UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 29, 2021

 

Ajax I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands

 

001-39660

 

98-1554459

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

667 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10065
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 655-2685

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on
which registered

Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant   AJAX.U   New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share   AJAX   New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50   AJAX WS   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Business Combination Agreement

 

On March 29, 2021, Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“AJAX”), entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), and Capri Listco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Listco”). The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are referred to herein as the “Business Combination.” The boards of directors of AJAX and a committee of the board of directors of the Company unanimously approved the Business Combination.

 

The Business Combination Agreement provides, subject to the terms and conditions therein, for the consummation of, among other things, the following transactions prior to the closing of the Business Combination (collectively, the “Reorganization”): (a) approximately three business days prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Listco Closing Date”), the sole shareholder of Listco will transfer to AJAX all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Listco and, as a result of such transfer, Listco shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of AJAX, and (b) following the Listco Closing Date, AJAX will be merged with and into Listco, with Listco continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”). In connection with the Merger, each AJAX unit (consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant), Class A ordinary share, Class B ordinary share and warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one Listco unit (consisting of one Listco Class A Share and one-fourth of one redeemable Listco warrant), Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, and warrant to purchase Listco Class A ordinary shares, respectively (such securities the “Listco Units,” “Listco Class A Shares,” “Listco Class B Shares,” and “Listco Warrants,” respectively).

 

Approximately two days following the completion of the Reorganization and at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions therein, Listco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (the “Company Shares”) from the holders thereof (the “Company Shareholders”). The aggregate consideration to be paid to the Company Shareholders for the purchase of the Company Shares will be (a) an amount in cash equal to the Aggregate Cash Consideration (as defined below), and (b) a number of Listco Class C ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Listco Class C Shares”), with a value equal to the Aggregate Stock Consideration (as defined below). Company Shareholders will, subject to the procedures, limitations and rationing mechanics set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, have the ability to elect the mix of cash and Listco Class C Shares each such Company Shareholder will receive. The Listco Class C Shares will, subject to certain exceptions, be non-transferrable for 180 days following the Closing, at which time, such Listco Class C Shares will automatically convert into Listco Class A Shares in accordance with Listco’s governing documents. Additionally, effective as of the Closing, (a) the issued and outstanding Listco Class B Shares will convert automatically on a one-for-one basis into Listco Class A Shares, and (b) each issued and outstanding Listco Unit will automatically separate into its component parts.

 

The Aggregate Cash Consideration will be the portion of the Aggregate Transaction Proceeds (where the Aggregate Transaction Proceeds means the cash in AJAX’s trust account (after giving effect to any shareholder redemptions) plus the aggregate proceeds received by Listco from the PIPE Investors (as defined below)) that are allocated to the Company and the Company Shareholders in accordance with the distribution and allocation waterfall as more specifically set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. The Aggregate Stock Consideration will consist of a number of Listco Class C Shares equal to (A) $7,000,000,000, minus (B) the value of the AJAX Class B ordinary shares (valued at $10.00 per share) plus or minus (C) the amount by which the Company’s net cash exceeds or is less than £0, minus (D) an amount equal to the value of all of the Rollover Options (as defined below) (based upon the per share value of a Company Share at Closing), minus (E) any unpaid transaction expenses of AJAX and the Company as of immediately prior to Closing , minus (F) the Aggregate Cash Consideration, and dividing such number by $10.00. All amounts to be calculated with respect to the consideration paid for the Company Shares (and any component or subcomponent thereof that is expressed as a currency) will be determined using US Dollars, and any non-US Dollar denominated amounts will be converted from the applicable foreign currency at the applicable exchange rate that will be fixed four business days prior to Closing.

 

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In addition, prior to the Closing the Company will accelerate the vesting in full of certain unvested options (the “Company Options”), subject to the holders of such Company Options having executed and delivered to the Company an undertaking agreeing to certain forfeiture provisions. Additionally, the holders of certain other Company Options will have the ability to make an election to receive a cash payment in exchange for the cancellation of a corresponding number of Company Options, which election will be subject to the same limitations and rationing mechanics, as noted in the above paragraphs. Any Company Options (whether vested or unvested) that are not exercised or are not cancelled in exchange for a cash payment at the Closing, will be cancelled and replaced by an option to purchase an equivalent value of Listco Class C Shares (each, a “Rollover Option”). Except as agreed in writing with the holder thereof, Rollover Options will be subject to the terms and conditions of the incentive equity plan to be adopted by the board of directors AJAX prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement (as described below) (the “Listco Incentive Equity Plan”) but will be granted on the same terms as the Company Options were subject prior to the Closing under the applicable Company equity plan.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company, relating to the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as AJAX and Listco, none of which will survive the Closing.

 

Covenants

 

The Business Combination Agreement includes customary covenants of the parties with respect to business operations prior to consummation of the Business Combination and efforts to satisfy conditions to the consummation of the Business Combination. The Business Combination Agreement also contains additional covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants providing for AJAX, Listco and the Company to cooperate in the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 relating to the registration of the Listco Class A Shares (including those issuable upon conversion of the Listco Class C Shares) issued in the Business Combination (the “Registration Statement”) and for the Company to use reasonable best efforts to obtain consents and/or waivers with respect to certain of the Company’s commercial contracts and to deliver financial statements in accordance with the standards of PCAOB. Additionally, following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company is required to use reasonable best efforts to implement and make effective a drag-along sale as contemplated by the Company’s articles of association to implement the sale of the Company Shares to Listco. The covenants made under the Business Combination Agreement will not survive the Closing, unless by their terms they are to be performed in whole or in part after the Closing.

 

Conditions to Closing

 

The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement is conditioned upon, among other things: (a) no order, judgement, injunction or law being issued by any court prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination; (b) the Registration Statement shall have become effective; (c) a drag along notice (the “Drag Along Notice”) shall have been delivered to Company Shareholders pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Company’s articles of association; (d) AJAX’s shareholders shall have approved the Business Combination; (e) consent from the UK Financial Conduct Authority shall have been obtained; (f) the Listco Class A Shares (including the Listco Class A Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Listco Class C Shares and the Listco Class A Shares to be issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and the Subscription Agreements) shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of the issuance thereof; and (g) the Aggregate Transaction Proceeds shall be equal to or greater than $1,000,000,000.

 

The obligations of the parties are also conditioned upon, among other things: (a) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party (subject to certain bring-down standards); (b) the performance in all material respects of the covenants of the other party; and (c) no material adverse effect with respect to any of the parties shall have occurred between the date of the Business Combination Agreement and the Closing.

 

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Termination

 

The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated:

 

by mutual written consent of AJAX and the Company;

 

by AJAX or the Company, if the other party has breached any of its representations and warranties or failed to perform any of its covenants or agreements, in each case, such that certain conditions to Closing would not be satisfied and the breach of such representations, warranties, covenants or agreements, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) 45 days after written notice thereof is delivered to the breaching party, and (ii) the Termination Date (as defined below), provided that no party may exercise its right to terminate the Business Combination Agreement if such party is then in breach of the Business Combination Agreement so as to prevent certain conditions to Closing from being satisfied;

 

  by either AJAX or the Company if the Business Combination is not consummated on or before October 29, 2021 (the “Termination Date”), provided that the right to terminate the Business Combination Agreement will not be available to any party whose breach of any of its covenants or obligations under the Business Combination Agreement has primarily caused the failure of the Business Combination to occur on or before the Termination Date;

 

by either AJAX or the Company if a governmental entity shall have issued an order, decree, judgment or ruling or taken any other action, in any case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Business Combination, which order, decree, judgment, ruling or other action is final and non-appealable;

 

by either AJAX or the Company if AJAX shareholder approval has not been obtained; or

 

by AJAX if the Company does not deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the applicable Company Shareholders the Drag Along Notice within five business days of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

The foregoing summary of the Business Combination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Business Combination Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Business Combination Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties thereto made to each other as of the date of the Business Combination Agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement. In particular, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties in the Business Combination Agreement were made as of a specified date, are modified or qualified by information in one or more confidential disclosure letters prepared in connection with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to investors, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Business Combination Agreement are not necessarily characterizations of the actual state of facts about AJAX, Listco or the Company at the time they were made or otherwise and should only be read in conjunction with the other information that AJAX or Listco, as applicable, makes publicly available in reports, statements and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

Sponsor Letter Agreement

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, AJAX I Holdings, LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Sponsor Letter Agreement”) with the Company and AJAX, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to (i) vote all shares of AJAX beneficially owned by it in favor of the Business Combination and each other proposal related to the Business Combination proposed by the board of directors of AJAX at the meeting of AJAX shareholders called to approve the Business Combination, (ii) appear at such shareholder meeting for the purpose of establishing a quorum, (iii) vote all such shares against any action that would reasonably be expected to materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, or adversely affect the Business Combination or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, (iv) waive the anti-dilution protections set out in AJAX’s articles of association with respect to each of its Class B ordinary shares, and (v) not to transfer, assign, or sell such shares, except to certain permitted transferees, prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.

 

The foregoing summary of the Sponsor Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Sponsor Letter Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Transaction Support Agreements

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, AJAX, Listco, the Company and holders of a majority of each of the Company’s outstanding series A shares, series B shares, series C shares and ordinary shares have executed transaction support agreements (the “Transaction Support Agreements”) pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, each such holder agreed to, among other things (i) following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, enter into a purchase and sale agreement for his, her or its Company Shares pursuant to which, such Company Shareholder will sell and Listco will purchase such Company Shareholder’s Company Shares, (ii) to the extent reasonably determined to be necessary or advisable by AJAX or the Company in furtherance of the Business Combination, support and vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement, the ancillary documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, (iii) take, or cause to be taken, any actions reasonably determined by AJAX and the Company to be necessary or advisable to exercise the drag along right set out in and in accordance with the Company’s articles of association, and (iv) subject to certain exceptions, not to transfer, assign, or sell their respective Company Shares, prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.

 

The foregoing summary of the Transaction Support Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Transaction Support Agreements, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Incentive Equity Plan

 

Prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement, AJAX will adopt the Listco Equity Incentive Plan, the form and terms of which will be agreed upon by the Company, AJAX and Listco, reserving a number of Listco Class A Shares for grant thereunder equal to 5% of the fully diluted issued and outstanding Listco Class A Shares (on an as-converted basis taking into account the future conversion of the Listco Class C Shares) immediately after the Closing plus any Listco Class A Shares under options rolled over from the Company’s existing equity incentive plan, which subsequently lapse, are forfeited or cancelled in accordance with their terms.

 

Investor Rights Agreement

 

At the Closing, Listco, the Sponsor and certain securityholders of Listco will enter into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, certain shareholders (a) will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective Listco equity securities, and (b) will be entitled to nominate individuals to the board of directors of Listco following the Closing, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. In particular, Listco and such securityholders will agree to take all necessary and desirable actions such that the following individuals will be elected to the Listco board:

 

for so long as Alex Chesterman is the Chief Executive Officer of Listco or, together with his affiliates, beneficially owns at least 5% of the issued and outstanding voting shares of Listco, Alex Chesterman;

 

for so long as Stephen Morana is the Chief Financial Officer of Listco, Stephen Morana;

 

until the expiration of the term of office of Listco’s Class III directors in office on the Closing Date, one individual designated by the Sponsor, who will initially be Daniel Och; and

 

until the later of (i) the expiration of the term of office of Listco’s Class III directors in office on the Closing Date and (ii) such time as DMGV Limited (“DMGV”), together with certain affiliates, no longer beneficially owns 10% or more of the issued and outstanding voting shares of Listco, one individual designated by DMGV.

 

Pursuant to the letter agreement signed by the Sponsor at the time of the AJAX initial public offering, the Sponsor agreed not to transfer the Listco Class A Shares issued to it upon conversion of the Ajax Class B ordinary shares during the period ending on the earlier of (i) two years after the Closing Date and (ii) subsequent to the Closing Date, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Listco Class A Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date or (y) the date on which Listco completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of Listco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

The foregoing summary of the Investor Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Investor Rights Agreement, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On March 29, 2021, AJAX and Listco entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which, among other things, the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and Listco has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 80,000,000 Listco Class A Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $800,000,000 concurrently with the Closing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. The Subscription Agreements contain customary representations and warranties of AJAX and Listco, on the one hand, and each PIPE Investor, on the other hand, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. The securities that may be issued in connection with the Subscription Agreements will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and will be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements thereof provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the forms of Subscription Agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.4 and Exhibit 10.5 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is the press release jointly issued by the parties announcing the Business Combination.

 

Furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is the investor presentation that AJAX, Listco and the Company have prepared for use in connection with the announcement of the Business Combination.

 

On March 29, 2021, AJAX made available on its website a pre-recorded investor call to discuss the Business Combination. A copy of the transcript for the call is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

 

The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including the exhibits attached hereto, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Additional information

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) relates to a proposed business combination among AJAX, Listco and the Company. In connection with the proposed business combination, Listco intends to file a registration statement on Form F-4 that will include a proxy statement of AJAX in connection with AJAX’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by AJAX’s shareholders relating to the proposed Business Combination and a prospectus of Listco. The proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all AJAX shareholders, and Listco and AJAX will also file other documents regarding the proposed Business Combination with the SEC. This Report does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed Business Combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Business Combination. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed Business Combination as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transactions.

 

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Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by Listco and AJAX through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by AJAX may be obtained free of charge from AJAX’s website at www.ajaxcap.com or by written request to AJAX at info@ajaxcap.com.

 

Participants in Solicitation

 

AJAX, Listco, the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from AJAX’s shareholders with respect to the proposed Business Combination. You can find information about AJAX’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of AJAX’s securities in AJAX’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering, dated October 27, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on October 28, 2020 and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the participants in the solicitation of proxies from AJAX’s shareholders and their direct and indirect interests will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Business Combination when it becomes available. Shareholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Ajax, the combined company or the Company, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed business combination, including statements regarding the benefits of the transaction, the anticipated timing of the transaction, the services offered by Cazoo and the markets in which it operates, and Cazoo’s projected future results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Report, including but not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the proposed business combination; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against AJAX, Cazoo, Newco or others following the announcement of the proposed business combination and any definitive agreements with respect thereto; (3) the inability to complete the proposed business combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of AJAX, to obtain financing to complete the proposed business combination or to satisfy other conditions to closing; (4) changes to the proposed structure of the proposed business combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the proposed business combination; (5) the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards following the consummation of proposed business combination; (6) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations of AJAX or Cazoo as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (8) costs related to the proposed business combination; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations and delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain regulatory approvals required to complete the proposed business combination; (10) the possibility that AJAX, Cazoo or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (11) the impact of COVID-19 on Cazoo’s business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the proposed business combination; (12) Cazoo’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to shareholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; and (13) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in AJAX’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated October 27, 2020. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of AJAX’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents filed by AJAX from time to time with the SEC and the registration statement on Form F-4 and proxy statement/prospectus discussed above. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Cazoo, AJAX and Newco assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. None of Cazoo, AJAX or Newco gives any assurance that any of Cazoo, AJAX or Newco will achieve its expectations.

 

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Nothing in this Report should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved.

 

Any financial and capitalization information or projections in this Report are forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of AJAX, Newco and Cazoo. While such information and projections are necessarily speculative, AJAX, Newco and Cazoo believe that the preparation of prospective financial information involves increasingly higher levels of uncertainty the further out the projection extends from the date of preparation. The assumptions and estimates underlying the projected results are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. The inclusion of financial information or projections in this Report should not be regarded as an indication that AJAX, Newco or Cazoo, or their respective representatives and advisors, considered or consider the information or projections to be a reliable prediction of future events.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit

Description

2.1   Business Combination Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2021, by and among Ajax I, Cazoo Holdings Limited and Capri Listco
10.1   Sponsor Letter Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2021, by and among AJAX I Holdings, LLC, Ajax I and Cazoo Holdings Limited
10.2   Form of Transaction Support Agreement, among Ajax I, Cazoo Holdings Limited, Capri Listco, and the securityholders of Cazoo Holdings Limited named on the signature pages thereto
10.3   Form of Investor Rights Agreement, by and among Capri Listco, AJAX I Holdings, LLC and the other investors party thereto
10.4   Form of Subscription Agreement (Institutional Investor)
10.5   Form of Subscription Agreement (Other)
99.1   Press Release, dated March 29, 2021
99.2   Investor Presentation
99.3   Transcript of Investor Call

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Ajax I
     
  By: /s/ Daniel S. Och
  Name: Daniel S. Och
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: March 29, 2021

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

AJAX I,

 

CAZOO HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

AND

 

CAPRI LISTCO

 

DATED AS OF MARCH 29, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
Article I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 3
   
Section 1.1 Definitions 3
     
Article II TRANSACTIONS 25
   
Section 2.1 Transactions 25
Section 2.2 Closing of the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement 31
Section 2.3 Closing Statement; Allocation Schedule; Aggregate Transaction Proceeds 31
Section 2.4 Treatment of Company Options and Drover Warrants 34
Section 2.5 Closing Date Cash Payments and Uses 36
Section 2.6 Exchange Procedures and Shareholder Deliverables 37
Section 2.7 Withholding 40
     
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE GROUP COMPANIES 40
   
Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification 40
Section 3.2 Capitalization of the Group Companies 41
Section 3.3 Authority 42
Section 3.4 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities 42
Section 3.5 Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations 44
Section 3.6 Permits 45
Section 3.7 Material Contracts 45
Section 3.8 Absence of Changes 47
Section 3.9 Litigation 47
Section 3.10 Compliance with Applicable Law 48
Section 3.11 Employee Plans 48
Section 3.12 Environmental Matters 49
Section 3.13 Intellectual Property 49
Section 3.14 Labor Matters 52
Section 3.15 Insurance 53
Section 3.16 Tax Matters 53
Section 3.17 Brokers 55
Section 3.18 Real and Personal Property 55
Section 3.19 Transactions with Affiliates 57
Section 3.20 Data Privacy and Security 57
Section 3.21 Compliance with International Trade & Anti-Corruption Laws 58
Section 3.22 Information Supplied 58
Section 3.23 Regulatory Compliance 59
Section 3.24 Investigation; No Other Representations 62
Section 3.25 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 62

 

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Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE AJAX PARTIES 63
   
Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification 63
Section 4.2 Authority 64
Section 4.3 Board Approval 64
Section 4.4 Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations 64
Section 4.5 Brokers 65
Section 4.6 Information Supplied 65
Section 4.7 Capitalization of the AJAX Parties 66
Section 4.8 SEC Filings 67
Section 4.9 Absence of Changes 67
Section 4.10 Trust Account 68
Section 4.11 Listing 68
Section 4.12 AJAX Material Contracts 68
Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates 69
Section 4.14 Litigation 69
Section 4.15 Compliance with Applicable Law 69
Section 4.16 Business Activities 70
Section 4.17 Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements 70
Section 4.18 No Undisclosed Liabilities 71
Section 4.19 Tax Matters. 71
Section 4.20 Investigation; No Other Representations 73
Section 4.21 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 74
     
Article V COVENANTS 74
   
Section 5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company 74
Section 5.2 Efforts to Consummate 78
Section 5.3 Confidentiality and Access to Information 79
Section 5.4 Public Announcements 81
Section 5.5 Tax Matters 82
Section 5.6 Exclusive Dealing. 83
Section 5.7 Preparation of Registration Statement / Proxy Statement 84
Section 5.8 AJAX Shareholder Approval 85
Section 5.9 Conduct of Business of AJAX Parties 86
Section 5.10 NYSE Listing 87
Section 5.11 Trust Account 87
Section 5.12 Transaction Support Agreements; Shareholder SPAs; Drag Along 87
Section 5.13 Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance 88
Section 5.14 Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance 89
Section 5.15 Post-Closing Directors, Name and Articles 90
Section 5.16 PCAOB Financials 91
Section 5.17 Listco Incentive Equity Plan 91
Section 5.18 Employment Agreements 91
Section 5.19 PIPE Subscription Agreements 91
Section 5.20 Transaction Consents 92

 

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Article VI CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF THE CLOSING 92
   
Section 6.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties 92
Section 6.2 Other Conditions to the Obligations of the AJAX Parties 92
Section 6.3 Other Conditions to the Obligations of the Company 93
Section 6.4 Frustration of Closing Conditions 93
     
Article VII TERMINATION 94
   
Section 7.1 Termination 94
Section 7.2 Effect of Termination 95
     
Article VIII MISCELLANEOUS 95
   
Section 8.1 Non-Survival 95
Section 8.2 Entire Agreement; Assignment 95
Section 8.3 Amendment 95
Section 8.4 Notices 96
Section 8.5 Governing Law 98
Section 8.6 Fees and Expenses 98
Section 8.7 Construction; Interpretation 98
Section 8.8 Exhibits and Schedules 99
Section 8.9 Parties in Interest 99
Section 8.10 Severability 99
Section 8.11 Counterparts; Electronic Signatures 99
Section 8.12 Knowledge of Company; Knowledge of AJAX 99
Section 8.13 No Recourse 99
Section 8.14 Extension; Waiver 100
Section 8.15 Waiver of Jury Trial 100
Section 8.16 Submission to Jurisdiction 100
Section 8.17 Remedies 100
Section 8.18 Trust Account Waiver 101
Section 8.19 Actions Under Shareholder SPAs and Transaction Support Agreement 101
Section 8.20 Legal Representation 102

 

ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

 

Annex A

Supporting Company Shareholders
Exhibit A Sponsor Letter Agreement
Exhibit B Form of PIPE Subscription Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Investor Rights Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Transaction Support Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Shareholder SPA
Exhibit F Listco Articles of Association
Exhibit G Listco Incentive Equity Plan Term Sheet
Exhibit H Form of Plan of Merger

 

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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

This BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 29, 2021, is made by and among Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“AJAX”), Capri Listco a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Listco”) and Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited liability company formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”). AJAX, Listco and the Company shall be referred to herein from time to time collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in Section 1.1.

 

WHEREAS, AJAX is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 13, 2020 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities;

 

WHEREAS, Listco is a Cayman Islands exempted company which has made an election pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) to be treated as an entity disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes effective as of its date of formation on March 24, 2021;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Governing Documents of AJAX, AJAX is required to provide an opportunity for its shareholders to have their outstanding AJAX Class A Shares redeemed on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein in connection with obtaining the AJAX Shareholder Approval;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, AJAX I Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) owns 8,944,343 AJAX Class B Shares;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Sponsor, AJAX and the Company are entering into the sponsor letter agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Sponsor Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor has agreed to (a) vote in favor of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to the AJAX Class B Shares (whether resulting from the transactions contemplated by the PIPE Subscription Agreements or otherwise) set forth in the Governing Documents of AJAX;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, AJAX and Listco are entering into a subscription agreement with certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, each PIPE Investor has agreed to subscribe for and purchase on the Closing Date, and Listco has agreed to issue and sell to each such PIPE Investor on the Closing Date, the number of Listco Class A Shares set forth in the applicable PIPE Subscription Agreement in exchange for the purchase price set forth therein (the equity financing under all PIPE Subscription Agreements, collectively, the “PIPE Financing”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable PIPE Subscription Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, on the Listco Closing Date, AJAX will acquire all of the issued and outstanding Listco Shares from the Listco Initial Shareholder (as further described in Section 2.1(a));

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, effective the day after the Listco Closing Date, Listco will make an election (the “Check-the-Box Election” and the date on which such election is made, the “Check the Box Election Date”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

WHEREAS, on the Check the Box Election Date, AJAX shall be merged with and into Listco, which merger shall be effective as of the beginning of the day on the Check the Box Election Date (as further described in Section 2.1(c) through Section 2.1(k));

 

WHEREAS, at the Closing, Listco shall acquire all of the issued and outstanding Company Shares from the holders thereof for the consideration described herein and otherwise on the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein;

 

WHEREAS, at the Closing, Listco, the Sponsor and the Major Shareholders shall, and certain other Company Shareholders may elect (but are not required) to enter into an investor rights agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, certain Persons (a) will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective Listco Shares, and (b) will be entitled to nominate and appoint individuals to the Listco Board following the Closing, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of AJAX the (“AJAX Board”) has (a) approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which AJAX is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (b) recommended, among other things, approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the holders of AJAX Shares entitled to vote thereon;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (or a committee of such board) has approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Listco has approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Listco is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, each Company Shareholder set forth on Annex A hereto (collectively, the “Supporting Company Shareholders”) has duly executed and delivered to AJAX a transaction support agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (collectively, the “Transaction Support Agreements”), pursuant to which each such Supporting Company Shareholder has agreed to, among other things, (a) enter into a purchase and sale agreement for his, her or its Company Shares (each, a “Shareholder SPA”) pursuant to which, such Supporting Company Shareholder will sell and Listco will purchase such Supporting Company Shareholder’s Company Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Shareholder SPA, (b) support and, to the extent required under the Company Articles of Association or applicable Law, vote in favor of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (c) take, or cause to be taken, any actions necessary or advisable to exercise the drag along right set out in and in accordance with the Company Articles of Association, and (d) take, or cause to be taken, any actions necessary or advisable to cause certain agreements to be terminated effective as of the Closing.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below.

 

Additional AJAX SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.

 

Adjusted Equity Value” means (a) the Equity Value, minus (b) the Sponsor Equity Adjustment Amount, plus (c) the amount, if any, by which the Net Cash Amount exceeds the Minimum Net Cash Amount, minus (d) the amount, if any, by which the Minimum Net Cash Amount exceeds the Net Cash Amount, minus (e) the Option Adjustment Amount.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Affiliated Group” means a group of Persons that elects to, is required to, or otherwise files a Tax Return or pays a Tax as an affiliated group, aggregate group, consolidated group, combined group, unitary group or other group recognized by applicable Tax Law.

 

Aggregate Cash Consideration” means the aggregate amount of cash payable to the Company Shareholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.5(c).

 

Aggregate Closing PIPE Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds actually received (or deemed received as agreed among the Parties) by the AJAX Parties in respect of the PIPE Financing (whether prior to or on the Closing Date). For the avoidance of doubt, any cash proceeds actually received (or deemed received as agreed among the Parties) by any AJAX Party in respect of any amounts funded under a PIPE Subscription Agreement prior to the Closing Date shall constitute, and be taken into account for purposes of determining, the Aggregate Closing PIPE Proceeds (without, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to, or otherwise taking into account, the use of any such proceeds).

 

Aggregate Stock Consideration” means a number of Listco Class C Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the result of (1) the Adjusted Equity Value, minus (2) the Unpaid AJAX Expenses, minus (3) the Unpaid Company Expenses, minus (4) the Aggregate Cash Consideration divided by (y) the AJAX Share Value.

 

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Aggregate Transaction Proceeds” means an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate cash proceeds available for release to AJAX (or any designee thereof) from the Trust Account in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (after, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to all of the AJAX Shareholder Redemptions and deducting all AJAX fees, expenses, commissions and liabilities that are not AJAX Expenses) and (ii) the Aggregate Closing PIPE Proceeds.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

AJAX” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

AJAX Acquisition Proposal” means (i) any direct or indirect acquisition (or other business combination), in one or a series of related transactions, by any AJAX Party (a) of or with an unaffiliated entity or (b) of all or a material portion of the assets, Equity Securities or businesses of an unaffiliated entity or (ii) any other transaction that could constitute a “Business Combination” within the meaning of the AJAX Governing Documents (in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, purchase or issuance of Equity Securities, tender offer or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, none of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall constitute an AJAX Acquisition Proposal.

 

AJAX Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

AJAX Class A Shares” means AJAX’s Class A ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Governing Documents of AJAX.

 

AJAX Class B Shares” means AJAX’s Class B ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Governing Documents of AJAX.

 

AJAX Closing Payment Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

 

AJAX D&O Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a).

 

AJAX Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered to the Company by AJAX on the date of this Agreement.

 

AJAX Expenses” means, as of any determination time, the aggregate amount of fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts incurred by or on behalf of, and that are due and payable (and not otherwise expressly allocated to a Group Company or any Company Equityholder pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document) by an AJAX Party in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including (a) the fees and expenses of outside legal counsel, accountants, advisors, brokers, investment bankers, consultants, placement agents or other agents or service providers of any AJAX Party and (b) any other fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts that are expressly allocated to any AJAX Party pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, AJAX Expenses shall not include any Company Expenses nor any Transfer Taxes or other Taxes (except for irrecoverable VAT incurred by an AJAX Party on any AJAX Expenses).

 

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AJAX Financial Statements” means all of the financial statements of AJAX included in the AJAX SEC Reports.

 

AJAX Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 (Organization and Qualification), Section 4.2 (Authority), Section 4.5 (Brokers) Section 4.7 (Capitalization of the AJAX Parties), Section 4.9(a) (Absence of Changes) and the first four sentences of Section 4.10 (Trust Account).

 

AJAX Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, effect or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with any other change, event, effect or occurrence, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of any AJAX Party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

AJAX Material Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.

 

AJAX Non-Party Affiliates” means, collectively, each AJAX Related Party and each of the former, current or future Affiliates, Representatives, shareholders, successors or permitted assigns of any AJAX Related Party (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the AJAX Parties).

 

AJAX Parties” means, collectively, AJAX and Listco.

 

AJAX Post-Closing Representation” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.20(a).

 

AJAX Related Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.

 

AJAX Related Party Transactions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.

 

AJAX Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

AJAX SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.

 

AJAX Share Value” means $10.00.

 

AJAX Shareholder Approval” means, collectively, the approval of each Required Transaction Proposal by the affirmative vote of the holders of the requisite number of AJAX Shares entitled to vote thereon, whether in person or by proxy at the AJAX Shareholders Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), in accordance with the Governing Documents of AJAX and applicable Law.

 

AJAX Shareholder Redemption” means the right of the holders of AJAX Class A Shares to redeem all or a portion of their AJAX Class A Shares (in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) as set forth in Governing Documents of AJAX.

 

AJAX Shareholders Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

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AJAX Shares” means, collectively, the AJAX Class A Shares and the AJAX Class B Shares.

 

AJAX Tax Counsel” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a)(i).

 

AJAX Unit” means each outstanding unit consisting of one AJAX Class A Share and one-fourth of one Public Warrant.

 

AJAX Warrants” means, collectively, the Public Warrants and the Sponsor Warrants.

 

Allocation Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).

 

Ancillary Documents” means the Investor Rights Agreement, the Sponsor Letter Agreement, the PIPE Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Support Agreements, each of the Shareholder SPAs, the Listco Articles of Association, the Mix and Match Election Forms, the Listco Incentive Equity Plan Term Sheet, the Plan of Merger, the Listco Ownership Arrangements and each other agreement, document, instrument and/or certificate contemplated by this Agreement executed or to be executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means, collectively, (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), (b) the UK Bribery Act 2010 and (c) any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption Laws or Orders related to combatting bribery, corruption and money laundering.

 

Appointed Representative” shall mean an appointed representative for the purposes of Section 39 of the FSMA and the FCA Handbook.

 

Appointed Representative Agreement” shall mean one or more agreement(s) entered into between a Group Company and a Principal for the appointment of a Group Company as an Appointed Representative of the Principal.

 

Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

 

Business” means the business of, directly or indirectly, buying, selling, refurbishing and facilitating financing for new, nearly new and used automobiles through an online platform or customer centers and any activities, services or products incidental or attendant thereto.

 

Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which the SEC in Washington D.C. and commercial banks in New York, New York and London, United Kingdom are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Called Shareholders” has the meaning given to it in the Company Articles of Association.

 

Cash Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(m)(i).

 

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Cash Oversubscription Amount” means the product of (i) the Standard Cash Amount and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Number of Stock Elections and the denominator of which is the Number of Cash Elections.

 

CBA” means any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union, works council, labor organization or employee representative.

 

Change of Control Payment” means, without duplication, (a) any success, change of control, retention, transaction bonus, severance or other similar payment or amount to any Person as a result of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including any such payments or similar amounts that may become due and payable based upon the occurrence of one or more additional circumstances, matters or events), and the employer portion of employment, payroll or similar Taxes payable as a result of the foregoing, including with respect to the exercise of any Company Options contemplated by this Agreement and the employee portion of any such employment, payroll or similar Taxes and any deductions for any applicable employer National Insurance contributions required to be borne by the holder of such Company Option under the terms of the applicable Company Equity Plan, in each case, to the extent not able to be withheld from a payment to, or otherwise recovered from, the relevant Person, or (b) any payments made or required to be made pursuant to or in connection with or upon termination of, or any fees, expenses or other payments owing or that will become owing in respect of, any Company Related Party Transaction (in the case of each of clause (a) and (b), regardless of whether paid or payable prior to, at or after the Closing or in connection with or otherwise related to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document).

 

Check-the-Box Election” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Check-the-Box Election Date” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

CICA” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

Closing Company Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b).

 

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

Closing Filing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

 

Closing Option Per Share Amount” means, with respect to each Company Share issuable upon the exercise in full of all Rollover Options, an amount equal to the excess of (i) (x) the Adjusted Equity Value (calculated without reduction for the Option Adjustment Amount), divided by (y) the Company Fully Diluted Shares minus (ii) the cash exercise price payable to acquire such Company Share issuable upon exercise of the applicable Rollover Option.

 

Closing Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

 

Closing Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).

 

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Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Company Acquisition Proposal” means (a) any transaction or series of transactions under which any Person(s), directly or indirectly, (i) acquires or otherwise purchases the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates or (ii) all or a material portion of assets, Equity Securities or businesses of the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates (in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, purchase or issuance of Equity Securities, tender offer or otherwise), or (b) any equity or similar investment in the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, none of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall constitute a Company Acquisition Proposal.

 

Company Articles of Association” means the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time.

 

Company Cash” means the aggregate amount of all cash and cash equivalents held by the Group Companies (on a consolidated basis) as of the Measurement Time (which may be negative), in each case, calculated in accordance with IFRS applied on a basis consistent with the policies, procedures, practices and methodologies used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements; provided, that Company Cash shall exclude any cash used to pay Company Expenses, AJAX Expenses or Indebtedness of the Group Companies between the Measurement Time and the Closing; and provided, further, that Company Cash shall include the cash refundable portion of the R&D tax credits properly claimed or which the Group Companies are entitled to claim in respect of the accounting period ending on 31 December 2020, to the extent not refunded prior to the Measurement Time (the “R&D Tax Credits”).

 

Company D&O Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.

 

Company Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered to AJAX by the Company on the date of this Agreement.

 

Company Equity Award” means, as of any determination time, each Company Option, each Company Warrant and each other award to any Person of rights of any kind to receive any Equity Security of any Group Company under any Company Equity Plan or otherwise that is outstanding.

 

Company Equityholders” means, collectively, the Company Shareholders and the holders of any Company Equity Awards as of any determination time prior to the Closing.

 

Company Equity Plan” means the Cazoo Holdings Limited Share Option Scheme (Non-Tax Favoured), the Cazoo Holdings Limited EMI Share Option Scheme and each other plan that provides for the award to any Person of rights of any kind to receive Equity Securities or any Company Equity Award of any Group Company or benefits measured in whole or in part by reference to Equity Securities of any Group Company.

 

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Company Expenses” means, as of any determination time, the aggregate amount of fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts incurred by or on behalf of, or otherwise payable by, whether or not due, any Group Company in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including (a) the fees and expenses of outside legal counsel, accountants, advisors, placement agents, brokers, investment bankers, consultants, or other agents or service providers of any Group Company, (b) all Change of Control Payments, and (d) any other fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts that are expressly allocated to any Group Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, Company Expenses shall not include any AJAX Expenses nor any Transfer Taxes or other Taxes (except for (i) irrecoverable VAT incurred by a Group Company on any Company Expenses and (ii) any Taxes specifically referenced in the definition of Change of Control Payments).

 

Company Fully Diluted Shares” means a number equal to the sum of (a) the number of Company Shares that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing; (b) the number of Company Shares issuable upon the exercise of Company Options outstanding and unexercised (whether or not then vested or exercisable) immediately prior to the Closing; and (c) the number of shares of Company Shares issuable upon the exercise of Company Warrants outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

Company Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(a) (Organization and Qualification), Sections 3.2(a) through (d) (Capitalization of the Group Companies), Section 3.3 (Authority), Section 3.8(a) (Absence of Changes) and Section 3.17 (Brokers).

 

Company Indebtedness” means the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Group Companies as of the Measurement Time.

 

Company IT Systems” means all computer systems, Software and hardware, including peripherals and ancillary equipment, communication systems, interfaces, platforms, servers, network equipment and any associated proprietary materials, user manuals and other related documentation, including any outsourced systems and processes, in each case, relied on, owned, licensed or leased by a Group Company.

 

Company Licensed Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property Rights owned by any Person (other than a Group Company) that is licensed to or used by any Group Company.

 

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Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, effect or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with any other change, event, effect or occurrence, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, results of operations or financial condition of the Group Companies, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (a), none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: any adverse change, event, effect or occurrence arising after the date of this Agreement from or related to (i) general business or economic conditions in or affecting the European Union, the United Kingdom or the United States, or changes therein, or the global economy generally, (ii) any national or international political or social conditions in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States or any other country, including the outbreak or escalation of war or hostilities by the United Kingdom, the United States or any other country, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence in any place of any military or terrorist attack, sabotage, civil unrest, cyberterrorism, curfews, riots or any escalation or worsening thereof, (iii) changes in the financial, banking, capital or securities markets generally in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein, including changes in interest rates in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States or any other country or region in the world and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries, (iv) changes or proposed changes in, or changes or proposed changes in the interpretation of, any applicable Laws, regulatory framework, IFRS or GAAP, in each case, after the date hereof, (v) the negotiation, execution delivery or public announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of any Group Company with employees, customers, investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, payors or other third parties related thereto (provided that the exception in this clause (v) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.5(b) to the extent that its purpose is to address the consequences resulting from the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the condition set forth in Section 6.2(a)(iv) to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties), (vi) any failure by any Group Company to meet, or changes to, any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions (although the underlying facts and circumstances resulting in such failure may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded from this definition pursuant to clauses (i) through (v), and (vii) through (xii)), (vii) any “force majeure” events, any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami, natural disaster, mudslides, wild fires, calamities, acts of God or other natural disasters or comparable events in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing, (viii) any epidemics, pandemics, disease outbreaks or quarantines, including COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations thereof following the date of this Agreement, (ix) the taking of any action expressly required by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, (x) any actions taken or omitted to be taken by a Group Company at the express written request or with the express prior written consent of AJAX, (xi) any breach of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document by any AJAX Party, or (xii) any matter set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules, the effect as a Company Material Adverse Effect of which is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure; provided, however, that any change, event, effect or occurrence resulting from a matter described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), (vii) or (viii) may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur to the extent such change, event, effect or occurrence has or has had or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate adverse effect on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, relative to other participants operating in the industries in which the Group Companies operate.

 

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Company Non-Party Affiliates” means, collectively, each Company Related Party and each former, current or future Affiliates, Representatives, successors or permitted assigns of any Company Related Party (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company).

 

Company Option” means, as of any determination time, each option to purchase Company Shares that is outstanding and unexercised, whether granted under a Company Equity Plan or otherwise.

 

Company Ordinary Shares” means the shares of £0.0000000167 each in capital of the Company, designated as “Ordinary Shares” pursuant to the Company Articles of Association.

 

Company Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Group Companies.

 

Company Post-Closing Representation” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.20(b).

 

Company Registered Intellectual Property” means all Company Owned Intellectual Property that is registered to any Group Company or the subject of an application for registration in the name of any Group Company.

 

Company Related Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.

 

Company Related Party Transactions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.

 

Company Series A Shares” means the series A shares of £0.0000000167 each in capital of the Company, designated as “Series A Shares” pursuant to the Company Articles of Association.

 

Company Series B Shares” means the series B shares of £0.0000000167 each in capital of the Company, designated as “Series B Shares” pursuant to the Company Articles of Association.

 

Company Series C Shares” means the series C shares of £0.0000000167 each in capital of the Company, designated as “Series C Shares” pursuant to the Company Articles of Association.

 

Company Series D Shares” means the series D shares of £0.0000000167 each in capital of the Company, designated as “Series D Shares” pursuant to the Company Articles of Association.

 

Company Shareholder Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement of the Company, dated as of October 1, 2020.

 

Company Shareholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Shares as of any determination time prior to the Closing.

 

Company Shares” means, collectively, the Company Series A Shares, the Company Series B Shares, the Company Series C Shares, the Company Series D Shares and the Company Ordinary Shares.

 

Company Tax Counsel” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a)(i).

 

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Company Warrants” means, as of any determination time, each warrant to purchase Company Shares that is outstanding and unexercised, whether granted under a Company Equity Plan, the Drover Warrants or otherwise.

 

Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain confidentiality undertaking, dated as of January 31, 2021, by and between the Company and AJAX.

 

Consent” means any notice, authorization, qualification, registration, filing, notification, waiver, order, consent or approval to be obtained from, filed with or delivered to, a Governmental Entity or other Person.

 

Contract” or “Contracts” means any agreement, contract, license, lease, obligation, undertaking or other commitment or arrangement (whether written or oral).

 

Controlled Function” means a controlled function for the purposes of section 59 of FSMA as specified in the FCA Handbook (as applicable) from time to time.

 

COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 (and all related strains and sequences), and any evolutions or mutations thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemic or disease outbreaks.

 

COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, delay, shut down (including, the shutdown of air cargo routes), closure, sequester, safety or similar Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations promulgated by any Governmental Entity or the World Health Organization, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19.

 

Creator” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(h).

 

Default Cash Election Amount” means an amount in cash equal to (i) the sum of (x) the Aggregate Cash Consideration, plus (y) the product of the Aggregate Stock Consideration multiplied by the AJAX Share Value, divided by (ii) the aggregate number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)).

 

Default Stock Election Amount” means a number of Listco Class C Shares equal to (i) the sum of (x) the Aggregate Cash Consideration divided by the AJAX Share Value, plus (y) the Aggregate Stock Consideration, divided by (ii) the aggregate number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)).

 

Designated Shareholder Representativehas the meaning set forth in Section 8.19(a).

 

Drag Along Notice” has the meaning given to it in the Company Articles of Association and, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall mean such a notice given with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents.

 

Drag Shareholders” has the meaning given to it in the Company Articles of Association.

 

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Drover Warrants” means the warrants issued to certain persons in connection with the acquisition of Drover Limited by the Company on or around January 25, 2021 and subsequently, on or around March 25, 2021.

 

Electing Option Holder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(m).

 

Election Deadline” means two Business Days after the last day on which the holders of AJAX Class A Shares may exercise their redemption rights pursuant to the terms of the AJAX Governing Documents.

 

EMI Options” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

 

EMI Restricted Share Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

 

EMI Restricted Shares” means, as of any time of determination, the Company Shares issued in respect of each EMI Option which became vested in connection with the Closing pursuant to Section 2.4(a) and which, absent such accelerated vesting, would not be vested in accordance with the original vesting schedule to which such EMI Option was subject to prior to the Closing.

 

Employee Benefit Plan” means each equity or equity-based compensation, retirement, pension, enhanced redundancy, savings, profit sharing, bonus, commission, overtime, incentive, severance, separation, employment, individual consulting or independent contractor, change in control, retention, deferred compensation, vacation, paid time off, medical, retiree or post-termination health or welfare, salary continuation, fringe or other compensatory plan, program, policy agreement arrangement or Contract that any Group Company maintains, sponsors or contributes to (or is required to contribute to), or under or with respect to which any Group Company has or could reasonably expect to have any Liability.

 

Environmental Laws” means all Laws and Orders concerning pollution, protection of the environment, or human health or safety.

 

Equity Securities” means any share, share capital, capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or similar interest in any Person (including any stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights), and any option, warrant, right or security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable or exercisable therefor.

 

Equity Value” means $7,000,000,000.

 

Estimated Closing Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exchange Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).

 

Exchange Agent Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).

 

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Export Control Laws” means any Law or Order related to import and export controls administered and enforced by the European Union, the United Kingdom or United States, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations such other controls administered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

 

FCA” means the UK Financial Conduct Authority or any successor or replacement authority which takes on any or all of the rights and responsibilities thereof.

 

FCA Handbook” means the Handbook of Rules and Guidance published by the FCA (as amended from time to time).

 

Federal Securities Laws” means the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and the other U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise.

 

Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

 

Fixing Rate” means, in relation to a specified amount, the closing rate as published by Bloomberg (pursuant to the Bloomberg Fix function (‘BFIX’ function)) on the date that is four (4) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

Freshfields” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.20(b).

 

FSMA” means the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and any legislation and regulation made thereunder, all as amended from time to time.

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time.

 

Governing Documents” means the legal document(s) by which any Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or which govern its internal affairs. For example, the “Governing Documents” of a U.K. private limited company are its memorandum and articles of association, the “Governing Documents” of a Cayman Islands exempted company are its memorandum and articles of association, and the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. corporation are its certificate or articles of incorporation (or analogous document) and by-laws, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. limited partnership are its limited partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership (or analogous document), the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. limited liability company are its operating or limited liability company agreement and certificate of formation (or analogous document).

 

Governmental Entity” means any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitral tribunal (public or private) whether supernational, national regional or local.

 

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Group Company” and “Group Companies” means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Hazardous Substance” means any hazardous, toxic, explosive or radioactive material, substance, waste or other pollutant that is regulated by, or may give rise to Liability pursuant to, any Environmental Law, including any petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and poly-fluoroakyl substances, or radon.

 

IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

Incentive Equity Plan Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Indebtedness” means, as of any time, without duplication, with respect to any Person, the outstanding principal amount of, accrued and unpaid interest on, fees and expenses, and breakage of prepayment penalties or premiums that are payable arising under or in respect of (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including the current portion thereof), (b) other obligations evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other debt security, (c) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or assets, including “earn-outs” and “seller notes” (but excluding any trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business) (calculated assuming the maximum amount payable with respect thereto, whether or not contingent), (d) reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments, in each case, solely to the extent drawn, (e) derivative, hedging, swap, foreign exchange or similar arrangements, including swaps, caps, collars, hedges or similar arrangements, in each case, to the extent of the liability in respect of such arrangement as of such time, (f) obligations or amounts owed to any holder of equity securities of the Group Companies or to such holder’s Affiliates (other than (1) obligations and amounts solely between or among the Group Companies and (2) obligations or liabilities under ordinary course of business commercial arrangements, salary, wages and bonuses), and (g) any of the obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or secured by any assets of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person; provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include (x) stocking loans or (y) liabilities of any Group Company specifically for automobile inventory financing (and which are secured by such automobile inventory), in each case of clauses (x) and (y) arising in the ordinary course of business.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights and related priority rights protected, created or arising in any jurisdiction or under any international convention, including all (a) patents and patent applications, rights in inventions industrial designs and design patent rights, including any continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part and provisional applications and statutory invention registrations, and any patents issuing on any of the foregoing and any reissues, reexaminations, substitutes, supplementary protection certificates, extensions of any of the foregoing; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, brand names, trade dress rights, logos, get-up, domain names and URLs, corporate names and other source or business identifiers, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) copyrights and works of authorship, database and design rights, rights in data, and other sui generis rights, mask work rights and moral rights, rights to sue for passing off and in unfair competition, whether or not registered or published, and all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions and reversions of any of any of the foregoing; (d) rights of privacy and publicity, including rights to the use of names, likenesses, images, voices, signatures and biographical information of real persons; (e) trade secrets, know-how and confidential and proprietary information, including invention disclosures, inventions and formulae, whether patentable or not; (f) rights in or to Software or other technology; and (g) rights in opposition proceedings and any other intellectual or proprietary rights protectable, arising under or associated with any of the foregoing, including those protected by any Law anywhere in the world.

 

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Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a).

 

Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Investor Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

IPO” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

ITEPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(r).

 

JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.

 

K&E” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.20(a).

 

Key Employees” means Alex Chesterman, Stephen Morana and Ned Staple.

 

Latest Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

 

Law” means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, Order, judgment, injunction, award, decree, writ, regulation or other binding directive or guidance issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter including without limitation, any provisions of FSMA, the principles, regulations, rules or guidance set out in the FCA Handbook, any directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to financial services (as amended from time to time) and any legislation, law or regulation made, or relating to the implementation of, any directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to financial services (including, without limitation, any equivalent or similar law, rule or regulation implemented in the United Kingdom as a result of its withdrawal from the European Union), in all cases as amended from time-to-time.

 

Leased Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(b).

 

Liability” or “liability” means any and all debts, liabilities and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable, including those arising under any Law (including any Environmental Law), Proceeding or Order and those arising under any Contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or undertaking.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, license or sub-license, charge, or other similar encumbrance or interest (including, in the case of any Equity Securities, any voting, transfer or similar restrictions).

 

Listco” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Listco Articles of Association” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.

 

Listco Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.

 

Listco Class A Shares” means Listco’s Class A ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Governing Documents of Listco.

 

Listco Class B Shares” means Listco’s Class B ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Governing Documents of Listco.

 

Listco Class C Shares” means Listco’s Class C ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Governing Documents of Listco.

 

Listco Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Listco Incentive Equity Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17.

 

Listco Initial Shareholder” means MaplesFS Limited.

 

Listco Public Warrant” means each warrant to purchase one Listco Class A Share at an issue price of $11.50 per share.

 

Listco Securities” means, collectively, the Listco Shares, the Listco Public Warrants and the Listco Sponsor Warrants.

 

Listco Share Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Listco Shares” means, collectively, the Listco Class A Shares, the Listco Class B Shares and the Listco Class C Shares

 

Listco Sponsor Warrants” means the 21,129,818 private placement warrants held by the Sponsor to purchase 21,129,818 Listco Class A Shares at an issue price of $11.50 per share held by the Sponsor, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement.

 

Listco Ownership Arrangements” means collectively (i) that certain Expenses Agreement between MaplesFS Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands whose principal office is at PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, and Listco, dated March 27, 2021, (ii) that certain Declaration of Trust by MaplesFS Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands whose principal office is at PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, dated March 27, 2021, and (iii) that certain Share Transfer Restriction Agreement dated March 27, 2021, among Listco, MaplesFS Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands whose principal office is at PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, solely in its capacity as share trustee under the Declaration of Trust (as defined therein), and AJAX.

 

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Listco Unit” means each outstanding unit consisting of one Listco Class A Share and one-fourth of one Listco Public Warrant.

 

Major Shareholders” means Alex Chesterman and DMGV Limited.

 

Material Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).

 

Material Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

 

Measurement Time” means 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date.

 

Merger” has the meaning set out in Section 2.1(c).

 

Merger Closing” has the meaning set out in Section 2.1(d).

 

Merger Closing Date” has the meaning set out in Section 2.1(d).

 

Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set out in Section 2.1(e).

 

Minimum Net Cash Amount” means £0.00 (zero).

 

Mix and Match Election Form” shall mean the mix and match election form in the form as mutually agreed among the Company, AJAX and Listco.

 

Net Cash Amount” means the amount (which may be a positive or a negative number) by which Company Cash exceeds the Company Indebtedness.

 

Non-Party Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.13.

 

Number of Cash Elections” means the aggregate number of Company Shares for which the Cash Election has been made and not been lost pursuant to Section 2.1(m).

 

Number of Standard Elections” means the aggregate number of Company Shares for which the Standard Election has been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m) (or deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)).

 

Number of Stock Elections” means the aggregate number of Company Shares for which the Stock Election has been made and not been lost pursuant to Section 2.1(m).

 

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

NYSE Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Open Source Software” means any open source software, public source software or freeware, or any modification or derivative of any of those things, including software licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, Apache Software License or Mozilla Public License.

 

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Option Adjustment Amount” means an amount equal to the sum of the Closing Option Per Share Amounts of all Rollover Options. It is agreed and acknowledged that the Option Adjustment Amount shall be calculated without duplication of any Specified Rollover Options, it being understood that any Listco Class C Shares that are the subject of any Specified Rollover Option shall reduce the Aggregate Stock Consideration.

 

Option Share” means a Company Share issuable upon the exercise of a Company Option.

 

Order” means any outstanding writ, order, judgment, injunction, decision, determination, award, ruling, subpoena, verdict or decree entered, issued or rendered by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such matter.

 

Other Closing Company Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b).

 

Owned Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).

 

Parties” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Patents” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.

 

PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

Permits” means any approvals, authorizations, clearances, consents, licenses, registrations, permits, or certificates of a Governmental Entity, including without limitation, any Permits issued or granted by the FCA (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the FCA’s approval of the appointment of any Group Company as an Appointed Representative of a Principal) or any Permits issued or granted by another Governmental Entity in the European Union pursuant to any applicable Law (including, without limitation, Part 4A of FSMA), directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to financial services (as amended from time to time) and any legislation, law or regulation made, or relating to the implementation of, any directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to financial services (including, without limitation, any equivalent or similar law, rule or regulation implemented in the United Kingdom as a result of its withdrawal from the European Union), in all cases as amended from time-to-time.

 

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Permitted Liens” means (a) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, repairers’ and other similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts that are not yet due and payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which sufficient reserves have been established in accordance with IFRS or GAAP, as applicable, (b) statutory Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable as of the Closing Date or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which sufficient reserves have been established in accordance with IFRS or GAAP, as applicable, (c) encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, conditions, rights of way and similar restrictions) that do not prohibit or materially interfere with any of the Group Companies’ use or occupancy of such real property, (d) zoning, building codes and other land use Laws regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such real property and which are not violated by the use or occupancy of such real property or the operation of the businesses of the Group Company and do not prohibit or materially interfere with any of the Group Companies’ use or occupancy of such real property, (e) cash deposits or cash pledges to secure the payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security benefits or obligations arising under similar Laws or to secure the performance of public or statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which are not yet due and payable, (f) grants by any Group Company of non-exclusive rights in non-material Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business, (g) purchase money Liens securing rental payments under capital lease arrangements; (h) Liens expressly disclosed on the face of the Latest Balance Sheet, (i) Liens deemed to be created by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (j) such other imperfection to title or Liens, if any, arising in the ordinary course of business or that have not had, and would not be reasonably expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect or AJAX Material Adverse Effect, as applicable.

 

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity.

 

Personal Data” means any data or information that (a) can, alone or when combined with other information, identify a natural person, or (b) is otherwise subject to applicable Laws or any privacy policies of the Company governing personal information.

 

PIPE Financing” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

PIPE Investors” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

PIPE Subscription Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Plan of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e).

 

Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders” means the holders of AJAX Shares as of any time prior to the Closing.

 

Previously-owned Land and Buildings” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(d).

 

Principal” shall mean a principal for the purposes of Section 39 of the FSMA and the FCA Handbook.

 

Privacy Laws” means all applicable laws in any jurisdiction relating to privacy or the processing or protection of personal data, including (without limitation) the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the “GDPR”), the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the GDPR as it forms part of the laws of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and the e-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC), and including any predecessor, successor or implementing legislation in respect of the foregoing, and any amendments or re-enactments of the foregoing.

 

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Proceeding” means any lawsuit, litigation, action, audit, examination, claim, complaint, charge, investigation, demand, proceeding, suit or arbitration (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative and whether public or private) pending by or before or otherwise involving any Governmental Entity.

 

properly completed stock transfer form(s)” means properly completed and duly executed (but undated) stock transfer form(s).

 

Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

Public Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

Public Warrant” means each warrant to purchase one AJAX Class A Share at an issue price of $11.50 per share, which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “AJAX.”

 

Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(l).

 

R&D Tax Credits” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Company Cash.”

 

Real Property Leases” means all leases, sub-leases, licenses, concessions or other agreements, in each case, pursuant to which any Group Company leases or sub-leases any real property (including, without limitation, all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, and other agreements with respect thereto).

 

Registration Statement / Proxy Statement” means a registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and containing a prospectus of Listco and proxy statement of AJAX.

 

Regulated Group Company” means a Group Company holding a Permit.

 

Regulatory Code of Conduct” means the rules and guidance set out in the code of conduct in the FCA Handbook and related conduct rules and standards.

 

Representatives” means with respect to any Person, such Person’s controlled Affiliates and its and such controlled Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, managers, employees, members, owners, accountants, consultants, advisors, attorneys, agents and other representatives.

 

Required Governing Document Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Required Transaction Proposals” means, collectively, the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the Required Governing Document Proposal and the Incentive Equity Plan Proposal.

 

Rollover Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).

 

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Sanctioned Country” means any country or region that is targeted by comprehensive export, import, financial or investment embargo under any Sanctions Laws (which currently comprise Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region of Ukraine).

 

Sanctioned Person” means: (i) any Person included on any restricted party list administered by the European Union, the United Kingdom, or the United States, including, without limitation, the UK Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets, the Consolidated List of Persons, Groups, or Entities Subject to EU Financial Sanctions, and the U.S. Specially Designated Nationals and Block Persons List; (ii) any Person that is ordinarily resident in or organized under the laws of a Sanctioned Country; or (iii) any Governmental Entity of a Sanctioned Country; or (iv) any Person that is owned or controlled by one or more persons described in (i), (ii), or (iii) above.

 

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

 

Schedules” means, collectively, the Company Disclosure Schedules and the AJAX Disclosure Schedules.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

 

Securities Laws” means Federal Securities Laws and other applicable foreign and domestic securities or similar Laws.

 

Security Incident” means actions that result in an actual, suspected, alleged or potentially likely cyber or security incident that could have an adverse effect on a Company IT System, Personal Data or any Company trade secret (including any processed, stored, or transmitted thereby or contained therein), including an occurrence that actually or potentially likely jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a Company IT System, Personal Data or any Company trade secret. A Security Incident includes incidents of security breaches or intrusions, denial of service, or unauthorized entry, access, collection, use, processing, storage, sharing, distribution, transfer, disclosure, or destruction of, any Company IT Systems, Personal Data or Company trade secrets, or any loss, distribution, compromise or unauthorized disclosure of any of the foregoing.

 

Share Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(l).

 

Shareholder SPA” shall mean a sale and purchase agreement entered into with one or more Company Shareholders (including each of the Shareholder SPAs entered into with the Supporting Company Shareholders) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

Signing Filing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

 

Signing Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

 

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Software” shall mean any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code; (b) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; (c) descriptions, flowcharts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and (d) all documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation, related to any of the foregoing.

 

Specified Function” means a function specified for the purposes of section 63E of FSMA in the FCA Handbook (as applicable) from time to time.

 

Specified Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Specified Rollover Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Sponsor” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Sponsor Equity Adjustment Amount” means $89,443,430.

 

Sponsor Letter Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Sponsor Warrants” means the 21,129,818 private placement warrants held by the Sponsor to purchase 21,129,818 AJAX Class A Shares at an issue price of $11.50 per share held by the Sponsor, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement.

 

Standard Cash Amount” means an amount in cash equal to (i) the Aggregate Cash Consideration divided by (ii) the aggregate number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)).

 

Standard Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(m)(i).

 

Standard Stock Amount” means a number of Listco Class C Shares equal to (i) the Aggregate Stock Consideration divided by (ii) the aggregate number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)).

 

Stock Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(m)(i).

 

Stock Oversubscription Amount” means the product of the (i) Standard Stock Amount and a (ii) fraction, the numerator of which is the Number of Cash Elections and the denominator of which is the Number of Stock Elections.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the limited liability company, partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof and for this purpose, a Person or Persons own a majority ownership interest in such a business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of such business entity’s gains or losses or shall be a, or control any, managing director or general partner of such business entity (other than a corporation). The term “Subsidiary” shall include all Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.

 

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Supporting Company Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Surviving Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

Surviving Entity Articles of Association” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(h).

 

Tax” means any U.S. federal, state, local or non-United States income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, sales, use, transfer, value added, excise, stamp, customs, duties, ad valorem, real property, personal property (tangible and intangible), capital stock, social security, unemployment, payroll, wage, employment, severance, occupation, registration, environmental, communication, mortgage, profits, license, lease, service, goods and services, withholding, premium, unclaimed property, escheat, turnover, windfall profits or other taxes of any kind whatever, whether computed on a separate or combined, unitary or consolidated basis or in any other manner, together with any interest, deficiencies, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Entity with respect thereto, whether disputed or not, and including any secondary Liability for any of the aforementioned.

 

Tax Authority” means any Governmental Entity responsible for the collection, imposition or administration of Taxes or Tax Returns.

 

Tax Consolidation” means any fiscal unity or Tax consolidation arrangement between two or more companies the effect of which is to treat those companies as a single entity for any Tax purpose.

 

Tax Return” means returns, declarations, reports, claims for refund, information returns, elections, disclosures, statements, or other documents (including any related or supporting schedules, attachments, statements or information, and including any amendments thereof) filed or required to be filed with a Tax Authority in connection with, or relating to, Taxes.

 

Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d).

 

Transaction Proposals” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

 

Transaction Support Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Transfer Taxes” means all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, notarial fees and other similar Taxes and fees incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

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Trust Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

Trust Account Released Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

Trust Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.

 

Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.

 

Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

 

Unpaid AJAX Expenses” means the AJAX Expenses that are unpaid as of immediately prior to the Closing.

 

Unpaid Company Expenses” means the Company Expenses that are unpaid as of immediately prior to the Closing.

 

Unprorated Aggregate Cash Consideration” means the sum of (i) the Number of Standard Elections multiplied by the Standard Cash Amount and (ii) the Number of Cash Elections multiplied by the Default Cash Election Amount.

 

Unvested Company Option” means each Company Option outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing that is not a Vested Company Option.

 

Vested Company Option” means each Company Option outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing that is vested as of such time or will vest in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether at the Closing or otherwise).

 

Vested Unapproved Options” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

Waiving Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.20(a).

 

Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2020, by and between AJAX and the Trustee.

 

Article II
TRANSACTIONS

 

Section 2.1 Transactions. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the following transactions shall occur:

 

(a) Listco Share Purchase. On the second Business Day following the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature can only be satisfied at or following the Listco Share Purchase, at the Merger Closing or at the Closing, as applicable), but in no event earlier than three (3) Business Days prior to Closing or on such other date and at such place or time as may be agreed to in writing by Listco, AJAX and the Company (the “Listco Closing Date”), AJAX shall purchase and acquire from the Listco Initial Shareholder, and the Listco Initial Shareholder shall sell, transfer, convey and deliver to AJAX, all of the Listco Shares then issued and outstanding free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under applicable Securities Laws) (the “Listco Share Purchase”) and Listco shall, and AJAX shall cause Listco to, update its register of members on the Listco Closing Date to reflect the Listco Share Purchase.

 

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(b) Tax Election; Listco Governing Documents. Subject to the continuing satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature can only be satisfied at the Merger Closing or the Closing, as applicable), following the Listco Share Purchase and on the Check the Box Election Date, (x) Listco shall make the Check the Box Election, and (y) AJAX, as the sole shareholder of Listco, shall approve the adoption of the Articles of Association of Listco in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Listco Articles of Association”) to become automatically effective at the Closing.

 

(c) The Merger. Subject to the continuing satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature can only be satisfied at the Merger Closing or the Closing, as applicable), in accordance with the Cayman Islands Companies Act (As Revised) (the “CICA”) at the Merger Effective Time, AJAX shall be merged with and into Listco (the “Merger” and, together with the Listco Share Purchase and the Check the Box Election, the “AJAX Reorganization”), whereupon AJAX will cease to exist and will be struck off the register of companies in the Cayman Islands, with Listco surviving the Merger (Listco, as the surviving company (as defined in the CICA) in the Merger, sometimes being referred to herein as the “Surviving Entity”).

 

(d) Merger Closing. Subject to the continuing satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature can only be satisfied at the Merger Closing or the Closing, as applicable), the closing of the Merger (the “Merger Closing”) shall take place on the Check the Box Election Date. The date on which the Merger Closing actually takes place is referred to as the “Merger Closing Date.”

 

(e) Merger Effective Time. On the Merger Closing Date, AJAX and Listco shall (i) cause the plan of merger with respect to the Merger (the “Plan of Merger”) substantially in the form set out in Exhibit H attached hereto, to be duly executed and filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands as provided by Section 233 of the CICA, and (ii) make any other filings, recordings or publications required to be made by AJAX or Listco under the CICA in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time of the filing of the Plan of Merger, in accordance with the CICA (which the Parties agree shall be deemed effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Check the Box Election Date) (such date and time being hereinafter referred to as the “Merger Effective Time”).

 

(f) Effects of the Merger. At the Merger Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects specified in the CICA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Merger Effective Time, all the rights, property of every description including choses in action, and the business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits, immunities and privileges of each of AJAX and Listco shall immediately vest in the Surviving Entity and the Surviving Entity shall be liable for and subject in the same manner as AJAX and Listco to all mortgages, charges or security interests and all contracts (including the Warrant Agreement, the letter agreement among the Sponsor and the other Insiders party thereto, and each of the other Contracts entered into by AJAX in connection with the IPO), obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of AJAX and Listco in accordance with the CICA and as provided in this Agreement (including the Warrant Agreement and each of the other Contracts entered into by AJAX in connection with the IPO).

 

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(g) Directors and Officers. The directors and officers of AJAX as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Entity upon the Merger Effective Time until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal in accordance with the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Entity; provided, that the Parties agree that the directors and officers of the Surviving Entity shall be selected such that the Surviving Entity will be tax resident outside the United Kingdom at all times prior to the Closing.

 

(h) Surviving Entity Governing Documents. Without any further action on the part of AJAX or Listco, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Listco which shall be in substantially the same form as the AJAX Governing Documents shall be the Governing Documents of the Surviving Entity (the “Surviving Entity Articles of Association”) at the Merger Effective Time, which Surviving Entity Articles of Association shall remain in effect until the Closing, at which point the Listco Articles of Association, as approved by AJAX as contemplated by Section 2.1(b), shall become effective at the Closing.

 

(i) Treatment of Shares. At the Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of AJAX or Listco or the holders of any securities of AJAX:

 

(A) Each AJAX Unit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one Listco Unit;

 

(B) Each AJAX Class A Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one Listco Class A Share;

 

(C) Each AJAX Class B Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one Listco Class B Share;

 

(D) Each Public Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be exchanged for the right to receive one Listco Public Warrant (or fraction thereof, as applicable) and shall thereupon be deemed terminated and no longer outstanding;

 

(E) Each Sponsor Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be exchanged for the right to receive one Listco Sponsor Warrant (or fraction thereof, as applicable), and shall thereupon be deemed terminated and no longer outstanding; and

 

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(F) Each Listco Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, without payment of any consideration or distribution thereafter.

 

(j) Pursuant to the terms of the Public Warrants and the Sponsor Warrants, each of the Listco Public Warrants shall have, and be subject to, substantially the same terms and conditions set forth in the Public Warrants, and each of the Listco Sponsor Warrants shall have, and be subject to, substantially the same terms and conditions set forth in the Sponsor Warrants, except that in each case they shall represent the right to acquire Listco Class A Shares in lieu of AJAX Class A Shares.

 

(k) From and after the Merger Effective Time, all AJAX Shares, AJAX Units and AJAX Warrants shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of an AJAX Share, AJAX Unit or AJAX Warrant shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive a corresponding number of Listco Shares, Listco Units, Listco Public Warrants or Listco Sponsor Warrants, respectively upon the register of members of Listco being updated in accordance with Section 2.6(a).

 

(l) The Share Purchase.

 

(i) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and each of the Shareholder SPAs, at the Closing, Listco shall purchase and acquire from the Company Shareholders, and the Company Shareholders shall (or, as required hereby and pursuant to article 23.8 of the Company Articles of Association, the Company as agent for any Company Shareholder who has not executed a Shareholder SPA prior to Closing), in accordance with the Shareholder SPAs, sell, transfer, convey and deliver to Listco, all of the Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing (including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)) (the “Purchased Shares”), free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under applicable Securities Laws or any general restrictions under the Company Articles of Association) (the “Share Purchase”). The Share Purchase shall be effected pursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Shareholder SPAs entered into and delivered by each Company Shareholder prior to Closing (or, as required hereby and pursuant to article 23.8 of the Company Articles of Association, the Company as agent for any Company Shareholder who has not executed a Shareholder SPA prior to Closing). The aggregate consideration for the Purchased Shares (together with any consideration paid or issued in respect of any Specified Option Share) shall be (i) an amount in cash equal to the Aggregate Cash Consideration, plus (ii) an amount equal to the Aggregate Stock Consideration multiplied by the AJAX Share Value, to be satisfied by the issuance by Listco of a number of Listco Class C Shares, or in the case of any Specified Option Share making an election for cash consideration pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), the issuance of a Specified Rollover Option, with the aggregate Listco Class C Shares to be issued or subject to a Specified Rollover Option to be equal to the Aggregate Stock Consideration (with such Listco Class C Shares being issued at a per share value equal to the AJAX Share Value) and shall be issued to the Company Shareholders in accordance with Section 2.1(l)(i), Section 2.1(m) and Section 2.4(b)(ii) and as set forth on the Allocation Schedule.

 

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(ii) Each holder of a Company Share (including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)) shall have the right to make an election with respect to each Company Share held by such Company Shareholder (it being agreed that a Company Shareholder may make a different Election with respect to each of its Company Shares) to receive in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.1(m):

 

(A) for each Company Share held by a Company Shareholder with respect to which the Standard Election is made pursuant to Section 2.1(m) (or deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)), (1) a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Listco Class C Shares, equal to the Standard Stock Amount and (2) an amount of cash equal to the Standard Cash Amount;

 

(B) for each Company Share held by a Company Shareholder with respect to which a Cash Election has been made and not lost pursuant to Section 2.1(m), either (1) if the Unprorated Aggregate Cash Consideration is equal to or less than the Aggregate Cash Consideration, an amount of cash equal to the Default Cash Election Amount, or (2) if the Unprorated Aggregate Cash Consideration is greater than the Aggregate Cash Consideration, (x) an amount of cash equal to the sum of the Standard Cash Amount and the Cash Oversubscription Amount and (y) a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Listco Class C Shares equal to the difference between (I) the Standard Stock Amount and (II) the quotient obtained by dividing the Cash Oversubscription Amount by the AJAX Share Value; and

 

(C) for each Company Share held by a Company Shareholder with respect to which a Stock Election has been made and not lost pursuant to Section 2.1(m), either (1) if the Unprorated Aggregate Cash Consideration is equal to or greater than the Aggregate Cash Consideration, a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Listco Class C Shares equal to the Default Stock Election Amount, or (2) if the Unprorated Aggregate Cash Consideration is less than the Aggregate Cash Consideration, (x) a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Listco Class C Shares equal to the sum of (I) the Standard Stock Amount and (II) the Stock Oversubscription Amount; and (y) an amount of cash equal to the difference between (I) the Standard Cash Amount and (II) the product of the Stock Oversubscription Amount and the AJAX Share Value.

 

(iii) For the avoidance of doubt: (a) the aggregate amount of cash paid, and the aggregate number of Listco Class C Shares (including, in the case of any Specified Option Share making an election for cash consideration pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), the aggregate Listco Class C Shares to be subject to a Specified Rollover Option) issued, to all of the holders of Company Shares and Specified Options pursuant to Section 2.1(l)(i) and Section 2.4(b)(ii) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash that would have been paid, and the aggregate number of Listco Class C Shares that would have been issued, to all of the holders of Company Shares and Specified Option Shares had the Standard Election been made with respect to each Company Share and (b) any Company Shareholder may make its Election by providing on the Mix and Match Election Form an Election for a specific amount of cash or percentage of Listco Class C Shares, which Election shall be deemed to constitute, in relation to the shares held by the Company Shareholder, a number of Standard Elections, Cash Elections and Stock Elections as, on aggregate would, following the allocation procedures provided herein, come closest to the Company Shareholder’s Election; provided, that in no event will the Company, Listco, AJAX or the Exchange Agent (or any of their respective Affiliates) have any (and the Mix and Match Election Form shall provide that there shall be no) liability to any Company Shareholder with respect to the computation of any Stock Election, Cash Election or Standard Election in respect of any Election made by any Company Shareholder pursuant to this clause (b).

 

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(m) Consideration Election. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing (including in a Transaction Support Agreement), each holder of a Company Share shall have the right pursuant to Section 2.1(l)(i), subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 2.1(m), to submit an irrevocable election (each, an “Election”), with respect to each Company Share independently in accordance with the following procedures:

 

(i) Each holder of Company Shares may specify in a request made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.1(m) whether such holder elects to receive with respect to each Company Share held by such holder either: (A) the consideration set forth in Section 2.1(l)(ii)(A) (such Election with respect to such number of Company Shares, the “Standard Election”), (B) the consideration set forth in Section 2.1(l)(ii)(B) (such Election with respect to such number of Company Shares, the “Cash Election”), or (C) the consideration set forth in Section 2.1(l)(ii)(C) (such Election with respect to such number of Company Shares, the “Stock Election”).

 

(ii) A holder of Company Shares will be deemed to have made the Standard Election with respect to all Company Shares held by such holder of Company Shares if: (A) he, she or it does not properly make an Election in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.1(m); (B) his, her or its Election is not received by the Company prior to the Election Deadline in the manner provided in Section 2.1(m)(iii); or (C) he, she or it does not deliver properly completed stock transfer form(s) in respect of his, her or its Company Shares to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.6(c)(ii) by the Election Deadline).

 

(iii) Any Election set forth in Section 2.1(m)(i) shall have been made properly only if the Company shall have received, by the Election Deadline, a Mix and Match Election Form properly completed and signed indicating such Election and properly completed stock transfer form(s). If the Company shall determine in its reasonable discretion that, as of the Election Deadline, any Election is not properly made with respect to any Company Share (it being understood that, unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing, no Party nor the Exchange Agent is under any duty to notify any holder of any such defect), such holder of Company Shares will be deemed to have made the Standard Election. Any Election properly made shall be irrevocable upon delivery thereof to the Company; provided, that all Elections shall be revoked automatically if this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Article VIII and will not be subject to Section 2.1(m)(ii).

 

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(iv) The Company, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, shall have the right to make all determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or any applicable Ancillary Document, governing (A) compliance by any holder of Company Shares with the Election procedures set forth herein, and (B) the manner and extent to which Elections are to be taken into account in making the determinations prescribed in Section 2.1(l).

 

(v) The Company agrees to provide the AJAX Parties, on a reasonably current basis and promptly upon request, information regarding the Elections that have been made under this Section 2.1(m), including the number of Company Shares with respect to which a Standard Election, Cash Election or Stock Election have been made.

 

Section 2.2 Closing of the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement. The closing of the Share Purchase (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically by exchange of the closing executed deliverables as promptly as reasonably practicable, but (i) in no event later than the fifth (5th) Business Day, following the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature can only be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver in writing of such conditions) or at such other date as AJAX and the Company may agree in writing; and (ii) in no event earlier than the second (2nd) Business Day following the Merger Closing Date. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”.

 

Section 2.3 Closing Statement; Allocation Schedule; Aggregate Transaction Proceeds

 

(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, AJAX shall deliver to the Company a statement (the “AJAX Closing Payments Statement”) setting forth (i) a reasonably detailed calculation of the Aggregate Transaction Proceeds, including each subcomponent thereof, and reasonably detailed supporting documentation therefor, (ii) AJAX’s good faith estimate of the amount of Unpaid AJAX Expenses (together with invoices evidencing any Unpaid AJAX Expenses payable to third parties), and (iii) a certification, duly executed by an authorized officer of AJAX, that, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of AJAX (and without any personal liability), the information and calculations in the AJAX Closing Payments Statement is (A) true and correct in all respects as of the close of business on the day prior to deliver of such AJAX Closing Payments Statement and (B) in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Governing Documents of AJAX and applicable Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AJAX may update the AJAX Closing Payments Statement if any of the calculations or amounts shown therein are incorrect as a result of changes in the number of AJAX shareholders participating in the AJAX Shareholder Redemption or changes in the Aggregate Closing PIPE Proceeds, and in such event all of the calculations derived from the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, including those set forth on the Allocation Schedule, shall be updated for all purposes under this Agreement prior to the Closing. Prior to the AJAX Shareholders Meeting after the final date for delivery of redemption notices with respect to AJAX Class A Shares, AJAX shall advise the Company of the number of AJAX Class A Shares with respect to which valid requests for redemption were received prior to such final date and not validly withdrawn.

 

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(b) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and deliver to AJAX (i) an estimated consolidated balance sheet of the Group Companies as of the Measurement Time (the “Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”), (ii) a statement (the “Closing Statement”) setting forth the Company’s good faith calculation (subject to the requirements of Section 2.3(d)(v)), together with reasonable supporting detail, of the Net Cash Amount (including each component thereof), the Aggregate Cash Consideration (including each component thereof), the Aggregate Stock Consideration (including each component thereof) and the amount of Unpaid Company Expenses (together with invoices evidencing any Unpaid Company Expenses payable to third parties) and Unpaid AJAX Expenses, in each case, calculated in a manner consistent with the applicable definitions and amounts contained in this Agreement and with the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, (iii) an allocation schedule (the “Allocation Schedule”) setting forth (A) the number and class of Company Shares held by each Company Shareholder (including, as a separately designated amount of Company Shares, the number of Company Shares received in connection with the exercise of Company Options and Company Warrants pursuant to Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b) and Section 2.4(d)), (B) the number of Company Shares subject to each Company Option held by each holder thereof that will be an Unvested Company Option as of immediately prior to the Closing and which will become a Rollover Option pursuant to Section 2.4(c), (C) the number of Company Shares subject to each Company Warrant held by the holder thereof that, as of the delivery of the Allocation Schedule, have not been exercised, (D) in the case of the Company Options and Company Warrants, the exercise price and, if applicable, the exercise date, (E) the Company’s calculation of the Option Adjustment Amount (including each component thereof), (F) whether each Company Shareholder has made (or has been deemed to have made) an Election with respect to such Company Shareholder’s Company Shares, and if so which Election each such Company Shareholder has made (or has been deemed to have made) with respect to each such Company Share, (G) the portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration allocated to each holder of Company Shares in accordance with Section 2.1(l)(ii), (H) the portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration allocated to each holder of Company Shares in accordance with Section 2.1(l)(ii), (I) the portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration allocated to each holder of Company Shares issued in respect of EMI Options which became vested in connection with the Closing pursuant to Section 2.4(a), (J) the portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration allocated to each Electing Option Holder in accordance with Section 2.4(b) and the number of Specified Option Shares with respect thereto, (K) the aggregate number of Specified Rollover Options and the corresponding number of Listco Class C Shares for which they are exercisable and their respective exercise prices at the Closing and (L) the aggregate number of Rollover Options and the corresponding number of Listco Class C Shares for which they are exercisable and their respective exercise prices at the Closing, and (iv) a certification, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, that, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Company (and without any personal liability) and subject to reflecting the adjustments (if any) made pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 2.3(c), the information and calculations set forth in the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule are, and will be as of immediately prior to the Closing, (A) true and correct in all respects, (B) in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Governing Documents of the Company, the Company Shareholder Agreement and applicable Laws, (C) in the case of the Company Options, in accordance with the Company Equity Plan and any applicable grant or similar agreement with respect to each Company Option and (D) in the case of the Company Warrants, in accordance with the applicable Company Equity Plan or, as applicable, the applicable warrant or similar agreement with respect to each Company Warrant.

 

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(c) From and after delivery of the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule until the date the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule are deemed final pursuant to this Section 2.3(c), each Party shall (i) provide the other Party and its Representatives with reasonable access during reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice to the books and records of the Group Companies or AJAX Parties (as applicable) and to senior management personnel of the Group Companies or AJAX Parties (as applicable), in each case to the extent reasonably requested by a Party or any of its Representatives in connection with their review of the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule (as applicable), (ii) cooperate with the other Party and its Representatives in connection with their review of the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule (as applicable) and (iii) consider in good faith any potential adjustments raised by the other Party to the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule and make any corresponding changes to the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule agreed to by the Company or the AJAX Parties, as applicable, no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing. Absent manifest error, for all purposes under this Agreement, the final, binding and conclusive calculations of the AJAX Closing Payments Statement, Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing Statement and the Allocation Schedule shall be those reflecting the adjustments (if any) made pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 2.3(c).

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) the aggregate number of Listco Class C Shares that each Company Equityholder will have a right to receive or to which his, her or its Rollover Options will become subject, as applicable, under this Agreement will be rounded down to the nearest whole share, (ii) in no event shall the aggregate number of Listco Class C Shares set forth on the Allocation Schedule that are allocated in respect of the Equity Securities of the Company (or, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company Equityholders) exceed the Aggregate Stock Consideration, (iii) in no event shall the aggregate amount of cash set forth on the Allocation Schedule that is allocated in respect of the Equity Securities of the Company (or, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company Equityholders) exceed the Aggregate Cash Consideration, (iv) the AJAX Parties and the Exchange Agent will be entitled to rely upon the final Allocation Schedule for purposes of allocating the transaction consideration to the Company Equityholders under this Agreement or under the Exchange Agent Agreement, as applicable, (v) the Equity Value, the Adjusted Equity Value, the Option Adjustment Amount, the Net Cash Amount, the Aggregate Stock Consideration, the Aggregate Cash Consideration, the Company Cash, the Company Indebtedness, the exercise price of the Rollover Options and any other amount to be calculated pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document with respect to the consideration paid for the Purchased Shares (and component or subcomponent of any of the foregoing which is expressed as a currency), shall be determined using U.S. Dollars, and the applicable U.S. Dollar amount shall be converted from the applicable foreign currency equivalent determined on the basis of the Fixing Rate, and (vi) the Company shall not issue any share certificates prior to the Closing Date in respect of Company Options and Company Warrants that are exercised pursuant to Section 2.4 before the Closing Date.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no fraction of a Listco Security will be issued by Listco by virtue of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and each Person who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a Listco Security (after aggregating all fractional Listco Securities that would otherwise be received by such Person) shall instead have the number of Listco Securities issued to such Person rounded down in the aggregate to the nearest whole Listco Security.

 

Section 2.4 Treatment of Company Options and Drover Warrants.

 

(a) Promptly following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (and, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and AJAX, no later than three (3) Business Days after such effectiveness), the Company shall exercise its discretion pursuant to the applicable Company Equity Plans to accelerate any Company Options granted under the Cazoo Holdings Limited EMI Share Option Scheme (the “EMI Options”) so that all such EMI Options shall be vested prior to Closing and shall notify any holder of EMI Options that they may elect for all, or a portion of, such EMI Options to be exercised in exchange for Company Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) in accordance with the applicable Company Equity Plan and any applicable grant or similar agreement with respect to each such EMI Option. All such exercised EMI Options shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled, extinguished and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto or under the Company Equity Plans or any underlying grant, award, warrant or similar agreement, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Company Shares into which such EMI Options are exchanged. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the acceleration of the vesting of the EMI Options (or any portion thereof) by the Company in accordance with the applicable Company Equity Plan and this Section 2.4(a) and the receipt by any holder of EMI Options of any Company Shares in respect thereof, shall be conditional upon the execution of an agreement, in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the AJAX Parties (the “EMI Restricted Share Agreement”), by any such holder of EMI Options, pursuant to which, among other things, such holder shall agree (x) to the forfeiture (without any payment or consideration therefore) of their future Listco Class C Shares (or, upon any conversion thereof, Listco Class A Shares), received in respect of any EMI Restricted Share upon certain events specified in the EMI Restricted Share Agreement, (y) to restrictions on the transfer of any EMI Restricted Share (subject to certain customary exceptions), and (z) that such holder may only make a Stock Election with respect to any EMI Restricted Share. Subject to this Section 2.4(a) and the terms and conditions of the EMI Restricted Share Agreement, all Company Shares issued in respect of EMI Options pursuant to this Section 2.4(a) shall be treated the same as all other Company Shares with respect to Share Purchase and this Agreement, including with respect to the right to make an Election pursuant to Section 2.1(m).

 

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(b) Promptly following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (and, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and AJAX, in any event no later than three (3) Business Days after such effectiveness), the Company shall notify any holder of Vested Company Options granted under the Cazoo Holdings Limited Share Option Scheme (Non-Tax Favoured) (the “Vested Unapproved Options”) that they may either, in accordance with the applicable Company Equity Plan and any applicable grant or similar agreement with respect to each such Vested Unapproved Option: (i) in accordance with the applicable grant agreement, elect to exercise all, or a portion of, such Vested Unapproved Options in exchange for Company Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share), which Company Shares shall then be treated the same as all other Company Shares with respect to the Share Purchase and this Agreement, including with respect to the right to make an Election pursuant to Section 2.1(m); or (ii) make a Cash Election with respect to each Option Share underlying the Vested Unapproved Options held by such holder (treating for this purpose as though such Option Shares were equivalent to Company Shares for the purposes of such Cash Election) (each such Option Share, a “Specified Option Share” and each such holder of such Vested Unapproved Options making an election, an “Electing Option Holder”); provided, that, with respect to each Specified Option Share for which a Cash Election is made, the holder will be entitled to receive (x) an amount of cash consideration per Specified Option Share determined in accordance with Section 2.1(l)(i) (after accounting for all Elections made with respect to all Company Shares and all Specified Option Shares), which cash consideration shall be paid through the Company’s payroll system subject to any applicable withholdings required by Law and giving effect to deductions for any applicable employer National Insurance contributions required to be borne by the Electing Option Holder or the Company under the terms of the applicable Company Equity Plan; and (y) if applicable based on the number and type of Elections made by all holders of Company Shares and all holders of Specified Option Shares, an option to purchase an equivalent value of Listco Class C Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) (or, upon any conversion thereof, Listco Class A Shares) under the Listco Incentive Equity Plan, calculated with reference to the respective value of a Company Share and a Listco Class C Share immediately prior to the Closing (a “Specified Rollover Option”) (assuming for this purpose that such Specified Option Share be treated as equivalent to a Company Share for which a Cash Election was validly made prior to Closing); and in respect of the consideration set forth in clause (x) and, if applicable, (y) above, such Specified Option shall be cancelled and of no further force and effect. For the avoidance of doubt, (1) any holder of a Company Option granted under the Cazoo Holdings Limited Share Option Scheme (Non-Tax Favoured) that is not a Vested Unapproved Option will be treated in accordance with Section 2.4(c) in respect of their Company Options, and (2) upon the Closing, all Company Options shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled, extinguished and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto or under the Company Equity Plans or any underlying grant, award, warrant or similar agreement, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the cash consideration, Rollover Options, Specified Rollover Options or Company Shares (as applicable) for which such Company Options are exchanged in accordance with this Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c). The Company agrees to provide AJAX, on a reasonably current basis and promptly upon request, information regarding any elections that have been made by Electing Option Holders under this Section 2.4(b).

  

(c) At the Closing, without any action of any Party or any other Person (but subject to the prior provisions of this Section 2.4) each remaining Company Option (or portion thereof) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any remaining EMI Option and Vested Unapproved Option) that is outstanding and unexercised (or, if applicable, for which an election to receive a cash payment is not made under Section 2.4(b)(ii)), whether vested or unvested, as of immediately prior to the Closing shall (by operation of the applicable Company Equity Plan and actions of the Company and the Company’s board of directors (or a committee of such board) as required by Section 2.4(e)) be automatically canceled, extinguished and retired and shall cease to exist and shall be replaced by an option to purchase an equivalent value of Listco Class C Shares (or, upon any conversion thereof, Listco Class A Shares) under the Listco Incentive Equity Plan, calculated with reference to the respective value of a Company Ordinary Share and a Listco Class C Share immediately prior to the Closing (each, a “Rollover Option”). Except as agreed in writing with the holder thereof, Rollover Options shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Listco Incentive Equity Plan but shall be granted on the same terms (including with respect to exercise price, vesting schedule and leaver provisions) as such Company Options were subject prior to the Closing under the applicable Company Equity Plan or otherwise.

 

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(d) The Company shall cause each holder of the Drover Warrants to cease to have any rights with respect thereto as of Closing (including by delivering a notice pursuant to condition 7 of the Drover Warrants prior to Closing or otherwise). It is acknowledged that (i) the Company may settle the Drover Warrants by issuing Company Shares to a holder of such Drover Warrant if such holder exercises the “Warrant Subscription Right” (as defined in the Drover Warrants) in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or (ii) the Company may enter into alternative arrangements with the holders of the Drover Warrants to settle such warrants in a “cashless” net exercise manner or equivalent (it being agreed that any such alternative arrangement must result in the exercise of such Drover Warrants in full for Company Shares prior to the Closing or otherwise result in the cancellation of such Drover Warrants prior to Closing).

 

(e) Immediately prior to the Closing, all Company Equity Plans and Company Options and Company Warrants issued thereunder shall terminate. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all necessary or appropriate actions under the Company Equity Plans, under all underlying grants, awards, warrants or similar agreements and otherwise to give effect to the provisions of this Section 2.4.

 

(f) The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to recover from holders who exercise Company Options pursuant to this Section 2.4, the employee portion of any employment, payroll or similar Taxes in connection with the exercise of such options, whether by deduction withholding through payroll or otherwise, in accordance with the applicable Company Equity Plan.

 

Section 2.5 Closing Date Cash Payments and Uses. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature can only be satisfied at Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of those conditions), at the Closing and in consideration for the transactions contemplated herein, the Parties shall disburse all Aggregate Transaction Proceeds in the following order of priority:

 

(a) first, Listco shall pay, at the Closing, (i) on behalf of the Group Companies, all Unpaid Company Expenses and (ii) all Unpaid AJAX Expenses, in each case, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on behalf of the Persons that incurred such Unpaid AJAX Expenses and Unpaid Company Expenses or by whom such Unpaid AJAX Expenses and Unpaid Company Expenses are payable;

 

(b) second, following the Closing, the next $840,000,000 shall be (i) used for payment of any Transfer Taxes and (ii) funded as primary capital to the Company or its Subsidiaries (including for working capital, growth and other general corporate purposes);

 

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(c) third, the next $605,000,000 shall be paid to the Company Shareholders in satisfaction of the Aggregate Cash Consideration (as determined in accordance with Section 2.1(l) and in the allocations set forth on the Allocation Schedule); and

 

(d) fourth, any remaining amount of Aggregate Transaction Proceeds shall be funded as primary capital to the Company or its Subsidiaries (including for working capital, growth and other general corporate purposes).

 

Section 2.6 Exchange Procedures and Shareholder Deliverables.

 

(a) Exchange Agent. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date, Listco and AJAX shall appoint an exchange agent reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”) (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (or any of its Affiliates) shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Company) and enter into an exchange agent agreement (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) with the Exchange Agent for the purpose of facilitating the transactions contemplated in this Section 2.6 (including the provisions of any information, or the entry into any agreements or documentation, necessary or advisable, as determined in good faith by Listco, AJAX or the Company, or otherwise required for the Exchange Agent to fulfill its duties as the Exchange Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby).

 

(b) Merger Exchange Procedures. The Exchange Agent Agreement shall provide that the Exchange Agent shall immediately upon the Merger Effective Time, update the register of members of Listco to reflect the Merger based on the register of members of AJAX immediately prior to the Merger.

  

(c) Share Purchase Procedures.

 

(i) The Exchange Agent Agreement shall provide that the Exchange Agent shall exchange properly completed and duly executed stock transfer forms in respect of the Company Shares entered on the share register of the Company immediately prior to the Closing (including where such stock transfer forms are delivered by the Company as an agent or attorney of any of the Company Shareholders) for the portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration issuable and/or Aggregate Cash Consideration payable in respect of such Company Shares (as determined in accordance with Section 2.1(m) and Section 2.3(b) and as set forth on the Allocation Schedule and otherwise on the terms and subject to the other conditions set forth in this Agreement). The Exchange Agent Agreement shall further provide that (A) the Exchange Agent will hold the stock transfer form(s) to the order of the relevant Company Shareholders and will date and release the stock transfer form(s) on the Closing Date and (B) if the Closing does not take place and this Agreement terminates, the Exchange Agent will destroy the stock transfer form(s).

 

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(ii) At the Closing, Listco shall (A) provide evidence of authorization, and instruction to, issue Listco Class C Shares in book-entry form representing the Aggregate Stock Consideration (reduced for any portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration to be paid to holders of Specified Option Shares for which an election to receive cash is made pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), which portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration shall be payable to such holders in the form of Specified Rollover Options), and (B) deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the Company Shareholders and for exchange in accordance with this Section 2.6 through the Exchange Agent, the Aggregate Cash Consideration (including any portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration to be paid to holders of Specified Option Shares for which an election to receive cash is made pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), which portion shall be paid to the Company for further distribution to such holders of Specified Options through the Company’s payroll).

 

(iii) Each Company Shareholder shall be entitled to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration and/or Aggregate Cash Consideration to which he, she or it is entitled based on such Company Shareholder’s Election (or the Standard Election deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)(ii)) as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.1(l)(ii)(B) and Section 2.1(l)(ii)(C) as set forth on the Allocation Schedule on the date provided in Section 2.6(c)(iii) upon the delivery by such Company Shareholder to the Exchange Agent of properly completed and duly executed stock transfer form(s) and share certificate (or indemnity for lost share certificate) in respect of his, her or its Company Shares. Each holder of Specified Options shall be entitled to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration and/or the Aggregate Cash Consideration to which he, she or it is entitled based on such holder’s election pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii).

 

(iv) If properly completed stock transfer form(s) and share certificate (or indemnity for lost share certificate) in respect of the Company Shares are delivered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.6(c)(ii): (A) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, then the Exchange Agent shall cause the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration to be issued to the applicable Company Shareholder in book-entry form and the applicable portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration to be paid to the applicable Company Shareholder by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in each case based on such Company Shareholder’s Election (or the Standard Election deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)(ii)) as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.1(l)(ii)(B) and Section 2.1(l)(ii)(C) as set forth on the Allocation Schedule, on the Closing Date, or (B) less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, then the Exchange Agent shall cause (x) the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration to be issued to such Company Shareholder in book-entry form as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date; and (y) the applicable portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration to be paid to the Company (which shall hold such Aggregate Cash Consideration in trust for the relevant Company Shareholder in accordance with the Company Articles of Association) by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the Closing Date, in each case based on such Company Shareholder’s Election (or the Standard Election deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)(ii)) as set forth on the Allocation Schedule.

 

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(v) To the extent a Called Shareholder has not delivered properly completed stock transfer form(s) in respect of his, her or its Company Shares to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.6(c)(ii) by the Closing Date, the Company (or its directors) shall deliver duly executed stock transfer form(s) as an agent of such Called Shareholders on the Closing Date. Upon the Company’s delivery of the duly executed stock transfer form(s) to the Exchange Agent: (A) in respect of the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration which would otherwise be issued to such Called Shareholder in book-entry form (based on the Standard Election deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)(ii)), the Exchange Agent shall promptly cause the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration to be issued to the applicable Called Shareholder in book-entry form upon receipt of a written instruction from the Company that such Called Shareholder has surrendered his, her or its share certificate (or suitable indemnity); and (B) in respect of the applicable portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration which would otherwise be paid to such Called Shareholder by wire transfer of immediately available funds (based on the Standard Election deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)(ii)), AJAX shall cause such Aggregate Cash Consideration to be paid to the Company (which shall hold such Aggregate Cash Consideration in trust for such Called Shareholder in accordance with the Company Articles of Association) on the Closing Date.

 

(vi) If the Aggregate Stock Consideration and/or Aggregate Cash Consideration with respect to any Company Share is to be issued to a Person other than the Company Shareholder in whose name the transferred Company Share is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance or payment, as applicable, of the Aggregate Stock Consideration and/or Aggregate Cash Consideration that, in addition to any other requirements set forth herein or the Exchange Agent Agreement, (i) either such certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Company Share in book-entry form shall be properly transferred and (ii) the Person requesting such consideration pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or similar Taxes required as a result of such consideration being issued to a Person other than the registered holder of such certificate or Company Share in the register of the Company or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such transfer or similar Taxes have been paid or are not payable.

 

(vii) No interest will be paid or accrued on the Aggregate Stock Consideration or the Aggregate Cash Consideration (or any portion thereof). From and after the Closing, (x) until surrendered or transferred, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 2.6, each Company Share shall solely represent the right to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration and/or Aggregate Cash Consideration to which such Company Share is entitled to receive based on such Company Shareholder’s Election (or the Standard Election is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 2.1(m)(ii)) as set forth on the Allocation Schedule, and (y) each Specified Option Share (i) shall, to the extent an election to receive cash is made pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), solely represent the right to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration (if any) and the Specified Rollover Options to which such Specified Option Share is entitled to receive in accordance with Section 2.4(b), and (ii) and to the extent no election is made pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii), shall solely represent the right to receive the Rollover Options which the holders of such Company Options are entitled to receive in accordance with Section 2.4(c).

 

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Section 2.7 Withholding. The AJAX Parties, the Group Companies and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any amount payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld or deducted, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to eliminate or reduce any such deduction or withholding (including through the request and provision of any statements, forms or other documents to reduce or eliminate any such deduction or withholding) to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

 

Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE GROUP COMPANIES

 

Subject to Section 8.8, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules the Company hereby represents and warrants to the AJAX Parties, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, as follows:

 

Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification.

 

(a) Each Group Company is a corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable). Section 3.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth the jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable) for each Group Company. Each Group Company has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other applicable business entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to have such power or authority would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) True and complete copies of the Governing Documents of the Company and the Company Shareholder Agreement have been made available to AJAX, in each case, as amended and in effect as of the date of this Agreement. The Governing Documents of the Company and the Company Shareholder Agreement are in full force and effect, and the Company is not in material breach or material violation of any provision set forth in its Governing Documents or the Company Shareholder Agreement.

 

(c) Each Group Company is duly qualified or licensed to transact business and is in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) in each jurisdiction in which the property and assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of the business conducted by it, makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.2 Capitalization of the Group Companies.

 

(a) Except for any changes to the extent permitted by Section 5.1(b) or resulting from the issuance, grant, transfer or disposition of Equity Securities of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1(b), Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete statement of (i) the number and class or series (as applicable) of all of the Equity Securities of the Company issued and outstanding, (ii) the identity of the Persons that are the record owners thereof, and (iii) with respect to each Company Option, (A) the date of grant, and (B) any applicable exercise (or similar) price. The Company has made available to AJAX each Contract pursuant to which any Company Warrant has been issued and is outstanding. The Allocation Schedule, when delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(b) will be true and correct and consistent with the Company’s Governing Documents.

 

(b) All of the Equity Securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and each Company Option outstanding immediately prior to the Closing will be an “in the money” Company Option for purposes of Section 2.4 (i.e., the Closing Option Per Share Amount of each Company Option is greater than zero). The Equity Securities of the Company (1) were not issued in violation of the Governing Documents of the Company, the Company Shareholder Agreement or any other Contract to which the Company is party or bound, (2) were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal or first offer, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person and (3) have been offered, sold and issued in compliance with applicable Law, including Securities Laws. Except for the Company Options and Company Warrants set forth on Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and those either permitted by Section 5.1(b) or issued, granted or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b), the Company has no outstanding (x) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (y) options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts that could require the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of the Company. Except as set out in the Company Shareholder Agreement and the Governing Documents of the Company, there are no voting trusts, proxies or other Contracts with respect to the voting or transfer of the Company’s Equity Securities. The Allocation Schedule, when delivered to AJAX, will be true and correct in all respects.

 

(c) Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete statement of (i) the number and class or series (as applicable) of all of the Equity Securities of each Subsidiary of the Company issued and outstanding and (ii) the identity of the Persons that are the record owners thereof. There are no outstanding (A) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (B) options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts that could require any Subsidiary of the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of the Subsidiaries of the Company. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other Contracts with respect to the voting or transfer of any Equity Securities of any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c), none of the Group Companies owns or holds (of record, beneficially, legally or otherwise), directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities in any other Person or the right to acquire any such Equity Security, and none of the Group Companies are a partner or member of any partnership, limited liability company or joint venture.

 

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(e) Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Change of Control Payments of the Group Companies.

 

(f) Section 3.2(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Indebtedness of the Group Companies that is material to the business of the Group Companies taken as a whole as of the date of this Agreement, including the principal amount of such Indebtedness, the outstanding balance as of the date of this Agreement, and the debtor and the creditor thereof.

 

(g) The treatment of the Company Options contemplated by Section 2.4(a), Section 2.4(b), Section 2.4(c) and Section 2.4(d) in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby are permitted under the Governing Documents of the Company or other applicable Contracts.

 

Section 3.3 Authority. The Company has the requisite corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Ancillary Document entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other similar) action on the part of the Company. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or will be a party has been or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes or will constitute, upon execution and delivery thereof, as applicable, a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company (assuming that this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party thereto), enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).

 

Section 3.4 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.

 

(a) The Company has made available to AJAX true, correct and complete copies of (i) the audited consolidated statement of financial position of the Group Companies (as measured at each of the financial position dates) as of December 31, 2019 and related consolidated statement of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended (the “Audited Financial Statements”), and (ii) the unaudited consolidated statement of financial position of the Group Companies as of December 31, 2020 (the “Latest Balance Sheet”) and related unaudited consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended (the “Unaudited Financial Statements” and the Unaudited Financial Statements, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”), each of which are attached as Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. The Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) (A) were prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be specifically indicated in the notes thereto), (B) fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies as of the dates thereof and for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, to normal year end audit adjustments and reclassifications (none of which are expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate) and the absence of notes and other presentation items thereto)).

 

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(b) Each of (x) the audited consolidated statements of financial position of the Group Companies as of December 31, 2018, December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020 and related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the period from October 15, 2018 to December 31, 2018 and the fiscal years then ended (the financial statements described in this clause (x), “Closing Company Audited Financial Statements”), when delivered following the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.16 and (y) the other financial statements or similar reports required to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement or any other filings to be made by the Group Companies with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any other Ancillary Document (the financial statements described in this clause (y), the “Other Closing Company Financial Statements”), when delivered following the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.16, (i) will be prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except, in the case of any audited financial statements, as may be specifically indicated in the notes thereto and subject to, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, normal year end audit adjustments (none of which are expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate) and the absence of notes thereto), (ii) will fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein (subject to, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, normal year end audit adjustments (none of which are expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate)), (iii) in the case of any audited financial statements, will be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and will contain an unqualified report of the Company’s auditors with respect to such financial statements in accordance with PCAOB standards, and (iv) will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the date of such delivery (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, to the extent applicable).

 

(c) Except (i) as set forth as a liability or a contra-asset on the face of the Latest Balance Sheet or expressly disclosed in the Financial Statements, (ii) for Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet, (iii) for Liabilities incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance by the Company of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company Expenses and any Liabilities arising out of, or related to, any Proceeding related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any shareholder demand or other shareholder Proceedings (including derivative claims) arising out of, or related to, any of the foregoing) (iv) for Liabilities that are permitted pursuant to Section 5.1 or incurred in accordance with Section 5.1, or (v) for Liabilities that are not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company does not have any Liabilities.

 

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(d) No Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Group Company is due and payable and no security over any of the assets of any Group Company is now enforceable, whether by virtue of the stated maturity date of the Indebtedness having been reached or otherwise; and no Group Company has received any written notice (whose terms have not been fully complied with and/or carried out) from any creditor of that Group Company, intimating the enforcement of any security which it may hold over any assets of that Group Company.

 

(e) The Group Companies have established and maintain systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with IFRS and to maintain accountability for the Group Companies’ assets. The Group Companies maintain and, for all periods covered by the Financial Statements and the Closing Company Audited Financial Statements, have maintained books and records of the Group Companies in the ordinary course of business that are accurate and complete and reflect the revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the Group Companies in all material respects.

 

(f) Since January 1, 2019, no Group Company has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that there is (i) “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Group Companies, (ii) a “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Group Companies or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Group Companies who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Group Companies.

 

Section 3.5 Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations.

 

(a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Company with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) those Consents set forth on Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, or (iii) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) None of the execution or delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in a violation or breach of any provision of the Company’s Governing Documents or the Company Shareholder Agreement, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (A) any Material Contract to which any Group Company is a party or (B) any Material Permits, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which any Group Company or any of its properties or assets are subject or bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien (other than any Permitted Liens) upon any of the assets or properties or Equity Securities of any Group Company, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iv) above, as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.6 Permits. Each of the Group Companies has all Permits (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any appointment of a Group Company as an Appointed Representative and the Appointed Representative Agreement in respect thereto) (the “Material Permits”) that are required to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as currently conducted, except where the failure to hold the same would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as is not and would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Material Permit is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms (ii) no written notice of revocation, cancellation, restriction or termination of any Material Permit has been received by any Group Company, and (iii) the Group Companies (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each of their respective directors, officers, employees, contractors or agents) are in compliance with each Material Permit. No application or notice relating to a Material Permit made by any Group Company or a director, officer, employee, contractor or agent of any Group Company has been refused.

 

Section 3.7 Material Contracts.

 

(a) Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of the following Contracts to which a Group Company is, as of the date of this Agreement, a party (the Contracts required to be set forth on Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):

 

(i) any Contract relating to Indebtedness of any Group Company or to the placing of a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any material assets or properties of any Group Company in excess of £1,000,000;

 

(ii) any Contract under which any Group Company is lessee of or holds or operates, in each case, any tangible property (other than real property), owned by any other Person, except for any lease or agreement under which the aggregate annual rental payments do not exceed £1,000,000;

 

(iii) any Contract under which any Group Company is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate, in each case, any tangible property (other than real property), owned or controlled by such Group Company, except for any lease or agreement under which the aggregate annual rental payments do not exceed £1,000,000;

 

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(iv) any (A) joint venture (equity-based or otherwise), material profit-sharing, partnership, or other similar Contract or (B) Contract with respect to material Company Licensed Intellectual Property;

 

(v) any Contract which is material to the business of the Group Companies taken as a whole that (A) limits or purports to limit, in any material respect, the freedom of any Group Company to engage or compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area (B) contains any exclusivity, “most favored nation” or similar provisions, obligations or restrictions or (C) contains any other provisions restricting or purporting to restrict the ability of any Group Company to sell, manufacture, develop, commercialize, test or research products, directly or indirectly through third parties, or to solicit any potential employee or customer in any material respect;

 

(vi) any Contract requiring any future capital commitment or capital expenditure (or series of capital expenditures) by any Group Company in an amount in excess of (A) £1,000,000 annually or (B) £10,000,000 over the life of the agreement;

 

(vii) except for standard indemnification provisions in Contracts entered in the ordinary course of business with customers or suppliers, any Contract requiring any Group Company to guarantee the Liabilities of any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) or pursuant to which any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) has guaranteed the Liabilities of a Group Company, in each case in excess of £1,000,000;

 

(viii) any Contract under which any Group Company has, directly or indirectly, made or agreed to make any loan, advance, or assignment of payment to any Person or made any capital contribution to, or other investment in, any Person, in each case in excess of £1,000,000;

 

(ix) any Contract required to be disclosed on Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules;

 

(x) any Contract with any Person under which any Group Company grants to any Person any right of first refusal, right of first negotiation, option to purchase, option to license or any other similar Intellectual Property Rights;

 

(xi) any Contract (A) governing the terms of, or otherwise related to, the employment, engagement or services of any current director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of a Group Company whose annual base salary (or, in the case of an independent contractor, annual base compensation) is in excess of £200,000, or (B) providing for any Change of Control Payment of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof;

 

(xii) any Contract (A) for the disposition of any material portion of the assets or business of any Group Company or for the acquisition by any Group Company of the assets or business of any other Person (other than acquisitions or dispositions made in the ordinary course of business), or (B) under which any Group Company has any continuing obligation with respect to an “earn-out”, contingent purchase price or other contingent or deferred payment obligation, in excess of £1,000,000;

 

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(xiii) any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract (A) the performance of which would be reasonably likely to involve any material payments after the date of this Agreement, (B) with a Governmental Entity or (C) that imposes or is reasonably likely to impose, at any time in the future, any material, non-monetary obligations on any Group Company (or any AJAX Party after the Closing); and

 

(xiv) any Contract the performance of which requires either (A) annual payments to or from any Group Company in excess of £1,000,000 or (B) aggregate payments to or from any Group Company in excess of £10,000,000 over the life of the agreement and, in each case, that is not terminable by the applicable Group Company without penalty upon less than ninety (90) days’ prior written notice.

 

(b) (i) Each Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation on the applicable Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms against such Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity), (ii) the applicable Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto are not in material breach of, or default under, any Material Contract and (iii) no event has occurred that (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) would result in a material breach of, or default under, any Material Contract by the applicable Group Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto. The Company has made available to AJAX true and complete copies of all Material Contracts in effect as of the date hereof.

 

Section 3.8 Absence of Changes. During the period beginning on the date of the Latest Balance Sheet and ending on the date of this Agreement, (a) no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred and (b) except (i) for actions or omissions taken as a result of COVID-19 Measures, or (ii) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the Group Companies have conducted their businesses in the ordinary course in all material respects.

 

Section 3.9 Litigation. There is (and since January 1, 2019 there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Group Company or any Group Company’s officers, directors, employees, contractors or agents (in their capacity as such) or (in respect of activities performed by a Person on behalf of a Group Company) any Person for whose acts or defaults any Group Company may be vicariously liable which, if adversely decided or resolved, has been or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole. Neither the Group Companies nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material Order. As of the date hereof, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there have been no Proceedings by a Group Company pending against any other Person.

 

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Section 3.10 Compliance with Applicable Law. Each Group Company (a) conducts (and since January 1, 2019 has conducted) its business in accordance with all Laws and Orders applicable to such Group Company and is not in violation of any such Law or Order and (b) has not received any written communications or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other communications from a Governmental Entity that alleges that such Group Company is not in compliance with any Law or Order, except in each case of clauses (a) and (b), as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

 

Section 3.11 Employee Plans.

 

(a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all material Employee Benefit Plans (including, for each such Employee Benefit Plan, its jurisdiction). With respect to each material Employee Benefit Plan, the Group Companies have provided AJAX with true and complete copies of the material documents pursuant to which the plan is maintained, funded and administered.

 

(b) There are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, material claims or Proceedings with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) that are material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole. With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, all contributions, distributions, reimbursements and premium payments that are due have been timely made, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

 

(c) Except as set forth in Section 2.4 or as required by applicable Law, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not materially (alone or in combination with any other event) (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to or result in the forgiveness of any indebtedness of any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of any of the Group Companies, (ii) increase the amount or value of any compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of any of the Group Companies or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting, or trigger any payment or funding of any compensation or benefits to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of any of the Group Companies, or (iv) result in the termination of any current director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any of the Group Companies.

 

(d) No Key Employee will, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and otherwise than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, be entitled to receive any payment or benefit to which he/she would not otherwise have been entitled or be entitled to treat either such event as amounting to a breach of his/her terms and conditions of employment or treat him/herself as dismissed or released from any obligation.

 

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(e) Each Employee Benefit Plan and each Company Equity Plan that is required to be registered with HM Revenue & Customs or is intended to be tax favoured has been registered and is tax favoured and has been maintained in good standing, to the extent applicable, with HM Revenue & Customs. No Employee Benefit Plan has any material unfunded or underfunded Liabilities. All material contributions required to have been made by or on behalf of the Group Companies with respect to plans or arrangements maintained or sponsored by a Governmental Entity (including severance, termination indemnities or other similar benefits maintained for employees outside of the U.S.) have been timely made or fully accrued. No Benefit Plan in relation to the Group Companies in the UK provides retirement benefits which are not “money purchase benefits” as defined in section 181 of the UK Pension Schemes Act 1993. Each Group Company in the UK: (i) has at all times complied with its auto-enrolment obligations under the UK Pensions Act 2008; (ii) has not at any time employed a member of, or been associated or connected (as defined in section 51(3) of the UK Pensions Act 2004) with an employer which employed a member of, an occupational defined benefit pension scheme; and (iii) has not at any time employed an employee who has a right to pension benefits which are not benefits for old age, invalidity or survivors as a result of the transfer of his contract of employment from another employer under the UK Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

 

Section 3.12 Environmental Matters. Except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole:

 

(a) None of the Group Companies have received any written communication or, to the Company’s knowledge, other communication from any Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, or potential violation of, or Liability under, any Environmental Laws.

 

(b) There is (and since January 1, 2019 there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Group Company in respect to any Environmental Laws.

 

(c) There has been no manufacture, release, treatment, storage, disposal, arrangement for disposal, transport or handling of, contamination by, or exposure of any Person to, any Hazardous Substances, in each case in a manner that has given or would give rise to Liabilities of the Group under Environmental Law.

 

Section 3.13 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all currently issued or pending Company Registered Intellectual Property, and (ii) Company Licensed Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Group Companies, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement. Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists, for each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property as of the date of this Agreement (A) the record owner of such item, (B) the jurisdiction(s) in which such item has been issued or registered or filed, and (C) the issuance, registration or application date, as applicable, for such item.

 

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, all necessary fees and filings due with respect to any Company Registered Intellectual Property have been submitted to the relevant intellectual property office or Governmental Entity and Internet domain name registrars to maintain such Company Registered Intellectual Property in full force and effect. As of the date of this Agreement, no issuance or registration obtained and no application filed by the Group Companies for any Intellectual Property Rights has been cancelled, abandoned, allowed to lapse or not renewed, except where such Group Company has, in its reasonable business judgment, decided to cancel, abandon, allow to lapse or not renew such issuance, registration or application. There are no (and since January 1, 2019 there has been no) material Proceedings pending, including litigations, interference, re-examination, inter parties review, reissue, opposition, nullity, or cancellation proceedings pending that relate to any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such material Proceedings are threatened by any Governmental Entity or any other Person.

 

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(c) A Group Company exclusively, legally and beneficially owns all right, title and interest in and to all material Company Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens or obligations to others (other than Permitted Liens) and is not held jointly or in common with any other Person. No Group Company has transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive license with respect to, any material Company Owned Intellectual Property to any other Person.

 

(d) Section 3.13(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all current Contracts for Company Licensed Intellectual Property that are material to the business of the Group Companies as of the date of this Agreement, excluding any licenses to off-the-shelf software.

 

(e) The applicable Group Company has enforceable rights under all Contracts for Company Licensed Intellectual Property to use, sell, license and otherwise exploit (as the case may be) the relevant Company Licensed Intellectual Property to the extent required by the applicable Group Company to conduct its business in the ordinary course, no written notice having been given on either side to terminate the Contracts, and the obligations of all parties to such Contracts have been fully complied with.

 

(f) The Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property, constitutes all of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Group Companies in the operation of their respective businesses, and all Intellectual Property Rights necessary and sufficient to enable the Group Companies to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted in all material respects, and all such Company Owned Intellectual Property and Company Licensed Intellectual Property shall be available for use immediately after the Closing Date by each Group Company on terms and conditions substantially identical to those under which each Group Company owned or used such Company Owned Intellectual Property and Company Licensed Intellectual Property as at the date of this Agreement.

 

(g) The Company Registered Intellectual Property and the Company Owned Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and enforceable.

 

(h) Each Group Company’s directors, employees, consultants, advisors and independent contractors who independently or jointly contributed to or otherwise participated in the authorship, invention, creation, improvement, modification or development of any Company Owned Intellectual Property (each such person, a “Creator”) have agreed to maintain and protect the trade secrets and confidential information of all Group Companies. Each Creator has entered into a written agreement with the relevant Group Company pursuant to which such Company Owned Intellectual Property is owned by the relevant Group Company absolutely and all such Creators have waived or assigned to such Group Company all Intellectual Property Rights authored, invented, created, improved, modified or developed by such person in the course of such Creator’s employment or other engagement with such Group Company.

 

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(i) Each Group Company has taken all reasonable steps to safeguard and maintain the secrecy of any trade secrets, know-how and other confidential information owned by each Group Company. Without limiting the foregoing, no Group Company has knowingly disclosed any trade secrets, know-how or confidential information to any other Person unless such disclosure was under an appropriate written non-disclosure agreement or other obligation of confidentiality containing appropriate limitations on use, reproduction and disclosure. To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no violation or unauthorized access to or disclosure of any trade secrets, know-how or confidential information of or in the possession each Group Company, or of any written obligations with respect to such.

 

(j) None of the Company Owned Intellectual Property and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company Licensed Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding Order that restricts in any manner the use, sale, transfer, licensing or exploitation thereof by the Group Companies or affects the validity, use or enforceability of any such Company Owned Intellectual Property, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

 

(k) Neither the conduct of the business of the Group Companies offered, marketed, licensed, provided, sold, distributed or otherwise exploited by the Group Companies nor the design, development, manufacturing, reproduction, use, marketing, offer for sale, sale, importation, exportation, distribution, maintenance or other exploitation of any Company Owned Intellectual Property infringes, constitutes or results from an unauthorized use or misappropriation of or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person and no written notice or allegation that is still outstanding has been received by the Group Companies that the Group Companies are infringing any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

 

(l) Since January 1, 2019, there is no material Proceeding pending nor has any Group Company received any written communications or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other communications (i) alleging that a Group Company has infringed or misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, (ii) challenging the validity, enforceability, use or exclusive ownership of any Company Owned Intellectual Property or (iii) inviting any Group Company to take a license under any Patent or consider the applicability of any Patents to any products or services of the Group Companies or to the conduct of the business of the Group Companies.

 

(m) To the Company’s knowledge, no Person is infringing or misappropriating any Company Owned Intellectual Property in any material respect. Since January 1, 2018, no Group Company has made any written claim against any Person alleging any infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Company Owned Intellectual Property in any material respect.

 

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(n) No Group Company has disclosed or delivered to any escrow agent or any other Person, other than employees or contractors who are subject to confidentiality obligations, any of the source code that is Company Owned Intellectual Property, and no other Person has the right, contingent or otherwise, to obtain access to or use any such source code. To the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists at the date of this Agreement that will, or could reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license or disclosure of any source code that is owned by a Group Company or otherwise constitutes Company Owned Intellectual Property to any Person who is not, as of the date the event occurs or circumstance or condition comes into existence, a current employee or contractor of a Group Company subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto.

 

(o) No Group Company has used, modified or distributed Open Source Software in a manner that would require any element of the Company Owned Intellectual Property to be disclosed or distributed in source code form, licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, attributable to a third party, restricted from commercial use or redistributable at no or minimal charge.

 

Section 3.14 Labor Matters.

 

(a) Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all employees, independent contractors and other service providers of each Group Company (including their jurisdiction and classification) as at March 10, 2021. The Group Companies have provided true and complete copies of the material documents pursuant to which the Key Employees are employed or engaged.

 

(b) Since January 1, 2019, to the Company’s knowledge, (i) none of the Group Companies (A) has or has had any material Liability for any arrears of wages or other compensation for services (including salaries, wage premiums, commissions, fees or bonuses), or any penalties, fines, interest, or other sums for failure to pay or delinquency in paying such compensation, and (B) has or has had any material Liability for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Entity with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security, social insurances or other benefits or obligations for any employees of any Group Company (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business); and (ii) the Group Companies have withheld all amounts required by applicable Law or by agreement to be withheld from wages, salaries and other payments to employees or independent contractors or other service providers of each Group Company, except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, material Liability to the Group Companies; and (iii) the Group Companies have correctly classified all employees or independent contractors or other service providers of each Group Company.

 

(c) No Group Company is a party to or bound by any CBA and no employees of any Group Company are represented by any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group with respect to their employment. There is no duty on the part of any Group Company to bargain with any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group, including in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Since January 1, 2018, there has been no actual or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened unfair labor practice charges, material grievances, arbitrations, strikes, lockouts, work stoppages, or other material labor disputes against or affecting any Group Company. To the Company’s knowledge, since January 1, 2018, there have been no labor organizing activities with respect to any employees of any Group Company.

 

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(d) Section 3.14(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth relevant details of all material employee layoffs, facility closure or shutdown (whether voluntary or by Order), reduction-in-force, furlough, temporary layoff, material work schedule change or reduction in hours, or reduction in salary or wages has occurred since January 1, 2020 or is currently contemplated, planned or announced, including as a result of COVID-19 or any Law, Order, directive, guideline or recommendation by any Governmental Entity in connection with or in response to COVID-19. The Group Companies have not otherwise experienced any material employment-related liability with respect to or arising out of COVID-19 or any Law, Order, directive, guideline or recommendation by any Governmental Entity in connection with or in response to COVID-19.

 

Section 3.15 Insurance. Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all material policies of insurance owned or held by any Group Company as of the date of this Agreement. All such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due and payable thereon as of the date of this Agreement have been paid in full as of the date of this Agreement, and true and complete copies of all such policies have been made available to AJAX. As of the date of this Agreement, no claim by any Group Company is pending under any such policies as to which coverage has been denied or disputed, by the underwriters thereof, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

 

Section 3.16 Tax Matters.

 

(a) Each Group Company has prepared and timely filed all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects and prepared in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and each Group Company has paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return.

 

(b) Each Group Company has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all material amounts required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, other service providers, creditor, equity interest holder or other third-party.

 

(c) No Group Company is currently the subject of a Tax audit or examination or has been informed in writing of the commencement or anticipated commencement of any Tax audit or examination that has not been resolved or completed in each case with respect to material Taxes.

 

(d) No Group Company has consented to extend or waive the time in which any material Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax Authority, other than any such extensions or waivers that are no longer in effect or that were extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business.

 

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(e) No written rulings, clearances or similar agreements have been entered into with or issued by any Tax Authority with respect to a Group Company which agreement, clearance or ruling would be effective after the Closing Date and could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Tax treatment of any Group Company after the Closing Date.

 

(f) There are no Liens for material Taxes on any assets of the Group Companies other than Permitted Liens.

 

(g) No Group Company (i) has been a member of an Affiliated Group filing a consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was a Group Company), (ii) is, so far as the Company is aware, liable to pay any material Tax in consequence of the failure by any other Person (other than a Group Company)to discharge such Tax in circumstances where such other Person is primarily liable for such Tax, or (iii) is or has been a member of any Tax Consolidation (other than solely with other Group Companies).

 

(h) No written claims have ever been made by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where a Group Company does not file Tax Returns that such Group Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, which claims have not been resolved or withdrawn.

 

(i) No Group Company is a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnity or similar agreements (other than one that is included in a Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business that is not primarily related to Taxes) which could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of a Group Company after the Closing Date.

 

(j) Each Group Company is tax resident only in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

(k) No Group Company is subject to a corporate income tax in a country other than the jurisdiction of its tax residence as a result of having a permanent establishment or an office or fixed place of business in that country, and no Group Company is engaged in a trade or business within the United States.

 

(l) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, could reasonably be expected to prevent the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(m) To the knowledge of the Company, the sale of the Company pursuant to this Agreement will not give rise to a deemed disposal or realization by any Group Company of any asset or liability for any Taxation purpose in circumstances where such deemed disposal or realization would give rise to a charge to Tax for a Group Company.

 

(n) All documents which are required to evidence title of any Group Company to any material asset held by them and which are liable to Transfer Tax or are required to be stamped either with a particular stamp denoting that no Transfer Tax is chargeable or that the document has been produced to the appropriate authority, have been properly and duly stamped and the appropriate Transfer Tax has been paid (together with any related interest and penalties).

 

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(o) Each Group Company is duly registered and is a taxable person for the purposes of VAT. No Group Company has at any time been a member of a group for the purposes of VAT (other than a group registration all of the other members of which were Group Companies).

 

(p) No Group Company has claimed any Tax credits or benefitted from any Tax deferrals granted by any Tax Authority with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic for which repayment or other liability is owed, or is likely to be owed, after the Closing Date.

 

(q) So far as the Company is aware no Group Company has been required to provide a United Kingdom Tax Authority with any information pursuant to Part 7 of the Finance Act 2004 (as amended) or any related regulations (DOTAS) or any equivalent or similar regime in the jurisdiction in which it is established.

 

(r) All outstanding shares or securities issued by a Group Company (including any Company Shares) to an officer or employee (or prospective or former officer or employee) of a Group Company and which constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of section 423 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (“ITEPA”) are the subject of a valid election under section 431(1) ITEPA (or are deemed to be so subject, as a result of section 431A or otherwise), or are not subject to sections 426 to 430 ITEPA by virtue of section 430A, or, to the knowledge of the Company, were acquired for not less than their “IUMV” (as defined in section 428 ITEPA).

 

Section 3.17 Brokers. Except for fees of Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Numis (which fees shall be the sole responsibility of the Company), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates for which any of the Group Companies has any obligation.

 

Section 3.18 Real and Personal Property.

 

(a) Owned Real Property. Section 3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list (including street addresses) of all real property owned by any of the Group Companies (the “Owned Real Property”). No Group Company has the benefit of any agreement for sale, agreement for lease, option, right of pre-emption, right of first refusal or any other right of acquisition in relation to any real property. The Group Companies’ possession and quiet enjoyment of the Owned Real Property has not been materially disturbed, and to the Company’s knowledge, there are no material disputes with respect to any Real Property Lease.

 

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(b) Leased Real Property. Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list (including street addresses) of all real property leased by any of the Group Companies, or used or occupied pursuant to a license or any other contractual relationship by any of the Group Companies (the “Leased Real Property”) and all Real Property Leases pursuant to which any Group Company is a tenant, licensee, landlord or licensor as of the date of this Agreement. True and complete copies of all such Real Property Leases have been made available to AJAX. Each Real Property Lease is in full force and effect and is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the applicable Group Company party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms against such Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other party thereto (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity). There is no material breach or default by any Group Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any counterparty under any Real Property Lease, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred which (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) would constitute a material breach or default under any Real Property Lease or would permit termination of, or a material modification or acceleration thereof, by any party to any Real Property Lease. The Group Companies’ possession and quiet enjoyment of the Leased Real Property under any Real Property Lease has not been materially disturbed, and to the Company’s knowledge, there are no material disputes with respect to any Real Property Lease. There are no fees or charges payable in connection with any Leased Real Property which are in the process of being reviewed and no such fees or charges can be reviewed before Closing.

 

(c) Use of the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property for the various purposes for which it is presently being used is, to the knowledge of the Company, permitted under all applicable Laws, including zoning or is a lawful nonconforming use, and is not subject to outstanding variances or special use permits. To the Company’s knowledge, all improvements, additions and/or other alterations made are in material compliance with all applicable Laws, including those pertaining to zoning and building, are in good repair and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and in relation to the Leased Real Properties, are otherwise in a state of repair and condition which is consistent and in full compliance with the relevant Group Companies’ obligations under the Real Property Leases. There is appurtenant to each Owned Real Property and each Leased Real Property all rights and easements necessary for its current use (including uninterrupted access from public highways) and no right or easement is restricted in any way or is capable of being lawfully interrupted or terminated by any person.

 

(d) No Group Company, and no other company that was at any time a Subsidiary of any Group Company, has any actual or contingent liability in respect of Previously-owned Land and Buildings. No Group Company, and no other company that was at any time a Subsidiary of any Group Company, has given any guarantee or indemnity for any liability relating to any Previously-owned Land and Buildings or any other land or buildings. For the purposes of this paragraph “Previously-owned Land and Buildings” shall mean any land and/or buildings that have, at any time before the date of this Agreement, been owned (under whatever tenure) and/or occupied and/or used by any Group Company but which are either: (i) no longer owned, occupied or used by such Group Company; or (ii) are owned, occupied or used by such Group Company but pursuant to a different lease, license, transfer or conveyance.

 

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Section 3.19 Transactions with Affiliates. Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Contracts between (a) any Group Company, on the one hand, and (b) any officer, director, partner, member, manager, registered equityholder or Affiliate of any Group Company (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any other Group Company) or any immediate family member of the foregoing Persons, on the other hand (each Person identified in this clause (b), a “Company Related Party”), other than (i) Contracts with respect to a Company Related Party’s employment with (including benefit plans and other ordinary course compensation from) any of the Group Companies entered into in the ordinary course of business (ii) the Company Shareholders Agreement, (iii) any Ancillary Document, (iv) immaterial Contracts entered into in the ordinary course by the applicable Group Company and the applicable Company Related Party and (v) Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either expressly permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b). No Company Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset or property used in any Group Company’s business, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a material supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor or other material business relation of any Group Company or (C) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, any Group Company (other than accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to any transaction entered into after the date of this Agreement that is either expressly permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b)). All Contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.19 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 3.19) are referred to herein as “Company Related Party Transactions”.

 

Section 3.20 Data Privacy and Security.

 

(a) Except as would not have a material adverse effect on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, each Group Company has implemented adequate written policies and procedures consistent with its obligations under Privacy Laws and maintains and enforced such policies and procedures. Each Group Company is in compliance, and (and since January 1, 2018 has) complied, with all applicable requirements of the Privacy Laws. Since January 1, 2018, no Group Company has received any written notice, order, complaint or other correspondence from any Governmental Entity or other person alleging a breach of, or non-compliance with, the Privacy Laws and no circumstances exist which are likely to result in any such notice, order, complaint or other correspondence being sent, served, given or made.

 

(b) Each Group Company owns or has a valid, subsisting and enforceable license to use the Company IT Systems as necessary to operate the business of each Group Company as currently conducted, and such Company IT Systems shall be owned or available for use by each Group Company following the Closing on terms and conditions substantially identical to those under which each Group Company owned or used such Company IT Systems as at the date of this Agreement. To the Company’s knowledge and except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, all Company IT Systems are: (i) free from any defect, bug, virus or programming, design or documentation error, and (ii) in good working condition on all respects to effectively perform all information technology operations necessary for the operation of the Business in accordance with the specifications applicable to them (except for ordinary wear and tear), including for the avoidance of doubt, those under applicable Law. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2018, there have not been any failures, breakdowns, bugs in, security breaches, unauthorized access or use or continued substandard performance of any Company IT Systems or unauthorized acquisition, destruction, damage, disclosure, loss, corruption, alteration or use of any data.

 

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(c) Each Group Company has: (i) security measures, procedures or policies in place that are consistent with current industry practice to: (i) protect the Company IT Systems and any data held on such Company IT Systems; and (ii) prevent unauthorized access or the introduction of viruses or similar destructive code; and (ii) carried out regular penetration testing and audits on the Company IT Systems and has remedied any weaknesses detected by such testing or audits.

 

(d) All material agreements relating to the Company IT Systems are provided under written agreements to which a Group Company is a party, and in respect of each such agreement: (i) it is in full force and effect, no notice having been given to terminate it; (ii) neither entering into, nor compliance with nor completion of, this Agreement will, or is likely to entitle a party to terminate, vary or make a claim under it; and (iii) the obligations of each party under it have been complied with and no disputes have arisen in respect of it.

 

Section 3.21 Compliance with International Trade & Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(a) None of the Group Companies, any of their respective officers, directors or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their employees or other Representatives, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the foregoing since January 1, 2019: (i) is or has been a Sanctioned Person, or (ii) is conducting or has conducted business directly or indirectly with any Sanctioned Person.

 

(b) None of the Group Companies, any of their respective officers, directors or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their employees or other Representatives, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the foregoing has (i) made, offered, promised, paid or received any unlawful bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, including without limitation, any government official (ii) made or paid any contributions, directly or indirectly, to a domestic or foreign political party or candidate in violation of applicable law or (iii) otherwise engaged in any activity, practice or conduct in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Export Control Laws or Sanctions Laws.

 

(c) None of the Group Companies, any of their respective officers, directors or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their employees or other Representatives, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the foregoing has been the subject or target of any investigation, inquiry or enforcement Proceedings by any Governmental Entity regarding any offence, alleged offence, or potential offence of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Export Control Laws or Sanctions Laws, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such investigation, inquiry or Proceedings is threatened or pending, and there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such investigation, inquiry or Proceedings.

 

Section 3.22 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Group Companies in writing expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective or when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is mailed to the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders or at the time of the AJAX Shareholders Meeting, and in the case of any amendment thereto, at the time of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation with respect to any forward looking statements supplied by or on behalf of the Group Companies for inclusion in, or relating to, information to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement.

 

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Section 3.23 Regulatory Compliance.

 

(a) Conduct.

 

(i) (A) each Regulated Group Company is conducting, and, since January 1, 2018, has conducted, its business in compliance with all applicable Law and, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement, in each case except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole and (B) each Regulated Group Company has in place and operates contractual arrangements with all outsourced providers of services to it in compliance with all applicable Law and, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement, in each case, in all material respects.

 

(ii) The Group Companies and each Regulated Group Company has complied in all material respects with its financial resources, capital adequacy and professional indemnity insurance obligations and requirements as required by applicable Law and, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement, and all applicable material indemnity insurance policies are in full force and effect, and there have been no claims made by or in respect of any Group Company under any of them.

 

(iii) To the Company’s knowledge, (A) no Regulated Group Company receives or holds any “client money” (as defined in the FCA Handbook), (B) since January 1, 2018, each Regulated Group Company has operated its business in accordance with the “client assets” provisions of the FCA Handbook in all material respects and (C) to the Company’s knowledge, no Regulated Group Company has any received written or, to the Company’s knowledge, other notice that any business has been carried on, or is being carried on, in violation of the “client money” or “client asset” provisions of the FCA Handbook.

 

(iv) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Regulated Group Company has at all times maintained adequate policies, procedures, systems and controls in accordance with applicable Law and, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement.

 

(v) No Regulated Group Company has been a party to or alleged to have been party to any act or deliberate failure to act, which would result in any regulatory sanctions being threatened against or imposed upon that Regulated Group Company or the Group Companies.

 

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(b) Relations with Regulators.

 

(i) No Regulated Group Company has been informed of any outstanding issues with any Governmental Entity or the Principal, where relevant, concerning any visits made to it by the relevant Governmental Entity or the Principal, where relevant, regarding the standards of regulatory compliance that have applied or may still apply in the conduct of business, internal organization, risk management disciplines or other relevant Control Functions or Specific Functions in respect of any business carried on by the Group Companies or any Group Company.

 

(ii) To the Company’s knowledge, no director, officer, employee, contractor or agent or Person discharging a Controlled Function or Specified Function or Person who is subject to a Regulatory Code of Conduct in respect of any Regulated Group Company has been either refused, or received any notice of intention to terminate, any registration with a Governmental Entity or the Principal, where relevant, during the course of their association with the relevant Group Company. All Persons carrying on any Controlled Function or Specified Function on behalf of a Regulated Group Company: (i) are appropriately registered and hold any required Permits; (ii) have not received any written notice relating to such Person’s fitness and propriety or otherwise that any such individual shall be subject to any investigation.

 

(iii) No Regulated Group Company has any actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened liability relating to any mis-selling of any products or services and no past or present practices of any Group Company would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such liability in the future.

 

(iv) Each Regulated Group Company maintains a register of regulatory compliance breaches in accordance with applicable Law and the Appointed Representative Agreement. No Group Company is required to notify, or has so notified, any Governmental Entity or the Principal, as applicable, of any breaches or matters capable of having a serious regulatory impact and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no circumstances that would give rise to any obligation to make such a notification.

 

(v) The following have been made available to AJAX: (i) copies all non-routine or correspondence between each Group Company and any Governmental Entity or the Principal, where relevant, since January 1, 2018, (ii) copies of the most recent annual return(s) submitted to the relevant Governmental Entity(ies) by each Regulated Group Company, and (iii) copies of all modifications and waivers granted under section 138A of FMSA.

 

(vi) Except as would not be material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, all funds due to any Governmental Entity (including but not limited to any fees, levies and penalties and contribution to regulatory compensation schemes) by any Group Company have all been paid in full or will be paid in full as of the Closing Date.

 

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(vii) Except as would not be material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, all reports, returns, applications and information required to be made or given by Law or in connection with any Permit or, where relevant, under the Appointed Representative Agreement: (i) have been made or given in a timely fashion to the appropriate person or Governmental Entity or the Principal, where relevant; (ii) as of their respective dates of filing or delivery, complied with applicable Law and, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement and did not at the time filed or delivered, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to prevent making the report, return or information misleading; and (iii) have no questions outstanding relating to them from any Governmental Entity or the Principal, where relevant.

 

(c) Change in Control. There has been no acquisition, increase or reduction in control of any Group Company for the purposes of Part XII of FSMA (as amended) or Part XVIII of FSMA for which the appropriate notice was not given under section 178 of FSMA or 301A of FSMA (as applicable) and, where applicable, approval from FCA or the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (as applicable) obtained or, where relevant, for which the appropriate notice was not given to the Principal. There has been no acquisition, increase or reduction in control of any Group Company which required or requires notice to, or approval or consent from, any other Governmental Entity. Each breach (alleged or otherwise) of the foregoing requirements by any Group Company of which the Company has knowledge are set forth on Section 3.23(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

(d) Complaints. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

 

(i) There have been no complaints against any Regulated Group Company from any current or former client, customer, policyholder or a dependent of one of the foregoing which are subject to the jurisdiction of any Governmental Entity in the five (5) year period prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(ii) Each Regulated Group Company has maintained during the three (3) years ending on the date of this Agreement, a complaints register and an incident log, which are up-to-date, accurate and complete and which include all such matters which ought to be included in them in accordance with applicable Law and, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement.

 

(e) No Regulated Activity. No Group Company carries on, or purports to carry on, and has not at any time carried on or purported to carry on, any financial services activities within the scope of any regulatory regime in any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, nor has it contravened any Law or regulations relating to the provision of financial services in any such jurisdiction or, where relevant, the Appointed Representative Agreement. Except for the Regulated Group Companies, no Group Company carries on, or purports to carry on, and has not at any time carried on or purported to carry on, any activity for which a Permit is required (including, without limitation, a Permit under FSMA). To the Company’s knowledge, no Group Company (nor any director, officer, employee, contractor, or agent of the Company or Person discharging a Controlled Function or Specified Function or who is subject to a Regulatory Code of Conduct in respect of any Regulated Group Company (in each case, in their capacity as such)) has contravened, in any material respect, any provision of FSMA or of any regulations made thereunder.

 

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Section 3.24 Investigation; No Other Representations.

 

(a) The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of, the AJAX Parties and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the AJAX Parties and their respective businesses and operations as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(b) In entering into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, the Company has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article IV and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of any AJAX Party or any other Person, either express or implied, and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article IV and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, none of the AJAX Parties or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, no Group Company makes any representation or warranty regarding any future operating or future financial results, estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects) or the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Group Company or any other matter furnished or provided to any AJAX Party or made available to AJAX Party in any “data rooms,” “virtual data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.25 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO the COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN Article IV OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, NONE OF THE AJAX PARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, and EACH AJAX PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF the TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, INCLUDING AS TO THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OR HOLDINGS OF THE AJAX PARTIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES OR IN ANY PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE AJAX PARTIES BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANY AJAX PARTY OR OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, AND NO STATEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF SUCH MATERIALS OR MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING OR PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY or THEREBY. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article IV or the ancillary DOCUMENTS, THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THAT ANY COST ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER PREDICTIONS, ANY DATA, ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR ANY MEMORANDA OR OFFERING MATERIALS OR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY AJAX party ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE OR TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY AJAX PARTY, AND ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING or PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS or THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED Hereby or thereby.

 

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Article IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE AJAX PARTIES

 

Subject to Section 8.8, except (a) as set forth on the AJAX Disclosure Schedules, or (b) except as set forth in any AJAX SEC Reports filed prior to the date that is three (3) Business Days prior to this Agreement (excluding any disclosures in any “risk factors” section that do not constitute statements of fact, disclosures in any forward-looking statements disclaimers and other disclosures that are generally cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), each AJAX Party hereby represents and warrants to the Company, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, as follows:

 

Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification.

 

(a) Each AJAX Party is an exempted company, corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized, incorporated or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation (as applicable). Each AJAX Party has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other applicable business entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted, except where the failure to have such power or authority would not have an AJAX Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Listco was incorporated solely for purposes of entering into the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and, since the date of its incorporation, Listco has not owned any assets, carried on any business, conducted any operations or incurred any liabilities or obligations and has not hired any employee or independent contractor, other than the execution of this Agreement and any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its obligations contemplated hereby and matters ancillary thereto. As of the date hereof and at all times prior to the Listco Closing Date, all of the outstanding Listco Shares are, directly or indirectly, held of record by non-U.S. residents.

 

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Section 4.2 Authority. Each AJAX Party has the requisite exempted company, corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to the receipt of the AJAX Shareholder Approval, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which each AJAX Party is or will be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Ancillary Document entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary exempted company, corporate, limited liability company or other similar action on the part of such AJAX Party. This Agreement and each PIPE Subscription Agreement has been and each Ancillary Document to which each AJAX Party is or will be a party will be, upon execution thereof, duly and validly executed and delivered by such AJAX Party and constitutes or will constitute, upon execution thereof, as applicable, a valid, legal and binding agreement of such AJAX Party (assuming this Agreement and each PIPE Subscription Agreement has been and the Ancillary Documents to which such AJAX Party is or will be a party are or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party hereto or thereto), enforceable against such AJAX Party in accordance with their terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity). As of the date of this Agreement, the PIPE Subscription Agreements have not been modified, amended or altered, and none of the respective obligations thereunder have been terminated, withdrawn or rescinded.

 

Section 4.3 Board Approval. The AJAX Board approval (including any required committee or subgroup of such board), by unanimous vote of those voting at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way has (a) determined that the Transaction Proposals are in the best interest of AJAX and its shareholders and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby and thereby, (b) approved the execution, delivery and performance by AJAX of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which AJAX is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (c) resolved to recommend, among other things, that the holders of AJAX Shares vote in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and directed that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, be submitted for consideration by the shareholders of AJAX at the AJAX Shareholders Meeting.

 

Section 4.4 Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations.

 

(a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of an AJAX Party with respect to such AJAX Party’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) such filings with and approvals of NYSE to permit the Listco Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on NYSE, (iii) such filings and approvals required in connection with the AJAX Reorganization, (iv) the AJAX Shareholder Approval, (v) with respect to the adoption of the Listco Articles of Association, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the issued and outstanding Listco Shares entitled to vote and actually cast thereon voting together as a single class (it being understood and agreed that such vote shall have been obtained prior to the Merger Effective Time), (vi) the Consents set forth on Section 4.4 of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules, and (vii) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not have an AJAX Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) None of the execution or delivery by an AJAX Party of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, the performance by an AJAX Party of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by an AJAX Party of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in a violation or breach of any provision of the Governing Documents of an AJAX Party, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any AJAX Material Contract to which an AJAX Party is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which any such AJAX Party or any of its properties or assets are subject or bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the assets or properties of an AJAX Party, except in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not have an AJAX Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.5 Brokers. Except for fees (including a good faith estimate of the amounts due and payable assuming the Closing occurs) set forth on Section 4.5 of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules (which fees shall be the sole responsibility of the AJAX, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.6), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of any AJAX Party for which an AJAX Party has any obligation.

 

Section 4.6 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of any AJAX Party in writing expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective or when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is mailed to the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders or at the time of the AJAX Shareholders Meeting, and in the case of any amendment thereto, at the time of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that no AJAX Parties makes any representation with respect to any forward looking statements supplied by or on behalf of the AJAX Parties for inclusion in, or relating to information to be included in, the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement.

 

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Section 4.7 Capitalization of the AJAX Parties.

 

(a) Section 4.7(a) of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete statement of the number and class or series (as applicable) of the issued and outstanding AJAX Shares and AJAX Warrants immediately prior to the consummation of the AJAX Reorganization. All outstanding Equity Securities of AJAX (except to the extent such concepts are not applicable under the applicable Law of AJAX’s jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, or other applicable Law) immediately prior to the consummation of the AJAX Reorganization have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Such Equity Securities (i) were not issued in violation of the Governing Documents of AJAX and (ii) are not subject to any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Laws or under the Governing Documents of AJAX) and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person.

 

(b) On the Closing Date after the time at which the Closing occurs and the closings under the PIPE Subscription Agreements have occurred, (i) the authorized share capital of Listco will consist of 1,100,000,000 Class A Shares, 50,000,000 Class B Shares, 1,000,000,000 Class C Shares and 5,000,000 preference shares of a par value of $0.0001 each, and (ii) all of the issued and outstanding Listco Shares (A) will (except to the extent such concepts are not applicable under the applicable Law of Listco’s jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, or other applicable Law) be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) will have been issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law and (C) will not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract to which AJAX or Listco is a party or by which it is bound.

 

(c) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents, the AJAX SEC Reports or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or as otherwise either permitted pursuant to Section 5.9 or issued, granted or entered into, as applicable, in accordance with Section 5.9, there are no outstanding (A) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (B) options, restricted stock, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts that could require AJAX, and except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or as otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the Company and AJAX, as applicable, there is no obligation of AJAX, to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of AJAX.

 

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Section 4.8 SEC Filings. AJAX has timely filed or furnished all statements, forms, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it prior to the date of this Agreement with the SEC pursuant to U.S. Federal Securities Laws since its initial public offering (collectively, including all of the statements, forms, reports and documents filed or furnished by it in connection with and subsequent to its IPO, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, the “AJAX SEC Reports”), and, as of the Closing, will have filed or furnished all other statements, forms, reports and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it subsequent to the date of this Agreement with the SEC pursuant to Federal Securities Laws through the Closing (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, but excluding the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the “Additional AJAX SEC Reports”). Each of the AJAX SEC Reports, as of their respective dates of filing, and as of the date of any amendment or filing that superseded the initial filing, complied and each of the Additional AJAX SEC Reports, as of their respective dates of filing, and as of the date of any amendment or filing that superseded the initial filing, will comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Federal Securities Laws (including, as applicable, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) applicable to the AJAX SEC Reports or the Additional AJAX SEC Reports. As of their respective dates of filing, the AJAX SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made or will be made, as applicable, not misleading (for purposes of the Additional AJAX SEC Reports, assuming that the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.22 is true and correct in all respects with respect to all information supplied by or on behalf of Group Companies expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein). As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the AJAX SEC Reports. To the knowledge of AJAX, none of the AJAX SEC Reports or the Additional AJAX SEC Reports is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation.

 

Section 4.9 Absence of Changes. Since the IPO and ending on the date of this Agreement, (a) no AJAX Material Adverse Effect has occurred and (b) except (i) for actions or omissions taken as a result of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures, or (ii) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the AJAX Parties have conducted their businesses in the ordinary course in all material respects.

 

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Section 4.10 Trust Account. As of the date of this Agreement, AJAX has an amount in cash in the Trust Account equal to at least $804,990,900. The funds held in the Trust Account are (a) invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations and (b) held in trust pursuant to, and in accordance with, that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated October 27, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”), between AJAX and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Trust Agreement has not been amended or modified and is valid in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable principles. There are no separate agreements, side letters or other agreements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the AJAX SEC Reports or the Additional AJAX SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect or, to AJAX’s knowledge, that would entitle any Person to any portion of the funds in the Trust Account (other than (i) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or Taxes, (ii) the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders who shall have elected to redeem their AJAX Class A Shares pursuant to the Governing Documents of AJAX or (iii) if AJAX fails to complete a business combination within the allotted time period set forth in the Governing Documents of AJAX and liquidates the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement, AJAX (in limited amounts to permit AJAX to pay the expenses of the Trust Account’s liquidation, dissolution and winding up of AJAX) and then the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders). Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account are permitted to be released, except in the circumstances described in the Governing Documents of AJAX and the Trust Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, AJAX has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date, and is not in material default, under the Trust Agreement, and, to AJAX’s knowledge, no event has occurred which (with due notice or lapse of time or both) would constitute a material default under the Trust Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Proceedings pending with respect to the Trust Account. Since October 30, 2020, AJAX has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement). Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the distribution of assets from the Trust Account (A) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or Taxes or (B) to the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders who have elected to redeem their AJAX Class A Shares pursuant to the Governing Documents of AJAX, each in accordance with the terms of and as set forth in the Trust Agreement), AJAX shall have no further obligation under either the Trust Agreement or the Governing Documents of AJAX to liquidate or distribute any assets held in the Trust Account, and the Trust Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms. As of the date hereof, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder, other than in respect of AJAX Shareholder Redemptions, AJAX has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Account will not be satisfied or funds available in the Trust Account will not be available to Listco on the Closing Date.

 

Section 4.11 Listing. The issued and outstanding AJAX Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “AJAX.U”. The issued and outstanding AJAX Class A Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “AJAX.” The issued and outstanding Public Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “AJAX WS.” There is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of AJAX, threatened in writing against AJAX by the NYSE or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the AJAX Units, the AJAX Class A Shares or the Public Warrants or terminate the listing of AJAX on the NYSE. None of AJAX or any of its Affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the AJAX Units, the AJAX Class A Shares or the Public Warrants under the Exchange Act. AJAX is not in violation of any of the rules and regulations or applicable continuing listing requirements of the NYSE.

 

Section 4.12 AJAX Material Contracts.

 

(a) The AJAX SEC Reports include true and complete copies of each “material contract” (as such term is defined in Regulation S-K of the SEC) to which AJAX is party (the “AJAX Material Contracts”).

 

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(b) Each AJAX Material Contract is in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of AJAX, is valid and binding upon and enforceable against each of the parties thereto (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity). True and complete copies of all AJAX Material Contracts have been made available to the Company (including by being publicly available).

 

Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates. Section 4.13 of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Contracts between (a) AJAX, on the one hand, and (b) any officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or Affiliate of AJAX or the Sponsor, on the other hand (each Person identified in this clause (b), an “AJAX Related Party”), other than (i) Contracts with respect to an AJAX Related Party’s employment with, or the provision of services to, AJAX entered into in the ordinary course of business (including benefit plans, indemnification arrangements and other ordinary course compensation) (ii) Contracts with respect to a Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholder’s or a holder of AJAX Warrants’ status as a holder of AJAX Shares or AJAX Warrants, as applicable, and (iii) Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.9 or entered into in accordance with Section 5.9. No AJAX Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset or property used in the business of AJAX, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a material client, supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor or other material business relation of AJAX or (C) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, AJAX (other than accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a transaction entered into after the date of this Agreement that is either permitted pursuant to Section 5.9 or entered into in accordance with Section 5.9). All Contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.13 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 4.13) are referred to herein as “AJAX Related Party Transactions”.

 

Section 4.14 Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there is (and since its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to AJAX’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any AJAX Party that, if adversely decided or resolved, would be material to the AJAX Parties, taken as a whole. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the AJAX Parties nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material Order. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no material Proceedings by any AJAX Party pending against any other Person.

 

Section 4.15 Compliance with Applicable Law. Each AJAX Party (a) conducts (and since its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, has conducted) its business in accordance with all Laws and Orders applicable to such AJAX Party and is not in violation of any such Law or Order, including any Law or Order related to COVID-19 and (b) has not received any written communications or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other communications from a Governmental Entity that alleges that such AJAX Party is not in compliance with any Law or Order, except in each case of clauses (a) and (b), as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the AJAX Parties, taken as a whole.

 

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Section 4.16 Business Activities. Since its incorporation, AJAX has not conducted any business activities other than the activities (a) in connection with or related to its incorporation or continuing corporate (or similar) existence, (b) directed toward the accomplishment of a business combination, including those incident or related to or incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) those that are administrative, ministerial or otherwise immaterial in nature. Except as set forth in AJAX’s Governing Documents, there is no Contract binding upon AJAX or to which AJAX is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of any AJAX Party, any acquisition of property by any AJAX Party or the conduct of business by any AJAX Party (including, in each case, following the Closing).

 

Section 4.17 Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements.

 

(a) Except as is not required in reliance on exemptions from various reporting requirements by virtue of AJAX’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, or “smaller reporting company” within the meaning of the Exchange Act, since its initial public offering, (i) AJAX has established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of AJAX’s financial reporting and the preparation of AJAX’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and (ii) AJAX has established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that material information relating to AJAX is made known to AJAX’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within AJAX.

 

(b) AJAX has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(c) Since its initial public offering, AJAX has complied in all material respects with all applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of NYSE. The classes of securities representing issued and outstanding AJAX Class A Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on NYSE. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no material Proceeding pending or, to AJAX’s knowledge, threatened against AJAX by NYSE or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister AJAX Class A Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of AJAX Class A Shares on NYSE. AJAX has not taken any action that is designed to terminate the registration of AJAX Class A Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

(d) The AJAX SEC Reports contain true and complete copies of the applicable AJAX Financial Statements. The AJAX Financial Statements (i) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of AJAX as at the respective dates thereof, and the results of its operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments (none of which is expected to be material) and the absence of notes thereto), (ii) were prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods indicated (except, in the case of any audited financial statements, as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments (none of which is expected to be material) and the absence of notes thereto), (iii) in the case of the audited AJAX Financial Statements, were audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates thereof (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable).

 

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(e) AJAX has established and maintains systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for AJAX’s and AJAX Parties’ assets. AJAX maintains and, for all periods covered by the AJAX Financial Statements, has maintained book and records of AJAX in the ordinary course of business that are accurate and complete and reflect the revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of AJAX in all material respects.

 

(f) Since its incorporation, AJAX has not received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that there is (i) a “significant deficiency” in the internal control over financial reporting of AJAX, (ii) a “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of AJAX or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of AJAX who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of AJAX.

 

Section 4.18 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except for the Liabilities (a) set forth in Section 4.18 of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules, (b) incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the AJAX Expenses and any Liabilities arising out of, or related to, any Proceeding related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any shareholder demand or other shareholder Proceedings (including derivative claims) arising out of, or related to, any of the foregoing), (c) set forth or disclosed in the AJAX Financial Statements, (d) that have arisen since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the AJAX SEC Reports in the ordinary course of business, (e) that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.9 or incurred in accordance with Section 5.9, or (f) that are not, and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the AJAX Parties, taken as a whole, the AJAX Parties do not have any Liabilities.

 

Section 4.19 Tax Matters.

 

(a) Each AJAX Party has prepared and timely filed all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects and prepared in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and AJAX has paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return.

 

(b) Each AJAX Party has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all material amounts required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, other service providers, creditors, equity interest holder or other third-party.

 

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(c) No AJAX Party is currently the subject of a Tax audit or examination or has been informed in writing of the commencement or anticipated commencement of any Tax auditor examination that has not been resolved or completed in each case with respect to material Taxes.

 

(d) AJAX has not consented to extend or waive the time in which any material Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax Authority, other than any such extensions or waivers that are no longer in effect or that were extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business.

 

(e) No written rulings, clearances or similar agreements have been entered into with or issued by any Tax Authority with respect to an AJAX Party which agreement, clearance or ruling would be effective after the Closing Date and could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Tax treatment of transactions to be undertaken by an AJAX Party after the Closing Date.

 

(f) Each AJAX Party is not or has not been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law).

 

(g) There are no Liens for material Taxes on any assets of an AJAX Party other than Permitted Liens.

 

(h) No AJAX Party (i) has been a member of an Affiliated Group filing a consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was a AJAX or any of its current Affiliates) (ii) is, so far as the AJAX Parties are aware, liable to pay any material Tax in consequence of the failure by any other Person (other than any other Group Company) to discharge such Tax in circumstances where such other Person is primarily liable for such Tax or (iii) is or has been a member of any Tax Consolidation.

 

(i) No written claims have ever been made by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where an AJAX Party does not file Tax Returns that such AJAX Party is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, which claims to have not been resolved or withdrawn.

 

(j) No AJAX Party is a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnity or similar agreements (other than one that is included in a Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business that is not primarily related to Taxes) that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of an AJAX Party after the Closing Date.

 

(k) Each AJAX Party is, and has been since its formation, (i) organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands and (ii) not a tax resident anywhere other than the Cayman Islands. AJAX is, and has been since its formation, treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Listco has been since its formation, and will continue to be at all times prior to the effectiveness of the Check-the-Box Election, an entity disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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(l) No AJAX Party is subject to corporate income tax in a country other than the jurisdiction of its tax residence as a result of having a permanent establishment or an office or fixed place of business in that country, and no AJAX Party is engaged in a trade or business within the United States.

 

(m) AJAX keeps, and has at all times kept, its register of members outside of the United Kingdom.

 

(n) To the knowledge of AJAX, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, could reasonably be expected to prevent the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(o) AJAX has not claimed any Tax credits or benefitted from any Tax deferrals granted by any Tax Authority with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic for which repayment or other liability is owed, or is likely to be owed, after the Closing Date.

 

Section 4.20 Investigation; No Other Representations.

 

(a) Each AJAX Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects, of the Group Companies and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Group Companies and their respective businesses and operations as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(b) In entering into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, each AJAX Party has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article III and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of the Company, any Company Non-Party Affiliate or any other Person, either express or implied, and each AJAX Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article III and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, neither the Company, any Company Non-Party Affiliate nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, no AJAX Party makes any representation or warranty regarding any future operating or future financial results, estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects) or the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the AJAX Parties or any other matter furnished or provided to any the Company or made available to the Company in any form in expectation of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 4.21 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO ANY AJAX PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN Article III OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, THE AJAX PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NEITHER The Company, ANY COMPANY NON-PARTY AFFILIATE NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, and the company EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF the TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, INCLUDING AS TO THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OR HOLDINGS OF THE GROUP COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY AJAX PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OR IN ANY PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE GROUP COMPANIES BY THE MANAGEMENT OR ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, ANY COMPANY NON-PARTY AFFILIATE OR OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, AND NO STATEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF SUCH MATERIALS OR MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY ANY AJAX PARTY IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING or PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. THE AJAX PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY COST ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER PREDICTIONS, ANY DATA, ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR ANY MEMORANDA OR OFFERING MATERIALS OR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY GROUP COMPANY ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE OR TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY, ANY COMPANY NON-PARTY AFFILIATE OR ANY OTHER PERSON, AND ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY ANY AJAX PARTY IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING or PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS or THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

Article V
COVENANTS

 

Section 5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company.

 

(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, or as consented to in writing by AJAX (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (i) operate the business of the Group Companies in the ordinary course in all material respects (including continuing to make capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the capital expenditure and cash budget delivered to AJAX prior to the date hereof) and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve intact the business organization, assets, properties and material business relations of the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

 

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(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, as required by applicable Law or any Governmental Entity (including in respect of any applicable COVID-19 Measures), as set forth on Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or as consented to in writing by AJAX (it being agreed that any request for such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), not do any of the following:

 

(i) declare, set aside, make or pay a dividend on, or make any other distribution or payment in respect of, any Equity Securities of any Group Company or repurchase or redeem any outstanding Equity Securities of any Group Company, other than dividends or distributions, declared, set aside or paid by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the Company or any Subsidiary that is, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by the Company, or otherwise pay any fees, commissions, expenses or other amounts to the Company Shareholders or any of their Affiliates (other than compensation paid in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in accordance with this Section 5.1(b));

 

(ii) except for any such transaction (1) with a value of less than £20,000,000, (2) which would not materially impede or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (3) which contemplates only cash consideration, (A) merge, consolidate, combine or amalgamate with any Person or (B) purchase or otherwise acquire (whether by merging or consolidating with, purchasing any Equity Security in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner) any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity or organization or division thereof;

 

(iii) adopt any amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications to any Group Company’s Governing Documents or the Company Shareholder Agreement;

 

(iv) (A) sell, assign, abandon, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any material assets or properties, other than inventory or obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business, or (B) except in the ordinary course of business, create, subject or incur any Lien on or in respect of any material assets or properties (other than any Permitted Liens);

 

(v) transfer, issue, sell, grant or otherwise directly or indirectly dispose of, or subject to a Lien, (A) any Equity Securities of any Group Company or (B) any options, warrants, rights of conversion or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments obligating any Group Company to issue, deliver or sell any Equity Securities of any Group Company, other than, (I) to a Company Shareholder’s Permitted Transferee (as defined under the Company Shareholder Agreement), or (II) prior to the date on which the Company provides the notices to the holders of EMI Options and Vested Unapproved Options contemplated by Section 2.4(a) and Section 2.4(b), (x) Company Options granted in the ordinary course of business (whether granted under a Company Equity Plan or otherwise) or (y) the issuance of the Company Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of any Company Options outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Company Equity Plan and the underlying grant, award or similar agreement;

 

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(vi) incur, create or assume any Indebtedness (other than in the ordinary course of business);

 

(vii) cancel or forgive any Indebtedness in excess of £500,000 owed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(viii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or guarantees for the benefit of, or any investments in, any Person, other than (A) intercompany loans or capital contributions between the Company and any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries and (B) the reimbursement of expenses of employees in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix) (A) adopt, enter into, materially amend or modify or terminate any material Employee Benefit Plan of any Group Company or any material benefit or compensation plan, policy, program or Contract that would be an Employee Benefit Plan if in effect as of the date of this Agreement, (B) except as required by Law or in the ordinary course of business, materially increase or decrease the compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company, (C) take any action to accelerate any payment, right to payment, or benefit, or the funding of any payment, right to payment or benefit, payable or to become payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company, (D) hire, furlough or terminate (other than for “cause”) any director, officer, or executive-level employee of any Group Company, or (E) waive or release any noncompetition, non-solicitation, no-hire, nondisclosure or other restrictive covenant obligation of any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company;

 

(x) enter into any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract the performance of which would involve the payment by the Group Companies in excess of £500,000, in the aggregate, or that imposes, or by its terms will impose at any point in the future, any material, non-monetary obligations on any Group Company;

 

(xi) authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt, or otherwise effect, a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction involving any Group Company;

 

(xii) (a) change any Group Company’s methods of accounting in any material respect, other than changes that are made in accordance with PCAOB standards, or otherwise required by IFRS or Securities Laws, or change any Group Company’s accounting reference date;

 

(xiii) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document;

 

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(xiv) make or grant any Change of Control Payment that is not set forth on Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules;

 

(xv) unless required by Law, (i) modify, extend, or enter into any CBA or (ii) recognize or certify any labor union, labor organization, works council, or group of employees of the Group Companies as the bargaining representative for any employees of the Group Companies;

 

(xvi) (A) amend, modify or terminate any Material Contract (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration or automatic extension or renewal of any such Material Contract pursuant to its terms) (other than in the ordinary course of business), (B) waive any material benefit or right under any Material Contract or (C) enter into any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract if it had been entered into prior to the date hereof (other than in the ordinary course of business);

 

(xvii) enter into, amend, modify, or waive any material benefit or right under, any Company Related Party Transaction;

 

(xviii) materially accelerate the collection of accounts receivable, materially delay the payment of accounts payable or accrued expenses, materially delay the purchase of supplies or materially delay capital expenditures, repairs or maintenance or otherwise change the cash management of the Group Companies;

 

(xix) make or commit to make any capital expenditures that exceed, individually or in the aggregate £50,000,000 over the annual budgeted amount (as contemplated in the annual budget provided to the AJAX Parties prior to the date hereof) for the current fiscal year or otherwise materially reduce or fail to make any capital expenditure contemplated by such annual budget;

 

(xx) adopt or make any material change in any method of accounting, accounting policies or reporting practices for Tax purposes other than changes that are made in accordance with PCAOB standards, or otherwise required by IFRS or Securities Laws; make any Tax election in connection with any R&D Tax Credits which is materially inconsistent with past practice; change or revoke any material election concerning R&D Tax Credits in a manner which is materially inconsistent with past practice; file any Tax Return or amended Tax Return in each case in a manner materially inconsistent with past practice;surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes other than surrenders between Group Companies; knowingly fail to pay any material Tax as such Tax becomes due and payable unless such Tax is being contested in good faith; settle any material Tax claim or assessment with a Tax Authority; change its U.S. federal income tax classification; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to or relating to any material Tax claim or assessment by a Tax Authority, other than any such extension or waiver that is obtained in the ordinary course of business; or

 

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(xxi) enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in this Section 5.1(b).

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.1 or this Agreement to the contrary, (a) nothing set forth in this Agreement shall give any AJAX Party, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Group Companies prior to the Closing, (b) any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by any Group Company to the extent such act or omission is reasonably determined by the Company, based on the advice of outside legal counsel, to be necessary to comply with any Law, Order, directive, pronouncement or guideline issued by a Governmental Entity providing for business closures, “sheltering-in-place” or other restrictions that relates to, or arises out of, COVID-19 (including any COVID-19 Measure) shall in no event be deemed to constitute a breach of Section 5.1 and (c) any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by any Group Company to the extent that the board of directors of the Company reasonably determines that such act or omission is necessary in response to COVID-19 to maintain and preserve in all material respects the business organization, assets, properties and material business relations of the Group Companies, taken as a whole, shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of Section 5.1; provided, however, (i) in the case of each of clause (b) and (c), the Company shall give the AJAX Parties prior written notice of any such act or omission to the extent reasonably practicable, which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the act or omission and the reason(s) that such act or omission is being taken, or omitted to be taken, pursuant to clause (b) or (c) and, in the event that it is not reasonably practicable for the Company to give the prior written notice described in this clause (i), the Company shall instead give such written notice to the AJAX Parties promptly after such act or omission and (ii) in no event shall clause (b) or (c) be applicable to any act or omission of the type described in Section 5.1(b)(i) through Section 5.1(b)(viii), or Section 5.1(b)(x) through Section 5.1(b)(xiv), Section 5.1(b)(xvii), Section 5.1(b)(xvii) or Section 5.1(b)(xxi) to the extent related to the foregoing.

 

Section 5.2 Efforts to Consummate.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as reasonably practicable the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including (i) the satisfaction, but not waiver, of the closing conditions set forth in Article VI and, in the case of any Ancillary Document to which such Party will be a party after the date of this Agreement, to execute and deliver such Ancillary Document when required pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) using reasonable best efforts to obtain the PIPE Financing on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the PIPE Subscription Agreements and (iii) the Company taking, or causing to be taken, all actions necessary or advisable to cause the agreements set forth on Section 5.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules to be terminated effective as of the Closing without any further obligations or Liabilities to the Company or any of its Affiliates (including the other Group Companies and, from and after the Closing, the AJAX Parties)). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, file with or deliver to, as applicable, any Consents of any Governmental Entities or other Persons necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents. In addition, to the extent required under pursuant to legal requirements, the Company shall procure the delivery of written notice by Drover France SAS to the Organisme pour le Registre des Intermédiaires en Assurance (ORIAS) in respect of the Transaction in accordance with article R. 512-5 IV of the French Insurance Code. Each Party shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any requests by any Governmental Entity for additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the FMSA or pursuant to the French Insurance Code. AJAX (or Listco) shall promptly inform the Company of any material communication between any AJAX Party, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, and the Company shall promptly inform AJAX (or Listco) of any material communication between the Company or any other Group Company, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, in either case, regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party and their respective Affiliates shall not enter into any agreement with any Governmental Entity not to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Ancillary Documents, except with the prior written consent of AJAX and the Company.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, in the event that this Section 5.2 conflicts with any other covenant or agreement in this Article V that is intended to specifically address any subject matter, then such other covenant or agreement shall govern and control solely to the extent of such conflict.

 

Section 5.3 Confidentiality and Access to Information.

 

(a) The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the information being provided in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that this Section 5.3(a) or the Confidentiality Agreement conflicts with any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document that contemplates the disclosure, use or provision of information or otherwise, then such other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or such Ancillary Document, as applicable, shall govern and control to the extent of such conflict.

 

(b) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon reasonable advance written notice, the Company shall provide, or cause to be provided, to AJAX and its Representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to the directors, officers, books and records and properties of the Group Companies (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the Group Companies) as AJAX or its Representatives may from time to time reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Group Companies shall be required to provide to AJAX or any of its Representatives any information (i) if and to the extent doing so would (A) violate any Law to which any Group Company is subject including COVID-19 Measures, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties in breach of any Contract with such third party, (C) violate any legally-binding obligation of any Group Company with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy, (D) jeopardize protections afforded to any Group Company under the attorney-client or solicitor-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine or (E) be a risk to the health or safety of any Group Company personnel or the personnel of any of their respective Representatives (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (E), the Company shall, and shall cause the other Group Companies to, use reasonable best efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law), or (ii) if any Group Company, on the one hand, and any AJAX Party or any of its Representatives, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation and such information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided that the Company shall, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), provide prompt written notice of the withholding of access or information on any such basis unless such written notice is prohibited by applicable Law.

 

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(c) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon reasonable advance written notice, AJAX shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Company and its Representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to the directors, officers, books and records of the AJAX Parties (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the AJAX Parties) as the Company or its Representatives may from time to time reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no AJAX Party shall be required to provide, or cause to be provided to, the Company or any of its Representatives any information (i) if and to the extent doing so would (A) violate any Law to which any AJAX Party is subject, including COVID-19 Measures, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties in breach of any Contract with such third party, (C) violate any legally-binding obligation of any AJAX Party with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy (D) jeopardize protections afforded to any AJAX Party under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine or (E) be a risk to the health or safety of any AJAX Party personnel or the personnel of any of their respective Representatives (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (E), AJAX shall use, and shall cause the other AJAX Parties to use, reasonable best efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law), or (ii) if an AJAX Party or the Sponsor, on the one hand, and any Group Company or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation and such information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided that AJAX shall, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), provide prompt written notice of the withholding of access or information on any such basis unless such written notice is prohibited by applicable Law.

 

(d) The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Confidentiality Agreement shall be automatically terminated effective as of the Closing without any further action by any Party or any other Person.

 

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Section 5.4 Public Announcements.

 

(a) Subject to Section 5.4(b), Section 5.7 and Section 5.8, none of the Parties or any of their respective Representatives shall issue any press releases or make any public announcements with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the Company and AJAX; provided, however, that each Party, the Sponsor and their respective Representatives may issue or make, as applicable, any such press release, public announcement or other communication (i) if such press release, public announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law (including the rules of any applicable stock exchange with jurisdiction), in which case, the disclosing Party or its applicable Representatives shall, unless and to the extent prohibited by such applicable Law, (x) if the disclosing Person is an AJAX Party or a Representative of an AJAX Party, reasonably consult with the Company in connection therewith and provide the Company with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and shall consider any such comments in good faith, or (y) if the disclosing Party is the Company or a Representative of the Company, reasonably consult with AJAX in connection therewith and provide AJAX with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and shall consider any such comments in good faith, (ii) to the extent such press release, public announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a press release, public announcement or other communication previously made in accordance with this Section 5.4 and (iii) to Governmental Entities in connection with any Consents required to be made under this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4 or otherwise in this Agreement, the Parties agree that the AJAX Parties, the Sponsor and their respective Representatives may provide general information about the subject matter of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to any direct or indirect former, current or prospective investor or in connection with normal fund raising or related marketing or informational or reporting activities.

 

(b) The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a joint press release in the form agreed by the Company and AJAX prior to the execution of this Agreement and such initial press release (the “Signing Press Release”) shall be released as promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, AJAX shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by, and in compliance with, the Securities Laws, which the Company shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon prior to filing and AJAX shall consider such comments in good faith. The Company, on the one hand, and the AJAX Parties, on the other hand, shall mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either the Company or AJAX, as applicable) a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”) prior to the Closing, and, on the Closing Date (or such other date as may be mutually agreed to in writing by AJAX and the Company prior to the Closing), the Parties shall cause the Closing Press Release to be released. Promptly after the Closing (but in any event within four (4) Business Days after the Closing), Listco shall file or cause to be filed a Form 20-F (the “Closing Filing”) as required by Securities Laws, which Closing Filing shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the AJAX Parties prior to the Closing (such agreement not to be unreasonable withheld, conditioned or delayed by either the Company or the AJAX Parties, as applicable). In connection with the preparation of each of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release and the Closing Filing, each Party shall, upon written request by any other Party, furnish such other Party with all information concerning itself, its directors, officers and equityholders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for such press release or filing.

 

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Section 5.5 Tax Matters

 

(a) Tax Treatment.

 

(i) For U.S. federal income tax purpose, the Parties intend that (A) the AJAX Reorganization shall constitute a transaction treated as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code and (B) the PIPE Financing and the Share Purchase, taken together, shall constitute an integrated transaction treated as an exchange governed by the provisions of Section 351 of the Code (collectively, the “Intended Tax Treatment”), and each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, use reasonable best efforts to cause such transactions to so qualify. The Parties shall file all U.S. Tax Returns consistent with, and take no position inconsistent with (whether in U.S. audits, U.S. Tax Returns or otherwise with respect to U.S. federal income tax matters), the Intended Tax Treatment unless required to do so pursuant to a “determination” that is final within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.

 

(ii) The Parties hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a). The Parties shall not, and shall not permit or cause their respective Affiliates to, take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act prevents or impedes, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the AJAX Reorganization and the Share Purchase from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(iii) If, in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the SEC requests or requires that tax opinions be prepared and submitted with respect to the Tax treatment of (i) the AJAX Reorganization for the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders or any AJAX Party, then AJAX will procure Kirkland & Ellis LLP or other counsel to AJAX (“AJAX Tax Counsel”) to deliver such tax opinions or (ii) the PIPE Financing and the Share Purchase for the Company Shareholders or the Company, then AJAX will procure Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP or other counsel to the Company (“Company Tax Counsel”) to deliver such tax opinions and, in either case, AJAX and the Company shall deliver to AJAX Tax Counsel or Company Tax Counsel, as applicable, customary Tax representation letters satisfactory to such counsel, as applicable, dated and executed as of the date the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and such other date(s) as determined reasonably necessary by such counsel in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement.

 

(b) Tax Matters Cooperation. Each of the Parties shall (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to) cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by another Party, in connection with the filing of relevant Tax Returns, and any audit or tax proceeding. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other Party’s request) the provision (with the right to make copies) of records and information reasonably relevant to any tax proceeding or audit, making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder.

 

(c) Transfer Taxes. Listco shall be responsible for arranging payment of any Transfer Taxes, including arranging stamping of the applicable transfer instruments in respect of the transfer of the Company Shares as contemplated by Section 2.1(l) and payment of applicable stamp duty, which shall be settled in accordance with Section 2.5(a).

 

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(d) Tax Residence of Listco. The Parties acknowledge that the intention is that Listco will not be resident for Tax purposes in any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands at any time prior to the Closing Date and that following the Closing it will migrate its Tax residence to the United Kingdom. The Parties agree that they will each use reasonable best efforts to cause such migration to occur immediately following the Closing.

 

Section 5.6 Exclusive Dealing.

 

(a) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall not, and shall cause the other Group Companies and its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage (including by means of furnishing or disclosing non-public information), knowingly facilitate, discuss with any third party or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person in connection with, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iii) enter into any Contract or other arrangement or understanding regarding a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iv) prepare or take any steps in connection with a public offering of any Equity Securities or other securities of any Group Company (or any controlled Affiliate or successor of any Group Company); or (v) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing. The Company agrees to (A) notify AJAX promptly upon receipt of any Company Acquisition Proposal by any Group Company, and to describe the material terms and conditions of any such Company Acquisition Proposal in reasonable detail (including the identity of the Persons making such Company Acquisition Proposal) and (B) keep AJAX reasonably informed on a prompt basis of any modifications to such offer or information.

 

(b) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the AJAX Parties shall not, and each of them shall cause their Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage (including by means of furnishing or disclosing non-public information), knowingly facilitate, discuss with any third party or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with respect to an AJAX Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person in connection with, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an AJAX Acquisition Proposal; (iii) enter into any Contract or other arrangement or understanding regarding an AJAX Acquisition Proposal; or (iv) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing.

 

(c) For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 5.6 shall not prohibit the Company, any AJAX Party or any of their respective Representatives from taking any actions in the ordinary course that are not otherwise in violation of this Section 5.6 (such as answering phone calls) or informing any Person inquiring about a possible Company Acquisition Proposal or AJAX Acquisition Proposal, as applicable, of the existence of the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 5.6.

 

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Section 5.7 Preparation of Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, AJAX and the Company shall prepare and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either of AJAX or the Company, as applicable), and Listco shall file with the SEC, the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (it being understood that the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall include (i) a prospectus of Listco for the registration with the SEC of the offering of the Listco Class A Shares and the Listco Class C Shares comprising the Aggregate Stock Consideration, and (ii) and a proxy statement of AJAX which will be used for the AJAX Shareholders Meeting to adopt and approve the Transaction Proposals and other matters reasonably related to the Transaction Proposals, all in accordance with and as required by AJAX’s Governing Documents, applicable Law, and any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE). Each of AJAX, Listco and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (a) cause the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement to comply in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC (including, with respect to the Group Companies, the provision of financial statements of, and any other information with respect to, the Group Companies for all periods, and in the form, required to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement under Securities Laws (after giving effect to any waivers received) or in response to any comments from the SEC); (b) promptly notify the others of, reasonably cooperate with each other with respect to and respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff; (c) have the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after it is filed with the SEC; and (d) keep the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement effective through the Closing in order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. AJAX and Listco, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall promptly furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the other all information concerning such Party, its Non-Party Affiliates and their respective Representatives that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 5.7 or for inclusion in any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of AJAX or Listco to the SEC or NYSE in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, including delivering the tax representation letters described in Section 5.5(a)(iii) to enable the delivery of any tax opinions requested or required by the SEC to be submitted in connection therewith as described in Section 5.5(a)(iii). If any Party becomes aware of any information that should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, then (i) such Party shall promptly inform, in the case of any AJAX Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, AJAX, thereof; (ii) such Party shall prepare and mutually agree upon with, in the case of AJAX or Listco, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, AJAX or Listco (in either case, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement; (iii) Listco shall file such mutually agreed upon amendment or supplement with the SEC; and (iv) the Parties shall reasonably cooperate, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders. Listco shall as promptly as reasonably practicable advise the Company of the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of Listco Class A Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and AJAX, Listco and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that none of the information related to such Party or its Non-Party Affiliates or Representatives, supplied by or on its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is initially filed with the SEC, at each time at which it is amended, or at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

 

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Section 5.8 AJAX Shareholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, AJAX shall (a) duly give notice of and (b) use reasonable best efforts to duly convene and promptly hold an annual meeting of its shareholders (the “AJAX Shareholders Meeting”) in accordance with the Governing Documents of AJAX, for the purposes of obtaining the AJAX Shareholder Approval and, if applicable, any approvals related thereto and providing its applicable shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect an AJAX Shareholder Redemption. AJAX shall, through the AJAX Board, recommend to its shareholders, (A) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the transactions contemplated by Section 2.1, Section 2.4 and Section 2.5) (the “Business Combination Proposal”); (B) the adoption and approval of the issuance of the Listco Shares in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the AJAX Reorganization and Share Purchase (including (i) the Listco Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of the Listco Class B Shares, and (ii) the Listco Class A Shares resulting from any conversion of Listco Class C Shares to Listco Class A Shares) and the PIPE Financing as required by NYSE listing requirements (the “NYSE Proposal”); (C) the adoption and approval of the Listco Incentive Equity Plan (the “Incentive Equity Plan Proposal”); (D) the adoption and approval of each other proposal that either the SEC or NYSE (or the respective staff members thereof) indicates is necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement or in correspondence related thereto; (E) the adoption and approval of each other proposal reasonably agreed to by AJAX and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents; and (F) the adoption and approval of a proposal for the postponement or adjournment of the AJAX Shareholders Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing (such proposals in (A) through (F), collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”). The AJAX Board recommendation contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, AJAX may postpone or adjourn the AJAX Shareholders Meeting, after reasonable consultation with the Company (and after taking into account the Company’s input), (1) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the AJAX Shareholder Approval, (2) for the absence of a quorum, (3) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosures that AJAX has determined, based on the advice of outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Pre-Closing AJAX Shareholders prior to the AJAX Shareholders Meeting or (4) if the holders of AJAX Class A Shares have elected to redeem a number of AJAX Class A Shares as of such time that would reasonably be expected to result in the condition set forth in Section 6.3(e) not being satisfied; provided that, without the consent of the Company, in no event shall AJAX adjourn the AJAX Shareholders Meeting for more than one time or more than ten (10) Business Days later than the original date of the AJAX Shareholders Meeting or to a date that is beyond the Termination Date.

 

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Section 5.9 Conduct of Business of AJAX Parties.

 

(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, AJAX shall, and AJAX shall cause the AJAX Parties to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with or as a result of the AJAX Reorganization, AJAX Shareholder Redemption or the PIPE Financing), as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.9 of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules, or as consented to in writing by the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and in any event), (i) operate the business of the AJAX Parties in the ordinary course in all material respects and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact the business organization, assets, properties and material business relations of the AJAX Parties, taken as a whole.

 

(b) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, no AJAX Party shall, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with or as a result of the AJAX Reorganization, AJAX Shareholder Redemption or the PIPE Financing), as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.9 of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules or as consented to in writing by the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), do any of the following:

 

(i) adopt any amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications to the Trust Agreement or the Governing Documents of any AJAX Party;

 

(ii) declare, set aside, make or pay a dividend on, or make any other distribution or payment in respect of, its Equity Securities, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any of its outstanding Equity Securities;

 

(iii) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or other Equity Securities or issue any other security in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock;

 

(iv) incur, create or assume any Indebtedness (other than in the ordinary course of business);

 

(v) take any action with respect to accounting policies or procedures, other than as required by GAAP;

 

(vi) make any loans or advances to, or capital contributions in, any other Person, other than to, or in, any AJAX Party;

 

(vii) authorize or incur any capital expenditures or commitments;

 

(viii) issue any Equity Securities of any AJAX Party or grant any additional options, warrants or stock appreciation rights with respect to Equity Securities of any AJAX Party;

 

(ix) (i) amend, modify or renew any AJAX Related Party Transaction, other than (a) the entry into any Contract with an AJAX Related Party with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or (b) for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration or automatic extension or renewal of any Contract pursuant to its terms, or (ii) enter into any Contract that would constitute a new AJAX Related Party Transaction;

 

(x) engage in any activities or business, other than activities or business (i) in connection with or incident or related to such Person’s organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, or continuing corporate (or similar) existence, (ii) permitted under this Section 5.9 or otherwise contemplated by, or incident or related to, this Agreement, any Ancillary Document, the performance of any covenants or agreements hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (iii) those that are administrative or ministerial, in each case, which are immaterial in nature;

 

(xi) authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution;

 

(xii) enter into any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract;

 

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(xiii) hire any employees or retain any contractors or establish, amend, modify, adopt, enter into or terminate any employee benefit plan, program, agreement, policy or arrangement;

 

(xiv) (A) amend, modify or terminate any AJAX Material Contract or Listco Ownership Arrangement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration or automatic extension or renewal of any such AJAX Material Contract or Listco Ownership Arrangement pursuant to its terms), (B) waive any material benefit or right under any AJAX Material Contract or Listco Ownership Arrangement or (C) enter into any material contract that would constitute an AJAX Material Contract if it had been entered into prior to the date hereof, except in each case to the extent being necessary for or resulting from the AJAX Reorganization and not causing any material detriment to AJAX, Listco or any Group Company;

 

(xv) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(xvi) take any action that would cause Listco to fail to qualify as a “Foreign Private Issuer” for purposes of the U.S. Securities Laws;

 

(xvii) change its U.S. federal income tax classification or its residence for Tax purposes or keep a register of its members in the United Kingdom; or

 

(xviii) enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in this Section 5.9.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.9 or this Agreement to the contrary, (i) nothing set forth in this Agreement shall give the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of any AJAX Party and (ii) nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit, or otherwise restrict the ability of, any AJAX Party from using the funds held by an AJAX Party outside the Trust Account to pay any AJAX Expenses or other Liabilities of the AJAX Parties or from otherwise distributing or paying over any funds held by AJAX outside the Trust Account to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, in each case, prior to the Closing.

 

Section 5.10 NYSE Listing.

 

(a) AJAX shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Listco Class A Shares issuable in accordance with this Agreement to be approved for listing on NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance thereof, and (ii) to satisfy any applicable initial and continuing listing requirements of NYSE, in each case as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event prior to the Closing. The Company shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with AJAX, Listco and each of their respective Representatives in connection with the foregoing.

 

(b) From the date hereof through the Closing, AJAX shall notify the Company of any communications or correspondence received from the NYSE with respect to (i) the listing of the Listco Shares or other securities of AJAX or Listco, (ii) compliance by AJAX or Listco with the rules and regulations of the NYSE, and (iii) any potential suspension of listing or delisting action contemplated or threatened by the NYSE with respect to the Listco Shares or other securities of AJAX or Listco.

 

Section 5.11 Trust Account. Upon satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing of the conditions set forth in Article VI and provision of notice thereof to the Trustee, (a) at the Closing, AJAX and Listco shall (i) cause the documents, certificates and notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered, and (ii) make all appropriate arrangements to cause the Trustee to (A) pay as and when due all amounts, if any, payable to the Public Shareholders of AJAX pursuant to the AJAX Shareholder Redemption, (B) pay the amounts due to the underwriters of AJAX’s initial public offering for their deferred underwriting commissions as set forth in the Trust Agreement and (C) immediately thereafter, pay all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account to AJAX in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and (b) thereafter, the Trust Account shall terminate, except as otherwise provided therein.

 

Section 5.12 Transaction Support Agreements; Shareholder SPAs; Drag Along

 

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, each Supporting Company Shareholder shall duly execute and deliver to AJAX and the Company a Transaction Support Agreement.

 

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(b) The Company will use reasonable best efforts promptly following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after such effectiveness) to: (i) cause the requisite number of Series D Shareholders needed to obtain a Series D Majority (as defined in the Company Articles of Association), which Series D Majority together with the Supporting Company Shareholders shall be the sufficient number of Company Shareholders to constitute Drag Shareholders) to deliver to (A) AJAX and the Company a duly executed Shareholder SPA and (B) the Exchange Agent properly completed stock transfer form(s), in each case in respect of the Company Shares held by such Company Shareholders; and (ii), cause the Drag Shareholders to notify the Company of their wish to transfer their Company Shares to Listco and provide a Drag Along Notice (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) to the Company with such notice to be served in accordance with the Company Articles of Association and to contain the details required in the Company Articles of Association. Promptly following receipt of the Drag Along Notice, the Company shall forthwith provide a copy to the other Company Shareholders of such Drag Along Notice as required in the Company Articles of Association.

 

(c) Promptly following the service of the Drag Along Notice by the Company to the Called Shareholders in accordance with Section 5.12(b) above, the Company will use reasonable best efforts to cause all Called Shareholders to deliver by the Closing Date (i) a duly executed Shareholder SPA to AJAX and the Company and (ii) properly completed stock transfer form(s) to the Exchange Agent, in each case in respect of the Company Shares held by such Called Shareholders. Subject to the satisfaction of the obligations in Section 5.12(a) and Section 5.12(b), in the event that any Called Shareholder has not delivered to AJAX and the Company a duly executed Shareholder SPA (and to the Exchange Agent the properly completed stock transfer form(s)) prior to the Closing Date, then the Company or any director on behalf of the Company shall, pursuant to article 23.8 of the Company Articles of Association, on the Closing Date execute and deliver a Shareholder SPA and stock transfer form(s) (and any such other agreements or documents necessary to effect the Share Purchase) as an agent for any such Called Shareholder.

 

Section 5.13 Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.

 

(a) Each Party agrees that (i) all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of each AJAX Party, as provided in the applicable AJAX Party’s Governing Documents or otherwise in effect as of immediately prior to the Closing, in either case, solely with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Closing, shall survive the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the Closing for a period of six (6) years and (ii) Listco will perform and discharge, or cause to be performed and discharged, all obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation during such six (6)-year period. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, during such six (6)-year period, Listco shall advance, or caused to be advanced, expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the applicable AJAX Party’s Governing Documents or other applicable agreements as in effect immediately prior to the Closing. The indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the AJAX Parties’ Governing Documents shall not, during such six (6)-year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified by Listco, the Company or any other Person following the Closing in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of immediately prior to the Closing, or at any time prior to such time, were directors or officers of any AJAX Party (the “AJAX D&O Persons”) entitled to be so indemnified, have their liability limited or be exculpated with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Closing and relating to the fact that such AJAX D&O Person was a director or officer of any AJAX Party on or prior to the Closing, unless such amendment, repeal or other modification is required by applicable Law.

 

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(b) None of Listco nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any obligation under this Section 5.13 to any AJAX D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such AJAX D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.

 

(c) AJAX or Listco shall purchase, at or prior to the Closing, and Listco and the Company shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, in effect for a period of six (6) years following the Closing, without lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of the AJAX Parties in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Closing. Such “tail” policy shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the Persons covered thereby) the coverage provided under the AJAX Parties’ directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(d) Prior to the Closing, AJAX and/or Listco shall purchase and maintain for such periods as the Listco Board shall in good faith determine following Closing, at Listco’s expense, insurance reasonable for Listco, given its size and activities, on behalf of any person who is a director or officer of Listco, or is serving at the request of Listco as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any direct or indirect subsidiary of Listco, against any expense, liability or loss asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, subject to customary exclusions.

 

(e) If Listco or any of its successors or assigns (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of Listco shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.13.

 

(f) The Persons entitled to the indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation or insurance coverage set forth in this Section 5.13 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.13. This Section 5.13 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of AJAX, Listco and the Company.

 

Section 5.14 Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.

 

(a) Each Party agrees that (i) all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of the Group Companies, as provided in the Group Companies’ Governing Documents or otherwise in effect as of immediately prior to the Closing, in either case, solely with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Closing, shall survive the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms as in effect immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) Listco will cause the applicable Group Companies to perform and discharge all obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, Listco shall cause the applicable Group Companies to advance expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the Group Companies’ Governing Documents or other applicable agreements in effect as of immediately prior to the Closing. The indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the Group Companies’ Governing Documents shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified following the Closing in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of the Closing or at any time prior to the Closing, were directors or officers of the Group Companies (the “Company D&O Persons”) entitled to be so indemnified, have their liability limited or be exculpated with respect to any matters occurring prior to Closing and relating to the fact that such Company D&O Person was a director or officer of any Group Company on or prior to the Closing, unless such amendment, repeal or other modification is required by applicable Law.

 

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(b) None of Listco or the Group Companies shall have any obligation under this Section 5.14 to any Company D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such Company D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.

 

(c) The Company shall purchase, at or prior to the Closing, and Listco and the Company shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, in effect for a period of six (6) years following the Closing, without lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of the Group Companies in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Closing. Such “tail” policy shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the Persons covered thereby) the coverage provided under the Group Companies’ directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(d) If Listco or any of its successors or assigns (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of Listco shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.14.

 

(e) The Persons entitled to the indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation or insurance coverage set forth in this Section 5.14 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.14. This Section 5.14 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Listco and the Company.

 

Section 5.15 Post-Closing Directors, Name and Articles. Conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, subject to any limitation imposed under applicable Laws and NYSE listing requirements, AJAX and Listco shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to cause (a) the individuals identified in accordance with Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedules to be elected as members of the Board of Directors of Listco (the “Listco Board”), effective as of the Closing (b) for Listco to be renamed Cazoo Group Ltd at Closing and (c) the Listco Articles of Association to be effective as of the Closing.

 

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Section 5.16 PCAOB Financials.

 

(a) The Company shall deliver to the AJAX Parties, (i) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within 60 days) following the date of this Agreement, the Closing Company Audited Financial Statements, and (ii) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of the relevant financial statement or other applicable period, the Other Closing Company Financial Statements, in each case, prepared in accordance with Section 3.4(b).

 

(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts (i) to assist, upon advance written notice, during normal business hours and in a manner such as to not unreasonably interfere with the normal operation of the Group Companies, AJAX in causing to be prepared in a timely manner any other financial information or statements (including customary pro forma financial statements) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and any other filings to be made by AJAX with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document and (ii) to obtain the consents of its auditors with respect thereto as may be required by applicable Law or requested by the SEC.

 

Section 5.17 Listco Incentive Equity Plan. At least one day prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the AJAX Board shall approve and adopt an equity incentive plan, with such terms and conditions set forth on Exhibit G and with any changes or modifications thereto as the Company and AJAX may mutually agree (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either the Company or AJAX, as applicable) (the “Listco Incentive Equity Plan”), in the manner prescribed under applicable Laws, effective as of one day prior to the Closing Date.

 

Section 5.18 Employment Agreements. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company will use reasonable best efforts to enter into employment agreements with the Key Employees of the Group Companies, as identified by, and based on the terms and conditions as reasonably and mutually agreed upon by, AJAX and the Company and such employees, which will be consistent with the terms and condition set forth in the term sheet attached hereto as Section 5.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedules; provided, that, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the entry into such employment agreements is not, and shall not be, a condition to Closing.

 

Section 5.19 PIPE Subscription Agreements. AJAX, the Company and Listco shall each use its reasonable best efforts to satisfy the conditions of the PIPE Investors’ closing obligations contained in the PIPE Subscription Agreements, and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The AJAX Parties shall not permit any amendment or modification to be made to, or any waiver of any provision or remedy under, or any replacements or terminations of, the PIPE Subscription Agreements in any manner other than (a) as expressly provide for by the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements or (b) to reflect any permitted assignments or transfers of the PIPE Subscription Agreements by the PIPE Investors pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided that the Parties acknowledge that any purposed amendment, modification or waiver of the PIPE Subscription Agreements (i) that affects the offering price of the Listco Shares pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, (ii) that reduces the Aggregate Closing PIPE Proceeds, (iii) that adds additional conditions to the obligations of the PIPE Investors to consummate the transactions contemplated by the PIPE Subscription Agreements or (iv) provides for additional post-Closing obligations of Listco or the Company, may be rejected by the Company in its sole discretion). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, The AJAX Parties shall give the Company prompt (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) written notice: (i) of any proposed amendment to any PIPE Subscription Agreement, (ii) any breach or default (or any event or circumstance that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, could give rise to any breach or default) by any party to any PIPE Subscription Agreement known to the AJAX Parties, and (iii) the receipt of any written notice or other written communication from any party to any PIPE Subscription Agreement with respect to any actual, potential or claimed expiration, lapse, withdrawal, breach, default, termination or repudiation by any party to any PIPE Subscription Agreement or any provisions of any PIPE Subscription Agreement. If any PIPE Subscription Agreement expires or is terminated, withdrawn or repudiated by any party thereto prior to the Closing, such that the Aggregate Closing PIPE Proceeds is expected to be below $650,000,000, the AJAX Parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts, prior to the Closing, to procure one or more investors to enter into PIPE Subscription Agreements with AJAX and Listco for the PIPE Financing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and on the same terms and in the same amount at least equal to the amount of the PIPE Financing under the PIPE Subscription Agreement(s) that have expired or been terminated, withdrawn or repudiated.

 

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Section 5.20 Transaction Consents. As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain the consents and/or waivers set forth on Section 5.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedules. The Company shall promptly inform AJAX upon receipt of any consent / waiver as contemplated by this Section 5.20, together with a copy of such consent / waiver.

 

Article VI
CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF THE CLOSING

 

Section 6.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing by the Party for whose benefit such condition exists of the following conditions:

 

(a) no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in effect;

 

(b) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC and shall remain in effect with respect to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, and no Proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened in writing or initiated by the SEC and remain pending;

 

(c) the requisite number of Series D Shareholders to constitute a Series D Majority (as such term is defined under the Company Articles of Association) have notified the Company of their wish to transfer their Company Shares to Listco and the Drag Along Notice has been delivered to the Called Shareholders;

 

(d) the AJAX Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained;

 

(e) the Listco Share Purchase and the Merger shall have occurred;

 

(f) each Consent set forth on Section 6.1(f) of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules shall have been obtained (or deemed, by applicable Law, to have been obtained), as applicable;

 

(g) the Listco Class A Shares (including: (i) the Listco Class A Shares resulting from any conversion of the Listco Class C Shares to Listco Class A Shares, and (ii) the Listco Class A Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the PIPE Subscription Agreements) shall have been approved for listing on NYSE, subject to official notice of the issuance thereof; and

 

(h) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including the PIPE Financing), Listco shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) immediately after the Closing.

 

Section 6.2 Other Conditions to the Obligations of the AJAX Parties. The obligations of the AJAX Parties to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing by AJAX (on behalf of itself and the other AJAX Parties) of the following further conditions:

 

(a) (i) the Company Fundamental Representations (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(a) through (d) and Section 3.8(a) and the Company Fundamental Representations contemplated in clause (iii)(B) below) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(a) through (d) shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of such earlier date), (iii) (A) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.8(a) and (B) the Company Fundamental Representations that are qualified by “Company Material Adverse Effect”, in each case, shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date) and (iv) the representations and warranties of the of the Company set forth in Article III (other than the representations and warranties contemplated by clauses (i) through (iii) above) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken as a whole, does not cause a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(b) the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by the Company under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

(c) since the date of this Agreement, no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred;

 

(d) at or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to AJAX the following documents:

 

(i) a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 6.2(a), Section 6.2(b) and Section 6.2(c) are satisfied, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to AJAX;

 

(ii) the Investor Rights Agreement duly executed by Major Shareholders; and

 

(iii) the Exchange Agent Agreement, duly executed by the Company.

 

Section 6.3 Other Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver in writing by the Company of the following further conditions:

 

(a) (i) the AJAX Fundamental Representations (other than the representations and warranties set forth in the last sentence of Section 4.1(b) and in Section 4.7(a)) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.7(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of such earlier date), (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in the last sentence of Section 4.1(b) and in Section 4.9(a) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date) and (iv) the representations and warranties of the AJAX Parties (other than the representations and warranties contemplated by clauses (i) through (iii) above) contained in Article IV of this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “AJAX Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken as a whole, does not cause an AJAX Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b) the AJAX Parties shall have performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

(c) since the date of this Agreement, no AJAX Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred;

 

(d) at or prior to the Closing, AJAX shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, the following documents to the Company:

 

(i) a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of AJAX, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 6.3(a) and Section 6.3(b) are satisfied, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company;

 

(ii) the Exchange Agent Agreement, duly executed by AJAX and the Exchange Agent; and

 

(iii) the Investor Rights Agreement duly executed by AJAX and the Sponsor.

 

(e) the Aggregate Transaction Proceeds shall be equal to or greater than $1,000,000,000.

 

Section 6.4 Frustration of Closing Conditions. The Company may not rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article VI to be satisfied if such failure was proximately caused by the Company’s failure to comply with or perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement. None of the AJAX Parties may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article VI to be satisfied if such failure was proximately caused by an AJAX Party’s failure to comply with or perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Article VII
TERMINATION

 

Section 7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a) by mutual written consent of AJAX and the Company;

 

(b) by AJAX, if any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article III shall not be true and correct or if the Company has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing when required by this Agreement), in each case, such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) forty-five (45) days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Company by AJAX, and (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, AJAX may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) if any of the AJAX Parties is then in breach of this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) from being satisfied;

 

(c) by the Company, if any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article IV shall not be true and correct or if any AJAX Party has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of such applicable AJAX Party set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing when required by this Agreement), in each case, such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) forty-five (45) days after written notice thereof is delivered to AJAX by the Company and (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, the Company may not exercise its rights to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) if it is then in breach of this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) from being satisfied;

 

(d) by either AJAX or the Company, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated on or prior to October 29, 2021 (the “Termination Date”); provided, that (i) the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) shall not be available to AJAX if any AJAX Party’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement shall have primarily caused the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on or before the Termination Date, and (ii) the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) shall not be available to the Company if the Company’s breach of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement shall have primarily caused the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on or before the Termination Date;

 

(e) by either AJAX or the Company, if any Governmental Entity having competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order or taken any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Order or action shall have become final and nonappealable;

 

(f) by either AJAX or the Company if the AJAX Shareholders Meeting has been held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), has concluded, AJAX’s shareholders have duly voted and the AJAX Shareholder Approval was not obtained; or

 

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(g) by AJAX if the Company does not deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Called Shareholders the Drag Along Notice within five (5) Business Days of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement.

 

Section 7.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this entire Agreement shall forthwith become void (and there shall be no Liability or obligation on the part of the Parties and their respective Representatives) with the exception of Section 5.3(a), this Section 7.2, Article VIII (other than Section 8.17, which shall terminate other than to the extent related to a surviving provision of this Agreement) and Article I (to the extent related to the foregoing), each of which shall survive such termination and remain valid and binding obligations of the Parties and (b) the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive such termination and remain valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for its willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or its fraud.

 

Article VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1 Non-Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement and in the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Section 2.3(b), Section 6.2(d)(i) and Section 6.3(d)(i) shall terminate at the Closing, except for (a) those covenants and agreements that, by their terms, expressly contemplate performance in whole or in part after the Closing and (b) this Article VIII (other than Section 8.17, which shall terminate other than to the extent related to a surviving provision of this Agreement) and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I, which shall survive the Closing until they have been performed or satisfied.

 

Section 8.2 Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement (together with the Ancillary Documents including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto) constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of AJAX and the Company; provided, however, that following the Closing, the prior written consent of the Sponsor shall be required for any assignment with respect to any continuing rights or obligations of the Sponsor under the Agreement. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.2 shall be void.

 

Section 8.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement executed and delivered by AJAX and the Company; provided, however, that following the Closing, the written agreement of the Sponsor shall be required for any amendment with respect to any continuing rights or obligations of the Sponsor or the AJAX D&O Persons under this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence and any purported amendment by any Party or Parties effected in a manner which does not comply with this Section 8.3 shall be void, ab initio. This Section 8.3 shall not limit the rights or obligations of any person under any Transaction Support Agreement or Shareholder SPA.

 

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Section 8.4 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

(a) If to any AJAX Party, to:

 

c/o AJAX I

667 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10606

Telephone: (212) 655-2685

  Attention: Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  E-mail: dan@willcapllc.com
    glenn@virtruip.com

 

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

 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 N. LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654

  Attention: Ryan D. Harris, P.C.
    Cole Parker, P.C.
    Katherine M. Bryan
  E-mail: ryan.harris@kirkland.com
     cole.parker@kirkland.com
     katherine.bryan@kirkland.com

 

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(b) If to the Company, to:

 

Cazoo Holdings Limited

41 Chalton Street

London

NW1 1JD

  Attention: Ned Staple
  E-mail: ned.staple@cazoo.co.uk

 

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

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

  Attention: Valerie Ford Jacob
     Sebastian L. Fain
  E-mail: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com
    sebastian.fain@freshfields.com

and to:

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

100 Bishopsgate

London

EC2P 2SR

United Kingdom

  Attention: Natasha Good
  E-mail: natasha.good@freshfields.com

  

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

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Section 8.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware (except that the CICA shall also apply to the AJAX Reorganization).

 

Section 8.6 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Unpaid Company Expenses and AJAX shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Unpaid AJAX Expenses, and (b) if the Closing occurs, then the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Unpaid Company Expenses and Unpaid AJAX Expenses.

 

Section 8.7 Construction; Interpretation. The term “this Agreement” means this Business Combination Agreement together with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof. The headings set forth in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No Party, nor its respective counsel, shall be deemed the drafter of this Agreement for purposes of construing the provisions hereof, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed according to their fair meaning and not strictly for or against any Party. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (a) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules and Exhibits, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause set forth in this Agreement; (b) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (c) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (d) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (f) the word “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive; (g) the words “writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form; (h) the word “day” means calendar day unless Business Day is expressly specified; (i) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; (j) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement; (k) the words “provided”, “delivered” or “made available” or words of similar import (regardless of whether capitalized or not) shall mean, when used with reference to documents or other materials required to be provided or made available to AJAX, any documents or other materials posted to the electronic data room located at datasite.com under the project name “Project Capri” as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of this Agreement; (l) all references to any Law will be to such Law as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or re-enacted from time to time; and (m) all references to any Contract are to that Contract as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (subject to any restrictions on amendments or modifications set forth in this Agreement). If any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.

 

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Section 8.8 Exhibits and Schedules. All Exhibits and Schedules, or documents expressly incorporated into this Agreement, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement and are hereby made a part hereof as if set out in full in this Agreement. The Schedules shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered Sections and subsections set forth in this Agreement. Any item disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedules or in the AJAX Disclosure Schedules corresponding to any Section or subsection of Article III (in the case of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or Article IV (in the case of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules) shall be deemed to have been disclosed with respect to every other section and subsection of Article III (in the case of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or Article IV (in the case of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules), as applicable, where the relevance of such disclosure to such other Section or subsection is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure. The information and disclosures set forth in the Schedules that correspond to the section or subsections of Article III or Article IV may not be limited to matters required to be disclosed in the Schedules, and any such additional information or disclosure is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily include other matters of a similar nature. The specification of any dollar amount in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or the inclusion of any specific item in the Exhibits or Schedules does not imply that such amount (or higher or lower amounts) are or are not material, and no party hereto shall use the fact of the setting of such amounts or the fact of the inclusion of any such item in the Exhibits or Schedules in any dispute or controversy between the parties hereto as to whether any obligation, item, or matter not described herein or included in the Exhibits or Schedules is or is not material for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.9 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and its successors and permitted assigns and, except as provided in Section 5.13, Section 5.14, the last sentence of this Section 8.9 and Section 8.13, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. The Sponsor shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 5.4, Section 8.2, Section 8.3, this Section 8.9, Section 8.13 and Section 8.14. This Section 8.9 shall not limit the rights or obligations of any person under any Transaction Support Agreement or Shareholder SPA.

 

Section 8.10 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 8.11 Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document (including any of the closing deliverables contemplated hereby) may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including any of the closing deliverables contemplated hereby) by e-mail, or scanned pages shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement or any such Ancillary Document.

 

Section 8.12 Knowledge of Company; Knowledge of AJAX. For all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “to the Company’s knowledge” and “known by the Company” and any derivations thereof shall mean as of the applicable date, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. For all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “to AJAX’s knowledge” and “to the knowledge of AJAX” and any derivations thereof shall mean as of the applicable date, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(b) of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or Section 8.12(b) of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules shall have any personal Liability or obligations regarding such knowledge.

 

Section 8.13 No Recourse. Except for claims pursuant to any Ancillary Document by any party(ies) thereto against any Company Non-Party Affiliate or any AJAX Non-Party Affiliate (each, a “Non-Party Affiliate”), and then solely with respect to claims against the Non-Party Affiliates that are party to the applicable Ancillary Document, each Party agrees on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Company Non-Party Affiliates, in the case of the Company, and the AJAX Non-Party Affiliates, in the case of AJAX, that (a) this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and no claims of any nature whatsoever arising under or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be asserted against any Non-Party Affiliate, and (b) none of the Non-Party Affiliates shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith.

 

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Section 8.14 Extension; Waiver. At any time (prior to the Closing and in the case of AJAX, prior to receipt of the AJAX Shareholder Approval), (a) the Company may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the AJAX Parties set forth herein, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the AJAX Parties set forth herein or in any document delivered by the AJAX Parties or (iii) waive compliance by the AJAX Parties with any of the agreements or conditions set forth herein and (b) AJAX may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the Company set forth herein, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein or in any document delivered by the Company or (iii) waive compliance by the Company with any of the agreements or conditions set forth herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of any Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of such rights. This Section 8.14 shall not limit the rights or obligations of any person under any Transaction Support Agreement or Shareholder SPA.

 

Section 8.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.15.

 

Section 8.16 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within State of Delaware), for the purposes of any Proceeding (a) arising under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Proceeding against such Party (i) arising under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) any claim that such Party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 8.16 for any reason, (B) that such Party or such Party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the Proceeding in any such court is brought against such Party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Proceeding against such Party is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such Party in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail or internationally recognized courier service to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 8.4 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding.

 

Section 8.17 Remedies.

 

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

 

(b) The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

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Section 8.18 Trust Account Waiver. Reference is made to the final prospectus of AJAX, filed with the SEC (File No. 333- 249411) on October 16, 2020 (the “Prospectus”). The Company acknowledges and agrees and understands that AJAX has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of AJAX’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by AJAX’s underwriters, the “Public Shareholders”), and AJAX may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of AJAX entering into this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Representatives that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Company nor any of its respective Representatives does now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between AJAX or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and, the Company and its Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Trust Account Released Claims”). The Company on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it or any of its Representatives may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, or Contracts with AJAX or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with AJAX or its Affiliates).

 

Section 8.19 Actions Under Shareholder SPAs and Transaction Support Agreement

 

(a) Pursuant to, and to the extent permitted under, the powers granted under the Company Articles of Association, the Shareholder SPAs and/or the Transaction Support Agreements, the Company (acting by any of its directors or company secretary (either alone or in combination), each, a “Designated Shareholder Representative”) agrees in such capacity, in connection with and to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including pursuant to the Shareholder SPAs and any other Ancillary Documents, shall, in each case, to the extent necessary or desirable:

 

(i) execute and deliver the Shareholder SPAs and any other Ancillary Documents and any other documents necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of the Company Shareholders including any amendments, modifications, waivers and consents in connection thereto;

 

(ii) enforce and protect the rights and interests of the Company Shareholders arising out of or under or in any manner relating to this Agreement, the Shareholder SPAs and any other Ancillary Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and to take any and all actions which the Designated Shareholder Representative believes are necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, the Shareholder SPAs and/or any other Ancillary Document for and on behalf of Company Shareholders (but, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions hereunder and thereunder);

 

(iii) refrain from enforcing any right of any Company Shareholder arising out of or under or in any manner relating to this Agreement, the Shareholder SPAs or any other Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; provided, however, that no such failure to act on the part of the Designated Shareholder Representative, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Shareholder SPAs or in any other Ancillary Document, shall be deemed a waiver of any such right or interest by any such Company Shareholder or Designated Shareholder Representative unless such waiver is in writing signed by the waiving party or by the Designated Shareholder Representative, as applicable; and

 

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(iv) make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such other agreements, guarantees, orders, receipts, endorsements, notices, requests, instructions, certificates, stock powers, letters and other writings, and, in general, to do any and all things and to take any and all action necessary or proper or convenient in connection with or to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Shareholder SPAs and all other Ancillary Documents on behalf of the Company Shareholders (but, in each, case subject to the terms and conditions hereunder and thereunder).

 

(b) Each of the other Parties shall be entitled to rely conclusively, without inquiry, on any document executed or purported to be executed on behalf of any Company Shareholder by the Designated Shareholder Representative, and on any other decision, action, omission, consent or instruction taken or purported to be taken on behalf of any Company Shareholder by the Designated Shareholder Representative, as fully binding on such Company Shareholder, and each of the other Parties are hereby relieved from any liability to any Person in accordance with the foregoing, all of which shall be legally binding upon the Company Shareholders, and no Company Shareholder shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. Notice given to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute notice to the Company Shareholders for all purposes under this Agreement or, except as otherwise expressly provided therein, any Ancillary Document.

 

Section 8.20 Legal Representation.

 

(a) Each Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its directors, managers, officers, owners, employees and Affiliates and each of their successors and assigns (all such parties, the “Waiving Parties”), hereby agrees that Kirkland & Ellis LLP (or any successor thereto) (“K&E”) may represent the Sponsor or any direct or indirect director, manager, officer, owner, employee or Affiliate of the Sponsor, in connection with any dispute, claim, Proceeding or Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Ancillary Document the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (any such representation, the “AJAX Post-Closing Representation”) notwithstanding its representation (or any continued representation) of the Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company, on behalf of itself and the Waiving Parties, hereby consents thereto and irrevocably waives (and will not assert) any conflict of interest or any objection arising therefrom or relating thereto, even though the interests of the AJAX Post-Closing Representation may be directly adverse to the Waiving Parties.

 

(b) Each Waiving Party hereby agrees that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (or any successor thereto) (“Freshfields”) may represent any Group Company or any direct or indirect director, manager, officer, owner, employee or Affiliate thereof, in connection with any dispute, claim, Proceeding or Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (any such representation, the “Company Post-Closing Representation”) notwithstanding its representation (or any continued representation) of the Group Companies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each Party on behalf of itself and the applicable Waiving Parties hereby consents thereto and irrevocably waives (and will not assert) any conflict of interest or any objection arising therefrom or relating thereto, even though the interests of the Company Post-Closing Representation may be directly adverse to the applicable Waiving Parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Business Combination Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.

 

  AJAX I
     
  By: /s/ J. Morgan Rutman
  Name:   J. Morgan Rutman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
  CAZOO HOLDINGS LIMITED
     
  By: /s/ Alexander Chesterman
  Name:   Alexander Chesterman
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  CAPRI LISTCO
     
  By: /s/ J. Morgan Rutman
  Name:   J. Morgan Rutman
  Title:   Director

 

 

 

 

Annex A - Supporting Company Shareholders

 

1. Alex Chesterman OBE

 

2. DMGV Limited

 

3. Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille SA

 

4. D1 Master Holdco I LLC

 

5. General Catalyst Group IX, L.P

 

6. Stride Capital Fund I Scsp

 

7. General Catalyst Group X - Growth Venture LP

 

8. GC Entrepreneurs Fund IX, L.P

 

9. Stephen Morana

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Shareholder SPA

 

[Insert Attached]

 

 

 

 

[●] 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT

  for the sale and purchase of certain shares in Cazoo Holdings Limited 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
100 Bishopsgate
London
EC2P 2SR 

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

Clause   Page
     
1. Interpretation 2
2. Sale and Transfer of the Sale Shares; Consideration 4
3. SPA Closing 5
4. Seller Warranties 5
5. Purchaser Warranties 6
6. Conditions 6
7. Arrangement with the Company 6
8. Power of Attorney 6
9. Costs 7
10. Termination 7
11. Trust Account Waiver 8
12. Notices 8
13. General 10
Schedule 1 The Seller and the Sale Shares 13

 

 

 

 

Agreement

 

dated [●] 2021

 

Parties:

 

1. The person whose name and address are set out in Schedule 1 (the Seller);

 

2. Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales (with registered number 12450682) and having its registered office at 41 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD, United Kingdom (the Company); and

 

3. Capri Listco, an exempted Company incorporated in Cayman Islands (the Purchaser),

 

together the Parties, and each a Party.

 

RECITALS:

 

(A)  Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (AJAX), the Purchaser and the Company entered into the Business Combination Agreement (as defined in clause 1.1 below) on [●] March 2021 in connection with the acquisition by the Purchaser of the entire issued share capital of the Company (the Transaction). The board of directors of the Company has approved the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement including the transfer by all shareholders of the Company of all of their Shares (as defined in clause 1.1 below) to the Purchaser.

 

(B)  The Drag Shareholders (as defined in the Company Articles of Association (as defined in clause 1.1 below)) have notified the Company of their wish to transfer their shares in the Company to the Purchaser and have provided a copy of the Drag Along Notice (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) to the Company, which the Company has provided to all other shareholders of the Company.

 

(C)  In accordance with the provisions of the Drag Along Notice and in order to effect the Transaction, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that every shareholder of the Company will sell all their Shares to the Purchaser on the SPA Closing Date (as defined in clause 1.1 below) pursuant to agreements substantially in the form hereof to be entered into with each of the other shareholders of the Company (the Other SPAs).

 

(D)  The Seller has agreed to sell the Sale Shares (as defined in clause 1.1 below) and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Sale Shares, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

It is agreed:

 

1. Interpretation

 

1.1 The following words and expressions where used in this Agreement have the meanings given to them below:

 

Allocation Schedule means the “Allocation Schedule” (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) deemed “final” pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Attorneys has the meaning given in clause 8.1;

 

BCA Closing has the meaning given to the term “Closing” in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Business Combination Agreement means the business combination agreement, dated [●] March 2021, by and among AJAX, the Purchaser and the Company (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms);

 

Business Day has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Company Articles of Association means the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time;

 

Consideration has the meaning given in clause 2.2;

 

Election has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Exchange Agent means [●];

 

IPO has the meaning given in clause 11;

 

Law has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Lien has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Mix and Match Election Form has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Other SPAs has the meaning given in the recitals;

 

Proceeding has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Prospectus has the meaning given in clause 11;

 

Purchaser Shares means the Class C Shares of the Purchaser to be issued in exchange for Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Representatives has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Sale Shares means the Ordinary Shares, Series A Shares, Series B Shares, Series C Shares and/or Series D Shares in the Company to be sold by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, comprising all Shares held by the Seller as at the date of this Agreement, and as set out in the column opposite such Seller’s name in Schedule 1 together with all other Shares that the Seller may acquire between the date of this Agreement and the SPA Closing, including pursuant to any exercise of options over Shares, share split, dividend, recapitalisation or otherwise;

 

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Securities Laws has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Seller’s Bank Account means the bank account details provided by the Seller in writing to the Company (or any person nominated by the Company) for the purposes of this Agreement no less than two Business Days prior to the SPA Closing Date), and if the Seller does not provide any bank accounts details in accordance with this definition, then this term shall mean a bank account of the Company nominated by the Company;

 

Shareholders’ Agreement means the shareholders’ agreement relating to the Company dated 16 June 2020 (as amended and restated on 1 October 2020 and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms);

 

Shares means the Ordinary Shares, Series A Shares, Series B Shares, Series C Shares and/or Series D Shares in the Company;

 

SPA Closing means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

SPA Closing Date has the meaning given in clause 3.1;

 

Transaction has the meaning given in the recitals;

 

Transfer Instrument means a properly completed and duly executed (but undated) stock transfer form in respect of each class of Sale Shares;

 

Trust Account has the meaning given in clause 11; and

 

Trust Account Released Claims has the meaning given in clause 11.

 

1.2 Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Agreement to:

 

(a) any of the masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall include other genders;

 

(b) any reference to they, them, theirs or their in this Agreement may, according to the context, refer to a single individual person and should not, unless expressly stated otherwise in the relevant clause, be construed as imposing or creating any joint obligations, covenants, warranties, representations, undertakings or liabilities on or of the Parties;

 

(c) the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

 

(d) $ or dollar or US$ shall be references to United States dollars;

 

(e) a person shall include a reference to an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity;

 

(f) any statute or statutory provision shall be deemed to include any instrument, order, regulation or direction made or issued under it and shall be construed so as to include a reference to the same as it may have been amended, modified, consolidated, re-enacted or replaced except and to the extent that any amendment or modification made after the date of this Agreement would increase any liability or impose any additional obligation upon the Seller under this Agreement; and

 

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(g) a particular government or statutory authority shall include any entity which is a successor to that authority.

 

1.3 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect its meaning. References to a clause or Schedule are (unless otherwise stated) to a clause of and Schedule to this Agreement.

 

1.4 The ejusdem generis principle of construction shall not apply to this Agreement. Accordingly, in construing this Agreement, general words introduced by the word “other” shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are preceded by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things and general words followed by the word “including” shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words.

 

2. Sale and Transfer of the Sale Shares; Consideration

 

2.1 On the SPA Closing Date, and as part of the BCA Closing, the Seller shall sell and transfer, and the Purchaser shall purchase and acquire, the Sale Shares on the terms that the same covenants shall be deemed to be given by the Seller on SPA Closing in relation to the Sale Shares as are implied under Part I of the United Kingdom’s Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 where a disposition is expressed to be made with full title guarantee. The Seller shall sell and transfer their Sale Shares free and clear from all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under Securities Laws or any general restrictions under the Company Articles of Association), together with rights accruing to the Sale Shares (including any dividends or distributions declared, made or paid thereon) on or after the SPA Closing Date.

 

2.2 The consideration for the sale and transfer of the Sale Shares (the Consideration) shall be:

 

(a) an amount in cash; and/or

 

(b) the issue of new Purchaser Shares by the Purchaser,

 

in each case as allocated to the Seller in the Allocation Schedule, as determined in accordance with Section 2.1(l)(ii) of the Business Combination Agreement and on the basis of the Elections made (or deemed to have been made) by the Seller and each other shareholder of the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(m) of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2.3 The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Purchaser Shares to be issued as part of the Consideration shall be valued at $10 per share pursuant to Section 2.1(l)(i) of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2.4 The Seller agrees and acknowledges that the Consideration to be allocated pursuant clause 2.2 shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and that there is no guarantee that the form of Consideration requested on any Mix and Match Election From will be allocated to the Seller.

 

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3. SPA Closing

 

3.1 The SPA Closing shall occur on the same date on which the BCA Closing shall occur. The Company shall (to the extent not already provided) provide written notice to the Seller of the date on which SPA Closing shall take place (such date being the SPA Closing Date); provided that the Company shall be entitled to update the SPA Closing Date at its absolute discretion.

 

3.2 The sale and purchase of the Sale Shares shall be completed on the SPA Closing Date and shall be conditional upon, and occur simultaneously with, the BCA Closing. The matters set out in clause 3.4 shall occur on the SPA Closing Date.

 

3.3 The Seller (or, failing which, the Company as an attorney or agent of the Seller) shall deliver the Transfer Instrument (and to the extent issued, a share certificate in respect of the Sale Shares or an indemnity for any lost share certificates in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the Exchange Agent on or before the SPA Closing Date. The Company shall procure that the Exchange Agent will hold the Transfer Instrument to the order of the Seller and will date and release the Transfer Instrument on the SPA Closing Date. If SPA Closing does not take place and this Agreement terminates, the Company shall procure that the Exchange Agent will destroy the Transfer Instrument and return any share certificates which were delivered to it.

 

3.4 On SPA Closing, the Purchaser shall cause the Consideration to be paid or made available to the Seller, with any cash portion of the Consideration to be paid into the Seller’s Bank Account (or, if applicable, to the Company which shall hold such Consideration on trust for the Seller), in each case in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

4. Seller Warranties

 

4.1 The Seller warrants (in respect of itself only) to the Purchaser, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the SPA Closing Date, that:

 

(a) the Sale Shares are fully paid, or properly credited as fully paid, the Seller has valid, good and marketable title to the Sale Shares and the Seller is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Sale Shares free and clear from all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under Securities Laws or any general restrictions under the Company Articles of Association);

 

(b) to the extent that it is a legal entity, it is validly incorporated, in existence and duly registered under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;

 

(c) to the extent that it is an individual, it has the capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations under it; and

 

(d) it has full power and authority and has obtained all necessary consents to enter into and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by them under this Agreement.

 

4.2 Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Agreement, the total aggregate liability of the Seller for all claims under this Agreement shall be limited to the amount of Consideration received by it. For the purposes of this clause only, the Purchaser Shares received by or on behalf of a Seller (if any) shall be valued at US$10 per share regardless of the market value of such share at the relevant time.

 

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5. Purchaser Warranties

 

5.1 The Purchaser warrants to the Seller that, as of the date of this Agreement and the SPA Closing Date, it is an exempted company validly existing under the laws of Cayman Islands, it is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts within the meaning of any laws relating to insolvency applicable to it and that it has full power and authority and has obtained all necessary consents to enter into and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under this Agreement, that the obligations expressed to be assumed by it hereunder are legal, valid and binding and enforceable against it in accordance with their terms and that the entry into, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement will not:

 

(a) result in a breach of any provision of its memorandum or articles of association or any agreement or arrangement to which it is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(b) result in any breach of applicable law, order, judgment or decree of any court, governmental agency or regulatory body by which it is bound (or constitute a default thereunder); or

 

(c) require the Purchaser to obtain any consent or approval of, or give any notice to or make any registration with, its shareholders or any governmental, supervisory, regulatory or other authority which has not been obtained or made (as applicable) in writing on the SPA Closing Date.

 

6. Conditions

 

6.1 The Parties shall have no obligation to consummate the SPA Closing unless, concurrently therewith, the Purchaser is acquiring all the Shares of the Company (other than the Sale Shares) pursuant to the Other SPAs and in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement.

 

7. Arrangement with the Company

 

7.1 The Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Transaction shall constitute a “Sale” (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement) for the purposes of the Shareholders’ Agreement (including clause 20.3 of the Shareholders’ Agreement) and that the Transaction shall constitute a “Share Sale” and “Exit” (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) for the purposes of the Company Articles of Association (including Articles 6.1 and 6.3 of the Company Articles of Association).

 

7.2 The Seller hereby consents to, approves and waives any rights of redemption, pre-emption, first refusal or transfer it may have pursuant to the Company Articles of Association or the Shareholders’ Agreement in connection with any transfer of Shares pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Transaction Support Agreement or any Other SPA in connection with the Transaction.

 

8. Power of Attorney

 

8.1 The Seller hereby appoints the directors and officers of the Company jointly and severally as their attorneys (the Attorneys) to:

 

(a) take all steps, do all acts or deeds, and execute (whether as a deed or otherwise), deliver and/or issue on their behalf any document which the Attorneys in their absolute discretion consider necessary or desirable in connection with the sale and transfer of such Sale Shares on SPA Closing to the Purchaser including, without limitation:

 

(i) to execute stock transfer forms to effect the sale and transfer of the Sale Shares; and

 

(ii) if required, to execute an indemnity for any lost share certificates in respect of the Sale Shares;

 

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(b) take such other steps as may, in the Attorneys’ absolute discretion, be necessary or desirable in connection with the powers referred to above and/or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

 

8.2 All actions authorised by this power of attorney may be taken by any one or more of the Attorneys. Any and all acts done, decisions made and instruments or other documents executed pursuant to this power of attorney by any one or more of the Attorneys shall therefore be as valid and effectual as though done by all of the Attorneys and binding on the Seller and their successors.

 

8.3 The Seller hereby undertakes to ratify and approve any act undertaken by the Attorneys appointed under this clause 8 in pursuance of the powers conferred hereby.

 

8.4 The Seller hereby agrees that all acts done and documents executed or signed by the Attorneys in good faith in the exercise of any power conferred by this power of attorney shall for all purposes be valid and binding on them and their successors and assigns.

 

8.5 The Seller hereby agrees that the power given in clause 8.1 shall be irrevocable and is given by way of security to secure the performance of their obligations set out in this Agreement. This power of attorney shall terminate on [[●] months following Termination Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement)].

 

9. Costs

 

9.1 Save as expressly provided in this Agreement or agreed in writing between the Parties, each Party shall pay their own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and completion or termination of this Agreement.

 

9.2 All stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax and any other transfer taxes in any jurisdiction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any related interest or penalties) payable in respect of the execution of this Agreement and any transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the transfer of Sale Shares and/or the issue of Purchaser Shares pursuant to this Agreement), shall be payable by the Purchaser.

 

10. Termination

 

10.1 This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, upon termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

10.2 Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause 10.1, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause 10.1 shall not affect any liability on the part of any Party for a wilful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud. Following any termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause 10.1, the Seller shall have no liability to the Purchaser whatsoever under this Agreement.

 

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11. Trust Account Waiver

 

11.1 Reference is made to the final prospectus of AJAX, filed with the SEC (File No. 333- 249411) on 16 October 2020 (the Prospectus). The Seller acknowledges and agrees and understands that AJAX has established a trust account (the Trust Account) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the IPO) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of AJAX’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by AJAX’s underwriters), and AJAX may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. The Seller hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Representatives that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Seller nor any of its respective Representatives does now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between AJAX or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and, the Seller and its Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the Trust Account Released Claims). The Seller on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it or any of its Representatives may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, or contracts with AJAX or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with AJAX or its Affiliates).

 

12. Notices

 

12.1 All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

(a) if to the Purchaser, to:

 

c/o AJAX I

667 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10606

Telephone: (212) 655-2685

  Attention: Daniel Och
     Glenn Fuhrman
  E-mail: dan@willcapllc.com
     glenn@virtruip.com

 

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

 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 N. LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60654

  Attention: Ryan D. Harris, P.C.
     Cole Parker, P.C.
     Katherine M. Bryan
  E-mail: ryan.harris@kirkland.com
    cole.parker@kirkland.com
    katherine.bryan@kirkland.com

  

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(b) if to the Seller, to:

 

[Notice details]

 

(c) if to the Company, to:

 

Cazoo Holdings Limited

41 Chalton Street

London

NW1 1JD

  Attention: Ned Staple
  E-mail: ned.staple@cazoo.co.uk

 

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

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

  Attention: Valerie Ford Jacob
     Sebastian L. Fain
  E-mail: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com
     sebastian.fain@freshfields.com

and to:

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

100 Bishopsgate

London

EC2P 2SR

United Kingdom

  Attention: Natasha Good
  E-mail: natasha.good@freshfields.com

  

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

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13. General

 

13.1 Non-Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement (to the extent such agreement or covenant contemplates or requires performance at or prior to SPA Closing) shall terminate at the SPA Closing and each covenant and agreement contained herein that by its terms, expressly contemplates performance after SPA Closing shall so survive the SPA Closing in accordance with its terms, in each case subject to clause 10 (Termination).

 

13.2 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Party. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this clause 13.2 shall be void.

 

13.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement executed and delivered by each of the Parties. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence and any purported amendment by any Party or Parties effected in a manner which does not comply with this clause 13.3 shall be void, ab initio.

 

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

 

13.5 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and its successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

13.6 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

13.7 Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by e-mail, or scanned pages shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement.

 

13.8 Waiver. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of any Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

 

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13.9 Further Assurance. Each of the Parties shall perform (or procure the performance of) all further acts and things and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as may be necessary or reasonably required by the Parties to implement and give effect to this Agreement.

 

13.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS clause 13.10.

 

13.11 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within State of Delaware), for the purposes of any Proceeding: (a) arising under this Agreement; or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Proceeding against such Party: (i) arising under this Agreement; or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) any claim that such Party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this clause 13.11 for any reason, (B) that such Party or such Party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the Proceeding in any such court is brought against such Party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Proceeding against such Party is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such Party in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail or internationally recognized courier service to such party’s respective address set forth in clause 12 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on day and year first above written.

 

[Signature block for the Seller to be inserted]

 

CAPRI LISTCO  
     
By:                    
Name:    
Title:    
     
EXECUTED for and on behalf of  
CAZOO HOLDINGS LIMITED  
     
Signed:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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Schedule 1
The Seller and the Sale Shares

 

Seller   Address   Sale Shares
[To be updated]       [To include details of each Class of Share which is held by the Seller]

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

Listco Articles of Association

 

[See Attached]

 

 

 

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

[CAZOO GROUP LTD.]

 

(adopted by special resolution
dated
[] 2021 [And effective on [] 2021])

 

 

 

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

 

[CAZOO GROUP LTD.]

 

(adopted by special resolution
dated
[] 2021 [And effective on [] 2021])

 

1. The name of the Company is [Cazoo Group Ltd.].

 

2. The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other place within the Cayman Islands as the Board may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

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 the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

4. The liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member’s shares.

 

5. The authorised share capital of the Company at the date of adoption of this Memorandum is US$215,500 divided into 1,100,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 1,000,000,000 Class C ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and 5,000,000 preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each.

 

6. 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.

 

7. Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association bear the respective meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company.

 

 

 

  

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

Clause     Page 
         
1.   Interpretation   1
         
2.   Preliminary   5
         
3.   Issue of Shares and other Securities   6
         
4.   Common Shares   7
         
5.   Preference Shares   8
         
6.   Issue of Warrants and Options   9
         
7.   Register of Members   9
         
8.   Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date   10
         
9.   Certificates for Shares   11
         
10.   Transfer of Shares   12
         
11.   Lockup   13
         
12.   Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares   14
         
13.   Treasury Shares   15
         
14.   Variation of Rights of Shares   16
         
15.   Commission on Sale of Shares   17
         
16.   Non-Recognition of Trusts   17
         
17.   Lien on Shares   17
         
18.   Call on Shares   18
         
19.   Forfeiture of Shares   19
         
20.   Transmission of Shares   20
         
21.   Untraceable Members   20
         
22.   Amendments of Memorandum and Articles of Association and Alteration of Capital   21
         
23.   Offices and Places of Business   22
         
24.   General Meetings   22
         
25.   Notice of General Meetings   23
         
26.   Proceedings at General Meetings   23
         
27.   Votes of Members   25
         
28.   Proxies   26
         
29.   Corporate Members   27

 

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30.   Shares that May Not be Voted   28
         
31.   Directors   28
         
32.   Powers and Duties of Directors   29
         
33.   Alternate Directors   30
         
34.   Vacation of Office of Director   30
         
35.   Proceedings of Directors   30
         
36.   Presumption of Assent   32
         
37.   Directors’ Interests   32
         
38.   Minutes   33
         
39.   Delegation of Directors’ Powers   33
         
40.   No Minimum Shareholding   34
         
41.   Remuneration of Directors   35
         
42.   Seal   35
         
43.   Dividends, Distributions and Reserve   35
         
44.   Capitalisation   37
         
45.   Share Premium Account   37
         
46.   Books of Account   37
         
47.   Audit   38
         
48.   Notices   38
         
49.   Winding Up   40
         
50.   Indemnity and Insurance   40
         
51.   Financial Year   42
         
52.   Transfer by Way of Continuation   42
         
53.   Mergers and Consolidations   42
         
54.   Business Opportunities   43
         
55.   Disclosure   44

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

[CAZOO GROUP LTD]

 

(adopted by special resolution
dated
[] 2021 [And effective on [] 2021])

 

1. Interpretation

 

1.1 The regulations in Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute do not apply to the Company and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith, in these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them:

 

Affiliate” of any person means any other person which (i) directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person, and (ii) as to any individual, in addition to any person in clause (i), (a) any member of the Immediate Family of an individual Member, including parents, siblings, spouse and children (including those by adoption), the parents, siblings, spouse, or children (including those by adoption) of such Immediate Family member, and, in any such case, any trust whose primary beneficiary is such individual Member or one or more members of such Immediate Family and/or such Member’s lineal descendants, and (b) the legal representative or guardian of such individual Member or of any such Immediate Family member in the event such individual Member or any such Immediate Family member becomes mentally incompetent; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries be deemed an Affiliate of any Member. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For the purpose of this definition, each Director and Member of the Company will be deemed not to control the Company.

 

Ajax” means Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company.

 

Applicable Law” means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person.

 

Articles” means these amended and restated articles of association of the Company.

 

Audit Committee” means the audit committee of the Board established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

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Auditor” means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).

 

beneficially own”, “beneficial owner” and “beneficial ownership” have the meaning assigned to such terms in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such rule is actually applicable in such circumstance).

 

Board” means the board of Directors of the Company.

 

Classor Classes” means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company.

 

Class A Share” means the Company’s Class A ordinary shares with a per share par value of US$0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Memorandum and these Articles.

 

Class B Share” means the Company’s Class B ordinary shares with a per share par value of US$0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Memorandum and these Articles.

 

Class C Share” means the Company’s Class C ordinary shares with a per share par value of US$0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Memorandum and these Articles.

 

Clearing House” means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.

 

Closing Date” means the closing date of the Share Purchase.

 

Common Shares” means the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares and the Class C Shares.

 

Company” means [Cazoo Group Ltd].

 

Company’s Website” means the website of the Company or its applicable subsidiary and/or the corresponding web-address or domain name (if any).

 

Compensation Committee” means the compensation committee of the Board established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

Designated Stock Exchange” means any United States national securities exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed for trading, including the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Directors” means the directors for the time being of the Company, including any alternate Directors appointed pursuant to Article 33 only in respect of such times as such alternate acts as a Director.

 

Dividend” means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on Shares pursuant to the Articles.

 

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Electronic Communication” means a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Board.

 

Electronic Facility” means, without limitation, website addresses, virtual meeting facilities and conference call systems, and any device, system, procedure, method or other facility whatsoever providing an electronic means of place for the conduct of the general meeting of the Company, and any reference to “place” in the context of a general meeting of the Company shall be construed accordingly.

 

Electronic Record” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act.

 

Electronic Transactions Act” means the Electronic Transactions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Immediate Family” means any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

 

Independent Director” has the same meaning as in the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be.

 

Lockup Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date and (b) the date on which the last reported sale price of the Class A Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange equals or exceeds US$12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) trading days within any consecutive thirty (30) trading day period commencing at least one-hundred fifty (150) days after the Closing Date.

 

Member” has the same meaning as in the Statute.

 

Memorandum” means the amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company.

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” means the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

Officer” means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company.

 

Ordinary Resolution” means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and includes a unanimous written resolution. In computing the majority when a poll is demanded regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled by the Articles.

 

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person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, governmental authority or any other entity.

 

Preference Share” means a preference share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company.

 

Register of Members” means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members.

 

Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company.

 

Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.

 

Secretary” includes an assistant secretary and any person appointed to perform the duties of secretary of the Company.

 

Share” means a Class A Share, a Class B Share, a Class C Share or a Preference Share and includes a fraction of a share in the Company.

 

Share Premium Account” means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Statute.

 

Share Purchase” means the Company’s acquisition of all outstanding capital shares of Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited company organized under the law of England and Wales.

 

Special Resolution” has the same meaning as in the Statute, and includes a unanimous written resolution.

 

Sponsor” means AJAX I Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Statute” means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

Treasury Share” means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute.

 

U.S. Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1.2 In the Articles:

 

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

 

(b) words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person;

 

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(c) “written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

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

 

(e) references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced;

 

(f) any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

(g) the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires);

 

(h) headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles;

 

(i) any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(j) any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act;

 

(k) sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply;

 

(l) the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and

 

(m) the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share.

 

2. Preliminary

 

2.1 The business of the Company may be conducted as the Board sees fit.

 

2.2 The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other place within the Cayman Islands as the Board may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

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2.3 The expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the offer for subscription and issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortized over such period as the Board may determine and the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Board shall determine.

 

2.4 The Board shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register of Members at such place as the Board may from time to time determine and, in the absence of any such determination, the Register of Members shall be kept at the Registered Office, provided that the Board shall not keep (or cause or permit any other person to keep) the Register of Members in the United Kingdom.

 

3. Issue of Shares and other Securities

 

3.1 The authorised share capital of the Company at the date of the adoption of these Articles is US$215,500 divided into 1,100,000,000 Class A Shares, 50,000,000 Class B Shares, 1,000,000,000 Class C Shares and 5,000,000 Preference Shares.

 

3.2 Subject to the Statute, the Memorandum and these Articles (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Board may:

 

(a) allot, issue, grant options, rights or warrants over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred, qualified or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividends or other distributions, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper;

 

(b) vary such rights, save that the Board shall not allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) to the extent that it may affect the ability of the Company to carry out the conversion of either Class B Shares or Class C Shares to Class A Shares as set out in these Articles; and

 

(c) issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any Class of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

Notwithstanding and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Board is expressly authorised and empowered to implement or effect at its sole discretion the issuance of a Preference Share purchase right to be issued on a pro rata basis (determined based on relative ownership of Common Shares, excluding any options, warrants or other similar equity-linked or derivative securities) to each holder of a Common Share with such terms and for such purposes, including the influencing of takeovers, as may be described in a rights agreement between the Company and a rights agent.

 

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3.3 Neither the Company nor the Board shall be obliged, when making or granting any allotment of, offer of, option over or disposal of shares, to make, or make available, any such allotment, offer, option over or disposal of shares to Members or others with registered addresses in any particular territory or territories being a territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, this would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be, or be deemed to be, a separate class of Members for any purpose whatsoever. Subject to the Memorandum and these Articles, and except as otherwise expressly provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of shares, no vote of the holders of any class or series of shares shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of any shares of any class or series of shares authorised by and complying with the conditions of the Memorandum and these Articles.

 

3.4 The Company may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised of whole or fractional Shares, rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any Class of Shares or other securities in the Company, upon such terms as the Board may from time to time determine. All Shares shall be issued fully paid as to their nominal value and any premium determined by the Board at the time of issue and shall be non-assessable.

 

3.5 The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer.

 

4. Common Shares

 

4.1 Other than with regard to the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares, the rights, preferences and privileges thereof are as established and divided as set forth in the Memorandum and these Articles, the Board may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and the different Classes shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes (if any) may be fixed and determined by the Board or by a Special Resolution (subject to Article 14). Holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each Common Share registered in the Member’s name in the Register of Members.

 

4.2 The rights attaching to the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares shall rank pari passu in all respects, and the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares shall vote together as a single class on all matters (subject to Article 14 and Article 31), except as otherwise set forth in these Articles.

 

4.3 Upon the effectiveness of these Articles, each issued and outstanding Class B Share shall automatically be converted into one (1) Class A Share on a [one-for-one] basis in accordance with Article 4.5. The Class B Shares shall be converted automatically without any further action by the holder of such Shares. The foregoing conversion ratio shall also be adjusted to account for any subdivision (by share subdivision, exchange, capitalisation, rights issue, reclassification, recapitalisation or otherwise) or combination (by share consolidation, exchange, reclassification, recapitalisation or otherwise) or similar reclassification or recapitalisation of the Class A Shares in issue into a greater or lesser number of shares occurring after the initial issuance of securities by Ajax without a proportionate and corresponding subdivision, combination or similar reclassification or recapitalisation of the Class B Shares in issue.

 

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4.4 At the conclusion of the Lockup Period, each issued and outstanding Class C Share shall automatically be converted into one (1) Class A Share on a one-for-one basis in accordance with Article 4.5. The Class C Shares shall be converted automatically without any further action by the holder of such Shares.

 

4.5 Any conversion of Class B Shares or Class C Shares into Class A Shares pursuant to these Articles shall be effected by means of the re-designation of each relevant Class B Share or Class C Share as a Class A Share. Such conversion shall become effective forthwith upon entries being made in the Register of Members to record the re-designation of the relevant Class B Shares or Class C Shares as Class A Shares.

 

4.6 In no event shall Class A Shares be convertible into Class B Shares or Class C Shares. In no event shall Class B Shares be convertible into Class C Shares or Class C Shares be convertible into Class B Shares.

 

5. Preference Shares

 

5.1 Preference Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such voting powers (full or limited or without voting powers), designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as are stated and expressed, or in any resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board as hereinafter provided.

 

5.2 Authority is hereby granted to the Board, subject to the provisions of the Memorandum, these Articles and Applicable Law, to create one or more series of Preference Shares and, with respect to each such series, to fix by resolution or resolutions, without any further vote or action by the Members of the Company providing for the issue of such series:

 

(a) the number of Preference Shares to constitute such series and the distinctive designation thereof;

 

(b) the dividend rate on the Preference Shares of such series, the dividend payment dates, the periods in respect of which dividends are payable, whether such dividends shall be cumulative and, if cumulative, the date or dates from which dividends shall accumulate;

 

(c) whether the Preference Shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Company, and, if so, the times, prices and other conditions of such redemption;

 

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(d) whether the Preference Shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, Shares of any other Class or Classes or any other series of the same or any other Class or Classes of Shares and the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, or the rate or rates at which such exchange may be made, with such adjustments, if any, as shall be stated and expressed or provided in such resolution or resolutions;

 

(e) the preferences, if any, and the amounts thereof, which the Preference Shares of such series shall be entitled to receive upon the winding up of the Company;

 

(f) the voting power, if any, of the Preference Shares of such series transfer restrictions and rights of first refusal with respect to the Preference Shares of such series; and such other terms, conditions, special rights and provisions as may seem advisable to the Board; and

 

(g) any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.

 

5.3 Notwithstanding the fixing of the number of Preference Shares constituting a particular series upon the issuance thereof, the Board at any time thereafter may authorise the issuance of additional Preference Shares of the same series subject always to the Statute and the Memorandum.

 

5.4 If, upon the winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company distributable among the holders of any one or more series of Preference Shares which (i) are entitled to a preference over the holders of the Common Shares upon such winding up, and (ii) rank equally in connection with any such distribution, shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount to which the holders of such Preference Shares shall be entitled, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of each such series of the Preference Shares ratably in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such distribution if all sums payable were discharged in full.

 

6. Issue of Warrants and Options

 

6.1 The Board may issue warrants or options to subscribe for any Class of Shares or other securities of the Company on such terms as it may from time to time determine. No warrants or options shall be issued to bearer.

 

7. Register of Members

 

7.1 The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute, provided that the Company may not maintain (or cause or permit any other person to maintain) the Register of Members in the United Kingdom.

 

7.2 The Board may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute at such location or locations within or outside the Cayman Islands as the Board thinks fit, provided that the Company may not maintain (or cause or permit any other person to maintain) a branch register of Members in the United Kingdom. The Board may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the duplicate or branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

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7.3 The Company, or any agent(s) appointed by it to maintain the duplicate or branch Register of Members in accordance with these Articles, shall as soon as practicable and on a regular basis record or procure the recording in the original Register of Members all transfers of Shares effected on any duplicate or branch Register of Members and shall at all times maintain the original Register of Members in such manner as to show at all times the Members for the time being and the Shares respectively held by them, in all respects in accordance with the Statute.

 

7.4 The Company shall not be bound to register more than four (4) persons as joint holders of any Share. If any Share shall stand in the names of two (2) or more persons, the person first named in the Register of Members shall be deemed the sole holder thereof as regards service of notices and, subject to the provisions of these Articles, all or any other matters connected with the Company.

 

8. Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date

 

8.1 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 Board may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty (40) days. If the Register of Members shall be so closed for the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of or to attend or vote at a meeting of Members such Register of Members shall be so closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register of Members.

 

8.2 In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Board may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date (a) for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, (b) for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, which record date shall not be more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of payment of such Dividend, or (c) in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.

 

8.3 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 the date on which the resolution of the Board resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may 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 8.3, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date of the adjourned meeting, if they think fit.

 

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9. Certificates for Shares

 

9.1 A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Board resolves that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Board may determine. No certificate shall be issued representing Shares of more than one class. Share certificates shall be signed by one (1) or more Directors or other person authorised by the Board. The Board may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. Every share certificate shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which it is issued and the amount paid thereon or the fact that they are fully paid, as the case may be, and may otherwise be in such form as shall be determined by the Board. Such certificates may be under Seal. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. The name and address of the person to whom the Shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of Shares and date of issue, shall be entered in the Register of Members of the Company. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and, subject to these Articles, no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. The Board may authorise certificates to be issued with the Seal and/or to be signed by such person(s) as may be authorised by the Board and may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by some method or system of mechanical or automated process.

 

9.2 Every share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under the Applicable Law, including the U.S. Securities Act.

 

9.3 Any two (2) or more certificates representing Shares of any one (1) Class held by any Member may at the Member’s request be cancelled and a single new certificate for such Shares issued in exchange for payment (if the Board shall so require) of US$1.00 or such smaller sum as the Board shall determine.

 

9.4 The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one (1) certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one (1) person and delivery of a certificate to one (1) joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

9.5 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 on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Board may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.

 

9.6 Every share certificate sent in accordance with these Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery.

 

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9.7 Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Statute, if applicable, or as the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law may from time to time determine, whichever is shorter, after the allotment or, except in the case of a Share transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgement of a Share transfer with the Company.

 

10. Transfer of Shares

 

10.1 Subject to the terms of these Articles including the restrictions on transfer for Class C Shares set forth in Article 11, any Member may transfer all or any of such Member’s Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to these Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Board shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant.

 

10.2 The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the Board and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Board so requires, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members in respect of the relevant Shares.

 

10.3 (a) The Board may in its absolute discretion and without giving any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of Shares which are:

 

(i) not fully paid up or on which the Company has a lien; or

 

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

 

(b) The Board may also, but is not required to, decline to register any transfer of any Share unless:

 

(i) the instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate (if any) for the Share(s) to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

(ii) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one (1) Class of Shares;

 

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(iii) the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required by Applicable Law;

 

(iv) in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the Share is to be transferred does not exceed four (4);

 

(v) the Shares transferred are fully paid and free of any lien in favour of the Company; and

 

(vi) any applicable fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable, or such lesser sum as the Board may from time to time require, related to the transfer is paid to the Company.

 

(c) Unless the Board has an express ability to decline to register any transfer of Shares pursuant to this Article 10.3, or such transfer otherwise in violation of the Transfer restriction in Article 11, the Board shall register a transfer of Shares.

 

10.4 The registration of transfers may, on fourteen (14) days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one (1) or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the Register of Members closed at such times and for such periods as the Board may, in its absolute discretion, from time to time determine, provided always that such registration of transfer shall not be suspended nor the Register of Members closed for more than thirty (30) days in any year.

 

10.5 All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any Shares, they shall within three (3) months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged with the Company send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the refusal.

 

11. Lockup

 

11.1 Subject to Article 11.2 and Article 11.4, during the Lockup Period the holders of Class C Shares shall not Transfer any Class C Shares, without limiting Article 11.3, neither the Board nor the Company shall permit, recognize, register or otherwise record any Transfer of Class C Shares during the Lockup Period and any such transfer shall be null and void and will not be given effect.

 

11.2 Notwithstanding Article 11.1, Transfers of Class C Shares are permitted:

 

(a) if such Transfer has been approved by the Board and is solely for the purpose of satisfying, and is limited only to the amount of Class C Shares necessary to satisfy, any tax obligations incurred directly in connection with the receipt of Class C Shares in the Share Purchase;

 

(b) (i) to any Director or Officer, or (ii) to any Affiliates or members of the Immediate Family of any Director or Officer;

 

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(c) in the case of an individual, by a gift to a member of the Member’s Immediate Family, or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the Member or a member of the Member’s Immediate Family;

 

(d) to a charitable organization;

 

(e) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual;

 

(f) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order;

 

(g) in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of the Members having the right to exchange their Common Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Closing Date;

 

(h) by any Member to any of its Affiliates; or

 

(i) with the unanimous approval of a committee of the Board comprised of one Director that has been designated in writing by the Sponsor and one executive director.

 

11.3 Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Class C Shares in violation of this Article 11 shall be null and void. No such Transfer shall be recorded on the Company’s books, including the Register of Members, and the purported transferee in any such Transfer shall not be treated (and the Member proposing to make any such Transfer shall continue to be treated) as the owner of such Class C Shares for all purposes.

 

11.4 Any person to whom Class C Shares are Transferred during the Lockup Period will be, and the Shares Transferred to such person shall be, subject to the Lockup Period, the restrictions on Transfers and permitted Transfer provisions in accordance with this Article 11.

 

11.5 For purposes of this Article 11, “Transfer” means the (a) sale of, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement during the Lockup Period of any intention to consummate any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b) during the Lockup Period.

 

12. Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares

 

12.1 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company.

 

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12.2 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, any power of the Company to repurchase or otherwise acquire its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) shall be exercisable by the Board in such manner, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.

 

12.3 In addition to the above, the Company is authorised, subject to Applicable Law, to repurchase any Common Share listed on a Designated Stock Exchange in accordance with the following manner of repurchase: the maximum number of Common Shares that may be repurchased shall be equal to the number of issued and outstanding Common Shares less one (1) Common Share; at such time; at such price and on such other terms as determined and agreed by the Board in their sole discretion, provided, however, that (i) such repurchase transactions shall be in accordance with the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange (including any requirements for Member approval, as applicable); and (ii) at the time of, and after giving effect to, any such repurchase the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of its business.

 

12.4 The repurchase of any Share shall not oblige the Company to repurchase any other Share other than as may be required pursuant to Applicable Law, or any rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange, or any contractual obligations of the Company.

 

12.5 The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or repurchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital.

 

12.6 The holder of the Shares being repurchased shall be bound to deliver up to the Company at its Registered Office or such other place as the Board shall specify, the certificate(s) (if any) thereof for cancellation and thereupon the Company shall pay to such holder the repurchase or redemption monies or consideration in respect thereof.

 

12.7 For the avoidance of doubt, redemptions, repurchases and surrenders of Shares in the circumstances described in this Article 12 shall not require further approval of the Members.

 

13. Treasury Shares

 

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

 

13.2 The Board 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).

 

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14. Variation of Rights of Shares

 

14.1 Subject to Article 3.2, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different Classes of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any Class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that Class where such variation is considered by the Board not to have a material and adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the issued Shares of that Class, or with the approval of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that Class. The Board may not vary any rights of the Class C Shares without such two thirds (2/3) consent of the holders of Class C Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board reserves the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material and adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant Class. To any such meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be at least one (1) person holding or representing by proxy at least one third (1/3) 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.

 

14.2 For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Board may treat two (2) or more or all the Classes of Shares as forming one (1) Class of Shares if the Board considers that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate Classes of Shares. Such a determination shall not affect the number of votes required, including with respect to any Class.

 

14.3 The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply to every such general meeting of the holders of one (1) Class of Shares except, to the extent that a Class may vote separately from other Classes, the necessary quorum shall be at least one (1) person holding or representing by proxy at least one third (1/3) of the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares, respectively.

 

14.4 The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights 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 or Shares issued with preferred or other rights. The rights of holders of Common Shares shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of Shares with preference or other rights which may be effected by the Board as provided in these Articles without any vote or consent of the holders of Common Shares.

 

14.5 The rights attaching to the Class B Shares and Class C Shares, respectively, shall be deemed to be varied by any subdivision (by share subdivision, exchange, capitalisation, rights issue, reclassification, recapitalisation or otherwise) or combination (by share consolidation, exchange, reclassification, recapitalisation or otherwise) or similar reclassification or recapitalisation (each, a “Reclassification”) of the Class A Shares in issue into a greater or lesser number of shares occurring after the Closing Date unless there is, at the same time, a corresponding Reclassification with respect the Class B Shares or Class C Shares, as applicable.

 

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15. Commission on Sale of Shares

 

15.1 The Company may, insofar as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his or her subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

16. Non-Recognition of Trusts

 

16.1 The Company shall not be obligated to recognize any person as holding any Share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

 

17. Lien on Shares

 

17.1 The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or such Member’s estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Board may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article 17. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

17.2 The Company may sell, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, 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 received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, 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.

 

17.3 To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or the purchaser’s nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall the purchaser’s title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under these Articles.

 

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17.4 The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums 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.

 

18. Call on Shares

 

18.1 Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Board may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) calendar days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Board may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. 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.

 

18.2 A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising such call was passed.

 

18.3 The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

18.4 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Board may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Board may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part.

 

18.5 An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

18.6 The Board may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.

 

18.7 The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Board and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

18.8 No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

 

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19. Forfeiture of Shares

 

19.1 If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Board 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 and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify 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.

 

19.2 If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

19.3 A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Board thinks fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Board thinks fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person, the Board may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.

 

19.4 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 and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the Board may determine, but his or her liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by him in respect of those Shares.

 

19.5 A 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. The declaration shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer by the Company if necessary) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration, if any, nor shall his or her title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share.

 

19.6 The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

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20. Transmission of Shares

  

20.1 If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors (where the deceased was a joint holder), or the legal personal representatives of the deceased (where such Member was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the Member’s interest in the Shares, but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of any such deceased Member from any liability in respect of any Share, for which the Member was a joint or sole holder.

 

20.2 Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Board, elect, by a notice in writing sent by such person to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the holder of such Share. If such person elects to have another person registered as the holder of such Share such person shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Board shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his or her death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.

 

20.3 A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which such person would be entitled if such person were the registered holder of such Share. However, such person shall not, before becoming registered as a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Board may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered themselves or to have some person nominated by such person to be registered as the holder of the Share (but the Board shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before their death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to these Articles), the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

21. Untraceable Members

 

21.1 Without prejudice to the rights of the Company under Article 21.2, the Company may cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants by post if such cheques or warrants have been left uncashed on two consecutive occasions. However, the Company may exercise the power to cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants after the first occasion on which such a cheque or warrant is returned undelivered.

 

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

 

(a) all cheques or warrants payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect of them sent during the relevant period in the manner authorised by these Articles have remained uncashed;

 

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

 

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

 

For the purpose of the foregoing, the “relevant period” means the period commencing twelve (12) years before the date of publication of the advertisement referred to in paragraph (c) of this Article 21.2 and ending at the expiry of the period referred to in that paragraph.

 

21.3 To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the said shares and an instrument of transfer signed or otherwise executed by or on behalf of such person shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled by transmission to such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his or her title to the shares be affected by any irregularity.

 

22. Amendments of Memorandum and Articles of Association and Alteration of Capital

 

22.1 The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

(a) increase its share capital by such sum as the Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine;

 

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares;

 

(c) convert all or any of its paid-up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid-up Shares of any denomination;

 

(d) sub-divide its existing Shares or divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and

 

(e) cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the Ordinary 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.

 

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22.2 All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article 22.1 shall be subject to the same provisions of these Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital.

 

22.3 Subject to the provisions of the Statute and the provisions of these Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the Company may by Special Resolution:

 

(a) change its name;

 

(b) alter or add to these Articles;

 

(c) alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

(d) reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund.

 

23. Offices and Places of Business

 

23.1 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Board change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

24. General Meetings

 

24.1 All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

24.2 The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Statute) be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Board shall appoint provided that the period between the date of one annual general meeting of the Company and that of the next shall not be longer than such period as Applicable Law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange permits. At these meetings the report of the Board (if any) shall be presented.

 

24.3 The Board or the chairperson of the Board may call general meetings, and, for the avoidance of doubt, Members shall not have the ability to call general meetings.

 

24.4 General meetings of the Company (other than the annual general meeting) may be held at such place, either within or without the Cayman Islands, as determined by the Board.

 

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25. Notice of General Meetings

  

25.1 Subject to any requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange with respect to required notice timing, at least five (5) calendar days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article 25 has been given and whether or not the provisions of these Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if Applicable Law so permits and it is so agreed:

 

(a) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat or their proxies; 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 sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2/3%) in par value of the Shares giving a right to vote or their proxies.

 

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

 

25.3 The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such, and the notice convening a meeting to pass a Special Resolution shall specify the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution. Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all Members other than such as, under the provisions of these Articles or the terms of issue of the Shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notice from the Company.

 

25.4 There shall appear with reasonable prominence in every notice of general meetings of the Company a statement that a Member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him and that a proxy need not be a Member.

 

25.5 In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with notices, the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding at any such meeting.

 

26. Proceedings at General Meetings

 

26.1 No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. The quorum required for a general meeting of Members consists of at least one (1) Member, present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy, and entitled to vote, holding in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of the voting power of the Shares in issue carrying a right to vote at such meeting. Only business set out in the applicable notice may be transacted at such general meeting.

 

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26.2 A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone, other communications equipment or any other Electronic Facility. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

26.3 A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of all of the Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations or other non-natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.

 

26.4 If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the meeting shall stand adjourned to 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 Board may determine, and if at the adjourned 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.

 

26.5 The Board may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairperson of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Board does not make any such appointment, the chairperson, if any, of the Board shall preside as chairperson at such general meeting. If there is no such chairperson, or if he or she shall not be present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one (1) of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

 

26.6 If no Director is willing to act as chairperson or if no Director is present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one (1) of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

 

26.7 The chairperson may, with or without the consent of a 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 the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

26.8 When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned general meeting. If a notice is issued in respect of a general meeting and the Board, in its absolute discretion, consider that it is impractical or undesirable for any reason to hold that general meeting at the place, the day and the hour specified in the notice calling such general meeting, the Board may postpone the general meeting to another place, day and/or hour provided that notice of the place, the day and the hour of the rearranged general meeting is promptly given to all Members. No business shall be transacted at any postponed meeting other than the business specified in the notice of the original meeting.

 

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26.9 When a general meeting is postponed for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the postponed meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of a postponed meeting. All proxy forms submitted for the original general meeting shall remain valid for the postponed meeting. The Board may postpone a general meeting which has already been postponed.

 

26.10 A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.

 

26.11 A poll shall be taken as the chairperson directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

26.12 A poll demanded on the election of a chairperson or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, in such manner and at such time and place, not being more than ten (10) calendar days from the date of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote was taken, as the chairperson directs. No notice need be given of a poll not taken immediately. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded. Any other business other than that upon which a poll is to be taken or is contingent thereon may be proceeded with pending the taking of the poll.

 

27. Votes of Members

 

27.1 Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Class or Classes of Shares, every Member of record present in person or by proxy, or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or by proxy, shall have the voting power as set forth in Article 4.1.

 

27.2 In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.

 

27.3 A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by such Member’s committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person in the nature of a committee, receiver or curator bonis appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.

 

27.4 No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless such person is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by such person in respect of Shares have been paid.

 

27.5 No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any objection made in due time in accordance with this Article 27 shall be referred to the chairperson whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

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27.6 Votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one (1) proxy or the same proxy under one (1) or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one (1) proxy the instrument of proxy shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes.

 

27.7 A Member holding more than one (1) Share need not cast the votes in respect of his or her Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him, a proxy appointed under one (1) or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he or she is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he or she is appointed.

 

28. Proxies

 

28.1 The rules and procedures relating to the form or a proxy, the depositing or filing of proxies and voting pursuant to a proxy and any other matter incidental thereto shall be approved by the Board, subject to such rules and procedures as required by Applicable Law or the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange and as provided in the following Articles under this Article 28.

 

28.2 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of such person’s attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non-natural person, under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised in that behalf provided however, that a Member may also authorise the casting of a vote by proxy pursuant to telephonic or electronically transmitted instructions (including, without limitation, instructions transmitted over the internet) obtained pursuant to procedures approved by the Board which are reasonably designed to verify that such instructions have been authorised by such Member. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company.

 

28.3 No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date named in it as the date of its execution, except at an adjourned meeting or on a poll demanded at a meeting or an adjourned meeting in cases where the meeting was originally held within twelve (12) months from such date.

 

28.4 The Board may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Board in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote.

 

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28.5 The chairperson may in any event at his or her discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairperson, shall be invalid.

 

28.6 The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Board may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.

 

28.7 Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

 

28.8 If both a Member who has appointed a proxy pursuant to a voting agreement and the proxy appointed by that Member attend a general meeting and the proxy casts a vote, the vote cast by the proxy, rather than any vote cast by the Member personally, shall be counted to the exclusion of any vote purportedly cast by the Member.

 

29. Corporate Members

 

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

 

29.2 If a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any Class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and Class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article 29 shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of such Shares held by the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)).

 

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30. Shares that May Not be Voted

 

30.1 Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

 

31. Directors

 

31.1 There shall be a Board consisting of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) persons; provided, however, that the Company may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the upper and lower limits on the number of Directors and provided that so long as Shares of the Company are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall include such number of Independent Directors as the relevant code, rules or regulations applicable to the listing of any Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange require.

 

31.2 The Board shall be and is divided into three (3) classes, designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class will consist, as nearly as possible, of a number of Directors equal to one-third (1/3) of the total number of members of the Board authorised as provided in Article 31.1. The Board is authorised to assign members of the Board already in office to such classes at the time the classification of the Board becomes effective pursuant to this Article 31.2. At the 2022 annual general meeting, all Class I Director terms shall expire and the Class I Directors shall be eligible for re-election. At 2023 annual general meeting after the adoption of these Articles, all Class II Director terms shall expire and the Class II Directors shall be eligible for re-election. At 2024 general meeting after the adoption of these Articles, all Class III Director terms shall expire, and the Class III Directors shall be eligible for re-election. At each annual general meeting, the successors of that class of Directors whose term expires at that meeting will be elected to hold office in accordance with this Article 31.2 for a term expiring at the annual general meeting held in the third (3rd) year following the year of their election. The Directors of each class will hold office until the expiration of the term of such class and until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until such Director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

31.3 Except as the Statute or other Applicable Law may otherwise require, and subject to the rights of any Preference Shares or other contractual rights with Members that provide for the appointment of Directors, in the interim between annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings called for the appointment of Directors and/or the removal of one (1) or more Directors and the filling of any vacancy in connection therewith, or any vacancies in the Board, or appointment of any additional Directors may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, although less than a quorum (as defined in these Articles), or by the sole remaining Director. All Directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his or her successor shall have been appointed and qualified. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board shall shorten the terms of any incumbent Director.

 

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31.4 In any vote of Members to appoint Directors, each person nominated for appointment as a Director in an uncontested election shall be appointed if the number of votes cast for the person’s appointment exceeds the number of votes cast against the person’s appointment. In all votes to appoint Directors other than uncontested elections, the persons receiving the largest number of votes cast for appointment, up to the number of Directors to be appointed in such vote, shall be deemed appointed.

 

31.5 A Director may be removed from office only for cause by Special Resolution of the Company.

 

32. Powers and Duties of Directors

 

32.1 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and these Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Board which 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 Board which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Board.

 

32.2 All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Board shall determine by resolution.

 

32.3 The Board on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to such Director’s widow, widower or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

32.4 The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

32.5 The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by Applicable Law or the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives of the Company, which shall be intended to set forth the guiding principles and policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related matters as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time.

 

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33. Alternate Directors

 

33.1 Any Director may in writing appoint another person to be such Director’s alternate and, save to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have authority to sign written resolutions on behalf of the appointing Director, but shall not be required to sign such written resolutions where they have been signed by the appointing Director, and to act in such Director’s place at any meeting of the Board at which the appointing Director is unable to be present. Every such alternate shall be entitled to attend and vote at meetings of the Board as a Director when the Director appointing such alternate Director is not personally present. If a Director appoints another Director as an alternate, the alternate Director shall have one vote on behalf of the appointing Director in addition to his or her own vote. A Director may at any time in writing revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by such Director. Such alternate shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director of the Company in respect of such times as the alternate acts as a Director, and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the appointing Director. Such alternate shall be entitled to all privileges and protections afforded Directors under these Articles, including Article 50, at all times he or she is acting as a Director. The remuneration of such alternate shall be payable out of the remuneration of the appointing Director and the proportion thereof shall be agreed between them.

 

34. Vacation of Office of Director

 

The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

(a) the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that such Director resigns the office of Director;

 

(b) the Director absents himself or herself (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy) from three (3) consecutive meetings of the Board without special leave of absence from the Board or appointment of an alternate Director in accordance with Article 33, and the Board passes a resolution that the Director has by reason of such absence vacated office;

 

(c) the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with such Director’s creditors generally;

 

(d) the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or

 

(e) the Director is prohibited by any Applicable Law or relevant code applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange, from being a Director.

 

35. Proceedings of Directors

 

35.1 The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Board, and unless so fixed shall be a majority of the Directors then in office. In no event shall the Board fix a quorum that is less than one-third (1/3) of the total number of Directors, provided always that if there shall at any time be only a sole Director the quorum shall be one (1).

 

35.2 Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the Board shall meet together for the dispatch of business, convening, adjourning and otherwise regulating their meetings and procedures as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the Directors present at a meeting at which there is a quorum. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson shall not have a second or casting vote.

 

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35.3 A person may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee of the Board by conference telephone, other communications equipment or any other Electronic Facility. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairperson is located at the start of the meeting.

 

35.4 A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Board or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Board, or committee of the Board as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

35.5 Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times and places as may be provided for in resolutions adopted by the Board. No additional notice of a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board shall be required.

 

35.6 A Director may, or other Officer on the direction of a Director shall, call a meeting of the Board by at least two (2) days’ notice in writing to every Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors either at, before or after the meeting is held and provided further if notice is given in person, by telephone, cable, telex, telecopy or email the same shall be deemed to have been given on the day it is delivered to the Board or transmitting organisation as the case may be. If the Director attends the meeting, the Director’s attendance constitutes a waiver of notice of the meeting, unless the Director attends for the sole purpose of objecting to the notice. To any such notice of a meeting of the Board all the provisions of these Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting of the Board to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.

 

35.7 The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these 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.

 

35.8 The Directors may elect a chairperson of their board and determine the period for which the chairperson so elected is to hold office; but if no such chairperson is elected, or if at any meeting the chairperson is not present within five (5) minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

 

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35.9 All acts done by any meeting of the Board or of a committee of the Board shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any 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 and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be.

 

35.10 A Director may be represented at any meetings of the Board by a proxy appointed in writing by him. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director.

 

36. Presumption of Assent

 

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

 

37. Directors’ Interests

 

37.1 A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his or her office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Board may determine.

 

37.2 A Director may act by himself or herself or by, through or on behalf of his or her firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or she or his or her firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he or she were not a Director.

 

37.3 A Director may be or become a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or member of any other company or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a Member, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or member of, or from his or her interest in, such other company.

 

37.4 No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which such Director is interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him or her at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

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37.5 A general notice that a Director is a Member, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which he or she has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction.

 

38. Minutes

 

38.1 The Board shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of recording all appointments of Officers made by the Board, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any Class of Shares and of the Board, and of committees of the Board, including the names of the Directors present at each meeting.

 

39. Delegation of Directors’ Powers

 

39.1 The Board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. The Board may designate an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board may also delegate to any Director such of their powers, authorities and discretions as they consider desirable to be exercised by him. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Board may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered by the Board. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of the Board shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

39.2 The Board may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Board may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Board. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

39.3 The Board may adopt formal written charters for any committee. 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 these Articles and as required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee 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 the applicable rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law).

 

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39.4 The Board may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Board may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Board at any time.

 

39.5 The Board may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Board may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

 

39.6 The Board may appoint such Officers as they consider necessary in the management of the business of the Company and as it may decide for such period as the Board thinks fit and on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Board may think fit. Such Officers need not also be a Director. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of appointment, an Officer may be removed by resolution of the Board or Members. An Officer may vacate his or her office at any time if he or she gives notice in writing to the Company that he or she resigns his office.

 

39.7 Every Director appointed to an office under the above Article 39.6 shall, without prejudice to any claim for damages that such Director may have against the Company or the Company may have against such Director for any breach of any contract of service between him and the Company, be liable to be dismissed or removed from such executive office by the Board. A Director appointed to an office under the above Article 39.6 shall ipso facto and immediately cease to hold such executive office if such Director shall cease to hold the office of Director for any cause.

 

40. No Minimum Shareholding

 

40.1 The Company in general meeting may fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares.

 

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41. Remuneration of Directors

 

41.1 The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Board shall determine, provided that no cash remuneration shall be paid to any Director by the Company prior to Closing Date. The Directors shall also, whether prior to or after the Closing Date, be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Board or committees of the Board, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any Class of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Board, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

41.2 The Board may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which in the opinion of the Board goes beyond such Director’s ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to remuneration as a Director.

 

42. Seal

 

42.1 The Company may, if the Board so determines, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by the Board. Every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by at least one (1) person who shall be either a Director or some Officer or other person appointed by the Board for the purpose.

 

42.2 The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the common Seal of the Company and, if the Board so determines, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.

 

42.3 A Director or Officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Board affix the Seal over his or her signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him under seal or to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever.

 

43. Dividends, Distributions and Reserve

 

43.1 Subject to the Statute and this Article 43 and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, the Board may from time to time declare or resolve to pay Dividends (including interim dividends) or other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Dividends or other distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A Dividend shall be deemed to be an interim Dividend unless the terms of the resolution pursuant to which the Board resolves to pay such Dividend specifically state that such Dividend shall be a final Dividend. No Dividend or other distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company, out of the Share Premium Account or as otherwise permitted by Applicable Law.

 

43.2 Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, all Dividends and other distributions shall be paid according to the par value of the Shares that a Member holds. 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.

 

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43.3 The Board may deduct from any Dividend or other distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) then payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

43.4 The Board may resolve that any Dividend or other distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Board may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Board.

 

43.5 Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Dividends and other distributions may be paid in any currency. The Board may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met.

 

43.6 The Board may, before resolving to pay any Dividend or other distribution, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Board, be employed in the business of the Company.

 

43.7 Any Dividend, other distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant or electronic or other payment shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two (2) or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any Dividends, other distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders.

 

43.8 No Dividend or other distribution shall bear interest against the Company.

 

43.9 Any Dividend or other distribution which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six (6) months from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Board, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the Dividend or other distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Dividend or other distribution which remains unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration of such Dividend or other distribution shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

 

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44. Capitalisation

 

44.1 The Board may at any time capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts or funds (including the Share Premium Account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution; appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst such Members had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend or other distribution; and apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Board shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power given to the Board to make such provisions as they think fit in the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Board may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental or relating thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such Members and the Company.

 

45. Share Premium Account

 

45.1 The Board shall in accordance with the Statute 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.

 

45.2 There shall be debited to any Share Premium Account 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 Board such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Statute, out of capital.

 

46. Books of Account

 

46.1 The Board shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, material underlying documentation including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company. Such books of account must be retained for a minimum period of five (5) years from the date on which they are prepared. Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

46.2 The Board shall 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 Statute or authorised by the Board or by the Company in general meeting.

 

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46.3 The Board may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by Applicable Law.

 

47. Audit

 

47.1 Notwithstanding any other provision in Article 39, for so long as any Class of Shares is listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Board, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the applicable rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

47.2 The appointment of and provisions relating to Auditors shall be in accordance with Applicable Law and the relevant code, rules and regulations applicable to the listing of the Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange.

 

47.3 In the event that no such code, rules and regulations referred to in Article 47.1, apply, the appointment of and provisions relating to Auditors shall be in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(a) The Audit Committee may appoint an Auditor who shall hold office until removed from office by the Audit Committee, on such terms as the Audit Committee determines and the Audit Committee may fix their remuneration.

 

(b) Every Auditor shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers 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 Auditor.

 

(c) Auditors shall make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Board or Audit Committee.

 

48. Notices

 

48.1 Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, cable, telex, fax or e-mail to such Member or to such Member’s address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by e-mail by sending it to the e-mail address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to another, is to be sent airmail. Notice may also be served by Electronic Communication in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or by placing it on the Company’s Website.

 

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48.2 Where a notice is sent by:

 

(a) courier; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third (3rd) day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier;

 

(b) post; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth (5th) day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the Cayman Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted;

 

(c) cable, telex or fax; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted;

 

(d) e-mail or other Electronic Communication; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient; and

 

(e) placing it on the Company’s Website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document was placed on the Company’s Website.

 

48.3 A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under these Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

48.4 Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by these Articles to every holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves by reason of being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for such Member’s death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

 

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49. Winding Up

 

49.1 If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, in a winding up:

 

(a) if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share 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 par value of the Shares held by them; or

 

(b) if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise.

 

49.2 If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and with the approval of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other approval required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) 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 approval, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like approval, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

49.3 This Article 49 is without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and conditions.

 

50. Indemnity and Insurance

 

50.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Director, Officer or trustee acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its Members for any loss arising or liability attaching to such Director, Officer or trustee by virtue of any rule of law in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such Director, Officer or trustee may be guilty in relation to the Company; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to liability arising from any actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect of such Director, Officer or trustee. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect under this Article 50.1 unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a final non-appealable finding to that effect. This Article 50.1 shall not extend to any matter that would render it void pursuant to the Statute or Applicable Law or to any person holding the office of Auditor in relation to the Company.

 

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50.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any current or former Director or Officer or any person who is serving or has served at the request of the Company as a Director or Officer and any trustee acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company and their respective heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives (each individually, a “Covered Person”), against any expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, demand or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than a proceeding by, or in the name or on behalf of, the Company, addressed in Article 50.3), to which he or she was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party or in which he or she is otherwise involved, (a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Covered Person; provided, however, that this provision shall not indemnify any Covered Person against any liability arising out of any actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect of such Covered Person. No Person shall be found to have committed actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect under this Article 50.2 unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a final non-appealable finding to that effect. This Article 50.2 shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Statute, Applicable Law or to any person holding the office of Auditor in relation to the Company.

 

50.3 In the case of any threatened, pending or completed proceeding by, or in the name or on behalf of, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each Covered Person against reasonable and documented expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defence or settlement thereof, except that no indemnification for expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Covered Person shall have been finally adjudged to be liable for actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect in the performance of his or her duty to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Grand Court in the Cayman Islands or the court in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that such Covered Person is entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Article 50.3 shall not extend to any matter that would render it void pursuant to the Statute or to any person holding the office of Auditor in relation to the Company.

 

50.4 To the fullest extent permitted by law, reasonable and documented expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding for which indemnification is permitted pursuant to these Articles shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt by the Board of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person to repay such amount (without interest) if it shall be determined in a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to these Articles.

 

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50.5 1It being the policy of the Company that indemnification of the persons specified in these Articles shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for by these Articles shall not be deemed exclusive (a) of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under these Articles, any agreement, any insurance purchased by the Company, vote of Members or disinterested Directors, or pursuant to the direction (however embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, or (b) of the power of the Company to indemnify any person who is or was an employee or agent of the Company or of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise which he or she is serving or has served at the request of the Company, to the same extent and in the same situations and subject to the same determinations as are hereinabove set forth with respect to a Covered Person.

 

50.6 The Board may, notwithstanding any interest of the Board in such action, authorise the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or Officer against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of these Articles. As used in this Article 50, references to the “Company” include all constituent corporations in an amalgamation, consolidation or merger or similar arrangement in which the Company or a predecessor to the Company by amalgamation, consolidation or merger or similar arrangement was involved.

 

51. Financial Year

 

51.1 Unless the Board otherwise prescribes, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st January in each year.

 

52. Transfer by Way of Continuation

 

52.1 If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

53. Mergers and Consolidations

 

53.1 The Company shall have the power to merge or consolidate with one (1) or more other constituent companies (as defined in the Statute) upon such terms as the Board may determine and (to the extent required by the Statute) with the approval of a Special Resolution.

 

 

1 NTD: Provision regarding how indemnification right is determined to be included in D&O indemnification agreement.

 

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54. Business Opportunities

  

54.1 To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, (i) no individual serving as a Director, nor any Member of the Company, or any Affiliate of such Member, in each case, other than, an Officer (including any Officer that is also a Director, or a Member or an affiliate of such Member, as the case may be) (collectively, the “Relevant Persons”) shall have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in other business ventures of every type and description, including those engaged in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or its subsidiaries or deemed to be competing with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on its own account, or in partnership with, or as an employee, officer, director or Member of any other person, with no obligation to offer to the Company or any of its subsidiaries the right to participate therein and (ii) any Relevant Person may invest in, or provide services to, any person that directly or indirectly competes with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any Relevant Person, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Relevant Persons shall have no fiduciary duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and shall not be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Members for breach of any fiduciary duty as a Member, Director or Officer, as applicable, solely by reason of the fact that such Relevant Person, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, himself or herself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

54.2 The Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity of any Relevant Person.

 

54.3 To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Article 54 to be a breach of fiduciary duty to the Company (including any of its subsidiaries) or its Members, the Company, on behalf of itself and each of its subsidiaries, hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company or any of its subsidiaries may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article 54 apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in the past.

 

54.4

 

(a) Notwithstanding that the provisions of Article 54.1-54.3 (including any waivers, grant of authority, or renouncement or other similar action set forth therein) do not apply in any respect to any Officer (including any Officer that is also serving as a Director (or vice versa), or is a Member or an Affiliate of such Member, as the case may be), nothing contained in these Articles will restrict any Officer (including any Officer that is also serving as a Director (or vice versa), or is a Member or an Affiliate of such Member, as the case may be), from engaging, directly or indirectly, in other business ventures of every type and description (other than any Competing Business, except to the extent set forth in Article 54.4(b)).

 

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(b) No Officer (including any Officer that is also serving as a Director (or vice versa), or is a Member or an Affiliate of such Member, as the case may be) shall engage, directly or indirectly, in a Competing Business; provided, however, that no such Officer shall be deemed to be engaging in a Competing Business if such activity is: (i) approved by a majority of disinterested Directors, subject to Applicable Law, or (ii) with respect to any investment such Officer has as of the date of effectiveness of these Articles, an investment in the greater of (A) up to an additional two and one half per cent (2.5%) or (B) seven and one half per cent (7.5%) in the aggregate of the capital stock of a Competing Business (in each case, so long as such Officer does not participate in management activities or otherwise have the ability to influence or control such Competing Business).  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the permissions afforded to the applicable Officers under this Article 54.4(b), the Company in no respects denounces its interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity of the Company (i.e., if such applicable Officer obtains information relating to any permissive investment pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above as a result of such Officer serving in such capacity with the Company or pursuant to such other circumstances that would result in such permissive investment being deemed a corporate opportunity of the Company or any of its subsidiaries).

 

(c) For purposes of this Article 54.4, a “Competing Business” shall mean a business (other than the Company and its subsidiaries) that is engaged in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or its subsidiaries or deemed to be competing with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case, on its own account, or in partnership with, any other person.

 

55. Disclosure

 

55.1 The Board, or any service providers (including the Officers, the Secretary and the registered office agent of the Company) specifically authorised by the Board, shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority any information regarding the affairs of the Company including without limitation information contained in the Register of Members and books of the Company.

 

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EXHIBIT G

 

Listco Incentive Equity Plan Term Sheet

 

[See Attached]

 

 

 

 

Listco Incentive Equity Plan

 

Suggested key terms

 

This term sheet sets out, for consideration by the boards of directors of Capri Holdings Limited (Capri) and Ajax I (Ajax), the proposed key terms to be included in the long-form rules of the future ‘Listco Equity Incentive Plan’ for the new Cayman Islands exempted company (Listco), as referenced at Section 5.17 of the Agreement (the Plan).

 

The intention is to put in place a flexible ‘omnibus’ type plan, customary for public companies, that can be used to meet a variety of requirements. The Plan will be different to the current Capri share incentive plans (the Former Plans), namely the Capri Share Option Scheme (Non-Tax Favoured) and the Capri EMI Share Option Scheme. The primary reason for this will be to allow grants to be made to US-based directors and to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. However, it would also give flexibility to the Listco board following Closing to allow it to adopt different structures and types of grant, should this be desired in order to appropriately incentivise management and other key employees.

 

Item   Proposed terms
Form of award  

Flexibility to grant different types of award as follows:

 

     Conditional awards.

 

     Market value options.

 

     Options with a nil-cost or nominal cost exercise price (with Compensation Committee discretion to ensure that such options are only granted in jurisdictions where this would be permissible).

 

     Restricted shares.

 

     Cash-based phantom awards.

 

     Power to establish appendices to grant tax qualifying awards where appropriate (e.g. CSOP in the UK and qualifying share awards in France).

     
Grant levels  

     Overall limits –the initial number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan will represent up to 5% of the issued share capital of Listco. Any options rolled over from the Former Plans (including any options rolled over pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and 2.4(c) of the Agreement) will be in addition to the 5%, and if any new or rolled over options are forfeited then this amount will be added back to pot.

 

     Individual limits - the present intention is for the CEO to receive a one time grant of up to 2% and the CFO to receive a one time grant of up to 0.5%, in each case, of the issued share capital of Listco; the independent non-executive directors to receive one time grants which have a value at Closing equivalent to GBP £500,000; with the remainder (plus any forfeited options) available for new joiners / existing Capri employees.

 

     For directors, grant level to be expressly subject to the compensation policy from time to time and awards to be structured to maximise tax efficiency for the directors.

     
Eligibility  

     Employees, directors and consultants of the Group eligible for awards.

 

     Compensation Committee (on recommendation of the executive directors) to be responsible for awarding eligible participants.

 

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Item   Proposed terms
Vesting Profile  

     Initial Awards to the executive directors and certain members of senior management of Capri (as determined by the Compensation Committee) to have a 50/50 split between time-based vesting (Time-Based Awards) and performance condition/time-based vesting (Performance-Based Awards).

 

     Time -Based awards will vest on an annual basis, with 12.5% (i.e., 25% of the Time-Based Awards) vesting each year following issue. The Plan will provide flexibility to set different time-vesting cycles for different awards (e.g. monthly vesting; no cliff; immediate / short-term vesting; shorter or longer overall vesting period).

 

     Performance-Based awards will vest as follows:

 

o     12.5% (i.e., 25% of the Performance-Based Awards) shall vest if the average closing price of the common shares of Listco on NYSE was at or above $15.00 for 20 days in any consecutive 30 day trading period;

 

o     an additional 12.5% (i.e., 25% of the Performance-Based Awards) shall vest if the average closing price of the common shares of Listco on NYSE was at or above $18.33 for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 day trading period;

 

o     an additional 12.5% (i.e., 25% of the Performance-Based Awards) shall vest if the average closing price of the common shares of Listco on NYSE was at or above $21.67 for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 day trading period; and

 

o     an additional 12.5% (i.e., 25% of the Performance-Based Awards) shall vest if the average closing price of the common shares of Listco on NYSE was at or above $25.00 for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 day trading period.

 

o     Notwithstanding the foregoing, Performance-Based Awards, despite when the Performance Conditions are achieved, shall only be settled or exercisable, as applicable (as distinct from vested) on an anniversary of award grant and a maximum of (i) 25% of the Performance-Based Awards may become settled or exercisable on the first anniversary of award grant, (ii) 50% of the Performance-Based Awards may become settled or exercisable on the second anniversary of the award grant, (iii) 75% of the Performance-Based Awards may become settled or exercisable on the third anniversary of the award grant and (iv) 100% of the Performance-Based Awards may become settled or exercisable on the fourth anniversary of the award grant. For example, if in the first year following the award grant, the average closing price of the common shares of Listco reaches $22.00, then 75% of the Performance-Based Awards shall be vested but only 25% of the Performance-Based Awards shall become settled or exercisable on the first anniversary of the award grant date and an additional 25% will become settled or exercisable on each of the second and third anniversary of the award grant date as the applicable performance conditions for 75% of the Performance Based Awards have been satisfied but for the deferral mechanism set forth above.

 

o     To the extent, at the five year anniversary of the award grant date, a portion of the Performance-Based Awards remain unvested on account of not having achieved the applicable performance condition, then such portion of the Performance-Based Awards shall be forfeited without any further action.

 

     Awards to other participants (including non-executive directors) will generally be made without performance conditions (i.e. may grant only Time-Based Awards) but the Plan will allow flexibility for the Compensation Committee to grant awards that are subject to performance conditions, including conditions that may differ than those set forth above.

 

     Vesting to be conditional on participants having complied with any regulatory / legal requirements and having provided all information requested by Listco.

 

     Discretion, to the extent permitted depending on the jurisdiction of the participant (e.g. to the extent that any such delay would not result in penalties under Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code for US participants), for vesting of awards to be delayed for any restricted individuals for any regulatory reasons (e.g. if there is inside information / a closed period) or where the Listco board needs time to consider application of malus (for example in the event of suspension of a participant / an ongoing investigation).

 

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Item   Proposed terms
Dividend equivalents        Power to award additional shares or cash at vesting to reflect value of dividends paid by Listco over the vesting period.  
     
Leaver treatment  

     For Good Leavers:

 

o     Time-Based Awards to vest as soon as reasonably practicable following cessation of service, subject to time pro-rating to cessation date.

 

o     Performance-Based Awards that have vested prior to cessation date but have not become settled or exercisable due to the deferral mechanic described above to become settled or exercisable at cessation date. Treatment of other Performance-Based Awards to be determined by the Compensation Committee.

 

     For other leavers, awards to lapse on cessation date.

 

     Discretion for the Compensation Committee to treat awards differently from the above where appropriate to do so.

     
Good Leaver Circumstances  

     Good Leaver:

 

o     Death;

 

o     Permanent incapacity / ill-health;

 

o     Redundancy (as determined by the Compensation Committee;

 

o     Sale of business out of the Group;

 

o     In respect of a non-executive directors only, expiry of the term of their appointment without renewal; or

 

o     Any other reason at the discretion of the Compensation Committee.

     
Compensation Committee discretions  

     General discretion for the Compensation Committee to adjust vesting outcomes if the outcome does not reflect wider performance / shareholder experience.

 

     Discretion for awards to be settled in cash, including for tax only (i.e. full or partial net settlement).

 

     Power to impose additional holding period following vesting.

 

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Item   Proposed terms
Change of control  

     Awards vest on a change of control, subject to the achievement of any applicable performance conditions. Discretion for the Compensation Committee to determine that a different number of shares will be released on vesting.

 

     As an alternative to accelerated vesting, the rules would also include a mechanism for the Compensation Committee to decide that an award (or part of an award) to be compulsorily rolled over into an equivalent award in the acquiring company on change of control.

     
Malus / clawback  

     Circumstances in which malus / clawback may be applied to include (without limitation):

 

o     Misstatement of results;

 

o     General corporate failure;

 

o     Gross misconduct; or

 

o     Conduct or behaviour that, following an investigation, is reasonably considered by the Compensation Committee to constitute a breach of Capri’s values as stipulated by Capri’s code of conduct in force from time to time.

 

     Operation of malus / clawback would be a matter for the Compensation Committee – including which participants it should apply to and whether it should be applied in any particular circumstances.

     
Overseas awards        Country-specific schedules to be considered to the Plan rules to address any regulatory issues that may arise in jurisdictions with a high number of participants – i.e. France, Germany and Portugal.

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

Form of Plan of Merger

 

[See Attached]

 

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The Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands

 

Plan of Merger

 

This plan of merger (the “Plan of Merger”) is made on [    ] 2021 between Capri Listco (the “Surviving Company”) and Ajax I (the “Merging Company”).

 

Whereas the Merging Company is a Cayman Islands exempted company and is entering into this Plan of Merger pursuant to the provisions of Part XVI of the Companies Act (As Revised) (the “Statute”).

 

Whereas the Surviving Company is a Cayman Islands exempted company and is entering into this Plan of Merger pursuant to the provisions of Part XVI of the Statute.

 

Whereas the directors of the Merging Company and the directors of the Surviving Company deem it desirable and in the commercial interests of the Merging Company and the Surviving Company, respectively, that the Merging Company be merged with and into the Surviving Company and that the undertaking, property and liabilities of the Merging Company vest in the Surviving Company (the “Merger”).

 

Whereas the sole outstanding shareholder (parent company) of the Surviving Company immediately prior to the Effective Date is the Merging Company and the Surviving Company and the Merging Company are entering into this Plan of Merger pursuant to Section 233(7) of the Statute.

 

Terms not otherwise defined in this Plan of Merger shall have the meanings given to them under the Statute.

 

Now therefore this Plan of Merger provides as follows:

 

1 The constituent companies to this Merger are the Surviving Company and the Merging Company.

 

2 The surviving company is the Surviving Company.

 

3 The registered office of the Surviving Company is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited of PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands and the registered office of the Merging Company is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited of PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands.

 

4 Immediately prior to the Effective Date (as defined below), the share capital of the Surviving Company will be US$215,500 divided into 1,100,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 1,000,000,000 Class C ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and 5,000,000 preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and the Surviving Company will have 1,000 Class B ordinary shares in issue held in the name of the Merging Company.

 

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5 Immediately prior to the Effective Date (as defined below), the share capital of the Merging Company will be US$55,500 divided into divided into 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and 5,000,000 preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and the Merging Company will have [insert number] Class A ordinary shares and [insert number] Class B ordinary shares in issue.

 

6 The date that this Plan of Merger is registered by the Registrar in accordance with section 233(13) of the Statute (the “Effective Date”).

 

7 The terms and conditions of the Merger are such that, on the Effective Date:

 

7.1 Each Class A ordinary share issued and outstanding in the Merging Company on the Effective Date shall be converted into or exchanged for one Class A ordinary share in the Surviving Company;

 

7.2 Each Class B ordinary share issued and outstanding in the Merging Company on the Effective Date shall be converted into or exchanged for one Class B ordinary share in the Surviving Company;

 

7.3 Each warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share of the Merging Company issued and outstanding on the Effective Date shall be converted into or exchanged for the right to receive one warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share of the Surviving Company;

 

7.4 Each warrant to purchase one Class B ordinary share of the Merging Company issued and outstanding on the Effective Date shall be converted into or exchanged for the right to receive one warrant to purchase one Class B ordinary share of the Surviving Company;

 

7.5 Each unit comprised of one Class A ordinary share of the Merging Company and a warrant to purchase 1/4 of a Class A ordinary share of the Merging Company issued and outstanding on the Effective Date shall be converted into or exchanged for one unit comprised of one Class A ordinary share of the Merging Company and a warrant to purchase 1/4 of a Class A ordinary share of the Surviving Company.

 

7.6 Each share of the Surviving Company issued and outstanding on the Effective Date shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, without payment of any consideration or distribution thereafter.

 

8 The rights and restrictions attaching to the shares in the Surviving Company are set out in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Company in the form annexed at Annexure 1 hereto.

 

9 The Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Company immediately prior to the Merger shall be its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association after the Merger.

 

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10 There are no amounts or benefits which are or shall be paid or payable to any director of either constituent company or the Surviving Company consequent upon the Merger.

 

11 The Merging Company has granted no fixed or floating security interests that are outstanding as at the date of this Plan of Merger.

 

12 The Surviving Company has granted no fixed or floating security interests that are outstanding as at the date of this Plan of Merger.

 

13 The names and addresses of each director of the Surviving Company are:

 

13.1 Daniel Och of [Insert personal address of Director];

 

13.2 Glenn Fuhrman of [Insert personal address of Director]; and

 

13.3 J. Morgan Rutman of [Insert personal address of Director].

 

14 This Plan of Merger has been approved by the board of directors of each of the Surviving Company and the Merging Company pursuant to section 233(3) of the Statute.

 

15 At any time prior to the Effective Date, this Plan of Merger may be:

 

15.1 terminated by the board of directors of either the Surviving Company or the Merging Company;

 

15.2 amended by the board of directors of both the Surviving Company and the Merging Company to:

 

(a) change the Effective Date provided that such changed date shall not be a date later than the ninetieth day after the date of registration of this Plan of Merger with the Registrar of Companies; and

 

(b) effect any other changes to this Plan of Merger which the directors of both the Surviving Company and the Merging Company deem advisable, provided that such changes do not materially adversely affect any rights of the shareholders of the Surviving Company or the Merging Company, as determined by the directors of both the Surviving Company and the Merging Company, respectively.

 

16 This Plan of Merger may be executed in counterparts.

 

17 This Plan of Merger shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

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In witness whereof the parties hereto have caused this Plan of Merger to be executed on the day and year first above written.

 

 

       
SIGNED by ________________________ )    
Duly authorised for )  
and on behalf of )   J. Morgan Rutman
Capri Listco )   Director
       
SIGNED by ________________________ )    
Duly authorised for )  
and on behalf of )   J. Morgan Rutman
Ajax I )    
Director      

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SPONSOR LETTER AGREEMENT

 

This SPONSOR LETTER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [•], 2021, is made by and among AJAX I Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“AJAX”), and Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited liability company formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”). The Sponsor, AJAX and the Company shall be referred to herein from time to time collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, AJAX, Capri Listco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Listco”), the Company, and certain other Persons party thereto are entering into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that the Parties will enter into this Agreement concurrently with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement by the parties thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor agrees that it will (a)  vote in favor of approval of the Business Combination Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated by each of them including the Transaction Proposals (b) waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to the AJAX Class B Shares set forth in the Governing Documents of AJAX and/or, after giving effect to the AJAX Reorganization, the Listco Class B Shares set forth in the Governing Documents of Listco (in each case resulting from the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Agreement to Vote.

 

(a)  The Sponsor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees, at any meeting of the shareholders of AJAX duly called and convened in accordance with the Governing Documents of AJAX, whether or not adjourned and however called, including at the AJAX Shareholders Meeting or otherwise, and in any action by written consent of the shareholders of AJAX, (i) to vote, or cause to be voted, or execute and return, or cause to be executed and returned, an action by written consent with respect to, as applicable, all of the Sponsor’s AJAX Class B Shares and AJAX Class A Shares (if any) (the “Sponsor AJAX Shares”), in each case, held of record or beneficially by Sponsor as of the date of this Agreement, or to which the Sponsor acquires record or beneficial ownership after the date hereof and prior to the Closing (including by reason of the AJAX Reorganization) (collectively, the “Subject Equity Securities”) in favor of each of the Transaction Proposals, in each case, to the extent such Subject Equity Securities are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto (ii) when such meeting is held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause the applicable Subject Equity Securities to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum, (iii) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, waive any dissenters, appraisal or other similar rights, whether such rights are afforded by law or contract, in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, including the AJAX Reorganization, and (iv) to vote against, or cause to be voted against, or withhold consent, or cause consent to be withheld, with respect to, as applicable, (A) any AJAX Acquisition Proposal or (B) any other matter, action or proposal that would reasonably be expected to result in (x) a breach of any of the AJAX Parties’ covenants, agreements or obligations under the Business Combination Agreement or any of the Ancillary Documents or (y) any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article 6 (Conditions to the Consummation of the Closing) of the Business Combination Agreement not being satisfied.

 

 

 

 

(b)  Without limiting any other rights or remedies of the Company, the Sponsor hereby irrevocably appoints the chief executive officer of the Company as the Sponsor’s agent, attorney-in-fact and proxy (with full power of substitution and resubstitution), for and in the name, place and stead of Sponsor, (i) to attend on behalf of Sponsor any meeting of the AJAX Shareholders with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a), (ii) to include the applicable Subject Equity Securities in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of the holders of AJAX Shares and (iii) to vote (or cause to be voted), or deliver a written consent (or withhold consent), or waive, revoke or not assert any right, if applicable, with respect to the applicable Subject Equity Securities on the matters specified in, and in accordance and consistent with Section 1(a) in connection with any meeting of the holders of AJAX Shares or any action by written consent by the holders of AJAX Shares in the event that Sponsor fails to perform or otherwise comply with the covenants, agreements or obligations set forth in Section 1(a).

 

(c)  The proxy granted by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 1(b) is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and is granted in consideration for the Company entering into the Business Combination Agreement and agreeing to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The proxy granted by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 1(b) is also a durable proxy and shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution, death, incapacity or other inability to act by the Sponsor and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by the Sponsor with respect to the Subject Equity Securities. The vote or consent of the proxyholder in accordance with Section 1(b) and with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a) shall control in the event of any conflict between such vote or consent by the proxyholder of the Subject Equity Securities and a vote or consent by the Sponsor of the Subject Equity Securities (or any other Person with the power to vote or provide consent with respect to the Subject Equity Securities) with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a). The proxyholder may not exercise the proxy granted pursuant to Section 1(b) on any matter except for those matters described in Section 1(a).

 

2.  Waiver of Anti-dilution Protection. Subject to, and conditioned upon, the occurrence of the Closing, the Sponsor (on behalf of itself and for its successors, heirs and assigns) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert or perfect, any rights to adjustment or other anti-dilution protections with respect to the rate that the AJAX Class B Shares held by it convert into AJAX Class A Shares, as set out in Article 17 of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of AJAX (or any analogous provision in the Governing Documents of Listco with respect to the Listco Class B Shares received by the Sponsor in exchange for the Sponsor AJAX Shares in connection with the AJAX Reorganization), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents.

 

3.  Transfer of Shares. Except as expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (including in connection with the AJAX Reorganization and as contemplated by Section 2.1 (Transactions) of the Business Combination Agreement) or with the prior written consent of the Company (such consent to be given or withheld in its sole discretion), from and after the date hereof until the effective date of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6, the Sponsor hereby agrees that it shall not (i) Transfer any of its Subject Equity Securities, (ii) enter into (A) any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract that could (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Sponsor to Transfer its Subject Equity Securities or (B) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of the Subject Equity Securities, or (iii) enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in clauses (i) or (ii); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any Transfer (1) to AJAX’s officers or directors, any members or partners of the Sponsor, any Affiliates of the Sponsor, or any employees of such Affiliate; (2) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an Affiliate of such individual or to a charitable organization; (3) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (4) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; or (5) by virtue of the Sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the Sponsor; provided, that the Sponsor shall, and shall cause any transferee of its Subject Equity Securities of the type set forth in clauses (1) through (5), to enter into a written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, agreeing to be bound by this Agreement prior to the occurrence of such Transfer. For purposes of this Agreement, “Transfer” means any, direct or indirect, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest or encumbrance in or disposition of an interest (whether with or without consideration, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or otherwise).

 

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4.  Release of Claims. In consideration for the benefits to be received by the Sponsor under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, subject to and effective as of the Closing, the Sponsor, for and on behalf of itself and each of its heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, assigns and subsidiaries, hereby acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of and fully and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Company, AJAX, the Group Companies, Listco, each of their respective subsidiaries and their predecessors, successors, assignees, parent companies, shareholders and investors (direct and indirect) and, in each case, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other representatives, past and present (collectively, the “Released Entities”), from liability on or for any and all charges, claims, controversies, actions, causes of action, cross claims, counterclaims, demands, debts, duties, sanctions, fines, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs, attorney’s fees, sums of money, suits, contracts, covenants, controversies, agreements, promises, responsibilities, obligations and accounts of any kind, nature or description whatsoever in Law or in equity (“Actions”), direct or indirect, past, present and future, and whether or not now or heretofore known, suspected, matured or unmatured, contingent or uncontingent, or claimed against the Released Entities, through to and including the Closing, arising out of, or relating to, (x) the Sponsor’s ownership of any Sponsor AJAX Shares or any equity or debt interests in AJAX prior to the Closing, (y) the organization, management or operation of the business of AJAX relating to any matter, occurrence, action, inaction, omission or activity prior to the Closing, in each case, in the Sponsor’s capacity as an equity or debt securityholder, and (z) the negotiation, implementation or closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement; provided, that such release shall not release the Released Entities for (i) any Actions arising out of or related to the Released Entities’ respective Governing Documents, to provide indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the Sponsor in respect of actions taken or omitted in the Sponsor’s capacity as an officer and/or director of such Released Entity prior to the Closing, (ii) any Actions arising out of or related to the Released Entities’ contracts with or obligations to the Sponsor in respect of compensation arrangements as an officer and/or director of such Released Entity prior to the Closing, (iii) any Actions arising under, or in connection with, any commercial agreements as between any direct or indirect portfolio companies of the Sponsor or its Affiliates and any Released Entity, or (iv) for the avoidance of doubt, any Actions arising in Sponsor’s capacity as a member of Listco under its Governing Documents, the Investor Rights Agreement or any other agreement between Listco and the Sponsor as a member or equityholder, in each case, arising after the Closing.

 

5.  Other Covenants.

 

(a)  The Sponsor hereby agrees that it shall (i) be bound by and subject to Sections 5.3(a) (Confidentiality and Access to Information), 5.4(a) (Public Announcements) and 5.6(b) (Exclusive Dealing) of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the parties to the Business Combination Agreement.

 

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(b)  The Sponsor acknowledges and agrees that the Company is entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon the Sponsor entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement and but for the Sponsor entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, the Company would not be entering into or agreeing to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

 

6.  Representations and Warranties. The Sponsor represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a)  The Sponsor is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation.

 

(b)  The Sponsor has the requisite limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Sponsor. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Sponsor and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Sponsor (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Parties hereto), enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).

 

(c)  No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Sponsor with respect to the Sponsor’s execution, delivery or performance of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of the Sponsor to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.

 

(d)  None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Sponsor, the performance by the Sponsor of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of the Sponsor’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Sponsor is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which the Sponsor or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon the Subject Equity Securities, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not adversely affect the ability of the Sponsor to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

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(e)  The Sponsor is the record and beneficial owner of the Sponsor AJAX Shares and has valid, good and marketable title to the Sponsor AJAX Shares (and, following the consummation of the AJAX Reorganization, the Listco Class B Shares received by the Sponsor in exchange for the Sponsor AJAX Shares (the “Sponsor Listco Shares”)), free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law, under the Governing Documents of AJAX (or, following the AJAX Reorganization the Governing Documents of Listco), or as set forth on Section 4.7(a) of the AJAX Disclosure Schedules). Except for the Equity Securities of AJAX set forth on Schedule I hereto, together with any other Equity Securities of AJAX and/or Listco that the Sponsor acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof that is either permitted pursuant to or acquired in accordance with Section 5.9 (Conduct of Business of AJAX Parties) of the Business Combination Agreement (including in connection with the AJAX Reorganization), the Sponsor does not own, beneficially or of record, any Equity Securities of AJAX or Listco or have the right to acquire any Equity Securities of AJAX or Listco. The Sponsor has the sole right to vote (and provide consent in respect of, as applicable) the Sponsor AJAX Shares (and following the AJAX Reorganization the Sponsor Listco Shares) and, except for this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Governing Documents of AJAX, the Governing Documents of Listco or any proxy given for purposes of voting in favor of the Transaction Proposals, the Sponsor is not party to or bound by (i) any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract that could (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) requiring the Sponsor to Transfer any of the Sponsor AJAX Shares (or, following the AJAX Reorganization the Sponsor Listco Shares) or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of any of the Sponsor AJAX Shares (or, following the AJAX Reorganization the Sponsor Listco Shares) in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of this Agreement. The Sponsor holds 100% of the issued and outstanding AJAX Class B Shares as of the date hereof.

 

(f)  There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Sponsor’s knowledge, threatened against or involving the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Sponsor to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

(g)  The Sponsor, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of, the Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Company and their respective businesses and operations as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable him, her or it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(h)  In entering into this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party, the Sponsor has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of any of the Group Companies or any Company Non-Party Affiliate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the representations or warranties of the Company set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document to which the Sponsor is not and will not be a party) or any other Person, either express or implied, and the Sponsor, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party, none of the Group Companies, Company Non-Party Affiliates or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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7.  Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, and be void ab initio upon the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms. Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Section 4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, (ii) the termination of this Agreement shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud, and (iii) Section 5(a) (solely to the extent that it relates to Section 5.3(a) (Confidentiality and Access to Information) of the Business Combination Agreement), the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 6(g) and (h), Section 16, and Section 17 shall each survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

8.  No Recourse. Except for claims pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document by any party(ies) thereto against any other party(ies) thereto on the terms and subject to the conditions therein, each Party agrees that (a) this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and no claims of any nature whatsoever (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising under or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be asserted against any Representatives of any Party (other than the Persons named as parties hereto), and (b) none of the Representatives of any Party (other than the Persons named as parties hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein) shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished in connection with this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall AJAX have any obligations or Liabilities related to or arising out of the covenants, agreements, obligations, representations or warrants of the Sponsor under this Agreement (including related to or arising out of any breach of any such covenant, agreement, obligation, representation or warranty by the Sponsor).

 

9.  Fiduciary Duties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) the Sponsor makes no agreement or understanding herein in any capacity other than in the Sponsor’s capacity as a record holder and/or beneficial owner of the Subject Equity Securities, and (b) nothing herein will be construed to limit or affect any action or inaction by any representative of the Sponsor serving as a member of the board of directors (or other similar governing body) of any AJAX Party or as an officer, employee or fiduciary of any AJAX Party, in each case, acting in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of such AJAX Party.

 

10.  No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be for the sole benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include any successor to AJAX, including Listco, which successor shall be bound by all obligations and entitled to enforce all rights of AJAX under this Agreement) and is not intended, nor shall be construed, to give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever by reason this Agreement; provided, however, that each of the Released Entities shall be express third-party beneficiaries of Section 4 and each Group Company and Company Non-Party Affiliate shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 6(h). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties, partners or participants in a joint venture.

 

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11.  Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the email was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such email was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

If to the Sponsor, to:

 

  c/o AJAX I
  667 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY 10606
  Attention:  Daniel Och
    Glen Fuhrman
  Email: dan@willcapllc.com
    glenn@virtruip.com

 

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

 

  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 N. LaSalle
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attention: Ryan D. Harris, P.C.
    Cole Parker, P.C.
    Katherine M. Bryan
  Email: ryan.harris@kirkland.com
    cole.parker@kirkland.com
    katherine.bryan@kirkland.com

 

If to the Company, to:

 

  Cazoo Holdings Limited
  41 Chalton Street
  London
  NW1 1JD
  Attention: Ned Staple
  E-mail:  ned.staple@cazoo.co.uk

 

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

 

  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
  601 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attention: Valerie Ford Jacob
    Sebastian L. Fain
  E-mail: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com
    sebastian.fain@freshfields.com

 

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and to:

 

  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  100 Bishopsgate
  London
  EC2P 2SR
  United Kingdom
  Attention: Natasha Good
  E-mail: natasha.good@freshfields.com

 

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

12.  Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

13.  Amendments and Waivers; Assignment Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by each Party hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by any Party without the other Party’s prior written consent (to be withheld or given in its sole discretion). Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 13 shall be void, ab initio.

 

14.  Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses; provided, that, any such fees and expenses incurred by the Sponsor shall be deemed to be AJAX Expenses.

 

15.  No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed to vest in the Company any direct or indirect ownership or incidents of ownership of or with respect to the Subject Equity Securities. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Subject Equity Securities shall remain vested in and belong to the Sponsor, and the Company shall have no authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern or administer any of the policies or operations of any AJAX Party or exercise any power or authority to direct the Sponsor in the voting of any of the Subject Equity Securities, except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to the Subject Equity Securities. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 1, the Sponsor shall not be restricted from voting in favor of, against or abstaining with respect to or giving (or withholding) its written consent to any other matters presented to the shareholders of AJAX (or any successor thereto).

 

16.  Non-Survival. The representations and warranties, and each of the agreements and covenants (to the extent such agreement or covenants contemplates or requires performance at or prior to the Closing) in this Agreement shall terminate at the Closing, and (ii) each covenant and agreement contained herein that by its terms, expressly contemplates performance after the Closing shall so survive the Closing in accordance with its terms, in each case, subject to Section 7; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing the Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to Closing or actual fraud shall not be affected.

 

17.  Incorporation by Reference. Sections 8.2 (Entire Agreement; Assignment), 8.3 (Amendment), 8.5 (Governing Law), 8.7 (Constructions; Interpretation), 8.10 (Severability), 8.11 (Counterparts; Electronic Signatures), 8.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 8.16 (Submission to Jurisdiction) and 8.17 (Remedies) of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein and shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.

 

  AJAX I HOLDINGS, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Daniel Och
  Name: Daniel Och
  Title: Managing Member
     
  AJAX I
   
  By: /s/ J. Morgan Rutman
  Name: J. Morgan Rutman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
  CAZOO HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By: /s/ Alexander Chesterman
  Name:  Alexander Chesterman
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

AJAX Equity Securities as of the date hereof

 

Shareholder   Number of AJAX Class A Shares     Number of AJAX Class B Shares  
Sponsor     0       8,944,343  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

FORM OF TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of [●], 2021, by and among Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“AJAX”), Capri Listco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Listco”), Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited liability company formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), and the undersigned, a shareholder of the Company (the “Shareholder”). Each of AJAX, Listco, the Company and the Shareholder are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Business Combination Agreement (defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, AJAX, Listco and the Company are entering into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, Listco (as the surviving company in the Merger) will acquire all of the Company Shares from the Company Shareholders, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the Shareholder SPA;

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of the number and class or series (as applicable) of Equity Securities of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto (together with any other Equity Securities of the Company that the Shareholder acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof, including any Equity Securities issued or deemed issued to the Shareholder in connection with the conversion or exercise of any Company Options, Company Warrants or any other options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, or otherwise received by the Shareholder pursuant to any equity reclassification, stock split, combination, stock dividend, subdivision or recapitalization or any other internal reorganization of the Company prior to the Closing, collectively, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any Equity Securities of Listco or AJAX, the “Subject Company Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholder, collectively with (i) the other Supporting Company Shareholders and (ii) the requisite number of Series D Shareholders (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) needed to obtain a Series D Majority (as defined in the Company Articles of Association), constitute the Drag Shareholders (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) and will, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Company Articles of Association, have the right to exercise the Drag Along Option (as defined in the Company Articles of Association);

 

WHEREAS, in consideration for the benefits to be received by the Shareholder under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is a party and as a material inducement to AJAX and the other AJAX Parties agreeing to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, the Shareholder agrees to enter into this Agreement and to be bound by the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge and agree that AJAX and the other AJAX Parties would not have entered into and agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents without the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement.

  

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. Shareholder SPA; Drag Along and Related Matters.

 

(a) The Shareholder and Listco hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree that, as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within two Business Days) following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and upon written notice thereof from the Company or AJAX, the Shareholder and Listco shall duly execute and deliver (i) the Shareholder SPA (substantially in such form as attached hereto as Exhibit A) to the Company, AJAX and Listco and (ii) properly completed and duly executed stock transfer form(s) to the Exchange Agent (or, if not yet appointed, the Company), in each case with respect to the Subject Company Shares.

 

(b) The Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within two Business Days) following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and upon written notice thereof from the Company or AJAX, the Shareholder shall (i) duly execute and deliver to the Company a letter substantially in such form as attached hereto as Exhibit B (such notice, together with the Shareholder SPA and the stock transfer form required pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii), the “Required Documents”) that: (A) contains a notification that the Shareholder wishes to transfer the Subject Company Shares to Listco; and (B) constitutes (assuming the delivery of such notice by other Company Shareholders sufficient that, together with the Shareholder, such group constitutes “Drag Shareholders” (as such term is defined in the Company Articles of Association)), a Drag Along Notice (as such term is defined in the Company Articles of Association) containing the details required in the Company Articles of Association relating to such transfer of the Subject Company Shares to Listco; and (ii) solely in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company or party to the Required Documents, take such other actions, execute and deliver such additional documents, agreements or instruments, provide, or cause to be provided, such additional information or other materials and/or give such other declarations, in each case, as are necessary or advisable, in each case, as reasonably determined by AJAX, Listco or the Company, to exercise and implement the Drag Along Option (as such term is defined in the Company Articles of Association).

 

(c) [The Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees, at the Closing, to duly execute and deliver to the other parties thereto the Investor Rights Agreement.]1

 

(d) The Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, from and after the date hereof and until the Closing, to the extent that it is necessary or advisable, in each case, as reasonably determined by AJAX and the Company, for any matters, actions or proposals to be approved by the Shareholder in connection with, or otherwise in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and/or the Ancillary Documents, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company (whether annual, extraordinary or otherwise and whether or not adjourned or postponed), however called, on any written resolution, and in any action by written consent or resolution, in each case, of the shareholders of the Company (collectively, “such meeting” or “such written consent”), the Shareholder shall, solely in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, as applicable, do the following:

 

(i) when such meeting is held, appear at such meeting (in person or by proxy) or otherwise cause the Subject Company Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum; and

 

 

1 Note to Draft: Relevant only for certain of the Transaction Support Agreements.

 

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(ii) vote the Subject Company Shares (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause the Subject Company Shares to be voted (or validly execute and return and cause such written consent to be granted), in each case for all applicable purposes, at such meeting or such written consent in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the dealing with of the Subject Company Shares in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including: (A) taking all such actions as required to enable the Drag Along Option (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) to be exercised and implemented in accordance with the Company Articles of Association in connection and in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including those actions required pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Agreement or, if applicable, Section 5.12 of the Business Combination Agreement, (B) approving any internal reorganization or recapitalizations of the Company and its subsidiaries prior to the Closing which are necessary or desirable in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, (C) waiving, consenting to, invoking or approving any rights the Shareholder may have under the Company’s Governing Documents or the Company Shareholder Agreement necessary or desirable in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents (other than any waiver, consent or approval that would adversely affect the amount of Aggregate Cash Consideration or Aggregate Stock Consideration payable to the Shareholder under the Business Combination Agreement in effect as of the date hereof), (D) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, waiving any dissenters rights, appraisal rights or any other similar rights, whether such rights are afforded by law or contract, with respect to the Subject Company Shares and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (E) taking all such actions as may be required in connection with the treatment and exercise of the Company Options and Company Warrants and the termination of Company Equity Plans prior to Closing (whether pursuant to Section 2.4 (Treatment of Company Options and Drover Warrants) of the Business Combination Agreement) or otherwise (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Transactions”), including with respect to any matter in furtherance of the Transactions for which a vote or approval of the shareholders of the Company is required.

 

(e) The Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Company Shares against and withhold consent with respect to (A) any Company Acquisition Proposal or (B) any other matter, action or proposal that would reasonably be expected to result in (x) a breach of any of the Company’s covenants, agreements or obligations under the Business Combination Agreement or (y) any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article 6 (Conditions to the Consummation of the Transactions) of the Business Combination Agreement not being satisfied at Closing.

 

(f) Without limiting any other rights or remedies of AJAX or the Company (or any of their respective successors, including Listco), in the event that the Shareholder fails to execute and deliver any of the Required Documents within the time required by Section 1 hereof (such failure, a “POA Event”), then, solely in such circumstances and solely to the extent set forth herein, the Shareholder hereby constitutes, appoints and grants to AJAX and the Company (or any of their respective successors, including Listco) or any individual designated by AJAX or the Company (or any of their respective successors, including Listco) as its true and lawful representative, agent and attorney-in-fact, in its name, place and stead, to execute and deliver each Required Document. Following a POA Event, the agency and powers of attorney to execute and deliver the Required Documents shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall survive the death, incompetency, incapacity, disability, insolvency or dissolution of the Shareholder (regardless of whether AJAX (or any of its successors, including Listco) has notice thereof). Upon the occurrence of a POA Event, the Shareholder hereby approves, authorizes and ratifies everything which AJAX or the Company (or any of their respective successors, including Listco) shall lawfully do pursuant to this Section 1(f) to the extent consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents.

 

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(g) The Shareholder hereby agrees, consents to and approves, for the purposes of the Company Articles of Association and the Company Shareholder Agreement (including articles 6.3, 15.5 and 16.11 of the Company Articles of Association and clause 9.1(a) of the Company Shareholder Agreement):

 

(i) the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents;

 

(ii) the entry into by any Company Shareholder of a Shareholder SPA as contemplated by Section 5.12 of the Business Combination Agreement (including by the Supporting Company Shareholders in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Support Agreement entered into by each of them);

 

(iii) the disapplication of articles 17 and 22 of the Company Articles of Association to the transfers contemplated by any such Shareholder SPAs; and

 

(iv) the transfer by Alex Chesterman of his Unvested Shares to Listco in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2. Certain Provisions of the Business Combination Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 8.9 (Parties in Interest) of the Business Combination Agreement, AJAX, Listco and the Company agree that the Shareholder shall, for all purposes, be entitled to enforce the following provisions of the Business Combination Agreement as if the Shareholder was an original signatory thereto: Section 5.14 (Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance), Section 5.15(a) (Post-Closing Directors and Name) (including Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), and Section 8.13 (No Recourse) (collectively, the “Applicable Provisions”). None of AJAX, Listco or the Company shall modify, amend or waive the Business Combination Agreement or any Ancillary Document in any way which is adverse in any material respect to the Shareholder without the Shareholder’s prior written consent, it being understood that any modification, amendment or waiver of (i) Article 2 (Transactions) of the Business Combination Agreement to the extent affecting the consideration payable to, or Liabilities in respect of, the Shareholder or (ii) any Applicable Provision (or the definition of any defined term used in any of them) shall, in each case, be deemed to be adverse in a material respect to the Shareholder.

 

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3. Release of Claims and Non-Reliance.

 

(a) In consideration for the payments and other benefits to be received by the Shareholder under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, subject to and effective as of the Closing, the Shareholder, for and on behalf of himself, herself or itself and each of his, her or its, as applicable, heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, assigns and subsidiaries, hereby acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of and fully and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Company, the AJAX Parties, the Group Companies, each of their respective subsidiaries and their predecessors, successors, assignees, parent companies, shareholders and investors (direct and indirect) and, in each case, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other representatives, past and present (collectively, the “Non-Shareholder Released Entities”), from liability on or for any and all charges, claims, controversies, actions, causes of action, cross claims, counterclaims, demands, debts, duties, sanctions, fines, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs, attorney’s fees, sums of money, suits, contracts, covenants, controversies, agreements, promises, responsibilities, obligations and accounts of any kind, nature or description whatsoever in Law or in equity (“Actions”), direct or indirect, past, present and future, and whether or not now or heretofore known, suspected, matured or unmatured, contingent or uncontingent, or claimed against the Non-Shareholder Released Entities, through to and including the Closing, arising out of, or relating to, (x) such Shareholder’s ownership of any Subject Company Shares or any equity or debt interests in any Group Company, including the Company, prior to the Closing (including any and all Actions such Shareholder may have against the Non-Shareholder Released Entities in such Shareholder’s capacity as a securityholder or a debtholder of any Group Company), (y) the organization, management or operation of the businesses of any Group Company relating to any matter, occurrence, action, inaction, omission or activity prior to the Closing, or (z) the negotiation, implementation or closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, in each case, in such Shareholder’s capacity as an equity or debt securityholder; provided that such release shall not release the Non-Shareholder Released Entities for (i) any liabilities or Actions that such Shareholder has pursuant to its right to receive its portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration and Aggregate Stock Consideration determined in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of, and the steps set forth in, the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, subject in all respects to the last sentence of Section 4(b) of this Agreement, (ii) any Actions arising out of or related to the Non-Shareholder Released Entities’ respective Governing Documents to provide indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses to such Shareholder or any Shareholder Released Entity (as defined below) in respect of actions taken or omitted in such Shareholder’s or Shareholder Released Entity’s capacity as an officer and/or director of such Non-Shareholder Released Entity (including as provided for under Section 5.14 (Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance) of the Business Combination Agreement), (iii) any Actions arising out of or related to the Non-Shareholder Released Entities’ contracts with or obligations to any Shareholder or Shareholder Released Entity in respect of compensation arrangements as an officer and/or director of such Non-Shareholder Released Entity, (iv) any Actions arising under this Agreement, the Shareholder SPA or any Applicable Provision subject in all respects to the last sentence of Section 4(b) of this Agreement, (v) any Actions arising under, or in connection with, any commercial agreements as between any Shareholder Released Entity and any Non-Shareholder Released Entity, and (vi) any Actions arising out of or relating to actual fraud.

 

(b) Subject to and effective as of the Closing, each of the Company, AJAX and Listco, for and on behalf of themselves and each of their respective administrators, representatives, successors, assigns and subsidiaries, hereby acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of and fully and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Shareholder, each of his, her or its heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, predecessors, parent companies, shareholders, investors (direct and indirect) and Affiliates and in each case, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys, and other representatives, past and present (collectively, the “Shareholder Released Entities”), from liability on or for any and all Actions, direct or indirect, past, present and future, and whether or not now or heretofore known, suspected, matured or unmatured, contingent or uncontingent, or claimed against the Shareholder Released Entities, through to and including the Closing, arising out of, or relating to, (x) such Shareholder’s ownership of any Subject Company Shares or any equity or debt interests in any Group Company, including the Company, prior to the Closing (including any and all Actions such Shareholder may have against the Shareholder Released Entities in such Shareholder’s capacity as a securityholder or a debtholder of any Group Company) or (y) the negotiation, implementation or closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement; provided that such release shall not release the Shareholder Released Entities for (i) any Actions arising under this Agreement, the Shareholder SPA, any applicable Ancillary Agreement (including any PIPE Subscription Agreement and, for this purpose, any non-disclosure agreement, wall-crossing obligation or otherwise agreed to by any Shareholder Released Entity) or any Applicable Provision and (ii) any Actions arising under, or in connection with, any commercial agreements as between any Non-Shareholder Released Entity and any Shareholder Released Entity.

 

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(c) Each of AJAX, Listco and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) in entering into this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which it is a party, it has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in such agreements and not on any representations or warranties of the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Released Entity, either express or implied, and (ii) except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the Shareholder SPA, neither the Shareholder nor any other Shareholder Released Entity makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Shareholder SPA or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

4. Other Covenants and Agreements.

 

(a) The Shareholder hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any such agreement, (i) each of the agreements set forth on Schedule 5.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules to which the Shareholder is a party shall be automatically terminated and of no further force and effect (including any provisions of any such agreement that, by its terms, survive such termination) effective as of, and subject to and conditioned upon the occurrence of, the Closing and (ii) upon such termination neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates (including the other Group Companies and, from and after the Closing, the AJAX Parties and their respective Affiliates) shall have any further obligations or liabilities under each such agreement.

 

(b) At least two Business Days prior to the Election Deadline, the Company shall notify the Shareholder of the number of AJAX Class A Shares with respect to which valid requests for redemption pursuant to the AJAX Shareholder Redemption were received and not validly withdrawn. If, on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the Election Deadline, the Shareholder delivers to the Company a Mix and Match Election Form indicating its Election with respect to the Subject Company Shares, and the Company determines that such Mix and Match Election Form is deficient or such Election was not properly made, it shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event, prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Election Deadline) provide the Shareholder with written notice thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of the Company to provide such written notice of deficiency shall in no event whatsoever result in any liability to the Company, AJAX, Listco or any other Person (including any Non-Shareholder Released Entities), it being understood that the obligation to fully, completely and correctly complete the Mix and Match Election Form in a timely manner is the sole responsibility of the Shareholder and neither the Company, AJAX, Listco or any other Person (including any Non-Shareholder Released Entities) shall have any liability with respect to a deficient Mix and Match Election delivered by the Shareholder.

 

(c) The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that AJAX and the other AJAX Parties are entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement and but for the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, AJAX and the other AJAX Parties would not have entered into or agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

 

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(d) The Shareholder shall not, and the Shareholder shall cause its Representatives not to, issue any press releases or make any public announcements with respect to the Business Combination Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that the Shareholder or its Representatives may issue or make, as applicable, any such press release, public announcement or other communication (i) if such press release, public announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law or the rules of any applicable stock exchange with jurisdiction, (ii) to Governmental Entities in connection with any Consents required to be obtained by the Shareholder (as distinct from the Company) under the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) only to the extent such press release, public announcements or other communication contains only information previously disclosed in a press release, public announcement or other communication previously made in accordance with this Section 4(d) or Section 5.4 (Public Announcements) of the Business Combination Agreement; provided, further, however, that, in the case of (i) and (ii) above, the Shareholder or its applicable Representative shall, and the Shareholder shall cause its Representatives to, unless and to the extent not inconsistent with applicable Law, reasonably consult with the Company and AJAX in connection therewith and provide the Company and AJAX with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and shall consider such comments in good faith. The Shareholder shall be responsible and liable for any breach by its Representatives of this Section 4(d).

 

(e) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Shareholder shall not, and shall cause its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage (including by means of furnishing or disclosing non-public information), knowingly facilitate, discuss with any third party or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person in connection with, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iii) enter into any Contract or other arrangement or understanding regarding a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iv) prepare or take any steps in connection with a public offering of any Equity Securities or other securities of any Group Company (or any Affiliate or successor of any Group Company), other than any such offering that would only be executed after the Closing; or (v) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing. This Section 4(e) shall not restrict (x) any action by the Company or any of its Representatives or (y) any action taken by the Shareholder or its Representatives, in each case, in furtherance of any action taken by the Company or its Representatives in compliance with Section 5.6 (Exclusive Dealing) of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

(f) The Company shall provide the Shareholder not less than three (3) Business Days’ written notice of the Closing.

 

(g) The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that, with respect to its Mix and Match Election Form, he, she or it will be subject to the restrictions (if any) set forth on Schedule A hereto.

 

(h) In the event AJAX, Listco and the Company, or any of them, enter into a Transaction Support Agreement (or any similar agreement or arrangement) with any Company Shareholder on terms individually or in the aggregate materially more favorable to such Company Shareholder than this Agreement is to the Shareholder, AJAX, Listco and the Company shall promptly after such entry (and in any event within two (2) Business Days thereof) (i) notify the Shareholder in writing, which notice shall identify such materially more favorable terms, and (ii) to the extent requested in writing by the Shareholder, execute an amendment to this Agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Shareholder and the Company providing such materially more favorable terms for the benefit of the Shareholder (with no other changes to this Agreement).

 

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5. Shareholder Representations and Warranties. The Shareholder represents and warrants to AJAX as follows:

 

(a) If the Shareholder is an entity, the Shareholder is a corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable).

 

(b) The Shareholder has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his, her or its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other similar) action on the part of the Shareholder. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Shareholder (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by each other Party), enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).

 

(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Shareholder with respect to the Shareholder’s execution, delivery or performance of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its obligations hereunder in any material respect.

 

(d) None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder, the performance by the Shareholder of any of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation by the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) to the extent Shareholder is an entity, result in any breach of any provision of the Shareholder’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Shareholder is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which the Shareholder or any of his, her or its properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon the Subject Company Shares, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

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(e) The Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Subject Company Shares and has valid, good and marketable title to the Subject Company Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law and general restrictions under the Company’s Governing Documents). Except for the Equity Securities of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto, together with any other Equity Securities of the Company that the Shareholder acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof that is either permitted pursuant to or acquired in accordance with Section 5.1(b)(v) of the Business Combination Agreement or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (including in connection with the exercise of Vested Company Options pursuant to Sections 2.4(a), 2.4(b) or 2.4(c) of the Business Combination Agreement and Company Warrants pursuant to Section 2.4(d) of the Business Combination Agreement), the Shareholder does not own, beneficially or of record, any Equity Securities of any Group Company or have the right to acquire any Equity Securities of any Group Company. Except as previously disclosed in writing to the Company, AJAX and/or Listco, the Shareholder has the sole right to vote (and provide consent in respect of, as applicable) the Subject Company Shares and, except for this Agreement, the other Ancillary Documents, the Business Combination Agreement, the Company’s Governing Documents and the Company Shareholders Agreement, the Shareholder is not party to or bound by (i) any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contract that could (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Shareholder to Transfer any of the Subject Company Shares or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of any of the Subject Company Shares.

 

(f) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Shareholder’s knowledge, threatened against or involving the Shareholder or any of his, her or its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

(g) The Shareholder, on his, her or its own behalf and on behalf of his, her or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) he, she or it has conducted his, her or its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, his, her or its participation in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents and (ii) he, she or it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the AJAX Parties and their respective businesses and operations as he, she or it and his, her or its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable him, her or it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(h) In entering into this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party, the Shareholder has relied solely on the representations and warranties expressly set forth in the Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of any AJAX Party (including, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the representations or warranties of any AJAX Party set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which he, she or it is not a party), either express or implied, and the Shareholder, on his, her or its own behalf and on behalf of his, her or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party, none of the AJAX Parties or any Representative of any AJAX Party makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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6. Transfer of Subject Company Shares. Except as expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, this Agreement or the Shareholder SPA, or with the prior written consent of AJAX (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), from and after the date hereof, the Shareholder agrees not to (a) Transfer any of the Subject Company Shares, (b) enter into (i) any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract that could (either alone or in connection with one or more developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Shareholder to Transfer the Subject Company Shares or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of the Subject Company Shares, (c) take any action to convert its Subject Company Shares pursuant to Article 9 of the Company Articles of Association, or (d) take any actions in furtherance of any of the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c), provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any Transfer (A) to any Affiliate of the Shareholder; (B) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an Affiliate of such individual or to a charitable organization; (C) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (D) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; or (E) by virtue of the Shareholder’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the Shareholder; provided, further, that the Shareholder shall, and shall cause any transferee of its Subject Company Shares of the type set forth in clauses (A) through (E), to enter into a written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and AJAX, agreeing to be bound by this Agreement prior to the occurrence of such Transfer. For purposes of this Agreement, “Transfer” means any, direct or indirect, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest in or disposition or encumbrance of an interest (whether with or without consideration, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or otherwise).

 

7. Termination.

 

(a) This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, upon the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

(b) The Shareholder shall have the right to terminate this Agreement following any breach by AJAX, Listco or the Company of Section 2 that is not cured or cannot be cured within five Business Days after written notice thereof is delivered to AJAX or Listco, as applicable, by the Shareholder (a “Breach Notice”). To the extent any breach set forth in a Breach Notice remains uncured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Shareholder five Business Days after delivery of such Breach Notice, the Shareholder’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be exercisable by giving written notice of termination to the other Parties of this Agreement.

 

(c) Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b), none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (x) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(b) shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud, and (y) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 5(g) and (h), and Sections 3(c), 15, 16 and 17 shall each survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

8. Fiduciary Duties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) the Shareholder makes no agreement or understanding herein in any capacity other than in such Shareholder’s capacity as a record holder and beneficial owner of the Subject Company Shares, and not in such Shareholder’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of any Group Company (if applicable) or in such Shareholder’s capacity as a trustee or fiduciary of any Company Equity Plan (if applicable) and (b) nothing herein will be construed to limit or affect any action or inaction by such Shareholder or any representative of such Shareholder serving as a member of the board of directors of any Group Company or as an officer, employee or fiduciary of any Group Company, in each case, acting in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of such Group Company (if applicable).

 

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9. No Recourse. Each Party agrees that (a) this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and no claims of any nature whatsoever arising under or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be asserted against any Representative of AJAX, the Company or the Shareholder, and (b) none of the Representatives of AJAX, the Company or the Shareholder shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, except as expressly provided herein. This Section 9 shall not limit the fiduciary responsibilities of the directors and officers of the Company that are owed to the Company.

 

10. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

If to AJAX or Listco, to:

 

  c/o AJAX I
  667 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY 10606
  Attention:  Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  Email: dan@willcapllc.com
    glenn@virtruip.com

 

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

 

  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 N. LaSalle
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attention:  Ryan D. Harris, P.C.
    Cole Parker, P.C.
    Katherine M. Bryan
  Email: ryan.harris@kirkland.com
    cole.parker@kirkland.com
    katherine.bryan@kirkland.com

 

If to the Company, to:

 

  Cazoo Holdings Limited
  41 Chalton Street
  London
  NW1 1JD
  Attention:  Ned Staple
  Email: ned.staple@cazoo.co.uk

 

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

 

  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
  604 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attention:  Valerie Ford Jacob
    Sebastian L. Fain
  Email: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com
    sebastian.fain@freshfields.com
     
  and to:
   
  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  100 Bishopsgate
  London
  EC2P 2SR
  Attention: Natasha Good
  Email: natasha.good@freshfields.com

 

If to the Shareholder, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

12. Amendments and Waivers; Assignment. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by the Shareholder, the Company and AJAX. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by the Shareholder without AJAX’s and the Company’s prior written consent (to be withheld or given in its sole discretion). Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 12 shall be void, ab initio.

 

13. Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses.

 

14. Remedies.

 

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

 

(b) The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

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15. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be for the sole benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include any successor to AJAX, including Listco, which successor shall be bound by all obligations and entitled to enforce all rights of AJAX under this Agreement) and is not intended, nor shall be construed, to give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that each of the Non-Shareholder Released Entities and the Shareholder Released Entities shall be express third-party beneficiaries of Section 3 and each Representative of AJAX, the Company or the Shareholder shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 9. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties, partners or participants in a joint venture. Any reference to a Party herein shall include its successors.

 

16. Non-Survival. The representations and warranties, and each of the agreements and covenants (to the extent such agreement or covenants contemplates or requires performance at or prior to the Closing) in this Agreement shall terminate at the Closing and (ii) Sections 2 and 3 and the last sentence of Section 4(b) and 4(d) and each other covenant and agreement contained herein that, by its terms, expressly contemplates performance after the Closing shall so survive the Closing in accordance with its terms, in each case, subject to Section 7; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing the Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to Closing or actual fraud shall not be affected.

 

17. Trust Account Waiver. Reference is made to the final prospectus of AJAX, filed with the SEC (File No. 333-249411) on October 16, 2020 (the “Prospectus”). The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees and understands that AJAX has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of AJAX’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by AJAX’s underwriters), and AJAX may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of AJAX entering into this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Shareholder hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Representatives that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Shareholder nor any of its Representatives has or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between AJAX or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and, the Company or the Shareholder or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Trust Account Released Claims”). The Shareholder on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it or any of its Representatives may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, or Contracts with AJAX or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with AJAX or its Affiliates).

 

18. Miscellaneous. Sections 8.5 (Governing Law), 8.7 (Construction; Interpretation), 8.10 (Severability), 8.11 (Counterparts; Electronic Signatures), 8.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial), and 8.16 (Submission to Jurisdiction) of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  AJAX I
   
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  CAZOO HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  CAPRI LISTCO
   
  By:   
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  SHAREHOLDER:
   
  [●]
   
   
  Name:
  Title:
  Date:
   
  Notice Address:
[●]
[●]
E-mail: [●]
Attention: [●]
   
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

[●]
[●]
E-mail: [●]
Attention: [●]

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

[●] 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
  AGREEMENT  
     
  for the sale and purchase of certain shares in Capri Holdings Limited  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
100 Bishopsgate
London
EC2P 2SR

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

Clause   Page
1. Interpretation   1
2. Sale and Transfer of the Sale Shares; Consideration   4
3. SPA Closing   4
4. Seller Warranties   5
5. Purchaser Warranties   5
6. Conditions   6
7. Arrangement with the Company   6
8. Costs   6
9. Termination   6
10. Trust Account Waiver   7
11. Notices   7
12. General   9
Schedule 1 The Seller and the Sale Shares   12

 

 

 

 

Agreement

 

dated [●] 2021

 

Parties:

 

1. The person whose name and address are set out in Schedule 1 (the Seller);

 

2. Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales (with registered number 12450682) and having its registered office at 41 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD, United Kingdom (the Company); and

 

3. Capri Listco, an exempted Company incorporated in Cayman Islands (the Purchaser), together the Parties, and each a Party.

 

RECITALS:

 

(A) Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (AJAX), the Purchaser and the Company entered into the Business Combination Agreement (as defined in clause 1.1 below) on [●] March 2021 in connection with the acquisition by the Purchaser of the entire issued share capital of the Company (the Transaction). The board of directors of the Company has approved the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement including the transfer by all shareholders of the Company of all of their Shares (as defined in clause 1.1 below) to the Purchaser.

 

(B) In accordance with the provisions of the Drag Along Notice (as defined in the Company Articles of Association (as defined in clause 1.1 below)) and in order to effect the Transaction, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that every shareholder of the Company will sell all their Shares to the Purchaser on the SPA Closing Date (as defined in clause 1.1 below) pursuant to agreements substantially in the form hereof to be entered into with each of the other shareholders of the Company (the Other SPAs).

 

(C) The Seller has agreed to sell the Sale Shares (as defined in clause 1.1 below) and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Sale Shares, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement.

 

It is agreed:

 

1. Interpretation

 

1.1 The following words and expressions where used in this Agreement have the meanings given to them below:

 

Allocation Schedule means the “Allocation Schedule” (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) deemed “final” pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Business Combination Agreement;

 

BCA Closing has the meaning given to the term “Closing” in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

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Business Combination Agreement means the business combination agreement, dated [●] March 2021, by and among AJAX, the Purchaser and the Company (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms);

 

Business Day has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Company Articles of Association means the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time;

 

Consideration has the meaning given in clause 2.2;

 

Election has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Exchange Agent means [●];

 

IPO has the meaning given in clause 10;

 

Law has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Lien has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Mix and Match Election Form has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Other SPAs has the meaning given in the recitals;

 

Proceeding has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Prospectus has the meaning given in clause 10;

 

Purchaser Shares means the Class C Shares of the Purchaser to be issued in exchange for Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Representatives has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Sale Shares means the Ordinary Shares, Series A Shares, Series B Shares, Series C Shares and/or Series D Shares in the Company to be sold by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, comprising all Shares held by the Seller as at the date of this Agreement, and as set out in the column opposite such Seller’s name in Schedule 1 together with all other Shares that the Seller may acquire between the date of this Agreement and the SPA Closing, including pursuant to any exercise of options over Shares, share split, dividend, recapitalisation or otherwise;

 

Securities Laws has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

Seller’s Bank Account means the bank account details provided by the Seller in writing to the Company (or any person nominated by the Company) for the purposes of this Agreement no less than two Business Days prior to the SPA Closing Date), and if the Seller does not provide any bank accounts details in accordance with this definition, then this term shall mean a bank account of the Company nominated by the Company;

 

Shareholders’ Agreement means the shareholders’ agreement relating to the Company dated 16 June 2020 (as amended and restated on 1 October 2020 and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms);

 

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Shares means the Ordinary Shares, Series A Shares, Series B Shares, Series C Shares and/or Series D Shares in the Company;

 

SPA Closing means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

SPA Closing Date has the meaning given in clause 3.1;

 

Transaction has the meaning given in the recitals;

 

Transfer Instrument means a properly completed and duly executed (but undated) stock transfer form in respect of each class of Sale Shares;

 

Transaction Support Agreement means the transaction support agreement, dated [●] March 2021, by and among AJAX, the Purchaser, the Seller and the Company (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms);

 

Trust Account has the meaning given in clause 10; and

 

Trust Account Released Claims has the meaning given in clause 10.

 

1.2 Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Agreement to:

 

(a) any of the masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall include other genders;

 

(b) any reference to they, them, theirs or their in this Agreement may, according to the context, refer to a single individual person and should not, unless expressly stated otherwise in the relevant clause, be construed as imposing or creating any joint obligations, covenants, warranties, representations, undertakings or liabilities on or of the Parties;

 

(c) the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

 

(d) $ or dollar or US$ shall be references to United States dollars;

 

(e) a person shall include a reference to an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity;

 

(f) any statute or statutory provision shall be deemed to include any instrument, order, regulation or direction made or issued under it and shall be construed so as to include a reference to the same as it may have been amended, modified, consolidated, re-enacted or replaced except and to the extent that any amendment or modification made after the date of this Agreement would increase any liability or impose any additional obligation upon the Seller under this Agreement; and

 

(g) a particular government or statutory authority shall include any entity which is a successor to that authority.

 

1.3 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect its meaning. References to a clause or Schedule are (unless otherwise stated) to a clause of and Schedule to this Agreement.

 

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1.4 The ejusdem generis principle of construction shall not apply to this Agreement. Accordingly, in construing this Agreement, general words introduced by the word "other" shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are preceded by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things and general words followed by the word "including" shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words.

 

2. Sale and Transfer of the Sale Shares; Consideration

 

2.1 On the SPA Closing Date, and as part of the BCA Closing, the Seller shall sell and transfer, and the Purchaser shall purchase and acquire, the Sale Shares on the terms that the same covenants shall be deemed to be given by the Seller on SPA Closing in relation to the Sale Shares as are implied under Part I of the United Kingdom’s Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 where a disposition is expressed to be made with full title guarantee. The Seller shall sell and transfer their Sale Shares free and clear from all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under Securities Laws or any general restrictions under the Company Articles of Association), together with rights accruing to the Sale Shares (including any dividends or distributions declared, made or paid thereon) on or after the SPA Closing Date.

 

2.2 The consideration for the sale and transfer of the Sale Shares (the Consideration) shall be:

 

(a) an amount in cash; and/or

 

(b) the issue of new Purchaser Shares by the Purchaser,

 

in each case as allocated to the Seller in the Allocation Schedule, as determined in accordance with Section 2.1(l)(ii) of the Business Combination Agreement and on the basis of the Elections made (or deemed to have been made) by the Seller and each other shareholder of the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(m) of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2.3 The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Purchaser Shares to be issued as part of the Consideration shall be valued at $10 per share pursuant to Section 2.1(l)(i) of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2.4 The Seller agrees and acknowledges that the Consideration to be allocated pursuant clause 2.2 shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and that there is no guarantee that the form of Consideration requested on any Mix and Match Election From will be allocated to the Seller.

 

3. SPA Closing

 

3.1 The SPA Closing shall occur on the same date on which the BCA Closing shall occur. The Company shall (to the extent not already provided) provide written notice to the Seller of the date on which SPA Closing shall take place (such date being the SPA Closing Date); provided that the Company shall be entitled to update the SPA Closing Date at its absolute discretion.

 

3.2 The sale and purchase of the Sale Shares shall be completed on the SPA Closing Date and shall be conditional upon, and occur simultaneously with, the BCA Closing. The matters set out in clause 3.4 shall occur on the SPA Closing Date.

 

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3.3 The Seller (or, failing which, the Company as an attorney or agent of the Seller) shall deliver the Transfer Instrument (and to the extent issued, a share certificate in respect of the Sale Shares or an indemnity for any lost share certificates in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the Exchange Agent on or before the SPA Closing Date. The Company shall procure that the Exchange Agent will hold the Transfer Instrument to the order of the Seller and will date and release the Transfer Instrument on the SPA Closing Date. If SPA Closing does not take place and this Agreement terminates, the Company shall procure that the Exchange Agent will destroy the Transfer Instrument and return any share certificates which were delivered to it.

 

3.4 On SPA Closing, the Purchaser shall cause the Consideration to be paid or made available to the Seller, with any cash portion of the Consideration to be paid into the Seller’s Bank Account (or, if applicable, to the Company which shall hold such Consideration on trust for the Seller), in each case in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

4. Seller Warranties

 

4.1 The Seller warrants (in respect of itself only) to the Purchaser, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the SPA Closing Date, that:

 

(a) the Sale Shares are fully paid, or properly credited as fully paid, the Seller has valid, good and marketable title to the Sale Shares and the Seller is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Sale Shares free and clear from all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under Securities Laws or any general restrictions under the Company Articles of Association);

 

(b) to the extent that it is a legal entity, it is validly incorporated, in existence and duly registered under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;

 

(c) to the extent that it is an individual, it has the capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations under it; and

 

(d) it has full power and authority and has obtained all necessary consents to enter into and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by them under this Agreement.

 

4.2 Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Agreement, the total aggregate liability of the Seller for all claims under this Agreement shall be limited to the amount of Consideration received by it. For the purposes of this clause only, the Purchaser Shares received by or on behalf of a Seller (if any) shall be valued at US$10 per share regardless of the market value of such share at the relevant time.

 

5. Purchaser Warranties

 

5.1 The Purchaser warrants to the Seller that, as of the date of this Agreement and the SPA Closing Date, it is an exempted company validly existing under the laws of Cayman Islands, it is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts within the meaning of any laws relating to insolvency applicable to it and that it has full power and authority and has obtained all necessary consents to enter into and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under this Agreement, that the obligations expressed to be assumed by it hereunder are legal, valid and binding and enforceable against it in accordance with their terms and that the entry into, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement will not:

 

(a) result in a breach of any provision of its memorandum or articles of association or any agreement or arrangement to which it is a party or by which it is bound;

 

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(b) result in any breach of applicable law, order, judgment or decree of any court, governmental agency or regulatory body by which it is bound (or constitute a default thereunder); or

 

(c) require the Purchaser to obtain any consent or approval of, or give any notice to or make any registration with, its shareholders or any governmental, supervisory, regulatory or other authority which has not been obtained or made (as applicable) in writing on the SPA Closing Date.

 

6. Conditions

 

6.1 The Parties shall have no obligation to consummate the SPA Closing unless, concurrently therewith, the Purchaser is acquiring all the Shares of the Company (other than the Sale Shares) pursuant to the Other SPAs and in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement.

 

7. Arrangement with the Company

 

7.1 The Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Transaction shall constitute a “Sale” (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement) for the purposes of the Shareholders’ Agreement (including clause 20.3 of the Shareholders’ Agreement) and that the Transaction shall constitute a “Share Sale” and “Exit” (as defined in the Company Articles of Association) for the purposes of the Company Articles of Association (including Articles 6.1 and 6.3 of the Company Articles of Association).

 

7.2 The Seller hereby consents to, approves and waives any rights of redemption, pre-emption, first refusal or transfer it may have pursuant to the Company Articles of Association or the Shareholders’ Agreement in connection with any transfer of Shares pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Transaction Support Agreement or any Other SPA in connection with the Transaction.

 

8. Costs

 

8.1 Save as expressly provided in this Agreement or agreed in writing between the Parties, each Party shall pay their own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and completion or termination of this Agreement.

 

8.2 All stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax and any other transfer taxes in any jurisdiction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any related interest or penalties) payable in respect of the execution of this Agreement and any transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the transfer of Sale Shares and/or the issue of Purchaser Shares pursuant to this Agreement), shall be payable by the Purchaser.

 

9. Termination

 

9.1 This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, upon termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

9.2 The Seller shall have the right to terminate this Agreement if the Transaction Support Agreement is terminated by the Seller in accordance with section 7(b) thereof. The Seller’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause 9.2 shall be exercisable by giving written notice of termination to the other Parties within five (5) Business Days of the termination of the Transaction Support Agreement.

 

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9.3 Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to clauses 9.1 and 9.2, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause 9.1 shall not affect any liability on the part of any Party for a wilful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud. Following any termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause 9.1, the Seller shall have no liability to the Purchaser whatsoever under this Agreement.

 

10. Trust Account Waiver

 

10.1 Reference is made to the final prospectus of AJAX, filed with the SEC (File No. 333- 249411) on 16 October 2020 (the Prospectus). The Seller acknowledges and agrees and understands that AJAX has established a trust account (the Trust Account) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the IPO) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of AJAX’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by AJAX’s underwriters), and AJAX may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. The Seller hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Representatives that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Seller nor any of its respective Representatives does now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between AJAX or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and, the Seller and its Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the Trust Account Released Claims). The Seller on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it or any of its Representatives may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, or contracts with AJAX or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with AJAX or its Affiliates).

 

11. Notices

 

11.1 All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

(a) if to the Purchaser, to:

 

  c/o AJAX I
  667 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY 10606
  Telephone: (212) 655-2685
  Attention:  Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  E-mail: dan@willcapllc.com
    glenn@virtruip.com

 

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

 

  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 N. LaSalle
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attention: Ryan D. Harris, P.C.
    Cole Parker, P.C.
    Katherine M. Bryan
  E-mail: ryan.harris@kirkland.com
    cole.parker@kirkland.com
    katherine.bryan@kirkland.com

 

(b) if to the Seller, to:

 

[Notice details]

 

(c) if to the Company, to:

 

  Cazoo Holdings Limited
  41 Chalton Street
  London
  NW1 1JD
  Attention: Ned Staple
  E-mail: ned.staple@cazoo.co.uk
     
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   
  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
  601 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attention: Valerie Ford Jacob
    Sebastian L. Fain
  E-mail: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com
    sebastian.fain@freshfields.com
  and to:
   
  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  100 Bishopsgate
  London
  EC2P 2SR
  United Kingdom
  Attention: Natasha Good
  E-mail: natasha.good@freshfields.com

 

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

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12. General

 

12.1 Non-Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement (to the extent such agreement or covenant contemplates or requires performance at or prior to SPA Closing) shall terminate at the SPA Closing and each covenant and agreement contained herein that by its terms, expressly contemplates performance after SPA Closing shall so survive the SPA Closing in accordance with its terms, in each case subject to Clause 9 (Termination).

 

12.2 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Party. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this clause 12.2 shall be void.

 

12.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement executed and delivered by each of the Parties. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence and any purported amendment by any Party or Parties effected in a manner which does not comply with this clause 12.3 shall be void, ab initio.

 

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

 

12.5 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and its successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

12.6 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

12.7 Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by e-mail, or scanned pages shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement.

 

12.8 Waiver. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of any Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

 

12.9 Further Assurance. Each of the Parties shall perform (or procure the performance of) all further acts and things and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as may be necessary or reasonably required by the Parties to implement and give effect to this Agreement.

 

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12.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS clause 12.10.

 

12.11 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within State of Delaware), for the purposes of any Proceeding: (a) arising under this Agreement; or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Proceeding against such Party: (i) arising under this Agreement; or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) any claim that such Party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this clause 12.11 for any reason, (B) that such Party or such Party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the Proceeding in any such court is brought against such Party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Proceeding against such Party is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such Party in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail or internationally recognized courier service to such party’s respective address set forth in clause 10 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on day and year first above written.

 

[Signature block for the Seller to be inserted]  
   
CAPRI LISTCO  
   
By:                             
Name:  
Title:  
   
EXECUTED for and on behalf of  
CAZOO HOLDINGS LIMITED  
   
Signed:     
Name:  
Title:  

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Schedule 1
The Seller and the Sale Shares

 

Seller   Address   Sale Shares
[To be updated]       [To include details of each Class of Share which is held by the Seller]

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

To:

The Directors
Cazoo Holdings Limited (company number 12450682) (the Company)
41 Chalton Street

London

NW1 1JD

From: The undersigned (together we or our)

 

______________________ 2021

 

Dear Sir or Madam

 

Letter confirming wish to transfer shares in Cazoo Holdings Limited

 

1. Unless otherwise specified, words and expressions defined in the articles of association of the Company (the Articles) shall have the same meaning in this letter.

 

2. We refer to the Business Combination Agreement (the Business Combination Agreement), dated as of [●] 2021, by and among the Company, Ajax I and Capri Listco (the Purchaser) in connection with the proposed sale of the entire issued share capital of the Company to the Purchaser (the Proposed Transaction) and to the [Company’s announcement on [●] of the Proposed Transaction].

 

3. We note that the Board resolved on [●] 2021 to approve the Proposed Transaction and the transfer of all of the shares in the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the Proposed Transaction.

 

4. Pursuant to Articles 23.1 and 23.2 of the Articles, we, representing: (i) the holders of in excess of 50 per cent of the Ordinary Shares (excluding any Treasury Shares); and (ii) an Investor Majority (including a Series C Majority and a Series D Majority), as those terms are defined in the Articles, hereby notify the Company that:

 

(a) we wish to transfer all of our respective interests in the shares in the capital of the Company to the Purchaser; and

 

(b) we require all other holders of shares in the Company (the Called Shareholders) to sell and transfer all their shares in the capital of the Company (the Called Shares) to the Purchaser or as the Purchaser shall direct (the Drag Along Option).

 

5. Pursuant to Articles 23.1 and 23.2 of the Articles, we hereby confirm our exercise of the Drag Along Option and request that the Company copy to each of the Called Shareholders: (a) the Drag Along Notice in the form of Annex 1; and (b) the Sale Agreements in the form of Annex 2, which the Called Shareholders are required to execute in connection with the sale of their Shares to the Purchaser.

 

6. This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each party on a separate counterpart. Each counterpart is an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart of this letter by e-mail attachment or telecopy shall be an effective mode of delivery.

 

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Annex 1 – Drag Along Notice

 

Cazoo Holdings Limited (the Company)

 

Drag Along Notice

 

1. This notice constitutes a Drag Along Notice for the purposes of Article 23.2 of the articles of association of the Company (the Articles). Unless otherwise specified, words and expressions defined in the Articles shall have the same meaning in this notice.

 

2. Reference is made to the business combination agreement (the Business Combination Agreement), dated [●] 2021, by and among the Company, Ajax I and Capri Listco (the Purchaser) in connection with the sale of the entire issued share capital of the Company to the Purchaser (the Proposed Transaction).

 

3. It is noted that the Board resolved on [●] 2021 to approve the Proposed Transaction and the transfer of all of the shares in the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the Proposed Transaction.

 

4. Certain shareholders of the Company who together represent: (i) holders in excess of 50 per cent of the Ordinary Shares (excluding any Treasury Shares); and (ii) an Investor Majority (including a Series C Majority and a Series D Majority), as those terms are defined in the Articles (together the Drag Shareholders), have notified the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the Articles that:

 

(a) they wish to transfer all of their respective interests in the shares of the Company to the Purchaser; and

 

(b) they require all other shareholders to sell and transfer all their shares in the capital of the Company (the Called Shares) to the Purchaser or as the Purchaser shall direct.

 

5. As a shareholder of the Company, you are required under Article 23 of the Articles to transfer all of your Called Shares to the Purchaser or as the Purchaser shall direct.

 

6. The proposed date for the transfer of your Shares to the Purchaser (the Closing Date) will be subject to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement. You will receive confirmation of the Closing Date from the Company.

 

7. The consideration to be paid by the Purchaser for your Shares shall comprise: (i) an amount in cash; and/or (ii) the issuance of shares in the capital of the Purchaser, in each case as determined in accordance with the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement. For more information on the Proposed Transaction and related arrangements, please see the registration statement published by the [Purchaser] in connection with the Proposed Transaction at [link].

 

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8. Pursuant to Article 23.6 of the Articles, you are required to complete and deliver to the Company by the Closing Date:

 

a. a duly executed sale agreement in respect of the sale of all of your Called Shares to the Purchaser in the form [●];

 

b. a duly executed stock transfer form in respect of each class of your Called Shares in favour of the Purchaser in the form [●]; and

 

c. the relevant share certificates in respect of your Called Shares (or an indemnity for lost certificate in the form [●],

 

(together the “Drag Documents”). The Drag Documents are to be delivered to the Company by [email] to [●].

 

9. If you have not returned the Drag Documents (or if the Drag Documents have been completed or signed incorrectly) by the Closing Date, the Company and each Director shall be constituted your agent and will execute, complete and deliver in your name and on your behalf the relevant Drag Documents.

 

10. This notice and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this notice shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

 

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Annex 2 – Form of Sale Agreements

 

[To include: (i) the Shareholder SPA (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement); (ii) a stock transfer form; and (iii) an indemnity for lost share certificate]

 

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Yours faithfully
 
Signed by ) ………………….…………
 
[Name of Drag Shareholder] )
 
acting by_______________________, a director )

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Class/Series Securities   Number of Equity Securities
Company Series A Shares   [●]
Company Series B Shares   [●]
Company Series C Shares   [●]
Company Series D Shares   [●]
Company Ordinary Shares   [●]
Company Warrants   [●]
Vested Company Options   [●]
Unvested Company Options   [●]

 

[Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, any other agreement or otherwise (including any side letter or other arrangement with respect to the Company Shares, Company Options or Company Warrants), the Shareholder acknowledges and agrees the Shareholder may only make a Standard Election or a Stock Election with respect to (i) all of such Shareholder’s Company Shares (including any Company Shares the Shareholder receives in respect of the exercise of any EMI Options or Vested Unapproved Options) and (ii) all of such Shareholder’s Vested Unapproved Options (it being agreed that in no event shall the Election made pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii) of the Business Combination Agreement provide for more cash to the Shareholder than if a Standard Election had been made to an equivalent number of Company Shares). ]2

 

 

2 Note to Draft: Relevant only for certain of the Transaction Support Agreements.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3 

 

Investor RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Investor Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of [●], 2021 is made and entered into by and among Capri Listco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and the parties listed on Schedule A (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Business Combination Agreement dated as of March 29, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“AJAX”), and Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited company organized under the law of England and Wales (“Cazoo”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company, AJAX and Cazoo are parties to the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) AJAX merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving (the “Merger”), and (ii) thereafter, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital shares of Cazoo (the “Share Purchase” and the date on which it closed, the “Closing Date”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Holder designated as an “Original Holder” on Schedule A (the “Sponsor”) are parties to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 27, 2020 (the “Prior Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Sponsor held (i) 8,944,343 AJAX Class B Shares (as defined below) as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, which shares, upon consummation of the Merger, converted into Company Class B Shares (as defined below), and which shares, upon consummation of the Share Purchase, converted into Company Class A Shares (as defined below), and (ii) 21,128,818 warrants (the “AJAX Private Placement Warrants”) to purchase AJAX Class A Shares (as defined below), at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, which, upon consummation of the Merger, converted into warrants (the “Company Warrants”) to purchase Company Class A Shares, at an exercise price of $11.50 per share;

 

WHEREAS, the Holders designated as “New Holders” on Schedule A (the “New Holders”) have received (i) upon consummation of the Share Purchase, Company Class C Shares (as defined below), which, under the conditions set forth in the Memorandum and Articles of Association (as defined below), are convertible or exchangeable into Company Class A Shares and/or (ii) PIPE Shares (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to terminate the Prior Agreement and to provide for certain rights and obligations included herein and to include the New Holders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Shareholder Parties (as defined below) wish to establish certain board nomination, corporate governance and other investor rights in respect of the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms and variations thereof have the meanings set forth below:

 

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Board, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) would materially impede, delay or interfere with any significant financing, significant acquisition, significant corporate reorganization or other significant transaction then pending or proposed to be taken by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect thereto), or would otherwise materially adversely affect the Company.

 

 

 

 

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person which (i) directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, and (ii) as to any individual, in addition to any Person in clause (i), (a) any member of the immediate family of an individual Holder, including parents, siblings, spouse and children (including those by adoption), the parents, siblings, spouse, or children (including those by adoption) of such immediate family member, and, in any such case, any trust whose primary beneficiary is such individual Holder or one or more members of such immediate family and/or such Holder’s lineal descendants, and (b) the legal representative or guardian of such individual Holder or of any such immediate family member in the event such individual Holder or any such immediate family member becomes mentally incompetent; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries be deemed an Affiliate of any Holder. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

AJAX” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

AJAX Private Placement Warrants” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

AJAX Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to holders of Company Warrants issued upon conversion of the AJAX Private Placement Warrants or their Permitted Transferees, and any of the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of such Company Warrants or their Permitted Transferees, the period ending 30 days after the Closing Date.

 

Beneficially Own”, “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” have the meaning assigned to such terms in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance). For the purposes of calculating any Holder’s Beneficial Ownership, rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be taken into account.

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Board Seat Period” shall mean, with respect to any Holder, the period during which such Holder is entitled to appoint designees to the Board pursuant to subsection 6.1.1.

 

Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Business Day” shall mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

Cazoo” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Company Class A Shares” means the Company’s Class A ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

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Company Class B Shares” means the Company’s Class B ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

Company Class C Shares” means the Company’s Class C ordinary shares with a per share par value of $0.0001 each having the rights set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

Company Warrants” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Confidential Information” shall mean all information (irrespective of the form of communication) received by or on behalf of a Holder or its Representatives from the Company, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives, through the Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities or through the rights granted pursuant hereto, other than information which (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by such Holder, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives, (ii) was or becomes available to such Holder, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives, or any other Holder or its Representatives, as the case may be, provided, that the source thereof is not known by such Holder or such of its Affiliates or their respective Representatives to be bound by an obligation of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (iii) is independently developed by such Holder, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives without the use of any information that would otherwise be Confidential Information hereunder.

 

Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Demand Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Director” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.1.

 

DMGV” shall mean DMGV Limited.

 

DMGV Group” shall mean, collectively, DMGV and each of its Permitted Transferees that is Rothermere Continuation Limited, DMGT or a controlled Affiliate of DMGT.

 

DMGV Observer” shall mean a non-voting observer of the Board selected by DMGV.

 

DMGT” shall mean Daily Mail and General Trust plc.

 

Equity Securities” shall mean (i) all shares of capital stock of the Company, (ii) all securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, and (iii) all options, warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire from the Company shares of such capital stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of such capital stock.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Form F-1” shall mean a Registration Statement on Form F-1 or any comparable successor form or forms thereto.

 

Form F-3” shall mean a Registration Statement on Form F-3 or any comparable successor form or forms thereto.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.

 

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Holder” or “Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble (and any Person to whom rights under this Agreement is assigned in accordance with Section 10.5). 

 

Insider Letter” shall mean that certain letter agreement, dated as of October 27, 2020, by and among AJAX, the Sponsor and the other parties thereto.

 

Law” shall mean any statute, law, ordinance, rule, treaty, code, directive, regulation, governmental approval (whether granted or required) or order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.

 

Major Shareholder” means any individual or entity that Beneficially Owns, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, 10% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.

 

Memorandum and Articles of Association” shall mean the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, effective as of the Closing Date, as may be amended or amended and restated.

 

Merger” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (and in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

New Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.4.

 

Nominating Committee” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.1.

 

Offer” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.1.

 

Offer Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.1.

 

Ordinary Shares” shall mean the Company Class A Shares, the Company Class B Shares and the Company Class C Shares.

 

Permitted Distribution in Kind” shall mean a distribution by a Holder of all or substantially all the Ordinary Shares or Company Warrants (as applicable) held by such Holder or its Permitted Transferees to the holders of capital stock of such Holder.

 

Permitted Transferees” shall mean a Person to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Sponsor Shares Lock-up Period, the AJAX Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period or the applicable lock-up period set forth in Article 11 of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the case may be, under the Insider Letter, and any other applicable agreement between such Holder and the Company.

 

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, Governmental Authority or any other entity.

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.

 

PIPE Shares” shall mean Ordinary Shares issued in the PIPE Financing contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Prior Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

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Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

Registrable Security” shall mean (i) the Company Class A Shares issued or issuable upon the conversion or exchange of any Company Class B Shares or Company Class C Shares, (ii) the Company Warrants (including any Company Class A Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Company Warrants) held by a Holder as of the Closing Date, (iii) any outstanding Ordinary Shares or any other Equity Security (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other Equity Security) of the Company held by a Holder as of the Closing Date (including the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement), (iv) any PIPE Shares and (v) any other Equity Security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any successor, issued or issuable with respect to any such Ordinary Shares described in clauses (i) through (iv) hereof by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off or reorganization; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, and new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company to the transferee; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities shall have been sold without registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act or Rule 144 (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission); or (E) such securities shall have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration (including any Underwritten Offering), including the following:

 

(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any listing fees of any securities exchange on which any Ordinary Shares are then listed;

 

(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriter(s) in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

 

(D) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(E) fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration or Underwritten Offering;

 

(F) the Company’s expenses with respect to any roadshow related to the Registration or Underwritten Offering;

 

(G) fees and expenses of the Company’s transfer agent; and

 

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(H) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders or the majority-in interest of the Takedown Requesting Holders, as applicable.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to pay any fees, discounts and/or commissions to any Underwriter or broker with respect to the Registrable Securities.

 

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Relevant Person” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.2.1.

 

Representatives” shall have the meaning given in Section 8.1.

 

“Resale Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.1.

 

Rule 144” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

SEC Guidance” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.4.

 

Share Purchase” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Shareholder Designee” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.6.

 

Shareholder Parties” shall mean Alex Chesterman, DMGV and the Sponsor.

 

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Sponsor Group” shall mean (i) the Sponsor, any of its Permitted Transferees or any other Holder that has received Registrable Securities from the Sponsor or any of its Permitted Transferees through a Permitted Distribution in Kind and (ii) any controlled Affiliate of any member of the Sponsor that has received Registrable Securities through the PIPE Financing.

 

Sponsor Shares Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to the Company Class A Shares issued upon conversion of the AJAX Class B Shares, the period ending on the earlier of (A) two years after the Closing Date and (B) subsequent to the Closing Date, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Company Class A Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

Takedown Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.5.

 

Triggering Issuance” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.1.

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public, including for the avoidance of doubt an Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

 

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.5.

 

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Article II

REGISTRATION

 

Section 2.1. Demand Registration.

 

2.1.1 Request for Registration.  Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4, at any time and from time to time following the Closing Date (but subject to the Sponsor Shares Lock-up Period, the AJAX Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period or any lock-up restrictions set forth in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as applicable), (i) Alex Chesterman, (ii) any member of the DMGV Group holding Registrable Securities, or (iii) Holders of a majority-in-interest of Registrable Securities held by the Sponsor Group (Alex Chesterman, such member of the DMGV Group or the Holders in clause (iii), as the case may be, the “Demanding Holder”), may make a written demand for Registration of all or part of their Registrable Securities on Form F-3 (or, if Form F-3 is not available to be used by the Company at such time, on Form F-1 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Demanding Holders), which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (such written demand, a “Demand Registration”).  The Company shall, no later than (5) days following the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration, a “Demand Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company.  Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Demand Requesting Holder to the Company, such Demand Requesting Holder shall be entitled to have its Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration and the Company shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holder and the Demand Requesting Holder(s), if any, pursuant to such Demand Registration, including by filing a Registration Statement relating thereto as soon as practicable, but no more than forty-five (45) days immediately after the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration.  Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of (i) three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1 initiated by Alex Chesterman, (ii) three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1 initiated by a member of the DMGV Group, or (iii) two (2) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1 initiated by the Sponsor Group; provided, however, that to the extent that the Sponsor Group continues to own any Registrable Securities following the exercise of its two (2) Demand Registrations as a result of its Registrable Securities included in an Underwritten Offering being reduced in accordance with subsection 2.1.4, the Sponsor Group shall be entitled to one (1) additional Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1. The Company’s obligations to include the Registrable Securities held by a Holder in a Demand Registration are contingent upon such Holder furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the Holder, the securities of the Company held by the Holder and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, and the Holder shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling shareholder in similar situations. If any Demanding Holder or Demand Requesting Holder so elects, a Demand Registration may involve a Permitted Distribution in Kind, and the Company will reasonably assist with such distribution in the manner reasonably requested by such Demanding Holder or Demand Requesting Holder and in compliance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.

 

2.1.2 Effective Registration.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2.1.1 or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission, and (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency, the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective for purposes of counting Registrations under subsection 2.1.1 unless and until (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) the Demanding Holder initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elects to continue with such Registration and so notifies the Company in writing within five (5) days of written notice of such removal, rescission or termination; provided, further, however, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or has been terminated.

 

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2.1.3 Underwritten Offering.  Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4, if the Demanding Holder advises the Company as part of its Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such Demanding Holder or any Demand Requesting Holder(s) to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein.  All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holder and any Demand Requesting Holder(s) participating in the Demand Registration, subject to the Company’s prior approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

2.1.4 Reduction of Underwritten Offering.  If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holder and any other Demand Requesting Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder and the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities that the Company desires to sell and the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights held by any other shareholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of Equity Securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holder and the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) (on a pro rata basis based on the respective number of Registrable Securities then owned by such Demanding Holder and each Demand Requesting Holder (if any) in relation to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by such Demanding Holder and each Demand Requesting Holder (if any)), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.1.5 Demand Registration Withdrawal.  Alex Chesterman, in the case of a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 initiated by Alex Chesterman, DMGV, in the case of a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 initiated by a member of the DMGV Group, or the Sponsor Group, in the case of a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 initiated by the Sponsor Group, as the case may be, or a majority-in-interest of the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter(s) (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration at least two (2) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration (or, in the case of an Underwritten Registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, at least two (2) Business Days prior to the time of pricing of the applicable offering).  If a Demanding Holder initiating a Demand Registration withdraws from a proposed offering pursuant to this subsection 2.1.5, then such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the Company may effect any Underwritten Registration pursuant to any then effective Registration Statement, including a Form F-3, that is then available for such offering, and (ii) the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.5.

 

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Section 2.2. Piggyback Registration.

 

2.2.1 Piggyback Rights.  If the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Equity Securities for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the shareholders of the Company, including pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, or (v) a Form F-4 or S-4 (or any successor form thereto) in connection with a business combination, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed registration to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10 days) prior to the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter(s), if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”).  The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter(s) of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof.  All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.

 

2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration.  If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of Ordinary Shares that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (x) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with Persons other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (y) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (z) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(i) If the Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has so requested be included in such Piggyback Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested be included in such Piggyback Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

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(ii) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by Persons other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities, if any, of such requesting Persons, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Piggyback Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested be included in such Piggyback Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities for the account of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal.  Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration at least two (2) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration.  The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by Persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.

 

2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights.  For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof, and there shall be no limit on the number of Piggyback Registrations.

 

Section 2.3. Resale Shelf Registration Rights

 

2.3.1 Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, no later than forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date, a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act or any successor thereto registering the resale from time to time by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders (which may also include the PIPE Shares) (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form F-3 (or, if Form F-3 is not available to be used by the Company at such time, on Form F-1 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale). If the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is initially filed on Form F-1 and thereafter the Company becomes eligible to use Form F-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause such Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is on Form F-3. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible after filing but no later than the 90th day (or 120th day if the SEC notifies the Company that it will “review” the Resale Shelf Registration Statement) following the Closing Date; provided, however, that the Company’s obligations to include the Registrable Securities held by a Holder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement are contingent upon such Holder furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the Holder, the securities of the Company held by the Holder and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, and the Holder shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling shareholder in similar situations. Once effective, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus included therein continuously effective and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, to ensure that another Registration Statement is available, under the Securities Act at all times until the earliest of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this subsection 2.3.1 shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement, and shall provide that such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, Holders, including through a Permitted Distribution in Kind.

 

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2.3.2 Notification and Distribution of Materials. The Company shall notify the Holders in writing of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as soon as practicable, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments, supplements and exhibits), the Prospectus contained therein (including each preliminary Prospectus and all related amendments and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (to the extent that any of such documents is not available on EDGAR).

 

2.3.3 Amendments and Supplements. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.3.1 above, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities. If any Resale Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to subsection 2.3.1 is filed on Form F-3 and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form F-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders of such ineligibility and use its best efforts to file a shelf registration on an appropriate form as promptly as practicable to replace the shelf registration statement on Form F-3 and have such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as practicable and to cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities; provided, however, that at any time the Company once again becomes eligible to use Form F-3, the Company shall cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is once again on Form F-3.

 

2.3.4 SEC Cutback. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.3, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”) on Form F-3, or if Form F-3 is not then available to the Company for such registration statement, on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to further limit its Registrable Securities to be included on the Registration Statement, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event the Company amends the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement.

 

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2.3.5 Underwritten Shelf Takedown. At any time and from time to time after a Resale Shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 has been declared effective by the Commission, any of the Demanding Holders may request to sell all or any portion of their Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided, however, that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include securities with a total offering price (including piggyback securities and before deduction of underwriting discounts) reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $25,000,000. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Promptly upon receiving such notice (but no later than 10 days after receipt of such notice), the Company shall notify all of the other Holders of Registrable Securities regarding the potential Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Company shall include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown the securities requested to be included by any such other Holder (each a “Takedown Requesting Holder”) within 5 days of receipt of notice of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of such Holder (including those set forth herein). All Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under this subsection 2.3.5 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holder and any Takedown Requesting Holder(s) participating in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown, subject to the Company’s prior approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

2.3.6 Reduction of Underwritten Shelf Takedown. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advise the Company and the Takedown Requesting Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Takedown Requesting Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities that the Company desires to sell, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Takedown Requesting Holders, on a pro rata basis based on the respective number of Registrable Securities then owned by a Takedown Requesting Holder in relation to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all of the Takedown Requesting Holders, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Ordinary Shares or other Equity Securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.3.7 Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1. Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of four (4) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in any 12-month period.

 

2.3.8 Block Trades. If a Demanding Holder wishes to consummate an overnight block trade (on either an SEC registered or non-registered basis), then notwithstanding the time periods and piggyback rights otherwise provided herein, such Demanding Holder shall, if it would like the assistance of the Company, endeavor to give the Company sufficient advance notice in order to prepare the appropriate documentation for such transaction. Such Demanding Holder, if requesting an SEC registered underwritten block trade, (i) shall give the Company written notice of the transaction and the anticipated launch date of the transaction at least two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated launch date of the transaction, (ii) the Company shall be required to only notify the other Demanding Holders of the transaction and none of the other Holders, (iii) the other Demanding Holders shall have one (1) Business Day prior to the launch of the transaction to determine if they wish to participate in the block trade, and (iv) the Company shall include in the block trade only shares held by the Demanding Holders. Any Registration effected pursuant to this subsection 2.3.8. shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1 but shall be deemed an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and within the cap on Underwritten Shelf Takedowns provided in subsection 2.3.7.

 

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Section 2.4. Restrictions on Registration Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be obligated to (but may, at its sole option) file a Registration Statement pursuant to a Demand Registration request made under Section 2.1 within 90 days after any other Demand Registration or effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown within 90 days after any other Underwritten Shelf Takedown, provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 or a request for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective or Underwritten Shelf Takedown to be consummated.

 

Article III
COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

Section 3.1. General Procedures. If at any time on or after the Closing Date the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, whether pursuant to the filing of a new Registration Statement, effecting an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, or effecting an underwritten block trade, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

 

3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;

 

3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the majority-in-interest of the Holders with Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriter(s), if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration that are Demanding Holders, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriter(s) and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

 

3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

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3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

 

3.1.8 advise each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective (which may be satisfied by the issuance of a press release by the Company);

 

3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

 

3.1.10 permit Representatives of the Holders and the Underwriter(s), if any, to participate, at each such Person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Representative in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that the participating Holder(s) shall inform their Representatives and the Underwriter(s) of the confidential nature of the process;

 

3.1.11 obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter(s) may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders and such managing Underwriter(s);

 

3.1.12 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Underwriter(s), if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Underwriter(s) may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters; provided, however, that counsel for the Company shall not be required to provide any opinions with respect to any Holder;

 

3.1.13 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter(s) of such offering;

 

3.1.14 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission);

 

3.1.15 in connection with an Underwritten Offering, cause its senior management, officers, employees and independent public accountants (in the case of the independent public accountants, subject to any applicable accounting guidance regarding their participation in the offering or the due diligence process) to participate in, make themselves available, supply such information as may reasonably be requested and to otherwise facilitate and cooperate with the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including participating in meetings, drafting sessions, due diligence sessions and rating agency presentations) taking into account the Company’s reasonable business needs;

 

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3.1.16 if a Registration relates to an Underwritten Offering with gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter(s) in any Underwritten Offering; and

 

3.1.17 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

 

Section 3.2. Registration Expenses. All Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Company, including as set forth in subsection 2.1.5.  It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall pay the Underwriters’ commissions and discounts and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

Section 3.3. Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings.  No Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for Equity Securities of the Company unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

Section 3.4. Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure.  The Company shall promptly notify each of the Holders in writing if a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement and, upon receipt of such written notice from the Company, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed or has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement, provided that the Company hereby covenants promptly to prepare and file any required supplement or amendment correcting any Misstatement promptly after the time of such notice and, if necessary, to request the immediate effectiveness thereof.  If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement or Prospectus included in any Registration Statement at any time (i) would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or (ii) would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company shall have the right to defer the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of any Registration Statement pursuant to (i) or (ii) for a period of not more than sixty (60) consecutive days and the Company shall not defer any such filing, initial effectiveness or use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3.4 for more than three times or for more than a total of 120 days (in each case counting deferrals initiated pursuant to (i) or (ii) in the aggregate) in any 12-month period.

 

Section 3.5. Reporting Obligations.  As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings (unless such filings are otherwise available on EDGAR).  The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Ordinary Shares held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any legal opinions.  Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

Section 3.6. Limitations on Registration Rights. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

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Article IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

Section 4.1. Indemnification

 

4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and agents and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein.  The Company shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers and directors and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriter(s) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

 

4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) the Company against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the aggregate liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.  The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers, directors and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriter(s) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

4.1.3 Any Person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided, however, that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.  No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

 

4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.  The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution (pursuant to subsection 4.1.5) to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

 

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4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding.  The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

Article V
GOVERNANCE

 

Section 5.1. Board Composition. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board. The Shareholder Parties shall take all necessary and desirable actions within their control such that (i) the size of the Board shall initially be set at nine (9) members, and thereafter may be changed from time to time by resolution of the Board in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association and (ii) while the size of the Board is nine (9) members, at least three (3) of those members shall satisfy the independence criteria applicable to the audit committee of the Company. A majority of the members of the Board shall be neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States of America.

 

Section 5.2. Staggered Board. The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company shall provide that the Company shall have a classified Board, with three classes of directors. While the size of the Board is nine (9) members, three Directors shall be in Class I, three Directors in Class II and three Directors in Class III. One-third of the Board will be elected each year. The term of office of the Class I Directors will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date. The term of office of the Class II Directors will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date. The term of office of the Class III Directors will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date.

 

Article VI
NOMINATION RIGHTS

 

Section 6.1. Right to Nominate Directors.

 

6.1.1 After the date hereof, the Company and the Shareholder Parties shall take all necessary and desirable actions within their control to cause the nominating committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”) to nominate and recommend to the Board, including self-nominations, the following individuals for election to the Board as directors (each, a “Director”):

 

(a) for so long as Alex Chesterman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or, together with his Affiliates, Beneficially Owns at least five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company, Alex Chesterman;

 

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(b) for so long as Stephen Morana is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Stephen Morana;

 

(c) until the expiration of the term of office of the Class III Directors in office on the date hereof, one individual designated in writing by the Sponsor, who shall initially be as specified in the Business Combination Agreement; and

 

(d) until the later of (i) the expiration of the term of office of the Class III Directors in office on the date hereof and (ii) such time as the DMGV Group no longer Beneficially Owns ten percent (10%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company, one individual designated in writing by DMGV, who shall initially be as specified in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

6.1.2 The remaining Directors will be nominated by the Nominating Committee in accordance with its policies and procedures.

 

6.1.3 The Memorandum and Articles of Association shall (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) provide that Directors may designate alternate directors.

 

6.1.4 For so long as DMGV has a designee on the Board, DMGV may, at its election and at any time by written notice to the Company, appoint a DMGV Observer to the Board to attend all meetings of the Board (and any committee thereof). The DMGV Observer shall be entitled to receive all notices, written documents and materials provided to the Directors and to be invited to, attend and speak at all meetings of the Board and its committees in a non-voting capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, no observer shall be liable toward the Company or any shareholder with respect to any action or inaction of the Board or its committees. DMGV shall treat all information it learns through its DMGV Observer as Confidential Information. The DMGV Observer shall execute a confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably approved by the Board. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall have the right to exclude the DMGV Observer from portions of meetings of the Board or omit to provide the DMGV Observer with certain information or analysis if the Board reasonably determines in good faith that: (a) the information or meeting involves competitors of DMGV, or would reasonably be expected to pose a conflict of interest or material potential conflict of interest between DMGV and the Company, or would reasonably be expected and determined to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business (including to jeopardize any potential transaction); (b) upon advice of counsel, such exclusion or omission is necessary to preserve an attorney-client privilege; (c) such exclusion or omission is reasonably necessary to protect confidential proprietary information or trade secrets of the Company, or to fulfill the Company’s obligations with respect to confidential or proprietary information of third parties; or (d) the DMGV Observer’s access to the information or attendance at any meeting would be prohibited under Law. The foregoing exclusion and restriction on information that is otherwise required to be provided to the DMGV Observer pursuant to this subsection 6.1.4 shall also permit the Company to redact from minutes of the Board, or committee meetings and withhold from notices of meetings any reference and details to matters and documents, notices, deliberations and resolutions reasonably relating to any such matters or information. The designation, dismissal and replacement of the DMGV Observer shall be made by written notice to the Company and signed by a duly authorized officer of DMGV and shall become valid and effective upon the day on which such written notice was received by the Company or upon such later date as may be noted in such notice.

 

6.1.5 Directors are subject to removal pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

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6.1.6 During the Sponsor’s and DMGV’s respective Board Seat Period, in the event that (i) a vacancy is created at any time by the death, retirement, disability, removal or resignation of any of the members nominated by the Sponsor or DMGV (the “Shareholder Designees”) or (ii) a Shareholder Designee fails to be elected to the Board at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which such Shareholder Designee stood for election but was nevertheless not elected, the remaining directors and the Company shall cause such open seat to be filled by a new member designated in writing by the Shareholder Party that designated such Shareholder Designee, as soon as possible, and the Company and the Shareholder Parties hereby agree to take all necessary and desirable actions within their control to accomplish the same. The Sponsor and DMGV shall have the right to propose to remove their respective Shareholder Designee and designate another Shareholder Designee in his or her place. If either the Sponsor or DMGV, during its respective Board Seat Period, wishes to remove its Shareholder Designee and designate another Shareholder Designee in his or her place pursuant to this subsection 6.1.6, the Company and the Shareholder Parties shall take all necessary and desirable actions within their control, upon written notice from the Sponsor or DMGV, as applicable, to the Company, to fill the vacancy resulting from such removal with such replacement Shareholder Designee in accordance with this subsection 6.1.6.

 

6.1.7 The Company agrees to include, in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors, the Persons nominated pursuant to this Article VI (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting, for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof and to cause the applicable proxies to vote in accordance with the foregoing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to support the election of the Shareholder Designees and, in any event, not less than the efforts used by the Company to obtain the election of any other nominee nominated by it to serve on the Board. The Company and the Shareholder Parties shall take all necessary and desirable actions within their control to enable the Shareholder Parties to nominate their respective Shareholder Designees.

 

6.1.8 Each member of the Board shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges applicable to all other members of the Board generally or to which all such members of the Board are entitled. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall indemnify, exculpate, and reimburse fees and expenses of the Directors and provide them with director and officer insurance to the same extent it indemnifies, exculpates, reimburses and provides insurance for the other members of the Board pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, Law or otherwise. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it (i) is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its and its insurers’ obligations to advance expenses and to indemnify any Shareholder Designee are primary and any obligation of any Shareholder Party, their Affiliates or their insurers to advance fees and expenses or to provide indemnification for the same fees and expenses or liabilities incurred by any Shareholder Designee is secondary and excess), and (ii) shall be required to advance the amount of fees and expenses incurred by any Shareholder Designee and shall be liable for the amount of all fees, expenses and liabilities incurred by any such Shareholder Designee, in each case (a) to the same extent as it advances fees and expenses to other members of the Board pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Law or otherwise, and (b) without regard to any rights such a Shareholder Designee may have against his or her designating Shareholder Party or any of its Affiliates; provided that such Shareholder Designee shall have delivered to the Company an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Shareholder Designee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal that such Shareholder Designee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

 

Section 6.2. Outside Activities.

 

6.2.1 To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) no Holder, in such capacity, or any Affiliates of such Holder in such capacity, or the DMGV Observer or any Shareholder Designee (collectively, the “Relevant Persons”) shall have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in other business ventures of every type and description, including those engaged in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or its subsidiaries or deemed to be competing with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on its own account, or in partnership with, or as an employee, officer, director or shareholder of any other person, with no obligation to offer to the Company or any of its subsidiaries the right to participate therein and (ii) any Relevant Person may invest in, or provide services to, any Person that directly or indirectly competes with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any Relevant Person, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Relevant Persons shall have no fiduciary duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and shall not be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or shareholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a shareholder, Director, officer or shareholder, as applicable, solely by reason of the fact that such Relevant Person, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, himself or herself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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6.2.2 The Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity of any Relevant Person.

 

6.2.3 To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Section 6.2 to be a breach of fiduciary duty to the Company (including any of its subsidiaries) or its shareholders, the Company, on behalf of itself and each of its subsidiaries, hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company or any of its subsidiaries may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the provisions of this Section 6.2 apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in the past.

 

Article VII
PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Section 7.1. Preemptive Rights. If the Company intends to issue Equity Securities within one year of the Closing Date which would result in a Major Shareholder having Beneficial Ownership of less than ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company (a “Triggering Issuance”) then, at least 15 Business Days prior to the issuance of the Equity Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Major Shareholder an offer (the “Offer”) to issue a portion of such Equity Securities to such Major Shareholder in an aggregate amount, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the issuance of such Equity Securities, that would result in such Major Shareholder maintaining Beneficial Ownership of at least ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. The Offer shall state that the Company proposes to issue the Equity Securities and shall specify their number and terms (including any cash purchase price or the fair market value of any non-cash consideration as reasonably determined by the Board). The Offer shall remain open and irrevocable for a period of 15 Business Days from the date of its delivery (the “Offer Period”).

 

Section 7.2. Preemptive Rights Closing. Any Major Shareholder to whom an Offer is made as a result of a Triggering Issuance shall have the right to purchase Equity Securities on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer for cash (at the cash purchase price or the fair market value as set forth in the Offer) by delivering written notice of acceptance thereof to the Company during the Offer Period. The closing of the purchase of Equity Securities by such Major Shareholder shall be held at the principal office of the Company at 9:00 a.m. local time on the closing date set forth in the Offer or at such other time and place as the parties to the transaction may agree. At such closing, the Company shall deliver the Equity Securities to such Major Shareholder against payment of the purchase price therefor by or on behalf of such Major Shareholder. At such closing, all of the parties to such transaction shall execute such additional documents as are otherwise necessary or appropriate to consummate such transaction.

 

Section 7.3. Acceptance or Declination of Preemptive Rights. If a Major Shareholder does not elect to purchase its allotment of any Triggering Issuance pursuant to this Article VII, the Company may sell the Equity Securities on terms and conditions that are no more favorable in the aggregate to the applicable purchaser than those set forth in the Offer. If such sale is not consummated within 60 days of the date upon which the Offer is given, then no Triggering Issuance may be made thereafter by the Company without again offering the same to such Major Shareholder in accordance with this Article VII.

 

Section 7.4. Rights Personal. The rights granted in this Article VII are personal to each Major Shareholder, are not transferable by a Major Shareholder and do not constitute a right of holders of any securities of the Company, as such, and will terminate on the date that is one year after the Closing Date.

 

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Article VIII
CONFIDENTIALITY and Announcements

 

Section 8.1. Confidentiality. Each Holder hereby agrees that all Confidential Information with respect to the Company shall be kept confidential by it and shall not be disclosed by it in any manner whatsoever, except as permitted herein; provided, however, that without limiting any other confidentiality obligations to which any Holder may be subject, this Section 8.1 shall not apply to any Holder who is an employee or officer of the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any additional confidentiality obligations to the Company or its Affiliates to which the DMGV Observer (who shall be treated as a Shareholder Designee of DMGV for all purposes under this Article VIII) or any Holder or Shareholder Designee may be bound, Confidential Information received by each Holder or Shareholder Designee may be disclosed:

 

(a) with respect to any Shareholder Designee, to such Shareholder Designee’s designating Shareholder Party and its Representatives;

 

(b) with respect to any Holder, to its Affiliates or its or their respective directors, officers, employees and authorized representatives (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors) (such Persons, collectively, with respect to any Person, such Person’s “Representatives”); provided such Representatives owe a contractual or other duty of confidentiality to such Shareholder Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to any Confidential Information so disclosed;

 

(c) by each Shareholder Designee, Holder and each of its Representatives, to the extent the Company consents in writing; and

 

(d) to the extent required by Law or the rules of any stock exchange upon which such Holder’s or any of its Affiliates’ securities are listed or traded or as requested or required by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that, prior to making such a disclosure, such Person has, to the extent practicable and permitted by Law, consulted with the Company regarding the scope, timing and contents of such disclosure.

 

Section 8.2. Announcements. Prior to making any public announcement of information which the Company reasonably believes, prior to its public disclosure, may constitute material non-public information or inside information with respect to any Holder that has securities listed or traded on any stock exchange, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to consult with such Holder regarding the scope, timing and contents of such announcement and, if reasonably requested by such Holder in writing, to the extent permitted by Law, cooperate with such Holder in the reasonable coordination of such announcement, in each case so as to permit such Holder to comply with its obligations under applicable securities Laws and rules of such stock exchange with respect to dissemination of information. For purposes of this Section 8.2, references to a Holder shall include DMGT (so long as a member of the DMGV Group is a Holder of Registrable Securities).

 

Article IX
TERMINATION

 

Section 9.1. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to a Holder upon the date on which (i) neither such Holder nor any of its permitted assignees (or any member of the DMGV Group, with respect to DMGV, or any member of the Sponsor Group, with respect to the Sponsor) hold any Registrable Securities and (ii) such Holder holds no director nomination rights under Article VI hereof; provided, however, that Article IV and Section 6.1.8 shall survive any such termination with respect to any Holder.

 

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Article X
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 10.1. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in Person, by e-mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses or e-mail addresses (or at such other address or email address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10.1. ):

 

If to the Company, to it at:

Cazoo Holdings Limited

41 Chalton Street

London

NW1 1JD

Attention: Ned Staple
E-mail: ned.staple@cazoo.co.uk

 

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

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Attention: Valerie Ford Jacob

Sebastian L. Fain

E-mail: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com

sebastian.fain@freshfields.com

 

and to:

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

100 Bishopsgate

London

EC2P 2SR

United Kingdom

Attention: Natasha Good
E-mail: natasha.good@freshfields.com

 

If to a Holder, to the address or email address set forth for Holder on the signature page hereof.

 

Section 10.2. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

Section 10.3. Rule 144. If the Company shall have filed a registration statement pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a registration statement pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act in respect of the Company Class A Shares, the Company covenants that (i) so long as it remains subject to the reporting provisions of the Exchange Act, it will timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (including, but not limited to, the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1)(i) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended (“Rule 144”)) or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales by such Holder under Rule 144 or any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC, and (ii) it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 or (B) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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Section 10.4. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 10.5. Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiary.

 

10.5.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

 

10.5.2 Prior to the expiration of the Sponsor Shares Lock-up Period, the AJAX Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period or any applicable lock-up period set forth in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the case may be, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee (subject to subsection 10.5.4).

 

10.5.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees, except as provided in Section 7.4 and subsection 10.5.4.

 

10.5.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Holder may assign its rights under Article VI and Article VIII (except that (a) DMGV may assign its rights under such Articles to a member of the DMGV Group in connection with the transfer of substantially all the Ordinary Shares held by DMGV to such member or in connection with a Permitted Distribution in Kind of substantially all the Ordinary Shares held by DMGT and (b) the Sponsor may assign its rights under such Articles to any member of the Sponsor controlled by Dan Och that receives Ordinary Shares in connection with the Sponsor’s dissolution).

 

10.5.5 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any Persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and this Section 10.5.

 

10.5.6 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 10.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 10.5 shall be null and void.

 

Section 10.6. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto (and its respective permitted assigns), and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, each Shareholder Designee shall be an express third-party beneficiary of subsection 6.1.8.

 

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Section 10.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State (and, in respect of the fiduciary duties of the members of the board of directors of the Company, the Companies Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands). All legal actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware Chancery Court; provided, however, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Delaware Chancery Court, then any such legal action may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any other Delaware state court. The parties hereto hereby (i) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for themselves and with respect to their respective properties for the purpose of any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (ii) agree not to commence any action relating thereto except in the courts described above in Delaware, other than actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as described herein for any reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (1) the action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such action is improper or (2) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

Section 10.8. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 10.8.

 

Section 10.9. Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If any ambiguity or question of intent arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, use of the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa, and the definitions of terms contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. The words “includes” or “including” shall mean “including without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “hereby,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular section or article in which such words appear, the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.” Any reference to a law shall include any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall mean such law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented. References herein to any contract (including this Agreement) mean such contract as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 10.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or portable document format (pdf) transmission) in counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 10.11. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereby further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

Section 10.12. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.

 

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Section 10.13. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by (i) the Company, (ii) the Sponsor (provided (x) the Sponsor or its Permitted Transferee(s) holds Registrable Securities at the time of such amendment, or (y) the Sponsor retains a Board nomination right pursuant to subsection 6.1.1 at the time of such amendment), (iii) Alex Chesterman (provided (x) Alex Chesterman or his Permitted Transferee(s) holds Registrable Securities at the time of such amendment, or (y) Alex Chesterman retains a Board nomination right pursuant to subsection 6.1.1 at the time of such amendment), and (iv) DMGV (provided (x) the DMGV Group holds Registrable Securities at the time of such amendment, or (y) DMGV retains a Board nomination right pursuant to subsection 6.1.1 at the time of such amendment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consent of a Holder to an amendment will not be required to the extent that such amendment does not adversely impact the rights and obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

 

Section 10.14. Waiver. At any time, the Company may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any Holder, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of any Holder contained herein or in any document delivered by such Holder pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of such Holder or any condition to its own obligations contained herein. At any time, any Holder may, in respect of itself and not other Holders, (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of the Company, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in any document delivered by the Company pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of the Company or any condition to their own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.

 

Section 10.15. No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

(Next Page is Signature Page)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  CAPRI LISTCO
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   

 

Alex Chesterman
   
 

By:

 
  Print Name: Alex Chesterman
     
  Address:  
     
     
  Email:  

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  DMGV Limited
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   

 

Stephen Morana
   
 

By:

 
  Print Name: Stephen Morana
     
  Address:  
     
     
  Email:  

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  AJAX I Holdings, LLC
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  WCH 2021 Quad, LLC
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  JADOFF Investments, LP
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

  

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  WCHS Holdings 1, LLC
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement] 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Daniel S. Och 2019 GST Trust VII
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

  

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Alison S. Och 2012 GST Trust
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Joshua A. Och 2012 GST Trust
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Andrew J. Och 2013 GST Trust
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Saloniki Investments, LLC
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Kevin Systrom Revocable Trust
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   

 

STEVE ELLS
   
 

By:

 
  Print Name: Steve Ells
     
  Address:  
     
     
  Email:  

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  ABeeC 2.0, LLC
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  The Anne Wojcicki Foundation
   
  By  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Original Holder

 

Ajax I Holdings, LLC

 

New Holders

 

Name of Holder   Number of Shares
Alex Chesterman    
DMGV Limited    
Stephen Morana    
WCH 2021 Quad, LLC    
JADOFF Investments, LP    
WCHS Holdings 1, LLC    
Daniel S. Och 2019 GST Trust VII    
Alison S. Och 2012 GST Trust    
Joshua A. Och 2012 GST Trust    
Andrew J. Och 2013 GST Trust    
Saloniki Investments, LLC    
Kevin Systrom Revocable Trust    
Steve Ells    
ABeeC 2.0, LLC    
The Anne Wojcicki Foundation    

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on March 29, 2021, by and among Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Ajax”), Capri Listco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, Ajax is entering into a definitive agreement with the Company and Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited company organized under the law of England and Wales (“Cazoo”), providing for the combination of Ajax and Cazoo (the “Transaction Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, that number of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Subscribed Shares”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Per Share Price” and the aggregate of such Per Share Price for all Subscribed Shares being referred to herein as the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Subscribed Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into other subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Subscribers” and together with Subscriber, the “Subscribers”), which are on substantially the same terms as the terms of this Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which such Subscribers have agreed to purchase on the closing date of the Transaction, inclusive of the Subscribed Shares, an aggregate amount of up to 80,000,000 Ordinary Shares, at the Per Share Price.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Subscribed Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

Section 2. Closing.

 

(a) The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”), immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Transaction.

 

 

 

 

(b) At least five (5) Business Days before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice, such funds to be held by the Company in escrow until the Closing, and deliver to the Company such information as is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person (or nominee if so instructed by the Subscriber) in whose name the Subscribed Shares are to be issued and a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Subscriber that is an “investment company” registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Subscriber shall deliver to the Company on the anticipated Closing Date the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice (which account shall not be an escrow account) against delivery to the undersigned of the Subscribed Shares in book entry form, including evidence from the Company’s transfer agent of such issuance, on the Closing Date as described below. Upon satisfaction (or, if applicable, waiver) of the conditions set forth in this Section 2, the Company shall deliver to Subscriber (i) at the Closing, the Subscribed Shares in book entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions), and (ii) as promptly as practicable after the Closing, evidence from the Company’s transfer agent of the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date. In the event that the consummation of the Transaction does not occur within three (3) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, unless otherwise reasonably agreed to in writing by Ajax, the Company and the Subscriber, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, and any book entries shall be deemed cancelled. Notwithstanding such return or cancellation (x) a failure to close on the anticipated Closing Date shall not, by itself, be deemed to be a failure of any of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Section 2 to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Closing Date, and (y) unless and until this Subscription Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 7 herein, Subscriber shall remain obligated (A) to redeliver funds to the Company following the Company’s delivery to Subscriber of a new Closing Notice and (B) to consummate the Closing upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2. For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to remain closed in the State of New York or the United Kingdom.

 

Each register and book entry for the Subscribed Shares shall contain a notation in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS.”

 

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(c) The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by each of the parties hereto, of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i) no suspension of the qualification of the Ordinary Shares for offering or sale or trading in any jurisdiction, or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes, shall have occurred and the Subscribed Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Stock Exchange (as defined below), subject to official notice of issuance;

 

(ii) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Transaction Agreement, including all necessary approvals of Ajax’s shareholders and regulatory approvals, if any, shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Transaction Agreement) or waived (other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction pursuant to the Transaction Agreement), and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur substantially concurrently with or immediately following the Closing; and

 

(iii) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(d) In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 2(c), the obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (unless they specifically speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such date); and

 

(ii) Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

 

(e) In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 2(c), the obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of the Company and Ajax contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) or Ajax Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (unless they specifically speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect or Ajax Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such date);

 

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(ii) each of the Company and Ajax shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing, except where the failure of such performance or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impair the ability of the Company or Ajax to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

(iii) (A) no amendment, modification or waiver of the Transaction Agreement shall have occurred that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the legal or economic benefits that Subscriber would reasonably expect to receive under this Subscription Agreement without having received Subscriber’s prior written consent and (B) there shall have been no amendment, waiver or modification to any Other Subscription Agreement that economically benefits such Other Subscriber thereunder unless the Subscriber has been offered the same benefits.

 

(f) Prior to or at the Closing, Subscriber shall deliver all such other information as is reasonably required in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

Section 3. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that:

 

(a) The Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development or occurrence with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis), that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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(b) As of the Closing Date, the Subscribed Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under applicable securities laws) and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights created under the Company’s organizational documents (as adopted on or prior to the Closing Date) or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

(c) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber and Ajax, this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(d) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of the Company; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including New York Stock Exchange (the “Stock Exchange”)) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Shares), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 6 below, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if applicable, (iv) those required by the Stock Exchange, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval, (v) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, (vi) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and (vii) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(f) Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the Company has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Subscriber in connection with such Other Subscriber’s direct or indirect investment in the Company or any Other Subscriber. No Other Subscription Agreement includes terms and conditions that are more advantageous to any Other Subscriber thereunder than the Subscriber hereunder, other than terms particular to the regulatory requirements of such Other Subscriber or its affiliates or related funds that are mutual funds or are otherwise subject to regulations related to the timing of funding and the issuance of the related Subscribed Shares.

 

(g) Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company.

 

(h) Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Shares by the Company to Subscriber and the Subscribed Shares are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

 

(i) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

(j) The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Subscribed Shares will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(k) Except for Goldman Sachs International (“GS”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“JPM”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (collectively, the “Placement Agents”), no broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

(l) A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document, if any, filed by the Company on or prior to the date hereof (the “Company SEC Documents”) is available to the Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. None of the Company SEC Documents contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that with respect to the information about the Company’s affiliates contained in any Company SEC Document filed by the Company the representation and warranty in this sentence is made to the Company’s knowledge. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the Company SEC Documents.

 

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(m) The Company is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written communication from a governmental authority that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(n) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Subscribed Shares may be pledged by Subscriber in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, which shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Subscribed Shares hereunder, provided such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and the Subscriber effecting a pledge of the Subscribed Shares shall not be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof; provided, however, that none of the Company, Ajax or their respective counsels shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Subscribed Shares are not subject to any contractual prohibition on pledging or lock up, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by Ajax and the Company in all respects.

 

(o) The authorized capital shares of the Company as of the date hereof consist of (i) 1,100,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Class A Shares”); (ii) 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Class B Shares”); and (iii) 1,000,000,000 Class C ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class C Shares”). As of the date hereof: (i) no Existing Class A Shares or Class C Shares are issued and outstanding and (ii) 1,000 Existing Class B Shares are issued and outstanding.

 

Section 4. Ajax Representations and Warranties. Ajax represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:

 

(a) Ajax (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, an “Ajax Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development or occurrence with respect to Ajax and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis), that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Ajax’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Ajax, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber and the Company, this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Ajax, enforceable against Ajax in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the compliance by Ajax with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Ajax pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Ajax is a party or by which Ajax is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Ajax is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of Ajax; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Ajax or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) Ajax is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including the Stock Exchange) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement, other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) those required by the Stock Exchange, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval, (iii) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, (iv) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and (v) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of Ajax, threatened in writing against Ajax or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against Ajax.

 

(f) A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document, if any, filed by Ajax on or prior to the date hereof (the “Ajax SEC Documents”) is available to the Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. None of the Ajax SEC Documents contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that with respect to the information about Ajax’s affiliates contained in any Ajax SEC Document filed by Ajax the representation and warranty in this sentence is made to Ajax’s knowledge. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the Ajax SEC Documents.

 

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(g) Ajax is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Ajax Material Adverse Effect. Ajax has not received any written communication from a governmental authority that alleges that Ajax is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Ajax Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h) The authorized capital shares of Ajax as of the date hereof consist of (i) 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Ajax Class A Shares”); (ii) 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Ajax Class B Shares”); and (iii) 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Ajax Preference Shares”). As of the date hereof, (i) no Ajax Preference Shares are issued and outstanding; (ii) 80,499,090 Existing Ajax Class A Shares are issued and outstanding; (iii) 8,944,343 Existing Ajax Class B Shares are issued and outstanding; and (iv) 41,254,590 warrants to purchase 41,254,590 Existing Ajax Class A Shares are outstanding.

 

Section 5. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a) Subscriber (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and (ii) has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

(b) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Subscriber, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company and Ajax, this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c) The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Subscriber pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Subscriber is a party or by which Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Subscriber is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Subscriber or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Subscriber Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to Subscriber that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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(d) Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A, (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscribed Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a qualified institutional buyer and Subscriber has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subscribed Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex A following the signature page hereto). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or Subscribed Shares and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber understands that the offering meets the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A), (C) or (J) and the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).

 

(e) Together with its investment adviser, if applicable, Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, or (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and, in each of cases (i) and (ii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the applicable states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily resell the Subscribed Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Subscribed Shares for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Shares will not be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) until at least one year from the Closing Date. Subscriber understands that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Subscribed Shares.

 

(f) Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Shares directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by the Company, Ajax, the Placement Agents, Cazoo, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives, any other party to the Transaction or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company and Ajax set forth in this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges that certain information provided by the Company to the Subscriber was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections.

 

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(g) Together with its investment adviser, if applicable, in making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares, Subscriber has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Subscriber and the representations contained herein. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has received such information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares, including with respect to Cazoo and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Acquired Companies”), Ajax and the Transaction. Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Subscriber and such undersigned’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Subscriber acknowledges that it has reviewed the Ajax SEC Documents. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that none of the Placement Agents, or any affiliate of the Placement Agents, has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Subscribed Shares nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. None of the Placement Agents or any of their respective affiliates has made or makes any representation as to Ajax or the Acquired Companies or the quality or value of the Subscribed Shares and the Placement Agents and any of their respective affiliates may have acquired non-public information with respect to Ajax or the Acquired Companies which Subscriber agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, none of the Placement Agents or any of their respective affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to Subscriber. The Subscriber agrees that none of the Placement Agents, their affiliates or any of its or their control persons, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to any Subscriber for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the Subscriber’s purchase of the Subscribed Shares or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind provided to the Subscriber concerning Ajax, the Company or the Acquired Companies, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(h) Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and Ajax and/or Cazoo, or their respective representatives or affiliates, or by means of contact from the Placement Agents and the Subscribed Shares were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and Ajax and/or Cazoo, or their respective affiliates. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares, nor were the Subscribed Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Subscribed Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

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(i) Together with its investment adviser, if applicable, Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares, and Subscriber has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

(j) Subscriber has considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares and determined that the Subscribed Shares are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

(k) Subscriber understands that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Subscribed Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

(l) Subscriber is not, and is not owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of (in connection with the Transaction), a Sanctioned Person. Subscriber is not a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services to a non-U.S. shell bank. Subscriber represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), that Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. Subscriber also represents that, to the extent required by applicable law, it maintains, either directly or through the use of a third-party administrator, policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of any investors against Sanctions-related lists of blocked or restricted persons. Subscriber further represents and warrants that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Subscribed Shares are derived from lawful activities. For purposes of this Agreement, “Sanctioned Person” means at any time any person or entity: (a) who is the subject of any Sanctions-related list of designated or blocked or restricted persons; (b) organized, located or resident in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea region or Ukraine, or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to comprehensive territorial Sanctions; or (c) owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. “Sanctions” means those trade, economic and financial sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes, and restrictive measures (in each case having the force of law) administered, enacted or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States (including without limitation the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Commerce), (b) the European Union and enforced by its member states, (c) the United Nations and (d) Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

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(m) If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”) subject to the fiduciary or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, Subscriber represents and warrants that (i) neither the Company nor any of its respective affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) has acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, or has been relied on for advice, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Subscribed Shares, and none of the Transaction Parties shall at any time be relied upon as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire, continue to hold or transfer the Subscribed Shares and (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Subscribed Shares will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

(n) Subscriber has, and at the Closing will have, sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.

 

(o) Subscriber agrees that, from the date of this Agreement, none of the Subscriber nor any person or entity acting on behalf of the Subscriber or pursuant to any understanding with the Subscriber will engage in any Short Sales with respect to securities of Ajax prior to the Closing. For the purposes hereof, “Short Sales” shall mean all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and all short positions effected through any direct or indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), or sales or other short transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein (i) shall prohibit other entities under common management with the Subscriber that have no knowledge of this Agreement or of Subscriber’s participation in this transaction (including the Subscriber’s controlled affiliates and/or affiliates) from entering into any Short Sales and (ii) in the case of a Subscriber that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Subscriber’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Subscriber’s assets, this Section 5(o) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares.

 

(p) No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission pursuant to any agreement between the Subscriber and such broker or finder in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

(q) Subscriber has been informed that (i) the Placement Agents are acting as the Company’s placement agents, (ii) GS is acting as financial advisor to Cazoo in connection with the Transaction and (iii) JPM is acting as financial advisor to Ajax in connection with the Transaction.

 

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Section 6. Registration of Subscribed Shares.

 

(a) The Company agrees that, as soon as practicable (but in any case no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the consummation of the Transaction), the Company will file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the Subscribed Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective no later than the earlier of (i) sixty (60) calendar days following the Closing Date (or ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission) and (ii) ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier, by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (the “Effectiveness Deadline”), provided, that if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the undersigned for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of filing the Registration Statement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be required to delay or postpone the filing of such Registration Statement as a result of or in connection with Subscriber’s review. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Subscriber, the Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless requested by the Commission or another regulatory agency; provided, that if the Commission or another regulatory agency requests that a Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Subscribed Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Subscribed Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Subscribed Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Subscribed Shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission, one or more registration statements to register the resale of those Subscribed Shares that were not registered on the initial Registration Statement, as so amended. The Company may amend the Registration Statement so as to convert the Registration Statement to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or Form F-3, as applicable, at such time after the Company becomes eligible to use such Form S-3 or Form F-3, as applicable. The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement or another registration statement (which shall be a “shelf” registration statement) to remain effective with respect to Subscriber until the earlier of (i) three (3) years from the issuance of the Subscribed Shares, (ii) the date on which all of the Subscribed Shares shall have been sold, or (iii) on the first date on which the undersigned can sell all of its Subscribed Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold and, if applicable, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2)). If requested by the Subscriber, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, within three (3) Business Days of such request, (i) cause the removal of the restrictive legends from any Subscribed Shares being sold under the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 at the time of sale of such Subscribed Shares and, at the request of a Holder, cause the removal of all restrictive legends from any Subscribed Shares held by such Holder that may be sold by such Holder without restriction under Rule 144, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions, and (ii) cause its legal counsel to deliver an opinion, if necessary, to the transfer agent in connection with the instruction under subclause (i) to the effect that the removal of such restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act, in each case upon the receipt of customary representations and other documentation, if any, from the Holder as reasonably requested by the Company, its counsel or the transfer agent, establishing that restrictive legends are no longer required. For so long as the Subscriber holds Subscribed Shares, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable Holder to resell Subscribed Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Subscribed Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s Ordinary Shares are then listed until the earliest of (A) three (3) years from the issuance of the Subscribed Shares, (B) the date all Subscribed Shares held by a Holder may be sold by such Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable), (C) the date on which such securities have actually been sold by a Holder, or (D) when such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding. “Holder” shall mean the Subscriber or any affiliate of the Subscriber to which the rights under this Section 6 shall have been assigned. The undersigned agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of Subscribed Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon request to assist the Company in making the determination described above. The Company’s obligations to include the Subscribed Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Subscribed Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Subscribed Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement as permitted hereunder, provided that Subscriber shall not in connection with the foregoing be required to execute any lock-up or similar agreement or otherwise be subject to any contractual restriction on the ability to transfer the Subscribed Shares. In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Subscribed Shares. At its expense, the Company shall notify the Subscriber, as expeditiously as possible (and within no more than five (5) Business Days), (1) when a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission; (2) after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (3) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Subscribed Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (4) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company shall not, when so advising Subscriber of such events, provide Subscriber with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company other than to the extent that providing notice to Subscriber of the occurrence of the events listed in (1) through (4) above may constitute material, nonpublic information regarding the Company.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if, acting reasonably, it determines that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith that such filing or use could materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company that would require premature disclosure of information that could materially adversely affect the Company, or if the Commission issues any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or indicates the intention to initiate any proceedings for such purpose (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than three (3) times, or more than one hundred twenty (120) total days, in each case, in any three hundred sixty (360) day period and (x) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the undersigned of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. For purposes of this Section 6, “Subscribed Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Ordinary Shares purchased by Subscriber pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to such Ordinary Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, replacement or similar event.

 

(c) Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) of the occurrence of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the undersigned agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Subscribed Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the undersigned receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, the undersigned will deliver to the Company or, in the undersigned’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Subscribed Shares in the undersigned’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Subscribed Shares shall not apply (w) to the extent the undersigned is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

 

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Section 7. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of all parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) if, on the Closing Date of the Transaction, any of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 2 of this Subscription Agreement have not been satisfied as of the time required hereunder to be so satisfied or waived by the party entitled to grant such waiver and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are not consummated, or (d) November 28, 2021, if the Closing has not occurred by such date other than as a result of a breach of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder; provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Company shall notify Subscriber of the termination of the Transaction Agreement promptly after the termination thereof.

 

Section 8. Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that Ajax has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of Ajax’s public shareholders and certain other parties (including the underwriters of the IPO). For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Subscription Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Subscriber hereby (a) agrees that it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any assets held in the Trust Account, and shall not make any claim against the Trust Account, that arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Subscription Agreement, regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Released Claims”), (b) irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it may have against the Trust Account now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement, and (c) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right to distributions from the Trust Account in accordance with Ajax’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in respect of Class A ordinary shares of Ajax acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

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Section 9. Indemnity.

 

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, the Subscriber, its directors, and officers, employees, advisers and agents, and each person who controls the Subscriber (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and each affiliate of the Subscriber (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus included in any Registration Statement or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Subscriber expressly for use therein.

 

(b) The Subscriber agrees, severally and not jointly with any person that is a party to the Other Subscription Agreements, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and each affiliate of the Company against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Subscriber expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of the Subscriber be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by the Subscriber upon the sale of the Subscribed Shares purchased pursuant to this Subscription Agreement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c) Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (1) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (2) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who elects not to assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of legal counsel to any indemnified party a conflict of interest exists between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

 

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(d) The indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee, agent, affiliate or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Subscribed Shares purchased pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

(e) If the indemnification provided under this Section 9 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by or on behalf of, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 9 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Any contribution pursuant to this Section 9(e) by any seller of Subscribed Shares shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Subscribed Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event will any party be liable for consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages in connection with this Subscription Agreement.

 

Section 10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by electronic mail, on the date of transmission to such recipient; provided, that such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication is also sent to the recipient pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 10(a), (iii) one Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof or to such electronic mail address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 10(a). A courtesy electronic copy of any notice sent by methods (i), (iii), or (iv) above shall also be sent to the recipient via electronic mail if provided in the applicable signature page hereof or to an electronic mail address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 10(a).

 

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(b) Subscriber acknowledges that the Company and Ajax will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement and that the Placement Agents will rely on this Section 10(b), Section 10(c) and the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in Section 5; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 10(b) shall not give Ajax or the Placement Agents any rights other than those expressly set forth herein. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company, Ajax and the Placement Agents if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by Subscriber of Subscribed Shares from the Company will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein (as modified by any such notice) by Subscriber as of the time of such purchase. Each of the Company and Ajax acknowledges that Subscriber will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company and Ajax each agree to promptly notify Subscriber if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company or Ajax set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

(c) Each of the Company, Ajax, Cazoo, the Placement Agents and Subscriber is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

(d) Subscriber shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(e) Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Subscribed Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may transfer the Subscription Agreement and its rights hereunder solely in connection with the consummation of the Transaction and exclusively to another entity under the control of, or under common control with, the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates, to other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Subscriber, or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations.

 

(f) All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, if for any reason the Closing does not occur prior to the consummation of the Transaction, all representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties hereunder shall survive the consummation of the Transaction and remain in full force and effect.

 

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(g) The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Shares and to register the Subscribed Shares for resale, and Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company and/or Ajax may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement with the Commission as an exhibit to a periodic report of Ajax and/or the Company or a registration statement of Ajax and/or the Company.

 

(h) This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

(i) This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

(j) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person. Except as set forth in Section 10(b), Section 10(c) and this Section 10(j) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successor and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

(k) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Subscription Agreement is being entered into in order to induce the Company to execute and deliver the Transaction Agreement and (ii) irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that money or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company and Ajax shall be entitled to specifically enforce Subscriber’s obligations to fund the Purchase Price and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree: (x) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy; (y) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 10(k) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason; and (z) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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(l) If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(m) No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

(n) This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(o) This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.

 

(p) EACH PARTY AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

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(q) The parties agree that all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement must be brought exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of New York (collectively the “Designated Courts”). Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Designated Courts. No legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Subscription Agreement may be brought in any other forum. Each party hereby irrevocably waives all claims of immunity from jurisdiction, and any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in any Designated Court, including any right to object on the basis that any dispute, action, suit or proceeding brought in the Designated Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum or venue. Each of the parties also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 10(a) of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in a Designated Court with respect to any matters to which the parties have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

(r) This Subscription Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Subscription Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Subscription Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties or third party beneficiaries hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party or third party beneficiary.

 

(s) Subscriber hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in any Form 8-K or Form 6-K filed by the Company or Ajax with the Commission in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), and, as and to the extent otherwise required by the federal securities laws, exchange rules, the Commission or any other securities authorities or any rules and regulations promulgated thereby, any other documents or communications provided by the Company, Ajax or Cazoo to any governmental entity or to any securityholders of the Company, of Subscriber’s identity and beneficial ownership of the Subscribed Shares and the nature of Subscriber’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by the Company or Ajax, a copy of this Agreement, all solely to the extent required by applicable law or any regulation or stock exchange listing requirement. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Company or Ajax for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall provide to Subscriber a copy of any proposed disclosure relating to the Subscriber in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10(t) in advance of any publication thereof and shall include such revisions to such proposed disclosure as Subscriber shall reasonably request.

 

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(t) Ajax shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Company has provided to Subscriber at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to Ajax’s knowledge, Subscriber shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from Ajax or any of its officers, directors, or employees or agents, and Subscriber shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral with Company, the Placement Agents, Ajax or any of their affiliates in connection with the Transaction. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, neither Ajax nor the Company (i) shall publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release or marketing materials, without the prior written consent of Subscriber and (ii) shall publicly disclose the name of the Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of the Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of Subscriber, except (A) as required by the federal securities law and (B) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of NYSE. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by Ajax, the Company or Cazoo for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission).

 

(u) The obligations of Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Subscriber or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements, and Subscriber shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement or any Other Subscriber or other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements. The decision of Subscriber to purchase Subscribed Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by Subscriber independently of any Other Subscriber or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, Ajax, Cazoo or any of their respective subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Subscriber or investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Subscriber or investor, and neither Subscriber nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Subscriber or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Subscriber or investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Subscriber and Other Subscribers or other investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that Subscriber and Other Subscribers or other investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. Subscriber acknowledges that no Other Subscriber has acted as agent for Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and no Other Subscriber will be acting as agent of Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Subscribed Shares or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Subscriber or investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(v) If Subscriber is a Massachusetts Business Trust, a copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Subscriber or any affiliate thereof is on file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that the Subscription Agreement is executed on behalf of the trustees of Subscriber or any affiliate thereof as trustees and not individually and that the obligations of the Subscription Agreement are not binding on any of the trustees, officers or stockholders of Subscriber or any affiliate thereof individually but are binding only upon Subscriber or any affiliate thereof and its assets and property.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company, Ajax and Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

  CAPRI LISTCO
   
  By:    
    Name: J. Morgan Rutman
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

  Address for Notices:
   
  667 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY 10065
  Attn: Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  Email: daniel@ajaxcap.com
    glenn@ajaxcap.com
     
  with a copy (not to constitute notice) to:
   
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 North Lasalle Drive
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attn: Cole Parker, P.C.
  Email: cole.parker@kirkland.com
     
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  609 Main Street
  Houston, TX 77002
  Attn: Debbie P. Yee, P.C.
  Email: debbie.yee@kirkland.com

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  AJAX I
   
  By:  
    Name: J. Morgan Rutman
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

  Address for Notices:
   
  667 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY 10065
  Attn: Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  Email: daniel@ajaxcap.com
    glenn@ajaxcap.com
     
  with a copy (not to constitute notice) to:
   
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 North Lasalle Drive
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attn: Cole Parker, P.C.
  Email: cole.parker@kirkland.com
   
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  609 Main Street
  Houston, TX 77002
  Attn: Debbie P. Yee, P.C.
  Email: debbie.yee@kirkland.com

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  Address for Notices:
   
   
   
   
   
  Name in which shares are to be registered:
   
   

 

Number of Subscribed Shares subscribed for:      
Price Per Subscribed Share:   $ 10.00  
Aggregate Purchase Price:   $  

 

You must pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account of the Company specified by the Company in the Closing Notice.

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A
ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER

 

This Annex A should be completed and signed by Subscriber
and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS (Please check the box, if applicable)

 

Subscriber is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

 

**OR**

 

B. ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS (Please check the box, if applicable)

 

Subscriber is an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and has marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which it qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

**AND**

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS (Please check the applicable box)

 

SUBSCRIBER:

 

is:

 

is not:

 

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

Rule 501(a), in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. Subscriber has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to Subscriber and under which Subscriber accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

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Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

Any corporation, similar business trust, partnership or any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or

 

Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person.

 

  SUBSCRIBER:
   
  Print Name:
   
  By:                           
  Name:
  Title:

 

 

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Exhibit 10.5

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on March 29, 2021, by and among Ajax I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Ajax”), Capri Listco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, Ajax is entering into a definitive agreement with the Company and Cazoo Holdings Limited, a private limited company organized under the law of England and Wales (“Cazoo”), providing for the combination of Ajax and Cazoo (the “Transaction Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, that number of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Subscribed Shares”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Per Share Price” and the aggregate of such Per Share Price for all Subscribed Shares being referred to herein as the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Subscribed Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into other subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Subscribers” and together with Subscriber, the “Subscribers”), which are on substantially the same terms as the terms of this Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which such Subscribers have agreed to purchase on the closing date of the Transaction, inclusive of the Subscribed Shares, an aggregate amount of up to 80,000,000 Ordinary Shares, at the Per Share Price.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Subscribed Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

Section 2. Closing.

 

(a) The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”), immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Transaction.

 

 

 

 

(b) At least five (5) Business Days before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice, such funds to be held by the Company in escrow until the Closing, and deliver to the Company such information as is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person (or nominee if so instructed by the Subscriber) in whose name the Subscribed Shares are to be issued and a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8. Upon satisfaction (or, if applicable, waiver) of the conditions set forth in this Section 2, the Company shall deliver to Subscriber (i) at the Closing, the Subscribed Shares in book entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions), and (ii) as promptly as practicable after the Closing, evidence from the Company’s transfer agent of the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date. In the event that the consummation of the Transaction does not occur within three (3) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, unless otherwise reasonably agreed to in writing by Ajax, the Company and the Subscriber, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, and any book entries shall be deemed cancelled. Notwithstanding such return or cancellation (x) a failure to close on the anticipated Closing Date shall not, by itself, be deemed to be a failure of any of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Section 2 to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Closing Date, and (y) unless and until this Subscription Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 7 herein, Subscriber shall remain obligated (A) to redeliver funds to the Company following the Company’s delivery to Subscriber of a new Closing Notice and (B) to consummate the Closing upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2. For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to remain closed in the State of New York or the United Kingdom.

 

Each register and book entry for the Subscribed Shares shall contain a notation in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS.”

 

(c) The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by each of the parties hereto, of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i) no suspension of the qualification of the Ordinary Shares for offering or sale or trading in any jurisdiction, or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes, shall have occurred and the Subscribed Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Stock Exchange (as defined below), subject to official notice of issuance;

 

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(ii) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Transaction Agreement, including all necessary approvals of Ajax’s shareholders and regulatory approvals, if any, shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Transaction Agreement) or waived (other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction pursuant to the Transaction Agreement), and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur substantially concurrently with or immediately following the Closing; and

 

(iii) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(d) In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 2(c), the obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (unless they specifically speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such date); and

 

(ii) Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

 

(e) In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 2(c), the obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of the Company and Ajax contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) or Ajax Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (unless they specifically speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect or Ajax Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such date);

 

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(ii) each of the Company and Ajax shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing, except where the failure of such performance or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impair the ability of the Company or Ajax to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

(iii) (A) no amendment, modification or waiver of the Transaction Agreement shall have occurred that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the legal or economic benefits that Subscriber would reasonably expect to receive under this Subscription Agreement without having received Subscriber’s prior written consent and (B) there shall have been no amendment, waiver or modification to any Other Subscription Agreement that economically benefits such Other Subscriber thereunder unless the Subscriber has been offered the same benefits.

 

(f) Prior to or at the Closing, Subscriber shall deliver all such other information as is reasonably required in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

Section 3. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that:

 

(a) The Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development or occurrence with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis), that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

(b) As of the Closing Date, the Subscribed Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under applicable securities laws) and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights created under the Company’s organizational documents (as adopted on or prior to the Closing Date) or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

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(c) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber and Ajax, this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(d) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of the Company; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including New York Stock Exchange (the “Stock Exchange”)) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Shares), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 6 below, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if applicable, (iv) those required by the Stock Exchange, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval, (v) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, (vi) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and (vii) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f) Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the Company has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Subscriber in connection with such Other Subscriber’s direct or indirect investment in the Company or any Other Subscriber. No Other Subscription Agreement includes terms and conditions that are more advantageous to any Other Subscriber thereunder than the Subscriber hereunder, other than terms particular to the regulatory requirements of such Other Subscriber or its affiliates or related funds that are mutual funds or are otherwise subject to regulations related to the timing of funding and the issuance of the related Subscribed Shares.

 

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(g) Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company.

 

(h) Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Shares by the Company to Subscriber and the Subscribed Shares are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

 

(i) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

(j) The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Subscribed Shares will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(k) Except for Goldman Sachs International (“GS”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“JPM”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., no broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

(l) A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document, if any, filed by the Company on or prior to the date hereof (the “Company SEC Documents”) is available to the Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. None of the Company SEC Documents contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that with respect to the information about the Company’s affiliates contained in any Company SEC Document filed by the Company the representation and warranty in this sentence is made to the Company’s knowledge. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the Company SEC Documents.

 

(m) The Company is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written communication from a governmental authority that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(n) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Subscribed Shares may be pledged by Subscriber in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, which shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Subscribed Shares hereunder, provided such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and the Subscriber effecting a pledge of the Subscribed Shares shall not be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof; provided, however, that none of the Company, Ajax or their respective counsels shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Subscribed Shares are not subject to any contractual prohibition on pledging or lock up, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by Ajax and the Company in all respects.

 

(o) The authorized capital shares of the Company as of the date hereof consist of (i) 1,100,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Class A Shares”); (ii) 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Class B Shares”); and (iii) 1,000,000,000 Class C ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class C Shares”). As of the date hereof: (i) no Existing Class A Shares or Class C Shares are issued and outstanding and (ii) 1,000 Existing Class B Shares are issued and outstanding.

 

Section 4. Ajax Representations and Warranties. Ajax represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:

 

(a) Ajax (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, an “Ajax Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development or occurrence with respect to Ajax and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis), that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Ajax’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Ajax, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber and the Company, this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Ajax, enforceable against Ajax in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

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(c) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the compliance by Ajax with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Ajax pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Ajax is a party or by which Ajax is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Ajax is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of Ajax; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Ajax or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) Ajax is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including the Stock Exchange) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement, other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) those required by the Stock Exchange, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval, (iii) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, (iv) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and (v) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have an Ajax Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of Ajax, threatened in writing against Ajax or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against Ajax.

 

(f) A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document, if any, filed by Ajax on or prior to the date hereof (the “Ajax SEC Documents”) is available to the Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. None of the Ajax SEC Documents contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that with respect to the information about Ajax’s affiliates contained in any Ajax SEC Document filed by Ajax the representation and warranty in this sentence is made to Ajax’s knowledge. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the Ajax SEC Documents.

 

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(g) Ajax is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Ajax Material Adverse Effect. Ajax has not received any written communication from a governmental authority that alleges that Ajax is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Ajax Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h) The authorized capital shares of Ajax as of the date hereof consist of (i) 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Ajax Class A Shares”); (ii) 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Existing Ajax Class B Shares”); and (iii) 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Ajax Preference Shares”). As of the date hereof, (i) no Ajax Preference Shares are issued and outstanding; (ii) 80,499,090 Existing Ajax Class A Shares are issued and outstanding; (iii) 8,944,343 Existing Ajax Class B Shares are issued and outstanding; and (iv) 41,254,590 warrants to purchase 41,254,590 Existing Ajax Class A Shares are outstanding.

 

Section 5. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Subscriber, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company and Ajax, this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(b) The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Subscriber pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Subscriber is a party or by which Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Subscriber is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Subscriber or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Subscriber Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to Subscriber that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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(c) Subscriber (i) is an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(4), (5) or (6) under the Securities Act) satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A, (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscribed Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is an accredited investor and Subscriber has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subscribed Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex A following the signature page hereto). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber (i) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or Subscribed Shares and (ii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber understands that the offering meets the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A), (C) or (J).

 

(d) Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subscribed Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, or (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and, in each of cases (i) and (ii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the applicable states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily resell the Subscribed Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Subscribed Shares for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Shares will not be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) until at least one year from the Closing Date. Subscriber understands that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Subscribed Shares.

 

(e) Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Shares directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, in connection with its purchase of the Subscribed Shares from the Company, any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by the Company, Ajax, Cazoo, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives, any other party to the Transaction or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company and Ajax set forth in this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges that certain information provided by the Company to the Subscriber was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections.

 

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(f) In making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares, Subscriber has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Subscriber and the representations contained herein. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has received such information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares, including with respect to Cazoo and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Acquired Companies”), Ajax and the Transaction. Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Subscriber and such undersigned’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Subscriber acknowledges that it has reviewed the Ajax SEC Documents. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that neither Ajax nor any affiliate of Ajax, has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Subscribed Shares nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither Ajax nor any of its affiliates has made or makes any representation as to Ajax or the Acquired Companies or the quality or value of the Subscribed Shares and Ajax and any of its affiliates may have acquired non-public information with respect to Ajax or the Acquired Companies which Subscriber agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, neither Ajax nor any of its affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to Subscriber. The Subscriber agrees that none of Ajax, its affiliates or any of its control persons, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to any Subscriber for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the Subscriber’s purchase of the Subscribed Shares or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind provided to the Subscriber concerning Ajax, the Company or the Acquired Companies, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(g) Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and Ajax and/or Cazoo, or their respective representatives or affiliates, and the Subscribed Shares were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and Ajax and/or Cazoo, or their respective affiliates. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares, nor were the Subscribed Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Subscribed Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

(h) Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares, and Subscriber has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

(i) Subscriber has considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares and determined that the Subscribed Shares are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

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(j) Subscriber understands that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Subscribed Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

(k) Subscriber is not, and is not owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of (in connection with the Transaction), a Sanctioned Person. Subscriber is not a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services to a non-U.S. shell bank. Subscriber represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), that Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. Subscriber also represents that, to the extent required by applicable law, it maintains, either directly or through the use of a third-party administrator, policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of any investors against Sanctions-related lists of blocked or restricted persons. Subscriber further represents and warrants that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Subscribed Shares are derived from lawful activities. For purposes of this Agreement, “Sanctioned Person” means at any time any person or entity: (a) who is the subject of any Sanctions-related list of designated or blocked or restricted persons; (b) organized, located or resident in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region or Ukraine, or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to comprehensive territorial Sanctions; or (c) owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. “Sanctions” means those trade, economic and financial sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes, and restrictive measures (in each case having the force of law) administered, enacted or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States (including without limitation the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Commerce), (b) the European Union and enforced by its member states, (c) the United Nations and (d) Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

(l) If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”) subject to the fiduciary or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, Subscriber represents and warrants that (i) neither the Company, nor any of its respective affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) has acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, or has been relied on for advice, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Subscribed Shares, and none of the Transaction Parties shall at any time be relied upon as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire, continue to hold or transfer the Subscribed Shares and (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Subscribed Shares will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

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(m) Subscriber has, and at the Closing will have, sufficient funds or immediate unconditional availability to sufficient funds from accounts under the control of and held solely in the name of the Subscriber, to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.

 

(n) Subscriber agrees that, from the date of this Agreement, none of the Subscriber nor any person or entity acting on behalf of the Subscriber or pursuant to any understanding with the Subscriber will engage in any Short Sales with respect to securities of Ajax prior to the Closing. For the purposes hereof, “Short Sales” shall mean all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and all short positions effected through any direct or indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), or sales or other short transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prohibit other entities under common management with the Subscriber that have no knowledge of this Agreement or of Subscriber’s participation in this transaction (including the Subscriber’s controlled affiliates and/or affiliates) from entering into any Short Sales.

 

(o) No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission pursuant to any agreement between the Subscriber and such broker or finder in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

(p) Subscriber acknowledges and is aware that (i) GS is acting as financial advisor to Cazoo in connection with the Transaction and (ii) JPM is acting as financial advisor to Ajax in connection with the Transaction.

 

Section 6. Registration of Subscribed Shares. Subscriber, the Company and Ajax hereby acknowledge and agree that all of the Subscribed Shares acquired by the Subscriber hereunder shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and, for all purposes of the Investor Rights Agreement, shall constitute Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement).

 

Section 7. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of all parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) if, on the Closing Date of the Transaction, any of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 2 of this Subscription Agreement have not been satisfied as of the time required hereunder to be so satisfied or waived by the party entitled to grant such waiver and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are not consummated, or (d) November 28, 2021, if the Closing has not occurred by such date other than as a result of a breach of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder; provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Company shall notify Subscriber of the termination of the Transaction Agreement promptly after the termination thereof.

 

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Section 8. Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that Ajax has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of Ajax’s public shareholders and certain other parties (including the underwriters of the IPO). For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Subscription Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Subscriber hereby (a) agrees that it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any assets held in the Trust Account, and shall not make any claim against the Trust Account, that arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Subscription Agreement, regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Released Claims”), (b) irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it may have against the Trust Account now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement, and (c) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right to distributions from the Trust Account in accordance with Ajax’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in respect of Class A ordinary shares of Ajax acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

Section 9. [Reserved].

 

Section 10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by electronic mail, on the date of transmission to such recipient; provided, that such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication is also sent to the recipient pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 10(a), (iii) one Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof or to such electronic mail address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 10(a). A courtesy electronic copy of any notice sent by methods (i), (iii), or (iv) above shall also be sent to the recipient via electronic mail if provided in the applicable signature page hereof or to an electronic mail address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 10(a).

 

(b) Subscriber acknowledges that the Company and Ajax will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company and Ajax if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by Subscriber of Subscribed Shares from the Company will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein (as modified by any such notice) by Subscriber as of the time of such purchase. Each of the Company and Ajax acknowledges that Subscriber will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company and Ajax each agree to promptly notify Subscriber if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company or Ajax set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

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(c) Each of the Company, Ajax, Cazoo and Subscriber is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

(d) Subscriber shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(e) Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Subscribed Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may transfer the Subscription Agreement and its rights hereunder solely in connection with the consummation of the Transaction and exclusively to another entity under the control of, or under common control with, the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates, to other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Subscriber, or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations.

 

(f) All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, if for any reason the Closing does not occur prior to the consummation of the Transaction, all representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties hereunder shall survive the consummation of the Transaction and remain in full force and effect.

 

(g) The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Shares and to register the Subscribed Shares for resale, and Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company and/or Ajax may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement with the Commission as an exhibit to a periodic report of Ajax and/or the Company or a registration statement of Ajax and/or the Company.

 

(h) This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

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(i) This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

(j) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person. Except as set forth in Section 10(b), Section 10(c) and this Section 10(j) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successor and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

(k) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Subscription Agreement is being entered into in order to induce the Company to execute and deliver the Transaction Agreement and (ii) irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that money or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company and Ajax shall be entitled to specifically enforce Subscriber’s obligations to fund the Purchase Price and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree: (x) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy; (y) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 10(k) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason; and (z) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(l) If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(m) No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

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(n) This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(o) This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.

 

(p) EACH PARTY AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

(q) The parties agree that all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement must be brought exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of New York (collectively the “Designated Courts”). Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Designated Courts. No legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Subscription Agreement may be brought in any other forum. Each party hereby irrevocably waives all claims of immunity from jurisdiction, and any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in any Designated Court, including any right to object on the basis that any dispute, action, suit or proceeding brought in the Designated Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum or venue. Each of the parties also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 10(a) of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in a Designated Court with respect to any matters to which the parties have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

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(r) This Subscription Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Subscription Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Subscription Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties or third party beneficiaries hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party or third party beneficiary.

 

(s) Subscriber hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in any Form 8-K or Form 6-K filed by the Company or Ajax with the Commission in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), and, as and to the extent otherwise required by the federal securities laws, exchange rules, the Commission or any other securities authorities or any rules and regulations promulgated thereby, any other documents or communications provided by the Company, Ajax or Cazoo to any governmental entity or to any securityholders of the Company, of Subscriber’s identity and beneficial ownership of the Subscribed Shares and the nature of Subscriber’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by the Company or Ajax, a copy of this Agreement, all solely to the extent required by applicable law or any regulation or stock exchange listing requirement. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Company or Ajax for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall provide to Subscriber a copy of any proposed disclosure relating to the Subscriber in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10(t) in advance of any publication thereof and shall include such revisions to such proposed disclosure as Subscriber shall reasonably request.

 

(t) Ajax shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Company has provided to Subscriber at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to Ajax’s knowledge, Subscriber shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from Ajax or any of its officers, directors, or employees or agents, and Subscriber shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral with Company, Ajax or any of their affiliates in connection with the Transaction. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, neither Ajax nor the Company (i) shall publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release or marketing materials, without the prior written consent of Subscriber and (ii) shall publicly disclose the name of the Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of the Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of Subscriber, except (A) as required by the federal securities law and (B) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of NYSE. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by Ajax, the Company or Cazoo for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission).

 

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(u) The obligations of Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Subscriber or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements, and Subscriber shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement or any Other Subscriber or other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements. The decision of Subscriber to purchase Subscribed Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by Subscriber independently of any Other Subscriber or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, Ajax, Cazoo or any of their respective subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Subscriber or investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Subscriber or investor, and neither Subscriber nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Subscriber or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Subscriber or investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Subscriber and Other Subscribers or other investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that Subscriber and Other Subscribers or other investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. Subscriber acknowledges that no Other Subscriber has acted as agent for Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and no Other Subscriber will be acting as agent of Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Subscribed Shares or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Subscriber or investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company, Ajax and Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

  CAPRI LISTCO
   
  By:  
    Name:  J. Morgan Rutman
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer
   

 

  Address for Notices:
   
  667 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY 10065
  Attn: Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  Email: daniel@ajaxcap.com
    glenn@ajaxcap.com
     
  with a copy (not to constitute notice) to:
   
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 North Lasalle Drive
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attn: Cole Parker, P.C.
  Email: cole.parker@kirkland.com
     
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  609 Main Street
  Houston, TX 77002
  Attn: Debbie P. Yee, P.C.
  Email: debbie.yee@kirkland.com

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  AJAX I
   
  By:                       
  Name:  J. Morgan Rutman
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

  Address for Notices:
   
  667 MADISON AVENUE
  NEW YORK, NY 10065
  Attn: Daniel Och
    Glenn Fuhrman
  Email: daniel@ajaxcap.com
    glenn@ajaxcap.com
     
  with a copy (not to constitute notice) to:
   
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  300 North Lasalle Drive
  Chicago, IL 60654
  Attn: Cole Parker, P.C.
  Email: cole.parker@kirkland.com
     
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  609 Main Street
  Houston, TX 77002
  Attn: Debbie P. Yee, P.C.
  Email: debbie.yee@kirkland.com

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  By:   
    Name:
    Title:
   
  Address for Notices:
   
   
   
   
   
  Name in which shares are to be registered:
   
   

 

If the Subscriber is a natural person (i.e., an individual), a revocable grantor trust (the sole settlor (i.e., grantor) of which is a natural person), an individual retirement account of a natural person or a self-directed employee benefit plan of a natural person; please fill out the information below.

 

If an entity, the type of Organization:                                   

(if a trust, please specify the type of trust)

 

If an individual, the individuals’ name:                                     

 

State of Organization or Domicile:                                             

 

Country of Citizenship:                                                                  

 

Number of Subscribed Shares subscribed for:      
Price Per Subscribed Share:   $ 10.00  
Aggregate Purchase Price:   $  

 

You must pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account of the Company specified by the Company in the Closing Notice.

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A
ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER

 

This Annex A should be completed and signed by Subscriber
and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 

 

Part I. Please check the applicable subparagraphs.

 

1. A natural person is an “accredited investor” if such person:

 

  i. ☐ has a net worth individually or jointly with such person’s spouse or spousal equivalent that exceeds $1,000,000 (excluding the value of the person’s primary residence) at the time of purchase of the Subscribed Shares (joint net worth can be the aggregate net worth of the investor and spouse or spousal equivalent; assets need not be held jointly to be included in the calculation); or

 

  ii. ☐ had income individually in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years and reasonably expects to have such income in excess of $200,000 in the current year; or

 

  iii. ☐ had income jointly with such person’s spouse or spousal equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years and reasonably expects to have such income in excess of $300,000 in the current year.

 

  iv. ☐ holds in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the SEC has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status.

 

2. ☐ The Subscriber has not been subject to any Regulation D Rule 506(d) disqualifying event as defined in Appendix A hereto and is not subject to any proceeding or event that could result in any such disqualifying event.

 

3. ☐ The Subscriber is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S and is not acquiring (directly or indirectly through a revocable grantor trust or individual retirement account, as applicable) an interest in the Company for the benefit of a U.S. Person.

 

“Income” is defined, for the purpose of clause (ii) above, as individual annual adjusted gross income reported or to be reported for U.S. federal income tax purposes, less any income attributable to a spouse or spousal equivalent or to property owned by a spouse or spousal equivalent, and for the purpose of clause (iii) above, as joint annual adjusted gross income reported or to be reported for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case increased by the following amounts (but, in the case of clause (ii) above, not by any such amounts attributable to a spouse or spousal equivalent or to property owned by a spouse or spousal equivalent): (a) the amount of any tax-exempt interest income received; (b) the amount of losses claimed as a limited partner in a limited partnership; (c) any deduction claimed for depletion; (d) amounts contributed to an IRA or Keogh retirement plan; (e) alimony paid; and (f) any amount by which income from long-term capital gains has been reduced in arriving at adjusted gross income.

 

Part II. Please check the applicable subparagraphs.

 

1. The Subscriber is one of the below:

 

  an individual human being;

 

  a joint tenancy (specify type: _____________) comprised solely of individual human beings;

 

  an individual retirement account for: ___________________________; or

 

  a self-directed retirement account for: ___________________________.

 

2. ☐ The Subscriber is an individual retirement account or annuity or other “plan” that is subject to Code §4975 or a self-directed account in an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Part 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.

 

Annex A-1

 

 

3. ☐ If the Subscriber checks (2) immediately above and the Subscriber is an IRA, the decision to invest in the Company is being made by the IRA owner.

 

4. ☐ The Subscriber is not subject to ERISA or Code §4975.

 

5. ☐ The Subscriber, or any affiliate of the Subscriber, has discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of the Company or provides investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to such assets. For purposes of the foregoing, an “affiliate” of a person or entity includes any person or entity, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person or entity. “Control,” with respect to a person other than an individual, means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of such person.

 

  SUBSCRIBER:
   
  Print Name:
   
  By:                                
  Name:
  Title:

 

Annex A-2

 

 

APPENDIX A

 

Definition of “Disqualifying Event”

 

Each of the enumerated instances below is a “Disqualifying Event” for the purposes of the Subscriber’s response to Part I(b) of the Investor Qualification Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix A shall have the meanings given to them in the Investor Qualification Statement. The Subscriber1 has been subject to a Disqualifying Event if the Subscriber:

 

(1) Has been convicted within ten years of the date hereof of any felony or misdemeanor (i) in connection with the purchase or sale of any security, (ii) involving the making of any false filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or (iii) 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;

 

(2) Is subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction entered within five years of the date hereof that presently restrains or enjoins the Subscriber from engaging or continuing to engage in any conduct or practice (i) in connection with the purchase or sale of any security, (ii) involving the making of any false filing with the SEC or (iii) 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;

 

(3) 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 (i) as of the date hereof, bars the Subscriber from (A) association with an entity regulated by such commission, authority, agency or officer, (B) engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or (C) engaging in savings association or credit union activities or (ii) constitutes a final order based on a violation of any law or regulation that prohibits fraudulent, manipulative or deceptive conduct entered within ten years of the date hereof;

 

(4) Is subject to any order of the SEC pursuant to Section 15(b) or 15B(c) of the Exchange Act or Section 203(e) or (f) of the Investment Advisers Act that as of the date hereof (i) suspends or revokes the Subscriber’s registration as a broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer or investment adviser, (ii) places limitations on the activities, functions or operations of the Subscriber or (iii) bars the Subscriber from being associated with any entity or from participating in the offering of any penny stock;

 

(5) Is subject to any order of the SEC entered within five years of the date hereof that presently orders the Subscriber to cease and desist from committing or causing a violation or future violation of (i) any scienter-based anti-fraud provision of the federal securities laws or (ii) Section 5 of the Securities Act;

 

(6) Is, as of the date hereof, 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;

 

(7) 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 SEC that, within five years of the date hereof, was the subject of a refusal order, stop order or order suspending the Regulation A exemption, or is presently the subject of an investigation or proceeding to determine whether a stop order or suspension order should be issued; or

 

(8) Is subject to a United States Postal Service false representation order entered within five years of the date hereof or is presently 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.

 

 

1 For the purposes of this Appendix A, references to the “Subscriber” shall include any Person whose interest in, or relationship to, the Subscriber is deemed to make such Person a beneficial owner of the Company’s voting securities under Exchange Act Rule 13d-3 and within the meaning of Rule 506(d). Under Rule 13d-3, a Person is a beneficial owner of a security if, for among other reasons, such Person directly or indirectly has or shares (a) the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security and/or (b) the power to dispose of or direct the disposition of such security.

 

 

Appendix A-1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release

 

Cazoo to Become Listed on NYSE through $7.0 Billion Business Combination with AJAX I

 

Cazoo, the UK’s leading online car retailer, announces $7.0bn business combination with AJAX I.
     
Cazoo is one of Europe’s fastest growing digital businesses, growing 300%+ year-over-year, with expected 2021 revenues approaching $1bn.
     
Europe’s used car market is $700bn opportunity with <2% online, ripe for digital transformation.
     
Cazoo has an unparalleled user experience with 80+ NPS and market-leading brand awareness.
     
Cazoo has a world class team, led by Founder & CEO Alex Chesterman OBE and the transaction will accelerate growth across Europe including subscription model, brand & vertical infrastructure.
     
Founded in 2018 by Alex Chesterman, who will continue to lead Cazoo, the business has grown to a team of 1,800+ across UK, Germany, France and Portugal. Dan Och will join Cazoo’s Board.
     
Transaction expected to provide $1,605m in gross proceeds including $805m cash in trust from AJAX I and an $800m PIPE led by the AJAX sponsors and D1 Capital Partners and joined by new and existing investors including Altimeter, funds & accounts managed by BlackRock, Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley) and Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC, Marcho Partners, Mubadala Capital, Pelham Capital, Senator Investment Group and Spruce House Partnership.

 

London and New York - March 29, 2021 - Cazoo Holdings Limited (“Cazoo” or “the Company”), the UK’s leading online car retailer with a fast-growing presence in Europe, which makes buying a car as simple and seamless as purchasing any other product online, and AJAX I (“AJAX”) (NYSE: AJAX), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement.

 

AJAX is a $805m SPAC, founded by renowned US investor Dan Och in partnership with Glenn Fuhrman and a team of strategic advisors including the founders of Chipotle, Instagram, Square and 23andMe. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be named Cazoo and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol “CZOO”.

 

Cazoo is pioneering the shift to online car buying in Europe and since being founded in 2018, has delivered over 20,000 cars to consumers across the UK who have embraced the selection, transparency and convenience of buying quality used cars entirely online. Following its recent acquisitions, Cazoo is also now Europe’s leading car subscription player with over 6,000 subscribers across the UK, Germany and France.

 

Cazoo has developed a market leading platform and brand with a fully integrated model where it owns and reconditions all its cars before offering them for sale on its website for either delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours. Already the leading online car retailer in the UK, Cazoo has begun its international expansion as it seeks to digitally disrupt the $700bn European used car market which remains overwhelmingly offline.

 

As one of Europe’s fastest-growing businesses, Cazoo expects to achieve revenues approaching $1bn in 2021, a growth rate of more than 300% in its second full year of operations and has already built a team of over 1,800 across the UK, Germany, France and Portugal. The company will continue to be led by its Founder & CEO, Alex Chesterman OBE, along with its world class management team. AJAX’s founder, Dan Och, will join the combined company’s Board of Directors.

 

This transaction will support Cazoo’s mission to continue to transform the car buying experience across Europe, with the proceeds funding the further build out of its brand and infrastructure. With its best-in-class and unique consumer proposition and fully integrated model, Cazoo is well positioned to take advantage of the shift to online car buying and disrupt the huge and highly fragmented European car buying market.

 

 

 

 

Alex Chesterman OBE, Founder & CEO of Cazoo, commented, “This announcement is another major milestone in our continued drive to transform the way people buy cars across Europe. We have created the most comprehensive and fully integrated offering in the largest retail sector which currently has very low digital penetration. This deal will provide us with almost $1 billion of further funds to fuel our growth and I am delighted to be partnering with Dan and his team at AJAX to rapidly expand and deliver the best car buying experience to consumers across Europe.”

 

Dan Och, Founder of AJAX said, “We are incredibly excited to have the opportunity to partner with Alex and the exceptional team at Cazoo. Alex has proven to be one of Europe’s most successful serial entrepreneurs and we are proud to be supporting the growth of this world-class team, brand and platform. With their constant focus on innovation, data and customer satisfaction, I have no doubt that Cazoo is going to continue to lead the way in this massive, untapped market opportunity and am looking forward to joining the Board of Cazoo and working with Alex and his team.”

 

Daniel Sundheim, Founder & CIO of D1 Capital Partners said, "As a long-term investor in Cazoo and believer in its leadership team, we are pleased to continue supporting Cazoo's growth as a public company. While Cazoo had many options for funding its strategy, its decision to merge with AJAX and join with Dan Och and other renowned partners was a good one that will have positive implications for the company and its future."

 

Cazoo Investment Highlights

 

Significant $700bn TAM opportunity: UK & European highly fragmented used car markets are ripe for digital disruption with no dealer group having more than 5% market share
     
Hypergrowth: over 20,000 cars already delivered in UK with annual run-rate revenues exceeding $600m in the first quarter of 2021. Cazoo expects revenues approaching $1 billion in 2021, growing 300%+ YoY with positive and scaling unit economics and multi-year high growth rate ahead
     
Efficient model with clear growth drivers: increasing online buying adoption, multiple ancillary revenue opportunities, subscription service, new cars and market share gains in UK and Europe
     
Market-leading proposition and execution: fully integrated model with in-house reconditioning & logistics, leveraging proprietary data and technology to underpin growth and profitability
     
World-class team: unrivalled track record, led by Alex Chesterman OBE, one of Europe’s most successful serial founders and digital entrepreneurs
     
M&A expertise: significant experience and background in executing game-changing M&A deals and strategic partnerships

 

Transaction Overview

 

The transaction values the combined company at a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $7.0 billion and a pro forma equity value of approximately $8.1 billion. The transaction includes up to $805 million AJAX cash in trust, assuming no redemptions by AJAX shareholders, and an $800 million fully committed PIPE at $10.00 per share led by the AJAX sponsors and D1 Capital Partners and joined by new and existing investors including Altimeter, funds & accounts managed by BlackRock, Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley) and Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC, Marcho Partners, Mubadala Capital, Pelham Capital, Senator Investment Group and Spruce House Partnership. The AJAX sponsor team, led by Dan Och, and including Glenn Fuhrman, Steve Ells, Jim McKelvey, Kevin Systrom and Anne Wojcicki have personally committed $200 million to the PIPE.

 

Assuming no redemptions and after accounting for cash proceeds payable to the existing Cazoo shareholders, the transaction will deliver approximately $1.0 billion in gross cash proceeds to the combined company, enabling Cazoo to further build out its brand and infrastructure and supporting Cazoo’s mission to continue to transform the car buying experience across Europe. Assuming no redemptions by AJAX shareholders, Cazoo’s existing shareholders will hold approximately 79% of the shares of the combined company on closing.

 

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The Boards of Directors of Cazoo and AJAX have unanimously approved this transaction. The transaction requires the approval of the shareholders of AJAX and Cazoo, and is subject to other customary closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.

 

Additional information about the proposed transaction, including a copy of the business combination agreement and investor presentation, will be provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by AJAX with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and will be available on the Cazoo website at www.cazoo.co.uk/investors and at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Advisors

 

Credit Suisse International and Goldman Sachs International are acting as lead financial advisors to Cazoo. Numis is also acting as financial advisor to Cazoo. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is acting as legal counsel to Cazoo.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as financial advisor to AJAX I. PJT is also a financial advisor to AJAX I. Citigroup is acting as capital markets advisor to AJAX I. Goldman Sachs International is acting as lead placement agent on the PIPE. Citigroup and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are also acting as placement agents on the PIPE. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is acting as legal counsel to AJAX I.

 

Investor Conference Call Information

 

AJAX and Cazoo will host a joint investor conference call to discuss the proposed transaction on March 29, 2021 at 02.00 ET/07.00 UK. Interested parties may listen to the prepared remarks call via telephone by dialing 1-844-512-2921, or for international callers, 1-412-317-6671 or listen to the webcast here:

http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=144120

 

About Cazoo - www.cazoo.co.uk

 

Cazoo’s mission is to transform the car buying experience for consumers across Europe by providing better selection, quality, transparency, convenience and peace of mind. Cazoo aims to make buying a car no different to any other product online today, where consumers can simply and seamlessly purchase, finance or subscribe to a car entirely online for either delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours. Cazoo was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman OBE, has a highly experienced management team and is backed by some of the leading global technology investors.

 

About AJAX – www.ajaxcap.com

 

AJAX is a blank check company whose purpose is to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. AJAX was founded by renowned US investor Dan Och in partnership with Glenn Fuhrman and strategic advisors including Steve Ells (founder, Chipotle), Jim McKelvey (co-founder, Square), Kevin Systrom (co-founder, Instagram) and Anne Wojcicki (co-founder, 23andMe).

 

Additional information and Where to Find It

 

This communication relates to a proposed business combination among Cazoo Holdings Limited (“Cazoo”), AJAX I (“AJAX”) and Capri Listco (“Newco”). In connection with the proposed business combination Newco intends to file a registration statement on Form F-4 that will include a proxy statement of AJAX in connection with AJAX’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by AJAX’s shareholders with respect to the proposed business combination and a prospectus of Newco. The proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all AJAX shareholders and Newco and AJAX will also file other documents regarding the proposed business combination with the SEC. This communication does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed business combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the business combination.  Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed business combination as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.

 

Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by AJAX and Newco through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by AJAX may be obtained free of charge from AJAX’s website at https://ajaxcap.com or by written request to AJAX at 667 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065 and documents filed by Cazoo may be obtained free of charge from Cazoo’s website at https://www.cazoo.co.uk or by written request to Cazoo at 41-43 Chalton St, Somers Town, London NW1 1JD, United Kingdom.

 

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Participants in Solicitation

 

AJAX, Newco and Cazoo and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from AJAX’s shareholders with respect to the proposed business combination. You can find information about AJAX’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of AJAX’s securities in AJAX’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering, dated October 27, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on October 28, 2020 and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the participants in the solicitation of proxies from AJAX’s shareholders and their direct and indirect interests will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed business combination when it becomes available.  Shareholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions.  You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of section 10 of the Securities Act, or an exemption therefrom.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This communication contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed business combination, including statements regarding the benefits of the transaction, the anticipated timing of the transaction, the services offered by Cazoo and the markets in which it operates, and Cazoo’s projected future results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this communication, including but not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the proposed business combination; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against AJAX, Cazoo, Newco or others following the announcement of the proposed business combination and any definitive agreements with respect thereto; (3) the inability to complete the proposed business combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of AJAX, to obtain financing to complete the proposed business combination or to satisfy other conditions to closing; (4) changes to the proposed structure of the proposed business combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the proposed business combination; (5) the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards following the consummation of proposed business combination; (6) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations of AJAX or Cazoo as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (8) costs related to the proposed business combination; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations and delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain regulatory approvals required to complete the proposed business combination; (10) the possibility that AJAX, Cazoo or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (11) the impact of COVID-19 on Cazoo’s business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the proposed business combination; (12) Cazoo’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to shareholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; and (13) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in AJAX’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated October 27, 2020. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of AJAX’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents filed by AJAX from time to time with the SEC and the registration statement on Form F-4 and proxy statement/prospectus discussed above. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Cazoo, AJAX and Newco assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. None of Cazoo, AJAX or Newco gives any assurance that any of Cazoo, AJAX or Newco will achieve its expectations.

 

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Nothing in this communication should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved.

 

Any financial and capitalization information or projections in this communication are forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of AJAX, Newco and Cazoo. While such information and projections are necessarily speculative, AJAX, Newco and Cazoo believe that the preparation of prospective financial information involves increasingly higher levels of uncertainty the further out the projection extends from the date of preparation. The assumptions and estimates underlying the projected results are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. The inclusion of financial information or projections in this communication should not be regarded as an indication that AJAX, Newco or Cazoo, or their respective representatives and advisors, considered or consider the information or projections to be a reliable prediction of future events.

 

Contacts

 

Media:

 

Cazoo: Lawrence Hall, Group Communications Director, lawrence.hall@cazoo.co.uk

Brunswick: Chris Blundell / Simone Selzer +44 20 7404 5959 / cazoo@brunswickgroup.com

 

AJAX

 

Gagnier Communications, Dan Gagnier / Jeff Mathews +1 646-569-5897 / ajax@gagnierfc.com

 

Investor Relations:

 

ICR for Cazoo - cazoo@icrinc.com

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

C O R P O R A T E   P A R T I C I P A N T S

 

Dawn Francfort, Managing Director, ICR

 

Dan Och, Founder, AJAX I and Willoughby Capital Holdings

 

Alex Chesterman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cazoo Limited

 

P R E S E N T A T I O N

 

Dawn Francfort

 

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Cazoo and AJAX I call. We appreciate everyone taking the time to join us today.

 

The information discussed today is qualified in its entirety by the Form 8-K that has been filed today by AJAX and may be accessed on the SEC’s website, including the exhibits thereto. Please note that the press release issued this morning and the related SEC documents can also be found on AJAX’s website at ajaxcap.com/investor-relations, and on Cazoo’s website at cazoo.co.uk/investors.

 

The Investor Deck has been publicly filed with the SEC and posted on the AJAX and Cazoo websites, where it is available for download. Please review the disclaimers included therein and refer to that as the guide for today’s call.

 

In particular, this call contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Further information about these will be contained in filings with the SEC, and we encourage you to read those carefully.

 

For everyone on the call, AJAX and Cazoo will not be fielding any questions today.

 

Hosting today’s call are Alex Chesterman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cazoo, and Dan Och, Founder of AJAX and Willoughby Capital Holdings.

 

I will now turn the call over to Dan Och. Please go ahead, Dan.

 

Dan Och

 

Thank you and good morning, everyone.

 

We are incredibly excited to announce today that AJAX has entered into a business combination agreement to combine our public company with Cazoo.

 

As we said during the initial public offering of AJAX, our thesis was simple. Along with my partner, Glenn Fuhrman and strategic advisors Steve Ells, Jim McKelvey, Kevin Systrom, and Anne Wojcicki, we set up AJAX in order to find a world class, founder-led, high-growth private company in which we could invest a substantial amount of our own capital. In order to attract the best companies out there, we did things a little differently from other SPACs by creating better alignment with our other investors through a smaller sponsor promote and a longer lock-up period.

 

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Having looked at a very significant number of businesses, I am happy to report that our announcement today proves that our thesis has worked. Of all the businesses we have interacted with, Cazoo is by far the best company we have seen, and Alex and his management team are unrivalled, with a proven track record of success. We could not be more excited about our investment in, and our business combination with, Cazoo. My partners and I are personally investing $200 million in the PIPE, and I will also be joining the Board of Cazoo, adding both my name and capital to this Company.

 

Cazoo is on a mission to transform the car buying experience throughout the U.K. and Europe, a $700 billion market with less than 2% digital penetration. Cazoo has already built the market leading brand and proposition, as well as a vertically integrated platform in the U.K., with the ability to replicate this success across Europe.

 

The business has extensive data capabilities which we believe will give it a significant competitive advantage in the future. The Company expects revenues approaching $1 billion in 2021, growing over 300% year-over-year and expects to grow revenue in excess of 100% annually through 2024 as it expands into Europe with a clear strategy to drive market share, unit economics, and overall profitability.

 

We are extremely pleased to be partnering with Alex, one of Europe’s most renowned and successful serial entrepreneurs. He has a 20-year record of developing, growing, and monetizing transformative digital businesses, including public market experience, and we have tremendous confidence in both him and the exceptional team he has built at Cazoo.

 

Upon closing, the combined Company will have an anticipated enterprise value of approximately $7 billion. This transaction will provide $1.605 billion of gross proceeds assuming no redemptions. This includes $805 million of cash in trust and an $800 million fully committed PIPE.

 

Along with the $200 million from myself and my sponsor partners Glenn, Anne, Jim, Kevin, and Steve, the PIPE is being anchored by new and existing leading global investors, including D1 Capital, Altimeter, BlackRock, Fidelity, Marcho Partners, Morgan Stanley, Pelham Capital, Senator Investment Group, and Spruce House, among others. Current Cazoo shareholders will own approximately 79% of the combined Company after the transaction.

 

This new capital is expected to fully fund Cazoo’s current business plan over the next three years until it is cash flow positive, and will position the Company to achieve its exceptional growth plan in the U.K. and throughout Europe. We believe that investors have a compelling opportunity to invest in a market-leading consumer brand, with an outstanding growth profile, in a highly fragmented market ripe for disruption.

 

With that, I will turn the call over to my partner, Alex Chesterman, the Founder and CEO of Cazoo.

 

Alex Chesterman

 

Thank you, Dan. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us.

 

We are very happy to be here today to introduce you to Cazoo and are excited to be partnering with Dan and the rest of the team at AJAX who bring a wealth of experience to the table. We are also, of course, delighted to have Dan joining our Board.

 

Our mission is simple; to transform the car buying experience across the U.K. and Europe. Car buying is the single largest retail market with incredibly low digital retail penetration and is one of the least loved consumer retail experiences. With no player across Europe having more than 5% market share and online penetration accounting for less than 2% of transactions, it is the ripest market for digital disruption.

 

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We have spent the past two years creating a market-leading brand and the most comprehensive digital retail offering for cars, with data and technology at its core. We have built a fully integrated end-to-end platform with our own in-house reconditioning and logistics, and have grown our revenues to an annual run rate of over $600 million, with revenues approaching $1 billion in 2021.

 

We have assembled a world class team of almost 2,000 people across four countries and have completed four M&A transactions in the past year. We’re the market leader in the U.K. and are set to expand across Europe where we have a strong team in place and are already the leading car subscription player.

 

This listing and capital raise is a major step forward in our goal to be the leading online car retailer in the large and highly fragmented European car market, and this transaction will provide us with the funds necessary to accelerate our growth as we leverage our proven business model to build out the Cazoo brand and infrastructure across Europe, as well as the currency to explore further M&A opportunities.

 

We began our journey in 2018, having seen the success of Carvana and with the knowledge that the U.K. and Europe had a number of structural advantages over the U.S. By closely observing our U.S. peers, and given the better market fundamentals, we have been able to grow much faster and with significantly less capital. We’ve delivered over 20,000 cars in the U.K. in under 18 months, and are the largest car subscription player in Europe with over 6,000 subscribers across the U.K., Germany, and France.

 

Our aim is to make buying a car no different to any other product online today, where consumers can simply and seamlessly purchase, finance, or subscribe to a car entirely online, for delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours. We have developed a consumer proposition with fully integrated logistics to create a highly efficient business model, positioned to scale across the $700 billion European used car market.

 

Through our end-to-end platform, we buy cars, we move them, we recondition them, store them, and deliver them to our customers. By leveraging our proprietary technology and capturing and using data through every step of the process, we are creating a clear competitive advantage, and we’re seeing a natural acceleration in the shift from offline to online car purchasing in a market which lags behind other retail sectors at less than 2%.

 

We’ve built a market-leading consumer proposition giving customers better selection, transparency, quality, convenience, and peace of mind. Every Cazoo car is thoroughly checked and reconditioned before sale and comes with a 7-day money back guarantee and 90-day warranty, delivering confidence to consumers when buying a used car.

 

We believe that we have the opportunity to capture a significant share of the $700 billion addressable market across the U.K. and Europe as the shift to online accelerates, and that we have a number of competitive strengths that will allow us to do so.

 

We’ve built the most comprehensive proposition with market leading execution. Our unique and comprehensive offering and market-leading consumer experience is delighting customers. We have a best-in-class consumer NPS score of over 80, and a Trustpilot rating of 4.8 stars, with 93% of users rating us either excellent or great.

 

We’ve developed hard to replicate technology, data, and infrastructure networks. Our fully integrated end-to-end model with our own in-house team of data and pricing analysts, network of vehicle preparation and storage centres, car transporters, and customer centers, as well as our proprietary technology, underpin our growth and profitability.

 

We have a world-class team with a proven and unrivaled track record of success. Our team brings a significant level of experience and accomplishments, including in the public markets. We have a very strong executive and senior leadership team assembled from amongst some of the best digital consumer retail businesses across Europe.

 

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We have significant expertise in identifying and executing game-changing strategic deals. Since launch, we have completed four acquisitions and a number of strategic partnerships to accelerate our growth and enhance our proposition. We now have the capability to recondition hundreds of thousands of cars a year in the U.K. and have the team set for our European expansion.

 

Now, turning to the key drivers of our growth and profitability. We plan to leverage our highly efficient business model in the following ways.

 

First, by growing our revenues. We expect the growth in our revenues to be driven by an increase in market penetration and share, led by the shift from offline to online buying; increased TAM through our European expansion and the launch of our subscription service; and the launch of further ancillary products and higher attachment rates driving lifetime value.

 

Second, by increasing our GPU. We expect the growth in our GPU to be driven by a continued shift in our buying mix including increased sourcing of cars from consumers; continued ongoing efficiencies in our reconditioning, logistics, and stock turn with scale; and further enhancements to our products, partnerships, processes, and pricing power.

 

Third, by reducing our CAC. We expect the reduction in CAC to be driven by an increase in adoption of online car buying, growing substantially from less than 2% today; improved conversion rates over time, which will occur naturally as we grow our inventory; and a higher proportion of direct traffic through brand, SEO, word of mouth, and repeat users.

 

We are highly confident in our ability to deliver on these growth and profitability enhancements over time. We are very pleased with our record-setting revenue progress, achieving a $600 million annual revenue run rate with over 20,000 orders in just 16 months.

 

We achieved a 58% revenue growth rate in Q4 on a quarter-over-quarter basis, and based on current performance, we expect quarter-over-quarter growth trends to continue in Q1. In Q4 of 2020, we had a positive GPU, and have seen further improvements to GPU month-on-month since then.

 

Our compounded annual revenue growth rate is expected to be in excess of 100% through 2024, with projected revenue growing to over $8 billion, and our gross profit is expected to grow at a compounded rate above 200% over the next two years, exceeding our revenue growth projections as we begin to benefit from scale.

 

In terms of EBITDA, we expect to reach profitability in the U.K. by 2023 and in Europe in 2024. We are targeting an EBITDA margin of approximately 8% to 10% over the medium to long term.

 

In summary, we have a tremendous opportunity to continue to grow our business through multiple levers. The large and highly fragmented nature of our addressable market requires us to achieve very low single digit market shares of approximately 3% in the U.K. and 1% in Europe to achieve our 2024 targets.

 

We are building an incredible consumer brand and business with an outstanding team in a market which is ripe for disruption. The strengths of our consumer proposition, infrastructure, brand, and data leave us well-positioned for exceptional growth as we accelerate our expansion across Europe.

 

Thank you for your time and for joining today’s call.

 

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