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9.BOARD REPRESENTATION...........................................................................36
10.MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY..................................................................41
11.FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES.............................................................................42
12.GENERAL MEETINGS...............................................................................42
13.INVESTOR NOT TO BE CONSIDERED PROMOTERS ..................................................42
14.INDEMNIFICATION .................................................................................43
15.INFORMATION, ACCOUNTING RECORDS, AUDIT AND ACCESS..................................47
16.OTHER COVENANTS...............................................................................49
17.WARRANTIES .....................................................................................50
18.EVENTS OF DEFAULT..............................................................................53
19.TERMINATION .....................................................................................55
20.DISPUTE RESOLUTION ..............................................................................56
21.GOVERNING LAW...................................................................................56
22.MISCELLANEOUS...................................................................................56
2.NOTICES .............................................................................................61
23.EXTINGUISHMENT OF RIGHTS.......................................................................62
24.SURVIVAL OF PROVISIONS..........................................................................62
25.PROCURING OBLIGATION..........................................................................62
3.PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY.......................................................................62
26.SUBSIDIARIES......................................................................................62
27.OTHER SHAREHOLDERS............................................................................62
SCHEDULE 1...........................................................................................65
SCHEDULE 1A.........................................................................................65
SCHEDULE 1B.........................................................................................65
SCHEDULE 2.......................................................................................66
SCHEDULE 3...........................................................................................67
SCHEDULE 4...........................................................................................68
SCHEDULE 5...........................................................................................70
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SCHEDULE 6.......................................................................................74
SCHEDULE 7...........................................................................................77
SCHEDULE 8...........................................................................................79
SCHEDULE 9............................................................................................95
SCHEDULE 10.........................................................................................99
SCHEDULE 11........................................................................................100
SCHEDULE 12...................................................................................102
SCHEDULE 13...................................................................................104
SCHEDULE 14........................................................................................105
SCHEDULE 15.......................................................................................106
SCHEDULE 16........................................................................................109
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Promoters of Caravel Logistics Private Limited, BTS India Private Equity Fund Limited and Caravel
Logistics Private Limited – Version 1
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1. BTS India Private Equity Fund Limited, a company incorporated under the laws
of Mauritius as a company with limited liability and holding a Category – I Global Business
License under the Financial Services Development Act, 2001 and having its registered office
at 4th Floor, Les Cascades Building, Port-Louis, Mauritius (hereinafter referred to as the
“Investor”, which expression shall, unless repugnant to or inconsistent with the context or
meaning thereof, be deemed to mean and include its successors and permitted assigns) of the
First Part;
AND
AND
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Each of the Promoters, the Investor and the Company is referred to individually as a “Party”
and collectively as the “Parties”
WHEREAS:
B. The Promoters incorporated the Company and are responsible for the day to day
management and administration of the Company as on the date of this Agreement. The
shareholding structure of the Company including the shareholding of the Promoters in the
Company and the status of encumbrances thereon, as on the date hereof, is set out in
Schedule 1 hereto;
C. The Investor is a Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) registered Foreign
Venture Capital Investor (“FVCI”) for making investments in Indian small and medium
enterprises.
D. The Company is presently in need of additional funds for its expansion plans and the
Promoters have approached the Investor with a request to make an investment in the
Company, on certain terms mutually agreed between them under a Term Sheet dated July 24,
2008 (the “Term Sheet”) and further negotiations pursuant to which the Investor has agreed
to subscribe to and the Company has agreed to issue and allot the Investor Preference Shares
(as defined hereinafter) to the Investor on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement;
and
E. The Parties are entering into this Agreement in order to set out the terms and
conditions of the investment by the Investor as well as their mutual rights and obligations in
the Company, and other matters in connection therewith, which they agree will be
interpreted, acted upon and governed solely in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the Charter Documents (as defined below) of the Company, which shall
be modified to reflect the provisions of this Agreement.
1.1. In this Agreement, except to the extent that the context otherwise requires, the
following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
“Act” means the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), as amended from time to time
and shall include any statutory replacement or re-enactment thereof;
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I. with respect to the Promoters, any Person:
(i) in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting securities are
(whether directly or indirectly) legally and beneficially held by the
Promoters; and / or
(ii) which is directly Controlled by, or is under the common Control of,
the Promoters;
II. with respect to the Investor, any company, fund, collective investment
scheme, trust, partnership (including, without limitation, any co-investment
partnership), special purpose or other vehicle or any subsidiary or affiliate of
any of the foregoing, which is managed by BTS Investment Advisors
Limited, Zug, Switzerland.
“Agreed Form” shall mean in a form mutually agreed between the Parties.
“Annual Budget” shall mean the budget of the Company for each Financial Year and
modified from time to time, as the case may be, and as approved by the Board of
Directors;
“Annual Business Plan” means, in relation to the Company, a business plan with
respect to any financial year of the Company that has been approved at the beginning
of the relevant financial year in the board meeting or with the consent in writing of
the Investor and containing, amongst other key performance indicators, an operating
performance budget and capital expenditure and borrowing details, the first Annual
Business Plan being annexed to this Agreement in Schedule 3;
“Applicable Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, order, bye
law, administrative interpretation, writ, injunction, directive, judgment or decree or
other instrument which has a force of law, applicable to any Party or its Affiliates in
force from time to time;
“Big Four” shall mean Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Ernst &
Young and KPMG (or their Affiliates as known in India);
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Promoters of Caravel Logistics Private Limited, BTS India Private Equity Fund Limited and Caravel
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“Business” shall mean the business carried on, and services provided by the
Company as on the date of this Agreement and from time to time, and shall include
the business more particularly described in Schedule 2 hereto;
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing takes place;
“Competitor” means any entity engaged on its own or through its affiliates in a
business or having a substantial interest in a business which is identical or similar to
any business being carried on by the Company at the relevant time, or which can be
reasonably said to be in competition with any business being carried on by the
Company at such relevant time;
(a) technical information and materials, including but not limited to computer
programs, software, databases, compositions, technological data, processes,
discoveries, machines and inventions;
(b) business information and materials, including but not limited to financial
information, business plans, business proposals, customer contract terms and
conditions, customer contact information, supplier lists, supplier contact
information, business partner lists and business partner contact information;
(c) information and materials relating to future plans, including but not limited to
marketing strategies, new materials research, pending projects and proposals,
proprietary production processes, research and development strategies, and
similar items;
(d) personnel information and materials, including but not limited to employee lists
and contact information, employee performance information, employee
compensation information, recruiting sources, contractor and consulting
information, contacts, and cost, and similar information;
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(e) information relating to Company or the Investor which is obtained whether
(without limitation) in writing, pictorially, in machine-readable form, on floppy
diskettes or orally, and whether or not marked “confidential” by any Party or its
representatives from either the Company or any of their representatives, in each
case in connection with the business relationship between the Company, the
Promoters and the Investor;
(g) any firm or unlisted company in which the Company, the Promoters, or any
Affiliate of any of them is a partner, shareholder or director or has any share,
Control or interest; or any listed company in which the Company, the Promoters
or any Affiliate or partner of any Promoter, or Affiliate is a director or holds
shares exceeding 1% of the paid-up equity share capital of, or has Control over
such listed company;
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‘Control’ together with its grammatical variations, when used with respect to any
Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of the vote carrying securities,
by contract or otherwise howsoever.
“ESOP Policy” shall mean the ESOP policy of the Company as agreed upon by the
Parties.
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“Fair Value” means the fair value of an Equity Share of the Company determined as
the higher of (i) an amount that provides an internal rate of return of at least 25% per
annum to the Investor; or (ii) the valuation done by a third party valuer appointed
mutually by the Parties;
“Financial Year” shall mean a period of twelve months commencing from 1st April
of any calendar year and ending on the 31st March of the next calendar year, unless
otherwise decided by the Parties;
“Fundamental Issues” means any of the matters set out in Schedule 5 which relate
to the Company;
“Investor Equity Shares” means Equity Shares issued to the Investor upon
conversion of the Investor Preference Shares, in accordance with Article 2.2;
“Investor Shares” means the Investor Equity Shares and Investor Preference Shares;
“Investor Shares Exercise Price” shall be the price payable per equity share by the
Investor to the Company at the time of conversion of the Investor Preference Shares
into Investor Equity Shares in accordance with Article 2.2 and Schedule 7;
“Investor Subscription Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Article 2.1
hereof;
“IPO” means the first listing of the Equity Shares on any of the registered stock
exchanges in India or an international stock exchange acceptable to the Investor,
through a fresh issue of Equity Shares or an offer for sale of Equity Shares owned by
one or more of the parties or a combination of an offer for sale of Equity Shares and a
fresh issue of Equity Shares to members of the public, for which, in each case, the
price band for the issue of Shares is acceptable to the Investor and the lead managers
and underwriters are mutually agreed between the Parties;
“IRR” shall mean the internal rate of return computed on the Investor Subscription
Amount on an annual basis and shall include any dividends or income paid by the
Company to the Investor.
(a) The assets, business, properties, liabilities, financial condition, results, operations,
regulatory status or prospects of the Company; or
(h) The ability of the Company or the Promoters to perform their obligations under
this Agreement; or
“Normalised EPS” shall mean the earnings as defined in Article 2.2 and Schedule 7;
“Post Diluted Capital” means the total issued and paid up capital of the Company
together with the number of equity shares to be issued upon the conversion of
Convertible Instruments;
“Promoters Shares” means the Shares held by the Promoters, from time to time.
“Promoter Allottees” shall mean [•], [•] and [•], to whom the Promoter Warrants
shall be allotted by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
“QIPO” means the initial public offering by the Company of such number of Shares
or any other security which is compulsorily convertible into or exchangeable with
Shares (whether by a fresh issue of Shares or any such other security by the
Company, or a sale of the existing Shares or any such other security held by a
Shareholder, or a combination of both), including the listing of such Shares or other
security on any Recognised Stock Exchange as agreed by the Board pursuant to the
terms hereof at such price so as to give the Investor an IRR of at least 25% on the
Investor Subscription Amount;
“Recognized Stock Exchanges” shall mean either the National Stock Exchange or
the Bombay Stock Exchange.
“Relative” with reference to any Person shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 6 of the Act;
“Shares” or “Company Shares” or “Equity Shares” shall mean the fully paid-up
equity shares of face value of Rs.10 each of the Company issued from time to time,
together with all rights, obligations, title and interest in and to such shares;
“Subscription” shall mean the subscription by the Investor of the Investor Preference
Shares in accordance with the terms of Clause 3.3(a);
“Transfer” means (in either the noun or the verb form and including all conjugations
thereof with their correlative meanings) with respect to any ownership interests, the
direct or indirect sale, assignment, Encumbrance, transfer or other disposition
(whether for or without consideration, whether directly or indirectly, whether
voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law) of any such ownership interests or of
any direct or indirect beneficial interest therein or the creation of any third party
interest in or over such ownership interests;
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“Tax” or “Taxation” means all forms of taxation, duties, levies, imposts and social
security charges, including without limitation corporate income tax, wage
withholding tax, fringe benefit tax, provident fund, employee state insurance and
gratuity contributions, value added tax, customs and excise duties, and other legal
transaction taxes, dividend withholding tax, real estate taxes, other municipal taxes
and duties, environmental taxes and duties and any other type of taxes or duties in
any relevant jurisdiction, together with any interest, penalties, surcharges or fines
relating thereto, due, payable, levied, imposed upon or claimed to be owed in any
relevant jurisdiction or country;
1.2. In this Agreement, headings are used for convenience only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement.
1.3. In this Agreement, unless the context specifies otherwise, reference to the singular
includes a reference to the plural and vice versa, and reference to a gender includes a
reference to the other gender.
1.4. In this Agreement, unless the context specifies otherwise, references to the Recitals,
Articles and Schedules shall be deemed a reference to the recitals, articles and
schedules of this Agreement which shall form an integral and operative part of this
Agreement.
1.5. Unless the context specifies otherwise, the respective obligations and liabilities of the
Promoters arising under or in relation to this Agreement shall be joint and several.
1.6. Terms not specifically defined in Article 1.1 shall have the meaning assigned to them
in the respective Articles of this Agreement.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement and in reliance on
the Warranties and the other covenants from the Promoters and/or Company, the Investor
hereby agrees to subscribe to, and the Company agrees to issue, allot and deliver to the
Investor, free and clear of all Encumbrances, Investor Preference Shares at a price of Rs. 10/-
per Investor Preference Share aggregating to Rs. 250,000,000/- (Rupees two hundred and fifty
million only) (the “Investor Subscription Amount”) in the manner set out in this
Agreement.
(b) Prior to subscription of the Investor Shares by the Investor, the shareholding
structure of the Company will be as specified in Schedule 1A hereto. Immediately upon the
subscription of the Investor Shares by the Investor, the shareholding structure of the Company
on a Fully Diluted Basis will be as specified in Schedule 1B hereto.
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(a) Out of the 25,000,000 (twenty five million) Investor Preference Shares,
23,000,000 (twenty three million) Investor Preference Shares shall be compulsory convertible
anytime at the discretion of the Investor (“Conversion Date”) into Equity Shares at the
Investor Share Exercise Price as set out below:
(i) Investor Shares Exercise Price shall be equal to 7 times the fully
diluted and adjusted Earnings Per Share (“Normalised EPS”) of the
company arrived at based on the consolidated Audited Financial Statement
of the company for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2009.
(ii) The consolidated Audited Financial Statement of the company for the
Financial Year ended March 31, 2009 shall be prepared and audited by one
of the Big Four audit firms selected in consultation with the Investor.
(iv) The Normalised Earnings Per Share will be computed as set out in
Schedule 7. All outstanding convertible instruments, warrants (other than
issued to the Promoters as per this agreement) and any other quasi equity
instruments will be converted before conversion of Investor Preference
Shares.
(b) Balance 2,000,000 (two million) Investor Preference Shares shall be compulsory
convertible on or before IPO/strategic sale/any liquidity event into such number of Equity
Shares that would ensure the Investor a minimum IRR of 25% on Investor Subscription
Amount. However, in the event the IRR on Investor Subscription Amount exceeds 25%, the
balance 2,000,000 (two million) Investor Preference Shares shall be converted at Investor
Shares Exercise Price arrived at as per Clause 2.2 (a). Investor Shares Exercise Price will be
appropriately adjusted for any Capital Restructuring exercise undertaken by the Company.
(c) On the Conversion Date, all (but not in part only) of the following shall take
place:
(i) The Company shall hold a meeting of the Company Board or its duly
authorized committee and allot the Investor Equity Shares arising upon
conversion of the Investor Preference Shares in favour of the Investor,
and shall make the necessary entries in its register of members and issue
duly stamped share certificates for the allotment of such Investor Equity
Shares in favour of the Investor;
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(ii) All requisite forms and returns including, without limitation, the
return of allotment to be filed in respect of the allotment of Investor
Equity Shares under sub-clause (i) above shall be prepared and signed on
behalf of the Company and filed by the Company with the appropriate
authorities; and
(iii) All corporate, secretarial and statutory filings and entries in statutory
registers, applications, intimation and/or filings to be made to the
Registrar of Companies, and RBI, required to be done in connection with
the conversion of the Investor Preference Shares shall be carried out by
the Company to the satisfaction of the Investor.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement, each of the
Promoter Allottees agrees to subscribe to, and the Company agrees to issue and allot, the
Promoter Warrants at a price of Rs. 10/- per Promoter Warrant aggregating to Rs. 1,700,000/-
(Rupees one million seven hundred thousand only) (the “Promoter Subscription Amount”)
in the manner set out as under:
(a) In the event the company’s audited profit after tax for financial year 2009-2010
equals or exceeds Rs. 200,000,000 (Rupees two hundred million only), out of the 170,000
(one hundred and seventy thousand) Promoter Warrants, 70,000 (seventy thousand) Promoter
Warrants (the “Promoter Warrants I”) shall get converted to into equity shares of the
Company at par. However, if the audited profit after tax falls below Rs. 200,000,000 (Rupees
two hundred million only), the Promoter Warrants I would stand cancelled or forfeited.
(b) In the event the company’s audited profit after tax for financial year 2010-2011
equals or exceeds Rs. 300,000,000 (Rupees three hundred million only), out of the 170,000
(one hundred and seventy thousand) Promoter Warrants, 100,000 (one hundred thousand)
Promoter Warrants (the “Promoter Warrants II”) shall get converted to into equity shares
of the Company at par. However, if the audited profit after tax falls below Rs. 300,000,000
(Rupees three hundred million only), the Promoter Warrants II would stand cancelled or
forfeited.
(c) However, in the event of dilution of equity by issue of additional equity / quasi
equity shares to investors other than the Investor and the Promoters before the end of
Financial Year 2009-2010 or 2010-2011, as applicable, Promoter Warrants I and/or Promoter
Warrants II stands cancelled or forfeited.
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(d) In addition, at the time of QIPO or a strategic sale, the Promoters would be
entitled to such number of warrants (the “Exit Warrants”), convertible into equity shares
limited to a maximum incremental stake of 5% (including the stake arising out of exercise of
Promoter Warrants I & II above), in the event Investor expects to get an IRR exceeding 50%
p.a. post exercise of Promoter Warrants on IPO/strategic sale. For the purpose of computation
of IRR, lower price band of QIPO or sale price would be taken into account.
(e) The Promoter Warrants shall be issued on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Upon exercise of the option to convert the Promoter Warrants by the
Promoter Allottees, the Company shall, within fifteen (15) days from
the receipt of notice from the Promoter Allottees, issue and allot
appropriate number of Equity Shares and perform all such actions as
are required to give effect to such conversion, including making
appropriate credits to the depository account of the Promoter
Allottees arising out of such conversion by the Promoter Allottees.
The actions contemplated in this sub-section shall be in accordance
with the instructions contained in the certificates relating to the
Promoter Warrants.
(ii) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorised but unissued Equity Shares, solely for the issuance and
delivery upon exercise of the Promoter Warrants, such number of its
duly authorised Equity Shares as from time to time shall be issuable
upon exercise of the Promoter Warrants.
(iv) The Promoter Allottees shall not have the right to Transfer the
Promoter Warrants to any Person.
(v) Prior to the exercise of the option to convert the Promoter Warrants
into Equity Shares and allotment of the corresponding Equity Shares,
the Investor shall not be entitled to any rights as shareholders of the
Company with respect to the Equity Shares into which the Promoter
Warrants are exercisable, including the right to vote, to receive
dividends, etc.
(vi) The Promoter Warrant certificate may be split, upon surrender of the
Promoter Warrant certificate to the Company, for any number of new
Promoter Warrant certificates representing such aggregate number of
Promoter Warrants as was represented by the original Promoter
Warrant certificate.
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The Promoter Warrants shall be convertible into equity shares only after
obtaining prior written approval of the Investor.
3.1. “Closing” shall take place simultaneously at any place and time as may be mutually
agreed upon by the Parties but in no event later than three business days from receipt
of the Investor Subscription Amount immediately upon the satisfaction or waiver in
writing by the Investor of the conditions precedent set forth in Article 4 herein.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Investor shall pay the Investor Subscription Amount for
the Investor Shares to the Company. The Investor Subscription Amount shall be payable
without any deductions on any account whatsoever and exclusive and independent of all
taxes, duties, fees and charges payable, which shall be the sole responsibility of the Investor.
(b) Receipt by the Company of bank confirmation of the release of any sum to be
paid by the Investor to the Company’s No Lien account under this Agreement will discharge
the Investor’s obligation to pay such sum to the Company.
The obligations of the Investor with respect to the Subscription in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement are conditional on the Closing occurring and the due
performance by the Company and the Promoters of their obligations as set out in Clause
4.4.
(a) At Closing, all (but not in part only) of the following shall take place:
(i) The Investor shall subscribe to the Investor Preference Shares and
shall pay the Investor Subscription Amount to the Company in a manner
mutually agreed upon by the Parties;
(ii) The Company Board shall issue and allot to the Investor, duly
stamped share certificates in respect of the Investor Preference Shares;
(iii) The Investor and the Promoters shall reconstitute the Board of
Directors of the Company in accordance with Article 9 of this
Agreement;
(iv) The Company shall and the Promoters shall ensure that the Company
shall, hold a meeting of the Company Board or its duly authorized
committee for passing the following resolutions (certified copies of
which resolutions shall be in Agreed Form and shall be delivered to the
Investor):
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(vi) All requisite forms and returns including, without limitation, the
return of allotment to be filed in respect of the allotment of the Investor
Preference Shares as well as the appointment of the Investor Directors as
directors of the Company shall be prepared and signed on behalf of the
Company and filed with the appropriate authorities;
(vii) All corporate, secretarial and statutory filings and entries in statutory
registers required to be done for the Closing shall be carried out to the
satisfaction of the Investor and its legal counsel;
(viii) The filing of the articles of association of the Company with the
concerned Registrar of Companies in Chennai and procurement of an
acknowledgement in this respect; and
(b) If any of the provisions in Clause 3.3(a) are not complied with, the Investor shall
have the option to (i) require the Company to immediately repay the Investor Subscription
Amount to the Investor, the directors appointed by the Investor to immediately resign and
terminate this Agreement without prejudice to any rights of the Investor and liabilities of the
Promoters and the Company accrued or incurred before the date of such termination or (ii)
provide such additional period to the Promoters and the Company to comply with Clause
3.3(a) or (iii) waive the requirement of compliance with Clause 3.3(a) and proceed with the
Closing. The Promoters and the Company shall provide whatever support required by the
Investor in this regard.
(c) The Company shall within a period of 7 (seven) days from the Closing Date, (i)
file the prescribed Form FC – GPR, duly filled in and signed by the Company, through its
Authorised Dealer, to the Regional Office of the Reserve Bank of India together with any
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other documents as may be required under Notification No. FEMA 20/2000 dated 3rd May
2000 and amendments thereto issued by the Reserve Bank of India, (ii) file the 30 day report
with the Reserve Bank of India relating to receipt of the Investor Subscription Amount by the
Company and (iii) such other corporate and regulatory filings required on the issue and
allotment of the Investor Preference Shares and receipt of the Investor Subscription Amount.
(a) The Company shall not, and the Promoters shall exercise all rights and powers
available to them to procure that the Company shall not, at any time up to the Closing, issue,
allot or approve the transfer of any shares (or any other equity or equity-linked securities
including convertible bonds) in the capital of the Company, other than as contemplated in this
Agreement.
The Company covenants with the Investor that it shall not at any time up to Closing
without the prior consent of the Investor other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with the past practices, enter into any commitment or transaction, or do any
other thing, which is not contemplated by this Agreement. [This clause is too broad
and vague]
(b) Pending Closing the provisions of Schedule 9 headed “Pre-Closing shall apply”.
(a) The Promoters shall not at any time up to Closing do or omit to do any act that
would or could prevent the Investor from subscribing to the Investor Preference Shares in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The Promoters jointly and severally covenant with the Investor that they will not
at any time up to Closing without the prior consent of the Investor:
(c) If prior to Closing the Promoters become aware of any breach, or of anything
which they suspect may be a breach, of any of the covenants contained in Clauses 3.4 or 3.5
or of the Warranties they shall immediately (and in any event before Closing) inform the
Investor accordingly and promptly provide such particulars as they may subsequently request.
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4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND SUBSEQUENT TO CLOSING
(a) The Company Board shall have passed a resolution approving this Agreement
and the execution thereof on behalf of the Company, and the Investor shall have received a
certified true copy of such resolution.
(b) The Company Board shall have passed a resolution authorizing the execution of
such other ancillary and incidental letters, documents, agreements and other writings as may
be necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and the Investor
shall have received a certified true copy of such resolution.
(c) The Company Board shall have passed a resolution in the form annexed at
Schedule 10 hereto.
(e) No event, occurrence, fact, condition, change, development or effect shall exist or
have occurred or come to exist or been threatened that, individually or in the aggregate, has
had or resulted in, or might become or result in, a Material Adverse Effect. The Investor
acknowledges that such an event as specified earlier in this clause, shall have to be in such a
manner to affect the business operations or the financial conditions of the Company.
(f) Delivery of certified true copy of the resolution passed by the shareholders of the
Company under Section 81 (1A) and other applicable provisions of the Act for the investment
by the Investor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(g) The Company shall have obtained consents and waivers of lenders, shareholders,
clients, customers, contracting parties, etc, if required, for the execution of this Agreement.
(h) Delivery by the Company of an opinion from [•], legal counsel to the Company
and the Promoters in a form customary in a transaction of like nature inter alia confirming
that the issue of Investor Preference Shares to the Investor is in accordance with Applicable
Law and the Charter Documents.
(i) The Company shall have increased its authorized capital by such number of
equity shares as may be required to ensure that the authorized share capital of the Company is
equivalent to the aggregate of (i) the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company as on
the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Investor Preference Shares and (iii) the Investor Equity
Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Investor Preference Shares. A certified true copy
of the resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company for the foregoing along with a
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certified true copy of the amended Company Articles and the prescribed forms filed with the
Registrar of Companies in connection with the foregoing shall have been provided to the
Investor.
(j) The Company shall have created a No Lien account and shall have been provided
to the Investor the documentary proof of opening such an account.
(l) There shall not have been any proceeding, order, injunction, or other action
issued, pending or threatened, which (i) involves a challenge to or seeks to or which prohibits,
prevents, restrains, restricts, delays, makes illegal or otherwise interferes with the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, or (ii) seeks to
impose conditions upon the ownership or operations of the Company or its subsidiaries or
which affect the ability of the Investor to invest in the Company and no Law (or proposed
Law) shall have been proposed, promulgated, adopted, enacted or entered or otherwise made
effective by any Governmental Authority that has or would have such effect.
(m) The Investor shall have received a certificate of the chairman of the Company
attaching copies, certified by such officer as true and complete, of the resolutions of the Board
of Directors of the Company approving this Agreement, authorizing and approving the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the amendments to the Charter
Documents and convening the extraordinary general meeting of the Shareholders of the
Company, the resolutions of the Shareholders of the Company in connection with the
authorization and approval of the allotment of the Investor Preference Shares to the Investor
including the approval for the amendments of the Charter Documents and any other resolution
that requires to be passed by the Company to consummate this transaction.
(n) Receipt from the Promoters and the Company of a “no objection” certificate
pursuant to Press Note No.18 (1998 Series) and Press Note No.1 (2005 Series) issued by the
Ministry of Industry, Government of India, in relation to the Company and all other
subsidiaries of the Company, with respect to the BTS Group being able to invest within India
in any sector including those deemed to be related to the Business of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, in the form set out at Schedule 12.
(o) Receipt from the Promoters and the Company of a non-disposal undertaking in
the form set out at Schedule 13.
(p) The Company and the Promoters providing a certificate signed by the Promoters
and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company to the effect that (a) the representations and
warranties made by the Company and the Promoters in the Definitive Agreements and
Annexures hereof shall be true and correct and complete when made, and shall be true and
correct and complete as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if they had
been made on and as of such date; (b) the Promoters and the Company have performed and
fully complied and satisfied all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this
Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by them on or before the
Closing Date including without limitation the conditions precedent mentioned in this
Agreement which are required to be complied with by the Promoters and the Company; (c)
certifying the shareholding pattern of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (d) there are no
outstanding warrants, options, convertible instruments, share application money, etc in the
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Company and/or its Subsidiaries granting rights to any Person to any Shares of the Company
and/or its Subsidiaries; (e) all approvals, regulatory permissions, consents and waivers
required by the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Promoters necessary for consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (i) all permits,
authorizations, approvals, consents or permits of any governmental authority or regulatory
body, and (ii) to the extent applicable, the waiver by the existing Shareholders of the
Company of any anti-dilution rights, rights of first refusal, pre-emptive rights and all similar
rights in connection with the issuance of Investor Preference Shares to the Investor in
accordance with this Agreement, have been obtained; (f) all key regulatory permissions,
approvals, consents, etc required by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of their
business have been obtained and validated; (g) confirming that the Promoters and other
Shareholders of the Company shall not veto or in any other way object to or obstruct the issue
and allotment of Investor Preference Shares by the Company to the Investor or the further
transfer of the aforesaid Shares by the Investor post Investor Subscription Amount; (h) stating
that there has not occurred any Material Adverse Effect in the business, affairs, prospects,
operations, properties, assets or condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, since
_______; and (ih) specifying the Net Cash Balance of the Company and Subsidiaries, as of
______, 2009.
(q) Certification from statutory auditor of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in an
Agreed Form, inter alia that (a) its accounts are maintained in accordance with Indian
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“Indian GAAP”); (b) that the Company and the
Subsidiaries are not subject to any present or potential liabilities, defaults, claims or
proceedings which, if adversely decided or concluded, would materially affect the Company
and/or the Subsidiaries or their properties, assets or business or impair their ability to comply
with its obligations under this Agreement; (c) describing the shareholding pattern of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of date; (d) stating that there has not occurred any Material
Adverse Effect in the business, affairs, prospects, operations, properties, assets or condition of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, since ______, 200__; (e) stating that all outstanding
convertible instruments, share application money, if any, have been converted into Equity
Shares of the Company and its Subsidiaries along with details thereof; (f) certifying that the
issue and allotment of the Investor Preference Shares to the Investor in accordance with this
Agreement is in accordance with the provisions of the Articles; and (g) specifying the Net
Cash Balance of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of ________, 2009.
(r) The Company to obtain a Chartered Accountant certificate indicating the Fair
Value of its equity shares.
(s) The Promoters to transfer at par their entire stake held in Asian Sun Cargo LLC,
Dubai to the Company or any of its subsidiary as per opinion of legal experts or solicitors.
(t) Filing of Form 17 for the satisfaction of the charge created against the assets of
the Company for the loan availed from the erstwhile Centurion Bank.
(u) Filing of Form 17 for the satisfaction of the charge created against the assets of
the Company for the loan availed from the Catholic Syrian Bank.
(v) Maintaining the register of contracts in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
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(w) Obtaining a no objection certificate from the State Bank of India in respect of the
Subscription.
(y) Make an application for registration of the Company offices at Delhi; Mumbai;
Hyderabad; Kolkata; Chennai; Gandhidham; Bangalore and Coimbatore under the Shops and
Establishment regulations for the respective offices.
(z) Obtaining registration of the Company as a motor transport undertaking under the
Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961.
(aa) Registration of the following documents under the Registration Act, 1908:
(ii) lease deed executed between the Company and Mr. Rahul Bayawala
for the property at Cochin.
(bb) Execution of leave and license agreement with the Promoters for a minimum
period of three (3) years for the registered office of the Company.
(cc) Execution of leave and license agreement for the office premises situated at
Chennai; Bangalore; Coimbatore; Tirpur; Hyderabad; Jaipur.
(dd) Execution of employment agreement with the key managerial personnels of the
Company.
(ee) make necessary applications for the registration of its trademarks under the
Trademarks Act, 1999 with the Registrar of Trademarks.
(ff) Appointment of the sole selling agents namely; (i) Collyer Shipping Private
Limited for Singapore; (ii) Fortune Caravel Shipping (M) Sdn Bhd for Port Klang; (iii) Sea
Trade Services Private Limited for Srilanka; and (iv) M/s B.S Cargo Agency for Bangladesh
at a board meeting and to get the same authorized by the shareholders at the ensuing general
meeting in terms of Section 294 of the Act.
(gg) The insurance policy bearing no. 712404/48/08/52/0000005 currently in the name
of Mr. Saju Chacko and Mr. C. Jaikrishnan in respect of Buildings, furniture, safes, office
machinery, fixtures and fittings, unused office stationery, painted glass, baggage and public
liability to be transferred to the Company or a fresh policy to be taken in the name of the
Company.
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4.2. The Promoters and the Company shall take all steps to promptly fulfill the Conditions
Precedent by the Closing Date and upon the fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent;
they shall provide written confirmation of the same (“CP Confirmation”) to the
Investor in the form attached as Schedule 14. The Company and the Promoters shall
provide the CP Confirmation certificate to the Investor upon the fulfilment (or waiver
by the Investor, as case may be) of all the Conditions Precedent and approving the
allotment of Investor Preference Shares to the Investor.
4.3. If any of the aforementioned conditions are not fulfilled or satisfied before [•] (the
“Longstop Date”), this Agreement shall be voidable solely at the option of any of the
the Investorparties. In the event that this Agreement is terminated under Article 4
hereof, the Promoters and the Company shall be fully liable in terms of Article 14 of
this Agreement for any and all Losses incurred or suffered by the Investor as a result
of such breach.
The Company shall, and the Promoters shall cause the Company to do the following:
(a) Within six (6) months of the Closing Date the Company shall, and the Promoters
shall cause the Company to:
(i) enter into agreements with its subsidiaries detailing among others,
revenue booking, allocation of expenses, assigning agency relations etc.
so as to comply with the Transfer Pricing regulations, as per
recommendations / advice of the Big Four.
(iv) strengthen its internal controls and put in place a strong management
information system covering its and subsidiaries operations.
(vi) finalise a suitable ESOP policy for the benefit of the employees of
the company in consultation with the Investor.
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5. BUSINESS
5.1. Business
(a) The business of the Company (the “Business”) shall be providing container-
centric logistics services such as acting as non-vessel operating container carrier and multi-
modal transport operator, freight forwarding, custom house agency and inland transportation.
(b) The Promoters undertake to the Investor, to devote their whole time and attention
during business hours to the Business of the Company and the duties of their employment
with the Company and not to be involved in the business of any other body corporate,
whether incorporated or otherwise, except with the prior consent of the Investor.
(a) Non-Compete
As long as the Investor holds any Investor Shares of the Company, neither the
Promoters nor any of their Affiliates shall, except on behalf of and for the
Business of the Company, directly, or indirectly when caused by any act
whatsoever of the Promoters, (including without limitation through a Relative
or any Person allied by kindred or marriage or otherwise, whether in their own
capacity or in conjunction with or on behalf of any Person, as an employee of,
or adviser or shareholder or consultant of any other Person, firm or company or
through their Affiliates) engage in any of the following:
(i) work for or associate in any way (including but not limited to as
proprietor, shareholder, partner or director) with, or conduct business as a
Competitor;
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(iii) engage, set up, promote, finance or invest in a business, venture or
company which deals with or offers the same or similar products and/or
services as the Business;
(iii) enter into any agreement or arrangement with any Person relating to
a business similar to or identical with the Business, or participate in the
management, operation, or control of, or be financially interested, or
become a director, officer, partner, executive or whole-time consultant of
or to any Business competing with the business of the Company; or;
The obligations of the Promoters and / or any of their Affiliates under Article 5.3(a)
cease to apply after a period of 3 (three) years from the later of the date on which the
Promoters cease to (i) have the right to appoint or nominate any directors to the
Company Board under the terms of this Agreement or (ii) hold more than 5 (five) %
interest, directly or indirectly, in the Post Diluted Capital of the Company or (iii) be
employees or directors of the Company.
(b) Non-Solicitation
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As long as the Investor holds any Investor Shares, neither the Promoters nor
any of their Affiliates shall, save on behalf of the Company and for the
Business of the Company, directly, or indirectly when caused by any act
whatsoever of the Promoters (including but not limited to through a Relative
any Person allied by kindred or marriage or otherwise, whether in their own
capacity or in conjunction with or on behalf of any Person, as an employee of,
or adviser or shareholder or consultant of any other Person, firm or company or
through their Affiliates) engage in any of the following:
(i) interfere with, tender for, canvass, solicit, entice away or attempt to
solicit or entice away, hire or procure, (or make any attempts to do or
influence, encourage or assist in doing any of the foregoing acts) from
the Company, any existing, former or potential customer, client, vendor,
lessor, representative, agent, customers, vendors, franchisees, contractor,
consultant, business associates or employee of the Company, whether or
not such employee would commit a breach of contract by reason of
leaving such employment;
For the purpose of this sub-clause (i) the term “potential client” or
“potential customer” shall mean any client or customer with whom the
Company or the Promoters have engaged in negotiations or discussions
in respect of or in connection with soliciting Business;
(iv) approach, solicit or deal with, in competition with the Company, any
Person who at any time was a customer, client, distributor, agent or
supplier, or the business or patronage of any Person who was, to
his/her/its knowledge, a customer, client or supplier of the Company, or
with whom the Promoters had personal contact on behalf of the
Company.
(c) The obligations of the Promoters and/or any of their Affiliates under Article
6.3(c) cease to apply after a period of 3 (three) years from the later of the date on which the
Promoters cease to (i) have the right to appoint or nominate any directors to the Company
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Board under the terms of this Agreement or (ii) hold more than 5 (five) % interest, directly or
indirectly, in the Post Diluted share capital of the Company or (iii) be employees or directors
of the Company. .Nothing contained herein shall prejudice the rights or remedies of the
Investor for any breach by the Promoters or their Affiliates of their obligations under Article
5.3(c) prior to the date on which such obligations cease to apply under this Article 5.3(d).
(d) Each covenant contained in each clause or paragraph above shall be, and is, a
separate covenant by the Promoter and shall be enforceable separately against the Promoter
and independently of each of the other covenants and its validity shall not be affected if any
of the others is invalid. If any of the covenants is void but would be valid if some part of the
covenant were deleted the covenant in question shall apply with such modification as may be
necessary to make it valid.
(e) The Promoters acknowledge that the Company and the Investor would be
irreparably damaged and would not have an adequate remedy at law for monetary damages in
the event that any of the covenants of the Promoters in this Article 5.3 are breached or not
performed in accordance with its terms. The Promoters therefore agree that the Company and
the Investor will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of such
performance and to specific enforcement of such covenants in addition to any other remedy to
which it may be entitled, at law or in equity.
(f) The Parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that in the context of the
Company’s Business and the Promoter’ relationship with the Company as promoter,
substantial Shareholder and Director or employee of the Company, the Promoters ownership
interest in the Company is a substantial ownership interest, and that the Investor would not
proceed with the Subscription contemplated herein but for the Promoter’ covenants hereunder
to ensure the protection of the value of the Company.
(g) The Promoters acknowledge that the restrictions on competitive activity set forth
in this Agreement are mainly to secure to the Investor the benefits of this Agreement and to
protect the value of the Company after the Subscription by the Investor to the Investor
Preference Shares as mentioned herein, including the goodwill of the Company’s Business
and the potential for expansion of that Business.
(h) The Promoters acknowledge the breadth of the geographic scope of this
Agreement, but deems the investment by the Investor under the terms of this Agreement to be
adequate consideration for the right to engage in a competitive business that they are
foregoing under this Agreement; and the Promoters admit and acknowledge that they have
various other technical expertise and skill sets which, if deployed by them after they cease to
be an employee of the Company, would result in them eroding the goodwill and value of the
Company and competing against the Company.
(i) The Promoters, having obtained professional advice, acknowledge and agree that
the covenants contained in this Clause are no more extensive than is reasonable to protect the
Investor as subscriber of the Investor Preference Shares and to protect the Business of the
Company.
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(d) Other Covenants
(j) Each of the Promoters covenants that it shall not, and shall procure that any
Affiliate of it shall not (either personally or through an agent), use or disclose or divulge to
any third party any information of a secret or confidential nature relating to the Business or
affairs of the Company (except as required by law or regulation, or to the extent that such
information is in the public domain other than through a breach of this Clause 5.4) provided
that the Investor shall be permitted to disclose such information to the Investor’s Affiliates.
(k) The Company covenants and undertakes with the Shareholders that it shall
comply with the undertakings set out in Schedule 15.
6. TRANSFER PROVISIONS
(i) transfer its Shares, or otherwise sell, create or permit to subsist any
Encumbrance over or otherwise dispose of all or part of its interest in its
Shares; or
(ii) enter into any agreement in respect of any votes attaching to its
Shares,
(any of such events a Dilution) except in accordance with the Articles and the
provisions of this Agreement. Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of Shares
or the granting of any Encumbrance over Shares in breach of this Agreement
shall be null and void ab initio subject to the Applicable Laws.
(b) It shall be a condition of any transfer of Shares by any Shareholder that the
transferee enters into a Deed of Accession.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (including the provisions
of this Clause 6.1) to the contrary but subject to the provisions of the Act, the Investor Shares
shall be free from any lien and lock in and the Investor shall be entitled to undertake any
Dilution of the Investor Shares including transfer to any of its Affiliates or to any third party.
Each of the Promoters agrees that, for so long as the Investor and/or any Affiliate of
the Investor holds Investor Shares in the Company, there shall be no Dilution by any
of the Promoters; except for in the case of the Promoter any Dilution by way of the
creation of any Encumbrance over all or part of the Promoter or the Existing
Shareholder’s interest in his / her Shares, only for the purpose of raising capital for
the Company, subject to and with the prior written approval of the Investor.
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(a) In the event the Promoters or any of them desires to sell any of the Shares held by
him/her/it (“Seller”), the Seller shall send a written notice (“Offer Notice”) to the Investor, as
the case may be, indicating the total number of Shares that are proposed to be sold (“Offer
Shares”), the name, identity and beneficial ownership of the proposed third party purchaser
of such Shares (“Purchaser”), the price per Share at which such Offer Shares are proposed to
be sold to the Purchaser, subject to the pricing guidelines prescribed by the RBI from time to
time (“Offer Price”) and the terms and conditions of the proposed sale with the Purchaser.
The Seller shall provide the Investor with all necessary documentation evidencing the
proposed sale to the Purchaser.
(b) The Investor shall be entitled to purchase at the Offer Price, all but not any part of
the Offer Shares, or the Investor shall be entitled to exercise its co-sale rights provided in
Article 6.4 below, upon written notice provided to the Investor, respectively, within a period
of 45 (Forty Five) days from the date of receipt of the Offer Notice (“Offer Period”).
(c) If such offer is not accepted by the Investor, as the case may be, in writing within
the aforesaid Offer Period, the Seller shall, subject to Article 6.4 below be entitled to sell the
Offer Shares to the Purchaser; provided that the sale price shall not be lower than the Offer
Price and the terms and conditions of the sale shall be no more favourable than those in the
Offer Notice.
(d) Any sale of Offer Shares to the Investor or the Purchaser, as the case may be,
shall be completed within a period of 60 (Sixty) days after the expiry of the Offer Period. The
Promoters and the Company will co-operate and act in good faith to obtain all consents and
approvals that may be required for transfer of the Offer Shares, including consents from the
lenders, if required. In the event of a failure to so consummate the sale within the stipulated
60 (Sixty) days period, the sale shall again be subject to the provisions of this Article 6.3.
(a) In the event the Investor does not exercise its right of first refusal as provided in
Article 6.3 above, the Investor shall be entitled to co-sale its Investor Shares or Equity Shares
as converted with the Shares of the Seller in the manner set out hereinbelow.
(b) If the Investor does not wish to exercise its right of first refusal under Article 6.3
above, it shall have a right to co-sell all its Investor Equity Shares, (“Co-Sale Shares”) by a
notice in writing to the Seller during the Offer Period (“Co-Sale Notice”) to require the Seller
to ensure that the third party proposing to purchase the Offer Shares (the “Purchaser”) shall
also purchase the Co-Sale Shares from the Investor at the Offer Price and on the same terms
and conditions as in respect of the Offer Shares being bought from the Seller as the case may
be.
(c) In the event the Purchaser is willing to purchase all the Offer Shares and the Co-
Sale Shares, the sale shall be completed in the manner set out in Clause (g) below.
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(d) In the event the Purchaser is not willing to purchase any of the Co-Sale Shares,
the Parties agree that the Seller shall not be able to sell its shares to such Purchaser and any
such sale shall again be subject to the provisions of Article 6.
(e) In the event the Investor does not exercise the co-sale right within the Offer
Period or any extended Offer Period as requested by the Investor (which has a reasonable
basis), the Seller shall be free to sell the Offer Shares to the Purchaser, provided that the sale
price shall not be lower than the Offer Price and the terms and conditions of the sale shall be
no more favourable than those in the Offer Notice.
(f) The sale of the Shares to the Purchaser shall be completed within a period of 60
(Sixty) days from the expiry of the Offer Period. In case the non-selling shareholder is a
Promoter, such Promoter and Investor shall co-operate in good faith to obtain all consents and
approvals that may be required for transfer of the Co-Sale Shares, including consents from the
lenders, if required. In the event of a failure to so consummate the sale within the stipulated
60 (Sixty) days period, the sale shall again be subject to the provisions of Article 6.
(g) This Article shall not apply in the event the Purchaser is an Affiliate of the Seller.
(a) With the prior written approval of the Investor, and subject to what is provided
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company may raise funds by way of issue of Equity Shares
or Convertible Instruments, from other investors or issue Shares to any other person
(hereinafter together referred to as “the New Investor/s”).
(b) The Promoters and the Company undertake that in case of any issue of Equity
Shares or Convertible Instruments to New Investor/s, the Investor shall have an independent
right to subscribe to additional Equity Shares or Convertible Instruments, at their own
discretion, at the same price at which the New Investor/s has/ve agreed to invest, so as to the
Investor to maintain its stake in the Company.
(c) In case the Company issues Shares or Convertible Instruments to the New
Investor/s at a price lower than the price at which the Investor Equity Shares are agreed to be
issued in this Agreement (“Lower Valuation”), then the Promoters and the Company shall
ensure that the Investor is issued additional Shares to the extent of the difference between the
Shares that would have been issued for the Investor Subscription Amount at the Lower
Valuation and the Investor Equity Shares, without any additional cash inflows or any other
consideration from the Investor, subject to Applicable Law.
(i) Each of the Promoter and the Company undertakes to the Investor
that:
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A. the Company will complete an QIPO on or prior to 36 (thirty
six) months from the Closing Date and extended at the discretion of
the Investor, subject to a maximum of 60(sixty) months from the
Closing Date; and
For the purpose of sub clause B, successful QIPO shall mean a QIPO
where the Shares are offered to public at such price so as to give the
Investor an IRR of at least 25% on the Investor Subscription Amount
computed based on lower price band of QIPO.
(ii) Subject to Clause 7.1(a)(iv) and Clause 11, the terms, timing and
pricing for the QIPO shall be subject to the approval of the Company
Board.
(v) The Company has the right, with the prior written approval of the
Promoters and the Investor, at the cost of the Company, to engage a
reputable and internationally renowned investment bank (the “QIPO
Investment Bank”) to advise on the QIPO prospects of the Company. The
Promoters agree with the Investor that, if the QIPO Investment Bank
advises that the timing and structure for any proposed QIPO are
favourable, the Promoters shall if so directed by the Investor in writing
procure that the Company shall implement the proposed QIPO in
accordance with the recommendations of the QIPO Investment Bank. In
particular, but without limitation, the Promoters and the Company agree
to provide all necessary information and access to records and materials
of the Company to the QIPO Investment Bank and to permit the QIPO
Investment Bank to carry out all necessary tasks to enable it to agree on
an appropriate underwriting price.
The Promoters and the Investor agree as follows with respect to the QIPO:
(i) For the purpose of an QIPO, to the extent permissible in law the
equity shares of the Investor shall not be considered as promoter shares
and shall not be subjected to a lock-in or other restriction on transfer as
applicable to promoter’s contribution under the guidelines of the
Securities Exchange Board of India or any other statutory or regulatory
authority as applicable from time to time.
(ii) The Company and the Promoters agree and acknowledge that the
Company is required to offer a minimum number of Shares as part of the
QIPO, as required under Applicable Law, existing from time to time, and
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in order to comply with such requirements, the Company shall be
empowered to make its QIPO in any manner or a combination thereof,
including (i) issuance of new Shares; (ii) issuance of fresh Shares and the
divestiture of all or a part of the shareholdings of the Promoter; or (iii)
solely through the divestment of all or a part of the shareholdings of the
Promoter. Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 7.1(b)(i) above,
the Investor shall be entitled (without being obliged) to offer all or some
of its Shares in any public offering of the Company on the same terms as
the primary Shares offered to the public by the Company. The Investor
shall consider the recommendations of the QIPO Investment Bank in this
regard.
(iii) Unless prohibited by the Applicable Law, the Company shall bear all
costs of such QIPO of its Shares and of any disinvestments of its Shares
by public offer for sale by the Investor, including without limitation all
registration, filing and qualification fees and printers, legal and
accounting fees and disbursements. The Company undertakes that it shall
take all such actions as may be possible to enable it to bear such expenses
in accordance with the Applicable Law.
(v) The Promoters, and the Company and the Investor will take all such
steps, and extend all such co-operation to each other and to the QIPO
Investment Bank, underwriters and others as may be required for the
purpose of expeditiously making and completing the said QIPO.
Without prejudice to the Investor’s rights in this Agreement, the Investor shall
be consulted on all matters relating to the QIPO, including the timing of, mode
of, market conditions, of the QIPO.
(a) In the event the Company fails to come out with an QIPO in terms of Clause 7.1
by March 31, 2012 (or it appears that the QIPO is not likely to be concluded on or before
September 30, 2013), then from the period beginning from October 01, 2013, the Investor
shall be entitled to, and the Company and Promoters hereby undertake to, at the option of the
Investor, offer the Shares held by the Investor to the public ("Offer for Sale") and have such
Shares listed on the Stock Exchanges, as per the then prevailing Laws.
(b) For the purpose of the said Offer for Sale, the Company shall appoint the Investor
as its constituted attorney for and on behalf of the Company to do all such acts, deeds, matters
and things as maybe required to be done including signing of the Offer Document and other
documents required to be submitted to any Governmental Authority or otherwise. The
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Company and the Promoters shall further cooperate with the Investor and provide the Investor
with access to such documents and information and/or provide copies of documents, as
maybe required by the Investor.
(c) The Company shall and the Promoters, jointly and severally, undertake to ensure
that the Company does, pay all sums that may become payable (including all the fees and
commissions that may become payable) directly to such persons to whom the same are
payable towards the Offer for Sale. Without prejudice to the aforesaid, the Investor shall be at
liberty to but not be obligated to pay the sums (including the fees and commissions) as may
become payable towards the Offer for Sale and the Company shall and the Promoters, jointly
and severally, undertake to ensure that the Company does reimburse to the Investor all such
sums expended by the Investor in terms of this Clause at the earliest but in no event later than
seven (7) days from the date of payment made by the Investor.
(d) Each of the Promoters, jointly and severally, undertake to the Investor to, for the
purpose of the Offer for Sale, alongwith all the Shares held by the Investor offered in the
Offer Sale, offer to the public such number of Shares held by them as are required to be
offered under Law, so as to achieve the minimum number of Shares required to be off loaded
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(a) In the event the Promoters and the Company fail to come out with QIPO and the
Offer for Sale in terms of Clause 7.1 and 7.2 (or it appears that the QIPO is not likely to be
concluded on or before September 30, 2012), the Promoters shall, at the option of the
Investor, anytime beginning from April 01, 2013 arrange one or more third-party investor(s)
("Proposed Investor") to purchase the Shares held by the Investor at the Fair Value of shares
of the company to be determined by at least two independent firm of investment
bankers/category 1 merchant bankers, mutually agreeable to the Investor and in case of
dispute an average of the two could be used for determining the Fair Value.
(b) The Investor may, but not being bound to do so, accept any lower price as may be
offered by the Proposed Investor. In any event, the Investor shall be entitled to decline to sell
its Shares to the Proposed Investor, without assigning any reason thereof.
(c) Without prejudice to the right of the Investor to have the Promoters arrange for
the Proposed Investor in terms of Clause 7.3, the Investor shall be entitled to arrange for one
or more third-party investor(s) ("Proposed Investor") to invest in the Company by purchasing
the Shares held by the Investor.
(d) The Company and the Promoters, jointly and severally, undertake to do all such
acts, deeds, matters and things as may be required for sale of the Shares held by the Investor
to the Proposed Investor including participating in the discussions held. The Company and the
Promoters further jointly and severally undertake to cooperate with the Investor in providing
to the Investor and/or the Proposed Investor with access to such documents and information
and/or provide copies of documents, as maybe required by the Investor and/or the Proposed
Investor.
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7.4. Put Option
(a) In the event the Investor is unable to transfer the Shares held by it through any
one or more of the exit options as contained in Clauses 7.1 to 7.3 at the expiry of March 31,
2014 or 60 (sixty) months from the Closing Date, whichever is earlier, for any reason
whatsoever, then at the option of the Investor, the Investor shall have a put option (as
discussed below) and the Promoters and (to the extent permissible under Law) the Company
shall acquire from the Investor such Shares as stated in the Put Option Notice (defined
hereunder) in terms of this Clause 7.4(a).
(b) The Promoters and the Company hereby irrevocably grant to the Investor a put
option ("Put Option") whereby the Investor may, at any time after the expiry of March 31,
2014 or 60 (sixty) months from the Closing Date, whichever is earlier, require the Promoters
or the Company to purchase from the Investor, free from all Encumbrances (on the relevant
date of exercise by the Investor of the Put Option), some or all of the Shares held by the
Investor at an amount equal to the Fair Value or at a price which gives the Investor an IRR of
25% on the Investor Subscription Amount (inclusive of dividends paid, if any), whichever is
higher (“Put Option Price”).
(c) To exercise the Put Option, the Investor shall serve upon the Promoters and/or the
Company as the case may be, a notice in writing ("Put Option Notice") specifying therein the
Shares required to be acquired by the Promoters and/or the Company ("Put Option Shares")
and the Promoters and/or the Company shall, within three (3) months from the date of receipt
of the Put Option Notice acquire from the Investor, free from all Encumbrance, the Put
Option Shares at the Put Option Price.
(d) In the event the Investor requires the Promoters to acquire the Put Option Shares,
the Investor may serve the Put Option Notice on any one of the Promoters and the Promoters
may inter se decide on the number of Shares to be acquired by each Promoter but such that
the Promoters collectively must acquire all of the Put Option Shares from the Investor and not
just part thereof. It is further clarified that the Investor shall be at liberty to require either or
both the Promoters and the Company (to the extent permissible) to acquire the Put Option
Shares.
(a) In the event the Investor is unable to transfer its shares through any one or more
of the exit options as contained in Clauses 7.1 to 7.4, for any reason, whatsoever or it is
known earlier that exit through such options would not be possible, at any time after March
31, 2014, the Investor shall be entitled to find one or more third party investors, (Proposed
Third Party Investor(s)), to whom it could transfer its shares. If the Proposed Third Party
Investor(s) calls upon the Promoters to sell to him, in addition to the Shares of the Investor
proposed to be purchased by the Proposed Third Party Investor(s), the Promoters shall sell to
the Proposed Investor alongwith the Investor, such number of Shares as shall be required by
the Proposed Third Party Investor(s) on the same terms and conditions and for the same price
as applicable to the sale of the Shares held by the Investor. The Promoters shall mutually
agree amongst themselves upon the number of Shares to be sold by each of them to the
Proposed Investor so as to constitute such total number of Shares as are required to be sold by
the Promoters to the Proposed Third Party Investor (s).
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(b) In the event any of the Shares required to be sold by the Promoters to the
Proposed Third Party Investor(s) suffer from any Encumbrance, then unless agreed upon
otherwise by the Proposed Third Party Investor(s), the concerned Promoter shall take all steps
to ensure that the Shares required to be sold by him to the Proposed Third Party Investor(s)
are sold to him free of Encumbrance.
(c) The Company and the Promoters jointly and severally undertake to pay to the
Investor such sums as maybe reasonably required by the Investor for sale of Shares to the
Proposed Third Party Investor(s).
(d) The Company and the Promoters, jointly and severally, undertake to do all such
acts, deeds, matters and things as may be required for sale of the Shares held by the Investor
to the Proposed Investor including participating in the discussions held. The Company and the
Promoters further jointly and severally undertake to cooperate with the Investor in providing
to the Investor and/or the Proposed Investor with access to such documents and information
and/or provide copies of documents, as maybe required by the Investor and/or the Proposed
Investor.
(a) The Company hereby grants to the Investor the right (exercisable at Investor’s
own option) to require the Company to buy-back any of the Investor Shares held by the
Investor (“Investor Buyback Option”).
(b) The Investor Buyback Option may be exercisable by the Investor at any time
during the life of this Agreement on the occurrence of an Event of Default.
(c) The Investor Buyback Option shall be exercisable by the Investor by giving a
written notice (“Buyback Notice”) to the Company within 7 days of the occurrence of any of
the events specified in Article 18.1, specifying that it is willing to offer the Investor Shares to
the Company for buyback. The buyback price for the said Investor Shares shall be the Fair
Value.
(d) Subject to Applicable Law, within 30 days from the receipt of the Buyback
Notice by the Company, the Company shall in pursuance of the exercise of the Investor
Buyback Option pay the purchase price to the Investor against delivery of a duly executed
transfer made in favour of the Promoters in respect of the Investor Shares together with the
relevant share certificates.
(a) Subject to Applicable Law, the Investor shall always be entitled to freely Transfer
its Investor Shares to any Person.
(b) In the event the Investor desires to transfer its shares to any Person within 48
(forty eight) months from the Closing Date, the Promoters will have the first right of refusal
and after 48 (forty eight) months from the Closing Date, if none of the exit options are
available to the Investor, the Investor would be entitled to freely Transfer its Investor Shares
to any Person including a Competitor and Strategic Investor and shall be entitled to exercise
its Drag Along Rights in terms of Clause 7.5 without granting the first right of refusal to the
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Promoters. The Company shall take such steps as may be deemed necessary by the Investor to
facilitate a Transfer of its Investor Shares by the Investor, including without limitation, access
to necessary information and relevant records. In the event of an overseas offering of Shares,
the Company shall comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to such offering and
undertake all actions required to enable the Investor to obtain standard registration rights
available to private equity investors, allowing it to offer its Shares for sale as part of such
offering.
8.CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
8.1. Subject to Applicable Law, the Investor, the Promoters and the Company warrant that
they shall, at all times keep confidential, (and shall use best endeavours to procure
that its respective employees and agents keep confidential) any Confidential
Information which is in their possession or which they may acquire in relation to the
other parties or their Affiliates and shall not use or disclose such information except
with the consent of such other party or except as required by Applicable Law.
8.2. The obligations of the Investor, Promoters and the Company in this Article 8 shall
continue without limit in point of time, but shall cease to apply to any information
coming into the public domain other than by breach by the Investor, Promoters or the
Company of their obligations therein contained.
8.3. Except as provided in Article 16.1, the Investor, the Company and the Promoters
shall not without the prior written consent of the other parties, other than as required
under Applicable Law or any stock exchange, issue any press release or make any
formal public announcement in connection with such party’s investment in the
Company.
9.BOARD REPRESENTATION
The Company Board shall be responsible for all significant policy and management
decisions of the Company and/or the Business and any Fundamental Issues shall be
referred to the Company Board before implementation and execution, and the
Company Board shall be directly responsible for such policy and management
decisions.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall be reconstituted to comprise six (6)
Directors.
(b) The Promoters shall be entitled to nominate two (2) directors on the Board of
Directors of the Company. Out of the said two (2) directors, one (1) director shall be the
Managing Director (“MD”) who shall be one of the Promoters.
(c) The Investor shall be entitled to appoint the number of Directors pro rata to its
shareholding in the Company on an as-converted basis, subject to a minimum of 1 (one)
Director.
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(d) The remaining members of the Board of Directors of the Company shall be
Independent Directors to be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Promoters and the
Investor.
For the purpose of this Article “Independent Directors” shall mean the directors
which are not Affiliates or employees of the Promoters or the Company, and
who do not have any pecuniary relationship or interest in the Promoters or their
Affiliates.
The following provisions shall apply for so long as this Agreement is in force in
accordance with its terms:
(a) on and from the Closing Date, the Investor shall be entitled to appoint such
number of Directors (the “Investor Directors”) as is proportionate to the Investor's aggregate
equity shareholding percentage, on an as-converted basis, subject to a minimum of one (1)
Investor Director;
(b) the Investor may, by giving a written notice to the Company, remove any
Director appointed by it on the Company Board and appoint another individual as a Director
in his/her place. In the event of resignation, retirement or vacation of office of any Director,
the Party that had appointed such Director shall be entitled to, by giving a written notice to
the Company, appoint another Director in such place and the other Parties shall exercise their
rights to ensure the appointment of the individual nominated as aforesaid. The Party removing
a Director appointed by it shall indemnify and keep indemnified the other Parties and the
Company against any liability, loss, claim etc. incurred or arising due to the removal of such
Director from office;
(c) each Director shall be entitled to nominate, by written notice to the Company
Secretary/Company Board, a person who will be appointed by the Company Board to act as
that Director’s alternate at any meeting of the Company Board that such Director will not
attend in person and the Company Board shall appoint such person as the relevant Director’s
alternate. The Company Board shall, on written notice from a Director to the Company
Secretary/Company Board, terminate the appointment of that Director’s alternate and
nominate a replacement and re-appoint an alternate in the event that the alternate appointment
lapses under the provisions of the Applicable Laws;
(d) when permitted by the Applicable Laws if any Director requests, he may
participate in any meeting of the Company Board by means of a telephone or video
conference, whether or not the alternate nominated by that Director is physically attending
that meeting;
(e) each of the Shareholders and the Company shall exercise all rights and powers
available to it, including the exercise of votes at Company Board meetings and general
meetings of the Company, to procure that effect is given to any nominations made by the
Investor under this Clause 9.3;
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(f) if retirement by rotation is applicable and subject to the provisions of the Act, the
Directors nominated by the Investor shall not be required to retire by rotation and all other
Directors shall constitute the number of Directors required to retire by rotation; and
(g) any change and/ or appointment of independent Directors will be subject to the
approval of the Investor.
(h) The Investor and the Promoters shall have the right to replace and/or remove their
respective nominees at any time and from time to time and to fill vacancies that may be
created otherwise in respect of these nominees.
The Parties agree that Mr. Saju Chacko shall be designated as the Managing Director
of the Company and a person from among Independent Directors shall be designated
as the Chairman of the Company. Any change in the Chairman and Managing
Director shall require the prior written consent of the Investor. The Chairman shall
not have a second or casting vote in the event of an equality of votes at Company
Board meetings or general meetings of the Company.
Each Shareholder shall exercise all rights and powers available to it to ensure that the
Company and the Directors adopt the following rules in relation to Company Board
meetings:
(a) Company Board meetings shall be held at least once in every three (3) months
and at least four (4) times every year;
(b) at least 14 calendar days’ written notice shall be given to each Director of each
meeting setting out the agenda for the meeting in reasonable detail and attaching the relevant
papers to be discussed at the meeting and all available data and information relating to matters
to be discussed at the meeting except as otherwise agreed in writing by all of the Directors;
(i) in writing; or
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(ii) by telephone, fax, e-mail or other electronic communication, such
agreement to be confirmed in writing as soon as is reasonably
practicable,
and after the Investor having been provided with the agenda for the relevant
meeting, without prejudice to Clause 11, the quorum for a meeting of the
Company Board, duly convened and held, shall be [•] of the total number of
Directors or [•] (•) Directors, whichever shall be higher PROVIDED however
that no quorum as aforesaid shall be validly constituted, and no business at any
meeting of the Company Board shall be transacted, unless at least 1 (one)
Director nominated by the Investor is present at the commencement of such
meeting and throughout its proceedings. In the event that a higher number of
Directors is required to constitute a quorum under the Act, then the quorum for
Company Board meetings shall be the number and composition of Directors
prescribed in the preceding sentence of this Clause 9.6 plus such additional
number of Directors as is required to form a quorum under the Act. Without
prejudice to Clause 11, if no quorum is present by the appointed time for any
meeting of the Company Board, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same
day in the next week at the same time and place and the quorum at such
adjourned meeting shall be that prescribed above.
(d) if the Investor has agreed under Clause 9.6(c) above that the quorum for a
particular meeting may not include one (1) of the Directors nominated by the Investor then:
(f) subject to Clause 11 and applicable provisions of the Act, decisions of the
Company Board shall be made on the basis of a majority vote;
(g) when permitted under the Applicable Laws, any Director may participate in and
vote at a meeting of the Company Board by means of a telephone, video conferencing or
similar communications equipment which allows all persons participating in the meeting to
hear each other and record the deliberations. Where any Director participates in a meeting of
the Company Board by any of the means described in the preceding sentence of this Clause
9.6(g), the Company shall ensure that that Director is provided with a copy of all documents
referred to during such Company Board meeting before the Company Board meeting
commences;
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(h) subject to Clause 11, a circular resolution in writing, executed by or on behalf of
a majority of the Directors, which majority of the Directors shall always include 1 (one)
Director nominated by the Investor, shall constitute a valid decision of the Company Board
provided that a draft of such resolution was sent to all of the Directors at their usual address
together with a copy of all supporting papers;
(i) the Chairman shall procure that the minutes of each meeting of the Company
Board are prepared and circulated to each Company Board member within 15 calendar days
of the meeting. Members of the Company Board shall make any comments on the minutes of
the meeting within 7 calendar days of receipt of the minutes. If no comments are made within
the time limit set out in this Clause, the minutes shall be deemed to be accepted. The minutes
shall be signed at the commencement of the next meeting of the Company Board;
(j) Directors are not entitled to be paid for acting as Directors, other than as
prescribed by the Act or as agreed to between a particular Director and the Company in
writing, but they are entitled to be paid by the Company for all reasonable travel, hotel and
other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings and discharging their duties;
(k) It is further agreed that no resolution shall be passed with respect to any
Fundamental Issue at a meeting of the Company Board of the Company unless the provisions
of Clause 11 have been satisfied.
(a) The Company Board shall appoint a representative of the Investor on all the
committees of the Company Board or any other management committee of the Company,
unless otherwise confirmed to the Company Board by the Investor in advance in writing. For
the avoidance of doubt, any decision taken at any such committee that relates to a
Fundamental Issue shall not be valid unless it is approved by the Investor.
(b) The Parties agree that the Investor shall have the right to appoint a representative
on the board of directors of any company, whether existing on the date hereof, or incorporated
in the future, which becomes a joint venture or subsidiary of the Company in accordance with
the provisions of the Act.
The Investor Directors shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges including sitting
fees and expenses but excluding any commission as payable to the other non-
executive directors of the Company. Provided, however, that in respect of the
Investor Directors, the sitting fees in relation to such Investor shall accrue to the
Investor and the same shall accordingly be paid directly to the Investor. The
Directors shall be entitled to refund of all expenses related to travel, boarding and
communication incurred in connection with the Company Board meetings in
compliance with the Applicable Laws and any other Company related work executed
by the Director.
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9.9. Connected Persons Transactions
Neither the Investor nor any of its directors, officers, managers, employees, agents
or representatives shall be held liable by the Company, the Promoters or any third
party for, or on account of any act or any failure to act by any such person while
serving as Director of the Company unless such act or failure to act shall be in bad
faith and in wilful disregard of the duties imposed upon such person by the
Applicable Law, this Agreement, the Charter Documents. The Promoters shall
cause the Company to, and the Company shall, maintain insurance coverage for
directors’ and officers’ liability in such amounts and of such nature as is maintained
by persons carrying on the same classes of business as the Business. The Company
hereby agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Investor Directors on the Company
Board of the Company, against all Losses of whatsoever nature in respect of all acts
of errors and omissions, acts carried by the Investor Directors in such capacity and in
the interests of the Company, except for Losses caused by acts of wilful default of the
Investor Directors.
The Parties agree that the Promoters shall at all times, until the termination of this
Agreement in terms of Clause 19, retain management control of the Company and
shall actively participate in the running of the Company and the operation of the
Business of the Company. Failure by the Promoters to comply with their obligations
under this Clause for a continuous period of one month shall be deemed to be an
event of default within the meaning of Clause 18 of this Agreement.
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11.1. If the Company or the shareholders of the Company, as the case may be wish to take
any action with respect to the Fundamental Issues at any meeting of the Company
Board or at any general meeting of shareholders (if such issue requires the approval
of the shareholders in general meeting), as the case may be, the Company shall obtain
the prior written consent of the Investor without which the Company shall not be able
to take any such action.
11.2. The Company shall, and each of the Shareholders shall, exercise all rights and powers
available to it to procure that, from the date of this Agreement until such time as this
Agreement is terminated in accordance with Clause 19, none of the Fundamental
Issues shall occur with respect to the Company and no Shareholder, Director, officer,
committee, committee member, employee, agent or any of their respective delegates
shall take any actions purporting to commit the Company in relation to such matters
unless such Fundamental Issue has first been approved in writing by the Investor.
12.1. The form and substance of any notices to convene general meetings of the Company
at which any Fundamental Issue will be considered shall be subject to prior
unanimous approval by the Company Board, and the Promoters shall procure that no
such notices shall be issued without such approval.
12.2. Each of the Shareholders shall exercise all rights and powers available to it, including
the exercise of voting rights, to ensure that the necessary general meeting resolutions
of the Company are passed to give effect to any Fundamental Issue which has been
approved by the Investor pursuant to Clause 11 with respect to the Company. It is
further agreed that in the case of the Company, no general meeting resolution shall be
passed with respect to any Fundamental Issue unless the provisions of Clause 11
have been satisfied and unless such Fundamental Issue has been thereafter authorised
by the Board of Directors.
12.3. Each of the Shareholders agrees that, subject to the provisions of the Act, the quorum
of any general meetings shall require the presence of the duly authorized
representative of the Investor. If the quorum is not present at any general meeting, the
meeting shall be adjourned to a mutually agreed time and place not more than 7 days
later. At the adjourned and reconvened general meeting, the number of shareholders
present (being more than one) shall constitute the quorum, subject to the presence of
the duly authorized representative of the Investor.
13.1. that the Investor shall not be considered / classified to be one of the ‘promoters’ of
the Company for any reason whatsoever; and
13.2. the Promoters shall not engage in any act, deed or omission which may result in the
Investor being considered / classified to be the ‘promoters’ of the Company.
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14. INDEMNIFICATION
14.1. Subject to the provisions of Applicable Law, and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Company and the Promoters hereby agree to indemnify
and save harmless the Investor, its Affiliates, or their respective nominees, officers,
directors, employees, shareholders, representatives and agents or the Investor
nominee on the Company Board (“Indemnified Persons”) promptly upon demand
and from time to time and against any and all actions, suits, claims, proceedings,
costs, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments (whether direct, general or absolute,
accrued, conditional or otherwise and whether or not resulting from third party
claims), amounts, fines, penalties, levies, imposts, compensations paid in settlement
and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements but excluding any consequential, punitive or special damages)
(collectively, “Losses”) caused to the Indemnified persons relating to or arising out of
any event or omission whatsoever on or prior to the Closing Date and arising out of,
or resulting from, whether directly or indirectly or may be payable by virtue of any
matter inconsistent with or any breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty,
covenant and undertaking of the Promoters and the Company in this Agreement,
including of the Warranties under Clause 17 and Schedule 8 of this Agreement, or
any inaccuracy in or failure of the Promoters and the Company to comply with their
obligations, undertakings and/ or covenants in this Agreement, including as a result of
non-receipt of any Approval. In case of a claim for indemnity arising under this
Clause, the Investor may at its sole discretion raise such claim (1) only against one of
(i) the Promoters, or (ii) the Company, or (2) against more than one of the Promoters
and the Company.
14.2. Each of the Promoters and the Company agree with the Investor (for themselves and
as trustee for the Company and for each director, officer, agent and employee of the
Company) to waive any rights, remedies or claims which it may have in respect of
any misrepresentation, inaccuracy or omission in or from any information or advice
supplied or given by the Company or any of its directors, officers, agents or
employees in connection with the giving of the Warranties or any indemnities under
this Agreement.
14.3. (a) Each of the Promoters and the Company hereby jointly and severally agree and
undertake to indemnify and keep indemnified the Indemnified Persons promptly
on demand and from, time to time, from and against any Losses which the
Indemnified Persons incurs or sustains related to any event or omission
whatsoever that arises out of, or results from or may be payable by virtue of (the
Indemnity):
(vi) any Taxation falling on the Company in respect of (1) tax arising out
of any undisclosed event which occurred on or prior to Closing, or (2) any
transaction effected or deemed to have been effected on or prior to Closing,
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or (3) any profits earned, accrued or received (or deemed to have been
earned, accrued or received) on or before Closing; or any Taxation arising by
reason of the unavailability of any tax holiday or exemption at any time
(including after Closing) where the reason for such unavailability is
attributable to a transaction or the non compliance with any formalities
necessary for the continuance of such tax holiday or exemption on or before
Closing; or
(vii) any losses suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Persons and/or the
Company arising from any actual or threatened claim, legal action,
proceeding, suit, litigation, prosecution, arbitration, enquiry or mediation
(other than in relation to Taxation) by a third party against the Company
and/or the Indemnified Persons to the extent such losses relate to acts or
omissions by the Promoters and/or the Company prior to Closing; or
(viii) any debts of the Company which are termed as good in the Accounts
or any debts since the Accounts Date though up to the date of this Agreement
the Promoters have notified to the Investor as good, which since have become
bad debts; or
(ix) any breach by the Promoters and the Company of this Agreement
(including the representations, covenants and Warranties contained herein) or
any other related document after the Closing Date.
(b) (i) In the event of any liability for Taxation or claim in connection with the
Indemnity arising (the Indemnity Claim), the Investor shall give written
notice thereof together with all relevant information in the Investor’s
possession as soon as reasonably practicable to the Company and the
Promoters, provided that the Investor may, at its sole discretion, raise such
claim (1) only against one of (i) the Promoter, or (ii) the Company, or (2)
against more than one of the Promoters and the Company.
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(c) Any payments due by the Promoters and the Company pursuant to this Clause
14 shall be increased to include (i) such interest on unpaid tax as the Company
shall have been required to pay, and (ii) such amount of tax as the Investor may
be required to pay on the claim amount, pursuant to any legislation concerning
Taxation in India or any other jurisdiction in the world where the Investor and/or
the Company is sought to be made liable to Taxation.
14.4. The Promoters hereby waive any right to have recourse to the Company for any
amounts that may be paid by the Promoters to any Indemnified Persons under the
terms of this Agreement, including but not limited to under this Clause 14.
14.5. It is expressly clarified that in case of any damages or loss incurred or suffered by the
Company or the Investor as a result of, arising from, or in connection with, or relating
to, (a) a breach of the representations and warranties made by the Promoters in this
Agreement; or (b) the non-performance (in whole or in part) by the Promoters of any
of their covenants, obligations or undertakings contained in this Agreement, the
Investor may (i) procure that the Company makes an Indemnity Claim against the
Promoters for such damages or losses or (ii) make an Indemnity Claim for the
investment damages suffered by the Investor against the Promoters. To clarify, if the
Company incurs or suffers damages or loss of INR 100 (one hundred only) for which
an Indemnity Claim is to be made by the Indemnified Persons, then, the Indemnified
Persons can choose that either (i) the Company can claim INR 100 (one hundred
only) from the Promoters or (ii) the Investor can claim such proportion of INR 100
(one hundred only) which corresponds to the Investor’s shareholding percentage in
the Company.
14.6. The Indemnified Persons shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or
otherwise to the Company or the Promoters. The Company shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Indemnified Person from and against any and all Losses
resulting from a claim, demand, lawsuit, action or proceeding by reason of any act or
omission performed by or omitted by such Indemnified Person on behalf of the
Company in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Agreement. The Company shall, for the
said purpose, obtain a director’s and officer’s liability insurance covering the Investor
Director from a reputed insurer for such amount as is appropriate having regard to the
business of the Company at the time of appointment of the Investor Director and shall
furnish documentary evidence of such insurance to the Investor.
14.7. The indemnification rights of the Investor under this Agreement are without
prejudice, independent of and in addition to, such other rights and remedies as the
Investor may have at law or in equity or otherwise, including the right to seek specific
performance, rescission, restitution or other injunctive relief, none of which rights or
remedies shall be affected or diminished thereby.
14.8. The liability of the Promoters and the Company to indemnify the Indemnified
Persons shall be subject to a ceiling equivalent to the Investor Subscription Amount
paid by the Investor for the Investor Preference Shares.
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14.9. The Company agrees that the Investor shall be entitled to raise any claim for breach
of any covenants or representations or Warranties contained in this Agreement
relating to:
(a) Tax claims within a period of 12 months from the expiry of the prescribed
statutory period of limitation within which such claims may be made by any relevant
Governmental Authority.
(b) All other claims resulting from the breach of other covenants, representations and
Warranties can be raised by the Investor for a period of 3 (three) years from the date of
Closing.
(c) It is clarified that any claims arising from a breach in the representation and
Warranties pertaining to the title of the Investor Shares and the Investor Options and the
authority of the Company or the Promoters to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated herein shall remain unlimited.
14.10. PROCESS
(a) In the event the Investor sustains or incurs any Loss for which the Indemnified
Persons are liable under this Article 14, the Investor shall issue a notice in writing
(“Indemnification Notice”) to the Indemnifying Persons describing in reasonable detail the
Losses sustained or incurred by the Investor. Within 745 (Seven) days from the receipt of the
Indemnification Notice, the Indemnifying Persons shall absolutely and unconditionally
indemnify the Investor in the manner provided therein.
(ii) The Indemnifying Persons shall have the right, exercisable by written
notice to the Investor within 30 (Thirty) days of the notice mentioned in
Article 14.10(b)(i), to assume the defence of such Third Party Claim with
counsel selected by the Indemnifying Persons with the Investor’s prior
written consent; provided that in the judgment of the Investor (i) the
defence of such Third Party Claim by the Indemnifying Persons shall not
have an adverse effect on the business of the Company or the Investor (2)
the Indemnifying Persons have sufficient financial resources to satisfy
the Third Party Claim and amount of any adverse monetary judgement
that is likely to result and (3) the Third Party Claims solely seeks
monetary damages or payment requests.
(iii) If the Indemnifying Persons have assumed the defence of any Third
Party Claim as provided in this Article 14.10, it shall not without the
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prior written consent of the Investor, consent to any settlement or
understanding.
(iv) The Investor shall have the right to participate (but not control) at its
own expense the defence of any Third Party Claim which the
Indemnifying Persons are defending as provided in this Agreement. Each
Party shall co-operate and provide any necessary assistance as may be
reasonably required in any judicial proceeding in relation to the Third
Party Claims.
(v) The Indemnifying Persons shall bear the responsibility for providing
any guarantee or making any deposits in any judicial proceedings in
relation to the Third Party Claim regardless of whether the Indemnifying
Persons have assumed defence or not.
(vii) Further, if the Investor does not assume defence against Third Party
Claim or any unfavourable decision therefrom, the Indemnifying Persons
shall take reasonable steps to settle the Third Party Claims at its own
costs and consequences.
15.1. Information
The Company shall provide to the Investor pre-agreed key performance indicators
and periodical information with respect to the Company’s performance with respect
to the performance targets. In addition to the aforesaid, the Company shall provide
the Investor with the following information relating to the Company:
(a) Monthly and quarterly unaudited financial statements including the balance sheet,
income statement and cash flow statements relating to the Company prepared in accordance
with Indian GAAP, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, within 30
calendar days of the end of each such month or quarter;
(b) audited annual financial statements of Company including the balance sheet,
income statement and cash flow statement within 90 calendar days after the end of each
financial year of the Company;
(c) quarterly reports of the management discussions and analysis describing material
activities undertaken by the Company, major events that have happened in relation to the
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affairs and business of the Company and major variations from the annual budget of the
Company.
(d) annual budget and forecasts for the next three financial years;
(e) copies of all correspondence of the Company with (i) other Shareholders of the
Company, (ii) other investors, (iii) members of the financial community, or (iv) any
companies interested in acquiring the Company or any material portion of its share capital or
business or forming strategic relationships, including press releases, if any;
(f) reports prepared by outside consultants, lawyers or auditors for the Company;
(g) all communications with and from regulatory agencies or other governmental
authorities, excluding communications that are deemed to be confidential and therefore
cannot be disclosed;
(h) notice of any material events that have occurred with respect to the affairs or
business of the Company including any pending or threatened litigation;
(i) such further information relating to the business, affairs or financial position of
the Company, as the Investor may deem fit, in its sole discretion.
The Company shall also procure that the Investor shall have access to and the right to
inspect all information and material, financial or otherwise, provided to any member
of the Company Board, books of accounts and other business records, and the right to
advise or consult with, management of the Company as it may from time to time
require.
The Company shall maintain accurate and complete accounting and other financial
records and procure that those accounting records are available for inspection by each
Shareholder or its respective authorised representatives during normal business hours.
The Company shall ensure that there is no financial irregularity in the Company.
15.3. Auditor
(a) The Parties agree that the Investor shall have the right to appoint its own
independent special auditor for the purpose of undertaking a review of the accounts of the
Company and the costs in relation to the conduct of these special audits shall be borne by the
Investor. The Company shall provide, and the Promoters undertake to ensure that the
Company provides such special auditor with all requisite information and support from time
to time.
(b) The Company shall appoint the statutory auditor of the Company and the internal
auditors of the Company only with the written consent of the Investor.
(c) The Company to ensure that the company and its subsidiaries continues to have
one of the Big Four audit firms, as its statutory auditor during the duration of the
investment by the Investor.
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The financial statements of the Company shall be prepared in accordance with Indian
GAAP.
The Company shall procure that the draft Annual Business Plan for the Company is
delivered to each Director at least one (1) month prior to the end of the then current
financial year of the Company. Unless all the Directors agree otherwise, the
Company Board shall meet to consider such draft Annual Business Plan not later than
10 calendar days prior to the end of the then current financial year of the Company.
16.1. Announcements
(b) If either Party has an obligation to make or issue any announcement required by
Applicable Law or by any governmental or regulatory authority, it shall give the other Parties
every reasonable opportunity to comment on any announcement or release before it is made
or issued (provided that this shall not have the effect of preventing either Party from making
the announcement or release from complying with its pre-existing contractual, legal and / or
stock exchange obligations).
(c) The Parties hereby agree that the Investor, its Affiliates, or their respective
officers, directors, employees may from time to time be required to communicate, comment
and provide periodic updates on the performance of the Company to its Investors and /or
potential investors, or the press as a part of its PR strategy. Notwithstanding anything
contained hereinabove, any such communications shall not be violative of the provisions of
the terms of this Agreement and this Article 16.1.
The Promoters shall exercise all the rights and powers available to them, including,
without limitation, their rights in respect of directors and all voting rights in respect of
shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(a) The Promoters shall ensure that the Company does not invest in any securities,
whether privately or publicly traded, for speculative or non-strategic investment purposes.
(b) Subject to Applicable Law, the Company shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Investor, acquire or purchase its own securities from any Person.
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The Parties shall mutually agree on the manner in which, going forward, the
shareholding of the Company in its subsidiaries (present or future) shall be structured.
In case the Investor requests the Company to sell its shareholding in the said
subsidiary, then the Promoters and the Company hereby agrees that they shall sell
these shares in the subsidiary to such other Affiliate of the Promoters.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Promoters and the Company agree
that in order to protect the investment made by the Investor under this Agreement, on
and from the date of Closing (i) any resolution placed before the shareholders of the
Company to increase the authorized share capital of the Company shall be required to
be passed by a special resolution and (ii) the Company shall not issue any further
Shares or instruments convertible at any future date into Shares of the Company,
whether such further issuances are on rights basis or otherwise, unless such further
issuance has been approved by the shareholders of the Company by way of a special
resolution.
All Parties acknowledge that the subscription by the Investor to the Investor
Preference Shares is based on the integral condition that the Investor Subscription
Amount received by the Company shall be utilized exclusively for the purposes of
meeting the capital expenditure and working capital requirements of the Company as
per the Annual Business Plan submitted to the Investor by the Company as attached
hereto as Schedule 3.
17. WARRANTIES
(a) In addition to the Warranties set forth in Schedule 8 which are hereby made by
the Company and the Promoters jointly and severally as on the date hereof and as of the date
of Closing, the Company and each of the Promoters hereby further warrant jointly and
severally, in respect of the Company, as of the date of signing this Agreement and as of the
date of Closing to the Investor as follows:
2. It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as is now
being conducted;
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4. It has all requisite / material approvals, registrations, consents, etc as
required under Applicable Law to conduct its business and they are in
compliance with all regulatory requirements in respect thereof;
6. The Company has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly
authorised and approved by its Board of Directors and Shareholders and
does not require any further authorisation or consent of its Shareholders
or any third party and on execution and delivery by it will be a legal,
valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable in accordance with its
terms;
(b) In addition to the Warranties set forth in Schedule 8 which are hereby made by
the Company and the Promoters jointly and severally as on the date hereof and as of the date
of Closing, each of the Promoters hereby further warrant jointly and severally, as of the date
of signing this Agreement and as of the date of Closing to the Investor as follows:
(i) He/she/it has the power and capacity to execute and deliver
this Agreement and all approvals required for executing this Agreement
and entering into the transactions contemplated herein;
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, from the date of this
Agreement until Closing, the Company or the Promoters shall not take any action that
constitutes a Fundamental Issue without prior consultation and written approval with the
Investor.
(d) The Company and the Promoters acknowledge that the Investor is entering into
this Agreement relying on the Warranties of the Company and the Promoters.
(e) None of the Warranties or statements contained in this Agreement contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to
make any of such Warranties or statements not misleading and there is no other information
relating to the Promoters, Directors or other Shareholders of the Company or the Company or
its Subsidiaries which has not been disclosed to the Investor which shall prejudice any claim
made by the Investor under the indemnity contained in this Agreement or operate to reduce
any amount recoverable thereunder. All information relating to the business and the Business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries which is known or would on reasonable enquiry be
known to the Promoters and the Company and which may be material to an investor in the
Company has been disclosed in writing to the Investor. It shall not be a defence to any claim
against the Promoters or the Company that the Investor ought to have known or had
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knowledge of any information relating to the circumstances giving rise to such claim. The
rights and remedies of the Investor in respect of any breach or default of the Company’s
and/or the Promoter’s Warranties shall not be affected because of any investigation into the
business and affairs of the Company (including any legal, financial, business, accounting,
operational, tax and/or technical due diligence of evaluation), made or conducted by the
Investor or any other person acting on its behalf, prior to the execution of this Agreement or
at any time after the date hereof. The Promoters and the Company are aware that the Investor
have entered into this Agreement and agreed to subscribe to the Investor Shares and the
Investor Equity Shares of the Company on the basis of the Warranties and other statements
and covenants contained herein and/or otherwise made to the Investor.
The Investor represents and warrants, as of the date of signing this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date to the Company and the Promoters as follows:
(a) The Investor has the necessary powers to enter into this Agreement and to
perform its obligations hereunder, and all regulatory approvals and corporate and other
actions required to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the performance by the
Investor of its obligations hereunder have been duly taken.
(b) This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor
enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof.
(a) if the Promoters or the Company is in material breach of the material terms of
this Agreement or the Charter Documents;
(e) if the Promoters or the Company is in material breach of its obligation to make
any payment when due of any sum payable under this Agreement or the Charter Documents;
(f) if a petition for insolvency has been admitted against any of the Promoters or a
petition for winding up of the Company has been admitted;
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(g) if the Promoters or the Company is the subject of any investigation, inquiry or
enforcement proceedings or process by any governmental, administrative or regulatory body,
which has or is reasonably likely to produce a material adverse effect on the business,
operations or financial conditions of the Company;
(h) if the Promoters undertakes or assists (either personally or through an agent) any
other Person in any way to undertake any of the activities set out in Clause 5.3.[THERE
SEEMS TO BR SOME ERROR AS THERE IS NO SUCH CLAUSE]
A material breach for the purposes of this Clause means a breach that, if such
breach is capable of remedy, has not been remedied within 30 calendar days of
service of a written notice from the Investor or the relevant counterparty to the
relevant Person requiring that such breach be remedied, provided that any breach of
Clauses 2.2, 5, 14, 16.6, 17, 22.12 and Schedule 6 of this Agreement and any
persistent breach of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed to be material for the
purposes of this Clause.
In addition to any other rights it may have under this Agreement, on an Event of
Default, the Investor shall have the right, but shall be under no obligation, to
terminate this Agreement with immediate effect (without prejudice to any rights and
obligations accrued or incurred prior to such termination and subject to the survival of
Clause 8) and:
(a) the Investor shall have the right to (i) sell its Shares to any third party
notwithstanding any restrictions contained in this Agreement, or [SHOULD PROMOTERS
HAVR A RIGHT OF FIRST~REFUSAL?] (ii) require that the Promoters and/or the
Company purchase the Shares of the Investor, or (iii) require that the Promoters sell all of
their Shares in the Company to the Investor (the Call Option) at a fair market price as
determined by an independent investment bank, which independent investment bank shall be
appointed as follows:
(i) (A) the Promoters and (B) the Investor shall agree on a list of the five
(5) leading and reputed investment banks operating in India. If there is a
failure to reach an agreement on the identities of such investment banks
within five (5) Business Days of the issue of a notice by the Investor to the
Promoters exercising its Call Option, the Investor shall in its absolute
discretion select an investment bank and the provisions in Clause 18.2(a)
(ii) and Clause 18.2(a)(iii) shall not apply;
(ii) each of (A) the Promoters and (B) the Investor shall nominate three
(3) of the banks from the list of leading investment banks (each, an
Acceptable Investment Bank); and
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discretion select an Investment Bank from the Acceptable Investment
Banks.
(iv) if such termination occurs prior to the Closing Date, the Investor
shall be under no obligation to subscribe for the Investor Preference Shares
under this Agreement; and
19. TERMINATION
19.1. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance
with the provisions of this Article or under Article 4 (Conditions Precedent).
19.2. This Agreement shall stand terminated upon the extinguishment of the Investor’s
rights under Article 24.
19.3. In the event of a material breach by the Promoters or the Company (“Defaulting
Party”) of any of their respective representations, Warranties, covenants,
undertakings or obligations herein, the Investor shall, if such breach is not cured by
the Promoters or the CompanyDefaulting Party within [30] days of receipt of a
written notice to that effect from the Investor, have the right to forthwith terminate
this Agreement.
19.4 In the event of breach by the Investor of their obligations under this
Agreement, the Company/Promoters shall, if such breach is not cured by the
within [30] days of receipt of a written notice to that effect have the right to
forthwith terminate this Agreement.
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19.5In the event that this Agreement is terminated under Article 19.3 or 19.4 hereof,
the defaulting party shall be fully liable in terms of Article 14 for any and all
Losses incurred or suffered by the Investor as a result of such breach.
This Agreement and the documents to be entered into pursuant to it shall be governed
by and be construed in accordance with Indian Laws except its provisions of conflict
of laws.
22. MISCELLANEOUS
The Promoters hereby give an irrevocable power of attorney to Mr. [•], as the
“Representative” to represent the Promoters in the following matters:
(a) to deliver to and receive from the Investor any notices permitted or required
under this Agreement on behalf of each or any of the Promoters;
(b) Only the Representative shall have the right to initiate any arbitral or other
similar proceeding hereunder on behalf of the Promoters. Any action taken by the
Representative and any agreement or settlement with the Investor entered into by him on
behalf of the Promoters in connection with the foregoing shall be binding upon and
enforceable against the Promoters, without any need for ratification. The Investor shall be
entitled to rely on any and all actions in connection with the foregoing.
(c) By signing this Agreement, the Representative accepts the power of attorney
conferred on him by the other Promoters pursuant to this Clause and agrees to be bound as the
Representative under this Agreement.
(d) to act on behalf of such Promoter according to the terms of this Agreement,
including the power to amend this Agreement;
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(e) to act on behalf of the other Promoters to comply with all actions that have to be
undertaken in order to achieve Closing under this Agreement including without limitation, the
right to vote at any meetings; and
(f) in general, to do all things and to perform all acts, including executing and
delivering all agreements, certificates, receipts, instructions and other instruments
contemplated by or deemed advisable in connection with this Agreement.
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Mr. [•]’s mandate to act as a Representative on behalf of the Promoters shall be
irrevocable, unless otherwise approved by the Investor, and shall terminate only in
the case of his death or resignation. The Investor shall be notified of any replacement
of the Representative by a written communication signed by each of the Promoters
and such consent shall be unanimous. All Promoters hereby agree that Mr. [•] or such
replacement person appointed by the Promoters, as the case may be, shall have the
powers to act on their behalf as set forth above. The power of attorney granted by the
Promoters in favour of the Representative under this Clause may be revoked with the
prior written consent of the Investor only. All action taken by Representative
hereunder shall be final and binding upon all the other Promoters. Each of the
Promoters, and the Representative, hereby agree and acknowledge that the power
granted by the Promoters to the Representative under this Agreement is a power
coupled with an interest and is irrevocable and unconditional.
22.2. NON-WAIVER
No omission or delay on the part of any Party in requiring a due and punctual
fulfilment by the any other Party of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver of any of such Party’s rights to require such due and punctual
fulfilment and in any event shall not constitute or be construed as a continuing waiver
and/or as a waiver of other or subsequent breaches of the same or other (similar or
otherwise) obligations of such other Party hereunder or as a waiver of any remedy.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Agreement is binding upon the Parties
and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
22.4. ASSIGNMENT
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If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable
under any present or future Applicable Law, and if the rights or obligations of the
Parties under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby,
(a) such provision will be fully severable; (b) this Agreement will be construed and
enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a
part hereof; (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision
or by its severance here from; and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable
provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid,
and enforceable provision to the extent possible. The failure by any Party to complete
any of the conditions precedent contemplated hereby by reason of any change in law
shall not constitute illegality, unenforceability, or invalidity of this Agreement.
22.6. CONFLICTS
In the case of any discrepancy or conflict between the provisions of this Agreement
and any other document executed pursuant to this Agreement, the provisions of this
Agreement will prevail.
Each Party shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered both
before and after the date hereof such further certificates, agreements and other
documents and take such other actions, or as may be reasonably necessary or
appropriate to consummate or implement the transactions contemplated hereby.
Except for documents executed by the Parties pursuant hereto in writing referring to
specific Articles or provisions of this Agreement, receipt of which has been
acknowledged in writing, this Agreement supersedes all prior discussions,
information, writings, memorandums and documents exchanges and agreements
between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and this
Agreement contains the sole and entire agreement between the Parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
22.9. AMENDMENT
22.10. COUNTERPARTS
22.11. COSTS
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The Company shall bear and pay in advance any and all expenses borne by the
Investor in connection with any legal, financial, technical, business and accounting
diligence in connection with this transaction.
(a) The Company and the Promoters hereby waive all objections, and give their
unconditional and irrevocable no objection, to the Investor, its affiliates, subsidiaries and / or
group companies at any time hereafter, and from time to time, to enter into or participate in
any transaction or activities in India whether alone or together with any third party (s)
including such activities which are covered by Press Note 18 (1998 series) issued by the
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, that is or are in a field that is
‘same’, ‘similar’ or ‘allied’ to the purpose or business of the Company within the meaning of
those expressions as used in that Press Note, in Press Note 10 (1999 series) issued by the
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India or Press Note 1 (2005 series) issued
by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
(b) The Company further represents and covenants that the aforesaid irrevocable
waiver and no objection shall remain valid notwithstanding any dispute or difference that may
arise or may be pending in any court or before any arbitral tribunal between the Company and
/ or Promoter and the Investor at any time hereafter, whether in relation to this Agreement or
any other agreement executed between the Parties or in relation generally to the Company or
otherwise.
(c) The Promoters and the Company hereby covenant that they shall on the Closing
Date issue a no-objection certificate in terms of Schedule 12.
(d) The Company has, to the effect of the foregoing, passed a resolution in the form
set out in Schedule 10 hereto.
(e) It is hereby clarified that the Investor or any of the directors of the Company
nominated by the Investor shall not be obliged to provide the Company with any future
business opportunities merely by reason of the Investor having acquired the Investor
Preference Shares and the rights attached thereto under the provisions of this Agreement.
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2. NOTICES
All notices, requests, demands and other communications made or given under the
terms of this Agreement or in connection herewith shall be in writing and shall be
either personally delivered, transmitted by postage prepaid registered mail (air mail if
international), or by telex or cable (confirmed in writing by postage prepaid registered
mail – air mail if international) or by facsimile transmission, and shall be addressed to
the appropriate party at the following address or to such other address or place as
such party may from time to time designate :
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Unless another address has been specified by a Party hereto by written notice thereof
to the other Party, any notice, request, demand or other communication given or made
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been received (i) in the case of
personal delivery, on the date of delivery, (ii) in the case of mail delivery, on the date
which is fifteen (15) days after the mailing thereof and (iii) in the case of a telex or
cable or fax, the date of dispatch thereof.
All rights and obligations of the Investor under this Agreement shall expire upon the
Investor ceasing to hold any Investor Shares.
The Promoters shall exercise all rights and powers available to them to procure that
the Company shall comply with all of its obligations under this Agreement.
All payments made by the Company to the Investor under Clause 14 of this
Agreement will be free and clear of all Taxation that constitutes withholding taxes
levied by any applicable national, regional or local law or regulation except for any
withholding relating to the taxation of income in the hands of the Investor.
26. SUBSIDIARIES
The provisions of this Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to all or any present or
future subsidiaries of the Company and the Company and the Promoters shall procure
that the subsidiaries act in accordance with this Agreement. It is clarified that the
Investor shall not be required to hold any shares of the present or future subsidiaries.
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27.1. The Promoters shall ensure that the other Shareholders of the Company who are not
party to this Agreement agree and covenant to be bound by all the provisions of this
Agreement which are applicable to them and which may become applicable to them
in future including without limitation the provisions relating to restriction on
transferability of Shares of the other Shareholders, the special rights of the Investor,
right of first refusal and tag along rights available to Investor in case of transfer of
Shares by the other Shareholders, drag along rights of Investor, etc. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained elsewhere, the Promoters shall ensure that all the
Shareholders of the Company who are not party to this Agreement do, execute such
further acts, deeds, conveyances, consents, documents and assurances without further
consideration, which may be required to give full effect the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The Promoters shall jointly and severally indemnify and keep
indemnified Investor against any and all Losses that Investor may incur as a result of
the breach by the Promoters of their obligations pursuant to this Clause.[TO CHK IF
APPLICABLE]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
_______________________________
Mr. [●]
Title: [●]
_______________________________ _______________________________
Mr. [●] Mr. [●]
Title: [●] Title: Promoter
_______________________________
Mr. [●]
Title: [●]
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SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 1A
PRE INVESTMENT SHAREHOLDING
SCHEDULE 1B
POST INVESTMENT SHAREHOLDING
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SCHEDULE 2
THE COMPANY
NAME:
REGISTERED [•]
NUMBER:
[•]
REGISTERED
OFFICE:
DATE OF
INCORPORATION: [•]
TYPE OF
COMPANY: LIMITED COMPANY
AUTHORISED
SHARE CAPITAL: [•]
ISSUED SHARE
CAPITAL: [•]
[•] [•]
DESCRIPTION OF
BUSINESS
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SCHEDULE 3
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SCHEDULE 4
DEED OF ADHERENCE
BETWEEN
[•], (hereinafter referred to as the “the Covenantor”, which expression shall, unless
repugnant to the meaning or context thereof be deemed to include its successors and
permitted assigns) to whom the shares / warrants of [•] Limited, a company incorporated
under the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at [●] (hereinafter referred to
as “the Company”, which expression shall, unless repugnant to the meaning or context
thereof be deemed to include its successors and permitted assigns) have been transferred by
[•] (“the Transferor”);
AND
The Company
AND
[•], (“the Continuing Shareholders”) <<This would include the Promoters and the
Investor>>
In consideration of the Transferor having transferred its shares / warrants to the Covenantor
and in consideration of having agreed to such transfer, the Covenantor hereby agrees and
undertakes as follows:
1. The Covenantor hereby confirms that a copy of the Agreement and the Articles of
Association of the Company (collectively the “Articles of Association”) have been made
available to it, and hereby covenants with the Continuing Shareholders and the Company to
observe, perform and be bound by all the terms which are applicable to the Covenantor and
the Covenantor shall be deemed, with effect from the date on which the Covenantor is
registered as a member of the Company, to be a Party to the Agreement and to be bound by
all the terms thereof as they applied to the Transferor and as if the Covenantor had executed
the Agreement instead of the Transferor.
2. The Covenantor hereby covenants that it shall do nothing that derogates from, or
obstructs the application and operation of, the provisions of the Agreement or the Articles of
Association. Further, and in addition to the above, the Covenantor covenants that it shall
facilitate and aid the application of the Agreement to itself, the Continuing Shareholders and
the Company.
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This Deed of Adherence shall be governed in all respects by the laws of India.
By:
Title:
By:
Title:
By:
Title:
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SCHEDULE 5
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
2. Any amendment to the Charter Documents of the Company (including change in the
number of Board members), except for those required pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
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7. Major changes to dead freight and agency agreement of the company and its
subsidiaries that would impact the operations of the company.
11. Debt (excluding working capital debts) which shall cause the aggregate gross debt to
equity ratio to exceed 1:0 and any significant borrowings exceeding Rs. 25,000,000/- (Rupees
Twenty Five Millon only);
12. Repayment of the unsecured loans except for a sum of Rs. [•]/- (Rupees [•] only)
payable to third parties immediately.
13. Settlement of litigation where the amount involved exceeds Rs. 10,000,000/- (Rupees
million only) for each individual settlement, or Rs. 25,000,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five
Million only) for settlements on a cumulative basis in a Financial Year;
15. The giving of security for, or the guaranteeing of debts of any person in excess of Rs.
10,000,000/- (Rupees Ten Million only) on a cumulative basis in a Financial Year;
16. Any change in the Financial Year for preparation of audited accounts;
17. Accepting any proposal for addition or deletion or modification of the name of any
existing or proposed shareholder of the company and any modification in the Register of
Shareholders.
21. Creating any Encumbrance other than for the purpose of the bank borrowings as per
the Annual Budget or, proposing the acquisition, sale, lease, transfer, license or in any other
way proposing to dispose off any assets or undertaking of the company and/or its Affiliates or
substantially all of the assets or undertaking of the Company and/or its Affiliates;
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22. Acquire or sell shares, securities, debentures and bonds in or of any other company;
24. Delegation of authority or any of the powers of the Board of the Company or any of
its Affiliates to any individual or committee;
25. Approve the terms of any stock option plans for employees or Directors of the
Company and the allocation of options thereunder;
26. Sale, license, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or voluntary winding up
of the Company;
29. Finalization of any short, medium and long term business plan of the Company,
including the budgeting, financial forecasting and strategic planning exercises;
30. Any material changes in the business plans referred to in sub-clauses 27 and 28
above;
31. The purchase of any real estate in excess of Rs. 10,000,000/- (Rupees Ten Million
only) or lease of any real estate involving a monthly payment in excess of Rs. 100,000/-
(Rupees One Lakhs only) other than as provided in the Annual Budget;
35. Increase or decrease in the size of the Board or any committee thereof after the date
of this Agreement;
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39. Entering into any strategic/financial/other alliance or agreement with a third party
which result in dilution of any rights of the Investor;
40. Sale, transfer, license, pledge or creation of other Encumbrance over technology or
intellectual property owned by the Company, other than licenses granted in the ordinary
course of business.
41. Transfer / Sell / Sub contract any of the contracts entered into by the Company, to any
of its Affiliates; and
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SCHEDULE 6
The rights attached to the Preference Shares subscribed to by the Investor under this
Agreement are as follows and shall mutatis mutandis be reproduced in the new articles of
association of the Company:
The Investor Preference Shares shall rank senior to all the preference shares, Convertible
Instruments and Equity Shares issued by the Company from time to time.
(A) As to income
(B) As to capital
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(a) the Investor shall be entitled to receive, prior to any disbursements
being made to the holders of any other Shares or preference shares of the
Company, an amount equal to the Investor Subscription Amount, plus (i) an
amount sufficient to provide an IRR of 25% per year from the Closing Date,
and (ii) a sum equal to any arrears and accruals of the Preference Dividend
on that share, whether or not the Preference Dividend has been earned or
declared, calculated down to and including the date of the commencement of
the winding up (in the case of a winding up) or the date of the return of
capital (in any other case). Further, the holders of the Investor Preference
Shares shall also have a right to share in a proportionate manner from the
monies or assets available for distribution to the equity shareholders; and
(b) if any balance is left after repaying all the amounts payable under para (a)
above and any other liabilities payable under the Companies Act, 1956
including repaying all Shareholders for the amounts paid up on each of their
Shares and preference shares, the Investor shall be entitled to such percentage
of the excess amount as is equal to 50% in case of the Liquidation Event.
(C) As to conversion
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(4) The Company shall pay the expenses arising on the issue
of the Investor Equity Shares pursuant to any conversion including any stamp duty,
capital duty or other taxes and levies.
(1) Each holder of a Preference Share shall have Rights (defined below) to attend and
vote at general meetings of the Company, including as may from time to time be
prescribed by the Act and other applicable laws and regulations.
(2) Rights in paragraph D(1) above shall mean the right to receive notice of, and to be
present and to vote, either in person or by proxy, at any general meeting of the
Company, including a general meeting at which any of the matters specified in
Schedule 5 of this Agreement is being considered. Rights shall also include, without
limitation, the right for the holder of a Preference Share to exercise such number of
votes per Preference Share at the general meeting of the Company as is equal to the
number of Shares into which each Preference Share is entitled to be converted into
under this Agreement, subject to the Investor always having a minimum of 18%
voting rights in the Company. Thus, the voting rights of the holder in relation to the
Preference Shares shall be on an as-converted basis.
(3) Subject to paragraph (D)(2), a Preference Share shall confer on the holder Rights pari
passu with the Rights conferred on the holder of a Share.
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SCHEDULE 7
The normalised earnings per share (“Normalised EPS”) shall be computed after
making adjustments, if the same has not been made by the audit firm at the time of
preparation of the consolidated audited financial statement, to the fully diluted
Earnings Per Share (audited EPS) of the company for the Financial Year ended
March 31, 2009 as under:
1. Audited Profit After Tax (audited PAT) as per the company’s audited
financial statement for the 12 months period ended March 31, 2009.
b. Provisions
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4. Fully diluted & Adjusted EPS = Adjusted PAT / No. Of outstanding equity
shares on a fully diluted basis at the time of conversion
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SCHEDULE 8
WARRANTIES
Each of the Promoters and the Company jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Investor that the following statements are true and correct as on the date of execution of this
Agreement and as on the date of Closing.
(A) The Company and the Promoters hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to
the Investors as at the date of this Agreement and as of Closing that the Warranties
(including without limitation those at Clause 17) are true and correct in all respects, and
acknowledge that the Investor has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon the
Warranties being true in all respects.
(B) Each of the Warranties shall be construed as a separate warranty and (save as expressly
provided to the contrary herein) shall not be limited or restricted by reference to or
inference from the terms of any other Warranty or any other term of this Agreement.
(C) The Company and the Promoters undertake to notify the Investor in writing promptly if
they become aware of any fact, matter or circumstance (whether existing on or before
the date of this Agreement or arising afterwards) which would cause any of the
Warranties given by them, to become untrue or inaccurate or misleading in any material
respect.
(D) Each of the Warranties is separate and independent and none of the Warranties shall be
treated as qualified by any actual or constructive knowledge on the part of the Investors
or any of its/their agents, representatives, officers, employees or advisers.
(E) Where any statement in Clause 17, Schedule 8 or elsewhere in this Agreement is
qualified by the expression "so far as the relevant Warrantor / any party is aware" or "to
the best of the relevant Warrantor's / party’s knowledge, information and belief" or any
similar expression, that statement shall, save as expressly provided to the contrary
herein, be deemed to include an additional statement that it has been made after due and
careful enquiry. Where any statement in this Clause 17 or Schedule 8 or elsewhere in
this Agreement is qualified by the expression “material” with respect to the Company,
it means the event, change or effect referred to in such statement is material or
materially adverse, as the case may be, to the business, financial condition, profits,
operations, properties, assets and/or liabilities of the Company.
The Company and the Promoters hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Investor.
4. DEFINITIONS
In this Schedule, capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Schedule will have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. Except as provided in the foregoing, in this
Schedule the following words and expressions shall have the meaning ascribed thereto:
“Accounts” means the audited balance sheet and statements of profit and loss of the
Company for the periods ended March 31, 2008, March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006;
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“Accounts Date” means March 31, 2008;
“Assets” means all properties and assets (whether movable, immovable, tangible or
intangible) (i) owned by the Company; or (ii) used or held for use in connection with,
necessary for the conduct of, or otherwise material to, their Business; or (iii) in respect of
which the Company has possession, ownership, licence rights or a right to use;
“Dangerous Substance” means any natural or artificial substance (whether in the form of
solid, liquid or gas, alone or in combination with any other substance) or radiation that are
identified, listed or regulated under any law including applicable Environmental Law;
“Environmental Law” means all applicable statutes, bye-laws, regulations, directives, codes
of practice, company environmental plans and codes of conduct, circulars, guidance notes and
the like including those concerning the protection of human health or the environment or the
conditions of the workplace or the generation, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of
a Dangerous Substance;
“Indian GAAP” means the generally accepted accounting practices as applicable in India;
“Intellectual Property” means trade marks, service marks, trade names, domain names,
logos, set-up, patents, inventions, registered and unregistered design rights, copyrights, semi-
conductor, topography rights, database rights and all other similar rights in any part of the
world (including know-how) including, where such rights are obtained or enhanced by
registration, any registration of such rights and applications and rights to apply for such
registrations;
“Liabilities” means all liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent, disputed or otherwise and including financial lease commitments and employee
liabilities), all outstanding capital commitments and all bad or doubtful debts of the
Company;
“Tax” or “Taxation” means all forms of taxation, duties, levies, imposts and social security
charges, including without limitation corporate income tax, wage withholding tax, provident
fund, employee state insurance and gratuity contributions, value added tax, customs and excise
duties, capital tax and other legal transaction taxes, stamp duty, dividend withholding tax, real
estate taxes, other municipal taxes and duties, environmental taxes and duties and any other type
of taxes or duties and includes any interest, fines, penalties, assessments, or additions to tax
resulting from, attributable to, or incurred in connection with any such tax or any contest or
dispute thereof;
“Tax Claim” shall mean any notice of any claim, or of any audit, assessment, examination,
administrative or appellate or court proceedings or proposed change or adjustment by any
taxing authority concerning, for or in respect of any and all Taxes with respect to any taxable
period for the Company ending on or before the Closing Date or beginning before and ending
on or after the Closing Date;
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“Tax Return” shall mean any report, return, declaration, certificate, supports, statement, or
other document required to be supplied to a taxing authority in connection with Taxes or in
compliance with any Law or notice, order or direction by the tax authorities, for the period
ending on or before the Closing Date;
5. COMPANY
(a) The Company has been duly incorporated and organised, and validly
exists under the laws of India. The Company has the corporate power and
authority to own, hold, use and operate its Assets and to carry on its Business
as currently conducted. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and, if
applicable, is in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of the business conducted by it or the property owned, leased or
operated by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary.
(c) The registers, statutory books, books of account and other records of
whatsoever kind of the Company:
(iii) are and have been maintained on a proper and consistent basis;
(d) All registers, books and records referred to in sub-clause (c) and all other
documents (including documents of title and copies of all subsisting
agreements to which the Company is a party) which are the property of the
Company or ought to be in its possession are in the possession (or under the
control) of the Company and no notice or allegation that any of such books
and records is incorrect or should be rectified has been received.
(e) The Company has duly and timely filed all the forms and documents
required to be filed by the Company in accordance with Applicable Law
together with such details and documents as may be required under
Applicable Law.
6. AUTHORITY
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(a) The Promoters have the legal right, power and authority and the
Company has the corporate and legal power and authority to execute and
deliver the Agreement and to perform all of their respective obligations under
the Agreement and other related documents to which they are a party. All
corporate actions on the part of the Board and the Shareholders of the
Company required necessary for the authorisation, execution, delivery of the
Agreement and the performance of all the obligations of the Company and
the Promoters respectively under the Agreement have been obtained.
(b) The Promoters hereby represent, warrant and undertake that Mr. [•] is
hereby irrevocably appointed as agent for each of the Promoters, to execute
and deliver this Agreement, agree and execute any amendments to the
provisions of this Agreement, to give and receive notices and
communications, to agree, to negotiate, enter into settlements and
compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts
and awards of arbitrators with respect to this Agreement, and to exercise all
rights of the Promoters. For the purposes of this Agreement, all rights of the
Promoters shall be exercised by Mr. [•] only and Mr. [•] shall be duly
authorized to exercise such rights on behalf of each such Promoter.
(c) Mr. [•] hereby represents, warrants and undertakes that he has been
irrevocably appointed as agent for each of the Promoters, in terms of Article
22.1 and to undertake all that is contemplated in Article 22.1 of the
Agreement and sub-clause (b) above.
(d) The Agreement and other related documents to which the Company is a
party when executed and delivered by the Company will impose valid and
binding obligations on the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms. The Agreement to which each of the Promoters
is a party will when executed impose valid and binding obligations on the
Promoters, enforceable against the Promoters in accordance with its terms.
(f) The execution and delivery by the Company and the Promoters of the
Agreement and the performance by the Company and the Promoters of their
respective obligations under the Agreement do not and will not
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any Encumbrance over the Assets under, any contract to which the
Company or the Promoters are a party or by which they are bound;
(v) cause the Company to lose the benefit of any right or privilege
it presently enjoys;
7. SHARE CAPITAL
(a) Annexure [●] the Agreement sets forth true and accurate details of the
authorised share capital, the issued subscribed and paid up share capital, the
shareholding pattern of the Company and details of all Convertible
Instruments issued by the Company and the holders thereof.
(b) The Company does not have in existence any employee stock option,
stock purchase, stock appreciation right or phantom stock option schemes.
(c) The Investor Shares, when issued under this Agreement, (i) will be duly
authorised and validly issued and shall be free and clear of all Encumbrances
and Investor Shares shall be fully paid; and (ii) shall be free of restrictions on
transfer, pre emptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights other than
restrictions on transfer under the Agreement and the Charter Documents. The
Investor Equity Shares when issued shall rank pari passu with other Equity
Shares and the Investor Preference Shares shall rank senior in priority to all
Convertible Instruments and Shares.
(e) The Shares of the Company as held by the Promoters are free and clear of
all Encumbrances and no voting or similar agreements exist in relation to the
shares of the Company.
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8. ASSETS
(a) Annexure [●] sets forth the list of all the Assets owned, leased or
acquired on licence basis by the Company. The Company and the Promoters
hereby represent and warrant that for the purpose of conducting the Business
of the Company no other Asset is required apart from what is provided in the
said Annexure [●].
(b) The Company owns, or otherwise has full, exclusive, and legally
enforceable rights to use, all the Assets listed in sub-clause (a) above free of
all Encumbrances.
(c) The Company has good, valid and marketable title to all its properties
and in the case of leased property has valid leasehold interests in all such
properties. The Company enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of all
its properties and in the case of licensed premises all leave and license
agreements are valid and subsisting in respect of, all properties, in each case
free and clear of any Encumbrances.
(d) The Company has maintained all tangible Assets in good repair, working
order and operating condition subject only to ordinary wear and tear, and all
such tangible Assets are adequate and suitable for the purposes for which
they are presently being used.
(e) The Company is not in default, violation or breach in any respect under
any lease or leave and license agreement, and no event has occurred that
constitutes or, with notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a
default, violation or breach in any respect under any lease or leave and
license agreement. Each lease/leave and license agreement in which the
Company is the tenant grants the Company under such lease/leave and
license the exclusive right to use and occupy the premises and rights demised
thereunder.
(f) There is no proceeding pending against the Company and the Promoters
and no notice, whether written or oral, has been received by the Company
and the Promoters in connection with a proceeding pending or threatened,
which materially affects any of the Assets. There is no injunction, decree,
order, writ or judgment outstanding, nor any claims, litigation, administrative
actions or similar proceedings, pending or threatened, relating to the right or
title of the Company to such Assets or any portion thereof to which the
Company or the Promoters are a party.
(g) The owned property of the Company is and to the best knowledge of the
Company, the leased/licensed property of the Company is in material
compliance with all applicable building, zoning, subdivision, health and
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safety and other land use laws, as amended, and all insurance requirements
affecting the owned real property and the real property leases (collectively,
the “Real Property Laws”). The current use and occupancy of the owned
real property and operation of the Business of the Company thereon does not
violate any Real Property Laws. The Company has not received any written
notice of violation of any Real Property Law.
(h) The Company has a permanent legal right free from onerous and unusual
conditions to use all roads and conducting media serving each property and
the land held under each lease in the manner in which they are presently used
and neither any of the Promoters nor the Company knows of any imminent or
likely interruption of its right to use these roads or conducting media.
9. FINANCIAL MATTERS
(a) Accounts.
(ii) The Accounts give a true and fair view of the Assets,
Liabilities and state of affairs of the Company at the Accounts Date
and of the profits or losses of the Company for the period concerned;
(iii) The Accounts as at the Accounts Date are true and fair and:
(iv) The profits and losses of the Company for the periods ended on
the Accounts Date as shown by the Accounts respectively and by the
audited accounts of the Company for previous periods delivered to
the Investor have not been materially affected by changes or
inconsistencies in accounting treatment, by any non-recurring
transactions or items of income or expenditure, by transactions of an
abnormal or unusual nature or entered into otherwise than on normal
commercial terms.
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(i) there has been no Material Adverse Effect in the financial
position of the Company;
(iii) the Business has not, as of the date of this Agreement, been
materially and adversely affected by the loss of any important
customer or potential customer;
(iv) the Company has not declared, made or paid any dividend or
other distribution to its members;
(viii) the Company has not entered into any Connected Persons
Transaction other than those already in existence; and
(c) Except as disclosed in the Accounts, since the Accounts Date there is no
outstanding guarantee, suretyship or security (whether or not legally binding)
given by the Company for any Person, other than in the ordinary course of
business,
(e) The Company has devised and maintained systems of internal accounting
controls with respect to the Business sufficient to provide reasonable
assurances that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) all transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain proper accountability for items, (iii)
access to their property and assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded
accountability for items is compared with the actual levels at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
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10. LTITIGATION
(a) Neither the Company nor the Promoters and Directors of the Company
are engaged in, or the subject of any suit, claim, action, litigation, arbitration
or administrative, judicial, government or criminal proceedings (collectively,
“Litigation”), whether as plaintiff, defendant or otherwise.
(c) The Company, Promoters and the Directors of the Company are not
parties to any undertaking or assurance given to any Governmental Authority
or the subject of any injunction, trade restriction relating to the Business
which is still in force.
(d) No order has been made and no resolution has been passed for the
winding up of the Company or for a provisional liquidator to be appointed in
respect of the Company and no petition has been presented and no meeting
has been convened for the purpose of winding up the Company. No receiver
has been appointed in respect of the Company or all or any of its Assets. The
Company is not insolvent or not unable to pay its debts as they fall due.
11. INDEBTEDNESS
(a) Annexure [●]sets out all the details of the Indebtedness of the Company
and Annexure [●] sets out the details of the security provided for such
Indebtedness obtained by the Company.
(b) The Company and the Promoters have not provided any security
(including by way of a charge over assets or by way of a guarantee) to any
Person for Indebtedness of the Company and any third Person has not
provided security for Indebtedness of the Company.
(d) The Company has not received any demand or other notice requiring the
payment or repayment of money before its normal or originally stated
maturity or relating to enforcement of security under the Financing
Documents.
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(e) The Company is in compliance with all the terms and conditions of the
Financing Documents and the related security documents in accordance with
their terms and there are no circumstances whereby the continuation of any
such facilities might be prejudiced or affected as a result of the transaction
effected by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of the Promoters are on the Reserve Bank
of India defaulter list.
12. CONTRACTS
(a) Annexure [●] sets forth all the contracts to which the Company is a party,
whether or not set out in the form of an Agreement.
(a) The Company is in full compliance with all Applicable Laws including
but not limited to the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, the
Companies Act, 1956, Registration Act, 1908, etc and there exists no event
that, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a conflict,
violation, breach or default with, of or under any (i) Applicable Law, (ii) any
provision of its Charter Documents, or (iii) any contract, or any other
agreement or instrument to which it is party or by which it or any of its
Assets is bound or affected.
(b) Neither the Promoter nor the Company is or has at any time been in
material violation of any Applicable Law in relation to the Business of the
Company (including without limitation any violation which may result in any
liability or criminal or administrative sanction to the Company or otherwise
have a material effect on the ability of the Company to conduct its Business
as currently conducted).
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(c) The Company has all Governmental Approvals, necessary for the
conduct of its Business as currently conducted and has conducted its Business
in accordance with such Governmental Approvals.
14. TAXATION
(i) all Tax Returns relating to the Company or the Business of the
Company have been duly and timely filed and are correct and
complete in all material respects;
(ii) all Taxes as required under Applicable Law have been duly
and timely paid, which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings being diligently conducted by the Company;
(b) There has been no claim or issue concerning any liability for Taxes of the
Company asserted, raised or threatened by any taxing authority. No audits or
investigations are pending or threatened with respect to any Tax Returns or
Taxes of the Company.
(c) The Company has not (i) waived any statute of limitation, (ii) agreed to
any extension of the period for assessment or collection or (iii) executed or
filed any power of attorney with respect to Taxes, which waiver, agreement
or power of attorney is currently in force.
(d) The execution and delivery of the Agreement and the performance of the
obligations will not cause the Company to incur or sustain any liability for
Tax by reason of the withdrawal of any relief from Tax, which may have
been claimed in any return filed in relation to a period prior to Closing. The
Closing or the exercise of the rights attached to the Investor Shares will not
result in the Company not being entitled to any relief from Tax which the
Company would otherwise have been entitled to.
(e) All goods, services, other inputs for which the Company, has claimed any
exemption, credit, deduction, concession or similar treatment with respect to
any Tax have been or are to be used for the purposes of the Business of the
Company, and the Company has a reasonable basis on which to conclude that
such exemption, credit, deduction, concession or similar treatment is a valid
exemption, credit, deduction or similar treatment available to the extent
claimed.
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(f) The Company has paid or deposited the applicable stamp duty on, or in
respect of all material documents as per Applicable Laws to be so subject to
stamp duty in a proper and adequate manner.
(i) each such transaction has been carried out on arm’s length
terms as determined under the provisions of Applicable Law;
(ii) the Company has prepared and retained all such documentation
as is necessary or reasonable to identify the terms of the transactions
and the methodology used in arriving at arm's length terms for such
transactions as may be prescribed by the relevant Tax Laws,
including but not limited to the information and documents
prescribed as per the provisions of Section 92D of the Income Tax
Act, 1961 of India and the rules made there under.
(h) The Company has not at any time entered into or been party to any
transactions, schemes or arrangements which could result in any claim or
proceeding against the Company pertaining to Tax avoidance.
(i) All reliefs and other Tax benefits shown in the Accounts are valid and
properly claimed and are available to offset profits of the Company subject to
Tax and there are no circumstances in existence, which might cause the
disallowance in whole or part of any such relief or benefit either in the period
before the execution of the Agreement or the period thereafter.
(j) The Company does not have any Tax Claims except to the extent that
provisions have been made in the Accounts.
15. EMPLOYEES
(a) Annexure [●] sets forth the list of the employees of the Company and
their terms of service including the details of all their remuneration from the
Company. The Company has not received any notice of termination of
employment from any employee of the Company.
(b) There are not currently, and have not been in the past three years, labour
disputes subject to any grievance procedure, arbitration or litigation, and
there is no representation petition pending or threatened with respect to any
employee of the Company.
(c) The Company has complied in all material respects with all Applicable
Laws pertaining to the employment or termination of employment of its
employees, including all such Applicable Laws relating to labour relations,
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equal employment opportunities, employment practices, prohibited
discrimination or distinction and other similar employment activities.
(f) There are no other employee benefit plans or bonus, incentive or deferred
compensation, severance, termination, retention, change of control, stock
option, stock appreciation, stock purchase, phantom stock or other equity-
based, performance or other employee or retiree benefit or compensation
plans, programs, arrangements, agreements, policies or understandings, that
provide or may provide benefits or compensation in respect of any employee
or former employee of the Company or the beneficiaries or dependents of any
such employee or former employee or under which any employee is or may
become eligible to participate or derive a benefit.
(g) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and
conditions of all registrations, licences, permissions and approvals required
by the applicable employment laws, including without limitation, those under
the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, the Employees
Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Payment of Bonus
Act, 1965 and the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1970.
(h) There is no collective bargaining contract, and there are no labour unions
or other organizations representing, purporting to represent or attempting to
represent any employees of the Company.
16. INSURANCE
(a) A list of material insurance policies taken out by the Company is set forth
in Annexure [●].
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(a) The Company does own trademarks, copyrights, patents or any other
Intellectual Property. Annexure [●] sets forth the list of Intellectual Property
registered and applied for registration by the Company.
(b) The processes employed and the products and services dealt in by the
Company both now and at any time within the last six years do not and did
not use, embody or infringe any rights or interests of third parties in
Intellectual Property and no claims of infringement of any such rights or
interests have been made by any third party.
(d) (i) no claim has been asserted by any Person against the Company with
respect to any Intellectual Property, (ii) nor has the Company asserted a claim
against any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property, and there exists
no valid basis for such a claim, (iii) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not materially impair the validity,
ownership or any right to use any Intellectual Property, and (iv) all
Intellectual Property owned (if any) by the Company is owned by the
Company free and clear of any Encumbrances.
(e) There has been no misuse of know-how by the Company and none of the
Promoters have made any disclosure of know-how to any Person other than
the Investor, except properly and in the ordinary and usual course of business
and on the basis that such disclosure is to be treated as being of a confidential
character.
19. ENVIRONMENT
(a) The Company has obtained all Environmental Licences (all of which are
valid and subsisting). The Company has at all times complied with all
applicable Environmental Law and with the terms and conditions of all
Environmental Licences. There are no circumstances reasonably likely to
give rise to any modification, suspension or revocation of an Environmental
Licence. The Company has not received any written notice of a violation of
any Environmental Law or Environmental Licence.
(b) There are no events or conditions that are reasonably likely to interfere
substantially with compliance or continued compliance with any
Environmental Law or Environmental Licences.
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rise to, or could reasonably be expected to give rise to a material liability to
the Company under applicable Environmental Law.
(a) None of the directors, officers, and employees or other persons acting on
behalf of the Company and the Promoters has been party to the use of any
Assets of the Company for unlawful contributions, gifts or entertainment, the
making of any direct or indirect unlawful payment to government officials or
employees from such Assets, the establishment or maintenance of any
unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other Assets, the making
of any false or fictitious entries on the books or records of the Company, or
the making of any unlawful payment. The Company and the Promoters have
complied with all Applicable Laws dealing with improper or illegal
payments, gifts or gratuities, and have not paid, promised to pay or
authorized the payment of money or anything of value, directly or indirectly,
to any person (whether a government official or private individual) for the
purpose of illegally inducing any governmental official or any political party
or official thereof or any candidate for political office to take action
favourable to the Company.
21. DISCLOSURE
(a) Annexure [●]sets forth, (1) with respect to each Person (which is a
corporate entity) in which the Company or any of the Promoters holds
directly or indirectly shares, partnership interests or other equity interests, or
any warrants, options or other rights to acquire the same: (i) such Person’s
name and jurisdiction of incorporation or organization; (ii) such Person’s date
of incorporation or organization; (iii) such Person’s authorized share capital
or other equity interests (including such warrants, options and other rights);
(iv) the number and type of such Person’s issued and outstanding share
capital, partnership interests or other equity interests (including such
warrants, options and other rights); and (v) the current ownership of such
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share capital, partnership interests or other equity interests, and such
warrants, options and other rights (including percentage of outstanding
capital represented thereby on a fully diluted basis). Neither the Company nor
any of the Promoters have any investment in, and holds no, shares,
partnership interests or equity interests (or warrants, options or other rights to
acquire the same) of any other Person; and (2) with respect to each Person
(which is not a corporate entity) in which the Company or any of the
Promoters holds directly or indirectly any interest (i) such Person’s name and
jurisdiction of organization; (ii) such Person’s date of organization; (iii) any
other persons who hold interests in such Person.
(c) With respect to each subsidiary of the Company, the Company, directly
or indirectly, owns, beneficially and of record, the interests identified on
Annexure [•], free and clear of all Encumbrances, and all such interests are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of pre-
emptive rights. Except for this Agreement, there are no Contracts proposed or
in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any interest in the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company.
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SCHEDULE 9
PRE-CLOSING
1. Access
()a procure that the Investor, their agents and representatives are given
fullsuch access to the Land and to the books and records of the
Company as reasonably necessary for due diligence; and
()b provide such information regarding the businesses and affairs of the
Company as the Investor may require, including but not limited to
quarterly financials, board packs, information about material
litigation and other records.
2. Conduct of business
Pending Closing each of the Promoters and the Company shall exercise all rights and
powers available to it so as to procure that, except with the written consent of the
Investor, the Company shall not, other than in the ordinary course of business:
()c borrow any money (except borrowings from its bankers not
exceeding INR 25,000,000 or make any payments out of or drawings
on its bank account(s) (except routine payments); or
()e grant any lease or third party right in respect of any of the Properties
or transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Property; or renew,
terminate or alter any Lease;
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()j make any change in the terms and conditions of employment of any
of its directors or employees or employ or terminate (except for good
cause) the employment of any person or appoint or settle the terms of
appointment of any managing director, general manager, chairman,
financial controller or other key manager(s); or
()k make, or announce to any person any proposal to make, any change
or addition to any benefit of or in respect of any of its directors or
employees or former directors or former employees (or any
dependant of any such person) or grant or create any additional
benefit; or
()t pass any resolution for the winding up of the Company or undertake
any merger, reconstruction or liquidation exercise concerning the
Company or apply for the appointment of a receiver, manager or
judicial manager or like officer;
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()u other than as required under this Agreement, make any alteration or
amendment to the constitutional documents of the Company;
()w acquire any share capital or other securities, assets or business of any
Person or merge or consolidate with or into any other Person or the
establishment of any brands;
()y enter into or amend the terms of or terminate any material contracts;
()z in any other way depart from the ordinary course of its day-to-day
trading; or
Pending Closing, and except with the written consent of the Investor, the Promoters
and the Company shall not, and shall procure that the Company shall not, do or omit
to do, or cause to be done or omitted to be done, any act or thing which would result
(or be likely to result) in a breach of any of the Warranties at Closing.
Each of the Promoters and the Company shall immediately notify the Investor of any
matter or thing which arises or becomes known to it before Closing which
(notwithstanding the preceding paragraph):
5. Right of rescission
If before Closing:
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()a any material breach of the Warranties comes to the notice of the
Investor; or
()b any The Promoters and the Company is in material breach of any
obligation on its part under this Agreement or any related agreement
and, where that breach is capable of remedy, it is not remedied to the
Investor’s satisfaction; or
()c anything occurs which, had it occurred on or before the date of this
Agreement, would have constituted a material breach of the
Warranties; or
then, but without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Investor,
the Investor may without any liability to the Promoters and the Company elect not to
complete the Subscription by giving notice to the Promoters and the Company.
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SCHEDULE 10
“RESOLVED THAT neither the Company nor its Board of Directors have, and shall at any
time hereafter, have any objection to any investments made or proposed to be made by [•]
(“the Investor”), or any of the Investor’s respective affiliates, in such businesses as the
Investor or any of its affiliates may deem fit, notwithstanding that the business in which such
investment is made or proposed to made is in the same or allied field as the present or future
businesses of the Company.
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SCHEDULE 11
1. This certificate is delivered to BTS India Private Equity Fund Limited, Mauritius, a
company incorporated under the laws of [•], having its principal place of business at [●] (the
“Investor”), pursuant to Article 4.1 (k) of the Share Subscription and Shareholders
Agreement dated [●] (the “Agreement”), by and among the Investor, [•], a company
incorporated in India (“Company”) and the Promoters of the Company, relating to the
investment by the Investor in the Company.
2. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings as set forth in this
Agreement.
(a) The Company has the corporate power and authority to own and
operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as currently
conducted and proposed to be conducted.
(c) The statutory registers and books including the minute books and
register of members of the Company have been properly and accurately
maintained and written up to date in all material respects and contain full and
accurate records of all resolutions passed by the directors and the
shareholders of the Company and all issuances and transfers of shares or
other securities of the Company. All such documents are in its possession or
under the control of the Company. The register of members of the Company
contains a complete and accurate record of the members of the Company.
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(e) No order has been made, petition presented, resolution passed or
meeting convened for the winding up (or other process whereby the business
is terminated or the assets of the Company are distributed amongst its
creditors and/or shareholders or other contributories) of the Company and
there are no cases or proceedings under any applicable insolvency, re-
organization, or similar Laws concerning the Company and no events have
occurred which, under applicable laws, would justify and result in any such
cases or proceedings and no receiver, liquidator, trustee, administrator,
custodian or similar official has been appointed in respect of the whole or any
part of the business or assets of the Company.
Sincerely yours,
For [Name of entity]
_________________
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SCHEDULE 12
FORM ON NOC FROM THE PROMOTERS AND THE COMPANY FOR EXISTING
BUSINESS
Date:
To,
BTS India Private Equity Fund Limited, Mauritius
[•],
Mauritius
RE : NO OBJECTION LETTER
1. This is with reference to your proposed subscription to the equity shares of Caravel
Logistics Private Limited (the “Company”). We understand that BTS India Private
Equity Fund Limited (the “Investor”) is a company established in the Republic of
Mauritius as a private limited company under the Mauritious Companies Act and is
managed by BTS Group.
2. I am a promoter of the Company, and along with the other promoters and the persons
acting in concert with the promoters, we hold [•]% of the issued and paid-up share
capital of the Company.
3. For myself and on behalf of the other promoters and persons acting in concert, I
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree and confirm that we have no objection
to you and/or any other entity forming part of the BTS Group and/or its affiliates or
associates, undertaking any investment in any existing or new companies in India,
including entering into any agreement, business, collaboration, trademark
arrangement or technology collaboration arrangement or joint venture with any
person in India, in any areas including in the same or allied field as the business being
carried on by the Company and/or its subsidiaries, associates or affiliates.
4. For this purpose each of us shall in future, if you so request, promptly provide you
any additional support which you may request, including duly executing and
delivering all further letters, resolutions, documents and consents as may be requested
or required in relation to any Indian legal or regulatory requirements.
6. For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby clarified that this no objection shall be valid
for an indefinite term, notwithstanding that you or your affiliates cease to be
shareholders of the Company.
7. We recognize, agree and confirm that this letter is binding on us and our successors in
interests and assigns without any restriction whatsoever and without any reference or
intimation to us.
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Yours sincerely,
[•]
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Date:
[•],
Mauritius
We refer to the Share Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreement dated [insert] (the
"Agreement") entered into between Caravel Logistics Private Limited (the
"Company"), a company incorporated and registered in India under the provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956, having its registered office at [•] promoted by us of the
first part and your Fund of the third part.
We agree and acknowledge that your Fund has invested into the Company relying
upon the stake held by us in the Company and our participation in the management
and the day to day affairs of the Company.
We hereby, jointly and severally, undertake not to sell, create any charge, pledge,
lien, option, restriction, right of pre-emption, third party right or interest or any other
form of encumbrance or security interest of any kind, or another type of preferential
arrangement (including, a title transfer or retention arrangement) or dispose (whether
for or without consideration or, whether directly or indirectly), any of the Shares held
by us in the Company or any interest therein except in terms of this Agreement.
Yours sincerely,
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To,
[•]
Dear Sir(s)
We refer to the Share Subscription and Shareholders Agreement dated [•] executed between
the Investor, the Company and the Promoters (“the Agreement”).
We hereby confirm and declare that as of the date hereof we have complied with the
Conditions Precedent specified in Article 4 of the Agreement.
Capitalized words and expressions used in this letter but not defined herein shall have the
same meaning as assigned to them in the Agreement.
Yours sincerely,
______________
(Company)
(Promoters)
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COMPANY COVENANTS
A. GENERAL
(1) maintain its due incorporation and ensure that its articles of association are in
accordance with all the Applicable Laws and regulations.;
(2) keep all statutory books and registers including the register of members properly;
(3) correctly make up, duly file and/or deliver all returns and particulars, resolutions and
other documents that it is required by law to file with or deliver to any relevant
authority; and
(4) keep full minutes of Company Board meetings and meetings of any committee of the
Company Board including details of the Directors in attendance, the matters
discussed and the resolutions tabled.
(1) use its best efforts to ensure that neither itself nor any of its officers, agents or
employees (during the course of their duties) does or omits to do anything which is a
contravention of any law, regulation or the requirements of any regulatory body. The
Company will (i) comply with all applicable rules, laws, requests, orders, statutes and
judgments of any governmental entities that have an impact on or are enforceable
against them and ensure that the representations and warranties contained in Schedule
8 of the Share Subscription and Shareholders Agreement remain true and accurate
throughout the term of this Agreement; (ii) apply for, maintain and ensure compliance
with all consents, waivers, licenses necessary for the conduct of its business; and (iii)
maintain its due incorporation and proper formation; and
(2) Shall keep complete and accurate books and records, statutory records and share
registers.
The Company covenants that it shall apply for, maintain, and ensure the compliance
with, of all Licences and conduct its business in accordance with all the Applicable
Laws and regulations.
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The Company covenants that it shall conduct the Business only through itself and
with adequate due diligence.
The Company covenants that it shall at all times complies fully with this Agreement.
(i) in accordance with Indian GAAP and the Applicable Law and regulations;
(ii) that correctly state the Assets and liabilities of the Company and give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of
the Company;
(iii) that contain either provisions adequate to cover, or full particulars in notes of,
all Taxation (including deferred taxation) and other liabilities (whether
quantified, contingent or otherwise) of the Company; and
(iv) that have been duly filed in accordance with the Applicable Law.
C. INSURANCE
(1) The Company covenants that it shall exercise all rights and powers available to it to
procure that all the Assets of an insurable nature are at all times insured in amounts
representing their full replacement or reinstatement value against fire and other risks
normally insured against by persons carrying on the same classes of business as the
Business and the Company and are at all times been adequately covered against
accident, damage, injury, third party loss, loss of profits and other risks normally
covered by insurance.
(2) The Company covenants that it shall exercise all rights and powers available to it to
procure that it has taken out product liability policies:
(i) covering risks normally insured against by persons carrying on the same
classes of business as the Business and the Company in the territories in
which the Company conduct its Business; and
(ii) that comply with the Company’s obligations under any contract to which it is
party.
D. TAXATION
D.1 General
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The Company covenants that it shall exercise all rights and powers available to it to
procure that all Taxation of any nature whatsoever for which the Company is liable
and which has fallen due for payment is duly paid.
The Company covenants that it shall exercise all rights and powers available to it to
procure that all notices, computations and returns are properly and duly submitted by
the Company to the relevant Taxation authorities and all information, notices,
computations and returns submitted to such authorities are true, accurate and
complete and that all records which the Company is required to keep for Taxation
purposes or which would be needed to substantiate any claim made or position taken
in relation to Taxation by the Company are duly kept and are available for inspection
at the premises of the Company.
The Company covenants that it shall exercise all rights and powers available to it to
procure that the Company has made all deductions in respect, or in account, of any
Taxation from any payments made by it which it is obliged or entitled to make and
has accounted in full to the appropriate authority for all amounts so deducted.
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