EX-7 2 e621113_ex7.htm

 

    Reconfirmation Agreement  
       
    dated as of November 25, 2021
     
    by and between  
       
   

Carlos Moreira

c/o WISeKey International Holding AG

General-Guisan-Strasse 6

6300 Zug, Switzerland

(CM)
       
    WISeKey International Holding AG
General-Guisan-Strasse 6
6300 Zug, Switzerland
(the Company)
       
    and  
       
   

Philippe Doubre

(the Shareholder)
       
      (CM, the Company and the Shareholder, each a Party and together, the Parties)

 

 

 

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Whereas

 

A.The Shareholder entered on February 6, 2016 into a share exchange undertaking (the Share Exchange Undertaking) with CM and the Company regarding the exchange of 140,339 for registered shares of the Company, nominal value CHF 0.05 each (the Class B Shares) held by the Shareholder for 701,695 registered shares of the Company, nominal value CHF 0.01 each (the Class A Shares) held by CM.

 

B.All of the Parties, CM, the Company and the Shareholder, are currently not in a possession of the executed copy of the Share Exchange Undertaking.

 

Now, therefore, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.Confirmation

 

Each of CM, the Company and the Shareholder hereby confirms that it/he is a party to the Share Exchange Undertaking (in effect as of February 6, 2016). To reestablish the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange Undertaking applicable as between the Parties, such terms are herewith restated as set out in Annex 1.

 

2.Governing Law | Jurisdiction

 

2.1Governing Law

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Switzerland.

 

2.2Dispute Resolution

 

All disputes arising out of, in connection with or relating to this Agreement shall be finally resolved under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such rules, whereby each Party shall nominate one arbitrator and the two Party-appointed arbitrators shall nominate the chairperson. The place of the arbitration shall be Zurich. The arbitral proceedings shall be conducted in English.

 

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Carlos Moreira  
   
/s/ Carlos Moreira  
WISeKey International Holding    
     
/s/ Peter Ward /s/ Jean-Philippe Ladisa  

Peter Ward

Member of the Board of Directors

Jean-Philippe Ladisa

Member of the Board of Directors

 
   
Philippe Doubre    
     
/s/ Philippe Doubre    

 

 

 

    Agreed Restatement of the Share Exchange Undertaking  
       
    by and between  
       
   

Carlos Moreira

c/o WISeKey International Holding AG

General-Guisan-Strasse 6

6300 Zug, Switzerland

(CM)
       
    WISeKey International Holding AG
General-Guisan-Strasse 6
6300 Zug, Switzerland
(the Company)
       
    and  
       
   

Philippe Doubre

(the Shareholder)
      (CM, the Company and the Shareholder, each a Party and together, the Parties)

 

 

 

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Whereas

 

A.CM holds 40,021,988 Class A Shares, par value CHF 0.01 of WISeKey International Holding AG (the Class A Shares), a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland with its registered office in Zug, Switzerland (the Company).

 

B.The Shareholder holds 701,695 registered shares, par value CHF 0.01 of WISeKey SA (WK SA Shares), a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland with its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland (WK SA).

 

C.The Company intends to offer all shareholders of WK SA the right to exchange all of their WK SA Shares into newly issued shares, par value CHF 0.05 (the Class B Shares), of the Company (the Offer I) at an exchange ratio of 5 (five) WK SA Shares for 1 (one) Class B Share.

 

D.The Shareholder desires to undertake to accept the Offer I with respect to all his/her/its WK SA Shares.

 

E.CM desires to offer to the Shareholder, subject to the settlement of the Offer I, the right to exchange 140,339 of Shareholder’s Class B Shares with nominal value CHF 0.05 into Class A Shares at an exchange ratio of one (1) Class B Share for five (5) Class A Shares and Shareholder desires to accept such offer.

 

Now, therefore, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.The Shareholder herewith irrevocably undertakes, vis-à-vis the Company, to unconditionally accept the Offer I with respect to all of his/her/its WK SA Shares.

 

2.CM herewith irrevocably undertakes to offer to the Shareholder the right to exchange 140,339 of Shareholder’s Class B Shares into Class A Shares at an exchange ratio of one (1) Class B Share for five (5) Class A Shares (the Offer II) and the Shareholder herewith irrevocably undertakes to unconditionally accept the Offer II.

 

3.(a) The undertakings of CM and the Shareholder under clause 2 of this Agreement are conditional to all conditions of the Offer I being fulfilled or, where so permitted, waived, and the Offer I being settled and (b) the undertaking of CM under clause 2 of this Agreement is conditional to the Shareholder entering into the shareholder agreement between the Company and the Shareholder in the form as attached hereto as Annex 1.

 

 

 

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4.This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Switzerland.

 

5.All disputes arising out of, in connection with or relating to this Agreement shall be finally resolved under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such rules, whereby each party shall nominate one arbitrator and the two Party-appointed arbitrators shall nominate the chairperson. The place of the arbitration shall be Zurich. The arbitral proceedings shall be conducted in English.