20-F
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 20-F

 

 

(Mark One)

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

OR

 

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

For the fiscal year ended                     

OR

 

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

OR

 

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

Date of event requiring this shell company report: March 31, 2022

Commission File Number: 001-41339

 

 

Swvl Holdings Corp

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

British Virgin Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

The Offices 4, One Central

Dubai World Trade Center

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(Address of principal executive offices)

Mostafa Kandil

Swvl Holdings Corp

The Offices 4, One Central

Dubai World Trade Center

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone number: +971 42241293

(Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share   SWVL   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants   SWVLW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one Warrant   GMBTU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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

None

(Title of Class)

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

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the shell company report:

 

Class A Ordinary Shares                    118,496,102
Warrants       17,433,333
Units       0

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

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

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

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

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

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer     Non accelerated filer  
         (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  
         Emerging growth company  

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

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  ☐

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

 

U.S. GAAP  ☐           International Financial Reporting Standards as issued         Other  ☐
          by the International Accounting Standards Board        

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

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

 

 

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     2  

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

     4  

PART I

       5  

Item 1.

  Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers      5  

Item 2.

  Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable      5  

Item 3.

  Key Information      6  

Item 4.

  Information on the Company      6  

Item 4A.

  Unresolved Staff Comments      7  

Item 5.

  Operating and Financial Review and Prospects      7  

Item 6.

  Directors, Senior Management and Employees      8  

Item 7.

  Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions      8  

Item 8.

  Financial Information      10  

Item 9.

  The Offer and Listing      10  

Item 10.

  Additional Information      11  

Item 11.

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      17  

Item 12.

  Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities      17  

PART II

       18  

PART III

       19  

Item 17.

  Financial Statements      19  

Item 18.

  Financial Statements      19  

Item 19.

  Exhibits      19  

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

On March 31, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), Swvl Holdings Corp, a British Virgin Islands business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Holdings” or the “Company”), consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2021 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Swvl Inc., a British Virgin Islands business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Swvl”), Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“SPAC”), Pivotal Merger Sub Company I, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Cayman Merger Sub”), and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (“BVI Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, (a) SPAC merged with and into Cayman Merger Sub (the “SPAC Merger”), with Cayman Merger Sub surviving the SPAC Merger (Cayman Merger Sub, in its capacity as the surviving company of the SPAC Merger, the “SPAC Surviving Company”) and becoming the sole owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares, par value $1.00 per share, of BVI Merger Sub (each, a “BVI Merger Sub Common Share”), (b) concurrently with the consummation of the SPAC Merger, Holdings redeemed each Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001, of Holdings (each, a “Holdings Common Share A”) and each Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001, of Holdings (each, a “Holdings Common Share B”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the SPAC Merger for par value, (c) following the SPAC Merger, the SPAC Surviving Company distributed all of the issued and outstanding BVI Merger Sub Common Shares to Holdings (the “BVI Merger Sub Distribution”) and (d) following the BVI Merger Sub Distribution, BVI Merger Sub merged with and into Swvl (the “Company Merger”, and together with the SPAC Merger, the “Mergers”), with Swvl surviving the Company Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings. As a result of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (collectively, the “Business Combination”), the SPAC Surviving Company and Swvl each became wholly owned subsidiaries of Holdings and the securityholders of SPAC and Swvl became securityholders of Holdings.

As part of the Business Combination, at the effective time of the SPAC Merger (the “SPAC Merger Effective Time”), among other things, (a) each Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of SPAC (each, a “SPAC Class A Ordinary Share”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time was automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive one Holdings Common Share A and (b) each Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of SPAC, was automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive one Holdings Common Share B, (c) each fraction of or whole warrant to purchase SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (each, a “SPAC Warrant”) issued, outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time was automatically assumed and converted into a fraction or whole warrant, to acquire (in the case of a whole warrant) one Holdings Common Share A, subject to the same terms and conditions (including exercisability terms) as were applicable to the corresponding former warrants of SPAC (each such resulting warrant, a “Holdings Warrant”) and (d) without duplication of the foregoing, each unit of SPAC, comprised of one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share and one-third of one SPAC Warrant, existing and outstanding immediately prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time was automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into one unit of Holdings (each, a “Holdings Unit”), comprised of one Holdings Common Share A and one-third of one Holdings Warrant.

As part of the Business Combination, at the effective time of the Company Merger (the “Company Merger Effective Time”), among other things, (a) the Holdings Units separated into their component securities and ceased to exist, (b) all of Swvl’s ordinary common shares A of no par value, all of Swvl’s ordinary common shares B of no par value (“Swvl Common Shares B”) and all preferred shares of Swvl (collectively, “Swvl Shares”) outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time (excluding any Swvl Shares held in treasury by Swvl) were automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive (i) a number of Holdings Common Shares A equal to the Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Company’s Amendment No. 7 of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (333-259800) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 11, 2022 (the “Form F-4”)) and (ii) upon the satisfaction of certain conditions more fully described in the Form F-4, the applicable per share earnout consideration, in each case without interest and (c) each then outstanding and unexercised option to purchase Swvl Common Shares B (each, a “Swvl Option”), whether or not vested, were assumed and converted into (i) an option to purchase a number of Holdings Common Shares A equal to the product of (A) the number of Swvl Common Shares B subject to such Swvl Option (assuming payment in cash of the exercise price of such Swvl Option) immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio (such product rounded down to the nearest whole share), at an

 

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exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (x) the exercise price per share of such Swvl Option immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective time, divided by (y) the Exchange Ratio (which option will remain subject to the same vesting terms as such Swvl Option) and (ii) a number of restricted stock units that will be settled in Holdings Common Shares A upon the satisfaction of certain price targets or the occurrence of a “change of control” event, as more fully described in the Form F-4. Concurrently with the consummation of the Company Merger at the Company Merger Effective Time, the Swvl Convertible Notes (as defined in the Form F-4) also converted into the right to receive Holdings Common Shares A, as further described in the Form F-4.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, SPAC and Holdings entered into subscription agreements (the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with a number of investors (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, and Holdings agreed to sell to the PIPE Investors in a private placement at or after the Company Merger Effective Time, Holdings Common Shares A for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, representing an aggregate purchase price of $49.7 million, of which $39.7 million was received by the Company at the Company Merger Effective Time. In addition, Swvl issued $71.8 million of exchangeable notes (the “Swvl Exchangeable Notes”) to investors, including certain of the PIPE Investors, which such Swvl Exchangeable Notes were automatically exchanged for Holdings Common Shares A. The aggregate number of Holdings Common Shares A issued at the Company Merger Effective Time in connection with the PIPE Subscription Agreements and the Swvl Exchangeable Notes was 12,188,711.

The Business Combination was consummated on March 31, 2022. The transaction was unanimously approved by SPAC’s board of directors and was approved at the extraordinary general meeting of SPAC’s shareholders held on March 30, 2022 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”). SPAC’s shareholders also voted to approve all other proposals presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting. As a result of the Business Combination, the SPAC Surviving Company and Swvl each became wholly owned subsidiaries of Holdings. On April 1, 2022, Holdings Common Shares A and Holdings Warrants (together, the “Company Securities”) will commence trading on the The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), under the new tickers “SWVL” and “SWVLW,” respectively. The Holdings Units, having automatically separated into their component securities at the Company Merger Effective Time, have ceased to be outstanding.

Certain amounts that appear in this Report may not sum due to rounding.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this shell company report on Form 20-F (including information incorporated by reference herein, this “Report”) constitute forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts, and generally relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to, among other things, the Business Combination, the benefits of the Business Combination, the Company’s capital resources, results of operation, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies, future market conditions, economic performance, developments in the capital and credit markets and the operations of Holdings following the Closing. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of terminology such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words or phrases, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

The forward-looking statements contained in this Report reflect the Company’s current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:

 

   

the ability to maintain the listing of Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq;

 

   

the risk that the consummation of the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of Swvl;

 

   

the parties’ ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition and the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably following the Business Combination;

 

   

the Company’s success in attracting and retaining riders and qualified drivers or changes in its officers, key employees or directors following the Business Combination;

 

   

the risk of reputational challenges based on the behavior of drivers using Swvl’s platform or performance of its operations, including safety, reliability and quality of its services;

 

   

changes in applicable laws or regulations;

 

   

the possibility that COVID-19 may adversely affect the results of operations, financial position, and cash flows of the Company;

 

   

technological changes, particularly across the “software as a service”/“transport as a service” vertical;

 

   

the inability of the Company’s management team following Closing to properly manage a public company, which may result in difficulty adequately operating and growing its business;

 

   

data security or privacy breaches, as well as defects, errors, outages or vulnerabilities in Swvl’s technology and that of third-party providers; and

 

   

the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, legal or competitive factors.

While forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes after the date of this Report, except as required by applicable law. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company’s future results, performance or transactions to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, please see the section “Risk Factors” of the Form F-4, which is incorporated by reference into this Report. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1.

Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

 

  A.

Directors and Senior Management

The directors and executive officers of the Company upon the consummation of the Business Combination are set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination,” and under Item 4 of this Report, which are incorporated herein by reference. The business address for each of the Company’s directors and executive officers is The Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

 

  B.

Advisers

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019, United States, has acted as counsel for the Company with respect to New York and U.S. Federal law and continues to act as counsel for the Company with respect to New York and U.S. Federal law following the completion of the Business Combination.

Maples and Calder, Ritter House, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, has acted as counsel for the Company with respect to British Virgin Islands law and continues to act as counsel for the Company with respect to British Virgin Islands law following the completion of the Business Combination.

Slaughter & May, One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY, United Kingdom, has acted as counsel for the Company with respect to U.K. law and continues to act as counsel for the Company with respect to U.K. law following the completion of the Business Combination.

 

  C.

Auditors

Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch) has acted as the independent auditor for the Company and Swvl for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Item 2.

Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

Not applicable.

 

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Item 3.

Key Information

 

  A.

[Reserved]

 

  B.

Capitalization and Indebtedness

The following table sets forth the capitalization of the Company on an unaudited pro forma combined basis as of June 30, 2021, after giving effect to the Business Combination, the PIPE Subscription Agreements funded upon consummation of the Business Combination and the Swvl Exchangeable Notes.

 

As of June 30, 2021

   Historical     Pro Forma  
     (U.S. Dollars in millions)  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 17.8     $ 150.8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Debt:

    

Loans and borrowings (non-current)

   $ 0.0     $ 0.0  

Loans and borrowings (current)

   $ 27.7     $ 0.0  

Total indebtedness

   $ 27.7     $ 0.0  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class A Ordinary Shares and Shareholders’ equity / (net deficit)

   $ (39.8   $  130.6  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capitalization

   $  (12.1   $ 130.6  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  C.

Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

 

  D.

Risk Factors

The risk factors associated with the Company are described in the Form F-4 in the section titled “Risk Factors,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.

Information on the Company

 

  A.

History and Development of the Company

See “Explanatory Note” in this Report for additional information regarding the Company and the Business Combination Agreement. The Company is a business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands on July 23, 2021 under the name Pivotal Holdings Corp. As part of the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Swvl Holdings Corp. The mailing address of the Company’s registered office is Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The Company’s principal executive office is The Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The telephone number of the Company’s principal executive office is +971 42241293. The history and development of the Company and the material terms of the Business Combination are described in the Form F-4 under the headings “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus,” “The Business Combination,” and “Description of Holdings Securities,” which are incorporated herein by reference.

The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website is http://www.sec.gov. The Company’s principal website address is https://www.swvl.com. We do not incorporate the information contained on, or accessible through, the Company’s websites into this Report, and you should not consider it a part of this Report.

 

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  B.

Business Overview

Following and as a result of the Business Combination, all of the Company’s business is conducted through Swvl and its subsidiaries. A description of the business is included in the Form F-4 in the sections entitled “Information About Swvl” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Swvl,” which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

  C.

Organizational Structure

Upon consummation of the Business Combination, Swvl became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The subsidiaries of the Company are listed below:

 

Name   Country of Incorporation    Percentage Ownership
Interest Held by Swvl
Holdings Corp
 

Pivotal Merger Sub Company I

 

Cayman Islands

     100

Swvl For Smart Transport Applications and Services LLC

 

Egypt

     99.8

Swvl Global FZE

 

United Arab Emirates

     100

Swvl Inc.

 

British Virgin Islands

     100

Swvl MY For Information Technology SDN BHD

 

Malaysia

     100

Swvl NBO Limited

 

Kenya

     100

Swvl Pakistan (Private) Limited

 

Pakistan

     99.9987

SWVL Saudi for Information Technology

 

Saudi Arabia

     100

Swvl Technologies FZE

 

United Arab Emirates

     100

Swvl Technologies Limited

 

Kenya

     100

 

  D.

Property, Plants and Equipment

The Company’s property, plants and equipment are held through Swvl. Information regarding Swvl’s property, plants and equipment is described in the Form F-4 under the headings “Information About Swvl—Facilities,” which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4A.

Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operation of Swvl, the Company’s operating subsidiary, is included in the Form F-4 in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation of Swvl,” which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 6.

Directors, Senior Management and Employees

 

  A.

Directors and Senior Management

The directors and executive officers of the Company upon the consummation of the Business Combination are set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

On March 29, 2022, the Company selected Gbenga Oyebode to serve as a Class I director on the Company’s Board of Directors and as a member of the Company’s audit committee.

Gbenga Oyebode, age 62, is the co-founder and former chairman of Aluko & Oyebode, one of the largest law firms in Nigeria. Mr. Oyebode currently serves on the boards of Nestlé Nigeria Plc, Lafarge Africa Plc, Socfinaf SA, Okomu Oil Palm Company and PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC. In addition, Mr. Oyebode embodies a spirit of philanthropy through his service as the chairman of Teach for Nigeria, director of Teach for All and as a member of the Global Advisory Council of the African Leadership Academy. Mr. Oyebode also sits on the boards of Jazz at the Lincoln Center, the African Philanthropy Forum, Carnegie Hall and the Ford Foundation. Mr. Oyebode has previously served on the boards of Access Bank Plc and MTN Nigeria Plc. Mr. Oyebode holds bachelor of laws degrees from the University of Ife and the Nigerian Law School and a master of laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds one of Nigeria’s highest honors, the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and is a recipient of the Belgian royal honor of Knight of the Order of Leopold.

 

  B.

Compensation

Information pertaining to the compensation of the directors and executive officers of the Company is set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Executive Compensation,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  C.

Board Practices

Information pertaining to the Company’s board practices is set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

D.     Employees

Information pertaining to the Company’s employees is set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Information About Swvl—Employees,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

E.     Share Ownership

Ownership of the Company’s shares by its directors and executive officers upon consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in Item 7.A of this Report.

 

Item 7.

Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

 

  A.

Major Shareholders

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Class A Ordinary Shares as of the date hereof by:

 

   

each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of Class A Ordinary Shares;

 

   

each of our directors and executive officers; and

 

   

all our directors and executive officers as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if that person possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities if that person has a right to acquire within 60 days, including, without limitation, through the exercise of any option, warrant or other right or the conversion of any other security. Such securities, however, are deemed to be outstanding only for the purpose of computing the percentage beneficial ownership of that person but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage beneficial ownership of any other person. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities.

 

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As of the date hereof, there are 118,496,102 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of voting shares beneficially owned by them.

 

Beneficial Owner

   Class A
Ordinary
Shares
     % of Class A
Ordinary
Shares
 

Five Percent Holders of the Company:

     

Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC (1)

     14,558,333        11.7

Memphis Equity Ltd. (2) (7)

     17,893,053        15.1

VNV (Cyprus) Limited (3) (7)

     14,462,414        12.2

DiGame Africa (4) (7)

     10,297,942        8.7

Directors and Executive Officers of the Company: (5)

     

Mostafa Kandil (7)

     7,549,815        6.4

Youssef Salem

     *        *  

Dany Farha (2) (6)

     17,893,053        15.1

W. Steve Albrecht

     —          —    

Esther Dyson

     *        *  

Victoria Grace (1)

     14,558,333        11.7

Ahmed Sabbah (7)

     7,549,815        6.4

Lone Fønss Schrøder

     —          —    

Bjorn von Sivers

     —          —    

Gbenga Oyebode

     —          —    

All Directors and Executive Officers of the Company as a Group (Ten Individuals)

     47,914,916        38.5

 

*

Less than one percent.

 

(1)

Consisting of 8,625,000 Ordinary Shares and 5,933,333 Sponsor Warrants. Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”) is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Victoria Grace is the managing member of the Sponsor.

 

(2)

Investment and voting decisions for securities held by Memphis Equity Ltd. are made by the investment committee of Memphis Equity Ltd., which, the Company has been informed by Memphis Equity Ltd., consists of Dany Farha and Yousef Hammad.

 

(3)

Investment and voting decisions for securities held by VNV (Cyprus) Limited are made by a majority of the members of the board of directors of VNV (Cyprus) Limited, which the Company has been informed by VNV (Cyprus) Limited, is comprised of Boris Sinegubko, Eleni Chrysostomides, Georgia Chrysostomides and Chrystalla Dekatris.

 

(4)

Investment and voting decisions for securities held by DiGame Africa are made by a majority of the members of the board of directors of DiGame Investment Company, which the Company has been informed by DiGame Africa, is comprised of Samer Salty, Shane Tedjarati, Esther Dyson, Samir Mikati and Samir Hammami.

 

(5)

The business address for each director and executive officer of the Company is The Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE.

 

(6)

Consists of 17,893,053 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Memphis Equity Ltd. and deemed beneficially owned by Mr. Farha as a result of his membership on the investment committee of Memphis Equity Ltd.

(7)

Party to the Shareholders’ Agreement, which is filed as exhibit 4.6 to this Report.

 

  B.

Related Party Transactions

Information pertaining to the Company’s related party transactions is set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  C.

Interests of Experts and Counsel

Not applicable.

 

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Item 8.

Financial Information

 

  A.

Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

Financial Statements

Consolidated financial statements have been filed as part of this Report. See Item 18 “Financial Statements.”

Legal Proceedings

Legal or arbitration proceedings are described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Information About Swvl—Legal Proceedings,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Dividend Policy

Information regarding the Company’s policy on dividend distributions is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Market Price and Dividend Information,” which is incorporated herein by reference. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on Class A Ordinary Shares since the Business Combination and currently has no plans to pay cash dividends on such securities.

 

  B.

Significant Changes

A discussion of significant changes since December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2021, respectively, is provided under Item 4 of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.

The Offer and Listing

 

  A.

Offer and Listing Details

Class A Ordinary Shares, public Warrants and, through March 31, 2022, Units, are listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “SWVL”, “SWVLW” and “GMBTU”, respectively. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and public Warrants should obtain current market quotations for their securities. The Units separated into their component securities at the Company Merger Effective Time and have ceased to be outstanding.

Information regarding Class A Ordinary Shares is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Description of Holdings Securities—Holdings Common Shares A,” which is incorporated by reference herein.

Information regarding lock-up restrictions applicable to Class A Ordinary Shares is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “The Business Combination—Related Agreements,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Information regarding the public Warrants is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Description of Holdings Securities—Holdings Warrants,” which is incorporated by reference herein.

Information regarding the Units is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Description of Holdings Securities—Holdings Units,” which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

  B.

Plan of Distribution

Not applicable.

 

  C.

Markets

Class A Ordinary Shares, public Warrants and, through March 31, 2022, Units, are listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “SWVL”, “SWVLW” and “GMBTU”, respectively. The Units separated into their component securities at the Company Merger Effective Time and have ceased to be outstanding.

 

  D.

Selling Shareholders

Not applicable.

 

  E.

Dilution

Not applicable.

 

  F.

Expenses of the Issue

Not applicable.

 

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Item 10.

Additional Information

 

  A.

Share Capital

As of the date hereof, subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, there were 118,496,102 Class A Ordinary Shares with par value of $0.0001 per share that were outstanding and issued. There are also 17,433,333 Warrants outstanding, each exercisable at $11.50 per one Class A Ordinary Share, of which 11,500,000 are public warrants (“Public Warrants”) listed on Nasdaq and 5,933,333 private placement warrants (“Private Warrants”) held by the Sponsor. There are no Units outstanding, each Unit having automatically separated into its component securities at the Company Merger Effective Time.

Information regarding the Company’s share capital is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Description of Holdings Securities,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  B.

Memorandum and Articles of Association

The second amended and restated articles of association of the Company effective as of the Closing Date (the “Public Company Articles”) are filed as part of this Report.

The following represents a summary of certain key provisions of the Public Company Articles. The summary does not purport to be a summary of all of the provisions of the Public Company Articles. Please refer to the Public Company Articles, filed as exhibit 1.1 to this Report, for more information.

The Company is a British Virgin Islands company limited by shares and its affairs are governed by the Public Company Articles and the British Virgin Islands Companies Act (the “BVI Companies Act”) (each as amended or modified from time to time). Under the Public Company Articles, and subject to the BVI Companies Act, the Company has full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction, and, for such purposes, full rights, powers and privileges.

Authorized Shares

The Public Company Articles authorize the issuance of up to 555,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and (b) 55,000,000 preferred shares. All outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are fully paid and non-assessable. To the extent they are issued, certificates representing Class A Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form.

All options, regardless of grant dates, will entitle holders to an equivalent number of Class A Ordinary Shares once the vesting and exercising conditions are met.

Key Provisions of the Public Company Articles and British Virgin Islands Law Affecting the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares or Corporate Governance

Voting Rights

The holders of Class A Ordinary Shares securities are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. The Public Company Articles do not provide for cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors.

Transfer

All Class A Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred under the Public Company Articles, unless any such transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument, Nasdaq rules or applicable securities laws.

Under the BVI Companies Act, shares that are listed on a recognized exchange may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer if the transfer is carried out in accordance with the laws, rules, procedures and other requirements applicable to shares listed on the recognized exchange and subject to the Public Company Articles.

 

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Among other things, certain of the shareholders of the Company, pursuant to the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with the Business Combination and the letter agreement, dated as of July 28, 2021, by and among the Sponsor, the Company and SPAC, may not transfer their Class A Ordinary Shares during the 6 or 12 month period (as applicable) following consummation of the Business Combination. Additionally, any Company Securities received in the Business Combination by persons who are or become affiliates of the Company for purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be resold only in transactions permitted by Rule 144, or as otherwise permitted under the Securities Act. Persons who may be deemed affiliates of the Company generally include individuals or entities that control, are controlled by or are under common control with, the Company and may include the directors and executive officers of the Company, as well as its significant shareholders.

Redemption Rights

The BVI Companies Act and the Public Company Articles permit the Company to purchase its own shares with the prior written consent of the relevant members, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by its board of directors and by a resolution of directors and in accordance with the BVI Companies Act.

Dividends and Distributions

Pursuant to the Public Company Articles and the BVI Companies Act, the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) may from time to time declare dividends and other distributions, and authorize payment thereof, if, in accordance with the BVI Companies Act, the Company Board is satisfied that immediately after the payment of any such dividend or distribution, (a) the value of the Company’s assets exceeds its liabilities and (b) the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due. Each of holder of Class A Ordinary Shares has equal rights with regard to dividends and to distributions of the surplus assets of the Company, if any.

Other Rights

Under the Public Company Articles, the holders of Company Securities are not entitled to any preemptive rights or anti-dilution rights. Company Securities are not subject to any sinking fund provisions.

Calls on Class A Ordinary Shares and Forfeiture of Class A Ordinary Shares

The Company Board may from time to time make calls upon members for any amounts unpaid on their Class A Ordinary Shares in a notice served to such members at least 14 clear days prior to the specified time of payment. The Class A Ordinary Shares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.

Issuance of Additional Shares

The Public Company Articles authorize the Company Board to issue additional Class A Ordinary Shares from time to time as the Company Board shall determine, subject to the BVI Companies Act and the provisions, if any, in the Public Company Articles (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of any applicable exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing shares.

However, under British Virgin Islands law, the Company directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under the Public Company Articles for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of the Company.

Meetings of Shareholders

Under the Public Company Articles, the Company may, but is not obligated to, hold an annual general meeting each year. The Company Board or the chair, if in office, may call an annual general meeting or an extraordinary general meeting upon not less than seven days’ notice unless such notice is waived in accordance with the Public Company Articles. A meeting notice must specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at such meeting. At any general meeting of the Company shareholders, a majority of the voting power of the Company shares entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum. Subject to the requirements of the BVI Companies Act, only those matters set forth in the

 

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notice of the general meeting or (solely in the case of a meeting convened upon a Company Members’ Requisition (as defined below)) properly requested in connection with a Company Members’ Requisition may be considered or acted upon at a meeting of the Company shareholders.

Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall be an extraordinary general meeting. Under the Public Company Articles, shareholders have the right to call extraordinary general meetings of shareholders (a “Company Members’ Requisition”). To properly call an extraordinary general meeting pursuant to a Company Members Requisition, (a) the request of shareholders representing not less than 30% of the voting power represented by all issued and outstanding shares of the Company in respect of the matter for which such meeting is requested must be deposited at the registered office of the Company and (b) the requisitioning shareholders must comply with certain information requirements specified in the Public Company Articles.

In connection with any meeting of shareholders, the right of a shareholder to bring other business or to nominate a candidate for election to the Company Board must be exercised in compliance with the requirements of the Public Company Articles. Among other things, notice of such other business or nomination must be received at the registered office of the Company not later than the close of business on the date that is 120 days before, and not earlier than the close of business on the date that is 150 days before, the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual general meeting, subject to certain exceptions.

Liquidation

On a liquidation or winding-up of the Company, assets available for distribution among the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares shall be distributed among the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares on a pro rata basis.

Inspection of Books and Records

A member of the Company is entitled, on giving written notice to the Company, to inspect (a) the memorandum and articles of association of the Company; (b) the register of members; (c) the register of directors; and (d) the minutes of meetings and resolutions of members and of those classes of members of which he or she is a member, and to make copies of or take extracts from the documents and records. Subject to the Public Company Articles, the directors may, if they are satisfied that it would be contrary to the interests of the Company to allow a member to inspect any document, or part of a document, specified in (b), (c) and (d) above, refuse to permit the member to inspect the document or limit the inspection of the document, including limiting the making of copies or the taking of extracts from the records.

Where a company fails or refuses to permit a member to inspect a document or permits a member to inspect a document subject to limitations, that member may apply to the BVI High Court for an order that he should be permitted to inspect the document or to inspect the document without limitation.

A company is required to keep at the office of its registered agent: its memorandum and articles of association of the company; the register of members or a copy of the register of members; the register of directors or a copy of the register of directors; and copies of all notices and other documents filed by the company in the previous 10 years.

Preference Shares

The Public Company Articles provide that preference shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Company Board is authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series by an amendment to the Public Company Articles to be approved by the Company Board. The Company Board is able to, without shareholder approval, issue preference shares with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and could have anti-takeover effects. The ability of the Company Board to issue preference shares without shareholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of us or the removal of existing management. The Company has no preference shares issued and outstanding at the date of this Report. Although the Company does not currently intend to issue any preference shares, the Company cannot assure you that it will not do so in the future. Any amendment to the Public Company Articles by the Company Board in order to assign rights to any preference shares and the issuance of such preference shares would be subject to applicable directors’ duties.

 

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Anti-Takeover Provisions

Some provisions of the Public Company Articles may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of the Company or management that members may consider favorable, including, among other things:

 

   

a classified board of directors with staggered, three-year terms;

 

   

the ability of the Company Board to issue preferred shares and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, potentially without shareholder approval;

 

   

the right of Mostafa Kandil to serve as Chair of the Company Board so long as he remains Chief Executive Officer of the Company and to serve as a director so long as he beneficially owns at least 1% of the outstanding shares of the Company;

 

   

until the completion of the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the consummation of the Business Combination, commitments by major shareholders to vote in favor of the appointment of the Company designees to the Company Board at any shareholder meeting (and, thereafter, to vote in favor of the appointment of Mostafa Kandil or his designee to the Company Board, subject to specified conditions);

 

   

the limitation of liability of, and the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to, members of the Company Board;

 

   

advance notice procedures with which shareholders must comply to nominate candidates to the Company Board or to propose matters to be acted upon at a shareholders’ meeting, which could preclude shareholders from bringing matters before annual or special meetings and delay changes in the Company Board and also may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise from attempting to obtain control of the Company;

 

   

that directors may be removed only for cause and only upon the vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office;

 

   

that shareholders may not act by written consent in lieu of a meeting or call extraordinary meetings;

 

   

the right of the Company Board to fill vacancies created by the expansion of the Company Board or the resignation, death or removal of a director; and

 

   

that the Public Company Articles may be amended only by the Company Board or by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of not less than 75% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Company.

However, under British Virgin Islands law, the directors of the Company may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under the Public Company Articles for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of the Company.

 

  C.

Material Contracts

Material Contracts Relating to the Company’s Operations

Information pertaining to certain of the Company’s material contracts is set forth in the Form F-4, in the sections titled “Information about Swvl,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Swvl—Recent Developments,” Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Swvl—Indebtedness,” “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Operational Factors Affecting Swvl” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Definitive Agreement to Acquire door2door

On March 24, 2021, we announced a definitive agreement to acquire door2door, a European high-growth mobility platform that partners with municipalities, public transit operators, corporations, and automotive companies, providing software for on-demand mobility, multimodal routing and mobility analytics. The closing of the door2door transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in Q2 2022. The transaction with door2door will create a leading global mass transit player, with synergies on offerings, geography, partnerships and product domain. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the sale and purchase agreement filed as exhibit 4.23 to this Form 20-F.

 

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B. Riley Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement

On March 22, 2022, the Company and Swvl entered into a purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement with B. Riley Principal Capital in order to establish a committed equity financing facility following the consummation of the Business Combination. The purchase agreement and registration rights agreement will become effective upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the purchase agreement, which shall not occur earlier than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 4, 2022, and prior to such closing date, the purchase agreement and the registration rights agreement have no force or effect.

Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the purchase agreement, the Company will have the right to sell to B. Riley Principal Capital up to $471.7 million (the “Total Commitment”), of the Company’s newly issued Class A Ordinary Shares, from time to time during the term of the purchase agreement.

Upon the initial satisfaction of the conditions to B. Riley Principal Capital’s purchase obligation set forth in the purchase agreement (the “Commencement”), including that a registration statement registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the resale by B. Riley Principal Capital of Class A Ordinary Shares issued to it by the Company under the purchase agreement, which the Company agreed to file with the SEC following the B. Riley Closing pursuant to the registration rights agreement, is declared effective by the SEC and a final prospectus relating thereto is filed with the SEC, the Company will have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time at the Company’s sole discretion over the 24-month period from and after the Commencement, to direct B. Riley Principal Capital to purchase a specified amount of Class A Ordinary Shares (such specified amount, the “Purchase Share Amount”), not to exceed a daily maximum calculated in accordance with the terms of the purchase agreement.

The per share purchase price for the Class A Ordinary Shares that the Company elects to sell to B. Riley Principal Capital in a Purchase pursuant to the purchase agreement, if any, will be determined by reference to the volume weighted average price of the Class A Ordinary Shares (the “VWAP”), less a variable discount of 3% or 5% (determined by the amount of Class A Ordinary Shares the Company elects to sell on a particular day).

There is no upper limit on the price per share that B. Riley Principal Capital could be obligated to pay for the Class A Ordinary Shares the Company may elect to sell to it in any Purchase or any Additional Purchase under the purchase agreement. From and after Commencement, the Company will control the timing and amount of any sales of Class A Ordinary Shares to B. Riley Principal Capital. Actual sales of Class A Ordinary Shares to B. Riley Principal Capital under the purchase agreement will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company from time to time, including, among other things, market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares and determinations by the Company as to the appropriate sources of funding for its business and its operations.

The Company may not issue or sell any Class A Ordinary Shares to B. Riley Principal Capital under the purchase agreement which, when aggregated with all other Class A Ordinary Shares then beneficially owned by B. Riley Principal Capital and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder), would result in B. Riley Principal Capital beneficially owning more than 4.99% of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares.

The net proceeds under the purchase agreement to the Company will depend on the frequency and prices at which the Company sells its Class A Ordinary Shares to B. Riley Principal Capital. The Company currently expects that any proceeds received by it from such sales to B. Riley Principal Capital will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including to fund acquisitions.

The purchase agreement will automatically terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the first day of the month next following the 24-month anniversary of the date of the Commencement, (ii) the date on which B. Riley Principal Capital shall have purchased from the Company under the purchase agreement Class A Ordinary Shares for an aggregate gross purchase price equal to the Total Commitment and (iii) certain other customary termination events. The Company has the right to terminate the purchase agreement at any time after Commencement, at no cost or penalty, upon five trading days’ prior written notice to B. Riley Principal Capital. B. Riley Capital will also have the right to terminate the purchase agreement, at no cost or penalty, upon five trading days’ prior written notice to the Company, if certain events occur or conditions are not met, including if the initial registration statement is not filed or has not been declared effective by the specified deadlines in the registration rights agreement. The Company and B. Riley Principal Capital may also agree to terminate the purchase agreement by mutual written consent. No

 

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provision of the purchase agreement or the registration rights agreement may be modified or waived by the Company or B. Riley Principal Capital from and after the date that is one (1) trading day immediately preceding the date on which the initial registration statement is initially filed with the Commission.

As consideration for B. Riley Principal Capital’s commitment to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares at the Company’s direction upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the purchase agreement, on the trading day immediately following the B. Riley Closing Date, the Company will issue the number of Class A Ordinary Shares to B. Riley Principal Capital equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the product of (i) 0.0075 and (ii) the Total Commitment at the B. Riley Closing, by (b) the VWAP of the Class A Ordinary Shares for the full primary (or “regular”) trading session on Nasdaq on the trading day immediately preceding the B. Riley Closing Date.

The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the purchase agreement and registration rights agreement filed as exhibits 4.12 and 4.13, respectively, to this Form 20-F.

Material Contracts Relating to the Business Combination

Business Combination Agreement

The description of the Business Combination Agreement in the Form F-4 in the section titled “The Business Combination” is incorporated herein by reference.

Related Agreements

The description of the material provisions of certain additional agreements entered into or to be entered into pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement in the Form F-4 in the section titled “The Business Combination—Related Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  D.

Exchange Controls

There is no exchange control legislation under British Virgin Islands law and accordingly there are no exchange control regulations imposed under British Virgin Islands law.

 

  E.

Taxation

Information pertaining to tax considerations is set forth in the Form F-4, in the section titled “Material Tax Considerations,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  F.

Dividends and Paying Agents

Information regarding the Company’s policy on dividends is described in the Form F-4 under the heading “Market Price and Dividend Information,” which is incorporated herein by reference. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on Class A Ordinary Shares since the Business Combination and currently has no plans to pay cash dividends on such securities. The Company has not identified a paying agent.

 

  G.

Statement by Experts

The financial statements for Swvl Inc. at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, incorporated by reference herein, have been audited by Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch), an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, and are incorporated by reference herein in reliance on such report given on the authority of such firm as an expert in accounting and auditing.

The financial statements for SPAC as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the period from December 9, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, have been audited by WithumSmith+Brown, PC, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, and are included in this Report in reliance on such report given on the authority of such firm as an expert in accounting and auditing.

 

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  H.

Documents on Display

We are subject to certain of the informational filing requirements of the Exchange Act. Since we are a “foreign private issuer,” we are exempt from the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to their purchase and sale of our shares. In addition, we are not required to file reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. However, we are required to file with the SEC an Annual Report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm. We may, but are not required to, furnish to the SEC, on Form 6-K, unaudited financial information after each of our first three fiscal quarters. The SEC also maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports and other information that we file with or furnish electronically with the SEC. You may read and copy any report or document we file, including the exhibits, at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room.

 

  I.

Subsidiary Information

Not applicable.

 

Item 11.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The information set forth in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Swvl—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks” in the Form F-4 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 12.

Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities

Warrants

Upon the completion of the Business Combination, there were 11,500,000 Public Warrants outstanding. The Public Warrants, which entitle the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, will become exercisable on April 30, 2022, which is 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination. The Public Warrants will expire on March 31, 2027 (i.e., five years after the completion of the Business Combination) or earlier upon redemption or liquidation in accordance with their terms. Upon the completion of the Business Combination, there were also 5,933,333 Private Warrants held by the Sponsor. The Private Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants in all material respects, except that the Private Warrants (and, as applicable, the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Warrants), so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) will not be redeemable by the Company, (ii) may not (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (iii) may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and (iv) will be entitled to registration rights. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

Units

At the Company Merger Effective Time, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the public Warrants comprising each existing and outstanding Unit immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time were automatically separated and the Units ceased to exist.

 

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PART II

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PART III

 

Item 17.

Financial Statements

See Item 18.

 

Item 18.

Financial Statements

The audited consolidated financial statements of Swvl and its subsidiaries contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-62 and F-113 are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Swvl and its subsidiaries contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-41 and F-61 are incorporated herein by reference.

The audited consolidated financial statements of SPAC are included as Exhibit 15.1 to this Report.

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of SPAC contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-2 and F-25 are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Swvl and SPAC are attached as Exhibit 15.2 to this Report.

 

Item 19.

Exhibits

We have filed the following documents as exhibits to this Report:

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

1.1*    Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Swvl Holdings Corp (formerly known as Pivotal Holdings Corp).
2.1    Specimen Unit Certificate, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No.  7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
2.2    Specimen Common Share A Certificate, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.4 to Amendment No.  7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
2.3    Specimen Warrant Certificate, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.5 to Amendment No.  7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
2.4*    Warrant Agreement, dated January 19, 2021, between SPAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent.
2.5*    Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated March 30, 2022, by and among SPAC, Holdings and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
4.1†    Business Combination Agreement, dated July  28, 2021 by and among SPAC, Swvl, Holdings, Cayman Merger Sub, and BVI Merger Sub, incorporated by reference to Annex A-1 to Amendment No. 7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.2†    First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated January  31, 2022, by and among SPAC, Swvl, Holdings, Cayman Merger Sub and BVI Merger Sub, incorporated by reference to Annex A-2 to Amendment No. 7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.3    Second Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated March  3, 2022 by and among SPAC, Swvl, Swvl Holdings, Cayman Merger Sub and BVI Merger Sub, incorporated by reference to Annex A-3 to Amendment No. 7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.4*    Form of Swvl Transaction Support Agreement.
4.5    Form of SPAC Shareholder Support Agreements, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.6*    Holdings Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2021, by and among Holdings, the Sponsor and certain shareholders of Holdings.
4.7*    Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 28, 2021 by and among Swvl, SPAC, the Sponsor, Holdings and certain shareholders of Swvl.
4.8*    Form of Lock-Up Agreement.
4.9*    Sponsor Agreement, dated July 28, 2021, by and among Swvl, SPAC and the Sponsor.

 

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Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

4.10    Form of Swvl Exchangeable Note, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.11†    Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Shares of Shotl Transportation, S.L., dated as of August  18, 2021, by and among Swvl Global FZE, Swvl, Marfina, S.L., Camina Lab, S.L., Mr. Osvald Martret Martinez and Mr. Gerard Martret Martinez, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.12*    Ordinary Shares Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2022, by and among the Company, Swvl and B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC.
4.13*    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2022, by and among the Company, Swvl and B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC.
4.14††    Form of Holdings Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.15††    Employment Agreement, dated July  28, 2021, by and among Mostafa Kandil, Holdings and Swvl Global FZE, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.16††    Swvl 2019 Share Option Plan, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.12 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.17††    Amendment to the Swvl 2019 Share Option Plan, dated July  28, 2021, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No.  333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.18††    Form of Award Agreement to the Swvl 2019 Share Option Plan, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.14 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.19††*    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated March 31, 2022, by and among Youssef Salem, Holdings and Swvl Global FZE.
4.20††*    Form of Notice of Stock Option Award under the Holdings Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.
4.21††*    Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Holdings Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.
4.22    Interim Management Agreement, dated November  10, 2021, by and among Swvl Jordan, Swvl Inc. and the individual holder of the shares of Swvl Jordan, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.17 to Amendment No. 7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
4.23†*    Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated March 24, 2022, by and between Rivertree Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Dr. Günther Lamperstorfer,KfW, Social media Enterprises GmbH, Ariel Luedi, Dr.  Tom Kirschbaum, Maxim Nohroudi, Blirz B22-203 GmbH and Swvl, Inc.
8.1    Subsidiaries of Holdings, incorporated by reference to exhibit 21.1 to Amendment No.  7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259800) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022.
15.1*    Financial Statements of SPAC for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
15.2*    Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information of Holdings and Swvl for the period ended June 30, 2021.
15.3*    Consent of Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch).
15.4*    Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC.
*    Filed herewith.
   Schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Registration S-K. The Registrant hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedules to the Commission upon request.
††    Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

SWVL HOLDINGS CORP
By:  

/s/ Mostafa Kandil

 

Mostafa Kandil

Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 31, 2022

EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

Company no. 2070410

 

LOGO

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

Swvl Holdings Corp

Incorporated this 23rd day of July 2021

Amended and Restated on 30th day of March 2022

Amended and Restated on 31st day of March 2022

Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited

Kingston Chambers

PO Box 173

Road Town, Tortola

British Virgin Islands

 


TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

Swvl Holdings Corp

 

1

The name of the Company is Swvl Holdings Corp.

 

2

The Company is a company limited by shares.

 

3

The first Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited, Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The Directors or Members may from time to time change the Registered Office of the Company by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members.

 

4

The first Registered Agent of the Company will be Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The Directors or Members may from time to time change the Registered Agent of the Company by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members.

 

5

The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the British Virgin Islands.

 

6

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

 

7

The Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 555,000,000 shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each divided into two classes as follows:

 

  7.1

500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (the “Class A Common Shares”); and

 

  7.2

55,000,000 preferred shares (the “Preference Shares”),

 

    

each Share having the rights and restrictions set out in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

8

For the purposes of section 9 of the Statute, any rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to any of the Shares as provided for in the Memorandum and Articles are deemed to be set out and stated in full in this Memorandum.

 

9

Each Class A Common Share confers on the holder:


  (a)

the right to one vote on any Resolution of Members;

 

  (b)

the right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company in accordance with the Statute; and

 

  (c)

the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company.

 

10

The Preference Shares shall have such rights as specified by the board of Directors pursuant to the Resolution of Directors approving the issue of such Preference Share(s), and in any such Resolution of Directors the board of Directors shall agree to amend and restate the Memorandum and Articles to fully set out such rights and instruct the registered agent of the Company to file the amended Memorandum and Articles with the Registrar. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors shall not require any approval of the Members in respect of the issuance of Preference Shares, any amendments to the terms of Preference Shares and the related amendments to the Memorandum and Articles.

 

11

Shares may only be issued as registered shares and the Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares. Registered shares may not be exchanged for bearer shares or converted to bearer shares.

 

12

Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum bear the respective meanings given to them in the Articles of Association of the Company.

 

13

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may from time to time amend this Memorandum or the Articles of Association by a Resolution of Members passed by a supermajority or by a Resolution of Directors.

 

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We, Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in our capacity as registered agent for the Company hereby apply to the Registrar for the incorporation of the Company this 23rd day of July 2021.

 

Incorporator
(Signed: Denery Moses)

 

Denery Moses
Authorised Signatory
Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited

 

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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

Swvl Holdings Corp

 

1

Interpretation

 

1.1

In the Articles, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith:

 

Articles    means these articles of association of the Company.
Auditor    means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).
“business day”    means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorised or obligated by law to close in New York City.
Class A Common Share    has the meaning given to such term in the Memorandum.
Clearing House    means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a Recognised Exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.
Company    means the above named company.
Directors    means the then current directors of the Company.
Distribution    means any distribution (including an interim or final dividend).
Electronic Record    has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act.
Electronic Transactions Act    means the Electronic Transactions Act, 2001 of the British Virgin Islands.
Exchange Act    has the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8(c).

 

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Material Ownership Interests    has the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8(d).
Member    has the same meaning as in the Statute.
Memorandum    means the memorandum of association of the Company.
Other Investments    has the meaning given to that term in Article 45.
Preference Share    has the meaning given to such term in the Memorandum.
Proposing Person    shall mean the following persons: (i) the Member or Requisitioning Members of record providing the notice of Director Nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought before a general meeting, and (ii) the beneficial owner(s), if different, on whose behalf the Director Nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought before a general meeting is made.
Recognised Exchange    means an exchange that is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges or an exchange that is recognised by the BVI Financial Services Commission by notice published in the Government of the Virgin Islands Official Gazette including, but not limited to, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Register of Members    means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute.
Registered Agent    means the then current registered agent of the Company.
Registered Office    means the then current registered office of the Company.
Resolution of Directors   

means:

 

(a) a resolution passed by a majority of votes of the Directors or a majority of votes of the members of a committee of the Directors as, being entitled to do so, vote at a meeting of the Directors or a meeting of a committee of the Directors, unless a higher threshold is required pursuant to the Memorandum or the Articles; or

 

(b) a resolution in writing signed by all of the Directors or all of the members of a committee of the Directors.

Resolution of Members    means a resolution passed by a majority of votes of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Members unless a higher threshold is required pursuant to the Memorandum or the Articles (it being understood that, unless otherwise provided in the Memorandum or the Articles, absent Members, Members who are present but do not vote, blanks and abstentions shall not be counted for purposes of determining if a majority has been obtained).

 

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   For the avoidance of doubt, a Resolution of Members may not be consented to in writing and section 88 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company.
Seal    means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.
SEC    has the meaning given to that term in Article 3.1.
Share    means a Common Share or a Preference Share in the Company and includes a fraction of such share in the Company.
Solicitation Statement    has the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8(e).
Statute    means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 of the British Virgin Islands.
Specified Party    has the meaning given to that term in Article 45.
Synthetic Equity Interest    shall mean any transaction, agreement or arrangement (or series of transactions, agreements or arrangements), including, without limitation, any derivative, swap, hedge, repurchase or so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, the purpose or effect of which is to, directly or indirectly: (a) give a person or entity economic benefit and/or risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the Company, in whole or in part, including due to the fact that such transaction, agreement or arrangement provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any increase or decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of the Company, (b) mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk of or manage the risk of share price changes for, any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of the Company, (c) otherwise provide in any manner the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of the Company, or (d) increase or decrease the voting power of any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of the Company.
Timely Notice    has the meaning given to that term in Article 17.8.
Treasury Share    means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute.

 

1.2

In the Articles:

 

  (a)

words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

 

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  (b)

words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender and words importing the feminine gender include the masculine gender;

 

  (c)

words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person;

 

  (d)

“written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

  (e)

“shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

  (f)

references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced;

 

  (g)

references to provisions of any law shall be construed to include any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

  (h)

any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

  (i)

the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires);

 

  (j)

headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles;

 

  (k)

any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

  (l)

any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Memorandum and Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as provided for in the Electronic Transactions Act;

 

  (m)

section 8(2) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply;

 

  (n)

the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;

 

  (o)

the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share; and

 

  (p)

the term “supermajority” in relation to a Resolution of Members means, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of “Resolution of Members”, a majority of not less than seventy five (75) per cent. of the votes of all those entitled to vote on the resolution regardless of how many actually vote or abstain, meaning that absent Members, Members who are present but do not vote, blanks and abstentions shall be counted for the purpose of determining if a supermajority has been obtained.

 

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2

Commencement of Business

 

2.1

The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit.

 

2.2

The Directors may pay, out of any monies of the Company, all expenses incurred or sustained in the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of incorporation.

 

3

Issue of Shares

 

3.1

Subject to the Statute and the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of any applicable Recognised Exchange, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and/or any other competent regulatory authority and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Distribution, voting, return of investment or otherwise and to such persons, at such times, for such consideration, and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights. A bonus share issued by the Company shall be deemed to have been fully paid for on issue.

 

3.2

The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or instruments of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

3.3

The Company may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised of whole or fractional Shares, rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company, upon such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

3.4

Section 46 of the Statute does not apply to the Company.

 

4

Register of Members

 

4.1

The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute.

 

4.2

Where Shares are listed on a Recognised Exchange, the Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained its Register of Members in such manner and form as is customary for such Recognised Exchange.

 

5

Closing Register of Members and Fixing Record Date

 

5.1

For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty (40) days.

 

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5.2

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

 

5.3

If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the Resolution of Directors resolving to pay such Distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof (unless otherwise provided by a Resolution of Directors).

 

6

Certificates for Shares

 

6.1

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

 

6.2

The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

6.3

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

 

6.4

Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery.

 

7

Transfer of Shares

 

7.1

Subject to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of his, her or its Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and regulations of the applicable Recognised Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under applicable law. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of rights, options or warrants.

 

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7.2

The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if registration as a holder of the Shares imposes a liability to the Company on the transferee, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and contain the name and address of the transferee. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

 

7.3

Where Shares are listed on a Recognised Exchange, in accordance with section 54A of the Statute, the Shares may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer if the transfer is carried out in accordance with the law, rules, procedures and other requirements applicable to shares listed on the Recognised Exchange and Articles 7.1 and 7.2 shall be interpreted accordingly.

 

8

Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares

 

8.1

Subject to the provisions of the Statute (save that sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company), the terms attached to Shares, as specified in the Memorandum and the Articles, may provide for such Shares to be redeemed or to be liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company on such terms as so specified.

 

8.2

Subject to the provisions of the Statute (save that sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company), the Company may purchase or otherwise acquire its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member.

 

8.3

The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption, purchase or other acquisition of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute.

 

8.4

The Company may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share including, for the avoidance of doubt, a Treasury Share. Any such surrender shall be in writing and signed by the Member holding the Share or Shares.

 

9

Treasury Shares

 

    

Subject to the Statute, the Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, resolve by Resolution of Directors that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

10

Commission on Sale of Shares

 

    

The Company may pay a commission to any person in consideration of his, her or its subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or, subject to the Statute, the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

11

Non Recognition of Trusts

 

    

The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.

 

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12

Lien on Shares

 

12.1

The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his, her or its estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

12.2

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

 

12.3

To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his, her or its nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he, she or it shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his, her or its title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under the Articles.

 

12.4

The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale.

 

13

Call on Shares

 

13.1

Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares, and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him or her notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

13.2

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

 

13.3

The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

13.4

If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred or sustained by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part.

 

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13.5

An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

13.6

The Company may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.

 

13.7

The Company may, by Resolution of Directors, if the Directors think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him or her, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

13.8

No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a dividend or other Distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

 

14

Forfeiture of Shares

 

14.1

If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Company may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred or sustained by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

14.2

If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a Resolution of Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

14.3

A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.

 

14.4

A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited.

 

14.5

A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or officer of the Company that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his, her or its title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share.

 

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14.6

The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

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Transmission of Shares

 

15.1

If a Member dies the survivor or survivors (where he, she or it was a joint holder) or his, her or its legal personal representatives (where he, she or it was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his, her or its Shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which he, she or it was a joint or sole holder.

 

15.2

Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by him or her to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by him or her registered as the holder of such Share. If he, she or it elects to have another person registered as the holder of such Share he, she or it shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his, her or its death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.

 

15.3

A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Distributions and other advantages to which he, she or it would be entitled if he, she or it were the holder of such Share. However, he, she or it shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to have some person nominated by him or her be registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his, her or its death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles) the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Distributions or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

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Offices and Places of Business

 

    

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by Resolution of Directors change the location of its Registered Office and its Registered Agent, provided that the Company’s Registered Office shall at all times be the office of the Registered Agent. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.

 

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General Meetings

 

17.1

All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

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17.2

The Company may, but shall not be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and, where called, shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint.

 

17.3

The Directors, by Resolution of Directors, or the chairman, if any, of the board of Directors, acting alone, may, and the Directors shall upon receipt of a valid Members’ Requisition, call general meetings. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the general meeting or, solely with respect to an annual general meeting or an extraordinary general meeting convened upon a Members’ Requisition, properly requested in accordance with Article 17.8, may be considered or acted upon at a general meeting. In addition to the other requirements set forth in the Articles, for any proposal of business to be considered at a general meeting, it must be a proper subject for action by Members of the Company under the Statute.

 

17.4

A Members’ requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than thirty (30) per cent. of the voting power of the issued Shares which as at that date carry the right to vote in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested.

 

17.5

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

 

17.6

If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition or if the Directors do not within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further twenty-one (21) days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of the requisitionists, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall be held no later than the day which falls three (3) months after the expiration of the said twenty-one (21) day period.

 

17.7

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

 

17.8

For nominations of candidates for appointment as Director (“Director Nominations”) or other business to be properly brought (x) by a Member before an annual general meeting or (y) by Requisitioning Members before an extraordinary general meeting convened upon a Members’ Requisition, the Director Nomination or other business must be (i) specified in the notice of the general meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Directors by Resolution of Directors, (ii) brought before the general meeting by the person presiding over the meeting or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought before the meeting by a Member of the Company or by the Requisitioning Members, as applicable, in accordance with this Article 17.8. For Director Nomination or other business to be properly requested to be brought (x) by a Member before an annual general meeting or (y) by Requisitioning Members before an extraordinary general meeting convened upon a Members’ Requisition, the Member or Requisitioning Members must (i) be Member(s) of the Company of record at the time of the giving of the notice for such general meeting, (ii) be entitled to vote at such general meeting, (iii) have given Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing to any Director addressed to the Registered Office, (iv) have provided any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by the Articles and (v) together with the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the nomination or business proposal is made, have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement (as defined below) required by the Articles. To be timely, a Member’s written

 

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  notice in respect of an annual general meeting must be received by any Director at the Registered Office not later than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual general meeting; provided, however, that in the event the annual general meeting is first convened more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, or if no annual general meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the Member to be timely must be received by any Director at the Registered Office not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the date of such annual general meeting and not later than the close of business on tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made (such notice within such time periods shall be referred to as “Timely Notice”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, (x) for the first annual general meeting, a Member’s notice shall be timely (and be considered a Timely Notice) if received by any Director at the Registered Office not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the scheduled date of such annual general meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual general meeting is first made or sent by the Company and (y) for any extraordinary general meeting convened upon a Members’ Requisition, the Requisitioning Members’ notice shall be timely (and be considered a Timely Notice) if received by any Director at the Registered Office on the date of delivery of the Members’ Requisition. Any such Timely Notice must set forth, as to each matter the Member or Requisitioning Members propose to bring before the general meeting:

 

  (a)

as to each person whom the Member or the Requisitioning Members propose to nominate for appointment as a Director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (iii) the class and number of Shares or any other securities of the Company that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the nominee and of its affiliates and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the nominee and of its affiliates, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of the nominee or any of its affiliates with respect to any securities of the Company, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of any securities), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of the nominee or any of its affiliates, (v) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings between or among the Member or the Requisitioning Members, as applicable, or any of its or their affiliates and each nominee or any of its affiliates and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the Member or the Requisitioning Members or concerning the nominee’s potential service as a Director, (vi) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging that as Director, the nominee will owe fiduciary duties under the Statute with respect to the Company and its Members, and (vii) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for appointment of directors in an appointment contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Statute or other applicable law, rule or regulation (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if appointed);

 

  (b)

as to any other business that the Member or the Requisitioning Members propose to bring before the general meeting, a description in reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the general meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the general meeting, the text, if any, of any resolutions or Articles amendment proposed for adoption, and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person;

 

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  (c)

(i) the name and address of the Member or Requisitioning Members giving the notice, as they appear on the Company’s books, and the names and addresses of the other Proposing Persons (if any) and (ii) as to each Proposing Person, such Proposing Peron’s written consent to the public disclosure of information provided to the Company pursuant to this Article 17.8 and the following information: (a) the class or series and number of all Shares of the Company which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially or of record by such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates, including any Shares of the Company as to which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future, (b) all Synthetic Equity Interests in which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates, directly or indirectly, holds an interest including a description of the material terms of each such Synthetic Equity Interest, including, identification of the counterparty to each such Synthetic Equity Interest and disclosure, for each such Synthetic Equity Interest, as to (x) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest conveys any voting rights, directly or indirectly, in such Shares to such Proposing Person, (y) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such Shares and (z) whether or not such Proposing Person and/or, to the extent known, the counterparty to such Synthetic Equity Interest has entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such Synthetic Equity Interest, (c) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Statute or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of the United States of America (the “Exchange Act”), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to, directly or indirectly, vote any Shares of the Company, (d) any rights to dividends or other distributions on the Shares of the Company, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Company, (e) any performance-related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person, directly or indirectly, is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of Shares of the Company or any Synthetic Equity Interests (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) are referred to, collectively, as “Material Ownership Interests”) and (iii) a description of the material terms of all agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether or not in writing) entered into by any Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates with any other person for the purpose of acquiring, holding, disposing or voting of any Shares of the Company, (f) all information that would be required to be set forth in a Schedule 13D filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) or an amendment pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a) if such a statement were required to be filed under the Exchange Act by such Proposing Person and/or any of its respective affiliates or associates, and (g) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to the Statute, the Exchange Act or any other applicable laws, rules or regulations;

 

  (d)

(i) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings by and among any of the Proposing Persons, or by and among any Proposing Persons and any other person (including with any proposed nominee(s)), pertaining to the nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought before the general meeting (which description shall identify the

 

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  name of each other person who is party to such an agreement, arrangement or understanding), and (ii) identification of the names and addresses of other Members (including beneficial owners) known by any of the Proposing Persons to support such nominations or other business proposal(s), and to the extent known the class and number of Shares owned beneficially or of record by such other Member(s) or other beneficial owner(s); and

 

  (e)

a statement whether or not the Member or Requisitioning Members giving the notice and/or the other Proposing Person(s), if any, will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a business proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the Shares of the Company required under applicable law to approve the proposal or, in the case of a Director Nomination, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the Shares of the Company reasonably believed by such Proposing Person to be sufficient to appoint the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such Member or Requisitioning Members (such statement, the “Solicitation Statement”).

A Member or the Requisitioning Members must also submit a supporting statement indicating the reasons for bringing such proposal.

 

17.9

A Member or Requisitioning Members providing Timely Notice of Director Nomination or other business proposed to be brought before a general meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information (including the Material Ownership Interests information) provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to the Articles shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such general meeting, and such update and supplement must be received by any Director at the Registered Office not later than the close of business on the fifth (5th) business day after the record date for the general meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than the close of business on the eighth (8th) business day prior to the date of the general meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting). If a Member or the Requisitioning Members do not comply with this Article 17 in providing notice of Director Nomination or other business proposed to be brought before a general meeting, such notice shall not be deemed to be Timely Notice.

 

17.10

Only such persons who are nominated for appointment as a Director in accordance with the provisions of the Articles shall be eligible for appointment and to serve as Directors once appointed in accordance with the Articles and only such other business shall be conducted at an general meeting as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Articles. The Directors or a designated committee thereof, through a Resolution of Directors, shall have the power to determine whether a Director Nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the provisions of the Articles. If neither the Directors nor such designated committee makes a determination as to whether any Director Nomination or other proposal was made in accordance with the provisions of the Articles, the presiding person of the general meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether the Director Nomination or other proposal was made in accordance with the provisions of the Articles. If the Directors or a designated committee thereof or the presiding person, as applicable, determines that any Director Nomination or other proposal was not made in accordance with the provisions of the Articles, such proposal or nomination shall be disregarded and shall not be presented for action at the general meeting.

 

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17.11

Except as otherwise required by applicable law, nothing in this Article 17 shall obligate the Company or the Directors to include in any proxy statement or other Member communication distributed on behalf of the Company or the Directors information with respect to any nominee for appointment of a Director or any other business submitted or proposed by a Member.

 

17.12

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 18, if the nominating or proposing Member or the Requisitioning Members (or a qualified representative of the Member or the Requisitioning Members) do not appear at the general meeting to present a Director Nomination or any other business, such Director Nomination or other business shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company. For purposes of this Article 17, to be considered a qualified representative of the proposing Member or Requisitioning Members, a person must be authorised by a written instrument executed by such Member or Requisitioning Members or an electronic transmission delivered by such Member or Requisitioning Members to act for such Member or Requisitioning Members as proxy at the meeting of Members and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, to the presiding person at the general meeting.

 

17.13

For purposes of the Articles, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable international or national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the rules of the Recognised Exchange.

 

17.14

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the Articles, a Member and the Requisitioning Members shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Statute and all applicable laws, rules and regulations with respect to the matters set forth in the Articles.

 

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Notice of General Meetings

 

18.1

At least seven (7) clear days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

  (a)

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

 

  (b)

in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety five (95) per cent. in par value (if all the issued Shares have a par value), or otherwise by number of the Shares giving that right.

 

18.2

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles, the accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice, or the accidental failure to refer in any notice or other document to a meeting as an “annual general meeting” or “extraordinary general meeting”, as the case may be, shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting.

 

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19

Proceedings at General Meetings

 

19.1

No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. A majority in voting power of the Shares entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy, shall be a quorum unless the Company has only one Member entitled to vote at such general meeting in which case the quorum shall be that one Member present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person) by its duly authorised representative or proxy.

 

19.2

A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

19.3

Any action taken by the Members must be taken or effected at a general meeting and may not be taken or effected by a written resolution or written consent of Members or otherwise in lieu thereof.

 

19.4

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

 

19.5

The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairman of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairman, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairman at such general meeting. If there is no such chairman, or if he, she or it shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall appoint one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

19.6

If no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

19.7

The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

19.8

When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting.

 

19.9

A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, the show of hands, the Directors, by Resolution of Directors, or the chairman demands a poll, or any other Member or Members collectively present in person or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy) and holding at least ten (10) per cent. in par value (if all the issued Shares have a par value), or otherwise by number of the Shares giving a right to attend and vote at the meeting demand a poll.

 

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19.10

Unless a poll is duly demanded and the demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost or not carried by a particular majority, and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting, shall be conclusive evidence of that fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.

 

19.11

The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

 

19.12

Except on a poll demanded on the appointment of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, a poll shall be taken as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

19.13

A poll demanded on the appointment of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairman of the general meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll.

 

19.14

In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

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Votes of Members

 

20.1

Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, on a show of hands every Member who (being an individual) is present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person is present by its duly authorised representative or by proxy, shall have one vote and on a poll every Member present in any such manner shall have one vote for every Share of which he, she or it is the holder.

 

20.2

In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.

 

20.3

A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his, her or its committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.

 

20.4

No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he, she or it is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then due and payable by him or her in respect of Shares have been paid.

 

20.5

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

 

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20.6

On a poll or on a show of hands votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall state which proxy is entitled to vote on a show of hands and shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes.

 

20.7

On a poll, a Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his, her or its Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him or her, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he, she or it is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he, she or it is appointed.

 

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Proxies

 

21.1

The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of his, her or its attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non natural person, under the hand of its duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member.

 

21.2

The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote.

 

21.3

The chairman may in any event at his, her or its discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairman, shall be invalid.

 

21.4

The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.

 

21.5

Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

 

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Corporate Members

 

22.1

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

 

22.2

If a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of such Shares held by the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)).

 

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Shares that May Not be Voted

Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company (including Treasury Shares) shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

 

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Directors

 

24.1

There shall be a board of Directors consisting of nine Directors, provided however that the Company may, by a Resolution of Directors, increase or reduce the number of Directors. No increase or reduction in the number of directors constituting the board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

24.2

The Directors shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. The number of Directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. The Class I Directors shall stand appointed for a term expiring at the Company’s first annual general meeting, the Class II Directors shall stand appointed for a term expiring at the Company’s second annual general meeting and the Class III Directors shall stand appointed for a term expiring at the Company’s third annual general meeting.

 

24.3

Commencing at the Company’s first annual general meeting, and at each annual general meeting thereafter, Directors appointed to succeed those Directors whose terms expire shall be appointed in accordance with Article 26 for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual general meeting after their appointment.

 

24.4

Except as the Statute may otherwise require, in the interim between annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings called for the appointment of Directors and the filling of any vacancy in that connection, additional Directors and any vacancies in the board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of Directors for cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, notwithstanding that such majority may be less than a quorum required for a Resolution of Directors. For the avoidance of doubt, any vacancies in the board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of Directors for cause and unfilled vacancies resulting from increases or reductions in the number of Directors, may not be filled by a Resolution of Members.

 

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24.5

All Directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his, her or its successor shall have been appointed and qualified.

 

24.6

No Director shall be permitted to appoint an alternate director pursuant to section 130 of the Statute.

 

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Powers and Duties of Directors

 

25.1

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Resolution of Members, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

25.2

All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution.

 

25.3

The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his, her or its widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

25.4

The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

25.5

A Director, in exercising his, her or its powers or performing his, her or its duties, shall act honestly and in good faith and in what the Director believes to be in the best interests of the Company.

 

25.6

Section 175 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company.

 

26

Appointment and Removal of Directors

 

26.1

The Company may by Resolution of Members, and in accordance with Articles 17 and 24, appoint any person properly nominated for election as a Director at any general meeting to appoint Directors of the Company.

 

26.2

The Company may, by Resolution of Directors, appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by the Articles as the maximum number of Directors.

 

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26.3

The Company may by Resolution of Directors passed by at least two-thirds of the Directors remove any Director with cause. Members may not act to remove Directors.

 

26.4

Sections 114(2) and 114(3) of the Statute shall not apply to the Company.

 

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Vacation of Office of Director

The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

  (a)

the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that he, she or it resigns the office of Director; or

 

  (b)

the Director dies; or

 

  (c)

a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final non-appealable order that such Director is permanently and totally disabled and unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death within twelve (12) months, or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or

 

  (d)

the Director becomes disqualified to act as a Director under section 111 of the Statute.

 

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Proceedings of Directors

 

28.1

The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be a majority of the Directors then in office.

 

28.2

Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a Resolution of Directors. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote.

 

28.3

A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or a meeting of any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman is located at the start of the meeting.

 

28.4

A Resolution of Directors in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all of the Directors or all of the members of a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

28.5

A Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two (2) days’ notice in writing to every Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis.

 

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28.6

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

 

28.7

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

 

28.8

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

 

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Presumption of Assent

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

 

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Directors’ Interests

 

30.1

A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his, her or its office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

30.2

A Director may act by himself or herself or by, through or on behalf of his, her or its firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he, she or it or his, her or its firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he, she or it were not a Director.

 

30.3

A Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as a director or officer of, or from his, her or its interest in, such other company.

 

30.4

No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or

 

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  transaction in which he, she or it is interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him or her at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

30.5

Any notice that a Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be deemed a general notice of such interest for the purposes of the Statute and be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a Resolution of Directors in respect of a contract or transaction in which he, she or it has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give a general or special notice relating to any particular transaction.

 

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Minutes

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors present at each meeting.

 

32

Delegation of Directors’ Powers

 

32.1

Subject to the Statute, the Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. They may also, subject to the Statute, delegate to any managing director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers, authorities and discretions as they consider desirable to be exercised by him or her and the appointment of a managing director shall be revoked forthwith if he, she or it ceases to be a Director. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

32.2

Subject to the Statute, the Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

32.3

The Directors may adopt formal written charters for committees. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in the Articles and shall have such powers as the Directors may delegate pursuant to the Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of any Recognised Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under applicable law.

 

32.4

Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of Directors as the Directors shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Recognised Exchange (after giving effect to any applicable exemptions and phase-in of the accommodations).

 

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32.5

For so long as any class of Shares is listed on a Recognised Exchange, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Recognised Exchange (after giving effect to any applicable exemptions and phase-in of the accommodations).

 

32.6

Subject to the Statute, the Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time.

 

32.7

Subject to the Statute, the Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under the Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him or her.

 

32.8

The Directors may appoint such officers of the Company (including any secretary) as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of his, her or its appointment an officer of the Company may be removed by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members. An officer of the Company may vacate his, her or its office at any time if he, she or it gives notice in writing to the Company that he, she or it resigns his, her or its office.

 

33

No Minimum Shareholding

The Company in general meeting may fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares.

 

34

Remuneration of Directors

 

34.1

The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred or sustained by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

34.2

The Directors may by Resolution of Directors approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond his, her or its ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his, her or its remuneration as a Director.

 

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35

Seal

 

35.1

The Company shall have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors.

 

35.2

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

 

35.3

A Director or officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal over his, her or its signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him or her under seal or to be filed wheresoever.

 

36

Dividends, Distributions and Reserve

 

36.1

Subject to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, the Directors may resolve by Resolution of Directors to pay Distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A dividend shall be deemed to be an interim dividend unless the terms of the Resolution of Directors pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such dividend specifically state that such dividend shall be a final dividend. No Distribution shall be authorised if such Distribution would cause the Company or its Directors to be in breach of the Statute.

 

36.2

The Directors may deduct from any Distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) payable by him or her to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

36.3

The Directors may resolve by Resolution of Directors that any Distribution or redemption be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Directors.

 

36.4

Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Distributions may be paid in any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met.

 

36.5

The Directors may, before resolving to pay any Distribution, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Directors, be employed in the business of the Company.

 

36.6

Any Distribution, redemption payment, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made

 

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  payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, other Distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders.

 

36.7

No Distribution or redemption payment shall bear interest against the Company.

 

36.8

Any Distribution or redemption payment which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six (6) months from the date on which such Distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the dividend or other Distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Distribution or redemption payment which remains unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date on which such Distribution or redemption payment becomes payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

 

37

Books of Account

 

37.1

The Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, underlying documentation including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company, in accordance with the Statute.

 

37.2

The Directors shall determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.

 

37.3

The Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.

 

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Audit

 

38.1

The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the Directors determine.

 

38.2

If the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Recognised Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions as required by the rules and regulations of any Recognised Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under applicable law and shall utilise the Audit Committee for the review, approval and ratification, as the case may be, of potential conflicts of interest.

 

38.3

The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee (if one exists).

 

38.4

If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his, her or its becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his, her or its services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine the remuneration of such Auditor.

 

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38.5

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

 

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Notices

 

39.1

Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, cable, fax or email to him or her or to his, her or its address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by email by sending it to the email address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to another, is to be sent by airmail. Notice may also be served by Electronic Communication in accordance with the rules of any Recognised Exchange or submitted to the SEC through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or by placing such notice on the Company’s website.

 

39.2

Where a notice is sent by:

 

  (a)

courier, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third (3rd) day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier;

 

  (b)

post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth (5th) day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the British Virgin Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted;

 

  (c)

cable, fax or other similar electronic means service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted;

 

  (d)

email service shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the email to the email address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the email to be acknowledged by the recipient;

 

  (e)

submission to the SEC through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document was submitted;

 

  (f)

placing it on the Company’s website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document was placed on the Company’s website.

 

39.3

A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under the Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the

 

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  bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

39.4

Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves by reason of his, her or its being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for his, her or its death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

 

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Winding Up

 

40.1

If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, each Share will rank pari passu with each other Share in relation to the distribution of surplus assets on a winding up.

 

40.2

If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

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Indemnity and Insurance

 

41.1

Subject to the Statute, every Director and officer of the Company (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Auditors), together with every former Director and former officer of the Company (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company to the fullest extent permissible under the Statue and the laws of the British Virgin Islands against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect.

 

41.2

Subject to the Statute, the Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be

 

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  determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.

 

41.3

The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or other officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.

 

42

Financial Year

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

 

43

Transfer by Way of Continuation

The Company shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands and to be deregistered in the British Virgin Islands.

 

44

Mergers and Consolidations

The Company shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Statute), upon such terms as the Directors may determine.

 

45

Corporate Opportunity

The Directors of the Company who are not employees of the Company (each a “Specified Party”) have participated (directly or indirectly) in and may, and shall have no duty not to, continue to (A) participate (directly or indirectly) in venture capital and other direct investments in corporations, joint ventures, limited liability companies and other entities conducting business of any kind, nature or description (“Other Investments”) and (B) have interests in, participate with and aid, and maintain seats on the boards of directors or similar governing bodies of, Other Investments, in each case that may, are or will be competitive with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries or in the same or similar lines of business as the Company and its subsidiaries, or that could be suitable for the Company or its subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any such Other Investment or any business opportunities for such Other Investments that are from time to time presented to any Specified Party or are business opportunities in which a Specified Party participates or desires to participate, even if the Other Investment or business opportunity is one that the Company or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and each such Specified Party shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such Other Investment or business opportunity to the Company and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Member, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, by

 

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reason of the fact that such Specified Party (i) participates in any such Other Investment or pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another person or (iii) fails to present any such Other Investment or business opportunity, or information regarding any such Other Investment or business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless such business opportunity is expressly offered to such Specified Party in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company.

 

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We, Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in our capacity as registered agent for the Company hereby apply to the Registrar for the incorporation of the Company this 23rd day of July 2021.

Incorporator

 

(Signed: Denery Moses)

 

Denery Moses
Authorised Signatory
Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited

 

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EX-2.4

Exhibit 2.4

Execution Version

WARRANT AGREEMENT

between

QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL

and

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

WARRANT AGREEMENT

Dated as of January 19, 2021

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 19, 2021, is by and between Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent,” also referred to herein as the “Transfer Agent”).

WHEREAS, on January 19, 2021, the Company entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement with Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor will purchase an aggregate of 5,333,333 warrants (or up to 5,933,333 warrants if the Over-allotment Option (as defined below) in connection with the Offering (as defined below) is exercised in full) simultaneously with the closing of the Offering (and the closing of the Over-allotment Option, if applicable) bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant;

WHEREAS, in order to finance the Company’s transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination (as defined below), the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as the Company may require, of which up to $1,500,000 may be convertible into up to an additional 1,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant;

WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company’s equity securities, each such unit comprised of one Ordinary Share (as defined below) and one-third of one Public Warrant (as defined below) (the “Units”) and, in connection therewith, has determined to issue and deliver up to 11,500,000 redeemable warrants (including up to 1,500,000 redeemable warrants subject to the Overallotment Option) to public investors in the Offering (the “Public Warrants” and, together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “Warrants”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (each, an “Ordinary Share”), for $11.50 per Ordinary Share, subject to adjustment as described herein;

WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) the registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-251790) (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Units, the Public Warrants and the Ordinary Shares included in the Units;

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants;


WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrants; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

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

1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

2. Warrants.

2.1 Form of Warrant. Each Warrant shall be issued in registered form only.

2.2 Effect of Countersignature. If a physical certificate is issued, unless and until

countersigned by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a certificated Warrant shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.

2.3 Registration.

2.3.1 Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants in book-entry form, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Public Warrants shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by institutions that have accounts with The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (such institution, with respect to a Warrant in its account, a “Participant”). If the Depositary subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Public Warrants, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. In the event that the Public Warrants are not eligible for, or it is no longer necessary to have the Public Warrants available in, book-entry form, the Warrant Agent shall provide written instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation each book-entry Public Warrant, and the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to deliver to the Depositary definitive certificates in physical form evidencing such Warrants which shall be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.

Physical certificates, if issued, shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

2.3.2 Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on any physical certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

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2.4 Detachability of Warrants. The Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants comprising the Units shall begin separate trading on the fifty-second (52nd) day following the date of the Prospectus or, if such fifty-second (52nd) day is not on a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, on which banks in New York City are generally open for normal business (a “Business Day”), then on the immediately succeeding Business Day following such date, or earlier (the “Detachment Date”) with the consent of Barclays Capital Inc., but in no event shall the Ordinary Shares and the Public Warrants comprising the Units be separately traded until (A) the Company has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing an audited balance sheet reflecting the receipt by the Company of the gross proceeds of the Offering, including the proceeds received by the Company from the exercise by the underwriters of their right to purchase additional Units in the Offering (the “Over-allotment Option”), if the Over-allotment Option is exercised or waived prior to the filing of the Current Report Form 8-K, and (B) the Company issues a press release and files with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing when such separate trading shall begin.

2.5 No Fractional Warrants Other Than as Part of Units. The Company shall not issue fractional Warrants other than as part of Units, each of which is comprised of one Ordinary Share and one-third of one Public Warrant. If, upon the detachment of Public Warrants from Units or otherwise, a holder of Warrants would be entitled to receive a fractional Warrant, the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number the number of Warrants to be issued to such holder.

2.6 Private Placement Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants shall be identical to the Public Warrants, except that so long as they are held by the Sponsor or any of its Permitted Transferees (as defined below), the Private Placement Warrants: (i) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) hereof, (ii) may not be transferred, assigned or sold until thirty (30) days after the completion by the Company of an initial Business Combination and (iii) shall not be redeemable by the Company pursuant to Sections 6.1 or 6.2 hereof; provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii), the Private Placement Warrants and any Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor or any of its Permitted Transferees and issued upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants may be transferred by the holders thereof:

(a) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of the Company’s officers or directors, any member(s) of the Sponsor or their affiliates, or any affiliates of the Sponsor;

(b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization;

(c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual;

(d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order;

(e) by virtue of the laws of the Sponsor’s operating agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor;

(f) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the Private Placement Warrants were originally purchased;

(g) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination; or

(h) in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, restructuring or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) through (f), these transferees (the “Permitted Transferees”) must enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in this Agreement.

 

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3. Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

3.1 Warrant Price. Each whole Warrant shall, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the Registered Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of Ordinary Shares stated therein, at the price of $11.50 per Ordinary Share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section 3.1. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Agreement shall mean the price per share at which Ordinary Shares may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised. The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than twenty (20) Business Days, provided, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of such reduction to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such reduction shall be identical among all of the Warrants.

3.2 Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the later of: (i) the date that is thirty (30) days after the first date on which the Company completes a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”) and (ii) the date that is twelve (12) months from the date of the closing of the Offering, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earlier to occur of: (x) the date that is five (5) years after the date on which the Company completes its initial Business Combination, (y) the liquidation of the Company in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (as amended from time to time) (the “Memorandum and Articles”) if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination, and (z) other than with respect to the Private Placement Warrants then held by the Sponsor or its Permitted Transferees, the Redemption Date (as defined below) as provided in Section 6.3 hereof (the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in subsection 3.3.2 below with respect to an effective registration statement. Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as defined below) (other than with respect to a Private Placement Warrant then held by the Sponsor or a Permitted Transferee) in the event of a redemption (as set forth in Section 6 hereof), each Warrant (other than a Private Placement Warrant then held by the Sponsor or a Permitted Transferee) not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become null and void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date. The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such extension shall be identical in duration among all the Warrants.

3.3 Exercise of Warrants.

3.3.1 Payment. Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Agreement, a Warrant, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof by surrendering it, at the office of the Warrant Agent, or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, with the subscription form, as set forth in the Warrant, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Ordinary Share as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant, the exchange of the Warrant for the Ordinary Shares and the issuance of such Ordinary Shares, as follows:

(a) in lawful money of the United States, in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the Warrant Agent;

(b) [reserved];

(c) with respect to any Private Placement Warrant, so long as such Private Placement Warrant is held by the Sponsor, a Permitted Transferee, or the Company’s officers and directors, by surrendering the Warrants in exchange for a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the product of (A) the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants and (B) the excess of the “Fair Market Value,” as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(c), over the exercise price of the Warrants by (ii) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(c), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares as reported for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third (3rd) trading day prior to the date on which notice of exercise of the Warrant is sent to the Warrant Agent; or

 

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(d) as provided in Section 6.2 hereof with respect to a Make-Whole Exercise; or

(e) as provided in Section 7.4 hereof.

3.3.2 Issuance of Ordinary Shares on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(a)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder of such Warrant a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of full Ordinary Shares to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it on the register of members of the Company, and if such Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new book-entry position or countersigned Warrant, as applicable, for the number of Ordinary Shares as to which such Warrant shall not have been exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and shall have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company’s satisfying its obligations under Section 7.4 hereof. No Warrant shall be exercisable and the Company shall not be obligated to issue Ordinary Shares upon exercise of a Warrant unless the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the Registered Holder of the Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire without value to the holder, in which case the purchaser of a Unit containing such Public Warrants shall have paid the full purchase price for the Unit solely for the Ordinary Shares underlying such Unit. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise. The Company may require holders of Public Warrants to settle the Warrant on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof. If, by reason of any exercise of Warrants on a “cashless basis,” the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary Share, the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to such holder.

3.3.3 Valid Issuance. All Ordinary Shares issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

3.3.4 Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for Ordinary Shares is issued and who is registered in the register of members of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Ordinary Shares on the date on which the Warrant, or book-entry position representing such Warrant, was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate in the case of a certificated Warrant, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the register of members of the Company or book-entry system of the Warrant Agent are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such Ordinary Shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books or book-entry system are open.

3.3.5 Maximum Percentage. A holder of a Warrant may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this subsection 3.3.5; however, no holder of a Warrant shall be subject to this subsection 3.3.5 unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of the holder’s Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% or such other amount as the holder may specify (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Warrant beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred shares or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of

 

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outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of the Warrant, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of equity securities of the Company by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. By written notice to the Company, the holder of a Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

4. Adjustments.

4.1 Share Dividends.

4.1.1 Subdivisions. If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.6 below, the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares is increased by a share dividend payable in Ordinary Shares, or by a subdivision of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share dividend, subdivision or similar event, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. A rights offering to holders of the Ordinary Shares entitling holders to purchase Ordinary Shares at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a share dividend of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Ordinary Shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Ordinary Shares) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per Ordinary Share paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.1, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Ordinary Shares, in determining the price payable for Ordinary Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the average last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares as reported for the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Ordinary Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

4.1.2 Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the Ordinary Shares on account of such Ordinary Shares (or other shares of the Company into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (i) as described in subsection 4.1.1 above, (ii) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below), (iii) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of the Ordinary Shares in connection with a proposed initial Business Combination, (iv) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of Ordinary Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles (A) in a manner that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Ordinary Shares if the Company has not consummated its initial Business Combination within twenty-four (24) months from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of the Ordinary Shares or pre-initial Business Combination activity, or (v) in connection with the redemption of the Ordinary Shares upon the Company’s failure to complete its initial Business Combination (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid on each Ordinary Share in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.2, “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Ordinary Shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant) does not exceed $0.50 (being 5% of the offering price of the Units in the Offering).

4.2 Aggregation of Shares. If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.6 hereof, the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share subdivision or reclassification of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share subdivision, reclassification or similar event, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

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4.3 Adjustments in Exercise and Redemption Trigger Prices. Whenever the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in subsection 4.1.1 or Section 4.2 above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of Ordinary Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter. If, (x) in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company issues additional Ordinary Shares or securities of the Company which are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, equity securities of the Company, including any securities issued by the Company which are pledged to secure any obligation of any holder to purchase equity securities of the Company, at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Ordinary Share, with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Board (and in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Ordinary Shares of the Company issued prior to the Offering and held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average last reported trading price of the Ordinary Shares during the twenty (20) day trading period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates the initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per Ordinary Share, (i) the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, (ii) the $18.00 per Ordinary Share redemption trigger price described in Section 6.1 hereof shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and (iii) the $10.00 per Ordinary Share redemption price trigger described in Section 6.2 hereof will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

4.4 Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (other than a change under subsections 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or Section 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Ordinary Shares), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the holders of the Warrants shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the Ordinary Shares of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the Warrants would have received if such holder had exercised his, her or its Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”); provided, however, that (i) if the holders of the Ordinary Shares were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation or merger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets constituting the Alternative Issuance for which each Warrant shall become exercisable shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and (ii) if a tender, exchange or redemption offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the Ordinary Shares (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the Company in connection with redemption rights held by shareholders of the Company as provided for in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles or as a result of the repurchase of Ordinary Shares by the Company if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the shareholders of the Company for approval) under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder of a Warrant shall be entitled to receive as the Alternative Issuance, the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a shareholder if such Warrant holder had exercised the Warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the Ordinary Shares held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in

 

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this Section 4; provided further, that if less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in the applicable event is payable in the form of Ordinary Shares in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the Registered Holder properly exercises the Warrant within thirty (30) days following the public disclosure of the consummation of such applicable event by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Warrant Price shall be reduced by an amount (in dollars) equal to the difference of (i) the Warrant Price in effect prior to such reduction minus (ii) (A) the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) (but in no event less than zero) minus (B) the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined below). The “Black-Scholes Warrant Value” means the value of a Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable event based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Model for a Capped American Call on Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”). For purposes of calculating such amount, (1) Section 6 of this Agreement shall be taken into account, (2) the price of each Ordinary Share shall be the volume weighted average last reported trading price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event, (3) the assumed volatility shall be the ninety (90) day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg determined as of the trading day immediately prior to the day of the announcement of the applicable event and (4) the assumed risk-free interest rate shall correspond to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the Warrant. “Per Share Consideration” means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the Ordinary Shares consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per Ordinary Share, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average last reported trading price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event. If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in Ordinary Shares covered by subsection 4.1.1 hereof, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 4.1.1 or Sections 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per Ordinary Share issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

4.5 Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 hereof, the Company shall give written notice of the occurrence of such event to each holder of a Warrant, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

4.6 No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary Share, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to such holder.

4.7 Form of Warrant. The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, and Warrants issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant Price and the same number of Ordinary Shares as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.

4.8 Other Events. In case any event shall occur affecting the Company as to which none of the provisions of the preceding subsections of this Section 4 are strictly applicable, but which would require an adjustment to the terms of the Warrants in order to (i) avoid an adverse impact on the Warrants and (ii) effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4, then, in each such case, the Company shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants or investment banking or other appraisal firm of recognized national standing, which shall give its opinion as to whether or not any adjustment to the rights represented by the Warrants is necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4 and, if they determine that an adjustment is necessary, the terms of such

 

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adjustment. The Company shall adjust the terms of the Warrants in a manner that is consistent with any adjustment recommended in such opinion.

5. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.

5.1 Registration of Transfer. The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of such Warrant for transfer, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. The Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.

5.2 Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that in the event that a Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend (as in the case of the Private Placement Warrants), the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

5.3 Transfers of Fractions of Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrants which would require the issuance of a warrant certificate or book-entry position for a fraction of a warrant, except as part of the Units.

5.4 Service Charges. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrants.

5.5 Warrant Execution and Countersignature. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, shall supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.

5.6 Transfer of Warrants. Prior to the Detachment Date, the Public Warrants may be transferred or exchanged only together with the Unit in which such Warrant is included, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, a transfer or exchange of such Unit. Furthermore, each transfer of a Unit on the register relating to such Units shall operate also to transfer the Warrants included in such Unit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.6 shall have no effect on any transfer of Warrants on and after the Detachment Date.

6. Redemption.

6.1 Redemption of Warrants for Cash When the Price Per Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00. Subject to Section 6.5 hereof, not less than all of the outstanding Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the Registered Holders of the Warrants, as described in Section 6.3 below, at a Redemption Price (as defined below) of $0.01 per Warrant, provided that the last reported sales price of the Ordinary Shares has been at least $18.00 per Ordinary Share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof), on each of twenty (20) trading days within the thirty (30) trading-day period ending on the third (3rd) trading day prior to the date on which notice of the redemption is given and provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day Redemption Period (as defined in Section 6.3 below) or the Company has elected to require the exercise of the Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof.

6.2 Redemption of Warrants for Ordinary Shares When the Price Per Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $10.00. Subject to Section 6.5 hereof, not less than all of the outstanding Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the Registered Holders of the Warrants, (i) as described in Section 6.3 below, (ii) at a

 

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Redemption Price of $0.10 per Warrant upon minimum of thirty (30) days prior written notice of redemption provided that during the 30-day Redemption Period Registered Holders will be able to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis prior to the redemption and receive that number of Ordinary Shares determined by reference to the table below, based on the Redemption Date and the “Fair Market Value” (as such term is defined in this Section 6.2) of the Ordinary Shares, and (iii) if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per Ordinary Share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof) on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the Registered Holders. During the 30-day Redemption Period in connection with a redemption pursuant to this Section 6.2, Registered Holders of the Warrants may elect to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1 hereof and receive a number of Ordinary Shares determined by reference to the table below, based on the Redemption Date (as defined below) and the “Fair Market Value” (as such term is defined in this Section 6.2) (a “Make-Whole Exercise”). Solely for purposes of this Section 6.2 the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the ten (10) trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 6.2 is sent to the Registered Holders. In connection with any redemption pursuant to this Section 6.2, the Company shall provide the Registered Holders with the Fair Market Value no later than one (1) Business Day after the ten (10) trading day period described in the definition of “Fair Market Value” above ends.

 

Redemption Date

   Fair Market Value of Class A Ordinary Shares  

(period to expiration of warrants)

   $10.00      $11.00      $12.00      $13.00      $14.00      $15.00      $16.00      $17.00      $18.00  

60 months

     0.261        0.281        0.297        0.311        0.324        0.337        0.318        0.358        0.361  

57 months

     0.257        0.277        0.294        0.310        0.324        0.337        0.348        0.358        0.361  

54 months

     0.252        0.272        0.291        0.307        0.322        0.335        0.347        0.357        0.361  

51 months

     0.246        0.268        0.287        0.304        0.320        0.333        0.346        0.357        0.361  

48 months

     0.241        0.263        0.283        0.301        0.317        0.332        0.344        0.356        0.361  

45 months

     0.235        0.258        0.279        0.298        0.315        0.330        0.343        0.356        0.361  

42 months

     0.228        0.252        0.274        0.294        0.312        0.328        0.342        0.355        0.361  

39 months

     0.221        0.246        0.269        0.290        0.309        0.325        0.340        0.354        0.361  

36 months

     0.213        0.239        0.263        0.285        0.305        0.323        0.339        0.353        0.361  

33 months

     0.205        0.232        0.257        0.280        0.301        0.320        0.337        0.352        0.361  

30 months

     0.196        0.224        0.250        0.274        0.297        0.316        0.335        0.351        0.361  

27 months

     0.185        0.214        0.242        0.268        0.291        0.313        0.332        0.350        0.361  

24 months

     0.173        0.204        0.233        0.260        0.285        0.308        0.329        0.348        0.361  

21 months

     0.161        0.193        0.223        0.252        0.279        0.304        0.326        0.347        0.361  

18 months

     0.146        0.179        0.211        0.242        0.271        0.298        0.322        0.345        0.361  

15 months

     0.130        0.164        0.197        0.230        0.262        0.291        0.317        0.342        0.361  

12 months

     0.111        0.146        0.181        0.216        0.250        0.282        0.312        0.339        0.361  

9 months

     0.090        0.125        0.162        0.199        0.237        0.272        0.305        0.336        0.361  

6 months

     0.065        0.099        0.137        0.178        0.219        0.259        0.296        0.331        0.361  

3 months

     0.034        0.065        0.104        0.150        0.197        0.243        0.286        0.326        0.361  

0 months

     —          —          0.042        0.115        0.179        0.233        0.281        0.323        0.361  

 

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If the exact Fair Market Value and Redemption Date (as defined in this Section 6.2) are between two values in the table above or the Redemption Date is between two redemption dates in the table above, the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued for each Warrant exercised in a Make-Whole Exercise shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of shares set forth for the higher and lower Fair Market Values and the earlier and later redemption dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.

The share prices set forth in the column headings of the table above shall be adjusted as of any date on which the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 4 hereof. The adjusted share prices in the column headings shall equal the share prices immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon exercise of a Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon exercise of a Warrant as so adjusted. The number of Ordinary Shares in the table above shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant.

In no event shall the Warrants be exercisable in connection with a Make-Whole Exercise for more than 0.361 Ordinary Shares per whole Warrant (subject to adjustment).

6.3 Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption; Redemption Price. In the event that the Company elects to redeem the Warrants pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, the Company shall fix a date for the redemption (the “Redemption Date”). Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date (the “30-day Redemption Period”) to the Registered Holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Registered Holder received such notice. As used in this Agreement, “Redemption Price” shall mean the price per Warrant at which any Warrants are redeemed pursuant to Sections 6.1 or 6.2 hereof.

6.4 Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or, if in connection with a redemption pursuant to Sections 6.2 or 7.4 hereof, on a “cashless basis” in accordance with such section) at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. In the event that the Company determines to require all holders of Warrants to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof, the notice of redemption shall contain the information necessary to calculate the number of Ordinary Shares to be received upon exercise of the Warrants, including the “Fair Market Value” (as such term is defined in Section 7.4 hereof) in such case. On and after the Redemption Date, the record holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the Redemption Price.

6.5 Exclusion of Private Placement Warrants. The Company agrees that the redemption rights provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof shall not apply to the Private Placement Warrants if at the time of the redemption such Private Placement Warrants continue to be held by the Sponsor or its Permitted Transferees. However, once such Private Placement Warrants are transferred (other than to Permitted Transferees under Section 2.6 hereof), the Company may redeem such Private Placement Warrants pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, provided that the criteria for redemption are met, including the opportunity of the holder of such Private Placement Warrants to exercise the Private Placement Warrants prior to redemption pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof. Private Placement Warrants that are transferred to persons other than Permitted Transferees shall upon such transfer cease to be Private Placement Warrants, and shall become Public Warrants under this Agreement.

7. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.

7.1 No Rights as Shareholder. A Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the general meetings of the Company or the appointment of directors of the Company or any other matter.

7.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrants. If any Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new

 

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Warrant of like denomination, tenor and date as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

7.3 Reservation of Ordinary Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.

7.4 Registration of Ordinary Shares; Cashless Exercise at Company’s Option.

7.4.1 Registration of the Ordinary Shares. The Company agrees that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty (20) Business Days after the closing of its initial Business Combination, it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Except as provided in subsection 7.4.2 below, for the avoidance of any doubt, unless and until all of the Warrants have been exercised, the Company shall continue to be obligated to comply with its registration obligations under the first three sentences of this subsection 7.4.1.

7.4.2 Cashless Exercise at Company’s Option. If the Ordinary Shares are at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act (or any successor rule), the Company may, at its option, (i) require holders of Public Warrants who exercise Public Warrants to exercise such Public Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act (or any successor rule) as described in subsection 7.4.1 above and (ii) in the event the Company so elects, the Company shall (x) not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and (y) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants under the blue sky laws of the state of residence of the exercising Public Warrant holder to the extent an exemption is not available. To exercise the Warrants on a cashless basis, each Registered Holder would pay the Exercise Price by surrendering the Warrants in exchange for a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the lesser of (i) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the product of (x) the number of the Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants and (y) the excess of the “Fair Market Value” (as defined in this subsection 7.4.2) over the Exercise Price of the Warrants by (B) the Fair Market Value and (ii) the product of the number of Warrants surrendered and 0.361 (subject to adjustment). Solely for purposes of this subsection 7.4.2, the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the ten (10) trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the Warrant Agent.

8. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.

8.1 Payment of Taxes. The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or such Ordinary Shares.

8.2 Resignation, Consolidation or Merger of Warrant Agent.

8.2.1 Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days’ notice in writing to the Company. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of a Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his, her or its Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Warrant may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed

 

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by the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, in good standing and having its principal office in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties and obligations.

8.2.2 Notice of Successor Warrant Agent. In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the Transfer Agent for the Ordinary Shares not later than the effective date of any such appointment.

8.2.3 Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent. Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act.

8.3 Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent.

8.3.1 Remuneration. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and shall, pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement, reimburse the Warrant Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.

8.3.2 Further Assurances. The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.

8.4 Liability of Warrant Agent.

8.4.1 Reliance on Company Statement. Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Chairman of the Board of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

8.4.2 Indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement, except as a result of the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

8.4.3 Exclusions. The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its countersignature thereof). The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible to make any adjustments required under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Ordinary

 

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Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any Ordinary Shares shall, when issued, be valid and fully paid and non-assessable.

8.5 Acceptance of Agency. The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Company, all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of Ordinary Shares through the exercise of the Warrants.

8.6 Waiver. The Warrant Agent has no right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in, or to any distribution of, the Trust Account (as defined in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent as trustee thereunder) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. The Warrant Agent hereby waives any and all Claims against the Trust Account and any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account.

9. Miscellaneous Provisions.

9.1 Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

9.2 Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital

55 Hudson Yards, 44th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Attention: Victoria Grace

Email: victoria@queensgambitspac.com

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez

Email: fwolf@continentalstock.com

Email: cgonzalez@continentalstock.com

9.3 Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

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9.4 Persons Having Rights under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders of the Warrants any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the Warrants.

9.5 Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, for inspection by the Registered Holder of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit such holder’s Warrant for inspection by the Warrant Agent.

9.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

9.7 Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

9.8 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any Registered Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders. All other modifications or amendments, including any amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period and any amendment to the terms of only the Private Placement Warrants, shall require the vote or written consent of the Registered Holders of 50% of the then outstanding Public Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, without the consent of the Registered Holders.

9.9 Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

Exhibit A — Form of Warrant Certificate

Exhibit B Legend — Private Placement Warrants

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL
By:  

/s/ Victoria Grace

Name: Victoria Grace
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER &

TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent    

By:  

/s/ Stacy Aqui

Name: Stacy Aqui
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the Warrant Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

[Form of Warrant Certificate]

[FACE]

Number

Warrants

 

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO

THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR

IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL

Incorporated Under the Laws of the Cayman Islands

CUSIP [                 ]

Warrant Certificate

This Warrant Certificate certifies that, or registered assigns, is the registered holder of warrant (s) evidenced hereby (the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share (“Ordinary Shares”), of Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”). Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable by certified or official bank check payable to the Company (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Share. The number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

The initial Exercise Price is equal to $11.50 per Ordinary Share. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.


  QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER &

TRUST COMPANY as Warrant Agent    

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


[Form of Warrant Certificate]

[Reverse]

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive Ordinary Shares and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of January 19, 2021 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.

Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the Ordinary Shares is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary Share, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a shareholder of the Company.


Election to Purchase

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive Ordinary Shares and herewith tenders payment for such Ordinary Shares to the order of Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital (the “Company”) in the amount of $ in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that the register of members of the Company be updated to reflect the issuance of such Ordinary Shares and a certificate for such Ordinary Shares be registered in the name of, whose address is and that such Ordinary Shares be delivered to whose address is. If said number of Ordinary Shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such Ordinary Shares be registered in the name of, whose address is and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to, whose address is.

In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement and the undersigned elects to exercise its Warrant pursuant to a Make-Whole Exercise, the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement.

In the event that the Warrant is a Private Placement Warrant that is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement, the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement.

In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.

In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive Ordinary Shares. If said number of Ordinary Shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such Ordinary Shares be registered in the name of, whose address is and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to, whose address is.

[Signature Page Follows]


Date:

 

 

(Signature)

 

 

 

(Address)

 

(Tax Identification Number)

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE)) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED.


EXHIBIT B

LEGEND

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER DESCRIBED IN THE LETTER AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL (THE “COMPANY”), QUEEN’S GAMBIT HOLDINGS LLC AND THE OTHER PARTIES THERETO, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH THE COMPANY COMPLETES ITS INITIAL BUSINESS COMBINATION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN) EXCEPT TO A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2 OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT) WHO AGREES IN WRITING WITH THE COMPANY TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH TRANSFER PROVISIONS.

SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY.”

No. Warrants

EX-2.5

Exhibit 2.5

Execution Version

ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

by and among

QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL,

PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP,

and

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

Dated as of March 30, 2022


ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated March 30, 2022, is made by and among Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“SPAC”), Pivotal Holdings Corp, a British Virgin Islands business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Holdings”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (in such capacity, the “Warrant Agent”) and amends the Warrant Agreement (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”), dated January 19, 2021, by and between SPAC and the Warrant Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Existing Warrant Agreement.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Warrant Agreement, SPAC issued (a) 5,933,333 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor and (b) 11,500,000 Public Warrants;

WHEREAS, on July 28, 2021, SPAC, Holdings, Swvl Inc. (“Swvl”), Pivotal Merger Sub Company I (“Cayman Merger Sub”) and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II Limited entered into a business combination agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented, from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

WHEREAS, all of the Warrants are governed by the Existing Warrant Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, SPAC will merge with and into Cayman Merger Sub (the “SPAC Merger”), with Cayman Merger Sub surviving such merger;

WHEREAS, in connection with the SPAC Merger, among other things, each Ordinary Share shall be automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive one Holdings Class A ordinary share of par value US $0.0001 per share (the “Holdings Common Shares A”);

WHEREAS, upon consummation of the SPAC Merger, as provided in Section 4.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement, the Warrants will no longer be exercisable for Ordinary Shares but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms of the Existing Warrant Agreement as amended hereby) for Holdings Common Shares A;

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will constitute a Business Combination;

WHEREAS, as of and with effect on and from the SPAC Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), SPAC desires to assign all of its rights, interests and obligations in and under the Existing Warrant Agreement to Holdings and Holdings wishes to accept such assignment; and

WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement provides that SPAC and the Warrant Agent may amend the Existing Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Registered Holders for the purpose of adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Existing Warrant Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders.

 

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

ARTICLE I

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION; CONSENT.

SECTION 1.01.    Assignment and Assumption. As of and with effect on and from the SPAC Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Initial Closing”):

(a)    SPAC hereby assigns to Holdings all of SPAC’s rights, interests and obligations in and under the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby); and

(b)    Holdings hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) arising on, from and after the Initial Closing.

SECTION 1.02.    Consent. The Warrant Agent hereby consents to (a) the assignment of the Existing Warrant Agreement by SPAC to Holdings pursuant to Section 1.01(a) and the assumption of the Existing Warrant Agreement by Holdings from SPAC pursuant to Section 1.01(b), in each case effective as of the Initial Closing, and (b) the continuation of the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended by this Agreement), in full force and effect from and after the Initial Closing.

ARTICLE II

AMENDMENT OF EXISTING WARRANT AGREEMENT.

Effective as of the Initial Closing, SPAC and the Warrant Agent hereby amend the Existing Warrant Agreement as provided in this Article II, and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Existing Warrant Agreement set forth in this Article II are to provide for the delivery of Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement (in connection with the SPAC Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement).

SECTION 2.01.    References to the “Company”. All references to the “Company” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to Holdings.

SECTION 2.02.    References to Ordinary Shares. All references to “Ordinary Shares” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to Holdings Common Shares A.

 

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SECTION 2.03.    References to Business Combination. All references to “Business Combination” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and references to “the completion by the Company of an initial Business Combination” and all variations thereof in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement).

SECTION 2.04.    Notice Clause. Section 9.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on Holdings shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by Holdings with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

Swvl Inc.

The Offices 4, One Central

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attention: Mostafa Kandil, Chief Executive Officer

Email: mk@swvl.com

with a copy to:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019 Attention: O. Keith Hallam, III; Nicholas A. Dorsey; Richard Hall

Email: khallam@cravath.com; ndorsey@cravath.com; rhall@cravath.com

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by Holdings to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with Holdings), as follows:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Compliance Department

Email: Compliance@continentalstock.com

 

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ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

SECTION 3.01.    Effectiveness of the Amendment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be expressly subject to the occurrence of the SPAC Merger and substantially contemporaneous occurrence of the Initial Closing and shall automatically be terminated and shall be null and void if the Business Combination Agreement shall be terminated for any reason.

SECTION 3.02.    Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of SPAC, Holdings or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 3.03.    Applicable Law and Exclusive Forum. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 3.04.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 3.05.    Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

SECTION 3.06.    Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL
By:  

/s/ Victoria Grace

Name:   Victoria Grace
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT


PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP
By:  

/s/ Youssef Salem

Name:   Youssef Salem
Title:   Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT


CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
By:  

/s/ Stacy Aqui

Name:   Stacy Aqui
Title:   Vice President

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4

FORM OF TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT

This TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of July 28, 2021, by and between Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“SPAC”), Swvl Inc., a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), and [•], a [•] (the “Supporting Company Investor”). Each of SPAC, the Company and the Supporting Company Investor are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, SPAC and the Company are, together with the other parties signatory thereto, concurrently entering into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Supporting Company Investor is the legal and beneficial owner of (x) the number and type of equity securities of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto, if any (together with any other equity securities of the Company that the Supporting Company Investor acquires legal or beneficial ownership on or after the date hereof, collectively, the “Subject Company Shares”) and (y) the convertible notes of the Company identified on Schedule A hereto, if any (together with any other convertible notes of the Company that the Supporting Company Investor acquires legal or beneficial ownership on or after the date hereof, collectively, the “Subject Company Notes”);

WHEREAS, in consideration for the benefits to be received by the Supporting Company Investor under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and as a material inducement to SPAC agreeing to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the Supporting Company Investor agrees to enter into this Agreement and to be bound by the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge and agree that SPAC is entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon the Supporting Company Investor entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement and but for the Supporting Company Investor entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, SPAC would not have entered into or agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

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

AGREEMENT

1. Written Consents and Related Matters.

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) following the time at which the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, the Supporting Company Investor (if the Supporting Company Investor is the legal or beneficial owner of any Subject Company Shares) irrevocably agrees to duly execute and deliver to SPAC and the Company


the Written Consents under which it shall irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the matters, actions and proposals contemplated by Section 7.03 of the Business Combination Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the first sentence of this Section 1(a), prior to the Closing, the Supporting Company Investor shall vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Company Shares against and withhold consent (and shall not deliver, or cause to be delivered, any written consent) with respect to (a) any other matter, action or proposal that would reasonably be expected to result in (x) a breach of any of the Company’s, Holdings’ or Cayman Merger Sub’s covenants, agreements or obligations under the Business Combination Agreement or (y) any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 8.01(a) or 8.02 of the Business Combination Agreement not being satisfied or (b) any other action, agreement or proposal intended to, or which has the effect of or reasonably would be expected to have the effect of, impeding, delaying, restricting, limiting or interfering with the consummation of the Transactions, the performance of the Supporting Company Investor’s obligations hereunder or the obligations of the Company under the Business Combination Agreement. Following such execution and delivery, the Supporting Company Investor hereby agrees that it will not revoke, withdraw or repudiate the Written Consents. Such Written Consents shall be coupled with an interest and, prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, shall be irrevocable.

(b) Hereafter until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7, and subject to clause (c) below, the Supporting Company Investor shall not enter into any tender or voting agreement, or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding, or grant a proxy or power of attorney, with respect to the Subject Company Shares that is inconsistent with this Agreement or otherwise take any other action with respect to the Subject Company Shares that would prevent, materially restrict, materially limit or materially interfere with the performance of the Supporting Company Investor’s obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(c) Until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7, the Supporting Company Investor agrees that any Subject Company Shares that the Supporting Company Investor purchases or otherwise hereinafter acquires (including as a result of the (x) exercise of any Company Option, (y) the conversion of any Company Convertible Note or (z) the conversion of any Company Preferred Shares) or with respect to which the Supporting Company Investor otherwise acquires sole or shared voting power after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7 shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were owned by such Supporting Company Investor as of the date hereof.

2. Convertible Note Conversion. The Supporting Company Investor hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the terms of the Subject Company Notes, such Subject Company Notes shall convert in the Convertible Note Conversion into Holdings Common Shares A in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Business Combination Agreement. The Supporting Company Investor acknowledges and agrees that, upon its receipt of Holdings Common Shares A in the Convertible Note Conversion, the Subject Company Notes shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect without any notice or other action by any Party and all rights, obligations and liabilities under the Subject Company Notes shall be deemed satisfied in full and none of the Company, Holdings nor the Supporting Company Investor, nor any of their respective affiliates, successors in interest or assigns, shall have any further rights, obligations or liabilities thereunder. The Supporting Company Investor hereby waives any right to receive written notice in accordance with any Company Convertible Notes that such Supporting Investor is entitled to in connection with the Transactions.

3. Other Covenants and Agreements.

(a) The Supporting Company Investor shall be bound by and subject to (i) Sections 7.05(b) and 7.11 of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the Company, as if the Supporting Company Investor is directly party thereto, and (ii) the first and second sentences of Section 7.01(a), Section 7.01(b), Section 7.01(c) and Section 6.04 of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the Company, as if the Supporting Company Investor is directly party thereto.

 

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(b) The Supporting Company Investor acknowledges and agrees that SPAC is entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon the Supporting Company Investor entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement and but for the Supporting Company Investor entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, SPAC would not have entered into or agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

(c) The Supporting Company Investor hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in the Registration Statement (and, as and to the extent otherwise required by applicable securities laws or the SEC or any other securities authorities, any other documents or communications provided by SPAC or the Company to any Governmental Authority or to securityholders of SPAC) of the Supporting Company Investor’s identity and beneficial ownership of Subject Company Shares and Subject Company Notes and the nature of such Supporting Company Investor’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by SPAC or the Company, a copy of this Agreement. Each Supporting Company Investor will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by SPAC or the Company for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transactions (including filings with the SEC).

(d) The Supporting Company Investor and the Company agree that (x) effective as of the Closing, the Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2020, by and among Swvl Inc. and the shareholders of Swvl Inc. party thereto shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect without any notice or other action by any Party or other Person and (y) effective as of the date hereof, all other agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether or not written) between the Supporting Company Investor and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company and its affiliates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, those agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether or not written) set forth on Schedule B, shall each automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect without any notice or other action by any Party or other Person; provided, that this Section 3(d) shall not result in the termination of (i) any agreements, arrangements or understandings entered into in connection with the Transactions, (ii) any agreements, arrangements or understandings setting forth the terms of employment or director service (including indemnification or similar arrangements related thereto) of the Supporting Company Investor or (iii) any Subject Company Notes. As of the applicable time of termination, all rights, obligations and liabilities under any of the foregoing shall be deemed satisfied and none of the Company, Holdings nor the Supporting Company Investor, nor any of their respective affiliates, successors in interest or assigns, shall have any further rights, obligations or liabilities thereunder.

4. Waiver of Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights. The Supporting Company Investor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to exercise, assert or perfect (or attempt to exercise, assert or perfect), any rights of appraisal or rights to dissent from the Transactions that it may at any time have under applicable Law. The Supporting Company Investor agrees not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist or encourage, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against the Company, Cayman Merger Sub, BVI Merger Sub, Holdings, SPAC or any of their respective successors, assigns, directors or officers (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any person in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into the this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall preclude the Supporting Company Investor from asserting any claims it may have pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

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5. Supporting Company Shareholder Representations and Warranties. The Supporting Company Investor represents and warrants to SPAC as follows:

(a) If the Supporting Company Investor is not a natural person, the Supporting Company Investor is a corporation, company, exempted company, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable).

(b) The Supporting Company Investor has the requisite corporate, company, exempted company, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or company (or other similar) action on the part of the Supporting Company Investor. If such Supporting Company Investor is an individual, the signature to this agreement is genuine and such Supporting Company Investor has legal competence and capacity to execute the same. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Supporting Company Investor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by SPAC and the Company, constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Supporting Company Investor, enforceable against the Supporting Company Investor in accordance with its terms (subject to the Remedies Exceptions).

(c) No consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Supporting Company Investor with respect to the Supporting Company Investor’s execution, delivery or performance of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Supporting Company Investor, the performance by the Supporting Company Investor of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) conflict with, violate or otherwise result in any breach of, any provision of the Supporting Company Investor’s governing or organizational documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) or give rise to any right of termination, consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Supporting Company Investor is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any order or applicable Law to which the Supporting Company Investor or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon the Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, adversely affect the ability of the Supporting Company Investor to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.

 

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(e) The Supporting Company Investor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Subject Company Shares and the Subject Company Notes and has valid, good and marketable title to the Subject Company Shares and the Subject Company Notes, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and the other U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise, or other applicable foreign and domestic securities Laws, or under the Company Articles). The Supporting Company Investor has sole voting power (including the right to control such vote as contemplated herein and provide consent in respect of, as applicable), power of disposition and power to issue instructions with respect to all Subject Company Shares owned by such Supporting Company Investor, and the power to agree to all of the matters applicable to such Supporting Company Investor set forth in this Agreement. Except for the equity securities and convertible notes of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto, together with any other equity securities or convertible notes of the Company that the Supporting Company Investor acquires legal or beneficial ownership after the date hereof, the Supporting Company Investor does not own, legally or beneficially, any equity securities or convertible notes of the Company or any of its affiliates. Except as otherwise expressly contemplated by the Company Articles, the Supporting Company Investor does not have the right to acquire any equity securities or convertible notes of the Company or any of its affiliates. The Supporting Company Investor has the sole right to vote the Subject Company Shares and, except for this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the Company Articles, the Supporting Company Investor is not party to or bound by (i) any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contract that would (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Supporting Company Investor to Transfer any of the Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes, (ii) any voting agreement, voting trust proxy, power of attorney or other Contract, arrangement or understanding, with respect to any Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes owned by such Supporting Company Investor or (iii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding that would prohibit or prevent it from satisfying or would materially interfere with, or is otherwise materially inconsistent with, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

(f) There is no Action pending or, to the Supporting Company Investor’s knowledge, threatened against the Supporting Company Investor that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Supporting Company Investor to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

(g) The Supporting Company Investor is a sophisticated investor and has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of SPAC and the Company to make an informed decision regarding this Agreement and the Transactions and has independently and without reliance upon SPAC or the Company and based on such information as such Supporting Company Investor has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Such Supporting Company Investor acknowledges that SPAC and the Company have not made and do not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement. Such Supporting Company Investor acknowledges that the agreements contained herein with respect to the Subject Company Shares and the Subject Company Notes held by such Supporting Company Investor are irrevocable.

6. Transfer of Subject Securities. Except as expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or with the prior written consent of SPAC (such consent to be given or withheld in its sole discretion), from and after the date hereof, the Supporting Company Investor agrees not to directly or indirectly (a) Transfer any of the Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes, (b) enter into (i)

 

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any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contract that would (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Supporting Company Investor to Transfer the Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes or (ii) any voting agreement, voting trust, proxy, power of attorney or other Contract, arrangement or understanding with respect to the voting or Transfer of the Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes, or (c) take any actions in furtherance of any of the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). For purposes of this Agreement, “Transfer” means any, direct or indirect, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest in or disposition or encumbrance of an interest (whether with or without consideration, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or otherwise). Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Subject Company Shares or Subject Company Notes in violation of this Section 6 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, be null and void ab initio.

7. Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, and be void ab initio upon the earlier of: (a) the Closing; and (b) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms. Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement except as set forth in this Section 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(b) shall not affect any liability on the part of any Party for Fraud or a Willful Breach of this Agreement prior to such termination, (ii) Section 3(a)(i) (solely to the extent that it relates to Section 7.05(b) of the Business Combination Agreement) shall survive any termination of this Agreement, (iii) Section 3(a)(i) (solely to the extent that it relates to Section 7.11 of the Business Combination Agreement) shall survive the termination of this Agreement, (iv) Section 3(a)(ii) (solely to the extent that it relates to Section 6.04 of the Business Combination Agreement) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and (v) Section 2, Section 3(c), Section 3(d), Section 4, this Section 7 and Sections 8 through and including 15 of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 8. No Recourse. Except for claims pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement by any party(ies) thereto against any other party(ies) thereto, each Party agrees that (a) this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and no claims of any nature whatsoever (whether in contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise) arising under or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be asserted against the Company or any of its affiliates (other than the Supporting Company Investor named as a party hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein) or SPAC or any of its affiliates and (b) none of the Company or any of its affiliates (other than the Supporting Company Investor named as a party hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein) or SPAC or any of its affiliates shall have any liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished in connection with this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby.

9. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by e-mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9):

 

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If to SPAC, to:

Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital

55 Hudson Yards, 44th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Attention: Victoria Grace, Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: victoria@queensgambitspac.com

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

1001 Fannin St.

Suite 2500

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Ramey Layne

Brenda Lenahan

Caroline Blitzer Phillips

E-mail:     rlayne@velaw.com

blenahan@velaw.com

cphillips@velaw.com

If to the Company, to:

Swvl Inc.

The Offices 4, One Central

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attention: Mostafa Kandil, Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: mk@swvl.com

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attention: O. Keith Hallam

Nicholas A. Dorsey

Richard Hall

E-mail:     khallam@cravath.com

ndorsey@cravath.com

rhall@cravath.com

If to the Supporting Company Investor, to the address set forth on its signature page hereto:

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

 

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10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and documents referred to herein and therein constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

11. Amendments and Waivers; Assignment. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by each Party hereto; provided that the consent in writing of the Company shall also be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of Law or otherwise) by any Party without the prior express written consent of each other Party hereto.

12. Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses.

13. Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that either Party does not perform its respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each Party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

14. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties as partners or participants in a joint venture.

15. Miscellaneous. Sections 10.02, 10.03, 10.06 (provided that Sections 2 and 3(d) hereof shall be governed by English Law), 10.07, and 10.09 of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein and shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

QUEEN’S GAMBIT GROWTH CAPITAL
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

SWVL INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

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[SUPPORTING COMPANY INVESTOR]
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

[SUPPORTING COMPANY INVESTOR] Address

  [•]  
  [•]  
           [•]  
                      Attention: [•]
                      E-mail:     [•]
 

[•]

 
 

[•]

 
 

[•]

 
                      Attention: [•]
                      E-mail:     [•]

 

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SCHEDULE A

Subject Company Shares

 

Class/Series Shares

  

Number of Shares

Class A Shares

   [•]

Class B Shares

   [•]

Class C Shares

   [•]

Class D Shares

   [•]

Class D-1 Shares

   [•]

Common Shares A

   [•]

Common Shares B

   [•]

Subject Company Notes

[Convertible Note issued by the Company to the Supporting Company Investor on [•], 2021 for a purchase price of US $[•]]


SCHEDULE B

Other Agreements to be Terminated

 

1.

[•]

 

2.

[•]

 

3.

[•]

EX-4.6

Exhibit 4.6

DATED July 28, 2021

THE PERSONS WHOSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE SET OUT IN SCHEDULE 1

and

PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

in respect of Pivotal Holdings Corp

 

 

 


CONTENTS

 

1.   

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     2
2.   

GOVERNANCE MATTERS

     5
3.   

VOTING COMMITMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS

     7
4.   

PROXY

     9
5.   

ASSIGNMENT; THIRD PARTY RIGHTS; NO TRANSFERS

     9
6.   

CONFIDENTIALITY

  
7.   

NOTICES

     9
8.   

VARIATION

     10
9.   

REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

     10
10.   

NO PARTNERSHIP/AGENCY

     10
11.   

SEVERANCE

     11
12.   

PREVAILING TERMS

     11
13.   

CUMULATIVE RIGHTS

     11
14.   

EFFECTIVENESS

     11
15.   

TERMINATION

     11
16.   

COSTS AND EXPENSES

     12
17.   

COUNTERPARTS

     12
18.   

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

     12
19.   

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

     12
20.   

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     13
21.   

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

     13

 


THIS AGREEMENT is made on July 28, 2021

BETWEEN:

 

1.

THE PERSONS whose names and addresses are set out in Schedule 1 (together, the “Shareholders” and each a “Shareholder”);

AND

 

2.

Pivotal Holdings Corp, a BVI business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the registered office of which is the offices of Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited, Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the “Company”),

(together, the “parties” and each a “party”).

WHEREAS:

 

A.

Swvl Inc., a BVI business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Swvl”), Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“SPAC”), the Company, Pivotal Merger Sub Company I, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II Limited, a BVI business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly-owned subsidiary of SPAC are parties to that certain Business Combination Agreement dated July 28, 2021 (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, following certain mergers and other corporate actions conducted in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, the Company became or will become the direct holding company of Swvl and the Shareholders became or will become shareholders in the Company.

 

B.

The Company and the Shareholders wish to establish certain Board appointment and corporate governance rights, as well as Shareholder voting commitments, with respect to the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

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1.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

In this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:

 

  Affiliate   

means, in respect of a specified person, a person who:

 

(A)  directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person; and

 

(B)  as to any individual, in addition to any person in paragraph (A) above, (i) any member of the immediate family of an individual Shareholder, including parents, siblings, spouse and children (including those by adoption), the parents, siblings, spouse, or children (including those by adoption) of such immediate family member, and, in any such case, any trust whose primary beneficiary is such individual Shareholder or one or more members of such immediate family, and (ii) the legal representative or guardian of such individual Shareholder or of any such immediate family member to the extent validly appointed in accordance with applicable Law (such Affiliates in paragraph (B) hereto, the “Family Members”),

 

provided that in no event shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries be deemed an Affiliate of any Shareholder;

  Articles    means the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, effective as of the Company Merger Effective Time, as amended, or amended and restated, from time to time;
  Beneficial Ownership” or “Beneficially Own    have the meaning given to such terms in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance). For the purposes of calculating any Shareholder’s Beneficial Ownership, rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be taken into account;
  Board    means the board of Directors as constituted from time to time or (as the context requires) the Directors present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which a quorum is present;
  Business Combination Agreement    has the meaning given in the recitals;

 

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  Business Day    means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in the British Virgin Islands; provided that banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or obligated to be closed due to a “shelter in place”, “non-essential employee” or similar closure of physical branch locations at the direction of any Governmental Authority if such banks’ electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) are open for use by customers on such day;
  Cause    has the meaning given in the Employment Agreement by and between Mostafa Kandil and the Company, dated as of the date hereof and to be effective as of the Closing Date;
  Classified Board Arrangements    has the meaning given in clause 2.1(D);
  Closing Date    has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;
  Company Merger Effective Time    has the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement;
  control    (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise;
  Director    means a director of the Company;
  Equity Securities    means (i) all shares of the Company, (ii) all securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company, and (iii) all options, warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire from the Company shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares;
  Exchange Act    means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time;

 

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  Governmental Authority    means any United States federal, state, county, municipal or other local or non-United States government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body;
  Initial Voting Commitment Period    has the meaning given in clause 3.1(A);
  Law    means any federal, national, state, county, municipal, provincial, local, foreign or multinational, statute, constitution, common law, ordinance, code, decree, order, judgment, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority;
  MK Designee    has the meaning given in clause 2.4;
  MK Appointment Condition    has the meaning given in clause 3.1(B);
  Order    means any ruling, order, judgment, injunction, edict, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority;
  Public Offering    means a public offering of securities registered under the Securities Act (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act;
  SEC    means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
  Shares    means any and all Common Shares A of the Company, US$0.0001 par value, from time to time, unless otherwise specified;
  SPAC    has the meaning given in the recitals;
  Specified Trust    means any trust settled by Mostafa Kandil;
  Swvl Designees    means “Company Designees”, as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement and includes (for the avoidance of doubt) Mostafa Kandil, any MK Designee and any other person appointed as a Director by the Board (or any applicable committee thereof) to replace any Company Designee, and “Swvl Designee” shall mean any such person; and

 

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Swvl

   has the meaning given in the recitals.

 

1.2

In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:

 

  (A)

any reference to the parties or to the preamble, a recital, a clause or a schedule is to the parties or the relevant recital or clause of or schedule to this Agreement;

 

  (B)

use of the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

  (C)

use of any gender includes the other genders;

 

  (D)

any reference to “persons” or “people” includes any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or Governmental Authority;

 

  (E)

any reference to a statute, statutory provision or subordinate legislation (“legislation”) shall be construed as referring to that legislation as amended or as repealed and re-enacted from time to time;

 

  (F)

general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning because they are preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class or example of acts, matters or things; and

 

  (G)

any reference to an agreement shall be construed as referring to such agreement as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

1.3

Headings shall be disregarded in construing this Agreement.

 

2.

GOVERNANCE MATTERS

Board composition, Directors and officers

 

2.1

The parties acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to and in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, immediately following the Company Merger Effective Time:

 

  (A)

the Board shall consist of nine Directors, divided into three classes (which shall operate on the basis of the Classified Board Arrangements), in accordance with Section 7.16(a) of the Business Combination Agreement;

 

  (B)

the members of the Board and the Chair of the Board will be those individuals determined in accordance with Section 7.16(b) of the Business Combination Agreement;

 

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  (C)

the officers of the Company will be those individuals determined in accordance with Section 7.16(c) of the Business Combination Agreement; and

 

  (D)

the Company shall adopt the Articles which (among other things) provide that the Company shall have a classified Board, with three classes of Directors, which shall operate on the basis that:

 

  (i)

while the size of the Board is nine Directors, three Directors shall be in Class I, three Directors in Class II and three Directors in Class III;

 

  (ii)

one third of the Board will be appointed each year;

 

  (iii)

the term of office of the Class I Directors will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date;

 

  (iv)

the term of office of the Class II Directors will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date; and

 

  (v)

the term of office of the Class III Directors will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date,

(the foregoing arrangements, as recorded in the Articles, being the “Classified Board Arrangements”).

Each of the parties accepts the foregoing arrangements and agrees to take (and to cause its controlled Affiliates and Family Members to take) all necessary and desirable actions within its control to confirm and ratify such arrangements.

 

2.2

The parties agree that the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board. The parties shall take (and shall cause their respective controlled Affiliates and Family Members to take) all necessary and desirable actions within their control such that:

 

  (A)

the size of the Board and the Classified Board Arrangements shall only be changed from time to time in accordance with the Articles; and

 

  (B)

a majority of the members of the Board shall not be (i) citizens or residents of the United States or (ii) residents of Egypt.

Rights of Mostafa Kandil

 

2.3

Until the expiration of his term of office as a Class III Director (and thereafter until the expiration of his then-current term of office as a Director):

 

  (A)

for so long as Mostafa Kandil is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mostafa Kandil will be entitled to serve, and shall be appointed as, a Director and Chair of the Board; and

 

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  (B)

without prejudice to the foregoing clause 2.3(A), for so long as Mostafa Kandil, together with his Affiliates and any Specified Trust, Beneficially Owns at least one per cent. of the issued and outstanding Shares and provided that Mostafa Kandil’s employment has not been terminated by the Company for Cause, Mostafa Kandil will be entitled to serve, and shall be appointed, as a Director,

and the parties shall take (and cause their respective controlled Affiliates and Family Members to take) all necessary and desirable actions within their control to give effect to the foregoing.

 

2.4

For so long as Mostafa Kandil is entitled to serve as a Director pursuant to clause 2.3, if Mostafa Kandil is unable or unwilling to serve as a Director, resigns as a Director or is removed as a Director (other than if the Company has terminated Mostafa Kandil’s employment for Cause), Mostafa Kandil shall have the right, at his election and at any time by written notice to the Company, to require that the Board and all applicable committees thereof (i) appoint such person as Mostafa Kandil may select to serve as a Director in his stead (such person being an “MK Designee”), (ii) remove any MK Designee, and (iii) replace any MK Designee. The parties shall take (and shall cause their respective controlled Affiliates or Family Members to take) all necessary and desirable actions within their control to cause the Company, the Board and all applicable committees thereof to give effect to the foregoing.

 

3.

VOTING COMMITMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS

 

3.1

Each Shareholder agrees that it will vote, or cause to be voted, or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a written resolution in respect of, all Shares Beneficially Owned by such Shareholder or by any of its Affiliates:

 

  (A)

(i) in favour of the appointment as a Director of any Swvl Designee (or any replacement thereof) recommended by the Board at each of the first, second and third annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date and at any general meeting of shareholders (or any action or approval by written resolution) held during such period (in each case, including any postponement or adjournment thereof) (the period from the Closing Date through the completion of the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the Closing Date being the “Initial Voting Commitment Period”); and (ii) against the removal of any Swvl Designee (or any replacement thereof) at any annual or general meeting of shareholders (or any action or approval by written resolution) held during the Initial Voting Commitment Period (or any postponement or adjournment thereof); and

 

  (B)

following the expiry of the Initial Voting Commitment Period (i) in favour of the appointment as a Director of Mostafa Kandil (or, if applicable, any MK Designee) at any annual or general meeting of shareholders (or any postponement or adjournment thereof) (or any action or approval by written resolution), and (ii) against the removal of Mostafa Kandil (or, if applicable, any MK Designee) at any annual or general meeting of shareholders (or any postponement or adjournment thereof) (or any action or approval by written resolution), provided that, at the time of such meeting or the date on which such consent is circulated to the shareholders of the Company:

 

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  (i)

Mostafa Kandil is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; or

 

  (ii)

Mostafa Kandil, together with his Affiliates and any Specified Trust, Beneficially Owns at least one per cent. of the issued and outstanding Shares and provided further that Mostafa Kandil’s employment has not been terminated for Cause by the Company.

(the requirements set out in clauses 3.1(B)(i) and 3.1(B)(ii) being, together, the “MK Appointment Conditions” and each an “MK Appointment Condition”).

 

3.2

The Company agrees and undertakes:

 

  (A)

to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for appointment at any annual or general meeting of shareholders at which the appointment of Directors falls to be considered (or any action or approval by written resolution):

 

  (i)

during the Initial Voting Commitment Period (or any postponement or adjournment of such meeting), those Swvl Designees (or any replacements thereof) who, pursuant to the Classified Board Arrangements and for so long as the Board is classified, are to be appointed at any such meeting; and

 

  (ii)

following the expiry of the Initial Voting Commitment Period (or any postponement of adjournment of such meeting), Mostafa Kandil (or, if applicable, any MK Designee), provided that either of the MK Appointment Conditions is satisfied at the relevant time,

and where the relevant individual(s) fall to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board pursuant to the foregoing clause 3.2(A):

 

  (B)

to nominate and recommend each such individual to be appointed as a Director at such annual or general meeting of shareholders (or any postponement or adjournment thereof) (or any action or approval by written resolution), and to solicit proxies or consents in favour thereof and to cause the applicable proxies to vote in accordance with the foregoing; and

 

  (C)

to use its reasonable best efforts to support the appointment of each such individual and, in any event, to use not less than the efforts used by the Company to obtain the appointment of any other nominee nominated by it to serve on the Board.

 

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3.3

Each Shareholder agrees and undertakes to take (and shall cause its controlled Affiliates or Family Members to take) all necessary and desirable action within its control to cause the Company to comply with and give effect to the requirements of clause 3.2.

 

4.

PROXY

Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably appoints as its proxy and attorney-in-fact the Company and any person designated in writing by the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or deliver a written resolution in respect of the Shares Beneficially Owned by such Shareholder in accordance with clause 3 at the specified applicable annual or general meetings of shareholders of the Company (or adjournments or postponements thereof) (or any action or approval by written resolution) prior to the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms at or pursuant to which any of the matters described in clause 3 is to be considered and/or approved. This proxy contemplated hereby, if it becomes effective, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable prior to the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, at which time any such proxy shall automatically terminate.

 

5.

ASSIGNMENT; THIRD PARTY RIGHTS; NO TRANSFERS

 

5.1

Subject to clause 5.3, this Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the parties hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by any party in whole or in part.

 

5.2

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

5.3

No Shareholder shall be entitled to, directly or indirectly, assign, convey, deliver or otherwise transfer any Shares Beneficially Owned by such Shareholder unless the applicable transferee agrees to be bound by and comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any such assignment, conveyance or transfer of any Shares Beneficially Owned by such Shareholder in a Public Offering or in the public markets.

 

6.

NOTICES

 

6.1

Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, any notice, consent or other communication under this Agreement (each a “notice” for the purposes of this clause 6.1) shall be in writing and in English and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it and shall be sent (A) by hand, (B) by prepaid recorded internationally recognised courier service, or (C) by email as follows (and for the avoidance of doubt may not otherwise be given by any other form of electronic communication):

If to the Company, to:

Swvl Inc.

The Offices 4, One Central

 

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attention: Mostafa Kandil, Chief Executive Officer

Email: mk@swvl.com

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Richard Hall; O. Keith Hallam, III; Nicholas A. Dorsey

Email:rhall@cravath.com; khallam@cravath.com;

ndorsey@cravath.com

If to any Shareholder, as set forth below its name in Schedule 1.

 

6.2

Any Shareholder and the Company may notify the other(s) of any other person, address, or email address for the receipt of notices or copy notices. Any such change shall take effect five Business Days after notice of the change is received or (if later) on the date (if any) specified in the notice as the date on which the change is to take place.

 

6.3

Any notice given in accordance with clause 6.1 and received after 7.30 p.m., local time, on a Business Day (in the place at which notice is received), or on any day which is not a Business Day, shall for the purposes of this Agreement be regarded as received on the next Business Day.

 

6.4

The provisions of clause 6.1 shall apply in relation to the service of process in any legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

 

7.

VARIATION

This Agreement may only be varied in writing signed by each of the parties.

 

8.

REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

A failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy in connection with this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy. A waiver of a breach of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other breach of this Agreement.

 

9.

NO PARTNERSHIP/AGENCY

The parties acknowledge and agree that:

 

  (A)

nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership, or to authorize a party to act as agent for any other, and no party shall have authority to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind any other in any way (including but not limited to the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power); and

 

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  (B)

no fiduciary relationship or fiduciary duties shall exist between the parties arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

 

10.

SEVERANCE

 

10.1

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

10.2

If any provision of this Agreement becomes or is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then the parties shall enter into good faith negotiations to substitute a valid or enforceable clause which achieves so far as possible the objectives of the original clause.

 

11.

PREVAILING TERMS

Each Shareholder undertakes to the Company and to each other Shareholder that in the event of any ambiguity or conflict arising between the terms of this Agreement and those of the Articles, it will use its reasonable endeavours to cause the Articles to be amended (including by voting all its Shares in respect of any such amendments) to the extent necessary to eliminate that ambiguity or conflict. Without prejudice to the provisions of this clause, the Company shall not be bound by any provision of this Agreement which would constitute an unlawful fetter on its statutory powers.

 

12.

CUMULATIVE RIGHTS

The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement) are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

 

13.

EFFECTIVENESS

This Agreement shall become simultaneously and automatically effective as of the Company Merger Effective Time; provided that the terms of clauses 5 to 20 (inclusive) hereof shall become effective as of the date hereof.

 

14.

TERMINATION

This Agreement shall terminate immediately (except for those provisions expressly stated to continue without limit in time and without prejudice to any rights, liabilities or remedies arising under this Agreement prior to such termination to which clauses 18 and 19 will continue to apply):

 

  (A)

if only one Shareholder remains holding Shares;

 

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  (B)

subject to clause 5.3, in respect of the rights and obligations of any Shareholder if it and each of its Affiliates no longer Beneficially Own any Shares; or

 

  (C)

the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

15.

COSTS AND EXPENSES

Except as otherwise contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, each party shall pay its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation, preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this Agreement.

 

16.

COUNTERPARTS

This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

17.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement and the documents referred to in it constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by those documents and supersede all other agreements or arrangements between any of the parties relating hereto and to those transactions, which shall cease to have any further effect.

 

18.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

18.1

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the British Virgin Islands over any claim, dispute or matter arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

18.2

Each party irrevocably waives any objection which it may have now or later to proceedings being brought in the courts of the British Virgin Islands and any claim that proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party further irrevocably agrees that a judgment in any proceedings brought in the courts of the British Virgin Islands shall be conclusive and binding upon each party and may be enforced in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

 

18.3

Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right to serve process in any manner permitted by Law.

 

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19.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS CLAUSE 19.

 

20.

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and, accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof (including the matters contemplated by clause 3) in the courts of the British Virgin Islands without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each party hereby further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

(Signature pages follow)

 

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[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by PIVOTAL HOLDINGS    )    DocuSigned by:   
CORP acting by    )   

/s/ Mostafa Eissa Kandil

  
   )      
who, in accordance with the laws of the territory   

)

   (Authorised signatory(ies))   
in which PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP is    )      
incorporated, is/are acting under the authority    )      
of PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP         


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Signed as a deed by MAHMOUD NOUH    )   

/s/ Mahmoud Nouh Mohamed Mohamed Nouh

  
MOHAMED MOHAMED NOUH in the    )    (Signature of individual)   
presence of:    )      
Witness’s signature:      

/s/ Ahmed Nouh Mohamed

  
Name (print):       Ahmed Nouh Mohamed   
Occupation:       COO at Capiter   
Address:       68 Ramsis St., Ismailia Egypt   


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

    DocuSigned by:   
Signed as a deed by MOSTAFA ESSA   )  

/s/ Mostafa Essa Mohamed Mohamed Kandil

  
MOHAMED MOHAMED KANDIL in the   )   (Signature of individual)   
presence of:   )     
Witness’s signature:     Esraa kandil   
Name (print):     Esraa Eissa Kandil   
Occupation:     Financial Analyst   
Address:       


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Signed as a deed by AHMED MAHMOUD   )   

/s/ Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail Mohamed Sabbah

 
ISMAIL MOHAMED SABBAH in the   )    (Signature of individual)  
presence of:   )     
Witness’s signature:     

/s/ Aly Ashraf

 
Name (print):      Aly Ashraf  
Occupation:      Head of growth at Telda  
Address:     

Fifth settlment - 52 Street Villa 118

Cairo, Egypt

 


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by MEMPHIS EQUITY

     )      DocuSigned by:

LTD. acting by Dany Farha who, in accordance

     )     

/s/ Dany Farha

with the laws of the territory in which MEMPHIS

     )     

EQUITY LTD. is incorporated, is/are acting

     )      (Authorised signatory(ies))

under the authority of MEMPHIS EQUITY LTD.

     )     
     )     
     )     


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by DIGAME AFRICA   )                      

DocuSigned by:

 

acting by Esther Dyson   )     

/s/ Esther Dyson

who, in accordance with the laws of the   )      (Authorised signatory(ies))
territory in which DIGAME AFRICA is   )     
incorporated, is/are acting under the authority   )     
of DIGAME AFRICA       


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed on behalf of BADIA   )                      
IMPACT FUND C.V. by its general partner   )      DocuSigned by:
BADIA IMPACT CAPITAL PARTNERS B.V.   )     
acting by Dr. Fawaz H. Zu’bi in his capacity as Director   )     

/s/ Dr. Fawaz H. Zu’bi

who, in accordance with the laws of the territory   )      (Authorised signatory(ies))
in which BADIA IMPACT CAPITAL   )     
PARTNERS B.V. is incorporated, is/are acting   )     
under the authority of BADIA IMPACT   )     
CAPITAL PARTNERS B.V.   )     


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by VNV (CYPRUS)    )      
LIMITED acting    )      
by Boris Sinegubko,    )          
Director    )   

/s/ Boris Sinegubko

    
who, in accordance with the laws of the territory    )    (Authorised signatory(ies))   
in which VNV (CYPRUS) LIMITED is    )      
incorporated, is/are acting under the authority of    )      
VNV (CYPRUS) LIMITED    )      
   )      


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by BLU STONE   )     
VENTURES 1 LIMITED acting by   )     
Marwan Khoueiri as Director   )     
  )    /s/ Marwan Khoueiri  
who, in accordance with the laws of the territory   )   

 

(Authorised signatory(ies))

 
in which BLU STONE VENTURES 1 LIMITED   )     
is incorporated, is/are acting under the authority   )     
of BLU STONE VENTURES 1 LIMITED   )     


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by ALCAZAR FUND 1   )                      
SPV 4 acting by Deepak Jain who, in   )     

/s/ Deepak Jain

accordance with the laws of the territory in   )      (Authorised signatory(ies))
which ALCAZAR FUND 1 SPV 4 is   )     
incorporated, is acting under the authority of   )     
ALCAZAR FUND 1 SPV 4   )     
  )     


[Signature page to the Shareholders’ Agreement]

 

Executed as a deed by LUXOR CAPITAL   )                      
PARTNERS, LP acting by Norris Nissim who,   )     

/s/ Norris Nissim

in accordance with the laws of the territory in   )      (Authorised signatory(ies))
which LUXOR CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP is   )     
incorporated, is acting under the authority of   )     
LUXOR CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP   )     
  )     


SCHEDULE 1

(The Shareholders)

[Omitted]

 

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EX-4.7

Exhibit 4.7

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 28, 2021, is made and entered into by and among Swvl Inc., a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Swvl”), Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SPAC”), Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Pivotal Holdings Corp, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands a wholly owned subsidiary of Swvl (the “Company”), and the undersigned parties listed under “Holder” on the signature pages hereto (each such party, together with the Sponsor and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on January 19, 2021, the SPAC and the Sponsor entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “SPAC Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the SPAC granted the Sponsor certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the SPAC;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the SPAC, Swvl, the Company, Pivotal Merger Sub Company I, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“Cayman Merger Sub”) and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II Limited, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“BVI Merger Sub”), are entering into that certain Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the SPAC will merge with and into Cayman Merger Sub (the “SPAC Merger”), with Cayman Merger Sub surviving the SPAC Merger and becoming the sole owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares, par value US$1.00, of BVI Merger Sub, (ii) concurrently with the SPAC Merger, each SPAC Class A Share will be converted, on a one-to-one basis, into one Class A share, no par value, of the Company (a “Class A Share”) and each SPAC Warrant will be converted, on a one-to-one basis, into a warrant to acquire one Class A Share, (iii) concurrently with the SPAC Merger, the Company will redeem all of the common shares of the Company that are held by Swvl, (iv) Cayman Merger Sub will distribute all of the issued and outstanding BVI Merger Sub Common Shares to the Company (the “BVI Merger Sub Distribution”) and (v) following the BVI Merger Sub Distribution, BVI Merger Sub will merge with and into Swvl (the “Company Merger”), with Swvl surviving the Company Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “Business Combination”);

WHEREAS, immediately following the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), the Holders will own Class A Shares and the Sponsor will own Class A Shares and warrants to purchase Class A Shares (the “Private Placement Warrants”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing, the SPAC, Swvl, the Company and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement, which shall supersede and replace the SPAC Registration Rights Agreement, and pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

BCA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

Block Trade” shall have the meaning given to it in subsection 2.3.1 of this Agreement.

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business Combination” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

BVI Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

BVI Merger Sub Common Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.


BVI Merger Sub Distribution” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

Cayman Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

Class A Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

Company Merger” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

Demanding Holder” shall mean (i) with respect to Section 2.1, any Holder or group of Holders that together elects to dispose of Registrable Securities having an aggregate value of at least US$25 million, at the time of the Underwritten Demand, under a Registration Statement pursuant to an Underwritten Offering and (ii) with respect to Section 2.3, any Holder or group of Holders wishing to engage in a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering.

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning given in subsection 3.1.1 of this Agreement.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

Financial Counterparty” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.1 of this Agreement.

Holder Indemnified Persons” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.1 of this Agreement.

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

Joinder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 5.2.4 of this Agreement.

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4 of this Agreement.

Misstatement” shall mean, in the case of a Registration Statement, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and in the case of a Prospectus, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.

Other Coordinated Offering” shall have the meaning given to it in subsection 2.3.1 of this Agreement.

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1 of this Agreement.

Private Placement Warrants” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

Pro Rata” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4 of this Agreement.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) the Private Placement Warrants (including any Class A Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Private Placement Warrants), (b) any outstanding Class A Shares held by a Holder immediately following the Closing (including any Class A Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of any other outstanding equity securities of the Company (other than equity securities issued pursuant to an employee stock option or other benefit plan) held by a Holder immediately following the Closing), (c) any equity securities (including the Class A Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such equity security) of the Company issuable in connection with the Closing upon conversion of any working capital loans in an amount up to US$1,500,000 in the aggregate made to the SPAC and (d) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such Class A Shares held by a Holder immediately following the Closing by way of a share sub-division or share dividend or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be

 

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outstanding; or (iv) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations).

Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any such registration statement having become effective.

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and any securities exchange on which the Class A Shares are then listed);

(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration or Underwritten Offering;

(F) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of any Registrable Securities on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(G) the fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show for any Underwritten Offerings; and

(H) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of Registrable Securities held by (i) the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Demand to be registered for offer and sale in the applicable Underwritten Offering and (ii) the Holders participating in a Piggyback Registration, as applicable.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement under the Securities Act that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3 in this Agreement.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 in this Agreement.

SPAC” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

SPAC Class A Share” shall mean the SPAC’s Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001.

SPAC Merger” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

SPAC Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

SPAC Units” mean the units of the SPAC.

SPAC Warrants” mean the warrants of the SPAC.

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

Suspension Event” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.

Swvl” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

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Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Underwritten Demand” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3 in this Agreement.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS

2.1 Registration.

2.1.1 Shelf Registration. The Company agrees that, within twenty (20) business days after the consummation of the Company Merger, the Company will file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a Registration Statement registering the resale or other disposition of all Registrable Securities (a “Shelf Registration”).

2.1.2 Effective Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective by the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the initial filing of the Registration Statement. Subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement, the Company shall effect any Shelf Registration on such appropriate registration form of the Commission (a) as shall be selected by the Company and (b) as shall permit the resale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities by the Holders. If at any time a Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this Section 2.1 is effective and a Holder provides written notice to the Company that it intends to effect an offering of all or part of the Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such offering to take place in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2.1.3 Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of this subsection 2.1.3 and Section 2.4, any Demanding Holder may make a written demand to the Company for an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 2.1.1 (an “Underwritten Demand”). The Company shall, within five (5) days of the Company’s receipt of the Underwritten Demand, notify, in writing, all other Holders of such demand, and each Holder who thereafter requests to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to such Underwritten Demand (each such Holder that requests to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within two (2) days (one (1) day if such offering is an overnight or bought Underwritten Offering) after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s), such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to such Underwritten Demand. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) (in each case, which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks) selected for such Underwritten Offering by a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is not obligated to (i) effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Underwritten Offerings pursuant to this subsection 2.1.3 or (ii) effect an Underwritten Offering pursuant to this subsection 2.1.3 within ninety (90) days after the closing of an Underwritten Offering.

2.1.4 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand, in good faith, advises in writing the Company, the Demanding Holders, the Requesting Holders and any other persons or entities holding Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company that the Company is obligated to include pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities (if any) that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities or other equity securities of the Company requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities of the Company that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be

 

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included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Offering (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company that the Company desires to sell and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company held by other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to include pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

2.1.5 Registration Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Offering pursuant to subsection 2.1.3 shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Offering for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company of their intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Offering prior to the launch of such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with an Underwritten Offering prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.5.

2.2 Piggyback Registration.

2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. If the Company proposes to (i) file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of equity securities of the Company, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities of the Company, for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company, other than a Registration Statement (A) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (B) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (C) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (D) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (E) for a dividend reinvestment plan of the Company, or (ii) consummate an Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed action to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable (but in the case of filing a Registration Statement, not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement), which notice shall (x) describe the amount and type of securities to be included, the intended method(s) of distribution and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, and (y) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within (a) five (5) days in the case of filing a Registration Statement and (b) two (2) days in the case of an Underwritten Offering (unless such offering is an overnight or bought Underwritten Offering, then one (1) day), in each case after receipt of such written notice (such Registration, a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Piggyback Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. If no written request for inclusion from a Holder is received within the specified time, each such Holder shall have no further right to participate in such Piggyback Registration. All such Holders proposing to include Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.

2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in a Registration or an Underwritten Offering that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of the equity securities of the Company that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of equity securities of the Company, if any, as to which Registration or Underwritten Offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which Registration or Underwritten Offering has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof and (iii) the shares of equity securities of the Company, if any, as to which Registration or Underwritten Offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

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(a) If the Registration or Underwritten Offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or Underwritten Offering (A) first, the Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company, if any, as to which inclusion in the Registration or Underwritten Offering has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; or

(b) If the Registration or Underwritten Offering is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or Underwritten Offering (A) first, Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), Class A Shares or other equity securities of the Company for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to, as applicable, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration or the launch of the Underwritten Offering with respect to such Piggyback Registration. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons or entities pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or abandon an Underwritten Offering in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the launch of such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.

2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration or Underwritten Offering effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand effected under Section 2.1 hereof.

2.3 Block Trades; Other Coordinated Offerings.

2.3.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, but subject to Section 2.4 and Section 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Registration Statement is on file with the Commission, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in (a) an underwritten registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”) or (b) an “at-the-market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal (an “Other Coordinated Offering”), in each case, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, US$25 million, then if such Demanding Holder requires any assistance from the Company pursuant to this Section 2.3, such Holder shall notify the Company of the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering at least five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and, as promptly as reasonably practicable, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters or brokers, sales agents or placement agents (each, a “Financial Counterparty”) prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering.

 

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2.3.2 Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to submit a written notice of withdrawal to the Company, the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) and Financial Counterparty (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.3.2.

2.3.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.2 shall not apply to a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to Section 2.3.

2.3.4 The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to select the Underwriters and Financial Counterparty (if any) for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering (in each case, which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).

2.3.5 A Holder in the aggregate may demand no more than two (2) Block Trades or Other Coordinated Offerings pursuant to this Section 2.3 in any twelve (12) month period. For the avoidance of doubt, any Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Offering pursuant to subsection 2.1.3 hereof.

2.4 Restrictions on Registration Rights. If (A) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; (B) the filing, initial effectiveness, or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of such Underwritten Offering at any time would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement financial statements that are unavailable to the Company; or (C) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand and in the good faith judgment of a majority of the Board that such Underwritten Offering is reasonably likely to be detrimental to the Company, then in each case the Company shall notify such Holders that in the good faith judgment of the majority of the Board it is reasonably likely to be detrimental to the Company for such Registration Statement to be filed or to undertake such Underwritten Offering in the near future. In such event, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing or offering for a period of not more than forty-five (45) days; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any twelve (12)-month period.

ARTICLE III

PROCEDURES

3.1 General Procedures. In connection with the Registration of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the resale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible and to the extent applicable:

3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission, within the time frame required by Section 2.1.1, a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective, including filing a replacement Registration Statement, if necessary, until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or are no longer outstanding (such period, the “Effectiveness Period”);

3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the Demanding Holders or any Underwriter or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or are no longer outstanding;

 

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3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters or Financial Counterparty, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, Underwritten Offering, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, Underwritten Offering, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders; provided, that the Company will not have any obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system;

3.1.4 prior to any Registration of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

3.1.8 during the Effectiveness Period, furnish a conformed copy of each filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, promptly after such filing of such documents with the Commission to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel; provided, that the Company will not have any obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system;

3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act;

3.1.10 in accordance with Section 3.4 of this Agreement, notify the Holders of the happening of any event as a result of which a Misstatement exists, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

3.1.11 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering, or a sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration, (i) permit a representative of the Holders (such representative to be selected by a majority-in-interest of the Holders), the Underwriters or other Financial Counterparty facilitating such Underwritten Offering, Block Trade, Other Coordinated Offering or other sale pursuant to such Registration, if any, and any attorney, consultant or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriters, at each such person’s or entity’s own expense, to review and comment upon the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to filing (and the Company shall consider such comments in good faith) and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, Financial Counterparty, attorney, consultant or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that, as may be reasonably required by the Company, such representatives, Underwriters or Financial Counterparties enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information.

 

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3.1.12 obtain a comfort letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or a sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration (subject to such Financial Counterparty providing such certificate or representation reasonably requested by the Company’s independent registered public accountants and the Company’s counsel), in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to the majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.13 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or a sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration, on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the participating Holders or the Financial Counterparty, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the participating Holders, Financial Counterparty or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to such participating Holders, Financial Counterparty or Underwriter;

3.1.14 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or a sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration to which the Company has consented, to the extent reasonably requested by the Underwriters or such Financial Counterparty in order to engage in such offering, allow the Underwriters or Financial Counterparty to conduct customary “underwriter’s due diligence” with respect to the Company;

3.1.15 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or a sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement or other purchase or sales agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter or the Financial Counterparty of such offering or sale;

3.1.16 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission); and

3.1.17 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter or Financial Counterparty if such Underwriter or Financial Counterparty has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or other offering involving a Registration as an Underwriter or Financial Counterparty, as applicable.

3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses in respect of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

3.3 Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

3.4 Suspension of Sales. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to (A) delay or postpone the (i) filing or initial effectiveness of any Registration Statement or (ii) launch of any Underwritten Offering, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, in each case, required or requested pursuant to this Agreement, and (B) from time to time to require the Holders not to sell under any Registration Statement or Prospectus or to suspend the effectiveness thereof, if the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by the Company or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event,

 

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the Board reasonably believes would require additional disclosure by the Company in the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Registration Statement or Prospectus would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Board, to cause the Registration Statement or Prospectus to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that the Company may not delay or suspend a Registration Statement, Prospectus, Underwritten Offering, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering pursuant to this Section 3.4 on more than two occasions, for more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, or more than one hundred twenty (120) total calendar days, in each case during any twelve-month period. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company of a Suspension Event while a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event a Misstatement exists, each Holder agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of Registrable Securities under each Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement until the Holder receives copies of a supplemental or amended Prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the relevant misstatements or omissions and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law or subpoena (in which case the applicable Holder or Holders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give advance written notice to the Company of any such disclosure). If so directed by the Company, the Holders will deliver to the Company or, in Holders’ sole discretion destroy, all copies of each Prospectus covering Registrable Securities in Holders’ possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy shall not apply (A) to the extent the Holders are required to retain a copy of such Prospectus (x) to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (y) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (B) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Registrable Securities held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any legal opinions.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

4.1 Indemnification.

4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents, representatives, members and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (collectively, the “Holder Indemnified Persons”) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and inclusive of all reasonable outside attorneys’ fees arising out of the enforcement of each such persons’ rights under this Section 4.1) resulting from any Misstatement, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder Indemnified Person specifically for use therein.

4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and inclusive of all reasonable outside attorneys’ fees arising out of the enforcement of each such persons’ rights under this Section 4.1) resulting from any Misstatement, but only to the extent that the same are made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to the Holder so furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for use therein. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

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4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim or there may be reasonable defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one outside counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee, advisor, agent, representative, member or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.

4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under this Section 4.1 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall to the extent permitted by law contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the Misstatement relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or such indemnified party and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (a) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (b) delivery in person or by courier service or sent by overnight mail via an internationally recognized overnight carrier, in each case providing evidence of delivery or (c) transmission by facsimile or email. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third (3rd) business day following the date on which it is mailed, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery or overnight mail, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation, and in the case of notices delivered by facsimile or email, at such time as it is successfully transmitted to the addressee. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to:

Swvl Inc.

The Offices 4, One Central

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attention: Mostafa Kandil, Chief Executive Officer

Email: mk@swvl.com

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-7475

Attention: O. Keith Hallam, III; Nicholas A. Dorsey; Richard Hall;

Email: khallam@cravath.com; ndorsey@cravath.com; rhall@cravath.com

and, if to any Holder, to the address of such Holder as it appears in the applicable register for the Registrable Securities or such other address as may be designated in writing by such Holder (including on the signature pages hereto). Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.

5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

5.2.2 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors.

5.2.3 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto or do not hereafter become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement.

5.2.4 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice provided in accordance with Section 5.1 of this Agreement and (ii) an executed joinder to this Agreement from the applicable assignee in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a “Joinder”). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.

5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

 

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5.4 Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

5.5 Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES (AND SHALL CAUSE ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES TO WAIVE) THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND (B) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER.

5.6 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority-in-interest of the total Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects any Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of each such Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

5.7 Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, no person, other than (a) a Holder of Registrable Securities, (b) the holders of the SPAC’s warrants pursuant to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2021, by and between the SPAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and to be assumed by the Company upon the consummation of the SPAC Merger, and (c) those investors that have entered into subscription agreements, on or about the date hereof, with the SPAC and the Company pursuant to which such investors have agreed to purchase Class A Shares from the Company immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Company Merger, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person.

5.8 Effectiveness; Term.

5.8.1 Article II, Article III and Article IV of this Agreement shall become effective upon the consummation of the Company Merger and prior thereto shall be of no force or effect. Each party to the SPAC Registration Rights Agreement hereby agrees and acknowledges that, upon the consummation of the Company Merger, the SPAC Registration Rights Agreement shall be terminated and of no further force or effect and shall be superseded and replaced in its entirety by this Agreement.

5.8.2 This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (A) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of the Company Merger and (B) following the consummation of the Company Merger, (i) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (ii) with respect to any Holder, the date as of which such Holder ceases to hold any Registrable Securities. The provisions of this Article V (except for Section 5.7) and, following the consummation of the Company Merger, Article IV shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

SWVL INC.,

a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands

By:

 

/s/ Mostafa Kandil

 

Name: Mostafa Kandil

 

Title: Director

 

HOLDINGS:

PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP,

a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands

By:

 

/s/ Mostafa Kandil

 

Name: Mostafa Kandil

 

Title: Director

 

SPAC:

QUEEN GAMBIT’S GROWTH CAPITAL,

a Cayman Islands exempted company

By:

 

/s/ Victoria Grace

 

Name: Victoria Grace

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

HOLDERS:

QUEEN’S GAMBIT HOLDINGS LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

By:

 

/s/ Victoria Grace

 

Name: Victoria Grace

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


/s/ Mostafa Essa Mohamed Mohamed Kandil

Name: Mostafa Essa Mohamed Mohamed Kandil

 

/s/ Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail Mohamed Sabbah

Name: Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail Mohamed Sabbah

 

/s/ Youssef Samy Elsayed Fathy Salem

Name: Youssef Samy Elsayed Fathy Salem

 

/s/ Esther Dyson

Name: Esther Dyson

 

MEMPHIS EQUITY LTD.

By:

  /s/ Dany Farha
 

Name: Dany Farha

 

Title: Mr.

 

DIGAME AFRICA

By:

  /s/ Esther Dyson
 

Name: Esther Dyson

 

Title: DiGame Board Rep

 

VNV (CYPRUS) LIMITED

By:

  /s/ Boris Sinegubko
 

Name: Boris Sinegubko

 

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


Exhibit A

Joinder

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2021 (as amended, modified and waived from time to time, the “Agreement”), by and among Swvl Inc., a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company, Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Pivotal Holdings Corp, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands a wholly owned subsidiary of Swvl (the “Company”), and the persons named as parties therein (including pursuant to other Joinders). Capitalized terms herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the provisions of, the Agreement as a Holder in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Agreement, and the undersigned will be deemed for all purposes to be a Holder, and the undersigned’s ____ [Class A Shares][Private Placement Warrants] will be deemed for all purposes to be Registrable Securities under the Agreement.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the ___ day of ____________, 20___.

 

[         ]

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

Agreed and Accepted as of

[    ], 20__

 

PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

EX-4.8

Exhibit 4.8

July 28, 2021

Pivotal

Holdings Corp c/o

Swvl Inc.

The Offices 4, One Central

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attention: Mostafa Kandil, Chief Executive Officer

Email: mk@swvl.com

Re: Lock-Up Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter (this “Lock-up Agreement”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”) entered into by and among Swvl Inc., a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Swvl”), Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), Pivotal Holdings Corp, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned subsidiary of Swvl (“Holdings”), Pivotal Merger Sub Company I, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Cayman Merger Sub”), and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II Limited, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (“BVI Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, SPAC will merge with and into Cayman Merger Sub, with Cayman Merger Sub surviving (the “SPAC Merger”), Holdings will redeem all of the shares of Holdings held by Swvl, Cayman Merger Sub will distribute all of the issued and outstanding common shares of BVI Merger Sub to Holdings and BVI Merger Sub will merge with and into Swvl, with Swvl surviving (the “Company Merger” and, together with the SPAC Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the BCA, the “Transactions”).

In order to induce Swvl to enter into the BCA and to proceed with the Transactions and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned (the “Shareholder”) hereby agrees with Holdings as follows:

1. (a) Subject to the exceptions set forth herein, from and after the consummation of the Company Merger, the Shareholder agrees not to transfer, assign or sell, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of, or any other derivative transaction (whether settled by delivery of securities, cash or otherwise) with respect to (collectively, “Transfer”), any Class A shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Holdings (“Holdings Common Shares A”) (other than any PIPE Shares), held by it, him or her until the earliest of (i) the date that is [six months/one year] after the consummation of the Company Merger, (ii) the first date on which the last sale price of the Holdings Common Shares A equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-day trading period commencing at least 150 days after the consummation of the Company Merger and (iii) the date on which Holdings consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Holdings shareholders having the right to exchange their Holdings Common Shares A for cash, securities or other property (the “Lock-up”). “PIPE Shares” means any Holdings Common Shares A acquired by the Shareholder pursuant to a subscription agreement between, among others, the Shareholder pursuant to a subscription agreement between, among others, the Shareholder and Holdings, entered into on the date hereof (or any Holdings Common Shares A acquired in exchange for a convertible note issued by Swvl that was issued in accordance with the terms of such subscription agreement).

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in paragraph 1(a), Transfers of the Holdings Common Shares A that are held by the Shareholder or any of its permitted transferees (that have complied with any applicable requirements of this paragraph 1(b)), are permitted: (i) in the case of the Shareholder or its permitted transferees, to Holdings’ officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of Holdings’ officers or directors, the Shareholder, any members of the Shareholder or their affiliates or any affiliates of the Shareholder; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to members of the individual’s immediate family, to a charitable organization or to a trust, the beneficiary (or beneficiaries) of which is one or more of the individual, a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) by virtue of the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as applicable; (vi) by pledging, hypothecating or otherwise granting a security interest in Holdings Common Shares A or securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Holdings Common Shares A to one or more lending institutions as collateral or security


for any bona fide loan, advance or extension of credit and any transfer upon foreclosure upon such Holdings Common Shares A or such securities including any subsequent transfer of such Holdings Common Shares A or such securities to such lender or collateral agent or other transferee in connection with the exercise of remedies under such loan or extension of credit; (vii) with respect to any Holdings Common Shares A acquired after the consummation of the Company Merger; (viii) in the case of a Shareholder on whom (or on whose direct or indirect owners) any income tax obligations are imposed as a result of the Transactions, in an amount necessary to satisfy such Shareholder’s good faith estimate of such income tax obligations; or (ix) in the event of completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Holdings shareholders having the right to exchange their Holdings Common Shares A for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the consummation of the Company Merger; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) through (vi), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these Transfer restrictions.

2. The Shareholder has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which it, he or she is bound to enter into this Lock-up Agreement.

3. This Lock-up Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Lock-up Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.

4. No party hereto may assign either this Lock-up Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph 4 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Lock-up Agreement shall be binding on the Shareholder and its respective successors, heirs and assigns and permitted transferees.

5. This Lock-up Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereto (i) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Lock-up Agreement shall be brought and enforced in any Delaware Chancery Court, and irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (ii) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

6. Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Lock-up Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent or given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 of the BCA to the applicable party at the addresses set forth therein (or, in the case of the Shareholder, to the address set forth below the Shareholder’s name on the signature page to this Lock-up Agreement).

7. This Lock-up Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Lock-up and (ii) the termination of the BCA in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of the Company Merger.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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Sincerely,
[SHAREHOLDER]
By:  

                                  

Name:  
Title:  
Address for Notices:                                                         

Acknowledged and Agreed:

PIVOTAL HOLDINGS CORP

 

By:  

 

Name:
Title:  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

EX-4.9

Exhibit 4.9

Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC

55 Hudson Yards, 44th Floor

New York, NY 10001

July 28, 2021

Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital

55 Hudson Yards, 44th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Re:    Sponsor Letter

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter (this “Sponsor Letter”) is being delivered to you in accordance with that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms), by and among Swvl Inc., a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“SPAC”), Pivotal Holdings Corp, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“Holdings”), Pivotal Merger Sub Company I, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings, and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned Subsidiary of SPAC (the “Business Combination Agreement” and the transactions contemplated therein the “Business Combination”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement.

Queen’s Gambit Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”), currently is the record owner of 8,625,000 SPAC Class B Ordinary Shares and 5,933,333 outstanding warrants of the SPAC (“SPAC Warrants”), which were acquired in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the consummation of SPAC’s initial public offering (collectively, the “Sponsor Equity”).

In order to induce the Company and SPAC to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sponsor agrees as follows:

 

1)

The Sponsor unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall:

 

  a)

at any duly called meeting of the shareholders of SPAC (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), and in any action by written resolution of the shareholders of SPAC requested by the SPAC Board or undertaken as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement:

 

  i.

if such a meeting of shareholders is held, appear at such meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause all of the Covered Shares (as further defined herein) to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum; and

 

  ii.

vote or consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy or consent, all of the Covered Shares (I) in favor of the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and approval of the Transactions (and any actions required in furtherance thereof), (II) in favor of the Required SPAC Proposals set forth in the Proxy Statement, (III) for any proposal to adjourn or postpone the


  applicable meeting to a later date if (and only if) there are not sufficient votes for approval of the Business Combination Agreement and any other Required SPAC Proposals related thereto as set forth in the Proxy Statement on the date on which such meeting is held, and (IV) against the following actions or proposals: (A) any SPAC Alternative Transaction or any proposal in opposition to approval of the Business Combination Agreement or the other Required SPAC Proposals or in competition with or inconsistent with the Business Combination Agreement; (B) (1) any change in the present dividend policy or capitalization of SPAC or any amendment to the SPAC Articles of Association, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or any Required SPAC Proposal, (2) any liquidation, dissolution or other change in SPAC’s corporate structure or business, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or any Required SPAC Proposal, (3) any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach in any material respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Sponsor hereunder or (4) any other action or proposal involving SPAC or any of its subsidiaries that is intended or would reasonably be expected to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Transactions; and (C) any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach in any respect of any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or agreement of SPAC contained in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

  b)

not redeem, elect to redeem or tender or submit for redemption any Covered Shares (or Holdings Common Shares received as consideration therefor) pursuant to or in connection with the Redemption Rights or otherwise; and

 

  c)

shall, and shall procure that each holder of Holdings Common Shares B immediately following the SPAC Merger Effective Time but prior to the conversion of such shares pursuant to Article 14 of the Holdings A&R Articles shall, deliver to Holdings and the Company, a unanimous written resolution of the holders of Holdings Common Shares B in form and substance to the written resolution attached hereto at Schedule 1, pursuant to which the New Board shall be validly appointed as the directors of Holdings in accordance with Section 7.16 of the BCA, with such appointments to take effect immediately following the Company Merger Effective Time.

Prior to any termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Sponsor shall take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary under applicable Laws to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Sponsor Letter.

The obligations of the Sponsor specified in this paragraph 1 shall apply whether or not any of the Transactions or any action described above is recommended by the SPAC Board or any committee thereof.

 

2)

Except as provided herein, the Sponsor hereby agrees and acknowledges that the terms set forth in the letter agreement, dated January 19, 2021, by and between the Sponsor and SPAC (the “Letter Agreement”) shall continue to be in effect and are binding against the Sponsor, and neither the Sponsor nor SPAC shall amend, modify, limit or terminate such obligations without the prior written consent of the Company (which may be given in its sole discretion). Section 7 of the Letter Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety as follows (“Amended Section 7”):

 

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“(a) Subject to the exceptions set forth herein, from and after the consummation of the Company Merger, the Sponsor agrees not to transfer, assign or sell, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of, or any other derivative transaction (whether settled by delivery of securities, cash or otherwise) with respect to (collectively, “Transfer”), any Holdings Common Shares A, held by it, him or her until the earlier of (i) the date that is one year after the consummation of the Company Merger and (ii) the first date on which the last sale price of the Holdings Common Shares A equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-day trading period commencing at least 150 days after the consummation of the Company Merger (the “Lock-up”).

(b) Subject to the exceptions set forth in clause (c), Sponsor agrees not to transfer, assign or sell any Holdings Warrants or Holdings Common Shares A underlying such warrants held by it until 30 days after the completion of the Company Merger.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in clauses (a) and (b), Transfers of the Holdings Warrants and Holdings Common Shares A (including Holdings Common Shares A underlying such warrants) that are held by the Sponsor or any of its permitted transferees (that have complied with any applicable requirements of this clause (c)), are permitted: (i) in the case of the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, to Holdings’ officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of Holdings’ officers or directors, the Sponsor, any members of the Sponsor or their affiliates or any affiliates of the Sponsor; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to members of the individual’s immediate family, to a charitable organization or to a trust, the beneficiary (or beneficiaries) of which is one or more of the individual, a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) by virtue of the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as applicable; (vi) by pledging, hypothecating or otherwise granting a security interest in Holdings Common Shares A or securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Holdings Common Shares A to one or more lending institutions as collateral or security for any bona fide loan, advance or extension of credit and any transfer upon foreclosure upon such Holdings Common Shares A or such securities including any subsequent transfer of such Holdings Common Shares A or such securities to such lender or collateral agent or other transferee in connection with the exercise of remedies under such loan or extension of credit; (vii) with respect to any Holdings Warrants or Holdings Common Shares A acquired after the consummation of the Company Merger; (viii) in the case of the Sponsor on whom (or on whose direct or indirect owners) any income tax obligations are imposed as a result of the Transactions, in an amount necessary to satisfy such Sponsor’s good faith estimate of such income tax obligations; or (ix) in the event of completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Holdings shareholders having the right to exchange their Holdings Common Shares A for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the consummation of the Company Merger; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) through (vi), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these Transfer restrictions.

(d) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms), by and among Swvl Inc., a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Swvl”), the Company, Pivotal Holdings Corp, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned subsidiary of Swvl (“Holdings”), Pivotal Merger Sub Company I, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings, and Pivotal Merger Sub Company II, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.”

 

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3)

The Sponsor agrees that, after the date hereof, and until the Company Merger Effective Time, it shall not directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, (a) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, any Covered Shares (or Holdings Common Shares received as consideration therefor) or otherwise agree to do any of the foregoing, (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Covered Shares (or Holdings Common Shares received as consideration therefor) that conflicts with any of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Sponsor Letter or (c) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

 

4)

The Sponsor hereby agrees that, except as permitted or required by the Business Combination Agreement, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at the Closing, the Sponsor shall not modify or amend any contract between or among Sponsor, anyone related by blood, marriage or adoption to the Sponsor or any affiliate of the Sponsor (other than SPAC and its Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and SPAC or any of SPAC’s Subsidiaries, on the other hand.

 

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