EX-4.N 2 phi-ex4n_596.htm EX-4.N phi-ex4n_596.htm

 

Exhibit 4(n)

 

CLIFFORD CHANCE

高 偉 紳 律 師 行

 

Execution Version

ASIA OUTSOURCING NETHERLANDS B.V. AND

ASIA OUTSOURCING GAMMA LIMITED AND

SPI GLOBAL CONTENT HOLDING PTE. LTD.

 

AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES IN

(A)   ASIA OUTSOURCING PHILIPPINES HOLDINGS, INC. AND

CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND (B) SPI GLOBAL SHARED

SERVICES PTE. LTD.

 

 

 

 


 

CONTENTS

 

Clause

 

Page

1.

 

Interpretation

 

3

2.

 

Sale and Purchase

 

15

3.

 

Locked Box

 

16

4.

 

Conditions

 

17

5.

 

Completion

 

18

6.

 

Alternative Completion

 

19

7.

 

Escrow

 

20

8.

 

Warranties

 

21

9.

 

Tax Covenant

 

22

10.

 

Pre-Completion Conduct

 

22

11.

 

Buyer’s Indemnification and Undertaking

 

24

12.

 

CRM Claims

 

27

13.

 

Limitations on the Sellers’ and Buyer’s Liability

 

28

14.

 

Sellers Matters

 

28

15.

 

Insurance

 

29

16.

 

Certain Pre and Post Closing Undertakings

 

29

17.

 

Other Undertakings

 

30

18.

 

Confidential Information

 

33

19.

 

Announcements

 

34

20.

 

Costs

 

35

21.

 

General

 

35

22.

 

Entire Agreement

 

36

23.

 

Assignment

 

36

24.

 

Notices

 

37

25.

 

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

37

26.

 

Counterparts

 

38

27.

 

Third Party Rights

 

38

Schedule 1

 

Target Group Companies

 

39

Schedule 2

 

Completion Steps

 

47

Schedule 2B

 

Alternative Completion Steps

 

54

Schedule 3

 

Sellers’ Warranties

 

57

Schedule 4

 

Buyer’s Warranties

 

68

Schedule 5

 

Limitations on the Sellers’ Liability

 

69

Schedule 6

 

Permitted Leakage

 

73

Schedule 7

 

SIHL Conversion and SPi Technologies Certificate

 

74

Schedule 8

 

Seller Entities

 

75

Schedule 9

 

Tax Covenant

 

76

Schedule 10

 

CRM Claims

 

85

Schedule 11

 

Carved-Out Entities Settlement

 

86

 

 

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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 19 May 2017

BETWEEN:

(1)

ASIA OUTSOURCING NETHERLANDS B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, having its office address at Schiphol Boulevard 369, 7th floor, 1118 BJ Luchthaven Schiphol, The Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) under number 57218064 (the “AOPH Seller”);

(2)

ASIA OUTSOURCING GAMMA LIMITED, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered address is at PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands (the “ROHQ Seller”, and together with the AOPH Seller, the “Sellers” and each a “Seller”); and

(3)

SPI GLOBAL CONTENT HOLDING PTE. LTD., a company incorporated with limited  liability in Singapore  (registered  number  201712651C)  whose  registered address  is  at  77  Robinson  Road,  #13-00,  Robinson  77,  Singapore  068896  (the “Buyer”).

RECITALS:

(A)

The Target Companies (as defined below) are engaged in the businesses of providing content outsourcing services globally.

(B)

The Sellers and the Seller Entities (as defined below) wish to sell, and the Buyer wishes to purchase, the Sale Shares (as defined below) owned by the Sellers and the Seller Entities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

THE PARTIES AGREE as follows:

1.

INTERPRETATION

1.1

In this Agreement:

Accounts” means the unconsolidated audited balance sheet, audited profit and loss statement and audited cash flows (where applicable) of each of the Target Group Companies, to the extent that they are audited, as outlined in Schedule 1, for the years ending, and as at, 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and the Last Accounting Date (unless otherwise indicated in Schedule 1), along with any notes, reports, statements or documents included in or annexed or attached to them prepared in accordance with IFRS (or the relevant local accounting framework).

“Affiliate” means, in relation to a person, any other person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under the common control of the first mentioned person, where “control” means the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 per cent. of the voting shares, registered capital or other equity interest of the relevant person or the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the shareholders’ general meeting, to appoint or elect a majority of the directors, or otherwise to direct the management of the relevant person and “controlled” and

controlling” shall be construed accordingly, provided that in relation to each of the Seller Entities and Target Group Companies, its Affiliates shall exclude all CVC Portfolio Companies.

Aggregate Purchase Price” means US$324,000,000 plus the Locked Box Interest. “Agreed Leakage Amount” has the meaning given to it in Clause 3.4. “Anticorruption Laws”  means  any  laws,  regulations,  or  orders  relating  to  anti-

bribery, anti-corruption (governmental or commercial), including laws that prohibit the corrupt payment, offer, promise, or authorisation of the payment or transfer of anything of value (including gifts or entertainment), directly or indirectly, to any foreign government official, foreign government employee, person or commercial entity, to obtain a business advantage, or the offer, promise, or gift of, or the request for, agreement to receive or receipt of a financial or other advantage to induce or reward the improper performance of a relevant function or activity. such as, without limitation, the U.S. Foreign

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Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, all national and international laws enacted to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and any other applicable Law, rule, regulation or other legally binding measure of the jurisdictions in which the Target Group conducts business that relates to bribery or corruption.

Annual Budget” means the annual budget of the Target Group annexed to the Disclosure Letter.

Alternative Completion” has the meaning given to it in Clause 6.1. “Alternative Completion Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 6.1.

AOPH” means Asia Outsourcing Philippines Holdings, Inc., a company incorporated in the Philippines, whose registered address is at SPi Building, Pacific Information Technology Center, Pascor Drive, Sto. Niño, Parañaque City.

AOPH Locked Box Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated special purpose financial information (which includes the consolidated statement of financial position and the consolidated statement of total comprehensive income only, with no comparative information or disclosure notes) of AOPH and its subsidiaries as at and for year ended 31 December 2016, prepared in accordance with the accounting policies of the Asia Outsourcing Group.

AOPH Purchase Price” means an amount equal to the sum of: (a) US$210,900,000 plus the Locked Box Interest, less (b) an amount allocated to AOPH as set out in Clause 3.7 (if any).

AOPH Seller’s Account” means the bank account in the name of the AOPH Seller with ING Bank, account number IBAN NL38 INGB 0020 0617 49 and SWIFT code INGBNL2A or such other account as shall have been notified to the Buyer by the AOPH Seller at least three Business Days before the Completion Process Commencement Date.

AOPH Shares” means 12,754,956 fully-paid common shares in AOPH of PHP1.00 each comprising the entire allotted and issued share capital of AOPH after the redemption of the AOPH Preference Shares held by the AOPH Seller.

AOPH Preference Shares” means 191,494,839 fully-paid preferred shares in AOPH of PHP1.00 each.

Asia Outsourcing Group” means Asia Outsourcing Beta Limited and its subsidiaries.

Authority” means any nation or government, any state, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or other similar functions.

Bachieve Asset Purchase Transaction” means the purchase of assets pursuant to the asset transfer agreement dated 1 November 2013 between SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd., Zhou Yaping and Bachieve International (Xi’an) Inc. and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday or public holiday in Cayman Islands, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, New York or the Philippines and a day on which a typhoon signal number 8 or a black rainstorm warning is hoisted in Hong Kong at any time) on which banks are open for the transaction of normal business in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Buyer’s Account” means the USD bank account in the name of the Buyer as shall have been notified to the Sellers by the Buyer at least three Business Days before a payment is due to be paid to the Buyer under this Agreement.

Buyer Designee” means the Buyer and/or Affiliates of the Buyer which the Buyer designates by written notice to the Sellers at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated Completion Process Commencement Date to acquire the Sale Shares.

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Buyers Group means Global Content Alpha Partners Holdco Pte. Ltd. and each company which is, on or at any time after the date of this Agreement, a subsidiary of the Buyer and includes, for the avoidance of doubt each Target Group Company after Completion, and Buyers Group Company means any member of the Buyers Group.

Buyer’s Warranty” means a statement contained in Schedule 4 and “Buyer’s Warranties” means all those statements.

Carved-Out Entities Settlement” means the steps set out in Schedule 11 (as may be amended in accordance with paragraph Schedule 111 of Schedule 11 from time to time).

China Equity Transfer Agreement” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 4.3 of Schedule 2.

Claim” means a claim by the Buyer under or pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other document entered into pursuant to this Agreement (including other Transaction Documents).

Companies Ordinance” means the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Completion” means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement or, if an Alterative Completion takes place, the Alternative Completion.

Completion Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 5.2 or, if an Alternative Completion takes place, means the Alternative Completion Date.

Completion Process Commencement Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 5.1.

Condition” means a condition set out in Clause 4.1 and “Conditions” means all those conditions.

Conifer Transaction” means the sale of shares in Asia Outsourcing US Inc. pursuant to the stock purchase agreement dated 11 August 2014 between Asia Outsourcing Alpha Limited, as seller, and Conifer Holdings, Inc., as buyer and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

Conversion Date” means the date on which SIHL has completed all the steps set out in Schedule 7.

Core Warranty” means any statement contained in Part A of Schedule 3.

Core Warranty Claim” means a claim by the Buyer under or pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of a breach of any Core Warranty.

CRM Disposal” means the sale of shares in SPi CRM, Inc. and Infocom Technologies, Inc. pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement dated 22 July 2016 between Asia Outsourcing Gamma Limited, as seller, and Relia, Inc., as buyer, and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

CRM Payables 2016” means the outstanding amounts alleged to be payable by the Target Group set out in Part B of Schedule 10.

CRM Receivables 2016” means the amounts being claimed against the relevant party by the Target Group set out in Part A of Schedule 10.

CRM Receivables 2017” means the amounts being claimed against the relevant party by the Target Group set out in Part C of Schedule 10.

CVC Fund III” means CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific III L.P. and CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific III Parallel Fund-A, L.P.

CVC Fund IV” means CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV L.P., CVC Capital Partners Asia IV Associates L.P. and CVC Capital Partners Investment Asia IV L.P.

CVC Party” means either:

 

(a)

in respect of Clause 3 only, any of (i) the CVC Fund III or the CVC Fund IV;

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(ii)  any general partner or manager of the CVC Fund III or the CVC Fund IV;

(iii)  CVC Asia Pacific Limited or any of its subsidiaries; (iv) the CVC Portfolio Companies and the CVC Portfolio Companies IV; and (v) any employee or partner of any person described in (ii) or (iii) above; or

 

(b)

in other cases, any of (a) the CVC Fund III; (b) any general partner or manager of the CVC Fund III; (c) the CVC Portfolio Companies,

and “CVC Parties” shall be construed accordingly.

CVC Party IV” means any of (a) the CVC Fund IV; (b) any general partner or manager of the CVC Fund IV; (c) the CVC Portfolio Companies IV.

CVC Portfolio Companies” means direct or indirect controlled portfolio companies of investment funds advised or managed by any person described in limb (b) of the definition of CVC Party (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Sellers’ Group Companies and the Target Group Companies), provided that for the purpose of Clause 17.2.1(b) this definition shall be construed without reference to the word “controlled” used above.

CVC Portfolio Companies IV” means direct or indirect controlled portfolio companies of investment funds advised or managed by any person described in limb

(b) of the definition of CVC Party IV, provided that for the purpose of Clause 17.2.1(b) this definition shall be construed without reference to the word “controlled” used above.

Data Room” means the virtual data room containing documents and information relating to the Target Group made available by the Sellers, and includes the answers and documentation provided by or on behalf of the Sellers or the Target Group in the virtual data room in response to the requests for information by the Purchaser as at

5.00 pm on 15 May 2017, which has been copied onto two identical hard drives of which one copy has been provided to the Sellers and the other to the Buyer on or prior to the date of this Agreement.

Debt Refinancing and Recapitalization” means the repayment or refinancing of the facilities directly or indirectly obtained by the CVC Fund III to for its indirect acquisition of the Target Group, and any recapitalization of the Target Group in connection therewith.

Deferred Purchase Price” means an amount equal to US$17,000,000, less any reduction pursuant to Clause 2.3.

Disclosed” means fairly disclosed by or on behalf of the Sellers to the Buyer (with sufficient detail to enable the Buyer to identify the nature and scope of the matter disclosed) (a) in the Disclosure Letter, (b) in any of the documents in the Data Room, or (c) in this Agreement.

Disclosure Letter” means the letter from the Sellers to the Buyer in relation to the Sellers’ Warranties having the same date as this Agreement the receipt of which has been acknowledged by the Buyer.

Dormant Companies” has the meaning given to it in Clause 17.1.5.

Economic Sanctions Law” means any economic or financial sanctions administered by OFAC, the US State Department, the United Nations, the European Union or any member state thereof, or any other national economic sanctions authority.

EHS Consents” means any permits, licences, consents, certificates, registrations, approvals, notifications waivers, exemptions, allowances, credits or other authorisations relating to EHS Matters and required by or under any EHS Laws for the operation of the Target Group’s business or the use of, or any activities or operations carried out at, any of the properties owned, controlled, used or occupied by the Target Group Companies.

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EHS Laws means all applicable laws (including, for the avoidance of doubt, common law), statutes, regulations, statutory guidance notes, by-laws, codes (including codes of practice), regulations, decrees, orders and any final and binding court, tribunal or other official decision of any relevant authority in any jurisdiction, insofar as they relate or apply to EHS Matters from time to time.

EHS Matters” means matters relating to human health, safety and welfare, the Environment, the use or exploitation of any environmental or natural resources and/or any Hazardous Substances.

Employees” means the individuals employed by any of the Target Group Companies under a contract of employment as of the date of this Agreement.

Employment Costs” means:

 

(a)

the amounts payable or paid to or in respect of the employment of employees (including salary, wages, Tax and social security contributions, employer’s pension contributions, bonuses, insurance premiums, payments or allowances or any other consideration for employment); and

 

(b)

the costs of providing any non-cash benefits which the employer is required to provide by Law or contract or customarily provides in connection with such employment (including other employee benefit provisions);

Employment Liabilities” means any and all losses, excluding Employment Costs, directly arising out of or directly connected with employment or the employment relationship, or the initiation or the termination of employment, or of the employment relationship (including but not limited to all losses in connection with any claim, award, judgment or agreement for transition allowance (transitievergoeding) or fair compensation (billijke vergoeding) or otherwise.

Encumbrance” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, option, restriction, right of first refusal, right of pre-emption, third-party right or interest or equity, other encumbrance or security interest  of  any  kind,  or  another  type  of  preferential

arrangement (including, without limitation, a title transfer or retention arrangement) having similar effect or any agreement to create any of the above.

Environment” means all or any of the following media (alone or in combination): air (including the air within buildings or other natural or man-made structures whether above or below ground). water (including water under or within land or in drains or sewers); and soil and land (including buildings) and any ecological systems and living organisms supported by these media (including, for the avoidance of doubt, man).

Escrow Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement in agreed form, by and among the Sellers, the Buyer and the Escrow Agent to be entered into at Completion, as amended from time to time.

Escrow Claim” means a Claim made by the Buyer for any breach by a Seller of this Agreement except for any Insured Tax Claim or Warranty Claims for breach of paragraphs 21 or 22 of Part B of Schedule 3, which has been notified in writing to the relevant Seller.

Escrow Account” means the separately designated account with the Escrow Agent or such other bank account designated by the Escrow Agent in the name of the Sellers and the Buyer into which payment of the Escrow Completion Amount and the relevant portion of the Deferred Purchase Price will be made by the Buyer in accordance with Clause 2.2.3.

Escrow Completion Amount” means US$201,700,000 plus the Locked Box Interest.

Government Entity” means (a) any national, federal, state, county, municipal, local, or foreign government or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, (b) any public international organization, (c) any agency, division, bureau, department, or other political subdivision of any government, entity, or organization described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) of this definition, (d) any company, business, enterprise, or other entity owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by any government, entity, organization, or other Person described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), or (c) of this definition, or (e) any political party.

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Government Official means:

 

(a)

any official, employee or representative of, or any other person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of:

 

(i)

any Governmental Entity, including any entity owned or controlled thereby.

 

(ii)

any political party or political candidate; or

 

(iii)

any public international organisation; and

 

(b)

any candidate for political office or a person acting on his or her behalf.

Hazardous Substances” means any wastes, pollutants, contaminants and any other natural or artificial substance (whether in the form of a solid, liquid, gas or otherwise and whether alone or in combination with any other material or substance) which is capable of causing harm or damage to the Environment or a nuisance to any person.

Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and in force from time to time.

Insurance Policy” means the warranty and indemnity insurance policy in connection with this Agreement provided by Allied World Assurance Company Limited in the agreed form that was issued on or about the date of this Agreement in favour of the Buyer.

Insured Tax Claim” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 9.

Intellectual Property” means patents, registered and unregistered designs, copyright, database rights, trademarks and trading names, internet domain names, and other rights of the same or similar effect as any of the foregoing anywhere in the world, in each case whether registered or not, including pending applications for registration of such rights.

Intellectual Property Rights” means all material Intellectual Property used or required to be used by any Target Group Company in, or in connection with, its business.

IT Systems” means all computer hardware, including peripherals and ancillary equipment and network and telecommunications equipment, and all computer software, including associated proprietary materials, user manuals and other related documentation used or required to be used by any of the Target Group Companies in, or in connection with, its business.

Key Customer Contracts” means all agreements, contracts or arrangements between the Target Group Companies and its top ten customers by revenue, being:

 

(a)

Springer International Publishing AG;

 

(b)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.;

 

(c)

Pearson Education, Inc.;

 

(d)

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC;

 

(e)

Wolters Kluwer United States Inc.;

 

(f)

Cengage Learning, Inc.;

 

(g)

Elsevier BV, a division of RELX Group PLC;

 

(h)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company;

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(i)

Rovi Corporation;

 

(j)

LexisNexis, a division of RELX Group PLC or LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc Springer.

Key Supplier Contracts” means the agreements between the Target Group Companies and PLDT and/or its Affiliates.

Last Accounting Date” means 31 December 2016.

Law” means any national, state, provincial, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational or other law, regulation, administrative order, award, constitution, ordinance, decree, principle of common law, statute or treaty and includes, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, EHS Laws, the rules, regulations, guidelines, directives and licences and any other instrument which has the force of law issued by any relevant Authority and applicable to the relevant party.

Leakage” has the meaning given to it in Clause 3.4. “Leakage Credit” has the meaning given to it in Clause 3.6.2.

Leased Property” means all the real property leased by the Target Group, as set out in the Disclosure Letter.

Locked Box Date” means 31 December 2016.

Locked Box Financial Statements” means, collectively, the AOPH Locked Box Financial Statements and the ROHQ Locked Box Financial Statements.

Locked Box Interest” means:

 

(a)

if Completion Process Commencement Date does not take place on or prior to 21 August 2017, the sum of:

 

 

(i)

the amount calculated in accordance with (b) below in this definition, on the basis that 21 August 2017 shall be the Completion Process Commencement Date in the formula; and

 

(ii)

the amount calculated at the rate of US$1,500,000 per calendar month (which is to be pro-rated for any partial calendar month) for the period from 22 August 2017 (inclusive) to the earlier of (y) Completion Process Commencement Date and (z) the Alternative Completion Date (exclusive) in accordance with the following formula:

Additional Locked Box Interest = (D2/365) x (12 x US$1,500,000) where D2 is the number of days from 22 August 2017 (inclusive) to the Completion Process Commencement Date (exclusive); and

 

(b)

in other cases, the incremental amount calculated at the rate of US$1,000,000 per calendar month (which is to be pro-rated for any partial calendar month)

for the period from 1 January 2017 (inclusive) to the Completion Process Commencement Date (exclusive) in accordance with the following formula:

Locked Box Interest = (D/365) x (12 x US$1,000,000)

where  D  is  the  number  of  days  from  1  January  2017  (inclusive)  to  the Completion Process Commencement Date (exclusive).

Long Stop Date” means 30 September 2017, or such later date as the parties may agree in writing.

Material Contracts” means any of the Key Customer Contracts and the Key Supplier Contracts.

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Management Accounts means (a) the unaudited monthly and quarterly management accounts of the Target Group for each of the calendar quarters in the financial year ending 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016;

(b) the consolidated unaudited balance sheet and consolidated unaudited profit and loss statement of ROHQ for the financial year ending, and as at, 31 December 2014,

31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016; and (c) the monthly management accounts of the Target Group for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017, which are prepared consistently in accordance with the accounting policies of the Target Group and in the ordinary course of business.

Misrepresentation Ordinance” means the Misrepresentation Ordinance (Chapter 284 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Non-Target Group Companies” means the Dormant Companies, SIHL, SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd., SPi America LLC and SPi Litigation Direct LLC.

Outstanding Amounts Claimed” has the meaning given to it in Clause 7.5.  “Owned Property” means all the real property owned by the Target Group, as set out

in the Disclosure Letter.

PCA” means Republic Act No. 10667, otherwise known as the ‘Philippine Competition Act’.

PCA Notifications” means the notifications to the PCC submitted by the Sellers and the Buyer respectively on or prior to the date of this Agreement in compliance with all applicable requirements as may be determined by the PCC pursuant to the PCA, and “PCA Notification” means any of them.

PCC’ means the Philippine Competition Commission.

Pension Benefits” means any pension, superannuation, retirement (including  on early retirement) incapacity, sickness, disability, accident, healthcare or death benefits (including in the form of a lump sum).

Pension Scheme” means the pension scheme described at paragraph 14 of the Disclosure Letter.

Personal Data” has the meaning given by the Data Protection Act 1998.

Permitted Leakage” means any payment by a Target Group Company to or for the benefit of a Sellers’ Group Company which is set out in Schedule 6.

PHP” means Philippine Peso, the lawful currency of the Republic of the Philippines. “PLDT” means PLDT Inc.

Properties” means the Owned Property and the Leased Property.

Representative” means, in relation to a Sellers’ Group Company or a Target Group Company, their respective directors, officers, employees, duly authorised agents and contracted consultants.

Reinvesting Managers” means Ratnadeep Datta, John David Prabhu Vasantharaj, Jishnu Gupta, Dhaneesh Kumar Madan Kollan, Kumar Subramaniam, Michael O’Brien, Srinivasan Karunganni Govindarajan, Felma Sumagaysay Magnata, Lorena Santos Sison, Rina Fernandez Bautista, Maria Cecilia Cortez Ampeloquio, Celestina Bagtas Ilagan and Arindam Das.

Related Parties” means, with respect to any person: (i) any of its officers, directors, employees, direct or indirect shareholders or Affiliates; (ii) any spouse, sibling, parents or children (including step and adopted siblings, parents and children) to that person or any of that person’s directors or direct or indirect shareholders referred to in sub-paragraph (i); or (iii) any entity in which that person and/or any such person in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) holds or controls, in the aggregate, more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights or economic interest in such entity, provided that in relation to each of the Seller Entities and Target Group Companies, its Related Parties shall exclude all CVC Portfolio Companies.

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Related Parties Transactions has the meaning given to it in Clause 17.3.1.

ROHQ”  means  SPi  Global  Shared  Services  Pte.  Ltd.,  a  company  with  limited liability incorporated under the laws of Singapore, whose company number is 201206564C.

ROHQ Locked Box Financial Statements” means (i) the audited financial statements (including the statements of assets, liabilities and head office account, the statements of total comprehensive income, the statements of changes in head office account, the statements of cash flows, and the accompanying notes to the financial statements) of the regional operating headquarters in the Philippines of ROHQ as at and for the years ended 31 December 2015 and the Last Accounting Date, prepared in accordance with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards, together with (ii) the unaudited management accounts (including the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement) of ROHQ (excluding the regional operating headquarters in the Philippines of ROHQ) for the year ended the Last Accounting Date, prepared in accordance with the accounting policies of the Asia Outsourcing Group.

ROHQ Purchase Price” means an amount equal to the sum of: (a) US$5,200,000, less (b) an amount allocated to ROHQ as set out in Clause 3.7 (if any).

ROHQ Seller’s Account” means the bank account in the name of the ROHQ Seller with Bank of America N.A., Hong Kong Branch, account number 6055-80926-013 and SWIFT code BOFAHKHX or such other account as shall have been notified to the Buyer by the ROHQ Seller at least three Business Days before the Completion Process Commencement Date.

ROHQ Shares” means 50,000 fully-paid ordinary shares in ROHQ, comprising the entire allotted and issued paid-up share capital of ROHQ.

Sale Shares” means, collectively:

 

(a)

in the case where parties proceed with the Alternative Completion, the AOPH Shares and the ROHQ Shares to be sold by the AOPH Seller and the ROHQ Seller, respectively; and

 

(b)

in other cases, the AOPH Shares, the ROHQ Shares, the SPi India Majority Shares, the SPi India Minority Shares and the SPi China Shares.

Sanctioned Person” means any person or organisation:

 

(a)

designated on the OFAC list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons”, or on any  list  of  targeted  persons  issued  under  the  Economic Sanctions Law of any other country;

 

(b)

that is, or is part of, a government of a Sanctioned Territory;

 

(c)

owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, any of the foregoing;

 

(d)

located within or operating from a Sanctioned Territory; or

 

(e)

otherwise targeted under any Economic Sanctions Law.

Sanctioned Territory” means any country or other territory subject to a general export, import, financial or investment embargo under Economic Sanctions Law, which countries, as of the date of this Agreement, include Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and the Crimea Region of Ukraine.

“Seller Entities” means the Sellers and the entities listed in the first column of Schedule 8.

Seller Related Party means any of (a) the Seller Group and its directors, employees and officers; (b) any person referred to in limb (a) of the definition of “CVC Party”; (c) the members of the PLDT group; (d) the directors of any Target Group Company and the Employees; and (e) Related Parties of the persons referred to in (d).

Sellers’ Group Company” means Asia Outsourcing Alpha Limited or a company which is, from time to time, a subsidiary of Asia Outsourcing Alpha Limited, excluding the Target Group Companies and “Sellers’ Group” shall be construed accordingly.

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Sellers  Solicitors  means  Clifford  Chance  of  27th  Floor,  Jardine  House,  One Connaught Place, Hong Kong.

Sellers’  Warranty”  means  a  statement  contained  in  Schedule  3  and  “Sellers’ Warranties” means all those statements.

Senior Employees” means, collectively, the following employees:

 

(a)

Ratan Datta (Chief Executive Officer);

 

(b)

Kumar Subramaniam (Chief Finance Officer);

 

(c)

Marie Cecilia Ampeloquio (Chief People Officer);

 

(d)

John Prahbu (Senior Vice President);

 

(e)

Jishnu Gupta (Senior Vice President);

 

(f)

Dhaneesh Kumar (Senior Vice President); and

 

(g)

Mike O’Brien (Executive Vice President).

Settled Claim” means an Escrow Claim in respect of which:

 

(a)

has been fully withdrawn by the Buyer;

 

(b)

the Buyer and the relevant Seller have agreed in writing that the relevant Escrow Claim be fully and finally settled; or

 

(c)

the  arbitral  tribunal  has  made  a  final  determination,  in  accordance  with Clause 25.

SIHL” means SPi India Holdings (Mauritius), Limited, a limited liability company incorporated in Mauritius, whose company number is 48772 C2/GBL.

SIHL Tax Demand” means any notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued, or action taken by, or on behalf of any Tax Authority from which it appears that a Tax Liability is, or is likely to be, incurred by or imposed on SIHL or its shareholder(s) in respect of the liability referred to in Clause 11.1.

SPi China” means SPi Global (Xi’an) Information Technology Ltd., a limited liability company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China, whose company number is 91610131081048101A.

SPi   China   Purchase   Price”   means   an   amount   equal   to   the   sum   of:

(a) US$2,600,000; less (b) an amount allocated to SPi China as set out in Clause 3.7 (if any).

SPi China Shares” means the entire RMB 16,500,000 registered capital of SPi China.

SPi CRM Group” means Relia, Inc. and any of its subsidiaries.

SPi Healthcare Disposal” means the sale of shares in SPi Healthcare, Inc. pursuant to the stock purchase agreement entered into in April 2017 between SPi Technologies as seller and Adec Innovations, Ltd as buyer.

SPi India” means SPi Technologies India Private Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in Pondicherry, India, whose company number is U22110PY1999PTC001459.

SPi India Buyer Designee” means the Buyer Designee which is to be incorporated in India to purchase by itself and through its nominee the SPi India Majority Shares and the SPi India Minority Shares (in such proportion as such Buyer Designee deems fit).

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SPi  India  Majority  Purchase  Price  means  an  amount  equal  to  the  sum  of:

(a) US$63,148,410, less (b) an amount allocated to SPi India in respect of the SPi India Majority Shares as set out in Clause 3.7 (if any).

SPi India Majority Shares” means 1,510 equity shares in SPi India, comprising 59.97% of the allotted and issued share capital of SPi India.

SPi  India  Minority  Purchase  Price”  means  an  amount  equal  to  the  sum  of:

(a) US$42,151,590, less (b) an amount allocated to SPi India in respect of the SPi India Minority Shares as set out in Clause 3.7 (if any).

SPi India Minority Shares” means 1,008 equity shares in SPi India, comprising 40.03% of the allotted and issued share capital of SPi India.

SPi Technologies” means SPi Technologies, Inc., a private company limited by shares incorporated in Philippines, whose company number is CS200407011.

Target Companies” means AOPH, ROHQ, SPi India and SPi China, and each a “Target Company”.

Target Group Companies” means, collectively, the Target Companies and each of the Target Subsidiaries as detailed in Schedule 1, and “Target Group Company”, “Target Group” and “member of the Target Group” shall be construed accordingly.

Target Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of any of the Target Companies as referred to in Schedule 1 (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Non-Target Group Companies) and “Target Subsidiaries” means all those subsidiaries.

Tax” means:

 

(a)

all forms of tax, levy, impost, contribution, duty, liability and charge in the nature of taxation and all related withholdings or deductions of any nature, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any excise, property, value added, sales, use, occupation, transfer, franchise and payroll taxes and any social security or social fund contributions; and

 

(b)

all related fines, penalties, charges and interest,

imposed or collected by a Tax Authority whether directly or primarily chargeable against, recoverable from or attributable to any of the Target Group Companies or another person (and “Taxes” and Taxation” shall be construed accordingly).

Tax Authority” means a taxing or other governmental (local or central), state or municipal authority competent to impose a liability for or to collect Tax.

Tax Warranty” means any statement contained in paragraph 4 of Part B of Schedule 3.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter and the Escrow Agreement.

Transfer Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 17.4.1. “Uninsured Tax Claim” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 9.

US$ or “US Dollar” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

Warranty Claim” means a claim by the Buyer under or pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of a breach of the Sellers’ Warranties (other than any Core Warranty).

Working Hours” means 9:30am to 5:30pm on a Business Day.

Wrong Pocket Cash” means the cash that a Sellers’ Group Company has received or receives during the period from the Locked Box Date to the date falling five (5) Business Days prior to the Completion Date

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(both exclusive) for and on behalf of a Target Group Company in relation to the services that such Target Group Company performs for its customers.

Wrong Pocket Employee” means the following employee of AOPH Seller: Bart Loevens.

1.2

In this Agreement, a reference to:

 

1.2.1

a “subsidiary” or “holding company” is to be construed in accordance with sections 13 to 15 of the Companies Ordinance;

 

1.2.2

a “person” includes a reference to any individual, firm, company, corporation or  other body corporate, government, state or agency of a state or any joint venture, association or partnership, works council or employee representative body (whether  or not having separate legal personality)  and  includes  a reference  to  that   person’s  legal  personal  representatives,  successors  and permitted assigns;

 

1.2.3

a “party” or “parties”, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to a  party or parties to this Agreement and includes a reference to that party’s legal personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns;

 

1.2.4

a document in the “agreed form” is a reference to a document in a form approved and for the purposes of identification initialled by or on behalf of the Buyer and the Sellers;

 

1.2.5

a Clause, Paragraph or Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to a clause or paragraph of, or schedule to, this Agreement;

 

1.2.6

a statutory provision includes a reference to:

 

(a)

the statutory provision as modified or re-enacted or both from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Agreement); and

 

(b)

any subordinate legislation made under the statutory provision (as so modified or re-enacted and whether before or after the date of this Agreement);

 

1.2.7

any Hong Kong legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than Hong Kong be deemed to include what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the Hong Kong legal term and any Hong Kong ordinance or regulation shall be construed so as to include equivalent or analogous laws of any other jurisdiction;

 

1.2.8

liability under, pursuant to or arising out of (or any analogous expression) any agreement, contract, deed or other  instrument  includes  a  reference  to contingent liability under, pursuant to or arising out of (or any analogous expression) that agreement, contract, deed or other instrument;

 

1.2.9

a time of day is a reference to the time in Hong Kong;

 

1.2.10

the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

 

1.2.11

one gender includes all genders.

1.3

The ejusdem generis principle of construction shall not apply to this Agreement.

Accordingly, general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of their being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things or by examples falling within the general words. Any phrase introduced by the terms “other”, “including”, “include” and “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms.

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1.4

The headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation.

1.5

A reference in this Agreement to the Sellers’ knowledge, awareness or belief of a fact, matter or circumstance means the actual knowledge of any of the following persons as at the date of this Agreement (without imposing any obligation on such persons to make enquiry of any other person):

 

1.5.1

the directors of each of the Sellers;

 

1.5.2

Ratan Datta, Kumar Subramaniam, Marie Cecilia Ampeloquio, John Prahbu, Jishnu Gupta, KG Govindarajan and Francis Victoria; and

 

1.5.3

Brian Hong and Xuan Wang.

1.6

and the Sellers shall not be required to make any enquiry of any other person nor shall the Sellers be deemed to have knowledge of any matter not within the actual knowledge of such persons at such time.

2.

SALE AND PURCHASE

2.1

At Completion, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement:

 

2.1.1

the AOPH Seller shall, and shall procure the other Seller Entities (other than the ROHQ Seller) to, sell to the Buyer or the applicable Buyer Designee, and the Buyer shall, and shall procure the applicable Buyer Designee to, purchase, the Sale Shares (other than the ROHQ Shares) free of any Encumbrance, together with all rights attaching to such Sale Shares as at Completion (including all dividends and distributions declared, paid or made in respect of such Sale Shares after the Completion Date);

 

2.1.2

the ROHQ Seller shall sell to the Buyer or the applicable Buyer Designee, and the Buyer shall, and shall procure the applicable Buyer Designee to, purchase, the ROHQ Shares free of any Encumbrance, together with all rights attaching to such shares as at Completion (including all dividends and distributions declared, paid or made in respect of such shares after the Completion Date).

2.2

The consideration of the Sale Shares shall be the Aggregate Purchase Price and the Buyer shall pay or procure the payment of:

 

2.2.1

the Escrow Completion Amount, less the amount to be deducted in accordance with Clause 3.7, in the manner set out in Clause 7.1.1 and Schedule 2;

 

2.2.2

the SPi India Majority Purchase Price and the SPi India Minority Purchase Price, in the manner set out in Schedule 2 or Schedule 2B (as the case may be); and

 

2.2.3

the Deferred Purchase Price (after deducting any amount payable accordance with  Clause 2.3 pursuant to any Settled Claim (each a “Deferred Purchase Price Deduction”)), if any, as follows:

 

(a)

the first US$4.5 million of the Deferred Purchase Price to the AOPH Seller’s Account; and

 

(b)

the remaining portion of the Deferred Purchase Price to the Escrow Account,

in each case, on the earlier of (i) the date that falls 6 months after the date of this Agreement, or (ii) 31 December 2017.

2.3

Any amount payable under a Deferred Purchase Price Deduction shall first be applied to reduce the Buyer’s obligation to pay the portion of the Deferred Purchase Price payable pursuant to Clause 2.2.3(a), followed by the amount to be paid into the Escrow Account pursuant to Clause 2.2.3(b).

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3.

LOCKED BOX

3.1

The AOPH Seller (in respect of the Target Group Companies other than ROHQ) and the ROHQ Seller (in respect of ROHQ) covenants and undertakes to the Buyer that in the period from (and excluding) the Locked Box Date up to (and including) the Completion Date (save to the extent comprising a Permitted Leakage):

 

3.1.1

no dividend or other distribution of profits or assets (whether in cash or in kind) has been or will be declared, paid or made by any Target Group Company or would be treated as having been paid or made by any Target Group Company to or for the benefit of any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.2

no payments have been or will be made by or on behalf of a Target Group Company to or for the benefit of any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company, and excluding any payments to the extent reimbursed to the relevant Target Group Company by or on behalf of such Seller Entity or Seller Related Party);

 

3.1.3

no share or loan capital of any Target Group Company has been or will be redeemed, repurchased or repaid or result in a payment to any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.4

no amounts owed to a Target Group Company by any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company) have been or will be waived or forgiven;

 

3.1.5

no assets or other economic benefits have been or will be transferred by a Target Group Company to any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.6

no new liabilities have been or will be assumed or incurred (or any indemnity or guarantee given in respect thereof) by a Target Group Company for the benefit of any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.7

no new Encumbrance has been created over any shares in or any of the assets of any Target Group Company in favour of or for the benefit of any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.8

no management, monitoring or other shareholder or directors’ fees or bonuses or payments of a similar nature have been or will be paid by or on behalf of a Target Group Company to or for the benefit of any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company) or to any directors of any Target Group Company or any Employee;

 

3.1.9

no costs or expenses in relation to the sale of the Sale Shares, the CRM Disposal or Debt Refinancing and Recapitalization (including any professional advisers’ fees and any transaction or sale bonuses or other payments payable in relation thereto) have been or will be paid or incurred, by or on behalf of any Target Group Company;

 

3.1.10

no Target Group Company has amended or will amend the terms of its borrowing or indebtedness in the nature of borrowing owed by it to any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company) to the benefit of any Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.11

no agreements, understandings or arrangements have been or will be entered into whereby the person directly benefiting from any of the matters referred to in Clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.10 confers (directly or indirectly) a benefit on any Seller Entity or any of its Related Parties (but excluding any Target Group Company);

 

3.1.12

none of the Seller Entities and any of its Related Parties (but excluding any Target Group Company) has agreed or committed or will agree or commit to do any of the things set out in Clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.11 (inclusive); or

 

3.1.13

no liability to Tax has arisen in respect of or as a consequence of any of the matters set out in Clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.12 (inclusive) above.

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3.2

The relevant Seller shall notify the Buyer in writing promptly if it becomes aware of a payment or transaction which constitutes or which might constitute a breach of Clause 3.1.

3.3

Subject always to Completion having taken place, in the event of any breach of Clause 3.1, the relevant Seller shall on demand by the Buyer pay to the Buyer, on a US Dollar for US Dollar basis, as a reduction of the relevant portion of the Aggregate Purchase Price, an amount that is equal to the amount received by, or the benefit obtained by, the relevant Seller Entity or any Seller Related Party in respect of any breach of any of the covenants and undertakings set out in Clause 3.1.

3.4

The Sellers shall notify the Buyer as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware that any leakage has occurred between the Locked Box Date and the Completion Date in breach of Clause 3.1 (the “Leakage”). If any Leakage comes to the attention of the Buyer (through notification by the Sellers or otherwise) on or prior to the date falling five (5) Business Days prior to Completion, then, subject to the Seller agreeing in writing that such Leakage has occurred and agreeing the amount of such Leakage, the amount of such Leakage shall be deemed to be an “Agreed Leakage Amount”.

3.5

The Sellers and the Buyer agree that the Carved-Out Entities Settlement will be undertaken in accordance with Schedule 11 and in particular with the general principles set out in Schedule 11.

3.6

The Sellers and the Buyer agree:

 

3.6.1

the following shall be an Agreed Leakage Amount:

 

(a)

the Agreed Leakage Amount referred to in the Carved-Out Entities Settlement;

 

(b)

settlement of the net intercompany balances owed by the Target Group Companies to the Sellers’ Group Companies, being US$3,343,763 as at 31 March 2017 which as at the date of this Agreement are Disclosed in paragraph 20 of the Disclosure Letter;

 

(c)

to the extent the Wrong Pocket Cash is not remitted by SPi America LLC to SPIT on or prior to the Completion Date;

 

(d)

to the extent the Wrong Pocket Cash is not remitted by Non-Target Group Companies to Target Group Companies on or prior to the Completion Date as evidenced to the Buyer’s reasonable satisfaction; and

 

3.6.2

the amount referred to as “Leakage Credit” in the Carved-Out Entities Settlement (“Leakage Credit”) shall be set off against the Leakage Amount.

3.7

The Buyer shall be entitled to deduct the Agreed Leakage Amount from the Aggregate Purchase Price, allocated to the extent practicable (based on the entity in which the Leakage occurred) to the relevant part of, the Aggregate Purchase Price to be agreed between the Parties (acting reasonably).

3.8

A claim under Clause 3.3 shall be the sole remedy available (subject to Schedule 5) to the Buyer arising (directly or indirectly) from a breach of Clause 3.1.

4.

CONDITIONS

4.1

Completion is conditional on the following Conditions being satisfied on or before 5:00pm on the Long Stop Date:

 

4.1.1

the approval by the PCC or the expiry or termination of the waiting period (and any extension thereof) without any objection having been raised by the PCC, in each case under the mandatory merger control filing required under the PCA and its implementing rules in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder; and

 

4.1.2

following receipt of  complete  notifications,  the  competition  Authority  of Germany and Austria respectively issuing a decision allowing the parties to proceed with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

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4.2

The actions and events set out in Schedule 2 shall occur in accordance with Clause 5.2 and Schedule 2 to effect Completion.

4.3

The Buyer and the Sellers shall make all reasonable efforts to achieve satisfaction of each of the Conditions set out in Clause 4.1, as soon as possible after the date of this Agreement and in any event no later than 5:00pm on the Long Stop Date. The Sellers shall co-operate with the Buyer, and shall procure that each Target Group Company co-operates with the Buyer, to provide reasonable assistance upon request in relation to the satisfaction of the Conditions set out in Clause 4.1.

4.4

If any Authority is prepared to grant its consent or approval which is required to fulfil a Condition only subject to compliance with specific conditions or obligations to be imposed upon the Buyer, the Buyer shall only be required to accept such conditions and obligations  and the relevant Condition shall only be deemed satisfied, if the acceptance and/or compliance with all such conditions and/or obligations would not require material cost or expense or disposal of any material asset.

4.5

The Buyer shall keep the Sellers informed as to the progress towards satisfaction of the Conditions set out in Clause 4.1 and shall promptly:

 

4.5.1

notify the Sellers and provide to the Sellers copies of any material communications from any governmental or regulatory body or other person in relationto obtaining any consent, approval or action where such communications have not been independently or simultaneously supplied to the Sellers;

 

4.5.2

provide the Sellers with draft copies of all material submissions and communications to any governmental or regulatory body or other person in relation to obtaining any consent, approval or action at such time as will allow the Sellers a reasonable opportunity to provide comments on such submissions and communications before they are submitted or sent and promptly provide the Sellers with copies of all such submissions and communications in the form submitted or sent; and

 

4.5.3

where requested, and permitted by the relevant Authority allow persons nominated by the Sellers to attend any meeting or telephone call with any governmental or regulatory body or other person in relation to obtaining any consent, approval or action,

provided that nothing in this Clause 4.5 shall require the Buyer to disclose to the Sellers any information which is commercially sensitive in respect of the business and operations of the Buyer’s Group.

4.6

If, at any time, the Buyer becomes aware of a fact, matter or circumstance that would be likely to prevent a Condition from being satisfied, it shall promptly inform the Sellers in writing.

4.7

If any Condition has not been satisfied by 5:00pm on the Long Stop Date, this Agreement shall automatically terminate with immediate effect.

4.8

Each party’s further rights and obligations cease immediately on termination (excluding those under Clauses 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25), but termination does not affect a party’s accrued rights and obligations at the date of termination.

5.

COMPLETION

5.1

Subject to Clause 6, Completion shall take place at the offices of the Sellers’ Solicitors (or at any other location mutually agreed by the Sellers and the Buyer in writing) and shall commence on the date referred to below in Clauses 5.1.1 or 5.1.2 which shall not be earlier than 21 August 2017 (or any other date mutually agreed by the Sellers and the Buyer in writing) (the “Completion Process Commencement Date”):

 

5.1.1

subject to Clause 5.1.2, the steps to effect Completion shall commence on the date falling five (5) Business Days after the date (not being earlier than 21 August 2017 or later than the Long Stop Date) on which the last of the Conditions to be satisfied or waived is satisfied or waived; or

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5.1.2

if:

 

(a)

all the Conditions have been satisfied or waived on any day prior to the Long Stop Date; and

 

(b)

the Buyer elects, by notice in writing to the Sellers, to postpone the date of Completion,

then the steps to effect Completion in Schedule 2  shall commence on the date falling two (2) weeks after the original date referred to in Clause 5.1.1.

5.2

To effect Completion, each of the AOPH Seller and ROHQ Seller shall, and shall procure that the relevant Seller Entity shall, and the Buyer shall and shall procure that the relevant Buyer Designee shall, do all those things respectively required of it in Schedule 2. The AOPH Seller and the ROHQ Seller shall procure that each Target Group Company co-operates with and provides, and the Buyer shall, and shall procure each Buyer Designee, co-operate with and provide, in each case all assistance upon written request to the other parties in relation to the performance and completion of all those things and actions set out in Schedule 2. Completion shall be regarded to have occurred only upon the completion of all of the things and actions set out in Schedule 2 unless the parties otherwise agree in writing (the date on which all of such things and actions have been completed, being the “Completion Date”).

5.3

None of the parties is obliged to complete this Agreement and Completion shall subject to Clause 5.4.3 not have occurred unless:

5.3.1

the other party complies with all of its obligations under this Clause 5 and Schedule 2;

5.3.2

the sale and purchase of all the Sale Shares is completed in accordance with Schedule 2; and

5.3.3

all of the actions described in Schedule 2 have been completed, unless the parties otherwise agree in writing.

5.4

If Completion does not take place within seven (7) Business Days following the Completion Process Commencement Date because a party fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Clause 5 and Schedule 2 (whether such failure by the party amounts to a repudiatory breach or not), the other party may by notice to the first party:

 

5.4.1

postpone Completion to a date not more than 20 Business Days after the Completion Process Commencement Date and not later than the Long Stop Date;

 

5.4.2

terminate this Agreement; or

 

5.4.3

proceed to Completion to the extent practicable including taking steps to give effect to an Alternative Completion.

5.5

If either party postpones Completion to another date in accordance with Clause 5.4.1, the provisions of this Agreement apply as if that other date on which all the steps and actions set out in Schedule 2 having been completed, is the Completion Date.

5.6

If any of the parties terminate this Agreement pursuant to Clause 5.4.2 or 6.2.2, each party’s further rights and obligations cease immediately on termination (excluding those under Clauses 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 and 25), but termination does not affect a party’s accrued rights and obligations at the date of termination.

6.

ALTERNATIVE COMPLETION

6.1

If (a) all the Conditions have been satisfied or waived on or prior to the Long Stop Date and (b) Completion does not occur on or prior to the Long Stop Date, each of the AOPH Seller and ROHQ Seller shall, and the Buyer shall:

 

6.1.1

do all those things respectively required of it in Schedule 2B on the third Business Day immediately following the Long Stop Date (the “Alternative Completion Date”); and

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6.1.2

execute and deliver all such documents and do all such things as is reasonably required for the purpose of giving full effect to the Alternative Completion and to secure for each of the parties the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon it for the purchase and sale of the AOPH Shares and ROHQ Shares, including, if necessary, amending various provisions of this Agreement.

The Sellers shall procure that each of AOPH and ROHQ co-operates, and the Buyer shall co-operate, with and provide all assistance upon written request to the other parties in relation to the performance and completion of all those things and actions set out in Schedule 2B. Completion of the sale and purchase of the AOPH Shares and ROHQ Shares in accordance with Schedule 2B (the “Alternative Completion”) shall be regarded to have occurred only upon the completion of all of the things and actions set out in Schedule 2B, unless the Sellers and the Buyer otherwise agree in writing.

6.2

If Alternative Completion does not take place on the Alternative Completion Date because the Sellers or the Buyer fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Clause 6 and Schedule 2B (whether such failure by the party amounts to a repudiatory breach or not), the other party may by notice to the first party:

 

6.2.1

postpone Alternative Completion to a date not more than 20 Business Days after the Alternative Completion Date;

 

6.2.2

terminate this Agreement; or

 

6.2.3

proceed to Alternative Completion to the extent practicable.

7.

ESCROW

7.1

Each of the Sellers and the Buyer agree that:

 

7.1.1

the Buyer shall deposit the Escrow Completion Amount to the Escrow Account on the earlier of (i) the Completion Process Commencement Date and

(ii) the Alternative Completion Date;

 

7.1.2

the Buyer shall deposit the SPi India Minority Purchase Price to the bank account of the SPi India Buyer Designee for the SPi India Minority Shares in India by way of electronic transfer in immediately available funds for same day value on the Completion Process Commencement Date and deliver evidence to the Sellers of such remittance;

 

7.1.3

the Buyer shall deposit the SPi India Majority Purchase Price to the bank account of the SPi India Buyer Designee for the SPi India Majority Sale Shares in India by way of electronic transfer in immediately available funds for same day value on the Completion Process Commencement Date and deliver evidence to the Sellers of such remittance;

 

7.1.4

the money in the Escrow Account shall only be used in accordance with the provisions set out in this Clause 7 and in the Escrow Agreement;

 

7.1.5

if Completion does not occur on or prior to the Long Stop Date (or in the case of an Alternative Completion, on the proposed Alternative Completion Date (as may be postponed pursuant to Clause 6.2)), the Sellers and Buyer shall jointly instruct the Escrow Agent to release all monies in the Escrow Account to the Buyer within three (3) Business Days of the Long Stop Date or the proposed Alternative Completion Date (as applicable);

 

7.1.6

the parties shall jointly instruct the Escrow Agent, within the timeframes set out in the relevant paragraph of Schedule 2 or Schedule 2B (as the case may be), to pay such monies from the Escrow Account as may be necessary to discharge the Buyer’s obligations under paragraphs 4.4, 5.3 and 6.3 of Schedule 2 (or, in the case of the Alternative Completion, paragraphs 2.3 and 3.3 of Schedule 2B) as part of the steps to effect Completion;

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7.1.7

following the deposit of the relevant portion of the Deferred Consideration into the Escrow Account in accordance with Clause 2.2.3, the Buyer shall be entitled to be paid monies from the Escrow Account pursuant to an Escrow Claim, in accordance with the provisions set out in this Clause 7;

 

7.1.8

it shall ensure that all rights to the Escrow Account remain free from any Encumbrance, set off or counterclaim except as referred to in this Clause 7; and

 

7.1.9

the costs of the Escrow Agent in relation to the Escrow Account and the Escrow Agreement shall be shared as to 50% by the Sellers and as to 50% by the Buyer.

7.2

Interest accruing from time to time on the balance of money standing to the credit of the Escrow Account (if any) shall be added to the money standing to the credit of the Escrow Account and shall form part of it for the purposes of this Clause 7.

7.3

Upon any Escrow Claim becoming a Settled Claim in respect of which it has been finally agreed or determined that an amount is due and payable by the relevant Seller to the Buyer, the Buyer shall be entitled to be paid from the Escrow Account the amount which has been finally agreed or determined to be so due and payable in satisfaction of the relevant Seller’s liability in respect of such Settled Claim.

7.4

At any time the Sellers may deliver to the Buyer a guarantee executed on behalf of the CVC Fund III, in a form reasonable satisfactory to the Buyer, and together with such evidence as is reasonably required by the Buyer as to the financial substance of the CVC Fund III supporting the guarantee, to guarantee payment of an amount up to the balance standing to the credit of the Escrow Account at such time on behalf of the Sellers. Upon the delivery of such guarantee to the Buyer, an equivalent amount of the money standing to the credit of the Escrow Account shall be released to the AOPH Seller’s Account.

7.5

On the date that falls 36 months after the Completion Date, the money then standing to the  credit of the Escrow Account less the total of the then outstanding amounts claimed by  the Buyer in accordance with this Agreement in respect of any Escrow Claim (the “Outstanding Amounts Claimed”), shall be released to the AOPH Seller.

7.6

All or any part of the Outstanding Amounts Claimed shall cease to form part of the Outstanding Amounts Claimed and be released to the AOPH Seller or the Buyer (as appropriate) upon the earliest to occur of:

 

7.6.1

the Escrow Claim to which the relevant part of the Outstanding Amounts Claimed relates becomes a Settled Claim;

 

7.6.2

it being agreed between the Buyer and the relevant Seller that the Outstanding Amounts Claimed in respect of any Escrow Claim be reduced, in which case the amount of such reduction shall cease to form part of the Outstanding Amounts Claimed; and

 

7.6.3

if proceedings on any underlying Escrow Claim have not by such time been properly issued and validly served on the relevant Seller, on the date falling six (6) months after the relevant Seller’s receipt of the written notice of the Escrow Claim given by the Buyer, in which case the whole amount of such Escrow Claim shall cease to form part of the Outstanding Amounts Claimed.

7.7

If either the relevant Seller, on the one hand, or the Buyer, on the other hand, is entitled to money from the Escrow Account, the relevant Seller and the Buyer shall, within ten (10) Business Days of the date on which the entitlement arises, jointly instruct the Escrow Agent in writing to release the money to the AOPH Seller’s Account (where the Sellers are entitled to money from the Escrow Account) or the Buyer’s Account (where the Buyer is entitled to money from the Escrow Account), as the case may be, in accordance with Clause 21.8.

8.

WARRANTIES

8.1

The AOPH Seller warrants to the Buyer that, at the date of this Agreement and as at Completion, each Sellers’ Warranty set out in paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Part A of Schedule 3 is true and accurate.

8.2

The ROHQ Seller warrants to the Buyer that, at the date of this Agreement and as at Completion, each Sellers’ Warranty set out in paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Part A of Schedule 3 is true and accurate.

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8.3

Each Seller warrants to the Buyer that, at the date of this Agreement and as at Completion, each Sellers Warranty set out in Part B of Schedule 3 is true and accurate.

8.4

Each of the Sellers’ Warranties is separate and independent and, unless otherwise specifically provided, shall not be restricted or limited by reference to any other representation, warranty or term of this Agreement and each of the Sellers’ Warranties set out in Part B of Schedule 3 is qualified by all matters and circumstances Disclosed.

8.5

If at any time prior to or at Completion, the Sellers, any member of the Sellers’ Group or any of the Target Group Companies become aware that any matter would or would be reasonably likely to constitute a breach of any Sellers’ Warranty, the Sellers shall promptly notify the Buyer in sufficient detail to enable the Buyer to make a reasoned assessment of the  situation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the delivery of such notice shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available to the Buyer).

8.6

The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that, except for the Sellers’ Warranties, none of the Sellers gives any warranty, representation or undertaking as to the accuracy or completeness of any information (including any of the forecasts, estimates, projections, statements of intent or statements of opinion) provided to the Buyer or any of its advisers or agents (howsoever provided).

8.7

The Buyer warrants to each Seller that each Buyer’s Warranty is true and accurate at the date of this Agreement.

8.8

Each of the Seller waives and shall procure that all members of the Sellers’ Group and all CVC Parties (excluding all CVC Portfolio Companies) shall waive any rights and remedies they may have against any Target Group Companies or any of their respective present or former employees, directors, agents, officers or advisers with respect to claims arising out of any information, opinion or advice supplied or given (or omitted to be supplied or given) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the other Transaction Documents or any part thereof other than in the case of fraud and agrees that no such rights or remedies shall constitute a defence to any claim by the Buyer under this Agreement.

9.

TAX COVENANT

9.1

The Sellers covenant to the Buyer on the terms set out in Schedule 9.

10.

PRE-COMPLETION CONDUCT

10.1

Between the execution of this Agreement and Completion:

 

10.1.1

each Seller shall cause each Target Group Company to conduct its business, in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and policies; and

 

10.1.2

the AOPH Seller undertakes to carry out the steps set out in Schedule 7 and use reasonable endeavours to keep the Buyer informed (and on the third Business Day prior to Completion Process Commencement Date, deliver all supporting documents reasonably requested by the Buyer to reflect completion of such steps) as to the progress towards the actions taken with respect to such undertaking and the satisfaction of the AOPH Seller’s obligation with respect to such undertaking.

10.2

Without prejudice to the generality of and subject to Clause 10.1, each Seller undertakes to procure that, between the date of this Agreement and Completion, each Target Group Company shall not, except (a) as may be required to comply with this Agreement, or (b) as required by applicable Laws or regulations, without the prior written consent of the Buyer:

 

10.2.1

amend the constitutional documents of a Target Group Company;

 

10.2.2

dispose of, create, allot or issue, acquire, repay, redeem or grant an option to subscribe for, any share capital, loan capital of any Target Group Company;

 

 

10.2.3

acquire or agree to acquire, an interest in a corporate body or merge or consolidate with a corporate body or any other person;

 

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10.2.4

enter into any  demerger  transaction  or  participate  in  any  other  type  of corporate reconstruction;

 

 

10.2.5

dispose of, or agree to dispose of, any asset with a value or consideration exceeding US$1,000,000; or acquire, or agree to acquire, any asset with a value or consideration exceeding US$1,000,000;

 

 

10.2.6

enter into any agreement or arrangement with any Seller or any Seller Related Party other than any agreement or arrangement with any member of the PLDT group in the ordinary course of business or any agreement or arrangement entered into in accordance with Clauses 10.2.11 and 10.2.12;

 

 

10.2.7

conclude, amend or terminate a material agreement, arrangement or obligation outside the ordinary course of its business;

 

 

10.2.8

amend, waive any term of, or terminate any Material Contract (other than to seek or agree to change of control waivers);

 

 

10.2.9

make any change to its accounting and tax reporting practices or policies or amend its constitutional documents except as required by Law or to comply with a new accounting standard in any relevant jurisdiction;

 

 

10.2.10

create, grant, issue or vary any Encumbrance over, or sell or dispose of, the Sale Shares, any interest in any share or loan capital or other security, assets or undertaking of any of the Target Group Companies;

 

 

10.2.11

make any changes (other than those required by Law) to the terms and conditions of employment (including the provision of any contractual or non- contractual benefits) of the Senior Employees (including granting any new options or other entitlements under existing schemes or benefits) (other than changes to remuneration which in aggregate do not exceed US$100,000);

 

 

10.2.12

make any changes (other than those required by Law) to the terms and conditions of employment (including the provision of any contractual or non- contractual benefits) of the Employees (including granting any new options or other entitlements under existing schemes or benefits) (other than changes to remuneration made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices);

 

10.2.13

declare, make or pay a dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or in kind) (except for any distribution to any Target Group Company) or make any reduction of its paid-up share capital;

 

10.2.14

incur any capital expenditure in excess of US$1,000,000 in the aggregate in excess of the amounts as specified for capital expenditure in the Annual Budget;

 

10.2.15

borrow any money or enter into any agreement for the purposes of borrowing, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange contracts or other derivative instruments (except in the case of foreign exchange contracts and working capital facilities as required in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices);

 

10.2.16

grant or modify the terms of any loans or other financial facilities or any guarantees or indemnities for the benefit of any person (except in the case of loans to Employees as required in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

10.2.17

enter into any joint venture, partnership or agreement or arrangement for the sharing of profits or assets;

 

10.2.18

enter into any lease, lease hire or hire purchase agreement or agreement for payment on  deferred  terms  (except  as  required  in  the  ordinary  course  of business and in each case for an amount or value not exceeding US$1,000,000 in the aggregate);

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10.2.19

institute, engage in or settle any legal proceedings (except in respect of debt collection in the ordinary course of business);

 

10.2.20

engage or employ or make any offer to employ any new person with annual base salary in excess of US$150,000 (excluding bonuses or other benefits), other than the Wrong Pocket Employee pursuant to Clause 17.4;

 

10.2.21

make any amendment, other than solely to comply with legislative requirements, to any agreements or arrangements for the payment of pensions or other benefits on retirement to present or former directors, officers or Employees of any of the Target Group Companies or any of their dependants; or

 

10.2.22

enter into any agreement or arrangement (whether in writing or otherwise) to do any of the foregoing or allow or permit any of the foregoing.

10.3

If at any time prior to or at Completion, the Sellers, any member of the Sellers’ Group or any of the Target Group Companies become aware that any of the matters set out in this Clause 10 has occurred or that any of the actions set out in Schedule 2 cannot be completed, or there is a reasonable expectation that any of the matters set out in this Clause 10 might occur or that any of the actions set out in Schedule 2 cannot be completed, the Sellers shall immediately:

 

10.3.1

notify the Buyer in sufficient detail to enable the Buyer to make an accurate assessment of the situation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the delivery of such notice shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available to the Buyer); and

 

10.3.2

if requested by the Buyer, use its best endeavours to procure that the notified occurrence is prevented or remedied.

11.

BUYER’S INDEMNIFICATION AND UNDERTAKING

11.1

Subject always to Completion having taken place, the Buyer covenants with the AOPH Seller to pay to the AOPH Seller an amount equal to the sum of:

 

11.1.1

any Tax liability arising in respect of Indian capital gains tax of SIHL or its shareholder(s) arising as a result of the Indian tax authorities disallowing or ruling against any waiver or exemption under the India-Mauritius Treaty relied upon by SIHL in respect of the transfer of the SPi India Minority Shares from SIHL to the SPi India Buyer Designee after the Completion Date; and

 

11.1.2

all the costs and expenses reasonably and properly incurred in taking any action in connection with or defending any investigation made by any Indian Tax Authority in relation to Clause 11.1.1 above.

11.2

The Buyer shall not be liable under Clause 11.1 above:

 

11.2.1

to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is increased as a result of a change in legislation or a change in the administrative or published practice of any Tax Authority or an increase in the rates of Tax, in each case taking effect after the Completion Date and retrospectively and not prospectively in force or announced at the date of this Agreement;

 

11.2.2

to the extent that the Tax liability in question would not have arisen but for a voluntary act (including the making or failure to make any claim, election, surrender or disclaimer or the giving or failure to give any notice in relation to Tax) of SIHL or its shareholder(s) after the Completion Date but only in circumstances where the Sellers knew or ought to have known that the liability in question would have arisen as a result of the voluntary act and where an alternative  course  of  action  was  available  that  would  have  reduced  or eliminated the liability;

 

11.2.3

to the extent that a Relief is available to SIHL or its shareholder(s) at no cost to SIHL or its shareholder(s), as the case may be, to set against or otherwise mitigate the Tax liability; or

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11.2.4

to the extent that the amount of the Tax liability in question has been recovered from a person without cost to SIHL or its shareholder(s).

11.3

If the AOPH Seller or SIHL becomes aware of a SIHL Tax Demand which would or might reasonably be expected to give rise to a liability for the Buyer or the SPi India Buyer Designee:

 

11.3.1

the AOPH Seller shall give notice to the Buyer of the SIHL Tax Demand (including reasonably sufficient details of the SIHL Tax Demand) (in writing no later than five (5) Business Days) after the AOPH Seller or SIHL becomes aware of the SIHL Tax Demand (but for the avoidance of doubt, the giving of such notice shall not be a condition precedent to the liability of the Buyer under this Clause 11);

 

11.3.2

subject to other provisions of this Clause 11, AOPH Seller shall not and shall procure that SIHL shall not make any admission of liability, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise in relation to any SIHL Tax Demand, or make any payments, or deposit any monies or issue any bank guarantee or otherwise communicate in writing with any Tax Authority or any person acting for or on behalf of any Tax Authority in relation to any SIHL Tax Demand, without the Buyer’s prior written consent.

11.4

Provided the SIHL Tax Demand does not exceed or might not reasonably be expected to exceed the Buyer’s total liability limit of US$8,000,000 under Clause 11.8 (with the expectation as to Buyer’s total liability under the SIHL Tax Demand to be evidenced by the Buyer’s Tax or legal adviser), the Buyer may elect to defend any SIHL Tax Demand in accordance with the terms of this Clause 11. If it so elects, it shall and at its own expense, be entitled to take any of the following actions:

 

11.4.1

leading discussions and negotiations with any Tax Authority and other regulatory and Governmental Authority in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand;

 

11.4.2

in the case of correspondence or documents which are not required by Law to be executed and/or submitted by SIHL, preparing and submitting to the Tax Authorities, to the extent lawful, any such correspondence and documents as the Buyer may deem fit, in the name of and on behalf of SIHL, in connection with such SIHL Tax Demand and in the case of documents which are required by Law to be executed and/or submitted by SIHL, prepare such documents for execution and/or submission by SIHL, as the case may be;

 

11.4.3

appointing and providing instructions to any legal and/or tax advisers, including any and all counsel, barristers and advocates in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand;

 

11.4.4

agreeing the terms of any monetary settlement of such SIHL Tax Demand with the Tax Authorities, subject to giving the AOPH Seller a prior written notification detailing the monetary settlement of such SIHL Tax Demand and the terms relating thereto; and

 

11.4.5

having conduct and control of any and all court proceedings and court filings in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand.

If the SIHL Tax Demand exceeds or might reasonably be expected to exceed the Buyer’s total liability limit of US$8,000,000 under Clause 11.8 (with the expectation as to Buyer’s total liability under the SIHL Tax Demand to be evidenced by the Buyer’s Tax or legal adviser), the Buyer shall not be entitled to lead and/or control the defence, conduct and resolution of the SIHL Tax Demand pursuant to this Clause 11.4 or Clause 11.5 and the actions to defend, conduct and resolve the SIHL Tax Demand under this Clause 11.4 or Clause 11.5 shall be undertaken jointly by and/or subject to the mutual agreement of the AOPH Seller and the Buyer.

11.5

Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph in the event Buyer elects to control the preparation, prosecution, defence or conduct of any proceedings in relation to a SIHL Tax Demand, AOPH Seller shall procure that SIHL shall at the expense of the Buyer take any of the following actions (including legal proceedings or  making claims under any insurance policies, if available) as the Buyer may reasonably require to dispute, resist, defend, appeal, compromise or mitigate the underlying matter, circumstance or SIHL Tax Demand:

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11.5.1

keep the Buyer promptly informed of any new facts, circumstances, material developments (including any queries, correspondence and meetings with or from any relevant Tax Authority) as they arise with respect to such SIHL Tax Demand, and shall provide the Buyer with copies of all correspondence and documentation and such other information, assistance and access to records as they reasonably require, in each case, relating to the SIHL Tax Demand or action referred to in this Clause 11;

 

11.5.2

execute suitable powers of attorney, authority letters in favour of the Buyer or its authorized representative and/or such other documents as may be reasonably necessary or expedient in Buyer’s opinion in order for Buyer to control the preparation, prosecution, defence or conduct of any proceedings in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand;

 

11.5.3

execute and submit (to any Tax Authority or other relevant judicial authority) such pleadings, filings, affidavits and other documents which the Buyer may reasonably request SIHL to execute and submit in relation to the preparation, prosecution, defence or conduct of any proceedings in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand; and

 

11.5.4

allow the Buyer to take such action with respect to the preparation, prosecution, defence or conduct of any proceedings in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand and/or the underlying matter of such SIHL Tax Demand, in such manner as the Buyer deems fit, subject to the AOPH Seller and SIHL being fully and promptly informed of the preparation, prosecution, defence or conduct of any proceedings in relation to such SIHL Tax Demand.

11.6

The rights of the Buyer under Clauses 11.4 and 11.5 (other than the right to receive notice) are subject to the Buyer having indemnified the AOPH Seller and/or SIHL (as applicable) against all costs reasonably and properly incurred and any further liability to Tax which may be incurred in connection with any such action as is referred to in Clauses 11.4 and 11.5.

11.7

If the Buyer does not elect to defend any SIHL Tax Demand within 20 Business Days of receipt of notice by the Buyer under Clause 11.3.1, or does not indemnify the AOPH Seller and/or SIHL as required by Clause 11.1 within a reasonable period of time following written request from the AOPH Seller to the Buyer for the same, the AOPH Seller shall be free to satisfy or settle the relevant liability on such terms as it may reasonably think fit.

11.8

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Buyer’s total liability in respect of Clauses 11.1 and 11.3 to 11.7 is limited to US$8,000,000 and the Buyer shall not be liable under such Clauses after the date which is three (3) years from Completion Date.

11.9

The Buyer shall not be liable under Clauses 11.1 and 11.3 to 11.7 to the extent that the liability imposed on SIHL or its shareholder(s) referred to in Clause 11.1 is caused by:

 

11.9.1

the breach by the AOPH Seller of its undertaking in Clause 10.1.2 to carry out the steps set out in Schedule 7;

 

11.9.2

the failure by the AOPH Seller to procure that SIHL maintains its corporate existence, and is not liquidated, wound up, placed in receivership or the subject of any insolvency or similar proceedings, for a period of two (2) years after the Completion Date; and/or

 

11.9.3

the breach of the AOPH Seller’s obligations under Clause 11.3.

11.10

If the Buyer makes a payment to the AOPH Seller pursuant to Clause 11.1 above (a “Buyer Indemnity Payment”), and the AOPH Seller (or any member of the Seller’s Tax Group) receives a refund in respect of such Buyer Indemnity Payment, the AOPH Seller shall pay an amount to the Buyer which the AOPH Seller determines (acting in good faith) will leave it (or any member of the Seller’s Tax Group, as appropriate), after making that payment, in the same after-tax position as it would have been had the Buyer not been required to make the Buyer Indemnity Payment.

11.11

The Buyer undertakes to each Seller that it shall not terminate, amend or vary any term or condition of the equity commitments or debt commitments from the Buyer’s financing sources (the terms and conditions of which the Buyer has provided to the Sellers) in the case of the debt commitments in any manner which would adversely affect the Buyer’s and the ability to fulfil its payment obligations pursuant to this

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Agreement and in the case of the equity commitments in any manner whatsoever (other than to effect a reallocation of commitments as between the existing committed investors) without the Sellers prior written consent, and the Buyer shall comply with all such terms and conditions to ensure that the relevant facilities become available to the Buyer for drawdown to fulfil its payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

12.

cRM CLAIMS

12.1

Subject always to Completion having taken place:

 

12.1.1

the Sellers covenant and undertake to pay, subject to Clause 12.5, to the Buyer within 10 Business Day following the Cut-off Date an amount equal to:

A + B

where:

A = the aggregate CRM Payables 2016 which are referred to as ‘agreed but unpaid’ in Part B of Schedule 10 which remain outstanding as at the date falling 5 Business Days prior to the earlier of (i) six months after Completion Date and (ii) 31 December 2017 (the “Cut-Off Date”); and

B = the aggregate CRM Receivables 2017 which remain unpaid to the Target Group as at the Cut-Off Date,

provided that in the case of B above the Buyer covenants and undertakes that, if at any time after payment by the Sellers to the Buyer of such unpaid CRM Receivables 2017, the Buyer or any Target Group Company receives payment of any part or all of such amount from the SPi CRM Group, the Buyer shall pay within 10 Business Days following receipt of such amount to the AOPH Seller (or its Affiliate as designated by the AOPH Seller in writing) any such amount.

 

12.1.2

the Buyer covenants and undertakes to pay to the AOPH Seller (or its Affiliate as designated by the AOPH Seller in writing) within 10 Business Days of receipt of any CRM Receivables 2016 received by the Buyer or any Target Group Company within the 12 months following the Cut-Off Date net of any costs incurred and Tax payable by any Target Group Company.

12.2

In relation to each matter relating to or item constituting any of the CRM Receivables 2016, the CRM Payables 2016 or the CRM Receivables 2017, the Sellers shall continue to conduct the proceedings and/or negotiation with the counterparty(-ies) and, in relation to such matters or items which would or might give rise to an obligation to pay under Clause 12.1:

 

12.2.1

the Buyer shall, and shall ensure that the Target Group Company will, provide to the Sellers and their advisers, at the Sellers’ cost, all reasonable cooperation and assistance for the purposes of investigating the matter and enabling the Sellers to take any action to resolve the matter; and

 

12.2.2

the Buyer shall not, and shall ensure that no Target Group Company will, admit liability in respect of, or compromise or settle, the matter without the prior written consent of the Sellers,

and the Buyer shall promptly forward to the Sellers any correspondences received by the Target Group or the Buyer’s Group from the relevant counter-parties or any Authority relating to any of the CRM Receivables 2016, the CRM Payables 2016 or the CRM Receivables 2017.

12.3

The Sellers covenant and undertake to pay the Buyer an amount equal to any Losses incurred by the Target Group arising out of any Event occurring prior to Completion in respect of:

 

12.3.1

any amounts payable by any of the Target Group Companies to the SPi CRM Group (other than the CRM Payables 2016 which are referred to as “agreed but unpaid” in Part B of Schedule 10); and

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12.3.2

amounts claimed against any of the Target Group Companies by Relia Inc. as a result of or arising out of the CRM Disposal.

In this Clause 12, “Losses” means all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, demands, proceedings, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and other professional fees), penalties imposed by any Authority (in each case, excluding any punitive, indirect or consequential loss (including loss of profit) unless and to the extent such loss is a reasonable foreseeable consequence of such Event); and the term “Event” includes (without limitation) any event, transaction (including, without limitation, the execution of this Agreement and Completion), act, payment, action, circumstance, state of affairs, default, omission or occurrence of any nature whatsoever and whether or not the Buyer or any Target Group Company is a party to it.

12.4

In relation to each matter relating to or item constituting any Loss, the Sellers may elect to conduct the proceedings and/or negotiation with the counterparty(-ies) and, in relation to such matters or items which would or might give rise to an obligation to pay under Clause 12.3:

 

12.4.1

the Buyer shall promptly give notice to the Sellers of the matter and shall consult with the Sellers with respect to the matter;

 

12.4.2

the Buyer shall, and shall ensure that the Target Group Company will, provide to the Sellers and their advisers, at the Sellers’ cost, all reasonable cooperation and assistance for the purposes of investigating the matter and enabling the Sellers to take any action to resolve the matter; and

 

12.4.3

the Buyer shall not, and shall ensure that no Target Group Company will, admit liability in respect of, or compromise or settle, the matter without the prior written consent of the Sellers,

and the Buyer shall promptly forward to the Sellers any correspondences received by the Target Group or the Buyer’s Group from the relevant counterparty(-ies) or Authority relating to any Event or Loss referred to in Clause 12.3.

12.5

If any such amount payable under Clause 12.1.1 or 12.3 comes to the attention of the Buyer (through notification by the Sellers or otherwise) prior to payment of the Deferred Consideration in accordance with Clause 2.2.3, such amount, subject to the Sellers agreeing to such amount (acting reasonably), shall be deemed to reduce the Aggregate Purchase Price and the Buyer shall be entitled to deduct such amount from the Deferred Purchase Price, otherwise such amount shall become the subject of an Escrow Claim.

12.6

The Sellers undertake that as at the date of this Agreement, the CRM Payables 2016, the CRM Receivables 2016 and the CRM Receivables 2017 accurately reflect the amounts alleged to be payable, or claimed (as applicable).

 

13.

LIMITATIONS ON THE SELLERS’ AND BUYER’S LIABILITY

13.1

Each Seller’s liability for Claims shall be limited or excluded, as the case may be, as set out in Schedule 5.

13.2

The Buyer’s total liability in respect of all claims under this Agreement and/or the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Aggregate Purchase Price. Nothing in this Clause 13 shall have the effect of limiting or restricting any liability of the Buyer’s fraud or wilful misconduct or wilful concealment.

14.

SELLERS MATTERS

14.1

From the date of this Agreement to Completion, the Sellers procure that each Seller Entity appoints the ROHQ Seller (or such other Seller’s Group Company as may be notified to the Buyer from time to time with no less than two Business Day prior notice) to act as the Seller Entity’s representative (the “Seller Representative”) and to represent each Seller Entity for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement.

14.2

Notices given by the Buyer to the Seller Representative in accordance with this Agreement shall be a valid notice to the Seller Entities. All instructions, consents and approvals received by the Buyer from the Seller Representative in accordance with this Agreement shall be deemed a valid instruction, consent or approval (as the case may be) from the Seller Entities.

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15.

INSURANCE

On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Buyer shall take out an Insurance Policy, and:

15.1

the Buyer shall fully pay and settle the premium in respect of the Insurance Policy, the brokerage fee payable to the broker who arranges the Insurance Policy and all other costs and expenses of the broker or the underwriter payable in order to put the Insurance Policy in place (together with, in each case, any applicable Taxes thereon), in each case, within the time period prescribed for such payment in the Insurance Policy; and

15.2

provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Seller Representative that the Insurance Policy is unconditionally valid and in effect, and the Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Buyer to do so.

16.

CERTAIN PRE AND POST CLOSING UNDERTAKINGS

16.1

Undertaking in relation to the PCA Notification

From the date of this Agreement, each of the Sellers on the one hand and the Buyer on the other hand shall:

 

16.1.1

use its reasonable best efforts to provide any supplemental information requested by the PCC or any regulator or government body pursuant to applicable Law in connection with the PCA Notifications as soon as practicable after such request is made;

 

16.1.2

without limiting the generality of Clause 4.4, procure their respective Affiliates to furnish to the other party such information and assistance as the other may reasonably request in connection with the PCA Notifications, or any other filing or submission which is otherwise requested by the PCC or any other Authority in relation to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, other than information which is deemed by the Buyer or the Sellers, as the case may be, to be commercially sensitive information to it or its Affiliates.

16.2

From the date of this Agreement, each of the Sellers undertake to procure that the Target Group Companies shall on or prior to Completion:

 

16.2.1

use its reasonable endeavours to obtain written consent from (a) 788 Morris Turnpike LLC, as lessor in respect of the lease of the property at 788 Morris Turnpike, Short Hills, New Jersey, United States, (b) Elsevier BV, (c) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and (d) HDFC Bank Ltd of the change in ownership of SPi India contemplated under this Agreement;

 

16.2.2

use its reasonable endeavours to obtain compliance certificates from the Philippines Economic Zone Authority in respect of the Target Group Companies’ properties at Laguna in the Philippines for the year 2017;

 

16.2.3

use its reasonable endeavours to obtain renewals of the local business permits for AOPH (in respect of Paranaque) and for the Philippines registered branch of SPi Global Shared Services Pte. Ltd. for the year 2017;

 

16.2.4

use its reasonable endeavours to obtain the approval or consent from the Philippines Economic Zone Authority for the Target Group Companies’ sharing of the Paranaque property with SPi Healthcare, Inc. and a letter of no objection from the Philippines Economic Zone Authority for the Target Group Companies’ sharing of the Dumaguete property with SPi CRM Inc.;

 

16.2.5

use its reasonable endeavours to file the annual reports of SPi India for the year 2015 – 2016;

 

16.2.6

provide the Buyer and its Affiliates with such information and cooperation as is reasonably requested by the Buyer in order to facilitate:

 

(a)

the  implementation  of  insurance  policies  on  substantially  identical terms as the insurance policies identified in the Disclosure Letter;

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(b)

the Buyer and its Affiliates entering into employment agreements, and discussing employment and incentive terms, with the Senior Employees;

 

(c)

any debt financing and debt syndication in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and/or the discharge of any outstanding indebtedness of and the release of any security provided (or any obligation to provide such security) by or in respect of the shares and assets of, the Target Group Companies at Completion (including pursuant to the facilities agreement with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. and Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank Co., Ltd, dated 29 March 2017); and

 

 

16.2.7

allow the Buyer and its employees, agents and advisors, upon reasonable notice and during Working Hours, access to its books and records, other than materials subject to any confidentiality restrictions in favour of third parties, and to the properties owned, occupied or used by the Target Group, and the Target Group’s management, where such access is reasonably required by the Buyer for the purpose of monitoring the Target Group Companies during the period prior to Completion.

17.

OTHER UNDERTAKINGS

17.1

Tax Matters

 

17.1.1

The Sellers undertake to submit a Tax Treaty Relief Application in respect of each of:

 

(a)

the sale and purchase of the AOPH Shares contemplated in this Agreement (which shall set out grounds that are based on substantially the same facts and basis as the opinion of the AOPH Seller’s  tax advisor with respect to the sale and purchase of the AOPH Shares, to be based on the principles in the agreed form, addressed to the AOPH Seller an executed copy of which is to be delivered to the Buyer pursuant to Clause 17.1.2. and paragraph 2.6 of Schedule 2 (“AOPH Tax Opinion”)); and

 

(b)

the redemption of the AOPH Preference Shares contemplated in this Agreement,

(collectively, the “TTRA”), in each case, to the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the Philippines within two (2) Business Days after the Completion Date, and to provide any supplemental information requested by the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the Philippines (with a copy delivered to the Buyer) as soon as practicable after such request is made.

 

17.1.2

The AOPH Seller shall deliver to the Buyer a copy of the AOPH Tax Opinion dated as of, and at least, two (2) Business Days prior to the date of submission of the TTRA, and copies of the final TTRA (together with all accompanying documents  (including  a  valid  and  effective  Netherlands  tax  residency certificate of the AOPH Seller)) on or prior to the date of submission of the TTRA.

 

17.1.3

On or prior to the applicable due date for the payment of each of the relevant Taxes with respect to the transfer of the AOPH Shares, the AOPH Seller shall:

 

(a)

pay all relevant Taxes with respect to the transfer of the AOPH Shares; and

 

(b)

file and apply for a certificate authorizing registration with the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the Philippines for the transfer of the AOPH Shares in the name of the Buyer in the books of AOPH, and the AOPH Seller shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that such certificate (with respect to AOPH) will be delivered to the Buyer as soon as practicable after Completion.

 

17.1.4

Subject to Completion taking place, the Buyer shall procure the Target Group Companies to provide all assistance reasonably requested by the AOPH Seller to perform its obligations under Clauses 17.1.1 and 17.1.3.

 

17.1.5

The Sellers shall procure that as at Completion, no Target Group Company shall legally or beneficially hold any shares or interest in any of Kolam Inc. and Syntegra Philippines Inc. (the “Dormant Companies”) and the transfer by the relevant Target  Group Company of the  Dormant Companies shall be carried out in accordance with Schedule 11.

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17.1.6

From the date of this Agreement, the Sellers undertake to use its reasonable endeavours to provide to any Tax Authority (with a copy to the Buyer) any information requested by such Tax Authority with respect to the transfer of the AOPH Shares, SPi India Minority Shares, the shares of each of SIHL, Syntegra Philippines Inc and Kolam Inc.

 

17.1.7

With effect from the earlier of the Conversion Date or Completion, the Sellers undertake to use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that for a period of two (2) years after the Completion Date SIHL complies with (i) all the conditions of its  Global  Business  Licence  and  (ii) the  requirements  imposed  by  the Mauritius Revenue Authority to obtain a Tax Residency Certificate, including:

 

(a)

the board of directors of SHIL has at least two (2) directors resident in Mauritius and board meetings with the presence of such directors;

 

(b)

SIHL maintains, at all times, its registered office and accounting records at its registered office in Mauritius;

 

(c)

if required by Mauritian law, SIHL prepares its statutory financial statements in Mauritius and audits such financial statements in Mauritius; and

 

(d)

SIHL conducts directors meetings with at least two (2) directors resident in Mauritius.

 

17.1.8

The Sellers undertake to deliver on or around Completion signed letters from a director or company secretary of each Target Group Company confirming that all corporate minute books, statutory registers and seals are in the possession of the relevant Target Group Company.

17.2

Non-Solicitation

 

17.2.1

In order to confer upon the Buyer the full benefit of the business and goodwill of the Target Group, each of the Sellers undertakes to the Buyer and each member of the Buyer’s Group that:

 

(a)

it shall not and shall procure that no member of the Sellers’ Group (except for PLDT or any member of the PLDT group) or CVC Party shall at any time during the period of one (1) year beginning with the Completion Date, offer employment to, enter into a contract for the services of, or attempt to entice away from any of the Target Group Companies, any Senior Employees (except a person who responds, without any form of approach or solicitation by or on behalf of any member of the Sellers’ Group, 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; and

 

(b)

it shall procure that no nominee director of any CVC Party in the Seller Entities shall at any time during the period of one (1) year beginning with the Completion Date, takes any action to facilitate, procure, promote, endorse or authorise the offer of employment to, entry into a contract for the services of, or attempt to entice away from any of the Target Group Companies, any Senior Employees, in each case, in his capacity as a director of any CVC Portfolio Companies or CVC Portfolio Companies IV.

 

17.2.2

The undertakings in this Clause 17.2.1(a) are intended for the benefit of the Buyer and each Target Group Company and apply to actions carried out by the Sellers, any member of the Sellers’ Group (except for PLDT or any member of the PLDT group) or CVC Party in any capacity whatsoever and whether directly or indirectly, on the Sellers’s behalf, on any member of the Sellers’ Group’s (except for PLDT or any member of the PLDT group) behalf, or on behalf of any other person or jointly with any other person.

 

17.2.3

The Seller agrees that the undertakings contained in this Clause 17.2.1(a) are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Buyer’s legitimate interests in the goodwill of the Target Group Companies and shall be construed as separate and independent undertakings. If any such undertaking is held to be void or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining undertakings shall not be affected. If any such undertaking is found to be void or unenforceable but would be valid and enforceable if some part or parts of the undertaking were deleted, such undertaking shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

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17.2.4

Without prejudice to this Clause 17.2.1(a), if any undertaking in this Clause 17.2.1(a) is found by any court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable the parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace such void or unenforceable undertaking with a valid provision which, as far as possible, has the same commercial effect as the provision which it replaces.

 

17.2.5

The consideration for the undertakings contained in this Clause 17.2.1(a) is included in the Aggregate Purchase Price.

17.3

Termination of Related Party Transactions

The Sellers shall with effect from Completion:

 

17.3.1

procure that there will be no, or shall procure the immediate termination of all, arrangements, agreements or obligations between (on the one hand) a Target Group Company and (on the other hand) any member of the Sellers’ Group or any CVC Party (excluding all CVC Portfolio Companies) (other than arms’ length trading arrangements which have been Disclosed to the Buyer and the Key Supplier Contracts) (the “Related Parties Transactions”); and

 

17.3.2

waive or procure the waiver by the Sellers’ Group and the CVC Parties (excluding all CVC Portfolio Companies) of any amounts owing by any member of the Target Group pursuant the Related Parties Transactions.

17.4

Transfer of a Wrong Pocket Employee and Post Closing Payment for CRM

 

17.4.1

The parties acknowledge and agree that the Wrong Pocket Employee shall be transferred to a Target Group Company before Completion (the “Transfer Date”). To that effect, AOPH Seller shall cause such relevant Target Group Company to make an offer of employment to the Wrong Pocket Employee.

 

17.4.2

In the offer of employment to be made under this Clause 17.4 the Wrong Pocket Employee shall be offered:

 

(a)

the position that the Wrong Pocket Employee performed pursuant to his employment agreement with AOPH Seller immediately prior to the moment of transfer;

 

(b)

terms and conditions that are overall materially equivalent to the terms and conditions of his employment, immediately prior to the moment of transfer. Where replication of existing benefits is not possible or suitable, alternative equivalent benefits or compensation will be offered; and

 

(c)

that the Wrong Pocket Employee’s period of continuous service shall be counted as continuous service with the relevant Target Group Company, whereby AOPH Seller shall waive the post termination restrictions included in the employment agreement between AOPH Seller and the Wrong Pocket Employee to the extent that these would restrict the Wrong Pocket Employee from entering into the employment of the relevant Target Group Company and/or from performing his duties under the employment contract to be entered into with the relevant Target Group Company.

 

17.4.3

If the Wrong Pocket Employee accepts the offer made under Clause 17.4.2, AOPH Seller shall facilitate that the employment of the Wrong Pocket Employee will terminate as from the Transfer Date and will be liable and indemnify the Buyer’s Group and the Target Group Companies for all Employment Costs and Employment Liabilities in relation to the Wrong Pocket Employees up to the Transfer Date. The relevant Target Group Company will employ the Wrong Pocket Employee and will, together with the Buyer’s Group, be liable for all Employment Costs and Employment Liabilities in relation to the Wrong Pocket Employee only from the Transfer Date.

 

17.4.4

If the Wrong Pocket Employee refuses to accept the offer of employment made by the relevant Target Group Company pursuant to Clause 17.4.2, and such Wrong Pocket Employee is still employed by a Sellers’ Group Company at Completion, the parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to procure the transfer of the relevant Wrong Pocket Employee to the relevant Target Group Company on the basis set out in this Clause 17.4.

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17.4.5

If the Wrong Pocket Employee cannot be transferred to and is not employed by the relevant Target Group Company by the end of one (1) month after the Completion Date (or such longer period as agreed between the AOPH Seller and the Buyer), AOPH Seller shall be entitled to terminate the existing employment contract of the Wrong Pocket Employee without any liability towards the Buyers Group or the Target Group Companies as a result thereof.

 

17.4.6

The Sellers undertake with effect from Completion that if a Sellers’ Group Company Carved-Out Entities has received or receives any cash for and on behalf of a Target Group Company in relation to the services that such Target Group Company has performed or performs for its customers, the Sellers shall within ten  (10) Business Days of such receipt of cash, pay an equivalent amount in cash to the Buyer.

17.5

Management Reinvestment

Upon receipt of irrevocable instruction letters from the Reinvesting Managers in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Sellers, the Sellers shall procure that the reinvestment amounts set out in USD in such instruction letters are applied directly to the Buyer’s Account or such other USD account as may be notified at least three Business Days before the instruction letters are received by the Sellers, provided that all such instruction letters shall be received by the Sellers no later than the Completion Process Commencement Date.

17.6

Undertakings for transfer of Spi India Sale Shares

To facilitate the Buyer satisfying its obligations under paragraphs 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6 of Schedule 2, the Sellers and the Buyer shall cooperate:

 

17.6.1

to procure the delivery to the Buyer (if not already delivered) prior to Completion Process Commencement Date of all relevant documents (including originals) and information required for the Buyer to submit and/or file the Form FC-TRS with the Reserve Bank of India under Indian exchange control regulations for the purposes of certification of Form FC-TRS, Form 15CA and Form 15 CB;

 

17.6.2

to procure the delivery to the Buyer (if not already delivered) prior to Completion Process Commencement Date of all relevant documents and information required to obtain:

 

(a)

the original notice issued by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC or its competent local counterpart (the “AIC”) agreeing to process the application of SPi China to (a) register the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) as the sole shareholder of SPi China as contemplated by the China Equity Transfer Agreement, (b) file the appointment of the individuals nominated by the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) as the director(s), supervisor and general manager of SPi China;

 

(b)

the original alteration filing receipt issued by the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC or its local counterpart, reflecting the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) as the sole shareholder of SPi China as contemplated by the China Equity Transfer Agreement; and

 

(c)

the updated business licence by AIC of SPi China;

 

17.6.3

to procure the delivery to the Buyer of the tax filing completed by SPi Ventures Pte. Ltd. on the capital gains applicable to the sale of SPi China as soon as possible following its receipt of the SPi China Purchase Price.

18.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

18.1

Each Seller undertakes to the Buyer, for itself and as agent and trustee for each Buyer’s Group Company, and the Buyer undertakes to each Seller, for itself and as agent and trustee for each Sellers’ Group Company that it shall treat as confidential all information received or obtained as a result of entering into or performing this Agreement which relates to:

 

18.1.1

any other party including, where such other party is any of the Sellers, each of the Sellers’ Group Companies;

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18.1.2

the provisions or the subject matter of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents and any claim or potential claim hereunder or thereunder;

 

18.1.3

in respect of each Seller, information relating to the Target Group;

 

18.1.4

the negotiations relating to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

18.2

Clause 18.1 does not apply to disclosure of any such information as is referred to in Clause 18.1 where such disclosure is:

 

18.2.1

in respect of the Buyer, information relating to the Target Group;

 

18.2.2

to a director, officer or employee of the Buyer or any of the Sellers whose function requires him to have the Confidential Information;

 

18.2.3

in respect of each Seller, to its shareholders and their ultimate investors and their respective advisers and managers;

 

18.2.4

in respect of the Buyer, to its shareholders and their ultimate or prospective investors and their respective advisers and managers, or to any lenders to the Buyer’s Group from time to time and their respective advisers, provided that each prospective investor shall be bound by confidentiality obligations;

 

18.2.5

required to be disclosed by law, by a rule of a listing authority by which any party, it subsidiaries or its holding company is subject to or submits or by a governmental authority or other authority with relevant powers to which any party, its subsidiaries or its holding company is subject or submits, whether or not the requirement has the force of law provided that the disclosure shall, so far as is practicable, be made after consultation with the other party and after taking into account the other party’s reasonable requirements as to its timing, content and manner of making or despatch;

 

18.2.6

to an adviser for the purpose of advising a party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement provided that such disclosure is essential for these purposes and is on the basis that Clause 18.1 applies to the disclosure by the adviser; or

 

18.2.7

to the extent that the information has been made public by, or with the consent of, the other party.

18.3

The restrictions contained in this Clause 18 shall continue to apply after the termination of this Agreement without limit in time.

18.4

The provisions of this Clause 18 shall supersede those contained in the non-disclosure agreement dated 2 March 2016 signed between Partners Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and Asia Outsourcing Alpha Limited in relation to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement with effect from Completion, and in the event of any conflict between the terms of such non-disclosure agreement and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

19.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

19.1

Subject to Clause 19.2, no party may, before or after Completion, make or send a public announcement, communication or circular concerning the transactions referred to in this Agreement unless it has first obtained the other party’s written consent, which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

19.2

Clause 19.1 does not apply to a public announcement, communication or circular:

 

19.2.1

made or sent by the Buyer after Completion to:

 

(a)

any employees of a Target Group Company;

 

(b)

any lenders to the Buyer’s Group from time to time and their respective advisers; and

 

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(c)

a customer, client or supplier of a Target Group Company informing it of the Buyers purchase of the Sale Shares; or

 

 

19.2.2

required by law, by a rule of a listing authority by which a party’s shares or shares of a party’s holding company are listed, a stock exchange on which a party’s shares or shares of a party’s holding company are listed or traded or by a governmental authority or other authority with relevant powers to which a party or a party’s holding company is subject or submits, whether or not the requirement has the force of law, provided that the public announcement, communication or circular shall so far as is practicable be made after consultation with the other party and after taking into account the reasonable requirements of the other party as to its timing, content and manner of making or despatch.

20.

COSTS

20.1

Except where this Agreement (including but not limited to Clauses 20.2 and 20.3) provides otherwise, each party shall pay its own costs, expenses and taxes relating to the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance by it of this Agreement and of each document referred to in it.

20.2

Subject to Clause 20.3.2, all the Taxes on gain generated, donor’s tax, stamp duty and other transfer or securities transaction taxes and duties payable in respect of:

 

20.2.1

the transfer of the AOPH Shares and ROHQ Shares; and

 

20.2.2

the winding up or dissolution of the Dormant Companies, SIHL and SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd., shall be borne entirely by the Sellers.

20.3

All the:

 

20.3.1

stamp duty and other transfer or securities transaction taxes and duties payable (if any) in respect of the transfer of the Sale Shares (other than the AOPH Shares and ROHQ Shares), the transfer of the Dormant Companies pursuant to Clause 17.1.5, the transfer of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. and SIHL as set out in Schedule 2 and the distribution or return of proceeds up to AOPH from the steps as set out in Schedule 2;

 

20.3.2

Taxes on gains generated in respect of the sale of the SPi India Majority Shares and shares in SIHL pursuant to Schedule 2;

 

20.3.3

the fees, costs and expenses to be incurred by the Buyer or the Buyer Designee in respect of the transfer of the Sale Shares (other than in relation to transfer of the AOPH Shares and ROHQ Shares); and

 

20.3.4

filing fees payable to a Government Entity required to enable satisfaction of each of the Conditions referred to in Clauses 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 shall be borne entirely by the Buyer.

20.4

The Sellers shall bear the costs of the implementation of the steps set out in Schedule 7 and Schedule 11, save to the extent such costs constitute Permitted Leakage.

21.

GENERAL

 

21.1

A variation of this Agreement is valid only if it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each party.

21.2

The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law does not impair or constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or an impairment of or a waiver of other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law prevents further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of another right or remedy.

21.3

Each party’s rights and remedies contained in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of rights or remedies provided by law.

21.4

Each Seller shall be jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the relevant Seller under this Agreement.

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21.5

Except to the extent that they have been performed and except where this Agreement provides otherwise, the obligations contained in this Agreement remain in force after Completion.

21.6

Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any payment to be made by any party under this Agreement shall be made in full without any set-off, restriction, condition or deduction for or on account of any counterclaim or withholding of any kind other than any deduction or withholding required by law. If a deduction or withholding is required by law from a payment under this Agreement, the sum due shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of any deduction or withholding, the recipient receives a sum equal to the sum it would have received had no deduction or withholding been made.

21.7

Each of the parties agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all such acts and things and/or to execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) all such documents, as may be required by law or as may be reasonably necessary to implement and give full effect to this Agreement.

21.8

Any payment to be made pursuant to this Agreement by the Buyer to any Seller shall be made to the AOPH Seller’s Account (save as specified to the contrary in Schedule 2 or Schedule 2B) and any payment to be made pursuant to this Agreement by any Seller to the Buyer shall be made to the Buyer’s Account, in each case by way of electronic transfer in immediately available funds of same day value on or before the due date for payment. Receipt of such sum in such account on or before the due date for payment shall be a good discharge by the payor of its obligation to make such payment.

22.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

22.1

This Agreement and each document referred to in it constitute the entire agreement and supersede any previous agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

22.2

Each party acknowledges and represents that it has not relied on or been induced to enter into this Agreement by a representation, warranty or undertaking given by the other party other than the Warranties or otherwise as set out in this Agreement.

22.3

The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that its only right and remedy in relation any representation, warranty or undertaking made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be for breach of the terms of this Agreement and the Buyer waives all other rights and remedies (including those in tort or arising under statute) in relation to any such representation, warranty or undertaking.

22.4

None of the Sellers is liable to the Buyer (in equity, contract or tort (including negligence), under the Misrepresentation Ordinance or in any other way) for a representation, warranty or undertaking that is not set out in this Agreement.

22.5

Nothing in this Clause 22 shall have the effect of limiting or restricting any liability arising as a result of any fraud, wilful misconduct or wilful concealment.

22.6

If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the laws of any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:

 

22.6.1

the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement; or

 

22.6.2

the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or another provision of this Agreement.

23.

ASSIGNMENT

23.1

The Buyer may assign the benefit of this Agreement and/or of any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, in whole or in part, to, and it may enforced by:

 

23.1.1

any member of the Buyer’s Group or an investment vehicle managed and/or advised by Partners Group AG or its Affiliates;

 

 

23.1.2

any lender to the Buyer’s Group from time to time by way of security or otherwise.

 

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Any such person to whom an assignment is made under this Clause 23.1 may itself make an assignment as if it were the Buyer under this Clause 23.1.

23.2

Any assignment made pursuant to Clause 23.1 shall be on the basis that:

 

23.2.1

the  Sellers  may  discharge  their  obligations  under  this  Agreement  to  the assignor until it receives notice of the assignment;

 

23.2.2

the liability of the Sellers to any assignee shall not be greater than their liability to the Buyer; and

 

23.2.3

the Buyer will remain liable for any obligations under this Agreement.

24.

NOTICES

24.1

A notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement (a “Notice”) shall be:

 

24.1.1

in writing;

 

24.1.2

in English; and

 

24.1.3

delivered personally or sent by courier by an internationally recognised courier company (e.g. FedEx, DHL) or by fax or by electronic mail (e-mail), to the party due to receive the Notice at its address set out in Clause 24.3 or to such other address, fax number or e-mail address as the party may specify by not less than seven days’ written notice to the other party received before the Notice was despatched.

 

24.2

In the absence of evidence of earlier receipt, a Notice shall be deemed to have been duly given if:

 

24.2.1

delivered personally, when left at the address referred to in Clause 24.1.3;

 

24.2.2

sent by courier, two Business Days after posting it;

 

24.2.3

sent by fax, when confirmation of its transmission has been recorded on the sender’s fax machine; and

 

 

24.2.4

sent   by   e-mail,   when   sent   subject   to   confirmation   of   uninterrupted transmission by a transmission report.

 

24.3

The address, fax number or e-mail address referred to in Clause 24.1.3 is:

 

 

 

Address

 

Fax No.

 

E-mail address

 

For the attention of

The AOPH Seller

 

Schiphol Boulevard 369, Tower F, 7th

Floor, 1118 BJ

Schiphol, The Netherlands

 

+31 20 654 3229

 

sboermans@cvc.com

 

Stefan Boermans

The ROHQ Seller

 

Suites 2009-11, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong

Kong

 

+852 3518 6380

 

 

bhong@cvc.com (Brian Hong) / xwang@cvc.com (Xuan Wang)

 

Brian Hong / Xuan Wang

The Buyer

 

77 Robinson Road,

#13-00, Robinson 77,

Singapore 068896

 

+65 6671

3501

 

pgadmin@partnersgroup.com /

florian.marquis@partnersgroup.com

 

Cyrus Driver /

Florian Marquis

 

25.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

25.1

This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of Hong Kong.

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25.2

Subject to Clause 25.3, any dispute, controversy, difference, claim, suit, action or proceedings which may arise out of or in connection with  this  Agreement (respectively, Arbitration Proceedings  and  Disputes)  including  a  Dispute regarding the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination of this  Agreement or the consequences of its nullity, shall be referred to and finally resolved  by  arbitration  administered  by  the  Hong  Kong  International  Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted. The law of this arbitration clause shall be the laws of Hong Kong,  and the seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The number of arbitrators  shall  be  three  (3).  The  Arbitration  Proceedings  shall  be  conducted  in English.

25.3

The parties may seek equitable, interim or provisional measures, including injunctive relief, pre-arbitral attachments or injunctions, and an order for specific performance, from the Hong Kong courts (to the jurisdiction of which the parties hereby submit) and any such request shall not be deemed incompatible with the agreement to arbitrate or a waiver of the right to arbitrate.

26.

COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered is an original and all of which together evidence the same agreement.

27.

THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

27.1

Except for the relevant Target Group Company with respect to the rights conferred to it pursuant to Clause 17.2, a person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Cap. 623) to enforce any term of this Agreement but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Ordinance.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1 TARGET GROUP COMPANIES

The table below sets forth the Target Group Companies and their respective jurisdictions of incorporation:

 

 

 

Name of Target Group Company

 

Availability of audited

accounts (with financial

year ended 31

December 2014, 31

December 2015 and 31

December 2016,

unless otherwise stated)

Jurisdiction of

Organization

1.

 

Asia Outsourcing Philippines  Holdings, Inc.

 

Registered number:      CS201307193

 

 

Yes

Philippines

 

  

Registered office: SPi Building, Pacific Information Technology Center, Pascor Drive, Sto. Niño, Parañaque City

 

Date of incorporation: 12 April 2013

 

Directors:    Minki Brian Hong, Alvin Tsz- Wang Lam, Maulik Parekh, Florentino

M. Herrera III, and Ratnadeep Datta

 

Secretary:   Florentino M. Herrera III

 

Authorised share capital:

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Number

Amount

 

(in PHP)

 

 

 

 

 

Common

12,754,956

12,754,956.00

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

191,494,839

191,494,839.00

 

 

 

 

 

Total

204,249,795

204,249,795.00

 

 

 

 

 

Issued share capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Number

Amount

 

(in PHP)

 

 

 

 

 

Common

12,754,956

12,754,956.00

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

191,494,839

191,494,839.00

 

 

 

 

 

Total

204,249,795

204,249,795.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: 113,017,000 preferred shares were redeemed as of 30 December 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders and shares held:

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder

Type of Share

Number of Shares Held

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

Common

12,754,951

 

 

 

 

 

Outsourcing

Netherlands

Preferred

191,494,839

 

 

 

 

 

B.V.

 

 

 

 

 

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Minki Brian

Hong

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Alvin Tsz-

Wang Lam

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Maulik

Parekh

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Florentino M.

Herrera III

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Ratnadeep

Datta

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Common

12,754,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

191,494,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting reference date: Fiscal year end at 31 December

 

 

 

2.

 

SPi Technologies, Inc.

 

Registered number: CS200407011

 

Registered office: Pacific Information Technology Center, Pascor Drive, Sto. Niño, Parañaque City

 

Date of incorporation: 4 May 2004

 

Directors: Minki Brian Hong, Ratnadeep Datta, Anabelle L. Chua, Alvin Tsz-Wang Lam, and Florentino M. Herrera III

 

Secretary: Florentino M. Herrera III

 

 

Yes

Philippines

 

 

Authorised share capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Number

Amount

(in PHP)

 

 

 

 

 

Common

29,935

898,050,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

Total

29,935

898,050,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued share capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Number

Amount

(in PHP)

 

 

 

 

 

Common

26,009

780,270,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

Total

26,009

780,270,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders and shares held:

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder

Type of Share

Number of Shares

Held

 

 

 

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Asia

Outsourcing

Philippines Holdings, Inc.

Common

26,003

 

 

 

 

 

Minki Brian

Hong

Common

2

 

 

 

 

 

Alvin Tsz-

Wang Lam

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Maulik Parekh

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Florentino M.

Herrera III

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Ratnadeep

Datta

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Common

26,009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting reference date: Fiscal year end at 31 December

 

 

 

3.

 

Pacific Space International Development Corp.

 

Registered number: 162326

 

Registered office: Pacific Information Technology Center, Pascor Drive, Sto. Niño, Parañaque City

 

Date of incorporation: 14 April 1989

 

Directors: Maria Cecilia C. Ampeloquio, Celestina B. Ilagan, Ma. Lea D. Villanueva, Felma S. Magnata,

and Edilberto R. Juan

 

Secretary: Florentino M. Herrera III

 

Yes

Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorised share capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Number

Amount

(in PHP)

 

 

 

 

 

Common

500,000

50,000,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

Total

500,000

50,000,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued share capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Number

Amount

 

(in PHP)

 

 

 

 

 

Common

500,000

50,000,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

Total

500,000

50,000,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders and shares held:

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder

Type of Share

Number of Shares Held

 

 

 

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SPi Group of

Companies Retirement

Plan/Fund

Common

300,000

 

 

 

 

 

SPi

Technologies, Inc.

Common

199,995

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Cecilia

C. Ampeloquio

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Celestina B. Ilagan

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Ma. Lea D.

Villanueva

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Felma S.

Magnata

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Edilberto R.

Juan

Common

1

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Common

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting reference date: Fiscal year end at 31 December

 

 

 

 

 

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4.

SPi Global Shared Services Pte. Ltd.

 

Registered number: 201206564C

 

Registered office: 6 Temasek Boulevard

#29-00 Suntec Tower Four, Singapore 038986

 

Date of incorporation: 16 March 2012

 

Directors: Ratnadeep Datta, Kumar Subramaniam, Siti Noraida Binte Mohamed Noordin, Sharimala Rasanayagam, and Sim Siew Kiang

Secretary: Kinetica Pte. Ltd. Authorised share capital: US$50,000 Issued share capital: US$50,000 Shareholders and shares held: Asia

Outsourcing Gamma Limited (100%)

 

Accounting reference date: 14 October 2016

 

Yes with respect to

financial years ended 31 December 2014 and 31

December 2015; No with respect to financial year ended 31

December 2016

Singapore

5.

SPi Technologies India Private Limited

 

Registered number:

U22110PY1999PTC001459

 

Registered office: R.S. 4/5 and 4/6 Vazhudavur Road Kuramampet Revenue Village, Villianur Commune Pondicherry 605009 India

 

Date of incorporation: 31 March 1999

 

Directors: Ratnadeep Datta, Alvin Tsz Wang Lam, Ezhil Arasan, and Brian Minki Hong

Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam Authorised share capital: INR52,500,000 Issued share capital: INR251,800 Shareholders and shares held: SPi

Technologies Inc: 1,510 shares (59.97%)

and SPi India Holdings (Mauritius), Inc.: 1,008 shares (40.03%)

 

Accounting reference date: April to March

Yes with respect to

financial years ended 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2016; No with respect to financial year ended 31 March 2017

India

6.

Laserwords U.S., Inc.

 

Registered number: 27-0137422

 

Registered office: 2603 Camino Ramon, Suite 200, San Ramon, California, 94583 (4230, ARGOSY CT. MADISON, WI-

No

Delaware,

USA

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53714-3102)

 

Date of incorporation: 2 Februay 2006

 

Directors: Brian Minki Hong, Michael O'Brien, Christopher Hojilo, and Ratnadeep Datta

 

Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam

 

Authorised share capital: N/A

 

Issued share capital: US$11,259,000.00

 

Shareholders and shares held: SPi Technologies India Private Limited (100%)

 

Accounting reference date: January to December

 

 

7.

Tighe Publishing Services, Inc.

 

Tighe Publishing Services, Inc.

 

Registered number: D6112-235-4

 

Registered office: 1161 Lake Cook Road B. Deerfield, Illinois, 60015, United States of America

 

Date of incorporation: 13 June 2000

 

Directors: Michael O'Brien, and Ratnadeep Datta

 

Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam Authorised share capital: N/A Issued share capital: US$1,219,749

Shareholders and shares held: Laserwords US Inc. (100%)

 

Accounting reference date: January to December 2016

No

Illinois, USA

8.

Tighe Publishing Services of New Jersey,

Inc.

 

Registered number: 0100982901

 

Registered office: 830 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-USA

 

Date of Incorporation: 6 August 2007

 

Directors: Michael O'Brien, and Ratnadeep Datta

 

Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam

 

Authorised share capital: N/A

No

New Jersey,

USA

 

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Issued share capital: US$1,000

 

Shareholders and shares held: Laserwords US Inc. (100%)

 

Accounting reference date: January to December 2016

 

 

9.

SPi Vietnam Co., Ltd.

 

Registered number: 011043000060

 

Registered office: Hanoi City People's Committee

 

Date of incorporation: 15 December 2006 Directors: Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam Authorised share capital: $1,000,000 Issued share capital: N/A

Shareholders and shares held: SPi Technologies, Inc. (100%)

 

Accounting reference date: 31 December 2016

Yes

Vietnam

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SPi Global (Xi'an) Information Technology Ltd.

 

Registered number: 91610121081048101A

 

Registered office: 2nd Floor, 01Square, 72 Keji 2nd Road, Xi'an Software Park, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710075, China

 

Date of incorporation: 1 April 2014

 

Directors: Ratnadeep Datta, Alvin Tsz- Wang Lam, Xuan Wang, and Zhikui Chian

Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam Authorised share capital: $1,650 Issued share capital: $1,650 Shareholders and shares held: SPi Asia

Ventures Pte. Ltd.

 

Accounting reference date: N/A

Yes with respect to financial years ended 31 December 2014 and 31

December 2015; No with respect to financial year ended 31

December 2016

People's Republic of China

11

SPi Technologies (Nicaragua) S.A.

 

Registered number: MG00-22-004809

 

Registered office: Managua Public Registry Office

No

Nicaragua

 

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Date of incorporation: 12 January 2017

 

Directors: SPi Technologies, Inc. (President and owner of 98 shares), represented by Mr. Kumar Subramaniam; Roxana Giselle Pérez (Vocal and owner of 1 share); Michael Navas Gutiérrez (Secretary and owner of 1 share)

 

Secretary: Michael Navas Gutiérrez

 

Authorised share capital: C$100,000 (approximately US$3,000.00)

 

Issued share capital: C$100,000 (approximately US$ 3,000.00)

Shareholders and shares held: SPi Technologies, Inc (98 shares); Roxana

Giselle Pérez (1 share); Michael Navas

Gutiérrez (1 share, endorsed to SPi Technologies, Inc.)

 

Accounting reference date: January 2017

 

 

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Regional operating headquarters in the

Philippines of SPi Global Shared Services Pte. Ltd.

 

Registered number: FS201212017

 

Registered office: 2/F SPi Building, Pacific Information Technology Center, Pascor Drive, Sto, Paranaque City

 

Date of incorporation: 5 July 2012

 

Directors: N/A

Secretary: Kumar Subramaniam Authorised share capital: N/A Issued share capital: N/A Shareholders and shares held: Asia

Outsourcing Gamma Limited (100%)

 

Accounting reference date: 14 October 2016

Yes

Philippines

 

 

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SCHEDULE 2 COMPLETION STEPS

1.

With effect from the Completion Process Commencement Date, in order to effect Completion, each of:

1.1

the AOPH Seller and the ROHQ Seller shall, and shall procure that the relevant Seller Entity shall; and

1.2

the Buyer shall, and shall procure that the relevant Buyer Designee shall,

do all those things respectively required of it, and any other actions that may be required pursuant to or in connection with such things:

 

1.2.1

with the first action to be taken at paragraph 2 of this Schedule 2;

 

1.2.2

thereafter, with all subsequent actions to be taken in sequential manner according to the paragraph numbers set out below (except for paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Schedule 2 which shall commence concurrently); and

 

 

1.2.3

if SIHL, SPi Technologies and/or AOPH have insufficient retained earnings to declare and pay a dividend in cash equal to the SPi India Minority Purchase Price and the SPi India Majority Purchase Price, the parties agree to reasonably cooperate to implement steps (which may include intercompany loans, and/or capital reduction (or, if not possible, by any other means of return of capital permitted under applicable Laws)) to enable the payment of the SPi India Minority Purchase Price and the SPi India Majority Purchase Price to such entities’ respective shareholders.

 

2.

GENERAL

At the Completion Process Commencement Date:

2.1

the AOPH Seller shall procure to be delivered to the Buyer:

 

2.1.1

(if not already delivered) as evidence of the authority of each person executing this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the AOPH Seller is a party:

 

(a)

a copy of the minutes of a duly held meeting of the directors or the written resolutions of the board of directors of the AOPH Seller authorising the execution by the AOPH Seller of each relevant document; or

 

(b)

a copy of the power of attorney conferring such authority, and the board resolutions authorising the grant of such power.

2.2

the ROHQ Seller shall procure to be delivered to the Buyer:

 

2.2.1

(if not already delivered) as evidence of the authority of each person executing this Agreement, the assignment and assumption agreement by and between the ROHQ Seller and the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) and the other Transaction Documents to which the ROHQ Seller is a party:

 

(a)

a copy of the minutes of a duly held meeting of the directors or the written resolutions of the directors of the ROHQ Seller authorising the execution by the ROHQ Seller of each relevant document; or

 

(b)

a copy of any power of attorney conferring such authority, and the board resolutions authorising the grant of such power.

2.3

the Sellers shall procure to be delivered to the Buyer:

 

2.3.1

copy of the relevant resolutions of the board of the Target Group Companies (if applicable) (a) authorising the revocation of any existing mandate given by the relevant Target Group Companies for the operation of their bank accounts subject to the fulfilment of any conditions required to be satisfied by any new director or secretary and (b) subject to the Buyer fulfilling any requirements that it needs to satisfy, appointing persons nominated by the Buyer (as notified

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by the Buyer to the Sellers no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Completion Process Commencement Date) as directors and secretary of the relevant Target Group Companies;

 

2.3.2

signed resignations from such director or company secretary of each relevant Target Group Company as notified by the Buyer to the Sellers no later than 15 Business Days prior to the Completion Process Commencement Date (or any other director and company secretary who is a nominee of the Sellers or their Affiliates) expressed to take effect from the Completion Date.

2.4

the Buyer shall:

 

 

2.4.1

(if not already delivered) deliver to the Sellers evidence (by way of certificate of the Buyer’s Solicitors or otherwise) of satisfaction of the Conditions;

 

2.4.2

(if not already delivered) deliver to the Sellers as evidence of the authority of each person executing this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Buyer or the Buyer Designees is a party:

 

(a)

a copy of the minutes of a duly held meeting of the directors of each of the Buyer and the Buyer Designees, as the case may be (or a duly constituted committee thereof) authorising the execution by the Buyer or the Buyer Designees, as the case may be of the document and, where such execution is authorised by a committee of the board of directors of the Buyer or the Buyer Designees, as the case may be, a copy of the minutes of a duly held meeting of the directors constituting such committee or the relevant extract thereof; or

 

(b)

a copy of the power of attorney conferring the authority, and the board resolutions authorising the grant of such power;

2.5

the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer evidence of consent or approval from PLDT to the Transaction.

2.6

(if not already delivered) the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer a copy of the AOPH Tax Opinion.

2.7

the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer a non-solicitation undertaking in agreed form from the general partner of the CVC Fund III on the terms set out in Clause 17.2.

3.

ACQUISITION OF SPI INDIA

Immediately upon the completion of the actions set out in the preceding paragraph, the parties shall on the same day (or such other day as the parties may agree) do the following things (as may be applicable to it):

3.1

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of:

 

3.1.1

resolutions of SPi Technologies and SIHL authorising the transfer of the SPi India Majority Shares and SPi Minority Shares to the SPi India Buyer Designee on the terms set out in this Agreement;

 

3.1.2

evidence that the share certificates of SPi India Majority Shares and SPi India Minority Shares have been dematerialized; and

 

3.1.3

evidence of the delivery of duly executed depository or instruction slips to SPi Technologies’ and SIHL’s depository participant and National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) to transfer the SPi India Majority Shares and SPi India Minority Shares, respectively, to the depository account(s) of the SPi India Buyer Designee.

3.2

the SPi India Buyer Designee shall procure the delivery of instructions to the specific depository participant holding the demat account of the SPi India Buyer Designee, the details of which shall be provided to the Sellers no later than five (5) Business Days before the Completion Process Commencement Date, to receive the SPi India Majority Shares and SPi India Minority Shares in the depository account of the SPi India Buyer Designee.

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3.3

the Buyer shall procure that the SPi India Buyer Designee (i) submits the Form FC- TRS along with the scanned copies of the signed consent letters, valuation certificate, shareholding pattern, telegraphic transfer application form, Form 15 CB and other relevant documentation with the Reserve Bank of India (through its authorized dealer bank)  including the originals if so required by the authorized dealer bank; and (ii) submits the Form FC-TRS endorsed by its authorized dealer bank with the board of directors of SPi India.

3.4

the Buyer shall procure that the SPi India Buyer Designee shall pay by electronic transfer, in immediately available funds in US Dollar (which shall be converted from Indian Rupees from the SPi India Buyer Designee’s account), cash equal to the SPi India Minority Purchase Price to the bank account in Mauritius in the name of SIHL that is designated by SIHL in writing to the Buyer not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of payment.

3.5

the Buyer shall procure that the SPi India Buyer Designee shall pay by electronic transfer, in immediately available funds in US Dollar (which shall be converted from Indian Rupees from the SPi India Buyer Designee’s account), cash equal to the SPi India Majority Purchase Price to the bank account in the name of SPi Technologies that is designated by SPi Technologies not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of payment.

3.6

the Buyer shall procure the delivery to the Sellers (if not already delivered) scanned copies of the following documents required to be submitted to the Reserve Bank of India by the Buyer under Indian exchange control regulations for the purposes of certification of Form FC-TRS:

 

(a)

a certified true copy of the board resolution passed by the SPi India Buyer   Designee authorizing their representatives to execute all documents required for the purchase of the SPi India Minority Shares;

 

(b)

a certified true copy of the board resolution passed by the SPi India Buyer Designee authorizing their representatives to execute all documents required for the purchase of the SPi India Majority Shares;

 

(c)

a consent letter duly executed by the authorized representative of the SPi India Buyer Designee, indicating its consent to purchase the SPi Indian Minority Shares from SIHL;

 

(d)

a consent letter duly executed by the authorized representative of the SPi India Buyer Designee, indicating its consent to purchase the SPi Indian Majority Shares from SPi Technologies;

 

(e)

undertaking from the SPi India Buyer Designee indicating that it has adhered to the pricing guidelines under Indian exchange control regulations; and

 

(f)

a certificate in Form 15CB issued by an independent chartered accountant as of the Completion Date in relation to the remittance of the SPi India Majority Purchase Price and the SPi India Minority Purchase Price.

3.7

subject to submission of the Form  FC-TRS  in  accordance  with  the  previous paragraphs, following the completion of paragraphs 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of this Schedule 2, the  AOPH Seller shall procure a board meeting of SPi India be held at which the board of directors authorize the following actions:

 

3.7.1

taking on record the transfer of the SPi India Minority Shares from SIHL to the SPi India Buyer Designee;

 

3.7.2

taking on record the transfer of the SPi India Majority Shares from SPi Technologies to the SPi India Buyer Designee; and

 

3.7.3

entering the name of the SPi India Buyer Designee in connection with the SPi India Majority Shares and the SPi India Minority Shares in the register of members.

3.8

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of SPi India specified in paragraph 3.7 of this Schedule 2.

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Repatriation of SPi India Minority Purchase Price from SIHL and SPi India Majority Purchase Price from SPi Technologies

3.9

following the completion of paragraphs 3.4 and 3.5 of this Schedule 2, the AOPH Seller shall procure:

 

 

3.9.1

the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders resolutions of SIHL which, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, approve the declaration and payment of a dividend, or with the Buyer’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) by way of an intercompany loan, and/or capital reduction (or, if not possible, by any other means of return of capital permitted under applicable Law)) for an amount of up to the SPi India Minority Purchase Price, on condition that such payment shall be made to SPi Technologies only three (3) Business Days after the receipt of the SPi India Minority Purchase Price by SIHL;

 

3.9.2

the payment by SIHL of the SPi India Minority Purchase Price to SPi Technologies after three (3) Business Days after SIHL’s receipt of the SPi India Minority Purchase Price, by electronic transfer of immediately available funds to the AOPH Seller’s Account;

 

3.9.3

the resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders resolutions of SPi Technologies which approve the declaration and payment of a dividend, or with the Buyer’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) by way of an intercompany loan, and/or capital reduction (or, if not possible, by any other means of return of capital permitted under applicable Law)) to AOPH for an amount of up to the aggregate of the SPi India Majority Purchase Price and SPi India Minority Purchase Price; and

 

3.9.4

the payment by SPi Technologies of the SPi India Majority Purchase Price to AOPH by electronic transfer of immediately available funds to the AOPH Seller’s Account.

Disposal of SPi India Holdings (Mauritius), Ltd

3.10

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of SIHL which approve the sale and transfer of the entire share capital of SIHL to Asia Outsourcing Gamma Limited (“AOGL”) (or any other party nominated by the AOPH Seller) and vote in favour of the registration of such entity as the sole shareholder of SIHL.

3.11

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of SPi Technologies which approve the sale and transfer of the entire share capital of SIHL to AOGL (or any other party nominated by the AOPH Seller).

3.12

the AOPH Seller shall procure that SPi Technologies sells and transfers the entire share capital of SIHL to AOGL (or any other party nominated by the AOPH Seller) for an amount equal to the net asset value of SIHL from AOGL to SPi Technologies (“AOGL Receivable”).

3.13

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of:

 

3.13.1

an executed share transfer form duly signed by the SPi Technologies;

 

3.13.2

copies  of  the  board  and  shareholder  resolutions  of  SIHL  authorising  and approving the transfer of the shares of SIHL; and

 

3.13.3

copies of the share register of SIHL evidencing entry of the name of AOGL as holder of the shares of SIHL.

Distribution of the AOGL Receivable to AOPH

3.14

following the completion the steps in paragraphs 3.9 and 3.12 of this Schedule 2, the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors and shareholder resolutions of SPi Technologies which, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, approve the declaration and payment of a dividend (and if agreed by the Buyer (such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), intercompany loan, assignment of the AOGL Receivable and/or capital reduction (or, if not possible, by any other means of return of capital permitted under applicable Laws)) for an aggregate of amount up to the SPi India Majority Purchase Price, SPi India Minority Purchase Price and the AOGL Receivable made pursuant to paragraph 3.9 of this Schedule 2.

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Return of cash to AOPH Seller

3.15

concurrently with the completion of the steps in paragraphs 3.9.2, 3.9.4 and 3.14 of this Schedule 2, the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of AOPH which approve the redemption of the AOPH Preference Shares in exchange for cash and an assignment of the AOGL Receivable to the AOPH Seller for an amount equal to the aggregate of the SPi India Majority Purchase Price and the SPi India Minority Purchase Price.

3.16

AOPH shall issue the notice of redemption to the AOPH Seller to redeem the AOPH Preference Shares, and deliver to the Buyer of a waiver from the AOPH Seller of the period required under AOPH’s articles of incorporation to set the redemption date and deed of assignment addressed to the AOPH Seller of the assignment of AOGL Receivable to the AOPH Seller.

4.

ACQUISITION OF SPI CHINA

Immediately upon the completion of the actions set out in paragraph 2 of this Schedule 2, the parties shall on the same day (or such other day as the parties may agree) do the following things (as may be applicable to it):

Resolutions

4.1

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of an original of the written decision of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. as the sole shareholder of SPi China which:

 

 

4.1.1

approves the sale and transfer of the SPi China Shares to the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee); and

 

4.1.2

removes each director and supervisor and the legal representative of SPi China as notified by the Buyer to the AOPH Seller no later than 15 Business Days prior to the Completion Date with effect from the date of such written decision.

4.2

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of the original written resolutions of the board of directors of SPi China which removes the general manager of SPi China as notified by the Buyer to the AOPH Seller no later than 15 Business Days prior to the Completion Date with effect from the date of such written resolutions.

Transfer documents

4.3

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of the original equity transfer agreement in agreed form duly executed by SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. in respect of the sale and transfer of the SPi China Shares to the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) (the “China Equity Transfer Agreement”).

Payment

4.4

the Buyer and Sellers shall jointly instruct the Escrow Agent to pay to SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. an amount in cash equal to the SPi China Purchase Price by electronic transfer of immediately available funds in US$ to the AOPH Seller’s Bank Account;

Disposal of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd.

4.5

the AOPH Seller shall:

 

4.5.1

procure the delivery to the Buyer of certified true copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. which approve the sale and transfer of the entire share capital of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. to the ROHQ Seller (or any other party nominated by the AOPH Seller) and vote in favour of the registration of such entity as the sole shareholder of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd.;

 

4.5.2

procure the delivery to the Buyer of certified true copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of SPi Technologies, Inc. which approve the sale and transfer of the entire share capital of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. to the ROHQ Seller (or any other party nominated by the AOPH Seller);

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4.5.3

procure that SPi Technologies, Inc. sells and transfers the entire share capital of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd. to the ROHQ Seller (or any other party nominated by the AOPH Seller) for a purchase price of US$1.00; and

 

4.5.4

procure the delivery to the Buyer of a business profile search result from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore evidencing the registration of the ROHQ Seller (or such other party nominated by the ROHQ Seller) as the sole shareholder of SPi Asia Ventures Pte. Ltd.

5.

ACQUISITION OF ROHQ

Against the satisfaction of the obligation under paragraph 5.3 of this Schedule 2, on the same day (or such other day as the parties may agree (acting reasonably)), the parties shall do the following things (as may be applicable to it):

Resolutions

5.1

the ROHQ Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of ROHQ which approve the sale and transfer of the ROHQ Shares to the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) and the registration of the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) as the sole member of ROHQ;

Transfer documents

5.2

the ROHQ Seller shall deliver to the Buyer:

 

5.2.1

the original instrument of transfer duly executed by the ROHQ Seller (and accompanying worksheets for the purposes of stamp duty calculation); and

 

5.2.2

the original share certificate(s) for the ROHQ Shares.

Payment

5.3

The Buyer and Sellers shall jointly instruct the Escrow Agent to pay to the ROHQ Seller an amount in cash equal to the ROHQ Purchase Price by electronic transfer of immediately available funds in US$ to the ROHQ Seller’s Account.

6.

ACQUISITION OF AOPH

Against the satisfaction of the obligation of the Buyer under paragraph 6.3 of this Schedule 2, on the same day (or such other day as the parties may agree (acting reasonably)):

Resolutions

6.1

the AOPH Seller shall procure the delivery to the Buyer of copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of AOPH which approve the sale and transfer of the AOPH Shares to the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) and vote in favour of the registration of the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) as member of AOPH in respect of the AOPH Shares.

Transfer documents and Others

6.2

the AOPH Seller shall deliver to the Buyer:

 

6.2.1

the deed of sale in respect of the sale and transfer of the AOPH Shares to the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) duly executed by the AOPH Seller, which shall have been acknowledged before a notary public and, if executed outside the Philippines, authenticated by the appropriate Philippine consulate;

 

6.2.2

an irrevocable proxy in the agreed form acknowledging that the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) is the beneficial owner of the AOPH Shares and constituting the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) as the AOPH Seller’s attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to vote the AOPH Shares at any meeting of the shareholders of AOPH;

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6.2.3

deeds of assignment transferring the qualifying shares held by resigning directors in SPi Technologies to nominee directors of the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) in SPi Technologies, and declarations of trust between such directors and AOPH;

 

6.2.4

deeds of assignment transferring the qualifying shares held by resigning directors in AOPH to nominee directors of the Buyer (or the Buyer Designee) in AOPH, and declarations of trust between such directors and AOPH Seller; and