) the one (1) Director nominated by the GIC Investor, and (d) the one (1) Director nominated by the Riverwood Investors, all elected in accordance with Section 5.2.

1.26     Kaszek Investors . The term “Kaszek Investors” shall mean Kaszek Ventures I, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-A, L.P., Kaszek Ventures I-B, L.P. and Kaszek Ventures I-C, L.P., together.

1.27     Lien . The term “Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, injunction, restriction, assignment, option, claim, promise to contract, compromise or other encumbrance or interest of any kind, in respect of any such property or asset or upon the income revenue or profits therefrom, including (i) any security interest in any right to participate in revenues, profits, royalties, rents or other income in any way derived from or attributable to such property or asset or any rights arising therefrom; (ii) any acquisition of or option or right to acquire such property or asset including upon conditional sale or other title retention agreement or arrangement; and (iii) any agreement to create or grant any of the foregoing.

1.28     Liquidity Event. The term “Liquidity Event” shall mean (A) the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (B) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity (except a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Shares of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to hold at least fifty point one percent (50.1%) of the voting power of the Company or the surviving or acquiring entity), (C) the Transfer (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a Person or group of affiliated Persons (other than the Founders or the Investors, or an underwriter of the Company’s securities), of the Company’s securities if, after such Transfer, such Person or group of affiliated Persons would hold fifty (50%) or more of the voting power of the Company (or the surviving or acquiring entity) or (D) an Initial Public Offering; provided , however , that a transaction shall not constitute a Liquidity Event if its sole purpose is to change the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the Persons who held the Company’s Equity Securities immediately prior to such transaction.

1.29     Major Investors . The term “Major Investors” shall mean each of the Tiger Investors, Clemenceau, the GIC Investor and the Riverwood Investors.

1.30     March 2015 Investors . The term “March 2015 Investors” shall mean those Investors that purchased Shares pursuant to the March 2015 Subscription Agreement and listed on Schedule A thereto.

 

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1.31     March 2015 Subscription Agreement . The term “March 2015 Subscription Agreement ” shall mean that certain Ordinary Share Subscription Agreement dated March 16, 2015 by and among the Company, the Founders and the March 2015 Investors.

1.32     May 2014 Investors . The term “May 2014 Investors” shall mean those Investors that purchased Shares pursuant to the May 2014 Subscription Agreement and listed on Schedule A thereto.

1.33     May 2014 Subscription Agreement . The term “May 2014 Subscription Agreement” shall mean that certain Ordinary Share Subscription Agreement dated May 5, 2014 by and among the Company, the Founders and the May 2014 Investors.

1.34     Party . The term “Party” shall mean each party hereto.

1.35     Person . The term “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or any other entity or Governmental Entity.

1.36     Policy Agreement . The term “Policy Agreement” shall mean that certain Policy Agreement dated March 2015 between the Company and IFC, as amended on February 22, 2017.

1.37     Qualified Public Offering . The term “Qualified Public Offering” shall mean a U.S. Qualified IPO with a consolidated pre-money equity value of at least $1.25 billion.

1.38     Reais and R$ . The terms “Reais” and “R$” shall mean the Brazilian currency Reais.

1.39    “ register ”, registered and registration ” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the 1933 Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.

1.40     Registrable Securities . The term “Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Shares held by any Holder, (ii) any Shares issuable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of Equity Securities held by any Holder, (iii) any Shares issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the Shares referenced in (i) or (ii) above; provided that no Share shall be a Registrable Security that (x) may be sold in any ninety (90)-day period without registration under the 1933 Act in compliance with Rule 144 and is held by a Holder holding one percent (1%) or less of the Company’s outstanding Shares or (y) has been sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 are met. The number of shares of Registrable Securities outstanding shall be determined by the number of Shares outstanding that are, and the number of Shares issuable pursuant to then convertible, exchangeable or exercisable Equity Securities that are, Registrable Securities.

 

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1.41     Riverwood Investors . The term “Riverwood Investors” shall mean, collectively, Riverwood Capital Partners II, L.P., Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel-B) L.P., Boscolo Intervest Limited, and Macro Continental, Inc.

1.42     Rule 144 . The term “Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 (or any successor provisions) under the 1933 Act.

1.43     SEC . The term “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

1.44     Shares . The term “Shares” shall mean ordinary shares of the Company.

1.45     Subsidiary . The term “Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any entity in which the ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the management are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, NS2.com Internet S.A (“ NS2 ”), NS5 Participações Ltda., NS6 Serviços e Consultoria Internet Ltda., Netshoes Holdings, LLC, NS3 Internet S.A., NS4.com Internet S.A. de C.V., and NS4 Servicios de Mexico S.A. de C.V. shall be considered Subsidiaries of the Company.

1.46     Transfer . For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Transfer” shall mean, with respect to any Equity Securities of the Company, any sale, assignment, Lien, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by bequest, devise or descent, or other transfer or disposition of any kind, including, but not limited to, transfers pursuant to divorce or legal separation, transfers to receivers, levying creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy proceedings or general assignees for the benefit of creditors, whether voluntary, involuntarily or by operation of law, directly or indirectly (including the Transfer of a controlling interest in any entity the assets of which consist at least in part of Equity Securities). “ Transferor and “ transferee have meanings corresponding to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, a repurchase of Equity Securities from IFC pursuant to the Policy Agreement shall not be considered a Transfer.

1.47     U.S. Qualified IPO . The term “U.S. Qualified IPO” shall mean the closing of a transaction resulting from an underwriting, distribution, placement facilitation or other type of customary agreement between the Company and one or more financial institutions for an underwritten Initial Public Offering of the Company’s Shares in the United States, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 under the 1933 Act in such jurisdiction.

2.     Registration Rights . The Company covenants and agrees that the Holders shall be entitled to the rights set forth in this Section 2 with respect to any Initial Public Offering of Registrable Securities in the United States registered under the 1933 Act, and the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith appropriate agreements containing any analogous or equivalent rights with respect to any other offering of Registrable Securities in any other jurisdiction pursuant to which the Company undertakes to offer publicly or list such Registrable Securities for trading on a recognized securities exchange.

 

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2.1     Qualified Public Offering .

(a)    The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete a Qualified Public Offering by December 31, 2017. At any time after December 31, 2017, if a Qualified Public Offering has not occurred, any Holder holding at least four hundred thousand (400,000) Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, subdivisions, recapitalizations or the like) shall have the right to call a shareholders’ meeting at which the Holders shall all vote in favor of engaging an investment bank mandated to: (i) analyze at least the U.S. market conditions for new issuances and evaluate the feasibility of a Qualified Public Offering in each or all of these markets, and (ii) act as lead manager in a Qualified Public Offering. For the purpose of engaging the investment bank, the Company shall deliver a list of at least three (3) investment banks (such investment banks each being among the ten (10) largest investment banks in terms of total volume of equity capital markets transactions in both the United States and Brazil according to the most recent league tables prepared by Thomson Reuters), from which the Investors shall select one investment bank. The Company shall instruct the investment bank selected by the Investors at such meeting to prepare its report (the “ Report ”) as promptly as practicable, but no later than sixty (60) days from the engagement of the investment bank, and to include a recommendation on which market(s) the Shares should be listed, an estimate of the Company’s valuation and the expected volume of trading in the Shares in the event of a Qualified Public Offering. The investment bank so selected shall be instructed so that the valuation range (maximum and minimum values) presented in the Report is not greater than thirty percent (30%). Within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of such Report, the Holders shall review the estimated valuation provided therein and provide the Company with written notice of its decision to either accept or reject such valuation.

(b)    If (i) the Report produced in accordance with Section 2.1(a) concludes that market conditions are favorable and the Company’s consolidated pre-money equity value is at least $1.25 billion and recommends a Qualified Public Offering; and (ii) at least one (1) Holder holding at least four hundred thousand (400,000) Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, subdivisions, recapitalizations or the like) provides the Company with written notice of its acceptance of the valuation contained in such Report, within twenty (20) days of the receipt of such written notice, the Company shall give written notice of such acceptance to all other Holders and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, as soon as practicable, a Qualified Public Offering (within the timing recommended by the Report); provided that the Holder(s) shall be entitled to the right set forth in Section 2.1(c); and provided , further , that the Company shall sell on a primary basis in such Qualified Public Offering an additional number of Shares as necessary to satisfy any applicable free float listing requirements.

(c)    Each Holder shall have the right to include all or a part of its Registrable Securities in the Qualified Public Offering. If any Holder requests in response to the acceptance notice that its Registrable Securities be included in the Qualified Public Offering (each an “ Accepting Holder ”), such Qualified Public Offering shall be conditioned upon participation of such Accepting Holder(s) in such underwriting. Each Accepting Holder proposing to distribute its Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities included in such offering, then the Company shall so advise all Accepting Holders and the number of Registrable Securities that

 

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may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Accepting Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Accepting Holder. In no event shall the Registrable Securities of an Accepting Holder be excluded from such underwriting unless such Accepting Holder elects to be excluded or all other Accepting Holders’ Registrable Securities and all securities (other than Registrable Securities) proposed to be registered for the account of other security holders are also excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, for any Accepting Holder electing to include Registrable Securities in the Qualified Public Offering that is an investment fund, partnership or corporation, the affiliated investment funds, partners, retired partners and shareholders of such Accepting Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single Accepting Holder, and any pro rata reduction with respect to such Accepting Holder shall be based upon the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all such related entities and individuals.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not effect any initial public offering of the shares (“ IPO Shares ”) of NS2 or any other Subsidiary (any such offering, a “ Subsidiary IPO ” and, any such Subsidiary, an “ IPO Company ”), unless in connection therewith the Shares held by each Holder are converted to or exchanged for IPO Shares or shares of the IPO Company are distributed in kind to such Holders, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions (an “ IPO Reorganization ”). Such IPO Reorganization shall be effected in a manner so as to provide each Holder of the Company IPO Shares in an amount that would result in such Holder owning the same pro-rata portion of the IPO Company as represented by the Shares then held by such Holder in the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not effect an IPO Reorganization, and shall not effect a Subsidiary IPO, unless each of the Major Investors shall have consented thereto in writing (which consent may be withheld in such Major Investor’s sole discretion) in accordance with Section 3.10(k). In the event that the Company determines to effect a Subsidiary IPO and an IPO Reorganization is consented to by all of the Major Investors, the Company, the Founders and the Holders agree to cooperate with the Company to effect such IPO Reorganization.

2.2     Initial Public Offering . In connection with any Initial Public Offering that is not a Qualified Public Offering, each Holder shall have the right to include all or a part of its Registrable Securities in the Initial Public Offering (each a “ Participating Holder ”). Each Participating Holder proposing to distribute its Registrable Securities through the Initial Public Offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities included in such offering, then the Company shall so advise all Participating Holders and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Participating Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Participating Holder. In no event shall the Registrable Securities of a Participating Holder be excluded from such underwriting unless such Participating Holder elects to be excluded or all other Participating Holders’ Registrable Securities and all securities (other than Registrable Securities) proposed to be registered for the account of other security holders are also excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be

 

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withdrawn from the registration. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, for any Participating Holder electing to include Registrable Securities in the Initial Public Offering that is an investment fund, partnership or corporation, the affiliated investment funds, partners, retired partners and shareholders of such Participating Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single Participating Holder, and any pro rata reduction with respect to such Participating Holder shall be based upon the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all such related entities and individuals.

2.3     Request for Registration .

(a)    At any time after six (6) months from the effective date of a U.S. Qualified IPO, any Investor or Founder (the “ Initiating Holders ”) may deliver a written request (if made by an Investor, an “ Investor Request ”, and if made by a Founder, a “ Founder Request ”) that the Company file a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least $5,000,000. Within twenty (20) days of the receipt of such written request, the Company shall give written notice of such request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.3, use commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the 1933 Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.3(a).

(b)    If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their written request by means of an underwritten public offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of such request and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.3(a). In such event the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting. All Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority-in-interest of the Founders and a majority-in-interest of the Investors (each such majority-in-interest based upon shares of Registrable Securities requested to be registered)). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.3 to the contrary, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities included in such offering, then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Holder. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all other shareholders’ securities, and all other Company’s securities, if applicable, are first excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.

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(i)    in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act; or

(ii)    with respect to the Investors, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations for each Investor pursuant to Investor Requests, as the case may be, under this Section 2.3, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective, or, with respect to the Founders, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to Founder Requests under this Section 2.3, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or

(iii)    during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of (A) a separate registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 or (B) a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.4 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or

(iv)    if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form F-3 pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof; or

(v)    if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company for such registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12)-month period and provided , further , that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such ninety (90)-day period (other than a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the 1933 Act).

2.4     Company Registration .

(a)    If, at any time after a U.S. Qualified IPO, the Company proposes to register (including a registration effected by the Company for shareholders other than the Holders) any of its Equity Securities under the 1933 Act in connection with the public offering of such securities (other than a registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 or 2.5, a registration relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company share plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the 1933 Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in which the only Shares being registered are Shares

 

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issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 7.3, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(c), use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be registered under the 1933 Act all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder requests to be registered.

(b)     Right to Terminate Registration . The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.4 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.

(c)     Underwriting Requirements . In connection with any underwritten public offering subject to this Section 2.4 the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by the Company (or by other persons entitled to select the underwriters) and enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with such underwriters. If the total amount of Registrable Securities requested by Holders to be included in such offering exceeds the amount that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of Registrable Securities that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering of the securities that the Company proposes to register. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such offering unless all securities (other than Registrable Securities) proposed to be registered for the account of the Company or other security holders have been first excluded. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by Holders can be included in such offering, then the Holders’ Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among such Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Holder. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, for any selling Holder selling Registrable Securities that is an investment fund, partnership or corporation, the affiliated investment funds, partners, retired partners and shareholders of such Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all such related entities and individuals.

2.5     Form F-3 Registration . In case the Company shall receive from any Holder (the “ F-3 Initiating Holders ”) a written request or requests (if made by an Investor, an “ Investor F-3 Request ”, and if made by a Founder, a “ Founder F-3 Request ”) that the Company effect a registration on Form F-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company shall:

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(b)    use commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of such Holders’ Registrable Securities as specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company, provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.5:

(i)    if Form F-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders;

(ii)    if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and, in the case of any other holders, such other securities, at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than $1,000,000;

(iii)    if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.5 a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company for such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the F-3 Initiating Holders, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12)-month period and provided , further , that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such ninety (90)-day period (other than a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the 1933 Act);

(iv)    if the Company has, within the twelve (12)-month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two (2) registrations on Form F-3 for each of the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.5; or

(v)    in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act.

(c)    If the F-3 Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritten public offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.5 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.5(a). The provisions of Section 2.3(b) shall be applicable to such request (with the substitution of Section 2.5 for references to Section 2.3 and the substitution of Investor F-3 Request and Founder F-3 Request for Investor Request and Founder Request, respectively, when referring to Section 2.3(a)).

 

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(d)    Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the F-3 Initiating Holders. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall not be counted as requests for registration effected pursuant to Section 2.3.

2.6     Obligations of the Company . Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect a U.S. Qualified IPO or the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

(a)    and in no event later than (i) ninety (90) days counted after the date of notice provided for under Section 2.1(b)(ii); or (ii) thirty (30) days after the date of the Investor Request or Founder Request provided for under Section 2.3 or an Investor F-3 Request or Founder F-3 Request provided for under Section 2.5, prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within ninety (90) days after the date of such filing, and, upon the request of any Holder of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the Registration Statement has been completed; provided , however , that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) days period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter, from selling any Registrable Securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable rules, such period shall be extended for the period necessary to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;

(b)    prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

(c)    furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them;

(d)    use commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act;

 

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(e)    in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering;

(f)    notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;

(g)    cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 to be listed on a national exchange or trading system and on each securities exchange and trading system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed; and

(h)    provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 2.6 to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to suspend, for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days in the aggregate, the effectiveness or use of, or trading under, any registration statement if the Company shall determine that the sale of any securities pursuant to such registration statement would in the good faith judgment of the Company be seriously detrimental to the Company; provided , however , that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise its rights pursuant to this paragraph more than two times in any calendar year.

In the event of the suspension of effectiveness of any registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.6, the applicable time period during which such registration statement is to remain effective shall be extended by that number of days equal to the number of days the effectiveness of such registration statement was suspended.

2.7     Information from Holder . It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.

2.8     Expenses of Registration . All expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to this Section 2 including all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Holders, which counsel shall be selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold pursuant to any registration statement, shall be borne by the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.8 to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration

 

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proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 2.5 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Initiating Holders or F-3 Initiating Holders (in which case all participating Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless, in the case of a registration requested under Section 2.3, the Initiating Holders agree to forfeit their right to one demand registration pursuant to Section 2.3 and provided , however , that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness following disclosure by the Company of such material adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to Section 2.3 and 2.5.

2.9     Delay of Registration . No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.

2.10     Indemnification . In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:

(a)    To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the partners, officers, directors, members and shareholders of each Holder, legal counsel and accountants for each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the 1933 Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who Controls such Holder or underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under Applicable Law (including the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any foreign or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or any foreign or state securities laws), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following (each a “ Violation ”): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in such registration statement a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any foreign or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or any foreign or state securities laws, and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, underwriter, Controlling Person or other aforementioned Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 2.10(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation that occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter, Controlling Person or other aforementioned Person; provided , further , however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or underwriter or other

 

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aforementioned Person, or any Person Controlling such Holder or underwriter, from whom the Person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased Shares in the offering, if a copy of the most current prospectus was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Holder or underwriter or other aforementioned Person to such Person, if required by law to have been so delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Shares to such Person, and if the prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.

(b)    To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person, if any, who Controls the Company, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any Controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing Persons may become subject, under Applicable Law (including the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any foreign or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or any foreign or state securities laws), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will reimburse any Person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 2.10(b) for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 2.10(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and provided that in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection 2.10(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.

(c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.10 of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.10, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided , however , that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.10 to the extent of such prejudice, but the omission to so deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.10.

 

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(d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.10 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided , however , that no contribution by any Holder, when combined with any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.10(b), shall exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e)    Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.10 to the contrary, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

(f)    The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.10 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities

2.11     Reports Under the 1934 Act . With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form F-3, the Company agrees to:

(a)    make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the Initial Public Offering;

(b)    file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act; and

(c)    furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time following ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form F-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to avail any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.

 

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2.12     Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2 may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such Registrable Securities that (a) is an Affiliate of such Holder or (b) after such assignment or transfer, holds at least at least four hundred thousand (400,000) shares of Registrable Securities (appropriately adjusted for any share split, dividend, combination, subdivision, recapitalization or the like), in each case, subject to the limitations provided for in Section 6.5, and provided that : (i) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; (ii) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Section 2.14 below; and (iii) such assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such transfer the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act. For the purposes of this Section 2.12, any assignee or transferee of Registrable Securities and the rights under this Section 2 to cause the Company to register such Registrable Securities from a Founder, Investor, or any Person that has acquired Registrable Securities and such rights from any assignee or transferee of any such Person, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, shall be a Founder or Investor, as the case may be.

2.13     Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights . From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Founders and all of the Major Investors, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include any of such securities in any registration filed under this Section 2, unless under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the Holders that are included.

2.14     Market Stand-Off Agreement .

(a)    Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to a Qualified Public Offering and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) except for sales of Registrable Securities in a Qualified Public Offering (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares held immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for such offering, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14

 

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shall apply only to a Qualified Public Offering, and shall only be applicable to the Holders if all officers, directors and greater than one percent (1%) shareholders of the Company enter into similar agreements. The underwriters in connection with a Qualified Public Offering are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 2.14 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in a Qualified Public Offering that are consistent with this Section 2.14 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.

In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder (and the shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction) until the end of such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if (i) during the last seventeen (17) days of the one hundred eighty (180)-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (ii) prior to the expiration of the one hundred eighty (180)-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16)-day period beginning on the last day of the one hundred eighty (180)-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 2.14 shall continue to apply until the expiration of the eighteen (18)-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

(b)    With respect to a U.S. Qualified IPO, each Holder agrees that a legend reading substantially as follows shall be placed on any share certificates issued in relation to Registrable Securities of each Holder (and the shares or securities of every other person subject to the restriction contained in this Section 2.14):

THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A LOCK-UP PERIOD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ISSUER’S REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AS SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE ISSUER’S REGISTERED OFFICE. SUCH LOCK-UP PERIOD IS BINDING ON TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES.

3.     Covenants .

3.1     Delivery of Financial Statements . Without limiting the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Policy Agreement, the Company shall deliver to each Major Investor, each Kaszek Investor, IFC and ICQ (or transferee of such Major Investor, Kaszek Investor, IFC or ICQ):

(a)    as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income statement and a statement of cash flows for such fiscal year, a balance sheet and statement of shareholders’ equity as of the end of such year, in each case for both the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and unconsolidated basis, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards and audited and certified by independent public accountants of internationally recognized standing selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to each of the Major Investors;

 

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(b)    as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, an unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows for such fiscal quarter and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter, in each case for both the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and unconsolidated basis;

(c)    as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year of the Company, a statement showing (i) the number of shares of each class and series of Equity Securities outstanding at the end of the period, (ii) the number of outstanding share options (including the numbers of vested and unvested options as of the end of the period) and the exercise price applicable thereto, and (iii) the number of shares of share options not yet issued but reserved for issuance as of the end of the period, in each case in sufficient detail as to permit the Major Investors to calculate their respective percentage of equity ownership in the Company.

(d)    as soon as practicable, but in any event at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year, a proposed budget and business plan for the next fiscal year, prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows for such months and, as soon as prepared, any other budgets or business plans, or revised budgets or business plans, prepared by the Company;

(e)    with respect to the financial statements called for in subsection (b) of this Section 3.1, an instrument executed by the Chief Financial Officer or President of the Company certifying that such financial statements were prepared in accordance with IFRS consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (with the exception of footnotes that may be required by IFRS) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment; and

(f)    such other information relating to the financial condition, business or corporate affairs of the Company as the Major Investors, Kaszek Investors, IFC or ICQ may from time to time reasonably request, provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated under this subsection (e) or any other subsection of Section 3.1 to provide information that it deems in good faith to be a trade secret or similar confidential information.

3.2     Inspection . Without limiting the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Policy Agreement, if requested, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall permit the designated representatives of any Major Investor, Kaszek Investor, IFC and ICQ, at such Major Investor’s or such Kaszek Investor’s, IFC’s or ICQ’s expense, as applicable, a reasonable opportunity to visit and inspect the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ properties, to examine their books of account and records and to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours as may be requested by such Major Investor, Kaszek Investor, IFC or ICQ; provided , however , that (i) the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 3.2 to provide access to any information that it reasonably considers to be a trade secret or similar confidential information and (ii) the inspection rights contained in this Section 3.2 may be exercised only once during any twelve (12)-month period.

 

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3.3     Pre-Emptive Rights . Subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Section 3.3, the Company hereby grants to each Holder pre-emptive rights with respect to future sales by the Company of its Equity Securities. Each Holder shall be entitled to apportion the pre-emptive rights hereby granted it among itself and its Affiliates in such proportions as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the foregoing, for purposes of this Section 3.3, the term “Holder” includes Affiliates of such Holder. Each time the Company proposes to offer any Equity Securities, the Company shall first make an offering of such Equity Securities to each Holder in accordance with the following provisions:

(a)    The Company shall deliver a notice in accordance with Section 7.3 (“ Notice ”) to each Holder stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such Equity Securities, (ii) the number of such Equity Securities to be offered and (iii) the price and terms upon which it proposes to offer such Equity Securities.

(b)    By written notification received by the Company within twenty (20) calendar days after the giving of Notice, each Holder may elect to purchase, at the price and on the terms specified in the Notice, up to that portion of such Equity Securities that equals the proportion that the number of Shares issued and held by such Holder (assuming full conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities then outstanding) bears to the total number of Shares then outstanding (assuming full conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities then outstanding) and held by all Holders. The Company shall promptly, in writing, inform each Holder that elects to purchase all the shares available to it (a “ Fully-Exercising Holder ”) of any other Holder’s failure to do likewise (the “ Second Notice ”), which shall also set forth the number of Equity Securities not purchased by the other Holders and shall offer the Fully-Exercising Holders the right to acquire such Equity Securities on the same terms and conditions set forth in the Notice. During the five (5)-day period commencing after delivery of the Second Notice, each Fully-Exercising Holder may deliver a written notice to the Company electing to purchase its pro rata share of that portion of the Equity Securities for which Holders were entitled to subscribe, but which were not subscribed for by the Holders, and indicating the maximum number of Equity Securities that it will purchase if any other Fully-Exercising Holder elects not to purchase its pro rata share of the Equity Securities. Each Holder’s pro rata share of the Equity Securities shall be a fraction of the Equity Securities, the numerator of which shall be the number of Equity Securities (including Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) owned by such Holder on the date of the Second Notice and the denominator shall be the total number of Equity Securities (including any Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) owned by all Fully-Exercising Holders on the date of the Second Notice.

(c)    If all Equity Securities that Holders are entitled to obtain pursuant to subsection 3.3(b) are not elected to be purchased as provided in subsection 3.3(b) hereof, the Company may, during the ninety (90)-day period following the expiration of the period provided in subsection 3.3(b) hereof, offer the remaining unsubscribed portion of such Equity Securities to any person or persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Notice. If the Company does not enter into an agreement for the sale

 

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of the Equity Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within sixty (60) days of the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such Equity Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Holders in accordance herewith.

(d)    The pre-emptive rights in this Section 3.3 shall not be applicable to (i) the issuance or sale of Shares (or options therefor) to employees, directors, consultants and other service providers for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining their services pursuant to plans or agreements approved by the Board; provided that (a) such share sales or grant of options to purchase shares do not constitute in aggregate a sale or grant of options to purchase shares representing greater than 2.5 percent by par value of the total shares in issuance on the date of the sale of the relevant shares or grant of the relevant share options; and (b) the total number of shares issued to employees and options to purchase shares granted to employees do not exceed in aggregate 10 percent by par value of the total shares in issuance at any time; (ii) the issuance of securities pursuant to a Qualified Public Offering; (iii) the issuance of securities pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities; or (iv) the issuance of securities in connection with a bona fide business acquisition of or by the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, sale or exchange of shares or otherwise, which is unanimously approved by the Board. In addition to the foregoing, the pre-emptive rights in this Section 3.3 shall not be applicable with respect to any Holder in any subsequent offering of Shares if (1) at the time of such offering, the Holder is not an “accredited investor,” as that term is then defined in Rule 501(a) of the 1933 Act and (2) such offering of Shares is otherwise being offered only to accredited investors.

3.4     Employee Agreements . Unless unanimously approved by the Board, all future employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries who shall receive grants from the Company of Shares or options to purchase Shares shall be required to execute agreements providing for (i) vesting of such Shares or options over a four (4)-year period with the first twenty five percent (25%) of such Shares vesting following twelve (12) months of continued employment or services, and the remaining Shares vesting in equal monthly installments over the following thirty six (36) months thereafter, (ii) a 180-day lockup period in connection with a Qualified Public Offering, and (iii) a right of first refusal in favor of the Company on transfers of such Shares or options until a Qualified Public Offering.

3.5     Controlled Foreign Corporation .

(a)    No later than ninety (90) days following the end of each Company taxable year, and without limiting the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Policy Agreement, the Company shall provide the following to the Major Investors, Kaszek Investors and ICQ, and, upon request, any other Holder: (i) the Company’s capitalization table as of the end of the last day of such taxable year and (ii) reasonable access to such other Company information as may be required by any United States person treated as the holder, directly or indirectly, of a beneficial interest in the Company to determine the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ status as a “controlled foreign corporation” (“ CFC ”) as defined in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor thereto) (the “ Code ”) and to determine whether the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has generated Subpart F Income (as defined in Section 952 of the Code) (“ Subpart F Income ”) that may be required to be reported by any United States shareholder (as defined in Section 951(b) of the Code) (“ United States shareholder ”) on its United States federal income tax return.

 

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(b)    Each Holder shall, upon request, provide the Company with such information as may be required (i) to determine whether the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a CFC and (ii) to permit the Company or any United States person treated as the holder, directly or indirectly, of a beneficial interest in the Company to comply with any applicable U.S. tax filing obligations.

(c)    Unless the Company reasonably determines, upon the advice of its counsel, that neither it nor any Subsidiary is a CFC, the Company agrees, upon the request of any Holder: (i) to the extent permitted by law, to annually make dividend distributions to its shareholders in an amount up to fifty percent (50%) of the amount of any income that would be deemed distributed to its shareholders pursuant to Section 951(a) of the Code if its shareholders were each United States shareholders and (ii) to use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize Subpart F Income.

3.6     Passive Foreign Investment Company . No later than forty-five (45) days following the end of each Company taxable year, and without limiting the Company’s obligations under the Policy Agreement, the Company shall make available to the Major Investors, Kaszek Investors and ICQ, and, upon request, any other Holders all information that would reasonably permit a determination to be made as to whether the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is expected to be, or was, a “passive foreign investment company” (“ PFIC ”) within the meaning of section 1297 of the Code for that year. If any Holder reasonably believes there is a possibility that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be a PFIC for any taxable year and so notifies the Company, the Company shall, with such advice as may be reasonably requested by the Holders, provide the Holders with the information necessary to permit any United States person treated as the holder, directly or indirectly, of a beneficial interest in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for this purpose to make a “Qualified Electing Fund” election or file a “Protective Statement” pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1295-3, as amended (or any successor thereto) as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of each taxable year of the Company (but in no event later than ninety (90) days following the end of each such taxable year), and shall provide the Holders with reasonable access to such other Company information as may be required for purposes of filing U.S. federal income tax returns in connection with such Qualified Electing Fund election or Protective Statement.

3.7     Additional Tax Matters .

(a)    The Company filed an election to be classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes on Form 8832 on June 23, 2011, and such election has not been revoked. The Company will not elect to be classified as an entity other than a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the Company shall not conduct any activity that would result in the Company either (i) earning unrelated business taxable income as defined in Section 512 of the Code, including unrelated debt-financed income as defined in Section 514 of the Code, or (ii) being engaged in a trade or business within the United States as defined in Section 864(b) of the Code; provided that the Company shall be permitted to be engaged in the trade or business of holding equity interests of another entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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(b)    If any Holder, on its own or on behalf of any United States person treated as the holder of a beneficial interest in the Company for this purpose, notifies the Company that they are subject to the reporting requirements of either or both of Sections 6038 and 6038B, the Company agrees to provide such information as may be necessary to fulfill such person’s obligations thereunder.

(c)    To the extent necessary to prevent any adverse tax consequences under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and any regulations promulgated thereunder and any intergovernmental agreements in respect thereof (“ FATCA ”) or as requested by the GIC Investor, as determined in the GIC Investor’s sole discretion, the Company and its subsidiaries shall comply with the applicable requirements of FATCA. Each Investor and each Founder shall provide the Company with any forms and such other information as the Company may reasonably request from time to time for purposes of such FATCA compliance.

(d)    Before any withholding tax shall be applied to any payment from a subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to any payment from the Company to the GIC Investor, Riverwood Investors or IFC, the Company shall timely inform the GIC Investor, Riverwood Investors or IFC, as applicable, about such withholding tax and shall reasonably cooperate with the GIC Investor, Riverwood Investors and IFC to minimize or avoid any such withholding tax. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment from the Company or any subsidiary of the Company to IFC shall be made without deduction for any taxes, duties, costs or other charges unless such deduction is required pursuant to Applicable Law (including any laws or regulations with respect to IFC’s immunity from taxation and customs duties in the territories of IFC’s member countries). The Company hereby acknowledges that IFC is immune from all forms of taxation and customs duties, including withholding tax, in the territories of IFC’s member countries. Without prejudice to the second sentence of this Section 3.7(d), the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to assist IFC, including by preparing necessary forms and other paperwork, to obtain the benefits of any immunity, exemption or relief from taxation to which IFC is entitled with respect to taxes imposed in respect of IFC’s ownership of shares in the Company. The Company further agrees that, at IFC’s request, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to make any filings and to take other actions to recover on IFC’s behalf any taxes withheld or paid which are recoverable, in each case with respect to taxes imposed in respect of IFC’s ownership of shares in the Company, but only to the extent that such filings may be made, or such withheld or paid taxes recovered by the Company, and cannot be legally filed, recovered or obtained, as the case may be, by IFC. If Company is required to withhold or deduct taxes, the Company agrees to provide IFC with 20 calendar days’ advance notice of any amounts to be withheld purportedly representing IFC’s tax liability.

3.8     Directors and Officers Liability Insurance . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain, for as long as any representatives of the Investors or the Founders remain on the Board, liability insurance for the Company’s directors and officers and the IFC Observer, in reasonable and customary amounts.

 

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3.9     Indemnification Matters . The Company hereby acknowledges that the Investor Directors and the IFC Observer may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more Investors and certain of their affiliates (collectively, the “ Investor Indemnitors ”). The Company hereby agrees (a) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to any such Investor Director or the IFC Observer are primary and any obligation of the Investor Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Investor Director or the IFC Observer are secondary), (b) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Investor Director or the IFC Observer and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of any such Investor Director or the IFC Observer, to the extent legally permitted and as required by the organizational documents of the Company (or any agreement between the Company and such Investor Director or the IFC Observer), without regard to any rights such Investor Director or the IFC Observer may have against the Investor Indemnitors, and (c) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Investor Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Investor Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Investor Indemnitors on behalf of any such Investor Director or the IFC Observer with respect to any claim for which such Investor Director or the IFC Observer has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Investor Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Investor Director or the IFC Observer against the Company.

3.10     Protective Provisions . For so long as a Major Investor owns at least four hundred thousand (400,000) Shares (as adjusted for any share split, dividend, combination, subdivision, recapitalization or the like), without the prior written consent of each such Major Investor, the Holders shall not approve, and the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to (in each case by amendment of its organizational documents, merger, consolidation or otherwise):

(a)    (i) prior to December 31, 2017, consummate a Liquidity Event in which the consolidated pre-money equity value of the Company and its Subsidiaries is lower than $1.25 billion, or (ii) thereafter consummate an Initial Public Offering that is not a Qualified Public Offering;

(b)    amend the Articles or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries’ constitutive documents, in each case if such amendment would reduce, extinguish or prevent the exercise of any of the powers, preferences or rights of any Holder pursuant to the amended Articles or the constitutive documents of any Subsidiary of the Company or pursuant to this Agreement. For clarification purposes neither (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Policy Agreement nor (ii) the creation of a new series of preferred shares of the Company in the context of a financing transaction pursuant to which only Equity Securities subject to the pre-emptive rights under Section 3.3 are issued will not be considered to “reduce, extinguish or prevent the exercise” of the rights of the Holders under this Section;

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(d)    change the authorized number of Directors, except for (i) the admission, in the context of a financing transaction pursuant to which only Equity Securities subject to the pre-emptive rights under Section 3.3 are issued, of new investors that are not Affiliates of any of the Holders and (ii) the appointment of independent Directors (as defined by the rules of the stock exchange on which the Registrable Securities are proposed to be listed) in anticipation of a Qualified Public Offering, which in both cases may be approved in accordance with the Articles and Applicable Law;

(e)    redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (or pay into or set aside for a sinking fund for such purpose) any Equity Securities; provided , however , that this restriction shall not apply to (i) the repurchase of Shares from employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons performing services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to agreements under which the Company has the option to repurchase such Shares upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment or service, or pursuant to a right of first refusal, or (ii) a repurchase of Equity Securities from IFC pursuant to the Policy Agreement;

(f)    enter into, amend or terminate any transaction or agreement between or among the Company and its subsidiaries on the one hand and any Founder, senior manager, non-executive employee, officer, director or shareholder of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective affiliates or, with respect to individuals, any member of any of such person’s immediate family, or any corporation, partnership or other entity in which such person or family member is an officer, director or partner, or in which such person or family member has ownership or economic interests of otherwise controls or participates (each of which, a “related party”); provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to the entry into an agreement for the issuance of sale of any Equity Securities that is subject to the pre-emptive rights under Section 3.3 or the entry by the Company and IFC into the Policy Agreement or the amendment or termination thereof;

(g)    effect the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;

(h)    adopt any Share plan, equity incentive plan or similar agreement, or modify or amend any such existing plan or agreement, in each case with respect to the Founders and their Affiliates, including to increase the number of Shares reserved for issuance under such plan or agreement;

(i)    issue any equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company or any securities convertible or exchangeable for equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case, other than such issuances to the Company or a Subsidiary;

(j)    declare or pay any dividends in-kind or make any distributions in-kind, in each case, of any securities of any Subsidiary of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company; or

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3.11     Downside Round Protection .

(a)    In the event of issue or sale of Downside Event Shares that results in proceeds payable per Downside Event Share (“ Downside Event Price” ) of less than the price per Share paid by the May 2014 Investors pursuant to the May 2014 Subscription Agreement and/or by the March 2015 Investors pursuant to the March 2015 Subscription Agreement (in each case, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, subdivisions, recapitalizations or the like, and for each of the May 2014 Investors and/or the March 2015 Investors, as the case may be, the “ Investor Price” ) is consummated during the two (2) years following the Closing Date (as defined in the May 2014 Subscription Agreement and/or the March 2015 Subscription Agreement, as applicable), regardless of whether the May 2014 Investors and/or the March 2015 Investors approved or not such issue or sale of the Downside Event Shares (“ Downside Event” ), then as promptly as practicable but in no event later than immediately prior to or at the same time of the consummation of each and any issuance or sale of Downside Event Shares, the Company shall issue, for nominal consideration ( valor simbólico ), for the benefit of each of the May 2014 Investors and/or each of the March 2015 Investors, as applicable, a number of Shares equal to the number of Adjustment Shares, as defined pursuant to the following formulas and rounded up to the nearest whole number:

 

Weighted Average Price    =   (Investor Price x Outstanding Shares) +    (Downside Event Price x Downside Event Shares)
  (Outstanding Shares + Downside Event Shares)

 

Adjustment Shares    =   (Investor Price x Investor Shares)     Investor Shares
  Weighted Average Price

(b)    For the purposes of this Section 3.11:

(i)    “ Outstanding Shares ” shall mean the number of Shares outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale of Downside Event Shares.

(ii)    “ Investor Shares ” shall mean the number of Shares subscribed by each applicable May 2014 Investor pursuant to the May 2014 Subscription Agreement and/or by each applicable March 2015 Investor pursuant to the March 2015 Subscription Agreement, as applicable, and in each case as adjusted by any capital increase, share split, share dividend, combination, subdivision, recapitalization or the like, for any reason whatsoever.

(iii)    “ Downside Event Shares ” shall mean (i) any number of Shares (or any options, rights, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares or preferred shares of the Company, considered as if converted into Shares) to be issued or sold by the Company; (ii) any number of common or preferred equity securities to be issued or sold by any Subsidiary, considered as if converted into Shares; or (iii) any number of equity securities of any Person received by the Holders in exchange for their Shares due to any merger of the Company or of any Subsidiary, such equity securities considered as if converted into Shares; in each case as adjusted by any capital increase, share split, share dividend, combination, subdivision, recapitalization or the like, for any reason whatsoever).

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(d)    The downside ground protection rights in this Section 3.11 shall not be applicable to (i) the issuance or sale of Shares (or options therefor) to employees, directors, consultants and other service providers for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining their services pursuant to plans or agreements approved by the Board; (ii) the issuance of securities pursuant to a Qualified Public Offering; and (iii) the issuance of securities pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable equity securities that were issued prior to the date of this Agreement.

3.12     Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Applicable Anti-Corruption Laws .

(a)     Prohibition of Corrupt Payments . The Company, its Subsidiaries and the Founders covenant and agree that none of the Company, the Founders nor any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, employees, representatives, consultants, agents or shareholders acting on the Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ or the Founders’ behalf will, or will take any action to, in connection with their involvement in the Company, its Subsidiaries or their business, make, offer, promise, agree to make or authorize any payment or transfer of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to (i) any Government Official; (ii) any political party, party official or candidate; (iii) any other Person while knowing that all or a portion of the value will be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to anyone described in items (i) or (ii) above; any owner, director, employee, representative or agent of any actual or potential customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iv) any director, employee, representative or agent of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or of their affiliates; or (v) any other person or entity, for the purpose of influencing any act or decision by such person in his official capacity, inducing such person to violate his lawful duty, or securing any improper advantage; in each case in violation of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 78dd-1, et seq .) (the “ FCPA ”), or any similar applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws of Brazil or of any other relevant jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts business.

(b)     Government Ownership, Change in Ownership or Control . The Company and each of the Founders covenants and agrees that if any Founder, or to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, director, employee, consultant or shareholder of the Company or its Subsidiaries becomes a Government Official in a position to take or influence official action for or against the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company or such Founder shall disclose such fact in writing to the Investors within thirty (30) days of having learned it. If, in the reasonable opinion of the Investors, such fact substantially increases the risks of possible noncompliance by the Company or its Subsidiaries with applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, the Company will consider in good faith appropriate actions to mitigate such risks.

(c)     Notification in Case of Breaches . The Company shall immediately notify the Investors of any breaches to the limitations provided for in Section 3.12(a) and Section 3.12(b), which notification shall be made as soon as the Company and/or the Founders become aware of any such breach.

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accounting controls that provides reasonable assurance that: (i) its transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization; (ii) its transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for its assets; (iii) access to its assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for its assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) it does not maintain off-the-books accounts or more than one set of books, records or accounts.

(e)     Third Parties . The Company has adopted an anti-corruption policy with respect to Company and Subsidiary dealings with third parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investors, as a corporate policy of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “ Anti-Corruption Policy ”). The Company shall maintain in effect the Anti-Corruption Policy and the Anti-Corruption Policy shall not be amended, restated, waived or otherwise modified in any material respect without the approval of a majority in interest of the Investors. The Company covenants and agrees that it and its Subsidiaries will comply with the Anti-Corruption Policy in all interactions with third parties.

(f)     Audit . The Company and the Founders covenant and agree that, upon any Major Investor’s request, they will engage an outside firm, at the Company’s expense, to audit the Company and its Subsidiaries to determine compliance with Applicable Laws, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, providing all information and access necessary for the Major Investors or their representatives to audit the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries. All such audits will be conducted by an independent audit firm selected by the Major Investors, together, in their sole discretion.

4.     Rights of First Refusal and Co-Sale .

4.1     Rights of Refusal .

(a)     Transfer Notice . If at any time a Holder proposes to Transfer Equity Securities (a “ Selling Holder ”), then the Selling Holder shall promptly give the Company and each other Holder that is not affiliated with such Holder (a “ Remaining Holder ”) written notice of the Selling Holder’s intention to make the Transfer (the “ Transfer Notice ”). The Transfer Notice shall include (i) a description of the Equity Securities to be transferred (“ Offered Shares ”), (ii) the name(s) and address(es) of the prospective transferee(s), (iii) the consideration and (iv) the material terms and conditions upon which the proposed Transfer is to be made. If the Transfer is being made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.4, the Transfer Notice shall state under which specific subsection the Transfer is being made. From the date hereof until the consummation of a Liquidity Event, none of the Founders (or any of their transferees or assignees in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement) shall be permitted to Transfer its Equity Securities pursuant to this Section 4 unless the consolidated pre-money equity value of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such proposed Transfer is equal to or greater than $1.25 billion; provided , however, that even in the event the consolidated pre-money equity value of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such proposed Transfer is equal to or greater than $1.25 billion, each Founder shall only be allowed to Transfer up to $30 million worth of Equity Securities prior to the consummation of a Liquidity Event.

 

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(b)     Company’s Right of First Refusal . The Company shall have an option for a period of ten (10) days from delivery of the Transfer Notice to elect to purchase the Offered Shares at the same price and subject to the same material terms and conditions as described in the Transfer Notice. The Company may exercise such purchase option and purchase all, but not less than all, of the Offered Shares by notifying the Selling Holder of its intention in writing before expiration of such ten (10)-day period. If the Company gives the Selling Holder notice that it desires to purchase such shares, then payment for the Offered Shares shall be by check or wire transfer, against delivery of the Offered Shares to be purchased at a place agreed upon between the parties and at the time of the scheduled closing therefor, which shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after delivery to the Company of the Transfer Notice, unless the Transfer Notice contemplated a later closing with the prospective third-party transferee(s) or unless the value of the purchase price has not yet been established pursuant to Section 4.1(e). If the Company fails to purchase all of the Offered Shares by exercising the option granted in this Section 4.1(b) within the period provided, the Offered Shares shall be subject to the options granted to the Remaining Holders pursuant to subsection 4.1(d).

(c)     Additional Transfer Notice . Subject to the Company’s option set forth in Section 4.1(b), if at any time the Selling Holder proposes a Transfer, then, within five (5) days after the Company has declined to purchase all of the Offered Shares or the Company’s option to so purchase the Offered Shares has expired, the Selling Holder shall give each Remaining Holder an “ Additional Transfer Notice ” that shall include all of the information and certifications required in a Transfer Notice and briefly describe the Remaining Holders’ rights of first refusal and co-sale rights with respect to the proposed Transfer.

(d)     Remaining Holders’ Right of First Refusal .

(i)    Each Remaining Holder shall have an option for a period of fifteen (15) days from the delivery of the Additional Transfer Notice from the Selling Holder set forth in Section 4.1(c) to elect to purchase its respective pro rata share of the Offered Shares at the same price and subject to the same material terms and conditions as described in the Additional Transfer Notice. Each Remaining Holder may exercise such purchase option and purchase all, but not less than all, of his, her or its pro rata share of the Offered Shares (a “ Participating Holder ” for the purposes of Section 4.1(d) and 4.1(e)), by notifying the Selling Holder and the Company in writing of its intention to purchase its pro rata share of the Offered Shares, before expiration of the fifteen (15)-day period (the “ Participating Holder Notice ”). Each Remaining Holder’s pro rata share of the Offered Shares shall be a fraction of the Offered Shares, the numerator of which shall be the number of Shares (including Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) owned by such Remaining Holder on the date of the Transfer Notice and denominator of which shall be the total number of Shares (including Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) held by all Remaining Holders on the date of the Transfer Notice.

(ii)    In the event any Remaining Holder elects not to purchase its pro rata share of the Offered Shares available pursuant to its option under subsection 4.1(d)(i) within the time period set forth therein, then the Selling Holder shall promptly give written notice (the “ Overallotment Notice ”) to each Participating Holder

 

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that has elected to purchase all of its pro rata share of the Offered Shares (each a “ Fully Participating Holder ”), which notice shall set forth the number of Offered Shares not purchased by the other Remaining Holders, and shall offer the Fully Participating Holders the right to acquire the unsubscribed shares. Each Fully Participating Holder shall have five (5) days after Delivery of the Overallotment Notice to deliver a written notice to the Selling Holder (the “ Participating Holders Overallotment Notice ”) of its election to purchase its pro rata share of the unsubscribed shares on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Additional Transfer Notice and indicating the maximum number of the unsubscribed shares that it will purchase if any other Fully Participating Holder elects not to purchase its pro rata share of the unsubscribed shares. For purposes of this Section 4.1(d)(ii), the numerator shall be the same as that used in Section 4.1(d)(i) above and the denominator shall be the total number of Shares (including any Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) owned by all Fully Participating Holders on the date of the Transfer Notice. Each Participating Holder shall be entitled to apportion Offered Shares to be purchased among its partners and affiliates (including in the case of an investment fund other investment funds affiliated with such fund), provided that such Participating Holder notifies the Selling Holder of such allocation.

(e)     Payment .

(i)    The Participating Holders shall effect the purchase of the Offered Shares with payment by check or wire transfer, against delivery of the Offered Shares to be purchased at a place agreed upon between the parties and at the time of the scheduled closing therefor, which shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after Delivery to the Company of the Transfer Notice, unless the Transfer Notice contemplated a later closing with the prospective third-party transferee(s) or unless the value of the purchase price has not yet been established pursuant to Section 4.1(e).

(ii)    Should the purchase price specified in the Transfer Notice or Additional Transfer Notice be payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the Company (and the Participating Holders) shall have the right to pay the purchase price in the form of cash equal in amount to the fair market value of such property. If the Selling Holder and the Company (or the Participating Holders) cannot agree on such cash value within ten (10) days after Delivery to the Company of the Transfer Notice (or the Delivery of the Additional Transfer Notice to the Remaining Holders), the valuation shall be made by an appraiser of recognized standing selected by the Selling Holder and the Company (or the Participating Holders) or, if they cannot agree on an appraiser within twenty (20) days after Delivery to the Company of the Transfer Notice (or the Delivery of the Additional Transfer Notice to the Holders), each shall select an appraiser of recognized standing and those appraisers shall designate a third appraiser of recognized standing, whose appraisal shall be determinative of such value. The cost of such appraisal shall be shared equally by the Selling Holder, on the one hand, and the Company (and the Participating Holders), on the other, with the half of the total cost borne by the Company and the Participating Holders allocated pro rata to each party, based on the number of shares such party has expressed an interest in purchasing pursuant to this Section 4. If the time for the closing of the Company’s

 

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purchase or the Participating Holders’ purchase has expired but the determination of the value of the purchase price offered by the prospective transferee(s) has not been finalized, then such closing shall be held on or prior to the fifth (5th) business day after such valuation shall have been made pursuant to this subsection.

4.2     Right of Co-Sale .

(a)    To the extent the Company and the Remaining Holders do not exercise their respective rights of refusal as to all of the Offered Shares pursuant to Section 4.1, then each Holder other than the Selling Holder (a “ Co-Sale Holder ” for purposes of this Agreement) that notifies the Selling Holder in writing within twenty (20) days after delivery of the Additional Transfer Notice referred to in Section 4.1(c), shall have the right to participate in such sale of Registrable Securities on the same terms and conditions as specified in the Transfer Notice. Such Co-Sale Holder’s notice to the Selling Holder shall indicate the number of Registrable Securities that the Co-Sale Holder wishes to sell under his, her or its right to participate. To the extent one or more of the Holders exercise such right of participation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below, the number of Registrable Securities that the Selling Holder may sell in the Transfer shall be correspondingly reduced.

(b)    Each Co-Sale Holder may sell all or any part of that number of Registrable Securities equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities covered by the Transfer Notice that have not been subscribed for pursuant to Section 4.1 by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Shares (including Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) owned by the Co-Sale Holder on the date of the Transfer Notice and the denominator of which is the total number of Shares (including Registrable Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares) owned by the Selling Holder and all of the Co-Sale Holders on the date of the Transfer Notice.

(c)    Each Co-Sale Holder shall effect its participation in the sale by promptly delivering to the Selling Holder a notice informing that such Co-Sale Holder will transfer to the prospective purchaser:

(i)    the number of Shares that such Co-Sale Holder elects to sell; or

(ii)    that number of Registrable Securities that are at such time convertible into the number of Shares that such Co-Sale Holder elects to sell; provided , however , that if the prospective third-party purchaser objects to the delivery of such Registrable Securities in lieu of Shares, such Co-Sale Holder shall convert such Registrable Securities into Shares and deliver Shares as provided in this Section 4.2. The Company agrees to make any such conversion concurrent with the actual transfer of such shares to the purchaser and contingent on such transfer.

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terms and conditions specified in the Transfer Notice, and the Selling Holder shall concurrently therewith remit to such Co-Sale Holder that portion of the sale proceeds to which such Co-Sale Holder is entitled by reason of its participation in such sale. The Co-Sale Holders shall not be required to provide the prospective purchaser or purchasers any operational representations and warranties, indemnification or guarantees relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries. To the extent that any prospective purchaser or purchasers prohibits such assignment or otherwise refuses to purchase shares or other securities from a Co-Sale Holder exercising its rights of co-sale hereunder, the Selling Holder shall not sell to such prospective purchaser or purchasers any Registrable Securities unless and until, simultaneously with such sale, the Selling Holder shall purchase such shares or other securities from such Co-Sale Holder for the same consideration and on the same terms and conditions as the proposed Transfer described in the Transfer Notice.

4.3     Non-Exercise of Rights . To the extent that the Company and the Remaining Holders have not exercised their rights to purchase the Offered Shares within the time periods specified in Section 4.1 and the Co-Sale Holders have not exercised their rights to participate in the sale of the remaining Offered Shares within the time periods specified in Section 4.2, the Selling Holder shall have a period of thirty (30) days from the expiration of such rights in which to sell the remaining Offered Shares upon terms and conditions (including the purchase price) no more favorable to the Selling Holder than those specified in the Transfer Notice, to the third-party transferee(s) identified in the Transfer Notice. The third-party transferee(s) shall acquire the remaining Offered Shares free and clear of subsequent rights of first refusal and co-sale rights under this Agreement. In the event the Selling Holder does not consummate the sale or disposition of the remaining Offered Shares within the thirty (30)-day period from the expiration of these rights, the Company’s first refusal rights, the Remaining Holders’ first refusal rights and the Co-Sale Holders’ co-sale rights shall continue to be applicable to any subsequent disposition of the Offered Shares by the Selling Holder until such right lapses in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Furthermore, the exercise or non-exercise of the rights of the Company and the Holders under this Section 4 to purchase Registrable Securities from the Selling Holder or participate in sales of Registrable Securities by the Selling Holder shall not adversely affect their rights to make subsequent purchases from the Selling Holder of Equity Securities or subsequently participate in sales of Registrable Securities by the Selling Holder.

4.4     Limitations to Rights of Refusal and Co-Sale . Notwithstanding anything in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 to the contrary, the first refusal rights of the Company and first refusal and co-sale rights of the Holders shall not apply to (a) the Transfer of Registrable Securities (x) to an Affiliate of such Holder or (y) in the case of the Transfer by a Holder that is a venture capital, private equity or other similar investment fund in connection with a distribution of the Equity Securities upon liquidation or dissolution of such Holder, to the partners, members, shareholders or other equity holders of such Holder; (b) any sale of Registrable Securities to the public pursuant to an Initial Public Offering; or (c) a repurchase of Equity Securities from IFC pursuant to the Policy Agreement; provided , however , that in the case of clause (a), (i) the Holder shall inform the Company of such Transfer prior to effecting it and (ii) each such transferee or assignee, prior to the completion of the Transfer, shall have executed documents assuming the obligations of the Holder under this Agreement with respect to the transferred Registrable Securities, including any limitations on Transfers. Such transferred Registrable Securities shall remain Registrable Securities hereunder, and such pledgee, transferee or donee

 

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shall be treated as the Holder for purposes of this Agreement; provided , however , that in the case of a Transfer pursuant to clause (a)(y), none of (i) the rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, (ii) the pre-emptive rights pursuant to Section 3.3 or (iii) the first refusal and co-sale rights pursuant to this Section 4 shall inure to any such transferee, and any such transferee shall not be treated as a Holder for purposes of Section 2 or Section 3.3, as applicable, or as a Remaining Holder or Co-Sale Holder, as applicable, for purposes of Section 4.

4.5     Prohibited Transfers .

(a)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Holder shall: (i) Transfer, or attempt to Transfer, any Equity Securities in the Company to any of the individuals or entities named on (x) lists promulgated by the United Nations Security Council or its committees pursuant to resolutions issued under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, or (y) the World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms (each, a “ Debarred Person ”); or (ii) vote in favor of or consent to any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, merger, consolidation or other transaction that constitutes a Liquidity Event which would result in (1) the Holders receiving Equity Securities of a Debarred Person or a Person that engages in the activities set forth in Exhibit B (or, with respect to the activities set forth in the second, third, fourth and fifth items of Exhibit B (the “ Specified Activities ”), that primarily engage in such Specified Activities), or (2) the Holders (if such Holders includes IFC) and a Debarred Person or a Person that engages in the activities set forth in Exhibit B (or, with respect to the Specified Activities, that engages primarily in such Specified Activities) being holders of the Equity Securities of the Company or a Subsidiary any surviving or successor Person. Each Holder shall cause the Company to, and the Company shall, refuse to recognize any purported Transfer or Equity Securities in the Company in violation of this Section 4.5(a), or record or register any such Transfer of Equity Securities in the Company in its Register of Members; provided, that after consummation of any admission of Equity Securities of the Company to listing on any securities exchange and/or to trading on any public market, this Section 4.5(a) shall not apply to a sale of Equity Securities of the Company on any open market. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Holder will Transfer or otherwise encumber or dispose of in any way, all or any part of, or any interest in, any Equity Securities. Any purported Transfer or other encumbrance or disposition of Equity Securities not made in conformance with this Agreement shall be null and void, shall not be recorded on the books of the Company and shall not be recognized by the Company. For sake of clarity, a retailer that engages the Specified Activities but for which those Specified Activities do not constitute a majority of such retailer’s revenues shall not be considered to be a Person engaging primarily in such Specified Activities.

(b)    The Founders and Investors each acknowledge and agree that the covenants set forth in Section 4 are intended to ensure that the Founders and Investors are able to achieve liquidity with respect to their investment in the Company on equivalent terms. Accordingly, each of the Founders and Investors agree that they shall not attempt to avoid the provisions of this Section 4 through the creation of intermediate entities or by way of another restructuring of his or its investment in the Company.

 

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4.6     Preservation of Certain Rights . To the extent one or more rights of an Investor under this Agreement are conditioned on such Investor holding at least 400,000 Shares (as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, subdivisions, recapitalizations or the like), such Investor shall continue to have such rights even after such time as it owns less than 400,000 Shares (as so adjusted) if: (i) such Investor, as a Selling Holder, delivers a Transfer Notice to the Company and the Remaining Holders pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or a Co-Sale Holder’s notice pursuant to Section 4.2(a), (ii) according to the Transfer Notice or Co-Sale Holder’s notice, such Investor proposes to Transfer all, but not less than all, of the Equity Securities it then holds, (iii) one or more Remaining Holders exercise their right of co-sale under Section 4.2 with respect to such Transfer and (iv) as a result, such Investor is unable to Transfer all of its Equity Securities to the proposed transferee; provided that such Investor shall continue to have such rights only until such time as it no longer owns the Equity Securities it was unable to Transfer.

4.7     Drag-Along Right .

(a)    If prior to completion of a Qualified Public Offering, and subject to the provisions of Section 3.10 and Section 4.5, Holders who hold in the aggregate a majority of the then outstanding Shares approve a proposed Liquidity Event with a bona fide third party acquiror in exchange for cash and/or highly liquid publicly traded stock that is listed on a major global exchange as consideration (“ Acquisition ”), then as long as the transaction price (on a per share basis) is higher than (i) 1.5x the price per share paid for the Shares in the March 2015 Subscription Agreement within the first anniversary of the “Closing Date”, as defined in the March 2015 Subscription Agreement; (ii) 1.75x the price per share paid for the Shares in the March 2015 Subscription Agreement between the first and second anniversary of the “Closing Date”, as defined in the March 2015 Subscription Agreement; and (iii) 2.0x the price per share paid for the Shares in the March 2015 Subscription Agreement after the second anniversary of the “Closing Date”, as defined in the March 2015 Subscription Agreement, then each Holder shall: (A) at every meeting of the shareholders of the Company called with respect to any of the following, and at every adjournment thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the shareholders of the Company with respect to any of the following, vote any equity interest of the Company that the Holder then holds or of which the Holder otherwise then has beneficial ownership (1) in favor of approval of the Acquisition, and (2) against any proposal for any recapitalization, merger, sale of assets or other business combination (other than the Acquisition) between the Company and any person or entity other than the acquiring party in the Acquisition or any other action or agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the definitive agreement(s) related to the Acquisition or which could result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under such agreement(s) not being fulfilled; and (B) if the Acquisition is structured as (1) a merger, consolidation or sale of assets, each Holder shall waive any dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights or similar rights in connection with such merger, consolidation or sale of assets, or (2) a sale of equity interests, each Holder shall agree to sell all of the equity interests and rights to acquire any equity interests of the Company on the terms and conditions approved by the Company and the Major Investors pursuant to Section 3.10 and Holders who hold in the aggregate a majority of the then outstanding Shares; provided , in each case, that (I) the aggregate consideration receivable by all Holders shall be allocated among the Holders pro rata based on their ownership and (II) each Equity Security of the Company will be entitled to receive the same form of consideration as a result of such Acquisition and all payments shall be made at the same time.

 

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(b)    Each Holder hereby constitutes and appoints as the proxy of such Holder and hereby grants a power of attorney to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company with full power of substitution, solely with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 4.7, and hereby authorizes the Chief Executive Officer to represent and to vote on its behalf, if and only if such Holder either (i) fails to vote or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent) in a manner that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such Holder’s Shares in favor of the approval of an Acquisition pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Section 4.7. Each of the proxy and power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company and the other Parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, each is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires. Each Holder hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the Shares, solely with respect to the ability of any third party to vote on the matters set forth in this Section 4.7, and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any Person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth in this Section 4.7.

(c)    In accordance with the terms of Section 4.7(a) hereof, the Holders shall take all reasonably necessary and desirable actions, including the execution and delivery of such agreements and such instruments, and other actions reasonably necessary to (i) provide the representations, warranties, indemnities, covenants, conditions, escrow agreements and other provisions and agreements relating to an Acquisition and (ii) effectuate the allocation and distribution of the aggregate consideration upon the closing of the Acquisition; provided , that no Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties other than as to such Holder’s ownership of the Shares that he, she or it is transferring and/or voting (and not as to any other Person’s ownership of Shares), and provided , further , that no Holder shall have any liability for indemnification or contribution unless all Holders are similarly providing such indemnification and contribution and such required indemnification or contribution obligations shall be several, rather than joint, and the maximum obligation of any Holder under such provisions shall be limited to the amount of such Holder’s proceeds (whether cash or otherwise) from the Acquisition.

5.     Voting Provisions ; Board Matters .

5.1     Board Size . Each Holder shall vote, or cause to be voted, at each regular or special meeting of shareholders (or by written consent) all voting securities of the Company then owned by such Holder (or as to which such Holder has voting power) to ensure that, and to ensure that the Articles provide that, the size of the Board shall be set and remain at ten (10) directors. On or prior to May 22, 2017, the Board shall constitute and maintain the audit committee, whose members shall all be Directors. On or prior to August 22, 2017 the Board shall constitute and maintain the nominating and corporate governance committee and the compensation committee whose members shall all be the Directors, and the IFC Observer shall be permitted to attend all meetings of these three committees, subject to the terms of the Policy Agreement. In addition, the Investor Director designated by the Riverwood Investors shall be entitled to serve on any of these committees. Any financial audit of the Company must be in compliance with the Accounting Standards and approved by the audit committee.

 

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5.2     Election of Directors .

(a)    In any election of Directors, the Holders shall cast each vote at any regular or special meeting of shareholders (or by written consent) for all voting securities of the Company then owned by them (or as to which they then have voting power) to elect (i) two (2) directors nominated by the Tiger Investors for so long as the Tiger Investors hold at least 400,000 Shares, in their sole discretion, one of whom shall initially be Lee Jared Fixel; (ii) one (1) director nominated by Clemenceau for so long as Clemenceau holds at least 400,000 shares (subject to Section 4.6), in its sole discretion, who shall initially be Cássio Casseb; (iii) one (1) director nominated by the GIC Investor for so long as the GIC Investor holds at least 400,000 shares (subject to Section 4.6), in its sole discretion; (iv) one (1) director nominated by the Riverwood Investors for so long as the Riverwood Investors hold at least 400,000 shares, in their sole discretion, who shall initially be Francisco Alvarez-Demalde; and (v) two (2) directors nominated by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company then held by the Founders.

(b)    In the absence of any nomination from the Persons with the right to nominate a Director as specified above, the Director or Directors previously nominated by such Persons and then serving shall be reelected if still eligible to serve as provided herein.

(c)    To the extent that the application of subsection 5.2(a) and 5.2(b) above shall result in the designation of less than all of the authorized Directors, then any remaining Directors shall be nominated and elected by the Holders entitled to vote thereon in accordance with, and pursuant to, the Articles.

5.3     Removal; Vacancies . Any Director may be removed from the Board in the manner allowed by Applicable Law and the Articles, but with respect to any Director nominated pursuant to subsection 5.2(a) or 5.2(b) above, only upon the vote or written consent of the Holders entitled to nominate such director. Any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of a Director elected pursuant to Section 5.2 above shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2.

5.4     Actions Requiring Majority Board Approval . Subject to Section  3.10 and Section  5.5 of this Agreement, each of the following matters, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall fall within the competence of the Board and its approval shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office:

(a)    Acquisition of equity or convertible securities or assets representing an amount over five percent (5%) of the consolidated gross revenues of the Company measured from the last audited financial statements available;

(b)    Conversion or exchange (through merger with another entity) or transfer of equity or convertible securities or assets representing an amount over five percent (5%) of the consolidated gross revenues of the Company measured from the last audited financial statements available (subject to the approval requirements for Liquidity Events set forth in Section 3.10(a));

 

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(c)    the sale, lease or other transfer of any real estate property;

(d)    the sale, lease, license or other transfer to a third party of all or substantially all of the intellectual property of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(e)    the issuance of any Equity Securities within the limit of the authorized capital;

(f)    the entering into or conducting of any line of business other than those currently engaged as of the date hereof;

(g)    the purchase or the receipt of options to purchase Shares or other Equity Securities from future employees, officers, directors and consultants;

(h)    any waiver of the requirements of Section 3.4;

(i)    the establishment (and amendments thereto) of any bonus payment or issuance of Equity Securities to any employee, officer, director, manager, consultant, or service provider, other than an issuance of Equity Securities subject to Section 3.3;

(j)    the payment or declaration of any dividend on the Shares or any other share capital;

(k)    any Guarantees for the benefit of a third party that is not the Company or one of its Subsidiaries (and, in that case, only in the ordinary course of business);

(l)    the Company and its Subsidiaries’ annual budget and business plan and strategic plans and any changes thereto;

(m)    any capital expenditures in excess of the amount set forth in the annual budget;

(n)    the appointment of the officers of the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Controller, and of the officers and board members of the Subsidiaries, and hiring and dismissing such executives;

(o)    any marketing expenses in excess of the approved annual budget;

(p)    any material changes to commercial practices, including term of installment payments;

(q)    any sale, lease or disposal of assets in excess of R$2,000,000, whether in a single transaction or in a series of, related or unrelated, transactions;

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(s)    the contracting of any commercial agreement in excess of R$10,000,000 (other than the purchase of product for retail sale on the websites of the Company and its Subsidiaries), whether in a single transaction or in a series of related or unrelated transactions; and

(t)    the commencement or settlement of any lawsuit, arbitration or other legal proceeding involving amounts in excess of R$2,000,000 individually or in the aggregate.

5.5     Actions Requiring Unanimous Board Approval . Subject to Section  3.10 of this Agreement, each of the following matters, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall fall within the competence of the Board and its approval shall require the unanimous affirmative vote of all of the Directors then in office:

(a)    the establishment (and amendments thereto) of any bonus payment or issuance of Equity Securities to any Founder, other than an issuance of Equity Securities subject to Section 3.3;

(b)    any Indebtedness that would result in the ratio of consolidated Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries to accounts receivables from credit cards ( contas a receber de cartão de crédito ) to be greater than or equal to three (3);

(c)    any material change in the line of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(d)    the request for a judicial arrangement with creditors or voluntary petition for bankruptcy;

(e)    the entering into hedging and other derivatives instruments;

(f)    the granting of any loans (i) to any individual or entity (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) in any amount; and (ii) to any of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether in a single transaction or in a series of related or unrelated transactions in excess of R$2,000,000; and

(g)    the waiver of the pre-emptive rights contemplated by Section 3.3(d)(iv).

5.6     Meetings . The Board shall hold a regularly scheduled meeting at least once every calendar quarter. Extraordinary meetings of the Board may be called by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, by the Chairman of the Board, by any two (2) Directors or by any Director appointed by the Investors, upon at least ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice by e-mail to all Directors and the IFC Observer, together with an agenda and relevant documentation, unless otherwise unanimously agreed by the Directors. A Director’s attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is improperly called or convened. Meetings of the Board shall take place either in São Paulo, Brazil or in the United States, and the participation of Directors (and the IFC Observer) via telephone or video conference shall be permitted.

 

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5.7     Share Legend . (a) The register of members of the Company shall have a legend reading substantially as follows for all of the Holders:

“THE SHARES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE ISSUER), AND THE SALE, PLEDGE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR VOTING OF SUCH SHARES IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT. BY ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SHARES THE PERSON ACCEPTING SUCH INTEREST SHALL BE DEEMED TO AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL THE PROVISIONS OF SAID SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT.”

(b)    The Company shall cause the following language to be included in the relevant pages of the Subsidiaries’ registered share register and in any certificates representing Equity Securities that are subject to this Agreement a legend, in the language of the jurisdiction of the Subsidiary, which translates into the following legend in English:

“THE SHARES HELD BY [NAME OF SHAREHOLDER] ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, VOTING ARRANGEMENTS, AND OTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN A SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT OF NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. NO TRANSFER OF SUCH SHARES WILL BE MADE ON THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY, AND SUCH TRANSFER WILL BE NULL AND VOID, UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH AGREEMENT. ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO BY THE COMPANY OR ANY SHAREHOLDER IN VIOLATION OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT WILL BE NULL AND VOID.”

5.8     No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors . Neither any Party to this Agreement, nor any officer, director, shareholder, member, partner, employee or agent of any such Party, makes any representation or warranty as to the fitness or competence of the nominee of any Party hereunder to serve on the Board by virtue of such Party’s execution of this Agreement or by the act of such Party in voting for such nominee pursuant to this Agreement.

5.9     No Conflicting Voting Agreements . Except for this provisions of this Section 5, neither any of the Holders nor any affiliates thereof shall deposit any Shares of the Company beneficially owned by such Holder or affiliate in a voting trust or subject any such Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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5.10     IFC Observer . The Company, the Founders and the Investors acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to the Policy Agreement, for as long as IFC holds at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the number of Shares subscribed by IFC pursuant to the March 2015 Subscription Agreement (as such corresponding number shall be adjusted for any applicable share splits, share dividends, combinations, subdivisions, recapitalizations or the like), IFC shall have the right to nominate one observer (the “IFC Observer”) to attend, in a nonvoting observer capacity, all meetings of the Board and any committees thereof and, in this respect, the IFC Observer shall have access to all information granted to the Board of Directors in their capacity as Directors of the Company (including notices, consents, minutes, financial statements, agendas, and other materials, in each case to be received at the same time and in the same manner as received by directors seated on the Board). The IFC Observer may provide to IFC any information that the IFC Observer receives from the Company, and may provide periodic reports to IFC. IFC and the IFC Observer (without prejudice to the preceding sentence) shall at all times keep confidential and not divulge, furnish or make accessible to anyone any confidential information, knowledge or data concerning or relating to the business or financial affairs of the Company to which IFC or the IFC Observer shall become privy by reason of this provision or the rights it creates (collectively, the “Confidential Information”); provided, however, that IFC and the IFC Observer may disclose Confidential Information to any officer, employee or representative of IFC or legal counsel, rating agency, accountants or representatives for IFC (each of the foregoing persons, a “Permitted Disclosee”). IFC shall be permitted to disclose such Confidential Information to other members of the World Bank Group. IFC and the IFC Observer shall only use the Confidential Information for purposes of monitoring and evaluating IFC’s investment in the Company. The foregoing confidentiality provisions shall not, however, be applied to any information that is generally available to the public or that is or has been made known or disclosed to IFC or the IFC Observer by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided, that the Board may exclude the IFC Observer from attendance at such meetings or access to such information if the Board determines that doing so is necessary for reasons of material conflicts of interest as determined in good faith by the Board or to protect highly confidential information or to preserve attorney-client privilege. The Company covenants that, consistent with Section 3.9, it will indemnify the IFC Observer to the maximum extent that the Company indemnifies members of the Board, and the Company will not take any action to amend its Charter to prohibit the Company from complying with such obligation. IFC may remove the IFC Observer at any time and shall be entitled to nominate another IFC Observer in place of any IFC Observer so removed. In the event of the resignation, retirement or vacation of office of the IFC Observer, IFC shall be entitled to designate another IFC Observer in place of such IFC Observer.

5.11     Policy Agreement . The Investors and the Company acknowledge that, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and in connection with the March 2015 Subscription Agreement, the Company and IFC are entering into the Policy Agreement. The Company and IFC acknowledge and agree that in the event of any conflict in interpretation or implementation between this Agreement and the Policy Agreement, this Agreement shall control and the Company shall act in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of an amendment to a provision of this Agreement that creates a conflict with a provision of the Policy Agreement, as determined in good faith by IFC in its sole and reasonable discretion, such amended provision shall not control with respect to the Policy Agreement without the written consent of IFC to such amendment.

 

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5.12     Execution by the Company . The Company, by its execution in the space provided below, agrees that it will cause its share certificates evidencing the Shares issued after the date hereof to bear the legend required by Section 5 hereof, and it shall supply, free of charge, a copy of this Agreement to any holder of a certificate evidencing shares of share capital of the Company upon written request from such Holder to the Company at its registered office. The Parties hereto do hereby agree that the failure to cause the certificates evidencing the Shares to bear the legend required by Section 5 hereof and/or failure of the Company to supply, free of charge, a copy of this Agreement, as provided under this Section 5, shall not affect the validity or enforcement of this Agreement.

6.     Key-men Provision; Non-Compete, Non-Hire and Non-Solicitation; Lock-Up .

6.1     Key-men Provision . Marcio Kumruian hereby acknowledges and recognizes that the Investors have made their respective investments under the assumption that he, as a founder and executive of the Company and its Subsidiaries since its inception, has been instrumental to the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries, that the establishment and maintenance of a sound management is essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and the Subsidiaries of the Company, as well as that the Company and its Subsidiaries would find it extremely difficult or impossible to replace Marcio Kumruian in the near future. Therefore, Marcio Kumruian further acknowledges and recognizes that the Investors expect that Marcio Kumruain continue, at least during the Lock-Up Period, to faithfully render such executive, managerial, administrative and other services as are customarily associated with and incident to his positions as founder, shareholder and executive of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as it may from time to time reasonably require.

6.2     Non-Compete .

(a)    In addition, each Founder hereby undertakes, during the time that he continues to render services related to the management of the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company, including the administration, handling and supervision of the Company’s overall business (the “ Services ”), and for an additional period of two years following the rendering of the Services by such Founder, not to participate, directly or indirectly, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Investors, in any type of e-commerce business in Latin America or sporting goods retail business in Latin America (“ Company Business ”), by whatever means, provided, however, that any such Founder shall be allowed to own, directly or indirectly, shares, quotas, rights or financial interest in a company, venture, association or other entity engaged in the Company Business to the extent such Founder is not deemed an Affiliate by reason of such ownership or otherwise.

(b)    To this effect, each Founder will not do any of the following, directly or indirectly, including through any Affiliates or immediate family members of such Founder (i.e., parents, children and spouses), during the time that he continues to render Services, and for an additional period of two (2) years following the rendering of the Services by such Founder: (i) operate, develop, exploit, invest, engage or pursue any business engaged in the Company Business or any portion thereof, or operate, offer or sell products or services for any business engaged in the Company Business or any portion thereof; (ii) promote or assist, financially or otherwise, any person, firm, association, corporation or other entity directly or indirectly involved, in whole or in part, in the Company Business or any portion thereof; and (iii) perform consulting or related services directed to or related to the Company Business or any portion thereof.

 

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6.3     Non-Hire and Non-Solicitation . In addition to the foregoing, each Founder hereby further undertakes, directly or indirectly, including through any Affiliates or immediate family members (i.e. parents, children and spouses), during the time he continues to render Services, and for an additional period of two (2) years following the rendering of the Services, (i) not to hire any employee or person connected with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to induce or try to induce any employee or person connected with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to leave his or her employment or fail to render services to the Company and its Subsidiaries; and (ii) not to induce or try to induce any of the suppliers and/or clients of the Company and its Subsidiaries to cease or reduce their business with the Company and its Subsidiaries.

6.4     Liquidated Damages . The Founders understand that the foregoing restrictions may limit the ability of the Founders to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, but nevertheless believe that they have received and shall receive sufficient consideration and other benefits, as a Holder and an employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries and as otherwise provided hereunder, to justify such restrictions which, in any event (given the education, skills and ability of the Founders), the Founders believe would not prevent the executive from earning a living. The violation of any of the provisions of this Section 6 shall subject the defaulting Founder to pay the Investors liquidated damages equivalent to R$124.0 million plus damages effectively incurred by reason of the violation. Such liquidated damages shall be shared among the Investors proportionately based on the aggregate purchase price paid by each Investor for the Shares it then holds.

6.5     Lock-Up Period . In addition to the provisions of this Section 6 and except to the extent permitted by Section 4.1(a), the Founders shall not Transfer any Registrable Securities to any third parties, until the consummation of a Liquidity Event (“ Lock-Up Period ”) without the prior written approval of the Major Investors; provided that the Founders shall be allowed to sell any of their Registrable Securities in such Liquidity Event as set forth herein.

7.     Miscellaneous .

7.1     Confidentiality . The Company and the Founders shall not disclose any information with respect to this Agreement, including the identity of the Investors and the number of Shares held by each such Investor, unless (a) if previously authorized in writing by each applicable Investor; or (b) as required to comply with any Applicable Law (and then only after providing advance notice to each applicable Investor of such disclosure).

7.2     Entire Agreement . Except as set forth in Section 5.11, this Agreement and Schedule A hereto constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any prior agreement or understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, in particular to the voting, transfer of securities or giving of written consents with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and superseded as of the date hereof by this Agreement.

 

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7.3     Notices . All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given or made (a) when personally delivered to the intended recipient or when sent by e-mail, telecopy or facsimile followed by (if the recipient is IFC) the mailing of a copy as set forth in clause (b) or (c) below; provided, that notice to IFC by e-mail shall not be deemed effective until such time as IFC acknowledges receipt of such notice by return e-mail (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirements of clauses (b) and (c) below are also met); (b) on the second business day after the date sent when sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (c) five (5) business days after it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, if to the Founders or the Investors, to their addresses set forth on Schedule A attached hereto, and if to the Company, to its registered office in the Cayman Islands. Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

7.4     Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without regard to principles or rules of conflicts of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

7.5     Binding Effect . Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs, and permitted successors and assigns.

7.6     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts of the signature pages, each of which shall be considered an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

7.7     Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

7.8     Interpretative Provisions . A reference to a statutory provision includes a reference to: (a) the statutory provision as modified or re-enacted or both from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Agreement); and (b) any subordinate legislation made under the statutory provision by any Person (whether before or after the date of this Agreement). The words “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder,” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning set forth in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether

 

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or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.

7.9     Specific Performance . The Parties hereby expressly recognize and agree that (a) they would be irreparably damaged by any Party’s failure to comply with any of its respective obligations under any of the provisions of this Agreement, (b) damages for such failure to comply might not be easily calculated, and (c) the payment of damages would not constitute an adequate remedy for such failure to comply. Any action taken by any Party hereto in contravention of this Agreement shall be null, void and without legal effect.

7.10     No Rights in Third Parties . The provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Company, the Founders and the Investors and are not intended to be for the benefit of any Person to whom any debts, liabilities or obligations are owed, or who otherwise has any claim against the Company, the Founders, the Investors and no creditor or other Person shall obtain any rights under such provisions or solely by reason of such provisions shall be able to make any claims in respect of any debts, liabilities or obligations against the Company, the Founders or the Investors.

7.11     Assignments; Binding Effect on Transferees, Heirs, Successors and Assigns . Subject to Section 6.5, the rights of the Holders granted hereunder are assignable (i) to any other Holder, (ii) to a partner or Affiliate of such Holder or (iii) subject to the limitations set forth herein, to an assignee or transferee who acquires some or all of the Registrable Securities held by a particular Holder in accordance with this Agreement, it being understood and agreed that (i) the assignability of the rights of the Investors and the Founders under Section 2 is subject to the limitation set forth in Section 2.12 and (ii) all other rights expressly stated to be exercisable by the Investors and the Founders in their capacity as such shall not be assignable to any other Holder. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Parties and their respective successors, heirs, legal representatives and permitted transferees and assigns; provided that for any such Transfer to be deemed effective, the transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company in advance a signature page to this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Company shall not record any Transfer of Shares on its books or issue any certificate representing any such Shares unless and until such transferee shall have complied with the terms of this Section 7.11. Upon the execution and delivery by a transferee of a signature page to this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company, such transferee shall be deemed to be a Party hereto as if such transferee were the transferor and such transferee’s signature appeared on the signature pages hereto.

7.12     Successors . Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including transferees of any shares of Registrable Securities). Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

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7.13     Amendment . Subject to Section 5.11, any term of this Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and all of the Founders and all of the Major Investors; provided , however , that amendments to this Agreement made in the context of a financing transaction that does not adversely alter the rights and obligations of any Holder and in which only Equity Securities subject to the pre-emptive rights under Section 3.3 are issued shall require only the written consent of the Company and Holders that own a majority of the then outstanding Equity Securities; provided , further , that if any such amendment or waiver would adversely affect the obligations or rights of one or more Holders in a different manner than the other Holders, no such amendment or waiver shall be effective against any Holder that has not consented to such amendment or waiver in writing. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of any Registrable Securities, each future holder of all such Registrable Securities and the Company.

7.14     Termination . This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event; provided, that the provisions of Section 2 (Registration Rights), Section 6.2 (Non-Compete), Section 6.3 (Non-Hire and Non-Solicitation), Section 6.4 (Liquidated Damages) and Section 7 (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination of this Agreement; and provided , further , that if the Liquidity Event is not a public offering of the Company or any successor entity thereto, the provisions of Section 4.5(a) (Prohibited Transfers) shall survive the termination of this Agreement unless the sole consideration to IFC from such Liquidity Event is cash and/or Equity Securities of a highly liquid publicly traded stock that is listed on a major global exchange (in which case Section 4.5(a) would not survive the Liquidity Event).

7.15     Further Assurances . The Founders and the Investors covenant and agree that they shall from time to time execute or cause to be executed all other documents or cause to be done all filing, recording, publishing, or other acts as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate and carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement and each provision hereof or to comply with the requirements for the operation of an exempted limited company under the laws of the Cayman Islands and all other jurisdictions in which the Company or its Subsidiaries may from time to time conduct business.

7.16     Dispute Resolution .

(a)    Any disputes, differences or claims whatsoever arising out of or related to this Agreement, including but not limited to its existence, validity, interpretation, performance, termination or breach (each a “ Dispute ”) shall first be submitted for amicable resolution by a written request for negotiation from any Party to this Agreement, setting out brief details of the Disputes, to all of the other Parties, delivered in the manner described in Section 7.3 above (a “ Dispute Notice ”). Upon delivery of the Dispute Notice, the parties to the Disputes shall attempt to resolve any Disputes amicably. If for any reason the parties to the Disputes do not amicably resolve the Disputes within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Dispute Notice, the Disputes shall, upon the election of any party to the Disputes, be submitted to final and binding arbitration in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ ICC ”) then in effect (the “ Rules ”), except as modified herein.

 

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(b)    The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted by a tribunal of three (3) arbitrators:

(i)    If there are only two (2) parties to the arbitration, one arbitrator shall be nominated by the claimant and the other shall be nominated by the respondent in accordance with the Rules, and the third arbitrator, who shall serve as the president of the arbitral tribunal, shall be nominated by the parties, through their party-nominated arbitrators, within fifteen (15) days from the confirmation by the ICC Court of Arbitration (“ ICC Court ”) of the appointment of the second arbitrator. In the event that one of the parties fails to timely nominate an arbitrator, the appointment shall be made by the ICC Court. Should the parties be unable to timely agree upon the selection of the president of the arbitral tribunal, the president shall be appointed by the ICC Court within ten (10) days of a request for an appointment or as soon as practicable thereafter.

(ii)    In the event that the arbitration proceeding involves multiple claimants or multiple respondents, the multiple claimants, jointly, and the multiple respondents, jointly, shall each nominate one arbitrator in accordance with the Rules, and those two party-nominated arbitrators shall, within fifteen (15) days from the confirmation by the ICC Court of the appointment of the second such arbitrator, jointly nominate the president of the arbitral tribunal. In the absence of such joint nomination either by the joint claimants or by the joint respondents, the ICC Court shall appoint the arbitrators for both the claimants and the respondents. If the two arbitrators nominated by the joint claimants and joint respondents respectively fail to timely and jointly nominate a president of the arbitral tribunal, the ICC Court shall appoint the president of the arbitral tribunal within ten (10) days of a request for appointment or as soon as practicable thereafter. If at any time a vacancy occurs in the arbitral tribunal, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided for in the original appointment to that position.

(c)    The arbitration shall be held, and the award shall be rendered in São Paulo, SP, in English and Portuguese. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the English and Portuguese versions of the award, the English version shall prevail . The prevailing party or parties, as determined by the arbitral tribunal, shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees from the non-prevailing party or parties.

(d)    For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.16 equally binds all parties to this arbitration agreement. The Parties hereby agree to submit to and comply with all the terms and conditions of this Section 7.16, which shall be in full force and effect, irrevocable, and subject to specific performance, if necessary, under Section 7.9 of this Agreement. The parties expressly agree that no additional instrument or condition is required to give this Section 7.16 full force and effect, including but not limited to the “compromisso” under article 10 of Brazilian Law No. 9,307 of September 23, 1996.

 

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(e)    Each party retains the right to seek the judicial assistance of any court of competent jurisdiction to: (i) compel arbitration; (ii) apply for interim measures of protection of rights prior to the constitution of the arbitral tribunal, and any such action shall not be construed as a waiver of the arbitration proceedings by the parties; (iii) enforce any decision of the arbitral tribunal, including the final award, and (iv) pursue other proceedings expressly permitted by Brazilian Law No. 9,307 of September 23, 1996. Without prejudice to such provisional remedies as may be available under the jurisdiction of any court, the arbitrators, (and, where applicable, an emergency arbitrator appointed pursuant to the Rules) shall have full authority to grant provisional and permanent remedies or order the parties to request that a court modify or vacate any temporary or preliminary relief issued by a such court, and to award a penalty or damages for the failure of any party to respect the arbitral tribunal’s orders to that effect. In the event a Party seeks any relief in support of arbitration in the courts of Brazil, the Parties hereby stipulate that the request for arbitration shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements of Article 806 of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure. The Parties consent to service of process in the manner provided in Section 7.3 above.

(f)    Any arbitration hereunder shall be confidential, and the Parties and their agents agree not to disclose to any third party the existence or status of the arbitration and all information made known and documents produced in the arbitration not otherwise in the public domain, and all awards arising from the arbitration, except and to the extent that disclosure is required by law and is required to protect or pursue a legal right.

(g)    The arbitral tribunal is authorized to award costs and attorneys’ fees and to allocate them between the parties in the dispute. The costs of the arbitration proceedings, including arbitrators’ and attorneys’ fees, shall be borne in the manner determined by the arbitral tribunal, taking into account that the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs, including attorneys’ fees, for the arbitral proceedings, as well as for any ancillary proceeding, including a proceeding to compel or enjoin the arbitration, or to request interim measures. The arbitral tribunal shall be the exclusive judge of whether a party qualifies as a prevailing party for the purposes of this provision.

(h)    The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding. The Parties waive any right to appeal, to the extent that a right to appeal may lawfully be waived.

(i)    Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that no provision of this Agreement or of the Rules, nor the submission to arbitration by IFC, in any way constitutes or implies a waiver, termination or modification by IFC of any privilege, immunity or exemption of IFC granted in the Articles of Agreement establishing IFC, international conventions or Applicable Law.

7.17     Waivers . The failure of any Party to seek redress for violation of or to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant or condition of this Agreement shall not prevent a subsequent act, which would have originally constituted a violation, from having the effect of an original violation.

 

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7.18     Conflict with Other Rights of First Refusal . Each Founder may have entered into a share restriction agreement or share purchase agreement with the Company (together with any additional share purchase agreements or share option agreements which a Founder may enter into with the Company, the “ Purchase Agreements ”), which Purchase Agreement contains a right of first refusal provision in favor of the Company. For so long as this Agreement remains in existence, the right of first refusal provisions contained in this Agreement shall supersede the right of first refusal provisions contained in any Purchase Agreements; provided , however , that the other provisions of such Purchase Agreements shall remain in full force and effect. If, however, this Agreement shall terminate, the right of first refusal provisions contained in such Purchase Agreements shall be in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

7.19     Enabling Clause . The Company will cause the Articles, as amended, to give effect to the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. Each of the Parties will vote its Shares and take any other action reasonably requested by the Company or any Holder to amend the Articles, as amended, so as to give full effect to avoid any conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, all to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

7.20     Bad Actor Representations and Covenants . Each Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company that such Holder has not been convicted of any of the felonies or misdemeanors or has been subject to any of the orders, judgments, decrees or other conditions set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC, which as a matter of convenience only are excerpted in their current form on Exhibit A . Each Holder covenants to, upon request by the Company, provide written notice to the Company prior to any future issuance of Equity Securities of the Company or securities of Subsidiaries of the Company in reliance upon Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC if such Holder is convicted of any felony or misdemeanor or becomes subject to any order, judgment, decree or other condition set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC, as may be amended from time to time, prior to such issuance. Each Holder covenants to provide such information to the Company as the Company may reasonably request in order to comply with the disclosure obligations set forth in Rule 506(e) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC, as may be amended from time to time, to the extent the same is applicable to the issuance and sale of securities to such Holder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

    COMPANY:
    NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED
    By:    
      Name:   Marcio Kumruian
      Title:   Director
Address:      

Campbells Corporate Services Limited

Floor 4, Willow House, Cricket Square,

P.O. Box 268

Grand Cayman KY1-1104,

Cayman Islands

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

RIVERWOOD CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
By:   Riverwood Capital II L.P., its
  General Partner
By:   Riverwood Capital II G.P. Ltd., its
  General Partner
By:    
Name:   Francisco Alvarez-Demalde
Title:   Managing Director

RIVERWOOD CAPITAL PARTNERS II

(PARALLEL-B) L.P.

By:   Riverwood Capital II L.P., its general partner
By:   Riverwood Capital GP II Ltd., its general partner
By:    
Name:   Francisco Alvarez-Demalde
Title:   Managing Director
Address:

c/o Riverwood Capital Management

70 Willow Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, California USA 94025

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

MACRO CONTINENTAL, INC.
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
Address: c/o Rivas Capital LLC, 222 Third St., Ste 3211, Cambridge, MA 02142

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

BOSCOLO INTERVEST LIMITED
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
Address: Residencial Acropolis Calle Jaboncillo De Aptos. Terranova 600 Mts SO y 200 E Escazu, Costa Rica

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

TIGER GLOBAL PRIVATE

INVESTMENT PARTNERS V, L.P.

By:   Tiger Global PIP Performance V, L.P.
Its:   General Partner
By:   Tiger Global PIP Management V, Ltd.
Its:   General Partner
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
Address: 9 West 57th Street, 35th Floor
New York, NY 10019

TIGER GLOBAL PRIVATE

INVESTMENT PARTNERS VI, L.P.

By:   Tiger Global PIP Performance VI, L.P.
Its:   General Partner
By:   Tiger Global PIP Management VI, Ltd.
Its:   General Partner
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
Address: 9 West 57th Street, 35th Floor
New York, NY 10019

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

    CLEMENCEAU INVESTMENTS PTE LTD
    By:    
    Name:
    Title:
Address:              

60B Orchard Road, #06-18 Tower 2

The Atrium@Orchard

Singapore 238891

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

KASZEK VENTURES I, L.P.     KASZEK VENTURES I-A, L.P.

By: Kaszek Partners I, Ltd., as general partner of

Kaszek Partners I, L.P., its General Partner

   

By: Kaszek Partners I, Ltd., as general partner of

Kaszek Partners I, L.P., its General Partner

By:         By:    
Name:   Nicolas Szekasy     Name:   Nicolas Szekasy
Title:   Director     Title:   Director
KASZEK VENTURES I-B, L.P.     KASZEK VENTURES I-C, L.P.

By: Kaszek Partners I, Ltd., as general partner of

Kaszek Partners I, L.P., its General Partner

   

By: Kaszek Partners I, Ltd., as general partner of

Kaszek Partners I, L.P., its General Partner

By:         By:    
Name:   Nicolas Szekasy     Name:   Nicolas Szekasy
Title:   Director     Title:   Director

 

    Address:   Aguada Park, Paraguay 2141, Fl.17 Of. 18,
  Montevideo (11800)
  Uruguay

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

METAL MONKEY TRUST
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

SCOTT SHLEIFER 2011

DESCENDANTS’ TRUST

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE FEROZ DEWAN 2010 GRAT IX
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

By:    
  Nicolas Szekasy

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

    ICQ I NVESTMENTS V LP
    By:    
      Name:  
      Title:  
Address:    

394 Pacific Avenue, 2 nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

c/o Kevin Foster

   
   
    ICQ I NVESTMENTS 16, LP
    By:    
      Name:  
      Title:  
Address:    

394 Pacific Avenue, 2 nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

c/o Kevin Foster

   
   

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

ARCHY LLC
By:    

Name:

Title:

Address:    
   
   

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

    I NTERNATIONAL F INANCE C ORPORATION
    By:    
    Name:
    Title:
Address:     International Finance Corporation
    2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20433
    Facsimile: +1 (202) 522-3743
    Email:   SPetersen@ifc.org
    Attention: Director, TMT, Venture Capital and Funds Department
    With a copy (in the case of communications relating to payments) sent to the attention of the Director, Department of Financial Operations at:
    Facsimile: +1 (202) 522-3064

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

By:    
  Marcio Kumruian*
CDK Net Fund IC
By:    
Name:
Title:

 

* For purposes of Sections 3.10, 3.12, 4.5, 5.5 and 6.

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as their act and deed to be effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

By:    
  Hagop Chabab*
HCFT HOLDINGS, LLC
By:    
Name:
Title:

 

* For purposes of Sections 3.10, 3.12, 4.5, 5.5 and 6.

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO N ETSHOES (C AYMAN ) L IMITED F IFTH A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S HAREHOLDERS ’ A GREEMENT


SCHEDULE A

ORDINARY SHARE OWNERSHIP

 

Name and Address

Investors

   Shares  

Tiger Global Private Investment Partners V, L.P.

9 West 57th Street, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

     1,662,880  

Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VI, L.P.

9 West 57 th Street, 35 th Floor

New York, NY 10019

     890,448  

Metal Monkey Trust

c/o Lee Fixel

9 West 57 th Street, 35 th Floor

New York, NY 10019

     33,844  

Scott Shleifer 2011 Descendants’ Trust

c/o Scott Shleifer

9 West 57 th Street, 35 th Floor

New York, NY 10019

     34,435  

The Feroz Dewan 2010 GRAT IX

c/o Feroz Dewan

9 West 57 th Street, 35 th Floor

New York, NY 10019

     10,736  

Nicolas Szekasy

Aguada Park, Paraguay 2141, Fl. 17 Of. 18,

Montevideo (11800)

Uruguay

     1,378  

Clemenceau Investments Pte Ltd

60B Orchard Road, #06-18 Tower 2

The Atrium@Orchard

Singapore 238891

     612,705  

Kaszek Ventures I, L.P.

Aguada Park, Paraguay 2141, Fl. 17 Of. 18,

Montevideo (11800)

Uruguay

     32,934  


Kaszek Ventures I-A, L.P.

Aguada Park, Paraguay 2141, Fl. 17 Of. 18,

Montevideo (11800)

Uruguay

     5,677  

Kaszek Ventures I-B, L.P.

Aguada Park, Paraguay 2141, Fl. 17 Of. 18,

Montevideo (11800)

Uruguay

     2,555  

Kaszek Ventures I-C, L.P.

Aguada Park, Paraguay 2141, Fl. 17 Of. 18,

Montevideo (11800)

Uruguay

     4,731  

ICQ Investments V LP

c/o Kevin Foster

394 Pacific Avenue, 2 nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

     192,409  

ICQ Investments 16, LP

c/o Kevin Foster

394 Pacific Avenue, 2 nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

     37,075  

Archy LLC

c/o GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd

168 Robinson Road

#37-01 Capital Tower

Singapore 068912

     741,510  

International Finance Corporation

2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20433

Facsimile: +1 (202) 522-3743

Attention: Director, TMT, Venture Capital and Funds Department

     148,301  

With a copy (in the case of communications relating to payments) sent

to the attention of the Director, Department of Financial Operations at:

Facsimile: +1 (202) 522-3064

  

Riverwood Capital Partners II L.P.

c/o Riverwood Capital Management

70 Willow Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, California USA 94025

     452,284  


Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel-B) L.P.

c/o Riverwood Capital Management

70 Willow Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, California USA 94025

     118,346  

Boscolo Intervest Limited

Residencial Acropolis

Calle Jaboncillo De Aptos.

Terranova 600 Mts SO y 200 E

Escazu, Costa Rica

     8,392  

Macro Continental, Inc.

c/o Rivas Capital LLC

222 Third St., Ste 3211

Cambridge, MA 02142

     8,392  

Founders

  

CDK Net Fund IC

     1,235,196  

HCFT Holdings, LLC

     700,474  

Total

     6,934,702  
  

 

 

 


EXHIBIT A

RULE 506(D) BAD ACTOR REPRESENTATIONS

No Holder:

(i) Has been convicted, within ten years before such sale (or five years, in the case of issuers, their predecessors and affiliated issuers), of any felony or misdemeanor:

(A) In connection with the purchase or sale of any security;

(B) Involving the making of any false filing with the Commission; or

(C) Arising out of the conduct of the business of an underwriter, broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, investment adviser or paid solicitor of purchasers of securities;

(ii) Is subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, entered within five years before such sale, that, at the time of such sale, restrains or enjoins such person from engaging or continuing to engage in any conduct or practice:

(A) In connection with the purchase or sale of any security;

(B) Involving the making of any false filing with the Commission; or

(C) Arising out of the conduct of the business of an underwriter, broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, investment adviser or paid solicitor of purchasers of securities;

(iii) Is subject to a final order of a state securities commission (or an agency or officer of a state performing like functions); a state authority that supervises or examines banks, savings associations, or credit unions; a state insurance commission (or an agency or officer of a state performing like functions); an appropriate federal banking agency; the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; or the National Credit Union Administration that:

(A) At the time of such sale, bars the person from:

( 1 ) Association with an entity regulated by such commission, authority, agency, or officer;

( 2 ) Engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking; or

( 3 ) Engaging in savings association or credit union activities; or

(B) Constitutes a final order based on a violation of any law or regulation that prohibits fraudulent, manipulative, or deceptive conduct entered within ten years before such sale;

(iv) Is subject to an order of the Commission entered pursuant to section 15(b) or 15B(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78 o (b) or 78 o -4(c)) or section 203(e) or (f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-3(e) or (f)) that, at the time of such sale:

(A) Suspends or revokes such person’s registration as a broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer or investment adviser;

(B) Places limitations on the activities, functions or operations of such person; or

(C) Bars such person from being associated with any entity or from participating in the offering of any penny stock;


(v) Is subject to any order of the Commission entered within five years before such sale that, at the time of such sale, orders the person to cease and desist from committing or causing a violation or future violation of:

(A) Any scienter-based anti-fraud provision of the federal securities laws, including without limitation section 17(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77q(a)(1)), section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j(b)) and 17 CFR 240.10b-5, section 15(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78 o (c)(1)) and section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-6(1)), or any other rule or regulation thereunder; or

(B) Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77e).

(vi) Is suspended or expelled from membership in, or suspended or barred from association with a member of, a registered national securities exchange or a registered national or affiliated securities association for any act or omission to act constituting conduct inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade;

(vii) Has filed (as a registrant or issuer), or was or was named as an underwriter in, any registration statement or Regulation A offering statement filed with the Commission that, within five years before such sale, was the subject of a refusal order, stop order, or order suspending the Regulation A exemption, or is, at the time of such sale, the subject of an investigation or proceeding to determine whether a stop order or suspension order should be issued; or

(viii) Is subject to a United States Postal Service false representation order entered within five years before such sale, or is, at the time of such sale, subject to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction with respect to conduct alleged by the United States Postal Service to constitute a scheme or device for obtaining money or property through the mail by means of false representations.


EXHIBIT B

EXCLUSION LIST

 

1) Production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements, or subject to international bans, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, ozone depleting substances, PCB, wildlife or products regulated under CITES.

 

2) Production or trade in weapons and munitions.

 

3) Production or trade in alcoholic beverages (excluding beer and wine).

 

4) Production or trade in tobacco.

 

5) Gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises.

 

6) Production or trade in radioactive materials. This does not apply to the purchase of medical equipment, quality control (measurement) equipment and any equipment where IFC considers the radioactive source to be trivial and/or adequately shielded.

 

7) Production or trade in unbonded asbestos fibers. This does not apply to purchase and use of bonded asbestos cement sheeting where the asbestos content is less than 20%.

 

8) Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km. in length.

 

9) Production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor/harmful child labor.

 

10) Commercial logging operations for use in primary tropical moist forest.

 

11) Production or trade in wood or other forestry products other than from sustainably managed forests.

Exhibit 4.02

 

 

 

INVESTMENT NUMBER 35490

Policy Agreement

between

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED

and

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Dated March 20, 2015

 

 

 

This draft document is not a contract or an offer to enter into a contract. Only the document as executed by IFC and the other parties hereto will contain the terms that bind them. Until the document is executed by IFC and the other parties hereto, neither IFC nor the other parties hereto intend to be bound.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article/

Section

 

Item

   Page No.

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     1  

Section 1.01              Definitions

     1  

Section 1.02              Interpretation

     5  

Section 1.03              Third Party Rights

     5  

ARTICLE II IFC OBSERVER

     6  

Section 2.01              IFC Observer

     6  

Section 2.02              Removal/Resignation of IFC Observer

     6  

ARTICLE III COVENANTS

     7  

Section 3.01              General Reporting Covenants

     7  

Section 3.02              IFC Policy Reporting Covenants

     8  

Section 3.03              IFC Policy Covenants

     9  

Section 3.04              Other Affirmative Covenants

     10  

Section 3.05              Restricted Transfers

     10  

Section 3.06              Further Assurances

     11  

ARTICLE IV POLICY REPURCHASE OPTION

     11  

Section 4.01              Repurchase Option

     11  

ARTICLE V TERM OF AGREEMENT

     12  

Section 5.01              Term of Agreement

     12  

ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     13  

Section 6.01              Representations and Warranties

     13  

Section 6.02              IFC Reliance

     13  

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

     13  

Section 7.01              Notices

     13  

Section 7.02              Saving of Rights

     14  

Section 7.03              English Language

     15  

Section 7.04              Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

     15  

Section 7.05              Immunity

     16  

Section 7.06              Announcements

     16  

Section 7.07              Successors and Assigns

     17  

Section 7.08              Amendments, Waivers and Consents

     17  

Section 7.09              Counterparts

     17  

Section 7.10              Expenses

     17  

Section 7.11              Entire Agreement

     17  

Section 7.12              Invalid Provisions

     17  


Annexes and Schedules

 

Annex A

   ANTI-CORRUPTION GUIDELINES FOR IFC TRANSACTIONS

Annex B

   EXCLUSION LIST

Schedule 1

   FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY AND AUTHORITY

Schedule 2

   ACTION PLAN

Schedule 3

   S&E PERFORMANCE REPORT


POLICY AGREEMENT

This POLICY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated March 20, 2015, between:

 

  (1) NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED, an exempted company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “ Company ”); and

 

  (2) INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION, an international organization established by Articles of Agreement among its member countries (“ IFC ”).

RECITALS

 

  (A) Pursuant to the Ordinary Share Subscription Agreement dated March 16, 2015 (the “ Subscription Agreement ”) between IFC, certain other investors and the Company, IFC has agreed to subscribe for 148,301 fully paid and non-assessable ordinary shares in the Company on the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement;

 

  (B) IFC has certain operational policy requirements for its transactions, and IFC requires adherence by the Company to these specific requirements and provisions as provided for in this Agreement as a condition of the IFC Subscription; and

 

  (C) Accordingly, as a condition of IFC’s obligations of subscription under the Subscription Agreement, the Company and IFC have agreed to enter into this Agreement.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.01     Definitions . Wherever used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Accounting Standards ” means the International Financial Reporting Standards (“ IFRS ”) promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Boards (“ IASB ”) (which include standards and interpretations approved by the IASB and International Accounting Standards issued under previous constitutions), together with its pronouncements thereon from time to time, and applied on a consistent basis; provided , however , that, with respect to any Subsidiary located in Mexico, “Accounting Standards” shall mean Mexican Financial Reporting Standards and with respect to any Subsidiary located in Argentina, “Accounting Standards” shall mean Argentine Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Action Plan ” means the plan or plans developed by the Company, a copy of which is attached as Schedule 2 ( Action Plan ), setting out the specific social and environmental measures to be undertaken by the Company, to enable the Company’s Operations to be undertaken in compliance with the Performance Standards;

Affiliate ” has the meaning given to it in Schedule B of the Subscription Agreement;

Applicable Law ” means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, any license, permit or other governmental Authorization, in each case as in effect from time to time;

Applicable S&E Law ” means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the applicable Country, including without limitation, all Authorizations setting standards concerning environmental, social, labor, health and safety or security risks of the type contemplated by the Performance Standards or imposing liability for the breach thereof;

 

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Auditors ” means the independent, external auditors of the Company;

Authority ” means any national, supranational, regional or local government, or governmental, statutory, regulatory, administrative, fiscal, judicial, or government-owned body, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity, or central bank (or any Person whether or not government owned and howsoever constituted or called, that exercises the functions of the central bank);

Authorization ” means any consent, registration, filing, agreement, notarization, certificate, license, approval, permit, authority or exemption from, by or with any Authority, whether given by express action or deemed given by failure to act within any specified time period, and all corporate, creditors’ and shareholders’ approvals or consents;

Authorized Representative ” means any individual who is duly authorized by the Company to act on its behalf and whose name and a specimen of whose signature appear on the Certificate of Incumbency and Authority most recently delivered by the Company to IFC;

Board of Directors ” or “ Board ” means the board of directors of the Company nominated and elected from time to time in accordance with the Charter and Shareholders’ Agreement;

Business Day ” means a day when banks are open for business in New York, New York;

CAO ” means the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, the independent accountability mechanism for IFC that responds to environmental and social concerns of affected communities and aims to enhance outcomes;

CAO’s Role ” means the role of the CAO which is:

 

  (a) to respond to complaints by Persons who have been or are likely to be negatively affected by the social or environmental impacts of IFC projects; and

 

  (b) to oversee audits of IFC’s social and environmental performance, particularly in relation to sensitive projects, and to ensure compliance with IFC’s social and environmental policies, guidelines, procedures and systems;

Certificate of Incumbency and Authority ” means a certificate provided to IFC by the Company substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 1 ( Form of Certificate of Incumbency and Authority );

Charter ” means the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company or, as applicable, the equivalent constitutive or organizational documents of any Subsidiary, in each case, as the same may be amended from time to time;

Closing Date ” has the meaning given to it in Section 1.1(c)(ii) of the Subscription Agreement;

Coercive Practice ” has the meaning set forth in Annex A ( Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions );

Collusive Practice ” has the meaning set forth in Annex A ( Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions );

Company Operations ” has the meaning given to it in Schedule B of the Subscription Agreement;

 

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Control ” has the meaning given to it in Schedule B of the Subscription Agreement;

Corrupt Practice ” has the meaning set forth in Annex A ( Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions );

Country ” means, with respect to the Company, the Cayman Islands, and with respect to any Subsidiary, the country in which it is organized and, if different, the country in which such Subsidiary has substantial operations;

Debarred Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05 ( Restricted Transfers );

Director ” means an individual who is a member of the Board of the Company nominated and elected from time to time in accordance with the Charter and Shareholders’ Agreement;

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America;

Equity Securities ” of a company means (i) common shares, (ii) preferred shares, (iii) bonds, loans, warrants, rights, options or other similar instruments or securities, in each case which are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or which carry a right to subscribe for or purchase common shares of such company or (iv) any instrument or certificate representing a beneficial ownership interest in the common shares of such company, including global depositary receipts and American depository receipts and any other security issued by the company, even if not convertible into common shares, that derives its value and/or return based on the financial performance of the company or its shares.

Exclusion List ” means the list of prohibited activities set forth in Annex B ( Exclusion List );

Financial Year ” means the accounting year of the Company commencing each year on January 1 st and ending on the following December 31 st , or such other period as the Company from time to time designates as its accounting year in accordance with its Charter;

Fraudulent Practice ” has the meaning set forth in Annex A ( Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions );

General Meeting ” means a general meeting of the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Charter;

IFC Observer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 ( IFC Observer );

IFC Shares ” means the Equity Securities of the Company subscribed for by IFC pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and/or otherwise held by IFC from time to time;

IFC Subscription ” means any subscription for Equity Securities of the Company by IFC as provided for in the Subscription Agreement;

Intellectual Property ” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.9(a) of the Subscription Agreement;

Liquidity Event ” has the meaning given to it in the Shareholders’ Agreement;

Listing ” means the admission of Shares of the Company to listing on any securities exchange and/or to trading on any public trading market;

Material Adverse Effect ” has the meaning given to it in Schedule B of the Subscription Agreement;

 

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Obstructive Practice ” has the meaning set forth in Annex A ( Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions );

Performance Standards ” means IFC’s Performance Standards on Social & Environmental Sustainability, dated January 1, 2012, copies of which have been delivered to and receipt of which has been acknowledged by the Company pursuant to the letter dated November 19, 2014.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, voluntary association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, Authority or any other entity whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity;

Related Party ” means any Person: (a) that holds a material interest in the Company or any Subsidiary; (b) in which the Company or any Subsidiary holds a material interest; (c) that is otherwise an Affiliate of the Company; (d) who serves (or has within the past twelve (12) months served) as a director or officer of the Company; or (e) who is a member of the family of any individual included in any of the foregoing. For the purpose of this definition, “material interest” shall mean a direct or indirect ownership of shares representing at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding voting power or equity of the Company or any Subsidiary;

Repurchase Notice ” means a notice provided by IFC to the Company pursuant to Section 4.01(a) informing the Company of IFC’s exercise of the Repurchase Option;

Repurchase Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a) ( Policy Repurchase Option ).

Repurchase Price ” means in relation to any given exercise of the Repurchase Option, the amount obtained by multiplying the Subscription Price by the number of Repurchase Shares specified in the relevant Repurchase Notice and adjusting such amount by the rate of inflation as measured by the US CPI for the period of time, measured to the closest month, from the date of the IFC Subscription to the date the Repurchase Notice was delivered;

Repurchase Shares ” means the IFC Shares to be redeemed by IFC as specified in the Repurchase Notice, which shall be 100% of the IFC Shares as of the date of such Repurchase Notice.

Repurchase Trigger Event ” means (a) the failure of the Company to perform its obligations under or in respect of Section 2.01 ( IFC Observer ), Section 3.01 ( General Reporting Covenants ), Section 3.02 ( IFC Policy Reporting Covenants ), Section 3.03 ( IFC Policy Covenants ), Section 3.04(a) ( Other Affirmative Covenants ), or Section 3.05 ( Restricted Transfers ) of this Agreement, and such failure is incapable of remedy (in the reasonable opinion of IFC) or, where such failure is capable of remedy (in the reasonable opinion of IFC), it has not been remedied within sixty (60) days following notice of such failure from IFC; or (b) the failure of a representation made by the Company in Section 2.14 ( Environmental and Safety Laws ), Section 2.37 ( Sanctionable Practices ), Section 2.38 ( UN Security Council Resolutions ) or Section 2.39 ( Criminal Offenses ) of the Subscription Agreement to be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date;

S&E Performance Report ” means the S&E Performance Report attached hereto as Schedule 3 ( S&E Performance Report ), setting out the specific social, environmental and developmental impact information to be provided by the Company in respect of the Company Operations;

Sanctionable Practice ” means any Corrupt Practice, Fraudulent Practice, Coercive Practice, Collusive Practice, or Obstructive Practice, as those terms are defined herein and interpreted in accordance with the Anti-Corruption Guidelines attached to this Agreement as Annex A ( Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions );

 

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Shareholders’ Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement, dated March 20, 2015, between the Company and the Holders (as defined therein);

Shares ” means the issued and outstanding shares, or equivalent equity interests, of a company;

Shell Bank ” means a bank incorporated in a jurisdiction in which it has no physical presence and which is not an Affiliate of a regulated bank or a regulated financial group;

Subscription Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;

Subscription Price ” has the meaning given to it in Section 1.1(b) of the Subscription Agreement;

Subsidiary ” means with respect to the Company, an Affiliate over fifty per cent (50%) of whose Shares is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company; and

Transaction Documents ” means:

 

  (a) this Agreement;

 

  (b) the Subscription Agreement; and

 

  (c) the Shareholders’ Agreement.

Section 1.02     Interpretation . In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (a) headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

 

  (b) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

 

  (c) a reference to an Annex, Article, party, Schedule or Section is a reference to that Article or Section of, or that Annex, party or Schedule to, this Agreement;

 

  (d) a reference to a document in the “agreed form” is a reference to a document approved and for the purposes of identification initialed by or on behalf of the parties thereto;

 

  (e) a reference to a document includes an amendment or supplement to, or replacement or novation of, that document but disregarding any amendment, supplement, replacement or novation made in breach of this Agreement;

 

  (f) general words in this Agreement shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of their being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things or by examples falling within the general words;

 

  (g) a reference to a party to any document includes that party’s successors and permitted assigns; and

 

  (h) unless stated otherwise herein, a reference to “shares of the Company” means shares of the Company of any class.

Section 1.03     Third Party Rights . A Person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

IFC OBSERVER

Section 2.01     IFC Observer . (a) For as long as IFC holds at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the number of IFC Shares subscribed by IFC pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (as such corresponding number shall be adjusted for any applicable share splits, share dividends, combinations, subdivisions, recapitalizations and the like), IFC shall have the right to nominate one observer (the “ IFC Observer ”) to attend, in a nonvoting observer capacity, all meetings of the Board and any committees thereof and, in this respect, the IFC Observer shall have access to all information granted to the Board of Directors in their capacity as Directors of the Company (including notices, consents, minutes, financial statements, agendas, and other materials, in each case to be received at the same time and in the same manner as received by directors seated on the Board). The IFC Observer may provide to IFC any information that the IFC Observer receives from the Company, and may provide periodic reports to IFC. IFC and the IFC Observer (without prejudice to the preceding sentence) shall at all times keep confidential and not divulge, furnish or make accessible to anyone any confidential information, knowledge or data concerning or relating to the business or financial affairs of the Company to which IFC or the IFC Observer shall become privy by reason of provision (collectively, the “ Confidential Information ”); provided , that IFC and the IFC Observer may disclose Confidential Information to any officer, employee or representative of IFC or legal counsel, rating agency, accountants or representatives for IFC (each of the foregoing persons, a “ Permitted Disclosee ”). IFC shall be permitted to disclose such Confidential Information to other members of the World Bank Group. IFC and the IFC Observer shall only use the Confidential Information for purposes of monitoring and evaluating IFC’s investment in the Company. The foregoing confidentiality provisions shall not, however, be applied to any information that is generally available to the public or that is or has been made known or disclosed to IFC or the IFC Observer by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided , that the Board may exclude the IFC Observer from attendance at such meetings or access to such information if the Board determines that doing so is necessary for reasons of material conflicts of interest as determined in good faith by the Board or to protect highly confidential information or to preserve attorney-client privilege. The Company covenants that, consistent with Section 3.9 of the Shareholders’ Agreement, it will indemnify the IFC Observer to the maximum extent that the Company indemnifies members of the Board, and the Company will not take any action to amend its Charter to prohibit the Company from complying with such obligation. IFC may remove the IFC Observer at any time and shall be entitled to nominate another IFC Observer in place of any IFC Observer so removed. In the event of the resignation, retirement or vacation of office of the IFC Observer, IFC shall be entitled to designate another IFC Observer in place of such IFC Observer.

 

  (b) Within twenty-four (24) months after the date of this Agreement, the Board shall constitute and maintain the following committees whose members shall all be Directors: (i) the audit committee; and (ii) the nominations committee; and (iii) the compensation committee, and the IFC Observer shall be permitted to attend all meetings of these committees, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 2.01(a) above. Any financial audit of the Company must be in compliance with the Accounting Standards and approved by the audit committee.

Section 2.02     Removal/Resignation of IFC Observer . IFC may remove the IFC Observer at any time and shall be entitled to nominate another Person as the IFC Observer in place of any IFC Observer so removed. In the event of the resignation, retirement or vacation of office of the IFC Observer, IFC shall be entitled to nominate another Person as the IFC Observer in place of such IFC Observer.

 

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ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

Section 3.01     General Reporting Covenants .

 

  (a) The Company shall furnish to IFC the following information:

 

  (i) within ninety (90) days after the end of each Financial Year, annual financial statements (a balance sheet as of the end of such Financial Year and the related statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the Financial Year then ended) for the Company and for each of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and an unconsolidated basis, audited in accordance with the Accounting Standards and certified by the Auditors, along with a consolidating statement prepared by the Auditors, and a copy of all management letters delivered by the Auditors;

 

  (ii) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter of each Financial Year, quarterly financial statements (a balance sheet as of the end of such quarter and the related statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the quarter then ended) for the Company and for each of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and an unconsolidated basis, prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards;

 

  (iii) within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof by the Company, any management letter or similar letter from the Auditors;

 

  (iv) no later than ten (10) days before each General Meeting, the notice, agenda and relevant meeting materials for the General Meeting;

 

  (v) no later than fifteen (15) days after each General Meeting, the minutes thereof reflecting decisions adopted at such meeting;

 

  (vi) simultaneously with delivery to the Directors and the IFC Observer, the notice, agenda and relevant materials sent to them for meetings of the Board;

 

  (vii) no later than thirty (30) days after each Board meeting, the minutes thereof reflecting decisions adopted at such meeting;

 

  (viii) no later than thirty (30) days before commencement of each Financial Year, the proposed annual business plan; and

 

  (ix) upon IFC’s request, a summary of all outstanding litigation, arbitration or other claims involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the total number of claims outstanding for each type of claim (e.g., labor, civil, tax), the number of new claims initiated in the period covered by such request, the number of claims resolved (either by settlement, judicial award or otherwise) in such period, the aggregate and average payment amounts agreed by settlement or awarded, the aggregate and average settlement or award payment amounts actually paid, the aggregate amount reserved by the Company for each type of claim, and any other relevant information about the Company’s outstanding claims.

 

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  (b) Following a Listing, the covenants set forth in this Section 3.01 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.

Section 3.02     IFC Policy Reporting Covenants .

 

  (a) The Company shall promptly notify IFC upon becoming aware of any: (i) litigation or investigations or proceedings against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which have or may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) any criminal investigations or proceedings against the Company or any director or officer of the Company, and any such notification shall specify the nature of the action or proceeding and any steps that the Company proposes to take in response to the same.

 

  (b) Upon IFC’s reasonable request or the CAO’s request (or IFC’s request on behalf or at the behest of the CAO) at any time, and with reasonable prior notice to the Company, the Company shall permit representatives of IFC and the CAO, during normal office hours, to:

 

  (i) visit any of the sites and premises where the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries is conducted;

 

  (ii) inspect any of the offices, branches and other facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

  (iii) have access to the books of account and all records of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

 

  (iv) have access to those employees and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries who have or may have knowledge of matters with respect to which IFC or the CAO seeks information;

provided that: (A) in the case of representatives of the CAO, no such reasonably prior notice shall be necessary if special circumstances so require; (B) with respect to representatives of IFC only, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 3.02 to provide access to any information that it reasonably considers, upon written advice of its legal counsel, to be a trade secret or similar confidential information; (C) the inspection rights contained in this Section 3.02 may be exercised by representatives of IFC only once during any twelve (12)-month period (but no such limitation applies to the representatives of the CAO); and (D) in the case of the representatives of the CAO, such access shall be for the purpose of carrying out the CAO’s Role.

 

  (c) The Company shall and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall:

 

  (i) within ninety (90) days after the end of each Financial Year, deliver to IFC the corresponding S&E Performance Report in the form attached as Schedule 3 ( S&E Performance Report ) hereto confirming compliance with the Action Plan, the social and environmental covenants set forth in this Agreement and Applicable S&E Law, or, as the case may be, identifying any non-compliance or failure, and the actions being taken to remedy it, and including such information as IFC shall reasonably require in order to measure the ongoing development results of IFC’s investment in the IFC Shares, which information IFC may hold and use in accordance with IFC’s Access to Information Policy, dated January 1, 2012, which is available at http://ifcnet.ifc.org/intranet/ifcpolproc.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/700101IFCPolicyDisclosureInformation_ Effective+Jan+1+2012/$FILE/700101IFCPolicyDisclosureInformation.pdf); and

 

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  (ii) within three (3) days after its occurrence, notify IFC of any social, labor, health and safety, security or environmental incident, accident or circumstance having, or which could reasonably be expected to have, any material adverse social and/or environmental impact or any material adverse impact on the implementation or operation of the Company Operations in compliance with the Performance Standards, specifying in each case the nature of the incident, accident, or circumstance and the impact or effect arising or likely to arise therefrom, and the measures the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as applicable, is taking or plans to take to address them and to prevent any future similar event; and keep IFC informed of the on-going implementation of those measures.

 

  (d) The Company shall furnish to IFC, within ninety (90) days after the expiry of the insurance policy referred to in Section 3.03(f) ( IFC Policy Covenants ), a certificate from an Authorized Representative confirming that, as of the date of such certificate, the Company maintains the insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.03(f) ( IFC Policy Covenants ) and providing a detailed explanation of any material changes in such insurance policies.

 

  (e) Following a Listing, IFC may, by notice to the Company, elect not to receive any of the information described in this Section 3.02. In this case, the Company shall provide IFC with copies of all information publicly disclosed and/or filed, in compliance with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the Company’s securities are listed and any Applicable Law. If, upon a Liquidity Event, the rights set forth in this Section 3.02 survive such Liquidity Event pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), and IFC does not elect not to receive any of the information described in this Section 3.02 in accordance with the first sentence in this Section 3.02(e), the exercise of the rights set forth in this Section 3.02 shall be subject to Applicable Law with respect to selective disclosure of information by publicly traded companies and to IFC entering into a confidentiality and standstill agreement reasonably acceptable to IFC and the Company or any successor entity thereto.

Section 3.03      IFC Policy Covenants .

 

  (a) Sanctionable Practices .

 

  (i) The Company hereby agrees that it shall not engage in (nor authorize or permit any Affiliate or any other Person acting on its behalf to engage in) any Sanctionable Practice with respect to the Company Operations;

 

  (ii) The Company further covenants that should it become aware of any violation of Section 3.03(a)(i), it shall promptly notify IFC; and

 

  (iii) If IFC notifies the Company of its concern that there has been a violation of Section 3.03(a)(i), the Company shall cooperate in good faith with IFC and its representatives in determining whether such a violation has occurred, and shall respond promptly and in reasonable detail to any notice from IFC, and shall furnish documentary support for such response upon IFC’s request.

 

  (b) Affirmative Covenants . The Company shall and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall:

 

  (i) implement the Action Plan and undertake the Company Operations in compliance with the Performance Standards and Applicable S&E Law; and

 

  (ii) periodically review the form of the S&E Performance Report and advise IFC as to whether revision of the form is necessary or appropriate in light of changes to the Company Operations and revise the form of the S&E Performance Report, if applicable, with the prior written consent of IFC.

 

  (c) Negative Covenant . The Company shall not amend the Action Plan in any material respect without the prior written consent of IFC.

 

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  (d) UN Security Council Resolutions . The Company shall not and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall not enter into any transaction or engage in any activity prohibited by any resolution of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The Company shall ensure that no Person may become a holder of Equity Securities if such Person or any Affiliate of such Person is named on (A) lists promulgated by the United Nations Security Council or its committees pursuant to resolutions issued under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter; or (B) the World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms (see www.worldbank.org/debarr).

 

  (e) Shell Banks . The Company shall not and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall not conduct business or enter into any transaction with, or transmit any funds through, a Shell Bank.

 

  (f) Insurance . The Company shall, at all times, maintain a directors and officers liability insurance policy, providing adequate and customary coverage with a financially sound and reputable insurer or insurers, and such policy shall at all times cover the IFC Observer to the full extent as it covers the Directors of the Company.

 

  (g) Prohibited Activities . The Company shall not, and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall not, engage directly or indirectly in any of the activities on the Exclusion List attached as Annex B or in a country that is not a member of the World Bank.

Section 3.04     Other Affirmative Covenants . The Company shall:

 

  (a) undertake its business, activities and investments, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to undertake their business, activities and investments, in compliance with Applicable Law; and

 

  (b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within eighteen (18) months of the Closing Date, adopt and maintain a policy, in form and substance satisfactory to IFC, designed to maximize the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ ownership of Intellectual Property developed or acquired in the course of its operations, which policy shall require the Company to, commencing on the date such policy is adopted: (i) cause all material technological developments, patentable or unpatentable, inventions, discoveries or improvements by the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ officers or employees to be documented in accordance with the appropriate professional standards; and (ii) cause all officers and key employees, and to the extent practicable, consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to enter into non-disclosure and proprietary rights agreements in customary form, approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.05     Restricted Transfers . The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, refuse to effect or recognize: (a) any transaction involving a purported Transfer (as such term is defined in the Charter) of Equity Securities in the Company or of any Subsidiary to any of the individuals or entities named on (i) lists promulgated by the United Nations Security Council or its committees pursuant to resolutions issued under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter or (ii) the World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms (each, a “ Debarred Person ”), or record or register any such Transfer of Equity Securities in the Company or such Subsidiary in the applicable share registry; or (b) any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, merger, consolidation or other transaction that constitutes a Liquidity Event which would result in (1) the shareholders of the Company receiving equity securities of a Debarred Person or a Person that engages in activities set forth on the Exclusion List (or, with respect to the activities set forth in the second, third, fourth and fifth items on the Exclusion List (the “ Specified Activities ”), that engages primarily in such Specified Activities), or (2) the shareholders of the Company (if such shareholders includes IFC) and a Debarred Person or a Person that engages in the activities set forth on the Exclusion List (or, with respect to the Specified Activities, that engages primarily in such Specified Activities) being holders of any of the equity securities of the Company or a Subsidiary or any surviving or successor Person. After consummation of any admission of Equity Securities of the Company to listing on any securities exchange and/or to trading on any public market, this Section 3.05 shall not apply to a sale of Equity Securities of the Company on any open market. For sake of clarity, a retailer that engages in the Specified Activities but for which those Specified Activities do not constitute a majority of such retailer’s revenues shall not be considered to be a Person engaging primarily in such Specified Activities.

 

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Section 3.06     Further Assurances . The Company shall exercise all such rights and powers as are available to it to take, or cause to be taken, such actions, and do, perform, execute and deliver, or cause to be done, performed, executed and delivered, all acts, deeds and documents necessary, proper or advisable to ensure compliance with and to fully and effectually implement the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as promptly as reasonably possible.

ARTICLE IV

POLICY REPURCHASE OPTION

Section 4.01     Repurchase Option .

 

  (a) The Company hereby grants to IFC an option (the “ Repurchase Option ”) to sell to the Company, and the Company is obligated to purchase from IFC upon exercise of each such option, all the Repurchase Shares (as specified by IFC in the relevant Repurchase Notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

  (b) The Repurchase Option may be exercised by IFC by delivery to the Company of a Repurchase Notice at any time within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date upon which IFC becomes aware of the occurrence of a Repurchase Trigger Event.

 

  (c) The Repurchase Notice shall specify the number of Repurchase Shares (which shall be 100% of the IFC Shares as of the date of such Repurchase Notice), the Repurchase Price for those Repurchase Shares (and the basis for its determination of the Repurchase Price), the bank account into which the Repurchase Price shall be paid, the nature of the relevant Repurchase Trigger Event and the settlement date (the “ Settlement Date ”) for such repurchase (which shall be not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of the Repurchase Notice).

 

  (d) On the Settlement Date: (i) the Company shall pay to IFC, into the bank account specified by IFC, the Repurchase Price set out in the Repurchase Notice in immediately available funds, without deduction whatsoever for any fees, taxes, duties, costs or other charges howsoever called unless such deduction is required pursuant to Applicable Law (including any laws or regulations with respect to IFC’s immunity from taxation and customs duties in the territories of IFC’s member countries); and (ii) IFC shall, after receipt of the Repurchase Price, transfer to the Company free of all liens and other encumbrances and rights of third parties the certificates, if any, evidencing title to the Repurchase Shares together with such instruments of transfer, if any, as required by the laws of the Country to effect the transfer. The Company hereby acknowledges that IFC is immune from all forms of taxation and customs duties, including withholding tax, in the territories of IFC’s member countries. Without prejudice to clause (i) of this Section 4.01(d), the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to assist IFC, including by preparing necessary forms and other paperwork, to obtain the benefits of any immunity, exemption or relief from taxation to which IFC is entitled with respect to taxes imposed in respect of IFC’s ownership of shares in the Company. The Company further agrees that, at IFC’s request, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to make any filings and to take other actions to recover on IFC’s behalf any taxes withheld or paid which are recoverable, in each case with respect to taxes imposed in respect of IFC’s ownership of shares in the Company, but only to the extent that such filings may be made, or such withheld or paid taxes recovered by the Company, and cannot be legally filed, recovered or obtained, as the case may be, by IFC. If Company is required to withhold or deduct taxes, the Company agrees to provide IFC with 20 calendar days’ advance notice of any amounts to be withheld purportedly representing IFC’s tax liability.

 

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  (e) For the avoidance of doubt, IFC shall be entitled to any dividends, distributions or return of capital relating to the Repurchase Shares which are the subject of the relevant Repurchase Notice which were declared or otherwise had a record date on or before the Settlement Date. To the extent that any such dividends, distributions or return of capital are paid to the Company, whether before or after the Settlement Date, the Company shall be deemed to hold such amounts in trust and for the benefit of IFC and shall promptly pay to IFC an amount equal to the amount of such dividends, distributions or return of capital so received by it.

 

  (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.01 , the Company shall be obligated to pay the Repurchase Price only if and when the Company has funds lawfully available for the repurchase of the Repurchase Shares.

ARTICLE V

TERM OF AGREEMENT

Section 5.01     Term of Agreement . Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall become effective as of the date on which IFC first subscribes for the IFC Shares and shall continue in force until the earlier of (i) such time as IFC no longer holds any IFC Shares or shares of any successor company or (ii) the occurrence of a Liquidity Event, at which point this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect; provided , that

 

  (a) solely in the case of a termination under the foregoing clause (ii), if the Liquidity Event is not a public offering of the Company or any successor entity thereto, the provisions of Section 2.01 ( IFC Observer ), Section 2.02 ( Removal/Resignation of IFC Observer ), Section 3.01 ( General Reporting Covenants ), Section 3.02 ( IFC Policy Reporting Covenants ), Section 3.03 ( IFC Policy Covenants ), Section 3.04 ( Other Affirmative Covenants ), Section 3.05 ( Restricted Transfers ) and Section 4.01 ( Repurchase Option ) shall survive the termination of this Agreement unless the sole consideration to IFC from such Liquidity Event is cash and/or Equity Securities of a highly liquid publicly traded stock that is listed on a major global exchange (in which case such provisions would not survive the Liquidity Event);

 

  (b) solely in the case of a termination under the foregoing clause (ii), if the Liquidity Event is a public offering of the Company or any successor entity thereto, the provisions of Section 3.02(b) ( IFC Policy Reporting Covenants ) and Section 3.03 ( IFC Policy Covenants ) shall survive;

 

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  (c) in any case, the provisions of Article I ( Definitions and Interpretation ), Section 7.01 ( Notices ), Section 7.03 ( English Language ), Section 7.04 ( Applicable Law and Jurisdiction ), Section 7.06 ( Announcements ) and Section 7.10 ( Expenses ) shall survive the termination of this Agreement; and

 

  (d) the termination of this Agreement or cessation of effectiveness with respect to a Party shall be without prejudice to any Person’s accrued rights and obligations at the date of its termination and any legal or equitable remedies of any kind which may accrue in connection therewith.

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 6.01     Representations and Warranties . The Company hereby represents and warrants that each of the following statements is true, accurate and not misleading as of the date of this Agreement:

 

  (a) Organization and Authority . The Company is a legal entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is party.

 

  (b) Validity . This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and constitutes its valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

 

  (c) No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will not contravene: (i) any law, regulation, order, decree or Authorization applicable to the Company; (ii) any provision of the Company’s Charter; or (iii) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Company or any of the Company’s assets; and

 

  (d) Status of Authorizations . All Authorizations required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

Section 6.02     IFC Reliance . The Company acknowledges that it has made the representations and warranties in Section 6.01 ( Representations and Warranties ), with the intention of inducing IFC to enter into this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to make the IFC Subscription and that IFC has entered into this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and made the IFC Subscription on the basis of and in full reliance on such representations and warranties.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01     Notices .

 

  (a) Any notice, request or other communication to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing. Subject to Section 7.04 ( Applicable Law and Jurisdiction ), any such communication shall be delivered by hand, established courier service, facsimile or by e-mail (with delivery by hand or by courier service to follow, if the recipient is IFC) to the party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such party’s address specified below or at such other address as such party has from time to time designated by written notice to the other party hereto, and subject to clause (b) shall be effective upon the earlier of (a) actual receipt and (b) deemed receipt under Section 7.01(b) below.

 

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For the Company:

Netshoes (Cayman) Limited

Rua Vergueiro, 943, Liberdade

CEP: 01504-001

São Paulo SP, Brazil

Email: marcio@netshoes.com

Attention: Marcio Kumruian

With a copy to:

Flávio Franco

Legal Director

Email: flavio.franco@netshoes.com

For IFC:

International Finance Corporation

2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20433

United States of America

Facsimile: +1 (202) 522-3743

Email: SPetersen@ifc.org

Attention: Director, TMT, Venture Capital and Funds Department

With a copy (in the case of communications relating to payments) sent to the attention of the Director, Department of Financial Operations at:

Facsimile: +1 (202) 522-3064

 

  (b) Unless there is reasonable evidence that it was received at a different time, notice pursuant to this Section 7.01 is deemed given if: (i) delivered by hand, when left at the address referred to in Section 7.01(a); (ii) sent by established courier services within a country, three (3) Business Days after posting it; (iii) sent by established courier service between two countries, six (6) Business Days after posting it; (iv) sent by facsimile, when confirmation of its transmission has been recorded by the sender’s facsimile machine and (v) sent by email, upon receipt by the intended recipient.

Section 7.02     Saving of Rights .

 

  (a) The rights and remedies of IFC in relation to any misrepresentation or breach of warranty on the part of the Company shall not be prejudiced by any investigation by or on behalf of IFC into the affairs of the Company, by the execution or the performance of this Agreement or by any other act or thing by or on behalf of IFC which might prejudice such rights or remedies.

 

  (b) No course of dealing and no failure or delay by IFC in exercising any power, remedy, discretion, authority or other right under this Agreement or any other agreement shall impair, or be construed to be a waiver of or an acquiescence in, that or any other power, remedy, discretion, authority or right under this Agreement, or in any manner preclude its additional or future exercise.

 

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Section 7.03     English Language . All documents to be provided or communications to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in English and, where the original version of any such document or communication is not in English, shall be accompanied by an English translation certified by an Authorized Representative to be a true and correct translation of the original.

Section 7.04     Applicable Law and Jurisdiction .

 

  (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

  (b) For the exclusive benefit of IFC, the Company irrevocably agrees to venue being laid in the courts of the United States of America located in the Southern District of New York or in the courts of the State of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan, in any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and waives any objections to venue based on grounds of forum non conveniens or inconvenient forum.

 

  (c) For the exclusive benefit of IFC, the Company irrevocably also submits to personal jurisdiction of any such court in any such action, suit or proceeding. Final judgment against the Company in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction, including the Country, by suit on the judgment, a certified or exemplified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the judgment, or in any other manner provided by law.

 

  (d) The parties acknowledge and agree that no provision of this Agreement in any way constitutes or implies a waiver, termination or modification by IFC of any privilege, immunity or exemption of IFC granted in the Articles of Agreement establishing IFC, international conventions, or applicable law.

 

  (e) The Company hereby designates, appoints and empowers, on an automatically renewing basis, Corporation Service Company, with offices currently located at 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 210, New York, NY 10036, as its authorized agent solely to receive for and on its behalf service of any summons, complaint or other legal process in any action, suit or proceeding IFC may bring in the State of New York in respect of this Agreement.

 

  (f) As long as this Agreement remains in force, the Company shall maintain a duly appointed and authorized agent to receive for and on its behalf service of any summons, complaint or other legal process in any action, suit or proceeding IFC may bring in New York, New York, United States of America, with respect to this Agreement. The Company shall keep IFC advised of the identity and location of such agent.

 

  (g) The Company also irrevocably consents to the service of such papers being made by mailing copies of the papers by registered United States air mail, postage prepaid, to the Company at its address specified pursuant to Section 7.01 (Notices). In such a case, IFC shall also send by facsimile, or have sent by facsimile, a copy of the papers to the Company.

 

  (h) Service in the manner provided in Sections 7.04(e), (f) and (g) in any action, suit or proceeding will be deemed personal service, will be accepted by the Company as such and will be valid and binding upon the Company for all purposes of any such action, suit or proceeding.

 

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  (i) The Company irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law:

 

  (i) its right of removal of any matter commenced by IFC in the courts of the State of New York to any other court in the United States of America or elsewhere; and

 

  (ii) any and all rights to demand a trial by jury in any such action, suit or proceeding brought against such party by IFC.

 

  (j) To the extent that the Company may be entitled in any jurisdiction to claim for itself or its assets immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement from any suit, execution, attachment (whether provisional or final, in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process or to the extent that in any jurisdiction that immunity (whether or not claimed) may be attributed to it or its assets, the Company irrevocably agrees not to claim and irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent permitted now or in the future by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

  (k) The Company hereby acknowledges that IFC shall be entitled under Applicable Law, including the provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act, to immunity from a trial by jury in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought against IFC in any court of the United States of America. The Company hereby waives any and all rights to demand a trial by jury in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, brought against IFC in any forum in which IFC is not entitled to immunity from a trial by jury.

 

  (l) To the extent that the Company may, in any action, suit or proceeding brought in any of the courts referred to in Section 7.04(b) or a court of the Country or elsewhere arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, be entitled to the benefit of any provision of law requiring IFC in such action, suit or proceeding to post security for the costs of the Company, or to post a bond or to take similar action, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such benefit, in each case to the fullest extent now or in the future permitted under the laws of the Country or, as the case may be, the jurisdiction in which such court is located.

 

  (m) Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of IFC to commence legal proceedings or otherwise sue the Company in the Country or any other appropriate jurisdiction, or concurrently in more than one jurisdiction, or to serve process, pleadings and other legal papers upon the Company in any manner authorized by the laws of any such jurisdiction.

Section 7.05     Immunity . To the extent the Company may be entitled in any jurisdiction to claim for itself or its assets immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document from any suit, execution, attachment (whether provisional or final, in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process or to the extent that in any jurisdiction that immunity (whether or not claimed) may be attributed to it or its assets, the Company irrevocably agrees not to claim and irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent permitted now or in the future by the laws of such jurisdiction.

Section 7.06     Announcements .

 

  (a) The Company may not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, represent IFC’s views on any matter, or use IFC’s name in any written material provided to third parties, without IFC’s prior written consent.

 

  (b) The Company shall not, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries do not:

 

  (i) disclose any information either in writing or orally to any Person which is not a party to this Agreement; or

 

  (ii) make or issue a public announcement, communication or circular,

 

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about the IFC Subscription or the subject matter of, or the transactions referred to in, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including by way of press release, promotional and publicity materials, posting of information on websites, granting of interviews or other communications with the press, or otherwise, other than: (A) to such of its officers, employees and advisers as reasonably require such information in connection with IFC Subscription or to comply with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; (B) to the extent required by law or regulation (including the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s or the relevant Subsidiary’s shares are listed); (C) to the extent required for it to enforce its rights under this Agreement; and (D) with the prior written consent of IFC. Before any information is disclosed or any public announcement, communication or circulation made or issued pursuant to this Section 7.06(b), the Company must consult with IFC in advance about the timing, manner and content of the disclosure, announcement, communication or circulation (as the case may be).

 

  (c) The Company shall expressly inform any Person to whom it or any of its Subsidiaries discloses any information under Section 7.06(b) of the restrictions set out in Section 7.06(b) with regard to disclosure of such information and shall procure their compliance with the terms of this Section 7.06 as if they each were a party to this Agreement as the Company, and the Company shall be responsible for any breach by any such Person of the provisions of this Section 7.06.

Section 7.07     Successors and Assigns . This Agreement binds and benefits the respective successors and assignees of the parties. However, the Company may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement unless IFC gives its prior written consent.

Section 7.08     Amendments, Waivers and Consents . Any amendment or waiver of, or any consent given under, any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and, in the case of an amendment, signed by all of the parties hereto.

Section 7.09     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original, but all of which constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 7.10     Expenses . If any action is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

Section 7.11     Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, supersedes all prior discussions, memoranda of understanding, agreements and arrangements (whether written or oral, including all correspondence), if any, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and this Agreement (together with any amendments or modifications and the other Transaction Documents) contains the sole and entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Company and IFC acknowledge and agree that in the event of any conflict in interpretation or implementation between this Agreement and the Shareholders’ Agreement, the Shareholders’ Agreement shall control and the Company shall act in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement; provided , however , that in the event of an amendment to a provision of the Shareholders’ Agreement that creates a conflict with a provision of this Agreement, as determined in good faith by IFC in its sole and reasonable discretion, such amended provision shall not control with respect to this Agreement without the written consent of IFC to such amendment.

Section 7.12     Invalid Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any law from time to time: (a) such provision will be fully severable; (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof; and (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom.

( Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names as of the date first written above.

 

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED

 

 

By:

  / S /    M ARCIO K UMRUIAN

Name:

  Marcio Kumruian
Title:  

 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

By:

  / S /    N IKUNJ J INSI

Name:

  Nikunj Jinsi
Title:   Global Head, Venture Capital

 

 

Netshoes Policy Agreement

Signature Page


ANNEX A

ANTI-CORRUPTION GUIDELINES FOR IFC TRANSACTIONS

The purpose of these Guidelines is to clarify the meaning of the terms “ Corrupt Practice ”, “ Fraudulent Practice ”, “ Coercive Practice ”, “ Collusive Practice ” and “ Obstructive Practice ” in the context of IFC operations.

 

1. C ORRUPT P RACTICES

A “ Corrupt Practice ” is the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party.

I NTERPRETATION

 

  A. Corrupt practices are understood as kickbacks and bribery. The conduct in question must involve the use of improper means (such as bribery) to violate or derogate a duty owed by the recipient in order for the payor to obtain an undue advantage or to avoid an obligation. Antitrust, securities and other violations of law that are not of this nature are excluded from the definition of corrupt practices.

 

  B. It is acknowledged that foreign investment agreements, concessions and other types of contracts commonly require investors to make contributions for bona fide social development purposes or to provide funding for infrastructure unrelated to the project. Similarly, investors are often required or expected to make contributions to bona fide local charities. These practices are not viewed as Corrupt Practices for purposes of these definitions, so long as they are permitted under local law and fully disclosed in the payor’s books and records. Similarly, an investor will not be held liable for corrupt or fraudulent practices committed by entities that administer bona fide social development funds or charitable contributions.

 

  C. In the context of conduct between private parties, the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of corporate hospitality and gifts that are customary by internationally-accepted industry standards shall not constitute corrupt practices unless the action violates Applicable Law.

 

  D. Payment by private sector persons of the reasonable travel and entertainment expenses of public officials that are consistent with existing practice under relevant law and international conventions will not be viewed as Corrupt Practices.

 

  E. The World Bank Group 1 does not condone facilitation payments. For the purposes of implementation, the interpretation of “Corrupt Practices” relating to facilitation payments will take into account relevant law and international conventions pertaining to corruption.

 

2. F RAUDULENT P RACTICES

A “ Fraudulent Practice ” is any action or omission, including a misrepresentation that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation.

 

1   The “World Bank” is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an international organization established by Articles of Agreement among its member countries and the “World Bank Group” refers to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.


I NTERPRETATION

 

  A. An action, omission, or misrepresentation will be regarded as made recklessly if it is made with reckless indifference as to whether it is true or false. Mere inaccuracy in such information, committed through simple negligence, is not enough to constitute a “Fraudulent Practice” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

  B. Fraudulent Practices are intended to cover actions or omissions that are directed to or against a World Bank Group entity. It also covers Fraudulent Practices directed to or against a World Bank Group member country in connection with the award or implementation of a government contract or concession in a project financed by the World Bank Group. Frauds on other third parties are not condoned but are not specifically sanctioned in IFC, MIGA, or PRG operations. Similarly, other illegal behavior is not condoned, but will not be considered as a Fraudulent Practice for purposes of this Agreement.

 

3. C OERCIVE P RACTICES

A “ Coercive Practice ” is impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the party to influence improperly the actions of a party.

I NTERPRETATION

 

  A. Coercive Practices are actions undertaken for the purpose of bid rigging or in connection with public procurement or government contracting or in furtherance of a Corrupt Practice or a Fraudulent Practice.

 

  B. Coercive Practices are threatened or actual illegal actions such as personal injury or abduction, damage to property, or injury to legally recognizable interests, in order to obtain an undue advantage or to avoid an obligation. It is not intended to cover hard bargaining, the exercise of legal or contractual remedies or litigation.

 

4. C OLLUSIVE P RACTICES

A “ Collusive Practice ” is an arrangement between two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including to influence improperly the actions of another party.

I NTERPRETATION

Collusive Practices are actions undertaken for the purpose of bid rigging or in connection with public procurement or government contracting or in furtherance of a Corrupt Practice or a Fraudulent Practice.

 

5. O BSTRUCTIVE P RACTICES

An “ Obstructive Practice ” is (i) deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or concealing of evidence material to the investigation or making of false statements to investigators, in order to materially impede a World Bank Group investigation into allegations of a corrupt, fraudulent, coercive or collusive practice, and/or threatening, harassing or intimidating any party to prevent it from disclosing its knowledge of matters relevant to the investigation or from pursuing the investigation, or (ii) an act intended to materially impede the exercise of IFC’s access to contractually required information in connection with a World Bank Group investigation into allegations of a corrupt, fraudulent, coercive or collusive practice.

I NTERPRETATION

Any action legally or otherwise properly taken by a party to maintain or preserve its regulatory, legal or constitutional rights such as the attorney-client privilege, regardless of whether such action had the effect of impeding an investigation, does not constitute an Obstructive Practice.

G ENERAL I NTERPRETATION

A person should not be liable for actions taken by unrelated third parties unless the first party participated in the prohibited act in question.


ANNEX B

EXCLUSION LIST

 

1. Production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements, or subject to international bans, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, ozone depleting substances, PCB, wildlife or products regulated under CITES.

 

2. Production or trade in weapons and munitions.

 

3. Production or trade in alcoholic beverages (excluding beer and wine).

 

4. Production or trade in tobacco.

 

5. Gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises.

 

6. Production or trade in radioactive materials. This does not apply to the purchase of medical equipment, quality control (measurement) equipment and any equipment where IFC considers the radioactive source to be trivial and/or adequately shielded.

 

7. Production or trade in unbonded asbestos fibers. This does not apply to purchase and use of bonded asbestos cement sheeting where the asbestos content is less than 20%.

 

8. Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km. in length.

 

9. Production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor/harmful child labor.

 

10. Commercial logging operations for use in primary tropical moist forest.

 

11. Production or trade in wood or other forestry products other than from sustainably managed forests.


SCHEDULE 1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY AND AUTHORITY

[Letterhead of the Company]

[Date]

International Finance Corporation

2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20433

United States of America

Attention: Director, TMT, Venture Capital and Funds Department

IFC Investment No. 35490

Certificate of Incumbency and Authority

Reference is made to the Policy Agreement, dated [              ], between IFC and the Company (the “ Policy Agreement ”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Policy Agreement.

I, the undersigned Secretary of                                                   (the “ Company ”), duly authorized to do so, hereby certify that the following are the names, offices and true specimen signatures of the individuals [each]/[any two] of whom are, and will continue to be, authorized to take any action required or permitted to be taken, done, signed or executed under the Policy Agreement or any other agreement to which IFC and the Company may be parties.

 

Name *    Office    Specimen Signature
           
           

 

  

 

  

 

           
           

 

  

 

  

 

           
           

 

  

 

  

 

You may assume that any such individual continues to be so authorized until you receive written notice from an Authorized Representative of the Company that they, or any of them, is no longer so authorized.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

By

 

   

Name:

 

Title: Secretary

 

 

* Designations may be changed by the Company at any time by issuing a new Certificate of Incumbency and Authority authorized by the board of directors of the Company where applicable.


SCHEDULE 2

ACTION PLAN

 

Action

   Deliverable    Due Date
Policy: Netshoes will develop an overarching comprehensive environmental and social policy at the corporate level – to be approved by the board – and communicate it widely throughout the organization and to key stakeholders.    Approved
environmental and
social policy
   July 30, 2015
Responsible Sourcing: Netshoes will establish a written policy and related procedures within the company’s management system for monitoring E&S issues in its primary supply chain on an ongoing basis.    Approved policy and
procedures
   September 30, 2015
Management Programs: Netshoes will formalize, based on the E&S policies and procedures to be developed at the corporate level, programs to manage waste generation and disposal, energy efficiency, and occupational health and safety for all of its units.    Draft plans to manage
waste generation and
disposal, energy
efficiency, and
occupational health
and safety
   July 30, 2015
Organizational Capacity and Competency: Netshoes will designate a senior company official (and if appropriate, a committee at the executive and/or board level) to serve as the focal point and principal coordinator of its E&S functions.    Name of designated
official
communicated to the
IFC
   February 28, 2015

COMPLETED

Emergency Preparedness and Life and Fire Safety: Netshoes will establish at the corporate and country level a system for monitoring each facility’s: (1) fire safety certificate; (2) emergency response plans; (3) crisis management and emergency response teams, and (4) the status of yearly trainings for emergency response staff.    Reporting table
submitted to the IFC
   July 30, 2015
Monitoring System: Under the ESAP Netshoes will establish at the corporate and country level a monitoring system (with regard to occupational health and safety, human resources, and environment), including E&S permits and licenses.    Evidence of a
monitoring system
submitted to the IFC
   July 30, 2015
Grievance Mechanism: Netshoes will develop at the corporate level a formal procedure for receiving, managing, and processing external complaints in all countries in which it operates. The mechanism should include methods to (i) receive and register internal and external communications; (ii) screen and assess the issues raised and determine how to address them; (iii) provide, track and document responses, if any; and (iv) adjust the company’s practices as appropriate.    Draft procedure for
such a mechanism
received and judged
acceptable by the IFC
   September 30, 2015
Ongoing Reporting to Affected Communities: Netshoes will begin reporting publicly on an annual basis regarding the key risks, impacts, indicators, and other aspects of environmental and social performance (to cover calendar year 2015).    Report approved and
released to the public
   March 31, 2016
Workers Engaged by Third Parties: Netshoes will establish a written policy and related procedures for managing and monitoring the performance of employees of applicable third parties in relation to the requirements of Performance Standard 2.    Approved policy and
related procedures
   September 30, 2015
Security Personnel: Netshoes will develop a formal policy at the corporate level to clarify the circumstances under which armed security contractors are authorized to use their firearms or other deadly force, how Netshoes will maintain oversight of mandatory/periodic trainings for armed personnel, and what procedures Netshoes will follow in the event of any incidents.    Approved policy and
related procedures
   December 31, 2015


SCHEDULE 3

S&E PERFORMANCE REPORT

See attached.


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Execution Copy

AMENDMENT TO

POLICY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT (the “ Amendment ”) to the Policy Agreement dated as of March 20, 2015, (the “ Policy Agreement ”) between Netshoes (Cayman) Limited, an exempted company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “ Company ”) and International Finance Corporation (“ IFC ”), is made as of this 22nd day of February, 2017. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Policy Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are party to the Policy Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of February 22, 2017 by and among the Company, IFC and the other parties named therein (the “ Note Purchase Agreement ”) the Company has agreed to sell and IFC has agreed to purchase a Note (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) representing debt convertible to equity securities of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement and the Note;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Policy Agreement in order to ensure that the calculation of the Repurchase Price (as defined in the Policy Agreement) accurately incorporates the price of such Note purchased by IFC;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained in the Policy Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Policy Agreement.

2. Amendments . Each of the parties agree to amend the Policy Agreement by hereby:

(a) inserting in Section 1.01 ( Definitions ) the following definitions in alphabetical order:

“‘ Amendment to Policy Agreement ’ means that certain Amendment to Policy Agreement dated as of February 22, 2017 by and between the Company and IFC;”

“‘ Conversion Price ’ has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement;”

“‘ Conversion Shares ’ has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement;”

Conversion Shares Inflation Adjustment ’ means with respect to the amount obtained by multiplying the Conversion Price by the total number of Conversion Shares into which the IFC Note(s) have been converted, as set forth in clause (ii)(x) of the definition of “ Repurchase Price ”, an adjustment of such amount by the rate of inflation as measured by the US CPI for the period of time, measured to the closest month, from the date of the conversion of the IFC Note(s) into Conversion Shares to the date the Repurchase Notice was delivered; provided, that such adjustment shall not be less than 0;”


“‘ IFC Notes ’ means the Note or Notes purchased by IFC pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement;”

“‘ Note ’ has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement;”

“‘ Note Purchase Agreement ’ means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of February 22, 2017 by and among the Company, IFC and the other parties set forth therein;”

“‘ Subscription Shares Inflation Adjustment ’ means with respect to the amount obtained by multiplying the Subscription Price by the number of Repurchase Shares that are IFC Shares subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Agreement as set forth in clause (i) of the definition of “ Repurchase Price ”, an adjustment of such amount by the rate of inflation as measured by the US CPI for the period of time, measured to the closest month, from the date of the IFC Subscription to the date the Repurchase Notice was delivered; provided, that such adjustment shall not be less than 0;”

and

“‘Transaction Documents’ means:

 

  (i) this Agreement;

 

  (ii) the Amendment to Policy Agreement;

 

  (iii) the Subscription Agreement;

 

  (iv) the Shareholders’ Agreement;

 

  (iv) the Note Purchase Agreement; and

 

  (v) the IFC Notes.”

(b) deleting in its entirety the definition of “IFC Shares” in Section 1.01 ( Definitions ) and replacing it with the following:

“‘ IFC Shares ’ means the Equity Securities of the Company subscribed for by IFC pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, purchased by IFC under the Note Purchase Agreement and/or otherwise held by IFC from time to time;”

(c) deleting in its entirety the definition of “Repurchase Price” in Section 1.01 ( Definitions ) and replacing it with the following:

“‘ Repurchase Price ’ means in relation to any given exercise of the Repurchase Option, the amount that is the sum of: (i) with respect to the Repurchase Shares that are IFC Shares subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the amount obtained by multiplying the Subscription Price by the number of such Repurchase Shares specified in the relevant Repurchase Notice and adjusting such amount by the Subscription Shares Inflation Adjustment; plus (ii) with respect to the Repurchase Shares that are IFC Shares represented by IFC Note(s) purchased


pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement: (x) if such IFC Note(s) have been converted into Conversion Shares, the amount obtained by multiplying the Conversion Price by the total number of Conversion Shares into which the IFC Note(s) have been converted and adjusting such amount by the Conversion Shares Inflation Adjustment; or (y) if such IFC Note(s) have not been converted to Conversion Shares an amount equal to all amounts (including interest and principal) then outstanding under such IFC Note(s);”

3. Representations and Warranties . The Company hereby represents and warrants that each of the following statements is true, accurate and not misleading as of the date of this Amendment:

(a) The Company is a legal entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment;

(b) This Amendment has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and constitutes its valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment will not contravene: (i) any law, regulation, order, decree or Authorization applicable to the Company; (ii) any provision of the Company’s Charter; or (iii) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Company or any of the Company’s assets; and

(d) All Authorizations required for the execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

4. Relationship to and Effect on the Agreement . This Amendment shall become effective upon IFC’s purchase of the Note at the Initial Closing (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) for IFC. From and after the effectiveness hereof, the Policy Agreement as hereby amended shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, and all references in the Policy Agreement to “herein”, the “Agreement” and the “Policy Agreement” and all references in any other Transaction Document or the Company’s Articles to the “Policy Agreement” or similar terms shall refer to the Policy Agreement as amended hereby.

5. Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

6. Miscellaneous . The provisions of Section 7.02 ( Saving of Rights ), Sections 7.04(b) through (m) ( Applicable Law and Jurisdiction ), Section 7.08 ( Amendments, Waivers and Consents ) and Section 7.09 ( Counterparts ) of the Policy Agreement are hereby incorporated herein and shall apply to this Amendment, mutatis mutandis .

* signature pages follow*


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

NETSHOES (CAYMAN) LIMITED
By:   /s/ Marcio Kumruian
Name:   Marcio Kumruian
Title:   Director
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Nikunj Jinsi
Name:   Nikunj Jinsi
Title:   Global Head, Venture Capital

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Policy Agreement]

Exhibit 5.01

 

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Netshoes (Cayman) Limited

Floor 4, Willow House

Cricket Square

Grand Cayman

KY1-9010

Cayman Islands

 

5 April 2017

 

Dear Sirs

   

Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (the “Company”)

We have acted as Cayman Islands counsel to the Company to provide this legal opinion in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission  ”) under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Act ”), as amended (File No. 333-216727) (the “ Registration Statement ”) in respect of the proposed initial offering (the “ IPO ”) of the Company’s 9,487,500 common shares, par value US$0.0033 per share, in the capital of the Company (the “ Shares ”), including up to 1,237,500 common shares issuable upon exercise of an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters by the Company. Such public offering is being underwritten pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) among the Company and the underwriters named therein. We are Attorneys-at-Law in the Cayman Islands and express no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands in force and as interpreted at the date hereof.

 

1 Documents Reviewed

We have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the following documents and such other documents or instruments as we deem necessary:

 

1.1 The Certificate of Incorporation dated 12 April 2011 and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company as adopted on 20 March 2015 (the “ Current Memorandum and Articles ”) and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company adopted by Special Resolution passed on March 30, 2017 and effective immediately upon the closing of the IPO (the “ IPO Memorandum and Articles ”).


1.2 The written resolutions of the directors of the Company dated March 30, 2017 (the “ Resolutions ”) and the corporate records of the Company maintained at its registered office in the Cayman Islands.

 

1.3 The written resolutions of the shareholders of the Company dated March 30, 2017 (the “ Shareholder Resolutions ”), including a resolution to re-designate the share capital of the Company in the manner therein described (the “ Share Split Resolution ”).

 

1.4 A Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the “ Certificate of Good Standing ”).

 

1.5 A certificate from a director of the Company a copy of which is attached hereto (the “ Director’s Certificate ”).

 

1.6 A draft of the Underwriting Agreement in the form filed as Exhibit 1.01 to the Registration Statement.

 

1.7 The Registration Statement.

 

1.8 The register of members of the Company (the “ Register of Members ”).

 

2 Assumptions

The following opinion is given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion. This opinion only relates to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion. In giving this opinion we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy of the factual confirmations contained in the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

2.1 Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals, and translations of documents provided to us are complete and accurate.

 

2.2 All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.

 

2.3 There is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement or the Registration Statement.

 

3 Opinions

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

3.1 The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

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3.2 The authorised share capital of the Company is US$72,500 divided into 7,250,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.01 each.

 

3.3 The issue of the Shares to be issued by the Company as contemplated by the Registration Statement has been authorised, and when issued and paid for in the manner described in the Underwriting Agreement and the Registration Statement and in accordance with the Resolutions, such Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.4 The statements under the caption “Certain Tax Considerations” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.

 

3.5 Upon the IPO Memorandum and Articles and the Share Split Resolution becoming effective, the authorised share capital of the Company will be US$305,250 divided into 92,500,000 common shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0033 each.

Except as explicitly stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions the subject of this opinion.

In this opinion, the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to the Shares, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the Shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud).

To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies within the time frame prescribed by law.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the headings “Legal Matters” and “Service of Process and Enforcement of Judgments” and elsewhere in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In providing our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

This opinion is limited to the matters detailed herein and is not to be read as an opinion with respect to any other matter.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Campbells

Campbells

 

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Exhibit 10.0 4

AGREEMENT

By and between MAROFRAMA S.A., with its principal place of business at Av. Córdoba No. 1886, 12 th floor, office “B”, C1055AAU, Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, herein represented by Mr. Alejo Ferrari, DNI No. 16.899.839, as the Attorney, with sufficient authority to enter into this agreement, according to the General full power-of-attorney granted on October 14, 2009, through the Deed No. 207, Page 379, before the clerk Juan M. Garcia Migliaro, notary public registered with Registry No. 10 of the District of San Martin, on the one part (hereinafter “Lessor” or “MAROFRAMA”) and NS3 INTERNET S.A. , headquartered at SUIPACHA 1111, 11 th FLOOR of Ciudad Autônoma de Buenos Aires, herein represented by Mr. Alberto Martin Calvo, DNI 20.416.421, as the Chief Executive Officer, with sufficient authority (hereinafter the “Lessee” or “NS3”), on the other part (hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Parties” and severally as the “Party”), and:

WHEREAS:

 

1. The Lessor is the owner of a property located in the Garin, Partido de Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, which Registry Nomenclature is District IX – Portion: 1388 BE – Domain Registration: Property Registration No. 42591, registered on January 26, 2011, Escobar (118)

 

2. Currently the PROPERTY is a plot of land on which the Lessor is building a facility, hereinafter the CONSTRUCTION, which characteristics and details are mentioned in the next item;

 

3. The Lessor, a company engaged in the storage of sports and leisure products for retail sale through the e-commerce channel, is interested in renting the property which the characteristics of the CONSTRUCTION that is being built, which consists of a concrete precast framework of 6,050 m 2 and administrative offices and dressing rooms with 420 m 2 (hereinafter the “PROPERTY”) and the Lessor will make it available for lease when said construction is completed;

The Parties agree to enter into this agreement (hereinafter the “Agreement” or “AGREEMENT”), subject to the following clauses and conditions:

FIRST: Purpose.

The purpose of the Agreement is: (i) the Lessor’s commitment to perform in the Property, at its sole cost and charge, a work consistent with the construction of a office building and warehouse, in compliance with the project technical specifications prepared by the Lessee and delivered to the Lessor, included in Exhibit 1 that is an integral part of the Agreement (hereinafter, the Construction) and other supplementary instructions that may arise from the construction management; (ii) the delivery for lease by the Lessor to the Lessee of the Property together with the building corresponding to the Construction for the price and term established set forth in the Agreement, on the date agreed upon; (iii) the Lessee’s commitment to receive the tenancy of the Property with the Construction and to start, as the lessee, paying for the rental fee established herein as from the delivery of the Property and the Construction, as well as the other items resulting from the lease.

TWO: Construction .

 

2.1. The Parties express that, due to the Lessee’s interest and operating and commercial requirements, both Parties agreed with the preparation and development of a project corresponding to the Construction, included as Exhibit 1 to this Agreement, as mentioned above.

 

 

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2.2. The Lessor undertakes to carry out the Construction work at its sole cost and charge on the Property, in compliance with the scope and technical specifications detailed in Exhibit 1 and the provisions of Section Three, paragraph 3.2. hereof. The Construction tasks to be performed by the Lessor under its responsibility shall be, on an excluding basis, only those arising from said Exhibit, without prejudice to the provisions referring to construction management in previous paragraphs.

 

2.3. The delivery date of the warehouse shall be March 1, 2014; the delivery date of the offices shall be April 1, 2014. The delivery date of the complete CONSTRUCTION, i.e., warehouse and offices, pursuant to the established terms and conditions, shall be no later than April 1, 2014, hereinafter the “ Delivery Date ”. The days in which construction tasks are performed due to possible rainy days, and that affect directly their performance, shall be considered an extension of the CONSTRUCTION Delivery Date. Rainy days shall be notified to the Lessee by a reliable means.

 

2.4. If for any reason (including rainy days and Force Majeure), the Lessor fails to deliver the CONSTRUCTION works (i.e. warehouse and offices) on April 15, the Lessee may terminate this agreement with no penalty, being entitled to the refund of the amount delivered as a security deposit (see section 10.2).

 

2.5. The Lessee shall be solely liable for all expenses and costs generated by the Construction, in compliance with the scope and technical specifications of Exhibit 1. The management, administrative procedures, authorizations, licenses and permits, as well as the obtainment of certificates of works and facilities related to the Construction according to its purposes.

 

2.6. At the end of the lease, for any reason whatsoever, the building built in the Construction on the Property, as well as the other improvements made on it by the Lessee with the written consent of the Lessor, shall be shall inure to the sole benefit of the Lessor, and the Lessee shall have no right to a claim, withholding or indemnity. Accordingly, the Parties agree that every furniture items, all types of machines specific of the Lessee’s business activities, racks, the photographic studio, any removable office l added by the Lessee, etc., shall not be considered improvements and, therefore, shall be the Lessee’s property – and the Lessor have no right to them.

THREE: Delivery of the Construction .

 

3.1. The Lessor shall deliver to the Lessee the tenancy of the Property together with the Construction completed in accordance with the scope and technical specifications of Attachment 1, no later than the Delivery Date or its extension pursuant to Section Two, paragraphs 2.3 and 2.4, and/or Section Three, paragraph 3.2. At the time of the delivery, the respective Provisional Commissioning Instrument shall be drawn up, which shall record the commissioning by the Lessee, mentioning the date, time and status of the delivery and the missing tasks and defects to be corrected within the warranty period established at thirty (30) days from the execution of the Provisional Commissioning Instrument. The completion of the pending tasks shall be verified at the end of the warranty period and, if they have been completed, the Final Commissioning Instrument shall be then executed.

 

 

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3.2. The Parties agree that the Delivery Date shall be automatically postponed by extending the conformity period as set forth in Section Two, Paragraph 2.3 and/or due to Force Majeure. For the purposes hereof, Force Majeure shall be understood as any event of circumstance of third parties that unavoidably prevents or interrupt all tasks in charge of the Lessor the meet the deadline established as the Delivery Date, such as wars; floods; sabotages; incapacity to obtain fuels, energy or essential input, strike or full or partial stoppage of the construction union that are unrelated to causes attributable to the Lessor, bad weather that prevent the performance of third parties’ tasks or actions or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Lessor. The Lessor shall be exempt from the performance of the Agreement while and to the extent that it is prevented from performing [its tasks] due to one or more of said reasons. The performance of the Agreement shall be resumed as soon as possible, after said incapacity has been ceased. In no event whatsoever shall the Lessor be liable for the damages or losses resulting from the delay cause by Force Majeure or extension of the aforementioned period.

 

3.3. All work related to the Construction not contemplated in this Agreement or in Exhibit 1 shall be deemed additional work. Additional Construction work and respective prices shall be agreed upon in advance by the Parties.

 

3.4. Coexistence Period: The Lessee may work in the property at no cost in the two months prior to the Commissioning Date agreed upon, i.e., as from February 15, 2014, with the purpose of performing all tasks required for the preparations of the warehouse and offices.

FOUR: Terms of the Agreement

 

4.1. This Agreement shall be in full force as from its execution date. Without prejudice to this, the term of the lease itself as from the delivery of the Construction shall by thirty six (36) running months counted from the Delivery Date. Upon expiration of said term, the term of effectiveness of the Lease may be extended for two consecutive periods of thirty six (36) months at the discretion of the Lessee and upon prior written notice to the Lessor ninety (90) days before the expiration of the corresponding period. For subsequent periods, the original term of the lease, the Parties shall establish the price of the rental fee in accordance with the provisions hereof. To grant the option of extending the Lease, the Lessee shall keep up with the compliance with all obligations resulting hereof.

 

4.2. In the event the Lessee fails to return the leased Property on the expiration date of the agreed term or on the expiration date of the extension, should it occur, or on the corresponding date should this Agreement be terminated in advance for any reason, the Lessee should pay the Lessee, in addition to any corresponding rental fee, fifty per cent (50%) per day of the rental fee calculated with a monthly basis of 30 days (i.e., the daily amount payable shall be calculated as follows: monthly rental / 30 x 50 / 100) as arrears interest, from the arrears date to the date of the effective delivery, without prejudice to the Lessee’s obligation of paying the rental fees that will continue to accrue, and this shall not imply any automatic renewal of this Agreement.

FIVE: Lease Commitment and Commissioning of the Property with its Construction

 

5.1. Just as the Lessor undertakes to carry out the Construction for the Lessee, the latter irrevocably undertakes to receive the Construction and to occupy the property, effectively starting the Lease arising from this Agreement.

 

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SIX: Rental Fee

 

6.1. The total rental feed amounts to FOURTEEN MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE PESOS ($14,121,225), payable as follows: The amount of TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND, ONE) HUNDRED AND FIFTY PESOS ($260,150) plus monthly VAT for the first month, i.e., March 2014. The amount of TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PESOS ($289,550) plus monthly VAT for the months of April 2014 and May 2014, the amount of THREE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX ($306,926) plus monthly VAT for June 2014, July 2014 and August 2014, the amount of THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX PESOS ($324,296) plus monthly VAT for September 2014 to August 2015, the amount of $ THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN PESOS ($363,211) plus monthly VAT for March 2015 to August 2015, the amount of FOUR HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX PESOS ($406,796) plus monthly VAT for the months of September 2015 to February 2016, the amount of FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE PESOS ($455,612) plus monthly VAT for the months of March 2016 to August 2016 and the amount of FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX PESOS ($510,286) plus monthly VAT for the months from September 2016 to February 2017.

 

6.2. The maturity of the monthly bill will be on the 10 th of each month or on the first subsequent business day. The bill shall be sent in advance by email to the Lessee 7 days before maturity.

 

6.3. Any of the PARTIES that considers, after the completion of the three first months of effectiveness of the AGREEMENT, that there is a substantial price difference between the rental fee then in effect and the one it considers, at its sole discretion, as Market Value of the PROPERTY, may ask the other one the equitable review of the monthly rental fee, subject to the principle of good faith in business (hereinafter, the “REVIEW PROCESS”).

THE REVIEW PROCESS shall start by unilateral decision, pursuant to the previous paragraph, on the day the party that disagrees with the price in effect notifies the other in this regard by a reliable means.

THE REVIEW PROCESS shall be governed by the following conditions, being clear that all terms refer to “running days”.

 

a) Within the first thirty (30) days, the LESSOR and LESSEE will try to reach an agreement privately to establish the new rental fee according to market values.

 

b) After the term mentioned in a) no agreement is reached, they will adopt the following procedure:

 

(i) Each party shall appoint a real estate agent of renown path in commercial rentals, such as: Agustin Mieres Negocios Inmobiliarios, L.J.Ramos SA, Toribio Achaval S.A., Achaval Cornejo y Cia., Mieres SA., Castro Cranwell Weiss S.A., Rubica Inmobiliaria S.A., and both real estate agents, after five (5) days of the appointment, shall jointly appoint a third real estate agent. Each agent shall submit to one of the parties the rental fee for the new period within fifteen (15) running days after the notice, informing its evaluation to both parties in writing and on a reliable basis. The new rental fee shall be the result of the average valuation made by the three real estate agents (the New Price).

 

(ii) Each party shall pay the possible fees of the company it appointed, also assuming half f the cost of the third company’s task.

 

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c) The price of the rental established according to the REVIEW PROCESS shall retroact to the time the process began, i.e., as from the first notice requesting the review. Accordingly, the parties will restate the amounts that accrued before completing the agreement, preparing and applicable credit and debit notes. Completion date shall be understood, for the case of intervention of the real estate brokers, that in which the last notice about the transaction between the PARTIES was given.

 

d) A new REVISION PROCESS may be conducted six (6) months after the formalization of the previous one.

 

e) Pursuant to the time and format of the terms and conditions set forth in said REVIEW PROCESS, should there be a serious noncompliance and the other party may summon the noncompliant part to start it within 48 hours.

 

6.4. The payment of the Rental Fee and the payment obligations of the Lessee shall constitute a full and indivisible performance obligation, and no installment payment, discounts or deduction of any type whatsoever shall be accepted, except upon express consent of the Lessor. The payment shall not be full if, together with principal, all corresponding interest and/or penalties, as well as all the other items attributable to the Lessee, have not been paid.

 

6.5. The obligation to pay the Rental Fee shall go into effect as from the Delivery Date of the Property, pursuant to Section Two, paragraphs 2.3 and/or Section Three, paragraph 3.2.

 

6.6. The payment evidence of one period does not imply the payment of the previous ones. All receipts issued by the Lessor, and/one the one acting on its behalf, contain the implied reference to the interest reserve, pursuant to article 624 of the Civil Code, even when said reserve is not expressly mentioned in the wording of the receipt.

 

6.7. The bills issued by the Lessor related to this Agreement shall be paid by the Lessee in Pesos.

 

6.8. In case of arrears interest on payment of the monthly rental fee, which shall be automatically produced, with no need of any notice, the Lessee shall pay the Lessor a daily fine equivalent to the sum of: (i) compensatory interest calculated based on the daily Discount Rate in effect of the Banco de la Nación Argentina, plus: (ii) punitive interest computed as fifty per cent (50%) daily for any rental fee calculated for a monthly basis of 30 days (i.e., the daily amount to be paid shall be calculated as follows: Monthly rental fee /30 x 50 /100), since the arrears date up to the effective payment, which shall be paid together with any late rental fee; all this without prejudice to the Lessors’ right to declare this Agreement terminated in case of nonpayment of the rental fee for two consecutive months (pursuant to Section 9.1), pursuant to the wording of articles 1507 and 1579 of the Civil Code and 5 of law 23.091, and to file for the corresponding proceedings to obtain the eviction and collection of all items due plus losses and consequential damages.

SEVEN: Designation – Authorization

 

7.1. The Property contemplated in the Agreement, together with the Constructions made, shall be designated by the Lessee, on a continuous and uninterruptedly basis, for the storage of sports and leisure products for retail sale and commercial and administrative buildings through the e-commerce channel. Accordingly, the Lessee shall not change, in any way whatsoever, the activity to be performed in the Property contemplated in the lease.

 

7.2. The Lessor represents that all services of the Property are current, free from debts, with respective blueprints and measurements recorded, approved and in effect.

 

 

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7.3. The Lessor shall deliver the Lessee, within 5 days after its request, all elements that as the owner of the Property it should have in its hands, and that are required to conduct the proper arrangements to obtain said authorization, in accordance with the requirements of the Municipality of Escobar, except for those specific of the activity to be performed by the Lessee. It is hereby agreed that in case the Lessee cannot obtain the corresponding local authorization due to causes no attributable to it or to the Lessor with the 180 running days counted from the Delivery Date, this Agreement shall be void, and the parties shall have nothing to claim from each other. If the authorization is not obtained for reasons attributable to the Lessor (fail to deliver the approved blueprints, documentation required for the property, nonconformity in construction with the building facilities and infrastructure mentioned in Exhibit 1) the Lessee may terminate the Agreement and claim the return of all amounts paid by virtue hereof and may file lawsuits to receive an extraordinary compensation for damages.

 

7.4. The Lessor shall be fully responsible for the compliance with the sanitary, local, state, construction, police, mandatory and other rules that may be applicable due to the designation hereby agreed upon, being also liable for the management, obtainment, and maintenance in full effect during the whole term of this rental relationship, of all commercial or other authorizations, permits and/or licenses application due to said destination and of all elements supplementary to the Construction that may be installed, such as bridges, cranes, etc. The Lessee hereby exempts the Lessor from all types of responsibility, being expressly established that the Lessor does not guarantee the obtainment – nor the subsequent maintenance – of all applicable authorizations, permits and/or licenses, and the Lessee undertakes to hold the Lessee harmless from any type of claim that the Lessor may receive from government authorities or third parties in this regard.

EIGHT: Obligations of the Lessee.

In addition to all those one attributable thereto by virtue of the other sections or rules applicable to this Agreement, the Lessee expressly assumes the following obligations as from the delivery of the Property with the Construction: a) to make, at its sole expenses, all repairs and costs required to maintain and preserve the leased Property in good condition, and not make any improvements or changes without the written authorization of the Lessor, and all those that the Lessee makes to the benefit of the Lessor, and the Lessee shall have no right to claim and/or be indemnified for them, in compliance with the express provisions of the sections herein. The Lessor shall not reject the improvements the Lessee wants to carry out in the Property with no grounds, so as not to impair the Lessee’s activities; b) to punctually pay all taxes, fees, contributions and services that encumber, or may encumber the leased Property in the future, such as property and Municipality tax; c) to punctually pay for the water, gas, electricity and other utilities related to the Property, and to deliver to the Lessor the respective evidences of payment or their copies – as applicable – within five (5) days from the Lessor’s request; d) to maintain all respective gas, electricity, water and other utilities that may be installed connected and operating and to pay for all reconnection costs, and respective fines for the services that are cut, interrupted or cancelled due to lack of payment or any other cause attributable to the Lessee; e) to pay all taxes, fees and contributions that encumber or may encumber the activity that the Lessee will perform in the leased Property, and to manage all authorizations, licenses and permits required for the agreed upon designation, assuming full responsibility for noncompliance with the rules applicable thereto; f) do not introduce in the leased Property animals or elements of any type that may cause losses or hazards to the leased Property or persons; g) to pay the value added tax, or any other similar tax, that encumber the rental fees corresponding to this Agreement, except for the stamp of this Agreement, which shall be shared between the Parties; h) to purchase, at its sole charge and cost, the following insurance: h.1) an insurance that covers, during the whole term of the lease Agreement and until the effective return, the leased Property against all risks that may affect it, including fire. The insured amount shall be informed in writing, through a reliable means, by the Lessee to the Lessor, and this amount shall be reasonable and subject to the approval of the Insurance Company; h.2) a civil liability insurance that covers all damages that third parties (either customers of the Lessee or not) and/or its assets may face due to circumstances linked to the use or destination of the leased Property and/or actions of third parties and/or Acts of God that affect the leased Property.

 

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NINE: Noncompliance by the Lessee.

 

9.1. The Lessee’s delay in the compliance with any obligations assumed by virtue of this Agreement (except for lack of payment of rental fees, as mentioned below in this paragraph 9.1) shall authorize the Lessor to consider it terminated, with a prior notice by a reliable means to the Lessee to comply with the non-fulfilled obligation within twenty (20) days, with no need of judicial notice, and for this effect only the expression of will by the Lessor shall be sufficient, and to start the due proceedings for eviction and collection of the items due plus losses and consequential damages. Particularly, the lack of payment of two (2) consecutive months of rental fee shall authorize the Lessor to consider the Agreement terminated with no need of prior notice and to file for the corresponding proceedings to obtain the eviction and collection of all items due plus losses and consequential damages.

 

9.2. All the provisions of this section are without prejudice to the other rights that the law or this Agreement confer to the Lessor in case of noncompliance by the Lessee, contemplating the express possibility of requiring the performance of the Agreement plus damages and losses caused.

 

9.3. The Lessee’s delay in the compliance with the obligations under its responsibility shall produce, on an automatic basis and for all legal effects by mere noncompliance, a prior notice that should be forwarded in the same aforementioned way. However, if possible, as the case may be, the Lessor may cause the end of the noncompliance by performing, by itself or third parties, with charges to the Lessee, the actions omitted by the latter and that caused the delay (article 505 item 2 of the Civil Code).

 

9.4. In case of termination, the Lessor may also require the payment of all items owed by the Lessee until the effective and full return of the Property to the full satisfaction of the Lessor. While the effective and full return of the Property to the full satisfaction of the Lessor is not carried out, all the other Lessee’s obligations of paying cash amounts to the Lessor shall continue in full force and effectiveness, with the accretion of interest, fines, charges and penalties accrued up to the date of its full and absolute cancellation.

 

9.5. The closing of the Property and/or its building by order of a proper authority, for any reason or motive that effectively refers to said authority (except if that closing is caused by any action or act attributable to the Lessor) does not exempt in any way whatsoever the Lessee from the payment of the Rental Fee and all the other obligations.

TEN: Surety Insurance. Security Deposit.

 

10.1. The guarantee the faithful compliance with this Agreement, the Lessee undertakes to take out, in favor of the Lessor and for the full term of the lease, surety insurance in a prime insurance company and the original certificate shall be delivered upon issuance to the Lessor. The surety insurance shall guarantee the Lessor, as the beneficiary, the fulfillment of the rental fee payment obligation by the Lessee arising from this Agreement.

 

10.2. The Lessor receives from the Lessee the amount of FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED PESOS ($579,100) to be invested in the constitution of the security deposit for this Agreement, and this shall work as a sufficient receipt and evidence of payment. The amount of the security deposit shall not give rise to or accrue any interest. However, the Lessor is authorized to cancel with the deposit any debt for fees, taxes or services under the responsibility of the Lessee and that remain unpaid at the termination of the Agreement.

 

 

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The security deposit shall be returned to the Lessee in Pesos based on the double of the last rental fee paid at the expiration or termination of the agreement, as the case may be, and after the PROPERTY is fully vacant at the full satisfaction of the Lessor, and prior deductions applicable due to the provisions hereof.

ELEVEN: Prohibition of assignment, transfer and/or sublease

 

11.1. The Lessee is expressly forbidden from assigning or transferring in any way whatsoever, either in full or in part, the Agreement or the rights and obligations arising therefrom, be it on a chargeable or free basis, as well as offering the Property on free lease either totally or partially or assigning or attributing to any type of company the rights and obligations arising from this Agreement, under no legal method, without the prior written consent of the Lessor, which shall not be denied without a reasonable ground. The exception to this general prohibition is the case in which the third party is a company related or linked in any way to the Economic Business Group of the Lessee. The Lessee irrevocably waives the exercise of the right that may be granted by article 1.598 of the Civil Code or a similar rule.

 

11.2. The violation of the provisions of this section by the Lessee shall not be challenged by the Lessor, and authorizes the latter to consider this Agreement legally terminated and to demand the eviction and return of the property fully vacant, as all as indemnity for the corresponding damages or losses and the application of penal clause agreed upon herein.

TWELVE: Representations .

 

12.1. Lessor’s Reserve to Assign the Agreement. The Lessor expressly reserves the right to assign to third parties, under the legal method that it considers the most appropriate to its interests, either if those third parties are related or not to the Lessor, either totally or partially, the corresponding rights and obligations it holds under this Agreement, and for such effect the simple subsequent communication to the Lessee or its co-obligors at the domiciles established in the Agreement regarding the performance of this assignment, the identification and domicile of the assignee shall be sufficient. The Lessor and Insurer expressly waive any opposition regarding the consummation of the assignment, its method or the assignee.

 

12.2. Lessee’s Preemptive Right. The Lessor hereby acknowledges, in favor of the Lessee, the preemptive right for the purchase of the Property or the Construction, over any third party interested in acquiring it in the event the Lessor decides to offer it for sale. Accordingly, it is mutually agreed upon that if the Lessor decides to sell the Property or receives an offer for it from any third party, within five (5) days after the decision to sell or receipt of the offer, it shall inform the Lessee, through a reliable means, the specific conditions of the transaction, mentioning the date, deadlines, price, financing, if any, and other details, so that the Lessee can, within thirty (30) days, also in writing and through a reliable means, if it will make use of its preemptive right. If the Lessee does not respond within this period, it shall be understood that the Lessee shall not exercise its preemptive right. If, on the other hand, the Lessee expresses that it will exercise its preemptive right, it shall have a privilege to consummate the transaction in its favor in conditions equal to those offered by possible third parties, or in the conditions agreed with the Lessor in case the latter decides to put the Property on sale upon no concrete offer and the Lessee decides to purchase that Property.

THIRTEEN: Early termination .

The Parties agree that, for the purpose of the exercise by the Lessee, of the right to terminate the lease earlier, as acknowledged by Article 8 of the Law of Urban Leases, the beginning of the lease proper shall be computed as starting in the effective Delivery Date.

 

 

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FOURTEEN: Domiciles .

For all judicial and/or extrajudicial effects arising from this Agreement, the Parties establish their domiciles in the places identified in the preamble, where all notices delivered shall be valid, except if they are changed upon written notice delivered through a reliable means.

FIFTEEN: Jurisdiction, Stamp Duty .

 

16.1. Jurisdiction. Arbitration . In the event of a dispute resulting from this Agreement, the Parties agree to extend the jurisdiction in favor of the Commerce Exchange Arbitral Court of the Federal Capital of the Argentine Republic, which shall apply the corresponding arbitration rules, and the Parties shall expressly waive another applicable venue or jurisdiction.

 

16.2. Stamp Duty . The Parties also agree that they shall assume in equal parts the amount corresponding to the Stamp Duty.

In witness whereof, they execute two (2) counterparties of same content for only one effect, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, on December 19, 2013.

 

/ S /    A LEJO P. F ERRARI    / S /    A LBERTO C ALVO
Alejo P. Ferrari    Alberto Calvo
DNI 16.899.839    DNI 20.416.421

 

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EXHIBIT 1

Improvements the LESSEE will make on its own account, cost, and order.

Technical specifications and delivery terms.

Warehouse: (see attached sketch and blueprints)

. Total surface is approximately 6,050 m 2 (55 meters x 110 meters).

. The building system is Pre-Stressed Concrete Precast Framework, 1 line of columns each 10 meters and concrete beams of 27.5 meters of light, lateral (internal) enclosure in cement brick of 3.5 m height with grooved sheet to the roof.

. The top cover will be of precast panels with dormers in polycarbonate for tunnel vault system.

. The nave height is 10.00 meters free under beam (+ 1.45m)

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Floor

. The floor inside the plant will be carried out by Bautec company. It will be carried out in concrete H30 of 16 cm thickness with steel mesh. Finishing of floor with metal hardener not mechanically smoothed.

Boards between 1,000 m 2 and 2,000 m 2 without intermediate joints.

www.bautec.sa.com

Gates and Accesses to the Warehouse

. 1 Entrance for trucks with curtain of 5 meters high.

. 6 loading docks with hydraulic leveler.

. All accesses with eaves in the loading area.

. 2 doors for pedestrian access in the front of the building (1 emergency door).

. 2 entrance/exit doors/gates in the back of the building.

. Fire doors with panic bar to be installed in different areas of the building.

 

 

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Drains

. The ceilings will have a drain system with piping and canalization with the respective inspection chambers.

Indoor Lighting

. The building indoor lighting will have lighting fixtures with normalized industrial lampshades containing halogenated mercury devices of 400W in free areas and 250W in areas affected by the picking racks.

Layout to be agreed between the parties.

Electrical Installations and Facilities

. The building will be delivered with complete electrical installations, fit for consumption in tariff 2. Adaptations required for the productive activity shall be borne by the tenant.

. The building will have an open tray piping system that will permit quick installation of additional networks, if so required.

Fire Protection System

. A fire protection system will be built with sprinklers on the roof of the shed with the corresponding cistern, pump room, in compliance with the local standard and regulation.

. 1 complete hydrant outside the shed

. 4 complete hydrants inside the shed.

. It does not include smoke detectors or alarm systems.

. Sprinklers and location of hydrants in accordance with the attached layout (Fire load)

Offices and Locker Rooms

400 m 2 in total (20 x 10 x 2 plants).

Surfaces may vary minimally due to the modulation of the precast boards.

Building in PB and PA outside the warehouse structure.

Pursuant to the Attached Layout

PB: 200 m 2 [Reception + Meeting Room + Call Center Office + Eating Area + Cafeteria + Locker Rooms + Bathrooms]

PA: 200 m 2 [3 Meeting Rooms + Datacenter + Bathrooms + Eating Area + Offices]

Internal partitions of the offices will be in Durlock, glass or similar material.

Access to the second floor by stairway. Free height from floor to ceiling 3.40m.

The external façade will have a glass line of 1 meter height on the complete front and on the sides of the PB and PA (the right side of building will be blind in the PB).

 

 

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Carpentry in PVC with fixed and sliding panels (movable).

All buildings will have suspended ceiling and lighting.

Installation of self-standing PVC tri-ducts, installed in the thickness of subfloors and floors, their location and setting-up will be considered according to the company’s needs.

It does not include furniture.

Entry Control:

Approx. 20 m 2

Installation with private sanitary services, sanitary services for trucker drivers in waiting time, and control and documentation room of access of trucks, private and staff vehicles.

Maneuvering Yard and Parking Area

Concrete internal maneuvering yard in front of the shed of approx. 55 m x 35 m (1,925 m 2 ) for maneuvers of trucks up to 28 ton of net load capacity.

Parking area for light vehicles at the outer front.

Six roofed parking spaces with located in front of the offices.

Supplementary Works:

Water Supply : Drilling and installation of a submersible pump will be made.

Outside Enclosure : Perimeter Olympic fence on the front and side.

Precast wall at the back.

Gardening : All open inside and outside spaces of yards, pathways and buildings will be landscaped with trees and grass adequate for the region.

Air-Conditioning (AA): Includes drains and air-conditioning units Split according to the AA Layout (to be confirmed)

It does not include AA equipment.

Server: not included in the proposal.

Security System : not included in the proposal.

Data and Telephone System : not included in the proposal.

Floating Floor : not included in the proposal.

Corporate Signboard : not included in the proposal.

 

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MARO FRAMA S.A .

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (C.A.B.A), March 1, 2017.

Sirs,

NS3 INTERNET S.A.

SUIPACHA 1111, PISO 11

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Dear Sirs:

Re: PROPERTY LEASE OFFER

As the attorney-in-fact of MARO FRAMA S.A., pursuant to the copy of the power of attorney attached hereto, it is my please to write to you, NS3 INTERNET S.A. , to submit this Property Lease Offer (hereinafter, “the Offer”), which, if accepted in accordance with the procedures set forth below, shall be governed by the terms and conditions established in the text identified as “Exhibit A”.

This Offer shall be considered accepted by NS3 INTERNET S.A. if within ten (10) business days counted from its receipt NS3 INTERNET S.A. makes a deposit in the checking account held by Maro Frama S.A., in the amount of seven hundred and three thousand, eight hundred and eight nine pesos ($703,889) pus Value Added Tax (VAT), and this amount shall be considered the payment of first lease fee, in compliance with the terms and conditions hereof.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Ana Belén Ferrari

Ana Belén Ferrari
President
MARO FRAMA S.A.


EXHIBIT “A”

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY LEASE OFFER

Between MARO FRAMA S.A. domiciled at J. M. Gutiérrez No. 3993, Piso 11, of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (C.A.B.A.), herein represented by Mrs. Ana Belén Ferrari, as President, with sufficient powers to enter into this agreement (hereinafter, the “Lessor”, or “Maro Frama”), pursuant to the copy of the power attorney included as “EXHIBIT B” on the one part, and NS3 INTERNET S.A. , domiciled at Calle Suipacha 1111, Piso 11 of C.A.B.A. (hereinafter, the “Lessee” or “NS3 Internet S.A.”) herein represented by Mr. Alberto Martin Calvo and Mr. Juan Esteban Goldszmidt, both as attorneys-in-fact, on the other part; and jointly with the Lessor referred to as the “Parties”, and individually, each one of them, as the “Party”, and:

WHEREAS:

1.- The Lessor is the owner of a property located in Garín, Partido de Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, which Cadastral Nomenclature is District ( Circunscripción ) IX –Portion ( Parcela ) 1388 BE – Domain Record: Property Registration No. 42591, registered on January 26, 2011, in Partido de Escobar (118).

2.- Currently the property is a warehouse of pre-molded structure of concrete with 6,050 m2 and administrative offices, locker room and reception office with 420 m2.

3.- The Lessee is a company engaged in the resale of products in general through e-commerce.

4.- At the Lessee’s criteria, the property is adequate and suitable for the purpose for which it will be designated, being in conformity with the legal and technical parameters applicable, as well with the safety and general rules and regulations applicable.

NOW THEREFORE, should the acceptance of this Offer be completed, it shall be subject to the following clauses and conditions:

LEASE CONDITIONS

ONE: PURPOSE

The Lessor leases to the Lessee, and the later accepts with no reserve whatsoever, the property located in Garín, Partido de Escobar, province of Buenos Aires, which Cadastral Nomenclature is District ( Circunscripción ) IX –Portion ( Parcela ) 1388 BE – Domain Record: Property Registration No. 42591, registered on January 26, 2011. The leased property is in good condition and it shall be returned by the Lessee upon termination of the lease term, and the Lessee undertakes to return it in the same condition it was received, and that of which the Lessee represents to be aware, except for normal wear due to the time elapsed, and undertakes to use it carefully. Otherwise, the Lessee shall pay for damages and losses.

TWO: LEASE TERM

The lease term is THIRTY SIX (36) running and uninterrupted months, counted from March 1, 2017, and therefore its termination date shall be February 29, 2020, date on which the Lessee shall deliver to Lessor the leased property, fully unoccupied, with no questioning; otherwise the Lessee should pay the Lessor leases for extemporaneous occupation, in addition to other charges and obligations assumed by the Lessee, and the


Lessor shall have the right to claim for damages and losses, in addition to the corresponding lease amount, a fifty per cent (50%) daily fee calculated for a 30-day monthly basis (i.e., the amount to be charged per day shall be computed as follows: monthly lease fee / 30 x 50 / 100) as arrears interest, since the default date to the day of the effective delivery, without prejudice to the Lessee’s obligation of also paying the lease fees that continue to accrue, and they shall not be considered as an implied possible renewal of the lease.

After said period, the lease term may be extended for TWO (2) consecutive periods of thirty six (36) months each, at the Lessee’s discretion and upon a ninety (90) day prior notice in writing to the Lessor in relation to the maturity date of the corresponding period. For the periods subsequent to the original lease term, the Parties established the lease price in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Offer. To be granted the option of renewing the lease, the Lessee should be up to date with the fulfillment of all its obligations resulting from this offer.

THIRD: PURPOSE OF THE LEASE

The leased property shall be solely designated for the continuous and uninterrupted use for resale of products in general through e-commerce. Accordingly, the Lessee shall not change in any way whatsoever the activity to be developed in the property subject to lease. Any subleases or partial assignments, either total or partial, temporary or permanent, free of charge or onerous in general, on any account whatsoever, are forbidden, as well as the use of the property as a residence.

Failure to fulfill the obligations set forth in this clause by the Lessee will entitle the Lessor to terminate this Offer, by way of a penal clause of fifty per cent (50%) daily of the lease fee calculated on a monthly basis of 30 days (i.e. the daily sum to be paid shall be calculated as follows: monthly rate / 30 x 50 / 100 as penalty. If, for any present reason, the purpose intended to be given to the rented property becomes impossible, uncertain or litigious for any reason, said responsibility shall be exclusively of the Lessee, and the Lessor shall be exempted from any liability, with the express reserve of requiring the faithful compliance with this document, in the agreed-upon conditions, with no right of the Lessor to claim for any compensation or indemnity, in addition to the refund of lease amounts not accrued.

FOUR: PRICE – PAYMENT DATE

a) The monthly lease fee or amount for the property is seven hundred and three thousand, eight hundred and eighty nine pesos ($703,889) plus monthly VAT, during the first six months of the effectiveness of the lease agreement, i.e. from March 2017 to August 2017.

b) As from September 2016 through February 2018, the monthly lease fee shall be seven hundred and seventy four thousand, two hundred and seventy eight pesos ($774,278) plus monthly VAT.

c) As from March 2018 and through the end of the contractual relationship, the lease amount of seven hundred and seventy four thousand, two hundred and seventy eight pesos ($774,278) shall be adjusted on a half-yearly and cumulative basis, with the application of the Consumer Price Index of Buenos Aires – IPC-CBA – http://www.indec.gov.ar) plus monthly VAT, and this adjustment shall be applied as from March 2018, in accordance with the percentage change of the IPC-CBA for the immediately prior six-month period (September 2017 / February 2018) and so on, until the end of the offer.


d) The maturity of the monthly invoice shall be in the TEN (10) first days of each month or on the first subsequent business day. The invoice shall be sent by electronic mail to the Lessee at least SEVEN (7) days before its maturity.

e) Any of the Parties that considers, soon after the first THREE (3) months of effectiveness of the offer, that there is a substantial difference between the lease fee then in force and that considered, at its discretion, as “Market Value” of the property, may request another review of the monthly lease price, under the principle of good faith in negotiations (hereinafter, the “REVIEW PROCESS”).

The REVIEW PROCESS shall start with a unilateral decision, pursuant to the previous paragraph, on the day the party in disagreement with the price in effect notifies the other on a reliable way.

The REVIEW PROCESS shall be governed by the following conditions, being clear that all terms are in “running days”.

1) In the first THIRTY (30) days, the Lessor and the Lessee shall seek to reach an agreement on a private basis to establish the new lease amount in accordance with the market values.

2) After the period established in item 1) has elapsed without any agreement, the Parties shall adopt the following procedure:

(i) Each one of the Parties shall appoint a real estate agent with recognized background in commercial leases, among the following: Agustin Mieres Negocios Inmobiliarios, L.J. Ramos SA, Toribio Achaval S.A., Achaval Cornejo y Cia, Mieres SA, Castro Cranwell Weiss SA, Rubica Inmobiliaria S.A., and both agents, within five (5) days after the appointment shall jointly appoint a third real estate agent. Upon the appointment of the three real estate agents, each one shall present the parties the lease fee for the new period within FIFTEEN (15) running days after the notice, informing both parties about the appraisal, in writing and on a reliable way. The new lease fee shall be the average of the appraisals by the three real estate agents (hereinafter, the “New Price”).

(ii) Each party shall pay for the possible fees of the appointed company, and fifty per cent of the cost of the third company.

3) The lease fee established in compliance with the REVIEW PROCESS shall operate retroactively to the date the process started, i.e., as from the first reliable notice requesting the review. Accordingly, the parties shall restate the amounts paid before completing the agreement, issuing the corresponding debit notes. The completion date of the brokers’ intervention shall be understood as the date on which the last notice about the appraisal is given to the Parties.

4) The new REVIEW PROCESS may be carried out SIX (6) months after the completion date of the previous REVIEW PROCESS.

5) Non-submission, in a timely manner, to the terms and conditions set forth in said REVIEW PROCESS shall imply a serious noncompliance, and the other Party may summon the noncompliant party to start doing so within 48 hours.

FIVE: EXPENSES TO BE BORNE BY THE LESSEE

The Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of taxes and local charges levied on the activities performed during the occupation time.


The payment of the lease fee and the payment obligations by the Lessee represent an obligation of full and individual compliance, and no partial payments, deductions of any kind shall be admitted, except upon the Lessor’s prior written consent. The payment shall not be full if all respective interest and/or penalties are not paid together with the capital, as well as the other expenses to be borne by the Lessee.

The payment evidence of one period does not represent the payment of the previous ones.

In case of late payment of the monthly fee, the Parties agree that is shall be automatic for all legal effects, and with no need of any court order. The Lessee shall also be liable, in addition to compensatory interest calculated based on the active daily Discount Rate of the Banco de la Nación Argentina for its thirty (30) day operations since the default date up to the date of the effective payment, for the monthly fee in arrears and the Lessee shall pay for them jointly; and all this without prejudice of the Lessor’s right to declare this agreement terminated, pursuant to articles 1077 and 1078 of the Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina, and to file the lawsuits to obtain the eviction and collection of all payments owed plus consequential damages and losses.

SIX: AUTHORIZATION

The Lessor represents that the Property is with all services up to date, free of debts, and with the plans and measurements recorded, approved and in effect.

The Lessor shall deliver the Lessee, within the required five business days, all elements that, as the owner of the property, it should hold and that are necessary for the applicable procedures to obtain said authorization, in accordance with the requirements of the Municipality of Escobar, except for those that are specific of the activity to be carried out by the Lessee.

The Lessee shall be fully liable for the compliance with sanitary, local, state, building, police, and mandatory rules that may be applicable by virtue of the agreed-upon purpose, and it shall also the only one responsible for the management, obtainment and maintenance in full force, during the complete term of this lease relationship, all the business or other proper authorizations, permits or licenses due to said purpose.

The Lessee hereby exempts the Lessor from any responsibility, being expressly established that the Lessee does not guarantee the obtainment– or the subsequent maintenance of proper authorization, permits or licenses, and the Lessee undertakes to hold the Lessor harmless from any claim, of any type whatsoever, that the Lessor may receive from government authorities or third parties in this regard.

SEVEN: EXEMPTION FROM RESPONSIBILITY

The Lessor shall not be liable for the damages and losses incurred by the Lessee in its person and/or assets, or third parties in their assets, due to breakages, flaws, short circuits, leaks, landslides, fires, floods, damages and/or accidents of any cause, including those mentioned in articles 1730, 1731, 1732 and 1733 of the Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina. For such case, the Lessee shall take out insurance that covers, during the whole lease term and until the effective return of the property, all risks that may affect it, including fire, and those specific of the activity carried out by the Lessee, in compliance with the parameters of a good entrepreneur.

Likewise, it assumes the risk in case of an Act of God or force majeure, also exempting the Lessor from the obligations resulting from articles 1730 to 1736 of the Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina. The Lessee shall be forbidden form storing flammable, toxic and dangerous materials in the leased property, except for those related to the typical performance of the Lessee’s activities.


EIGHT: INSPECTIONS BY THE LESSOR

The Lessor, jointly and individually, or by means of the appointed party, may inspect the property on business days, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with no need for prior notice to the Lessee.

NINE: OBLIGATIONS OF THE LESSEE

1.- In addition to all the other obligations attributed by the other clauses and rules applicable to this Offer, the Lessee expressly assumes the following obligations, as from the delivery of the property with all the facilities:

a) To make, at is soles expenses, all repairs and expenses required to maintain and preserve the property assigned for lease in good state of repair and condition, and not making improvements or changes without the Lessor’s written approval, and all those made by the Lessee to the Lessor’s benefit shall remain, and the Lessee shall have no right to any claim or indemnity for them, as expressly set forth in the respective clauses of this Offer. Likewise, it shall also be incumbent upon the Lessee the repair of any damages that happen to the property, waiving any right or recourse and/or lien against the Lessor, and said repairs should remain in the same improved condition to the benefit of the leased property, with no indemnity by the Lessor;

b) To punctually pay for all taxes, fees, contributions and services that are or that may be levied in the future to the leased property, such as the real estate tax ( Rentas ) and municipal tax ( ABL );

c) To punctually pay for the water, gas, and electricity services related to the property and deliver to the Lessor the respective payment evidences or copies thereof, as applicable, within FIVE (5) business days after requested by the Lessor;

d) To maintain the respective gas, electricity, and water services installed, connected and in operation, and to pay for all replacement costs corresponding to fines for services interrupted, cut or cancelled due to lack of payment, and/or for any other cause attributable to the Lessee;

e) To pay for all the taxes, fees and contributions that are or may be levied in the future to the activity that the Lessee shall carry out in the leased property and to manage all licenses, permits and authorizations required for the agreed-upon purpose thereof, assuming full responsibility for noncompliance with the specific rules;

f) Not to introduce in the leased property animals or elements of any nature that may cause losses or danger to the leased property or the persons who are there, except for those required for the development of the Lessee’s activities;

g) To pay for the Value Added Tax (VAT) or any other charge levied on the leases under this Offer;

h) To take out, at is sole responsibility and expenses, the following insurance:

 

  insurance that covers, during the whole leased term and until the effective return of the leased property, all risks that may affect it, including against fire. The Lessor represents that the insured amount shall be three million and two hundred thousand U.S. dollars (US$3,200,000), which shall be reasonable and shall be subject to the approval of the insurance company;

 

  civil liability insurance that covers all damages that third parties (Lessee’s customers or not) and/or their assets may face due to circumstances linked to the purpose of the leased property and/or third parties’ rights, and/or act of God or force majeure that affect the leased property.

2.- The Lessee undertakes to hold the Lessor harmless from any claim, demand, requirement, judgment, lawsuit or proceeding that its employees, suppliers, those


dependent on suppliers, customers or administrative entities, or other third parties, may possible file against the Lessor due to any damage they could suffer by virtue of the purpose and exploitation of the property by the Lessee, or as a consequence of violation, by the Lessee, of any legal provision or regulation.

TEN: NONCOMPLIANCE BY THE LESS EE

a) The Lessee’s delay to fulfill any of the obligations assumed due to this offer shall authorize the Lessor to consider it terminated upon a prior summons sent by the Lessor in a reliable means for the fulfillment of the unfulfilled obligation, within TWENTY (20) days from the notice, with no need of a court order and being enough, for such purpose, the Lessor’s will. If, after said term, noncompliance by the Lessee continues, the Lessor may start the applicable actions to obtain the eviction and the amounts owed, plus emerging damages and losses.

b) The provisions of this clause do not affect the other rights that the law or this Offer attribute to the Lessor in case of noncompliance by the Lessee, including, but not limited to, the possibility of requesting compliance with the Offer, plus damages and losses caused.

c) The Lessee’s delay in the fulfillment of the obligations attributable to it that are not monetary obligations shall be automatic and for all legal effects due to the mere noncompliance, and shall authorize the Lessor to consider the lease of property terminated upon prior notice to be given in the same way mentioned in item a). The Lessor may opt, if possible according to the case, to cease the Lessee’s noncompliance by performing, on its own or through third parties, at the Lessee’s expenses, the actions attributable to and omitted by the Lessee and that caused the delay. In all cases, the Lessor shall be authorized to start the claims for damages and losses that could be applicable, as mentioned above.

d) In case of the Lessee’s delay in the payment of TWO (2) months of lease fees, the Lessor may, at its sole discretion, to require the fulfillment of the unfulfilled obligations or to declare the lease terminated, upon the above-mentioned prior notice. In case of termination, the Lessor may also require the payment of all amounts owed by the Lessee up to the effective and full return of the property to the Lessor’s full satisfaction is not produced, all monetary obligations attributable to the Lessee shall continue in full force and effect, with the accretion of interest, fines, charges and penalties that accrue until the day of its local and full cancellation.

e) The closing of the property and/or its building due to an order of the proper authority, for any cause or reason definitively attributed by such authority, does not exempt the Lessee, in any case whatsoever, from the payment of the lease fee and all other obligations, except if such closure is attributed to the Lessor.

ELEVEN: PROHIBITION OF ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND/OR SUBLEASE

It is strictly prohibited for the Lessee to assign, sublease, lease, rent, lease back or transfer, in any way whatsoever, in total or in part, the Lease or rights and obligations arising therefrom, be it on a free or onerous basis, as well as to offer the property on loan for use, either in total or in part, or to assign it or contribute to any to any type of company with the rights and obligations arising from this Offer, under no legal form, without the mandatory consent of the Lessor.


The Lessee irrevocably waives the exercise of the right that may be granted by articles 1213 and 1214 et. seq., as well as by the Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina or a similar law.

The violation of the provisions of this clause by the Lessor shall be unenforceable against the Lessor and shall authorize it to terminate the lease for all legal purposes, and to demand the eviction and return of the unoccupied property, as well as indemnification for respective damages and losses, and enforcement of the penal clauses agreed herein.

TWELVE: ADVANCE TERMINATION

The Lessee may, after the first SIX (6) months of the term of this agreement, terminate the engagement, and it should notify the Lessor on a reliable way, at least sixty (60) days before the date on which it will restore the leased property. The Lessee, upon opting for the termination within the first year of effectiveness of the lease relationship, shall pay the Lessor, as indemnity, the sum equivalent to a month and half of the lease fee in force at the time of leaving the property, and only one month if the option is exercised after this period of time, pursuant to the provisions of article 1221 of the Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina.

In the event of an advance termination, the Lessor may also require the payment of all items owed by the Lessee until the effective and total return of the property to the Lessor’s full satisfaction. While the effective and full return of the property to the Lessor’s full satisfaction does not occur, all monetary obligations assumed by the Lessee shall continue in full force and effect, with the accretion of interest, fines, surcharges and penalties accrued until the date of its total and complete cancellation.

THIRTEEN: SECURITY DEPOSIT

By way of a security deposit for the lease, the Lessee shall also deliver to the Lessor the amount equivalent to one (1) month’s lease fee.

Considering that the Lessor should refund the Lessee for the amount of six hundred and thirty nine thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight pesos and sixty four cents ($639,898.64), amount equivalent to the last lease fee effectively paid and delivered as a security deposit for the relationship that linked them through February 2017, in relation to the same property contemplated in this Offer, the Parties agree that said amount will be kept as a security deposit plus the amount of sixty three thousand, nine hundred and ninety pesos and thirty six cents ($63,990.36), totaling the amount of seven hundred and three thousand, eight hundred and eighty nine pesos ($703,889). The amount deposited as a security deposit shall neither give rise to nor be interest bearing.

Accordingly, the Parties agree that the amount of sixty three thousand, nine hundred and ninety pesos and thirty six cents ($63,990.36) missing to complete the security deposit shall be paid by the Lessee within 45 running days counted from the beginning of said lease.

The security deposit shall be returned to the Lessee at the end of the of the lease term or termination thereof, as applicable, in an amount equivalent to the last month’s lease fee effectively paid, and after returning the property totally unoccupied to the Lessor’s full satisfaction, with the prior deductions possibly applicable due to the provisions of this clause.


FOURTEEN: RETURN CERTIFICATION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY

The only valid instrument with which the Lessee may reliably certificate the return of the leased real estate shall be that issued exclusively by the Lessor.

FIFTEEN: DOMICILES – JURISDICTION

The Parties, for procedural effects or not, constitute as domiciles those mentioned in the first paragraph of “Exhibit A”. Said places and locations shall be considered valid for all notices or summons resulting from this engagement, irrespective of Parties’ presence therein.

For all judicial or extrajudicial issues and their consequences, the Parties submit to the jurisdiction of the Ordinary Courts of C.A.B.A. In case of transfer from the Civil and or Commercial Ordinary Courts to the Jurisdiction of C.A.B.A. after the execution of this agreement, the parties agree that said jurisdiction shall be valid to resolve any issue arising between them.

 

/s/ Ana Belén Ferrari

Exhibit 23.01

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Netshoes Cayman Limited

We consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG Auditores Independentes

São Paulo, Brazil

April 4, 2017