BETWEEN
- The Sellers listed in Schedule A,
AND
- NextNav Inc., a Delaware corporation, whose registered office is located at 1775 Tyson’s Blvd., 5th Floor, McLean VA 22102,represented by Ganesh Pattabiraman, Chief Executive Officer duly authorized for the purpose hereof,
(hereinafter referred to as the “Purchaser”),
The Sellers and the Purchaser are individually hereinafter referred to as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
IN THE PRESENCE OF
- Nestwave, a French société par actions simplifiée whose registered office is located at 106 bis - 114 avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Nanterre under number 805 359 825, represented by [**],
(hereinafter referred to as “Nestwave” or the “Company”),
RECITALS
WHEREAS:
A | On 27 October 2022, 2,400,000 convertible bonds issued by Nestwave have been converted into 1,271,399 preferred P shares. |
B | As at the date hereof, Nestwave has issued 1,881,000 preferred O shares and 2,418,511 preferred P shares, fully paid-up, representing 100% of the share capital and voting rights of Nestwave (the “Nestwave Shares”). The Nestwave Shares are allocated amongst the Sellers as set forth in Schedule B Part 1. |
C | As at the date hereof: |
| (i) | the Company has issued (a) 1,125,487 warrants for business creator shares (bons de souscription de parts de créateurs d'entreprise) (the “BSPCE”), (b) 93,748 share warrants (bons de souscription d'actions) (the “BSA”) and (c) 1 “AIR” share warrant (bon de souscription d'actions “AIR”) (the “BSA AIR”). The BSPCE, the BSA and the BSA Air are allocated amongst the Sellers as set forth in Schedule B Part 1; |
| (ii) | immediately prior to Closing, 67,714 BSPCE, and 16,483 BSA and all of the BSA Air will be exercised as set forth in Schedule B Part 2 and, consequently, the 289,124 newly issued shares (the “Newly Issued Shares”) will be transferred to the Purchaser on Closing Date; |
| (iii) | (a) 1,057,773 BSPCE will remain unexercised as of the Closing Date (the “Unexercised BSPCE”) and (b) 77,265 BSA will remain unexercised as of the Closing Date as set forth in Schedule B Part 3 (the “Unexercised BSA” and, together with the Unexercised BSPCE, the "Unexercised Warrants"). Upon exercise of the Unexercised Warrants, 1,135,038 new shares of the Company will be issued to the exercising holders and transferred to the Purchaser as set forth herein (the “Post-Closing Issued Shares”). |
D | The Nestwave Shares and the Newly Issued Shares are hereinafter referred to as the “Transferred Shares” and represent 100% of the issued shares of the Company at Closing. |
E | The Purchaser has expressed an interest in acquiring the Transferred Shares and the Post-Closing Issued Shares. The Purchaser has performed with the assistance of its advisors satisfactory due diligences on the Company, including data room due diligence, attendance to various management presentations, all of which the Purchaser considered sufficient to proceed with the acquisition of the Transferred Shares and the Post-Closing Issued Shares. |
F | On 27 October 2022, the board of directors of the Purchaser approved the terms and conditions of the Transaction, including the issuance of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Stock Consideration. |
G | The Purchaser intends to acquire the Transferred Shares from the Sellers and the Sellers intend to transfer the Transferred Shares to the Purchaser on the Closing Date under, and subject to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and the Purchaser and the Unexercised Warrant Holders intend to enter into the Put & Call Option Agreements in relation to the Post-Closing Issued Shares (together, the “Transaction”). |
H | Shortly after the Closing, the Purchaser intends to Transfer the Transferred Shares and the Post-Closing Issued Shares acquired in the context of the Transaction to a directly owned subsidiary of the Purchaser to be incorporated in France. |
THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
- DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth in Schedule 1.1.
1.2Interpretation
(a) | The definitions set forth herein shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. |
(b) | All references in this Agreement to Sections, Articles, the Preamble, Recitals, Schedules and appendices shall be deemed to be references to sections, articles, the preamble of, the recitals of, the schedules and the appendices to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. All Schedules and appendices attached hereto shall be deemed incorporated in this Agreement as if set forth in full in this Agreement. |
(c) | The titles of Articles of, Sections of and Schedules to, this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of the provisions of this Agreement. |
(d) | If a period of time is specified as from a given day, or from the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day and including the relevant last day of this period of time. |
(e) | Unless stated otherwise in this Agreement, any reference to a specific time or day in this Agreement shall refer to the time or day in the time zone of California, United States. |
(f) | Whenever used in this Agreement: |
| (i) | the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”; |
| (ii) | the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and |
| (iii) | a reference to any agreement or document is to that agreement or document as amended, novated, supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time, except to the extent prohibited by this Agreement. |
(g) | The phrases “best efforts”, “reasonable efforts”, “best endeavors” or “reasonable endeavors” shall be interpreted as an obligation de moyens under French Law. |
(h) | References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and permitted assigns. |
(i) | If a French term has been added in parenthesis after an English term, the French term shall prevail for the interpretation of the relevant English term. |
(j) | For the purposes of applying a reference to a monetary sum expressed in €, EUR or Euro, an amount in a different currency shall be deemed to be an amount in Euro translated on the relevant date at the exchange rate published by Bloomberg at 11am CET on such date. |
| For the purposes of applying a reference to a monetary sum expressed in $ or USD, an amount in a different currency shall be deemed to be an amount in USD translated on the relevant date at the exchange rate published by Bloomberg at 11am CET on such date. |
(k) | Any reference in this Agreement to a “notice” shall be deemed to be a reference to a “written notice” (and the words “notify”, “notified”, “notification” shall be interpreted accordingly). |
(l) | To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Purchaser hereby expressly waives the provisions of articles 1602, 1641 and 1643 of the French Civil Code. |
- ACQUISITION OF THE TRANSFERRED SHARES
2.1 Sale and purchase of the Sold Shares
(a) | Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Seller shall sell the Sold Shares it holds, free and clear of any Encumbrances, together with all rights attaching to them at the Closing (including the right to all dividends distributed on or after the Closing Date), to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase all such Sold Shares. |
(b) | The Parties expressly agree that, subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the transfer of ownership of the Sold Shares shall occur on the Closing Date. |
2.2Contribution of the Contributed Shares
(a) | Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Seller shall contribute the Contributed Shares it holds, free and clear of any Encumbrances, together with all rights attaching to them at the Closing (including the right to all dividends distributed on or after the Closing Date), to the Purchaser. |
2.3Transfer of the Shares underlying the Unexercised Warrants
(a) | The Parties acknowledge and agree that certain Sellers hold, as at the date hereof, Unexercised Warrants which will not be exercised as of the Closing Date.
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(b)
| To the extent the Unexercised Warrants should be exercised on or before the Closing Date, notwithstanding the non-exercise principle set forth above:
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| (i) | the Company and its representatives are, for the avoidance of doubt, hereby authorized to take any action required for the purposes of acknowledging the exercise of the BSPCE and BSA; and |
| (ii) | the shares issued following exercise of these BSPCE and BSA will become “Transferred Shares” for all purposes under this Agreement. |
(c)
| With respect to any Unexercised Warrant which will not be exercised as of the Closing Date, the Parties acknowledge that:
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| (i) | such Unexercised Warrant shall not constitute Transferred Shares and shall not be sold to the Purchaser at Closing, and the portion of the Total Consideration attributable to such Unexercised Warrant will not be paid at Closing but will be paid in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.3(c); |
| (ii) | the prices of exercise of Unexercised BSPCE and Unexercised BSA will be funded in accordance with section 3.3 of the Put & Call Option Agreements; |
| (iii) | each Unexercised BSPCE Holder undertakes to exercise the BSPCE it holds, |
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| (A) | on 22 September 2023 at the latest if the end of the three-year time period provided under article 163 bis G I al. 1 of the French General Tax Code occurs on or before such date; |
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| (B) | on 8 July 2024 at the latest if the end of the three-year time period provided under article 163 bis G I al. 1 of the French General Tax Code occurs after 22 September 2023 and on or before 8 July 2024; |
| (iv) | each Unexercised BSA Holder undertakes to exercise the BSA it holds on or before 22 September 2023; |
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| (the “Exercise Date”) |
| (v) | and the Company undertakes to acknowledge the exercise of the BSPCE or BSA and the corresponding capital increase promptly after receipt of the exercise notice of the Unexercised Warrant Holders, being specified however that: |
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| (A) | each Unexercised BSPCE Holder undertakes to exercise his or her BSPCE on the date of termination of its employment agreement entered into with the Company regardless of the Exercise Date; and |
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| (B) | the Exercise Date shall be reasonably postponed at the Purchaser’s sole option to avoid (and to such extent only) that the issuance and the acquisition of Post-Closing Issued Shares occur on the same Business Day and dilute Purchaser's ownership in the Company's share capital below 95% (or such other percentage which could be required at such time for Tax consolidation purposes under French applicable Tax Laws); |
| (vi) | each Unexercised Warrant Holder irrevocably undertakes to Transfer to the Purchaser the Post-Closing Issued Shares, and the Purchaser agrees to acquire from each Unexercised Warrant Holder, at its sole option, all of the Post-Closing Issued Shares held by such holder as set forth opposite her/his name in Schedule B Part 3, for a price equal to (x) the Post-Closing Issued Shares Consideration multiplied by (y) the number of Post-Closing Issued Shares held by such holder over the total number of Post-Closing Issued Shares; |
| (vii) | in case the Purchaser does not exercise the call option under the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(c)(iii) above, the Purchaser irrevocably undertakes to acquire from each of the relevant holders of the Post-Closing Issued Shares, and each of the relevant Unexercised Warrant Holder agrees to Transfer to the Purchaser, at her/his sole option, all of the Post-Closing Issued Shares held by such holder as set forth opposite his/her name in Schedule B Part 3, for a price equal to (x) the Post-Closing Issued Shares Consideration multiplied by (y) the number of Post-Closing Issued Shares held by such holder over the total number of Post-Closing Issued Shares; and |
| (viii) | in order to effect the provisions of Sections 2.3(c)(iii) and 2.3(c)(vii), the Purchaser and each of the relevant Unexercised Warrant Holders, as applicable, entered into at Closing a call and put option agreement attached in Schedule 2.3(c)(viii) (the “Put & Call Option Agreements”) and undertook to execute any document and take any necessary actions to complete the actions provided for in this Section 2.3. Any existing liquidity agreements relating to the Unexercised Warrant and/or the Post-Closing Issued Shares (other than the Put & Call Option Agreements) shall be deemed to be terminated at Closing with immediate effect. |
(d) | The Purchaser undertakes to notify the Sellers’ Agent of the opening, suspension and closing of trading windows with respect to the Purchaser’s securities and otherwise keep the Sellers’ Agent informed as to permitted sales under securities Laws with respect to the Purchaser’s securities, including providing information as to Purchaser’s standard policy with respect thereto. |
2.4Consideration – Payments
2.4.1Total Consideration
(a) | On and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the aggregate consideration payable by the Purchaser for (i) the acquisition of all the Transferred Shares, and (ii) the acquisition of all the Post-Closing Issued Shares, shall be equal to: |
| (i) | USD fifteen million seven hundred twenty-three thousand six hundred twenty-nine dollars and sixty-seven cents ($ 15,723,629.67) with respect the Transferred Shares issued by Nestwave (the “Transferred Shares Consideration”), plus |
| (ii) | USD three million two hundred seventy-six thousand nine hundred seventy-four dollars and fifteen cents ($ 3,276,974.15) with respect the Post-Closing Issued Shares to be issued by Nestwave (the “Post-Closing Issued Shares Consideration”), plus |
| (iii) | contingent amounts defined in Schedule 2.4.1 in accordance with Section 2.5 (the “Contingent Amounts”), |
| (the aggregate of the Transferred Shares Consideration, the Post-Closing Issued Shares Consideration and, as the case may be, the Contingent Amounts, being together referred to as the “Total Consideration”). |
(b)
| To the exception of the potential adjustments provided for in Sections 3.1 and 8, the Total Consideration shall not be subject to any other adjustments. |
(c) | Subject to such adjustments, the Total Consideration shall be final, non-appealable and binding on the Parties. |
(d)The Total Consideration shall be allocated among the Sellers of Transferred Shares and Post-Closing Issued Shares according to Section 2.4.2.
2.4.2 Payments
(a)The Total Consideration shall:
(i) be paid in cash as a result of the sale of the Sold Shares (the “Cash Consideration”):
(A) up to the amount defined in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i) (“Cash Amount at Closing”), on the Closing Date;
(B) up to the Contingent Amounts, on such date(s) as defined in Section 2.5; and
(C)up to the Holdback Amounts, one (1) Business Day after the expiry of the Lock-up Period;
all as set forth opposite each Seller's name in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i); and
(ii)be paid in Purchaser Shares in exchange for the contribution of the Contributed Shares and the Post-Closing Issued Shares to the Purchaser for a value as set forth opposite each Seller’s name in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(ii) (the “Stock Consideration”) and for a number of Purchaser Shares as set forth in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(ii).
(b)Any payment by any of the Sellers to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a reduction of the Cash Consideration, including for all Tax, accounting and financial reporting purposes.
(c)Each Seller hereby instructs the Purchaser to pay on the Closing Date, pursuant to a délégation imparfaite de paiement, its pro rata share of the Transaction Costs as set forth opposite its name in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i) directly to the Sellers' Advisers on its behalf out of the Cash Amount at Closing, which pro rata share shall be deducted from the portion of the Cash Amount at Closing to be paid to such Seller.
2.4.3Issuance of Purchaser Shares as Stock Consideration
(a)At the Closing, the Purchaser shall issue, and the Sellers shall be entitled to receive, the Purchaser Shares underlying its Stock Consideration, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than transfer restrictions contained in this Agreement and under applicable securities Laws), together with all rights attaching to them at the Closing (including the right to voting rights and all dividends distributed on or after the Closing Date).
(b)At the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Sellers’ Agent a copy of the instructions issued by the Purchaser to its transfer agent instructing such transfer agent to issue and deliver to each Seller its Stock Consideration in such securities accounts opened by the transfer agent on the basis of the information provided in writing by the Sellers’ Agent at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 5.2 and 5.3.
(c)The total number of Purchaser Shares was determined by dividing the Stock Consideration by the Purchaser Share Value, and rounding down to the nearest whole Purchaser Share.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no fractional Purchaser Shares will be issued and any Seller entitled to receive a fractional Purchaser Share but for this Section 2.4.3 shall be entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof, without interest, equal to the pro rata portion of the Purchaser Share Value. No such holder shall be entitled to dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional Purchaser Shares.
2.5Contingent Amounts
The Purchaser shall pay to each Seller an amount equal to each Contingent Amount multiplied by such Seller portion of the Cash Amount at Closing divided by the total amount of the Cash Amount at Closing, to the extent such Contingent Amount has been received by the Company, as set forth opposite his/her/its name in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i), less any refund due and payable by such Seller to the Purchaser under Section 8 which amount has otherwise not been paid by such Seller or set-off in accordance with Section 8.5(d), on the first (1st) Business Day following receipt of such Contingent Amount by the Company, by wire transfer(s) of immediately available funds to such Seller's bank account which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur).
2.6Holdback Amounts
(a)On the first (1st) Business Day following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Purchaser shall pay to each Seller its portion of the General Holdback Amount as set forth in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i), less any refund due and payable by such Seller to the Purchaser under Section 8 with has not been paid by such Seller or set-off in accordance with Section 8.5(d), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Pivot Account which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur) on such release date.
(b)On the first (1st) Business Day following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Purchaser shall pay to [**] the RC Holdback Amount less any refund due and payable by [**] to the Purchaser under Section 8 which has not been paid by such Seller or set-off in accordance with Section 8.5(d), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to his bank account which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur) on such release date.
- PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
3.1 Management of the Company until the Closing Date
3.1.1 General
From the date hereof until the Closing Date, each Seller shall, to the extent of its powers as direct or indirect shareholder, director, manager or officer of the Company, use its best efforts to cause the Company to be managed in the Ordinary Course of Business and, without limiting the foregoing, each Seller shall not, and shall, to the extent of its powers as direct or indirect shareholder, director, manager or officer of the Company, use its best efforts to cause the Company not to:
(a)approve, direct or authorize any purchase or sale of shares or other securities of the Company, or to create any Encumbrance over, or to create, allot, issue, or grant any warrant, option over or right to subscribe for, shares or other securities of the Company or to decrease, purchase or redeem the share capital of the Company;
(b)approve or authorize any dissolution or liquidation or change to the articles of association (statuts) (or any equivalent organizational documents) of the Company other than technical modifications or modifications required by applicable Laws;
(c)declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend (whether interim or final) or other distribution of profit or reserves whether in cash or in kind, or approve any winding-up, merger, split-up, contribution or disposal of their business as a whole or any of their divisions (branches d’activité), except if made from the Company to another, or in the case of dormant companies;
(d)amend the terms or conditions of employment of any Senior Employee (except for usual increase of salaries in line with past practices and in accordance with such terms or conditions and applicable Laws);
(e)make any acquisition or disposal of any asset, business, undertaking, or incur any other expense outside the Ordinary Course of Business, or incur any capital expenditure on any individual asset and for an individual value in excess of EUR 50,000, other than Ordinary Course of Business expenses incurred based on the last three months average operations;
(f)incur new indebtedness for borrowed money or enter unto any foreign exchange contracts, interest rate swaps or other derivative instruments other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(g)make any material change to Tax, Social Contributions or accounting policies, methods or practices;
(h)amend borrowings available under the facilities, bilateral lines of credit, overdraft facilities or factoring program existing as at the date hereof other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i)enter into, terminate or materially amend the terms of any Material Contract other than in the Ordinary Course of Business or by reason of the expiration of its terms;
(j)enter into any joint venture, partnership or agreement or arrangement for the sharing of profits or assets;
(k)institute, engage in or settle any litigation which would result in a payment by the Company;
(l) enter into or amend the terms of any Related Party Agreement in any material respect (save with respect to any amendments entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business and on arm’s length terms);
(m) agree, conditionally or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions;
in each case except if:
(n)required by applicable Law or a definitive decision of a court, arbitral tribunal or Governmental Authority;
(o)expressly permitted by this Agreement or as required to consummate the Transaction;
(p)the Purchaser has given its prior written approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or denied having due consideration for the corporate and commercial interests of the Company);
(q)the consultation with the Purchaser to obtain its prior approval may result in a breach of applicable Laws;
(r)reasonably undertaken in an emergency situation (including for the avoidance of doubt complying with non-binding recommendation of any Governmental Authority, the implementation of any home working, emergency volunteering, sickness absence and sick pay, in each case implemented as a result of Covid-19 or any other similar sanitary crisis) with the intention of minimizing any adverse effect thereof (and of which the Purchaser will be promptly notified and to the extent possible, prior informed); or
(s)to benefit from any relief (by way of grant, payment, loan, tax deferral or benefit or otherwise, (and of which the Purchaser will be promptly notified and to the extent reasonably possible, prior informed) under any scheme, system or policy offered or imposed by any public authority, regulatory body or Governmental Authority relating to Covid-19 or any other similar sanitary crisis.
For the purpose of requesting the Purchaser’s prior approval hereunder, the Sellers’ Agent shall contact [**] (e-mail: [**]) with copy to [**] (Legal department, e-mail: [**]) or such other person as the Purchaser shall designate by notice to the Sellers’ Agent.
3.1.2 No Leakage
(a)Each Seller represents to the Purchaser that no Leakage other than Permitted Leakages has occurred in connection with the Company since the Locked Box Date and undertakes to procure, to the extent of its powers as direct or indirect shareholder, director, manager or officer of the Company that no Leakage other than Permitted Leakages will occur in connection with the Company between the date hereof and the Closing Date.
(b)Subject to the occurrence of Closing and to the provisions of Section 3.1.2(d), the Sellers shall repay to the Purchaser, on demand and on a Euro for Euro basis, a sum equal to the positive difference between (i) the amount of any Leakage and (ii) any monetary gain or other benefit (including any Tax Relief) available to the Purchaser and/or any of its Affiliates and/or the Company in respect of any matter giving rise to such Leakage, in accordance with the following:
(i)if a Leakage is made to or for the benefit of a given Seller or any of its Affiliates, the payment obligation shall be entirely borne by such Seller and be treated as a reduction of its portion of the Cash Consideration;
(ii)in all other cases, the payment obligation shall be borne by all Sellers, on a several basis (conjointement), in proportion to their respective Allocable Percentage and be treated as a reduction of their portion of the Cash Consideration.
(c)For the avoidance of doubt, (x) the Sellers shall not be liable to reimburse the Purchaser in respect of any Permitted Leakage, and (y) a Leakage may not be repaid more than once to the Purchaser. The Parties hereby agree that any payment made by the Sellers under this Section 3.1.2 shall be deemed to constitute an adjustment to the Total Consideration and agree to treat any such payment as such for all Tax, accounting and financial reporting purposes.
(d)No Seller shall have any repayment liability under Section 3.1.2 unless:
(i)a claim has been notified by the Purchaser to the relevant Seller and the Sellers’ Agent in writing on or before the date which is ten (10) months after the Closing Date, including all relevant details of the nature and the amount of any Leakage which the Purchaser, acting reasonably, believes has been received by any Seller(s) (or all the Sellers) and/or any of their Affiliates or in respect of which the Purchaser believes any Seller(s) (or all the Sellers) and/or any of their Affiliate benefitted; and
(ii)judicial proceedings have been brought by an Entity of the Purchaser’s Group against the relevant Seller(s) within ten (10) months of such Seller(s) and the Sellers’ Agent being notified in accordance with the provision of Section 3.1.2(d) if the relevant claim has not been agreed by such Seller(s).
(e)The repayment of any amount due by any Seller to the Purchaser under Section 3.1.2 shall be made within twenty (20) Business Days following the date on which the amount of the Seller’s repayment liability to the Purchaser shall have been finally determined pursuant to either an amicable agreement or settlement between the Purchaser and the relevant Seller or an enforceable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction (décision exécutoire) which is not subject to appeal or with respect to which the time for appeal has elapsed pursuant to Section 11.17.
3.2Related Party Agreements
Except for the Related Party Agreements listed in Schedule 3.2, each relevant Seller shall cause the parties to the Related Party Agreements to terminate all Related Party Agreements in accordance with their terms at no cost to any of the Purchaser of the Company other than resulting from the terms of such Related Party Agreements, with effect as from the Closing Date; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such termination shall be without prejudice to all amounts owed, outstanding or due under such Related Party Agreements to the Company or the relevant Seller or their Affiliates, as the case may be, for the period up to, and including, the Closing Date (including any VAT arising on such amounts), such amounts being settled, at the option of the relevant Seller, on the Closing Date or within sixty (60) calendar days after the Closing Date.
3.3AML and KYC
(a)The Purchaser has provided to the Sellers’ Agent, any information and/or documents that the Sellers requested to comply with their customary due diligence obligations and KYC (know-your-customer) processes (the “Sellers’ KYC Documents”).
(b)The Sellers have provided to the Purchaser all the documents requested by the Purchaser in respect of Anti-Money Laundering Laws and KYC (know your customer) processes (the “Purchaser’s AML and KYC Documents”).
3.4Cooperation
Subject to applicable Laws (including antitrust Laws), each of the Parties shall use its best endeavors to execute such documents, perform such acts and do such things, as any other Party may reasonably require in order to transfer the Transferred Shares and issue and deliver the Purchaser Shares and to carry out and perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, it being specified that the Parties may, with respect to any commercially sensitive information, elect for an exchange of such information between counsels only.
- CLOSING
4.1Date and Location of Closing
The closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”) shall take place on the date on which the last signature of this Agreement will take place (the "Closing Date") at the offices of Hogan Lovells, 17 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France, or at such other place agreed between the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Agent.
The Parties agree that the Closing may take place electronically, provided that the execution of any document required to be executed on the Closing Date be made electronically by means of a reliable identification process complying with the requirements of article 1366 et seq. of the French Civil Code.
4.2Actions at Closing
On the Closing Date, the following actions shall occur:
(a)Each Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser, or ensure the delivery to the Purchaser of its share transfer form (ordre de mouvement) duly executed by such Seller, providing for the transfer to the Purchaser of the ownership of that number of Sold Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i).
(b)The Sellers shall deliver to the Purchaser, or ensure the delivery to the Purchaser of:
(i)the written resignations, with effect upon Closing of the persons listed in Schedule 4.2(b)(i)(A) from their office as directors and/or officers of the Company in the form of the resignation letter set forth in Schedule 4.2(b)(i)(B);
(ii)the updated share transfer register (registre des mouvements de titres) and the updated shareholders’ individual accounts register (comptes individuels d’ actionnaires) of Nestwave, duly reflecting the transfer of the Transferred Shares to the Purchaser;
(iii)three (3) unwritable CD-ROM containing the Data Room Documents;
(iv)a statement signed by each Seller confirming the termination of all Related Party Agreements without any further payment obligation for the Company, nor any claim against the Company, in accordance with Section 3.2; and
(v)a certificate issued by the Company evidencing the amount of cash and cash equivalent as at 30 September 2022 (the “Cash Certificate”).
(c)Each Unexercised Warrant Holder shall deliver to the Purchaser, or ensure delivery to the Purchaser, of the relevant number of original copies of its Put & Call Option Agreement duly completed and executed by him or her.
(d)The Purchaser shall:
(i)pay to the Sellers of Sold Shares the Cash Amount at Closing, less the Transaction Costs and the Strike Price, by wire transfer(s) of immediately available funds to the Pivot Account which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur) on the Closing Date;
(ii)deliver to the Sellers contributing their Contributed Shares the number of Purchaser Shares as set forth opposite such Sellers' names in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(ii) by providing a copy of the instructions in accordance with Section 2.4.3(a);
(iii)pay to each Adviser its portion of the Transaction Costs by wire transfer(s) of immediately available funds to their respective bank accounts which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur) on the Closing Date;
(iv)pay to the Company the Strike Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to its bank account which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur) on the Closing Date; and
(v)deliver to the Unexercised Warrant Holders the relevant number of original copies of the Put & Call Option Agreements duly completed and executed by the Purchaser.
(e)The Company shall pay (y) to each Seller of Sold Shares its portion of the amount transferred to the Pivot Account in accordance with Section 4.2(d)(i), as set forth opposite each Seller's name in Schedule 2.4.2(a)(i) and (z) to each Seller concerned its portion of the Strike Price in accordance with the Strike Price Release Agreements, by wire transfers of immediately available funds to its bank account which shall be credited with value date (date de valeur) on the Closing Date. Each Seller acknowledges that the allocation of the Total Consideration – including the allocation of the Cash Amount at Closing - between the Sellers has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the articles of association of the Company and the Existing Shareholders' Agreement and waive all claims it may have against the other Sellers with respect to such allocation.
(f)The Parties shall, on the Closing Date, execute a confirmatory transfer agreement (acte réitératif) (the “Confirmatory Transfer Agreement”) relating to the sale of the Transferred Shares for French registration purposes substantially in the form attached as Schedule 4.2(f).
(g)On the Closing Date, each Designated Manager and the Company shall enter into and execute such Designated Manager Agreement in two (2) original copies and the Purchaser shall provide to the Sellers' Agent a copy of the Company's shareholders resolutions approving the Designated Manager Agreement in respect of [**].
(h)All actions at Closing shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as at the Closing Date. No delivery of any document or the taking of any action referred to in Section 4.2(a), 4.2(c) and 4.2(d) will be deemed complete or taken until each of such documents and actions have been delivered or taken.
(i)Each of the Parties shall use its best efforts to execute such documents, perform such acts and do such things, as any other Party may reasonably require, in order to consummate the Closing.
4.3Termination right
If one of the actions set forth in Section 4.2 is not carried out by the Purchaser or the Sellers on the Closing Date, the Purchaser (in case of default of any of the Sellers) or the Sellers’ Agent (in case of a default by the Purchaser) shall be entitled (in addition, and without prejudice, to their right to seek and obtain from the defaulting Party any other remedy that may be available under applicable Law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the right to claim damages and/or pursue specific performance of this Agreement):
(a)to waive, in its sole discretion, the defaulted actions provided for its exclusive benefit and effect the Closing pursuant to this Agreement so far as practicable having regard to the defaults which have occurred and without prejudice to any of its rights under this Agreement, or
(b)subject to a three (3) Business Day cure period, to refuse to proceed with the Closing and terminate this Agreement (save for the Surviving Provisions, which shall continue to apply) and shall incur no liability vis-à-vis the other Party in connection with such refusal, it being agreed that the exercise of this termination right shall be effected without granting the defaulting Party an additional time to carry out the actions set forth in Section 4.2 (sans mise en demeure préalable), or
(c)no later than five (5) Business Days after the agreed date for Closing, to set a new date for the Closing (being no more than ten (10) Business Days after the agreed Closing Date and in any event prior to the Long Stop Date) in which case the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall apply to the Closing as so deferred but provided such deferral may only occur once.
- POST-CLOSING COVENANTS
5.1Non-competition, non-solicitation
(a)The Key Executives shall not, and shall procure that none of their Affiliates shall, for a period of [**] years following the Closing Date, directly or indirectly, engage in any Competing Business in the Restricted Territories, provided that nothing shall prohibit or restrict the Key Executives nor any of their Affiliates from:
(i)acquiring, owning or having an interest (directly or indirectly) a business, entity or group of companies part of whose business or operation (the “Accessory Business”) is a Competing Business, provided that the Accessory Business represents less than ten percent (10%) of the total consolidated sales of such entity(ies) based on the latest financial statements available to the Sellers or the Sellers’ Affiliates,
(ii)owning, conducting or developing any business which is or could be a Competing Businesses based on assets owned by the Sellers or any of the Sellers’ Affiliates (other than the Company) (the “Existing Assets”), provided that such Existing Assets:
(A)represent less than 5% of the total consolidated sales of such entities based on the latest financial statements available to the Sellers or the Sellers’ Affiliate;
(B)represent, globally, less than 5% percent of the total consolidated sales of such entities based on the latest financial statements available to the Sellers or the Sellers’ Affiliates.
(b)The Key Executives shall not, and shall procure that none of their Affiliates shall, for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date, directly or indirectly, offer employment to, enter into a contract for the services of, or attempt to entice away from the Company, any individual who is at that time, and was at the Closing Date, an employee of the Company (except a person who responds, without any form of approach or solicitation by or on behalf of any of the Key Executives, their Affiliates, to a general public advertisement made in the Ordinary Course of Business) or procure or facilitate the making of any such attempt by any other person.
(c)The Key Executives agree that the undertakings contained in this Section 5.1 are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Purchaser’s legitimate interests.
(d)The Key Executives acknowledge that the violation of any such undertakings shall generate a damage to the Purchaser and the Company of such significance that it would not be sufficiently compensated by the allocation of damages. Consequently, the Purchaser expressly reserves the right to request for any conservatory or enforceable measure pertaining to prohibit the conduct of any activities which violates any of the undertakings provided in this Section.
5.2Lock-up Period
The Purchaser Shares cannot be Transferred by any Seller during a one (1) year period as from the Closing Date (the “Lock-up Period”) without the prior approval of the Purchaser, with the exception to Transfer to Affiliates, spouses or civil partner or children, or exclusively made for estate planning purposes, provided that any such Transfer shall be subject to (i) know-your-client and due diligence requirements pursuant to applicable Laws and (ii) the transferee commitment to comply with the aforementioned one (1) year period for its remaining duration; and provided, further, that the Lock-Up Period shall automatically expire on the date on which the Purchaser completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Purchaser’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property.
5.3Registration of Purchaser Shares; Legend Removal
(a)The Purchaser shall (A)(i) after issuance of the Purchaser Shares issuable following exercise of the Unexercised Warrants as to which notice of exercise was delivered to the Purchaser at least ten (10) days prior to October 2, 2023, use its reasonable best efforts to submit to or file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in no event later than October 2, 2023 (unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Seller Agent and the Purchaser), a registration statement on an appropriate form (the “First Registration Statement”) covering the resale of the Registrable Securities and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such First Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof and (B)(i) after issuance of the Purchaser Shares issuable following exercise of the Unexercised Warrants as to which notice of exercise was delivered to the Purchaser at least ten (10) days prior to July 8, 2024, use its reasonable best efforts to submit to or file with the SEC, in no event later than July 8, 2024 (unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Seller Agent and the Purchaser), a registration statement on an appropriate form (the “Second Registration Statement”, and together with the First Registration Statement, the “Registration Statements”) covering the resale of the Registrable Securities otherwise not already covered by the First Registration Statement and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Second Registration Statement to become effective as or as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. The Purchaser shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement and each prospectus forming a part thereof as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and free of any material misstatements or omissions, in each case for a period not in excess of two (2) years from the applicable date of effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Purchaser shall list the Purchaser Shares on any securities exchange on which the Purchaser’s common stock is then listed if the Purchaser Shares are not already so listed.
(b)At least twenty (20) days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, the Purchaser will send a notice (“Notice”) to each holder of then Registrable Securities of its intent to file a Registration Statement and a questionnaire (“Questionnaire”) seeking customary information regarding each Seller or Unexercised Warrant Holders and the distribution of the then Registrable Securities. Each holder of Registrable Securities shall have ten (10) days after the distribution of the Notice to complete and return the Questionnaire to the Purchaser. In addition, Purchaser may require any Seller who wishes to include its Registrable Securities on the Registration Statement to furnish to the Purchaser in writing such additional information regarding such Seller and pertinent to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request in writing to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities. The Purchaser shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities of any Seller on the Registration Statement if the Questionnaire is not returned timely or if such additional information is not provided to the Purchaser.
(c)The Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each holder of Registrable Securities, and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers and controlling Persons against all losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses (including with respect to actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, and including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) caused by, resulting from, arising out of, based upon or related to any untrue statement in or omission from such Registration Statement, any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement, other than any untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Seller furnished to the Purchaser by such Seller expressly for use in the preparation of such Registration Statement, preliminary, final or summary prospectus or amendment or supplement. The Purchaser may require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement filed in accordance with this Section 5.3, that the Purchaser shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the Seller of such Registrable Securities to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser or all other Sellers, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers and controlling Persons, with respect to any untrue statement in or omission from such Registration Statement, any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement, if such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Seller furnished to the Purchaser by such Seller expressly for use in the preparation of such Registration Statement, preliminary, final or summary prospectus or amendment or supplement, or a document incorporated by reference into any of the foregoing. Each such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Purchaser or any of the Sellers, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers or controlling Persons, and will survive the Transfer of such Securities by such Holder. In no event shall the liability of any selling Seller of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds actually received by such Seller upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(d)After the filing of the Registration Statements, the Purchaser shall have no further obligation to register for resale any Registrable Securities that were not included in the Registration Statements filed pursuant to Section 5.3(a).
(e)The Purchaser shall take reasonable steps, if any are required, to cause all Purchaser Shares to be listed on securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Purchaser are then listed.
(f)Following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) at the reasonable request of a Seller, deliver all the necessary documentation to cause the Purchaser’s transfer agent to remove all restrictive legends from any Purchaser Shares being sold under an effective Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, at the time of sale of such Purchaser Shares, or that may be sold by a Seller without restriction under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including any volume and manner of sale restrictions, and (ii) cause its legal counsel to deliver to the transfer agent the necessary legal opinions required by the transfer agent, if any, in connection with the instruction under clause (i) upon the receipt of customary representation letters and such other customary supporting documentation as requested by (and in a form reasonably acceptable to) such counsel, in each case within three (3) trading days of such request.
5.4U.S. Tax Election
For U.S. income tax purposes, the Purchaser intends to elect pursuant to IRC section 338(g) to treat the Transaction as an asset purchase. The Parties will cooperate with each other, and the Sellers will execute all documents and take such action as reasonably requested by the Purchaser to effect such election.
5.5Pivot Account
After the Closing Date, the Purchaser undertakes to (i) keep the Pivot Account opened and segregated from any other account of the Company, (ii) to authorize the Sellers' Agent to process the payments from the Pivot Account to the Sellers (and, as the case may be, any other third party such as the Sellers’ advisors) and (iii) close the Pivot Account only after the foregoing payments have been made.
- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS and of the Key executives
6.1Subject to the limitations set out in this Agreement, each Seller makes, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date (except where another date is expressly provided), to the Purchaser, only for herself/himself/itself (and not in respect of any other Seller) the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 6.1 (excluding the Infringement Warranty, the “Fundamental Warranties”) and the Warranty set forth in Section 7(e) of Schedule 6.1 (the “Infringement Warranty”); provided however that the Fundamental Warranties of article 6 (The Company) of Schedule 6.1 and the Infringement Warranty shall only be made by the Management Sellers.
6.2Subject to the limitations set out in this Agreement, each Management Seller makes, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date (except where another date is expressly provided), to the Purchaser, the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 6.2 (the “Business Warranties” and, together with the Fundamental Warranties and the Infringement Warranty, the "Warranties").
6.3The Warranties other than the Infringement Warranty are qualified by all facts and information disclosed in the Disclosures. The Sellers make no representation or warranty, express or imply, to the Purchaser under this Agreement other than as expressly and specifically set forth in this Section 6 In particular, the Sellers make no representation or warranty as to: (i) the accuracy or completeness of any projections, business plans, budgets, forecasts or other forward looking information in respect of the Company and its activities (the “Forecasts”), or (ii) the future relations of the Company with the Sellers or their Affiliates as well as any of the customers, suppliers, consultants or employees of the Sellers or their Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Infringement Warranty shall not be subject to, limited or qualified by, any information disclosed (including but not limited to the Disclosures) by any means whatsoever to the Purchaser.
6.4The Purchaser acknowledges that the Forecasts are based on a number of assumptions and that considerable uncertainties are inherent in such Forecasts; the Purchaser further acknowledges that it is fully familiar with this type of, assumptions and uncertainties and that it is alone responsible for its own assessment of the adequacy and accuracy of all the Forecasts made and provided and that it will have no claim against the Sellers in relation to such Forecasts.
6.5In this respect, the Purchaser acknowledges and declares that in entering into this Agreement, it has not relied and is not relying on any warranties, representations, covenants, undertakings indemnities, promises, Forecasts or other statements whatsoever whether written or oral other than those expressly set out in this Agreement and that it will not have any right or remedy arising out of any warranty, representation, covenant, undertaking, indemnity, promise, Forecast or statement not set out in this Agreement.
- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser makes to the Sellers the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 7 on the date hereof, and on the Closing Date (except where another date is expressly provided), and such representations and warranties are therefore made on said specific date only.
- REFUND OF THE TOTAL CONSIDERATION
8.1General Principles
(a)As from the Closing and subject to the provisions of this Agreement:
(i)each Seller undertakes to refund a portion of the Total Consideration to the Purchaser in respect of any Loss suffered by the Purchaser arising from (y) any inaccuracy in, or any breach of, the Fundamental Warranties made pursuant to Section 6.1 or the Infringement Warranty made pursuant to article 7(e) (Infrigement) of Schedule 6.1 or (z) any inaccuracy in the Cash Certificate or in the amount specified for Transaction Costs in the definition thereof, it being understood that (i) Fundamental Warranties other than those in article 6 (The Company) of Schedule 6.1 and other than the Infringement Warranty are made by each Seller only for itself and in respect of the Transferred Shares and the Unexercised Warrants it owns and (ii) each Seller’s liability under Section 6.1 and as a result of any inaccuracy in the Cash Certificate shall in no event exceed its Allocable Portion;
(ii)each Seller undertakes to refund a portion of the Total Consideration to the Purchaser in respect of any Loss suffered by the Purchaser arising from any inaccuracy in, or any breach of, the Business Warranties made pursuant to Section 6.2, it being understood that each Seller’s liability under Section 6.2 shall in no event exceed 15% of its Allocable Portion;
(iii)each Seller undertakes to refund a portion of the Total Consideration to the Purchaser in respect of any Loss suffered by the Purchaser arising from (A) any breach by the relevant Seller of its covenants taken only by itself under this Agreement (other than pursuant to Section 3.1), it being understood that each Seller’s liability under Section 8.1(a)(iii)(A) shall in no event exceed its Allocable Portion, or (B) any breach by the relevant Seller of its covenants taken on a several basis (and not on a joint and several basis) (conjointement mais non solidairement) under this Agreement (other than pursuant to Section 3.1), it being understood that each Seller’s liability under Section 8.1(a)(iii)(B) shall be borne pro rata to its Allocable Percentage.
(b)The Purchaser shall not be entitled to recover damages or obtain payment, refund, reimbursement, restitution or indemnity, directly or through the Company, from the Sellers under any Transaction Document: (i) more than once in respect of the same Loss, regardless of whether more than one Claim arises in respect of it, or (ii) in respect of a Loss which has already given right to a payment as a Leakage.
(c)The provisions of Section 8 shall not apply in the event of a Leakage. Consequences of a Leakage are exclusively governed by the provisions of Section 3.1.
(d)The Sellers shall have no liability under this Agreement in respect of any Loss which results from, and to the sole extent such Loss results from:
(i)any actions or omissions of the Sellers, their Affiliates or the Company prior to the Closing Date taken or made as specifically provided for in this Agreement or otherwise taken or made at the written request of or with the consent of the Purchaser;
(ii)any actions or omissions of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or, for the period after the Closing Date, of the Company (including any reorganization or change in the Accounting Principles and Tax principles or practices);
(iii)the adoption of, or any change (even with a retroactive effect) in, any Law (including the Accounting Principles) or published administrative practice after the date hereof, including any increase in the Tax rates, any imposition of Tax or any withdrawal of Tax Relief; or
(iv)any payment obligation to which the Purchaser may be exposed under any representations and warranties and/or indemnities given to any third party under any agreement relating to a subsequent sale or transfer of the Transferred Shares or the Post-Closing Issued Shares.
(e)The Purchaser shall not be entitled to payment under this Section 8 in respect of any Loss, or part thereof, relating to the Company which is no longer Controlled by the Purchaser, save for such Loss for which a Notice of Claim has been notified prior to such change of Control.
(f)For the avoidance of doubt, any payment made pursuant to this Section 8 shall be deemed to constitute an adjustment to the Total Consideration.
8.2Calculation of Loss
(a)In calculating the amount of a Loss, there shall be deducted (without duplication):
(i)the amount of any actual advantages or benefits accruing to the Purchaser’s Group directly and exclusively attributable to the matter, event or circumstance giving rise to such Loss (including any amount of Tax Relief obtained by the Purchaser or its Affiliates, unless such Tax Relief does not result in an actual cash saving by the end of the third year following the one during which the Loss giving rise to such Tax Relief has been incurred);
(ii)the amount of any provision specifically recorded in the Locked Box Accounts, event or circumstance which gave rise to the Loss; and
(iii)the amount of any indemnification, insurance, payment, discount or other recovery from a third party (including a Tax Authority), actually paid to, or actually recovered by, the Purchaser’s Group with respect to the matter, event or circumstance which gave rise to such Loss.
(b)If such Loss relates to a Tax reassessment or any other form of reassessment (i) whose effect is to shift a Tax liability from one financial or fiscal year to another (including with respect to depreciation, amortization, inventory, VAT, reserves or provisions of any nature) or to modify the jurisdiction in which a Tax liability is due or (ii) which is recoverable, only the penalties or interest for late payment or the additional Taxes resulting from any increase in the applicable Tax rates which shall have actually resulted from such reassessment, shall be taken into account.
(c)The determination of a Loss may not result from the application of any multiple to any accounting value or any other valuation methodology.
(d)Losses shall not include any Taxes that may be incurred by the Purchaser’s Group or for which the Purchaser’s Group may become liable as a result of the Total Consideration refund provided under this Section 8. In addition, any reduction of Tax Relief or carried back or forward Tax losses incurred by the Purchaser’s Group shall not constitute a Loss.
(e)The amount of the Total Consideration refund due by the Sellers in connection with a Loss suffered by, or relating to, the Company shall not exceed the amount of such Loss multiplied by the percentage of ownership held, directly or indirectly, by the Purchaser in the Company on the Closing Date.
8.3Claims
(a)The Purchaser may only make a claim for a Total Consideration refund under this Agreement (a “Claim”) by sending to the Sellers’ Agent a written notice (a “Notice of Claim”) promptly, and, in any event, no later than twenty-five (25) Business Days after the date on which the Purchaser became aware of the matter, event or circumstance upon which the Claim is based.
(b)The Notice of Claim shall specify in such reasonable detail as is then available to the Purchaser (with copies of reasonably relevant documents attached) (i) the basis for the Claim and the warranties or covenants which are alleged to have been breached, (ii) a description of the alleged Loss, (iii) a reasonable estimate of the alleged Loss calculated in accordance with Section 8.2 (such estimate shall be provided as soon as it is determined if not known at the time of the Notice of Claim) and (iv) any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Sellers to assess the merits of the Claim and the estimate of the alleged Loss.
(c)No Claim may be made against a Seller in respect of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 unless it is made against all Sellers which may be liable for such breach.
(d)Failure to comply with the above requirements will not render the Claim invalid, but the amount of the related Loss shall be decreased up to the amount directly and exclusively attributable to such failure.
(e)To the extent a Claim is made as a result of or in connection with a claim made by a third party, the Purchaser (i) shall closely associate the relevant Sellers (and, as the case may be, any external legal counsel appointed by such Sellers) to the defense of the claim, provide all information reasonably required in connection with such claim and its progress and take into account in good faith their reasonable comments considering the corporate interest of the Purchaser and/or of the Company, as applicable, and excluding any disclosure of confidential or sensitive business information and (ii) shall not settle, compromise or admit any liability in respect of such third party claim without the written consent of the Sellers, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, taking into account the Company’s corporate interest, failing which the Purchaser shall not be entitled to make any Claim in respect of any Loss or any part thereof in relation to such third party claim, and shall not be indemnified in respect of any such Loss or any part thereof.
(f)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent that any inaccuracy of any warranties contained in this Agreement is capable of remedy, the Purchaser shall afford the Sellers at least forty-five (45) Business Days following reception of the Notice of Claim to remedy the breach and shall procure to the Sellers the assistance and the cooperation it may reasonably request in order to implement such remediation whenever possible. Any such remedial action by the Sellers will only limit the Sellers’ liability under this Agreement to the extent the results of such action are to the reasonable satisfaction of, and with no Loss arising for, the Purchaser or the Company.
(g)The Sellers' Agent or the Sellers concerned, and their counsel shall have access to the books and files of the Company relating to any Claim, during normal business hours at the Company's premises or as otherwise mutually agreed. The Company's staff shall provide reasonable assistance to the Sellers' Agent or the Sellers concerned and their counsel.
8.4 Limitations
8.4.1Time Limitation
(a)The Purchaser shall have no right to bring a Claim under this Agreement, unless the Purchaser has given the Sellers’ Agent a Notice of Claim with respect thereto prior to the date which is
(i)five (5) years after the Closing Date for the Fundamental Warranties (for the avoidance of doubt, not included in the Infringement Warranty),
(ii)eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date for the Business Warranties other than Business Warranties granted in articles 6 (Tax Matters) and 16 (Employment Matters) of Schedule 6.2,
(iii)thirty-six months after the Closing Date for the Business Warranties granted in articles 6 (Tax Matters) and 16 (Employment Matters) of Schedule 6.2, and
(iv)thirty-six (36) months after the Closing Date for the Infringement Warranty.
(the “Expiry Date”).
(b)If a Claim is made before the applicable Expiry Date, it shall be deemed withdrawn six (6) months as from the date of such Claim unless judicial proceedings in respect of it have been commenced in accordance with Section 11.17 prior to the expiration of such six (6) month-period.
8.4.2Minimum and maximum Claims
(a)De minimis
The Sellers shall not be liable in respect of any Claim resulting from a breach of any Business Warranties if the amount of the Loss for which the Sellers would be liable under this Agreement in respect of such Claim does not exceed twenty thousand US dollars (USD 20,000), provided that all individual Claims having the same cause, ground or origin shall be aggregated and count as a single Claim for the purpose of determining whether the above de minimis has been reached.
(b)Basket (Seuil)
The Sellers shall not be liable in respect of any Claim resulting from a breach of any Business Warranties unless and to the extent that the aggregate amount of Losses for which the Sellers would be liable in respect of all such Claims exceeds two hundred thousand US dollars (USD 200,000), provided that once the aggregate amount of such Claims whenever arising exceeds two hundred thousand US dollars (USD 200,000), the Sellers shall be liable for all Losses suffered by the Purchaser.
(c)Cap
Each Sellers’ aggregate liability in respect of the Business Warranties shall in no event exceed fifteen percent (15%) of its Allocable Percentage of the Total Consideration.
Each Seller’s aggregate liability in respect of the Fundamental Warranties and the Infringement Warrant shall in no event exceed its Allocable Portion.
Each Seller’s aggregate liability in respect of the Infringement Warranty shall in no event exceed 100% of its Allocable Portion in respect of Claims made on or prior to the expiry of a eighteen-month (18) period as from the Closing Date and 50% of its Allocable Portion in respect of Claims made on or prior to the expiry of the period starting on the first day of the nineteenth (19) month following the Closing Date and the expiry of a thirty-six month (36) period following the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement the aggregate liability of each Seller under this Agreement shall in no event exceed its Allocable Portion.
8.4.3Other limitations
(f)The Sellers shall have no liability to refund a portion of the Total Consideration to the Purchaser in respect of any Loss suffered by the Purchaser and/or the Company arising out or arising from any inaccuracy in or any breach of the Warranties to the extent such inaccuracy was Fairly Disclosed in the Disclosures, except in respect of the Infringement Warranty for which the Disclosure shall not limit in any manner the liability of the Sellers.
(g)The aggregate liability of the Sellers pursuant to this Agreement shall be in any event limited to the Total Consideration.
8.5Payment
(a)The payment of any refund due by any Seller to the Purchaser under and subject to this Section 8 shall be made:
(i)first in cash:
(A)until the expiry of the Lock-up Period: up to such Seller's portion of the Cash Amount at Closing;
(B)after the expiry of the Lock-up Period: up to such Seller's portion of the Cash Consideration;
(ii)then in cash and/or in Purchaser Shares (at such Seller's option):
(A)if in cash:
-in respect of any Purchaser Shares still held by such Seller on such date of payment, the aggregate opening prices of such Purchaser Shares on NASDAQ as at such date; and
-in respect of any Purchaser Shares sold by such Seller on or prior to such date of payment, the aggregate selling prices of any such Purchaser Shares as at the date of its sale
(without exceeding such Seller's portion of the Total Consideration in any event)
(B)if in Purchaser Shares, by way of dation en paiement provided however that such payment in Purchaser Shares shall not exceed such Seller's Shares Allocable Percentage.
(iii)provided however that:
(A)the Sellers shall use their reasonable best efforts to sell on the market (following expiry of the Lock-up Period) such number of Purchaser Shares in order to maximise the portion of the refund payable in cash under Section 8.5(a)(ii)(A) second alinea;
(B)the value per Purchaser Share retained for the purposes of the payment set forth in Section 8.5(a)(ii)(B) shall be the Purchaser Share Value.
(b)The payment of any refund due by any Seller to the Purchaser under this Section 8 shall be made within thirty (30) Business Days following the date on which the amount of the Sellers’ liability to the Purchaser shall have been finally determined pursuant to either an amicable settlement between the Purchaser and the relevant Seller or an enforceable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction (décision exécutoire) which is not subject to appeal or with respect to which the time for appeal has elapsed.
(c)If, at any time after the making of a payment by a Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to a Notice of Claim, the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates receives from a third party an amount directly and exclusively related to the matter or circumstance giving rise to that Notice of Claim, the Purchaser shall repay forthwith, on behalf of itself or its Affiliate, to the relevant Seller the amount so recovered after deducting all out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Purchaser or the Affiliate in such recovery, provided however that any amount so repaid by the Purchaser shall not be greater than the amount received from a Seller in respect of such Notice of Claim.
(d)The Purchaser shall in any way be authorized to set-off any payment of any refund due and payable by any Seller to the Purchaser under this Section 8 with any portion of the Total Consideration due to such Seller, in priority with such Seller's portion of the Contingent Amounts (to the extent such Contingent Amounts have been received by the Company), and then with such Seller's portion of the Holdback Amounts.
8.6Mitigation
The Purchaser shall and shall, to the extent of its powers as direct or indirect shareholder, cause each of the Company to take commercially reasonable measures to mitigate any Loss giving rise to a Claim by the Purchaser for a Total Purchase Price refund hereunder.
8.7Exclusivity of Remedy
The Total Consideration refund provisions of this Section 8 shall be the exclusive remedy of the Purchaser against the Sellers in respect of any breach of the Warranties, breach of covenants set out in this Agreement (other than pursuant to Section 3.1.2) and any and all claim made pursuant to or arising under this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and without prejudice to any claim for fraud or wilful misconduct (dol), the Purchaser hereby waives the benefit of any warranties generally available to purchasers under applicable Law, including under articles 1641 and 1643 of the French Civil Code.
- NO RECOURSE AGAINST NON-PARTIES
9.1No person acting on behalf of the Sellers who is not a named Party to this Agreement, including any director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, shareholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative of the Sellers (“Non-Party Affiliates”), shall have any liability (whether in contract, in tort or otherwise, or based upon any legal ground that could impose liability of a party against its owners or Affiliates) for any obligations or liabilities arising under, in connection with or related to this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of this Agreement or its negotiation or execution; and each Party hereto waives and releases all such liabilities, claims and obligations against any such Non-Party Affiliates. Non-Party Affiliates are expressly intended as third party beneficiaries of this provision.
9.2No individual who in his/her capacity as agent, legal representative or otherwise, signs this Agreement or any agreement, certificate or other document in relation therewith on behalf of the Sellers (a “Non-Party Individual”) shall have any liability (whether in contract, in tort or otherwise) for any obligations or liabilities arising under, in connection with or related to this Agreement or any agreement, certificate or other document in relation therewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of this Agreement or other Transaction Document, or their negotiation or execution; and each Party hereto waives and releases all such liabilities, claims and obligations against any such Non-Party Individual. Non-Party Individuals are expressly intended as third party beneficiaries of this provision.
- TERMINATION OF THE EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
10.1Each of the Sellers who/which is a party to any of the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement undertakes not to exercise any of her/his/its rights under the relevant Existing Shareholders’ Agreement to the extent that they may prevent or more generally be detrimental to the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.2Each of the Sellers who/which is a party to the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement acknowledges and accepts that the relevant Existing Shareholders’ Agreement shall automatically terminate at and subject to Closing, provided that all the transactions contemplated herein have been completed, in which case each of the Sellers who/which is a party to the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement acknowledges that all of her/his/its rights under the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement have been fully satisfied and that she/he/it has no claim and waives her/his/its rights in this respect against the other parties to the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement.
10.3Should this Agreement terminate and/or the transactions contemplated herein fail to be completed for any reason whatsoever, then the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the Sellers who/which are parties to the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement shall be automatically released from the undertaking set forth in Section 10.1.
- GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.1Notices
(a)All notices, requests, demands, and other communications which are required or may be given under this Agreement shall be in writing in English (save for any attachments thereto which may be in another language) and shall be delivered by (i) hand delivery against receipt signed and dated by the addressee, (ii) registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt, or (iii) e-mail with an acknowledgment of receipt, and shall be addressed to the other Parties at the respective address set forth below or to such other address or place as such Parties may from time to time designate in writing to the other Parties, in accordance with the provisions hereof:
-If to the Purchaser:
NextNav Inc.
484 Oakmead Parkway
Sunnyvale, CA 94805
Attention: Ganesh Pattabiraman, CEO
E-mail: ganesh@nextnav.com
With copy to:
Legal Department
Attention: Robert Lantz, General Counsel
E-mail: rlantz@nextnav.com
-If to the Sellers’ Agent:
Attention: [**]
[**]
E-mail: [**]
With copy to:
VOLT Associés
49-51 avenue George V
75008 Paris, France
Attention: Me. Lucas d’Orgeval
E-mail: ldorgeval@voltassocies.com
Notice given pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above shall be deemed effectively given when received, notices given pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) above shall be deemed effectively given on the date of first presentation of the letter, and notices given pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) above shall be deemed effectively given on the Business Day following the date of the sending of the e-mail.
11.2Sellers’ Agent
(a)The Sellers (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Unexercised Warrant Holders) hereby irrevocably appoint [**] (the “Sellers’ Agent”), with the right to appoint any other person for that purpose, who accepts this appointment, as agent to (i) give and receive all relevant notices and other documents, (ii) receive and distribute any payments under this Agreement, (iii) give all consents, handle, dispute, settle or otherwise deal with any and all claims against the Sellers under this Agreement, (iv) agree on any amendment to this Agreement, (v) draft, execute and deliver the Disclosure Letter, and (vi) more generally, exercise or waive, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.2, the rights and fulfil all obligations of the Sellers on their behalf under this Agreement.
(b)For the purpose of article 1161 of the French Civil Code, each of the Sellers authorizes the Sellers’ Agent to act on her/his/its behalf in accordance with this Section 11.2.
(c)Any decision by the Sellers’ Agent under this Agreement shall be binding on the Sellers.
(d)The Sellers’ Agent shall be entitled, upon presentation of documentary evidence, to be reimbursed by the Sellers for all costs and expenses incurred by it in such capacity pro rata to their Allocable Portion.
(e)The Sellers’ Agent or its successors may at any time notify the Purchaser and the Sellers that it does not wish to continue to act as agent for all or part of the Sellers.
(f)The Sellers’ Agent shall not bear any liability whatsoever, neither to the Sellers, the Purchaser nor to any third party, in their capacity as Sellers’ Agent under this Agreement, except in case of wilful misconduct (faute intentionnelle).
11.3Several liability
The Sellers are acting hereunder severally (and not jointly and severally) (conjointement mais non solidairement).
11.4General acknowledgment
Each Party acknowledges that it has been advised by a lawyer or adviser during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and that all Parties have participated jointly in the drafting of this Agreement. Therefore, each Party agrees that it was able to independently and freely assess the scope and extent of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.
11.5Specific performance
The Parties acknowledge that any failure by any Party to perform any of its undertakings or obligations under this Agreement may result in serious damage being sustained by the other Parties and that damages alone may not be an adequate remedy for such breach. Accordingly, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Parties may have, including the right to claim for damages, any Party may seek specific performance (exécution forcée) in the event of any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this Agreement and each Party agrees that such specific performance will constitute a balanced course of action falling outside of the “manifest disproportion” exclusion contained in article 1221 of the French Civil Code, and thus undertakes not to oppose any such claim for specific performance, including under article 1221 of the French Civil Code.
11.6Unforeseeable change of circumstances
Each Party hereby declares that (i) the provisions of article 1195 of the French Civil Code shall not apply to this Agreement and irrevocably waives the benefit of and any rights under article 1195 of the French Civil Code and (ii) the provisions of article 1218 of the French Civil Code shall not apply to this Agreement and irrevocably waives the benefit of and any rights under article1218 of the French Civil Code and consequently the right to request the postponement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the termination of this Agreement on the basis of force majeure,
11.7Partial performance
Each Party hereby declares that the provisions of article 1223 of the French Civil Code shall not apply to this Agreement.
11.8Entire Agreement
This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the Confidentiality Agreement contain the entire agreement and understanding of each Party with the other Parties hereto with respect to the matters set forth herein and more generally relating directly or indirectly to the Transaction and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, drafts and understandings amongst the Parties pertaining to the subject hereof.
11.9Binding Effect; Assignment
(a)This Agreement shall be binding on the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns. Except as provided in Section 11.9(b), none of the Parties may assign or transfer, in each case, its rights under this Agreement nor grant any interest in it, in each case, by operation of law or otherwise, without the written consent of the other Parties.
(b)Upon notice in writing to the other Parties, the Purchaser may assign the benefit of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to any of its Affiliate.
(c)If an assignment is made in accordance with this Section 11.9, (i) the assigning Party shall be deemed to guarantee the due performance of this Agreement by the assignee and shall remain jointly liable with the assignee and, (ii) the liabilities of the non-assigning Parties under this Agreement shall be no greater than such liabilities would have been if the assignment had not occurred.
(d)Each Party expressly authorizes in advance the assignments permitted under this Agreement, on the sole condition that the concerned Party notifies the other Parties of said assignment at least five (5) Business Days before Closing and that said assignment is made in writing.
11.10Set-off
Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement and in particular with Section 8.5(d), no Party shall in any way be authorized to set-off any amount due (i) by any Seller to the Purchaser or (ii) by the Purchaser to any Seller, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement against any amount due, or claimed to be due pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement.
11.11Amendment; Waiver
No provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of all the Parties. No failure to enforce any of its rights hereunder at any time or for any period of time by any Party shall be deemed a waiver thereof. No waiver of any of the rights of any Party contained in this Agreement or arising hereunder shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the Parties.
11.12Severability
This Agreement shall be deemed severable. If any provision in this Agreement, or the application thereof to any circumstance of this Agreement, is held to be unenforceable, invalid or illegal by any Governmental Authority, and to the extent the economic balance remains unaffected, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby and the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace the offending provision by another enforceable, valid and legal provision that has the same or similar economic effect on the transaction hereby contemplated as the original provision.
11.13Confidentiality and No Announcements
(a)For a period of two (2) years following the date hereof:
(i)the Sellers shall, and, as the case may be, shall cause each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents and representatives to keep, in strict confidence, (i) all of this Agreement and all transactions contemplated herein and (ii) only after (and subject to) Closing, any information relating to the Company and any other information relating to the business, financial or other affairs (including future plans and targets) of the Purchaser and of the Company,
(ii)the Purchaser shall, and, as the case may be, shall cause each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents and representatives to keep, in strict confidence the allocation of the Total Purchase Price between the Sellers, subject to any requirement made by any stock exchange authority and in particular the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
except:
(iii)in the cases referred in Section 11.13(a)(i), with the prior written consent of the Purchaser, as the case may be;
(iv)in connection with any court or other proceeding initiated between any of the Parties;
(v)if required by any court of competent jurisdiction, any stock exchange, or any regulatory or anti-trust body or Governmental Authority (including for the avoidance of doubt any Tax Authority and any Governmental Authority supervising a Party), or pursuant to applicable Laws;
(vi)that they may share with or disclose such confidential information to (x) their Affiliates and any member of their group and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents and representatives, provided such person complies with the provisions of this Section 11.13(a) as if it were a Party to this Agreement, (y) investors or potential investors in any funds or collective investment vehicle managed or advised directly or indirectly by a Party or any of its Affiliates, on a need to know basis, provided any such Person is directed to comply with the provisions of this Section 11.13 as if it were a Party to this Agreement, and (z) rating agencies, statutory auditors, professional advisers or debt or equity financiers of any Party or any of its Affiliates, provided any such Person is under a duty of confidentiality in respect of such information;
In connection with any disclosure pursuant to (ii) or (iv) above, the disclosing Party shall request confidential treatment of any matter to be disclosed.
(b)Upon reasonable request by the Purchaser, the Sellers undertake to, and shall procure that its Affiliates, promptly return, to the extent reasonably practicable, to the Purchaser any Purchaser’s Confidential Information or any data or information relating exclusively to the business of the Company that may be held by the Sellers or their Affiliates after the Closing Date.
(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Parties may make internal announcements in the ordinary course to their respective employees (and, in the case of the Sellers, prior to Closing, to the employees of the Company).
(d)No press release, announcement, communication or circular concerning the existence or subject matter of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the Transaction shall be made or issued by or on behalf of a Seller or any of its Affiliates without the prior written approval of the Purchaser and the Sellers' Agent.
(e)The Confidentiality Agreement shall be terminated at, and subject to, Closing.
11.14Expenses and Taxes
(a)Except where this Agreement provides otherwise, the Parties shall pay their own fees and expenses incidental to the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents, including attorneys’ and accountants’ and other professional advisors’ fees.
(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, all stamp duties (droits d'enregistrement) referred to in article 726 of the French General Tax Code payable as a result of the sale and purchase of the Transferred Shares and the Post-Closing Issued Shares shall be borne exclusively by the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall, on a timely basis and in compliance with applicable Laws, perform the related formalities and payments. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser shall pay the registration duties payable in connection with the transfer of the Transferred Shares to the Purchaser pursuant to article 726, I, 1° of the French Tax Code (code général des impôts) on a timely basis in compliance with all applicable Laws. At the request of the Sellers’ Agent, the Purchaser shall provide them with evidence of the payment of such Taxes (including registration duties) and return to each of them a proof of the fulfilment of the relevant formalities (including, with respect to the transfer duties, the confirmatory transfer agreement (acte réitératif) duly stamped by the tax authorities within thirty (30) calendar days from the Closing Date).
(c)For the avoidance of doubt, the Total Consideration represents the consideration agreed among the Parties for the Transferred Shares and the Post-Closing Issued Shares and does not include any costs or expenses, including fees of legal and other counsels, incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement which shall be payable in accordance with this Section 11.14.
(d)The Total Consideration shall be exclusive of any amounts of or in respect of VAT and/or registration duties, stamp duties and other Taxes of a similar nature.
11.15Conflict with other Agreements
If there is any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other agreement between the Parties, this Agreement shall prevail (as between the Parties to this Agreement and as between any Affiliates of the Sellers and the Purchaser) unless such other agreement expressly states that it overrides this Agreement in the relevant respect.
11.16Interdependent Agreements
Each Party hereby declares that her/his/its consent to enter into this Agreement is not conditional upon the performance of any of the other agreements concluded in the context of the Transaction and irrevocably waives any right it may have, including under article 1186 of the French Civil Code, to claim that this Agreement is null and void due to the disappearance, for any reason, of any other contract necessary for completion of the transactions provided for in this Agreement.
11.17Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
(a)This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in all respects and exclusively in accordance with, the internal laws of France, excluding its conflict of law rules to the extent they would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 5.3 hereof and the related definitions shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in all respects and exclusively in accordance with, applicable US federal law and 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.
(b)All disputes, controversies or claims arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including the breach, termination or invalidity of this Agreement) shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chambers of Commerce, and (i) the seat of arbitration shall be London, United-Kingdom, (ii) the number of arbitrators shall be three (3), (iii) the language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English, and (iv) any arbitral award shall be final and binding on the parties. Each Parties hereby accepts such exclusive jurisdiction and waives all objections thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the venue for any action taken with respect to Section 5.3 hereof and the related definitions shall be any U.S. state or federal court in New York County in the State of New York.
11.18Electronic signature
The Parties acknowledge and agree that:
(a)the Agreement is entered into in writing in electronic form, in accordance with the terms of article 1366 of the French Civil Code, and signed electronically by means of a reliable identification process implemented by DocuSign, guaranteeing the link between each signature and this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of article 1367 of the French Civil Code;
(b)the Agreement has the same enforceability as a hard-copy written document pursuant to the provisions of article 1366 of the French Civil Code and the Agreement shall be validly invoked to evidence such enforceability;
(c)(x) the requirement of having one original copy of the Agreement per Party shall be deemed to be fulfilled if the Agreement electronically signed is established and stored pursuant to articles 1366 and 1367 of the French Civil Code, and (y) that this process allows each Party to be provided with a copy of the Agreement on a material format or to have access to a copy of the Agreement, pursuant to the provisions of article 1375 of the French Civil Code;
(d)Paris (France) shall be deemed to be the place of signature of the Agreement; and
(e)the Agreement shall take effect on the date of the last signature.
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[Signature page to the SPA]
/s/ Rabih Chrabieh ______________________ Rabih Chrabieh For himself and on behalf of: [**] | /s/ Ambroise Popper ____________________ Ambroise Popper For himself and on behalf of: [**] |
/s/ Mazen Neifer ______________________ Mazen Neifer For himself and on behalf of [**] | /s/ FPCI Emergence Innovation 2 ____________________________ FPCI Emergence Innovation 2 Represented by UI Investissement Itself represented by [**] |
/s/ The Faktory Fund Scomm __________________________ The Faktory Fund Scomm Represented by [**] | /s/ EIC Fund ________________________ EIC Fund Represented by Alter Domus Itself represented by [**] |
/s/ Deep Tech Labs Data Sciences GP Limited _______________________________________ Deep Tech Labs Data Science GP Limited Represented by [**] | |
/s/ Nestwave SAS ________________________ Nestwave SAS Represented by Ambroise Popper | |
/s/ NextNav Inc. ________________________ NextNav Inc. Represented by Ganesh Pattabiraman | |